The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-14
A DAYS INCIDENTS
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rnrnns tlis wife was With him { wss
.rfrrised ~ that, hsrsus~ only a iul~
hsd entered sii, for divorce ehealnsf him,
No. u broker and more than w~Il-to-do.
Whom they came In together ] figured
n 'ha, they had made up. and that he was
going ~ get out some stun that his ~ife
nsd lrft In our keeping when she separated
from him Well. was partly right
I observed that his eye was bit furtive
and that her lips were somewhat act a.
soon IA they came In the door. greeted
them and waited.
That brooch and those hoop earrings.
the man said to me. Want to redeem
en-
Certainly. said l. The tcketsT
He nodded in his wife's direction
She has them he said.
IT was a pretty suspicious glance that
che shot at him just then, thought, and
her lips were still tightly compressed.
she moved about five feet away from his
side. opened her gold chatelaine bag. took
her pocketbook out OF the bag and, after
swift upward glance, apparently to
zee that her husband had maintained
the distance which she had put between
'hem she produced the tickets for the
brooch and the hoop earrings and hastily
handed them over to me.
Twelve hundred and thrty-two,'
laid. after computing the interest-the
brooch and the diamond hoops had been
pawned for only fraction Of their value.
"The man got out his wallet, and counted
out 81 $50, gave him his 31s change first,
and then went TO the safe and got the brooch
and the earrings. was cutting tho strings
from the little packets as I walk ID back
to he counter with them.
Let see en- said the man to me in
Q quiet tone which he didn't mean his wife
TO overhear.
But she did over hear it, all the same.
Don't you!' she exclaimed, almost in
a scream. He means to take them away
from me and l can see that that's what
ho 20 ia nd 7 oI II
when he came sneaking around to me and
Offering to redeem them for me- and she
stretched out her hand for the gems.
The mans face grew red with the Crouch
that was boiling within him as he leaned
over the counter and held out his hand for
the diamonds.
You hand those things over to mo- he
commanded. peremptorily. Who's money
's getting them out? Who's redeeming
Il don't like to have people get 90 gay
with me as all that came to, and like to
AXE the woma.Ns part in these matters.
anyway. aside from a natural dislike which
entertain for the Injun- giveH.
Your money. / said to the man, but
IFS your wife's stun. so far as can mako
out. She pledged the things herself. and
doesn't make any difference whose money
redeems them. and l motioned her to the
upper end Of the counter, where handed
her the diamonds.
-sshetucked them into the gold chain bag
and closed the clasp with snap.
Say. look a-here.' muttered the man.
leaning still further across the counter,
dye mean to say that you re going to chisel
rpe ont OF twelve hundred and some odd
dollars in this fashion,
I'm not in the chiselling business.
Did him with that pawnbroker's calnness
which out siders tell me is so irritating to
people on the OF her side OF The counter.
I'm here to return redeemed pledges to
! he persons to whom they belong, and not
70 act as domestic tribunal OF arbitra-
'ion'
~ Just felt in my bones that you we're
'rying some sneaky plan to get hold Of
my things the woman snapped then,
and you're fooled. aren't you? You were
not SO smart as you thought you were. are
I've got them. after all, haven't Il?
It's queer, isn't it, how woman can't
pass up a chance to edge in a gloat. even
when the OCCASIONS inopportune? She
had the stun, and that ought to've been
enough for her but she just stood there
and derided him, with about as wickeeily
triumphant an expression as ever l saw
on woman's face
For about minute thought that he
vas going to jump at her and take the
purple. and the veins stood out on his fore
head like whipcords, and his fists doubled.
Then, however, he cracked wan and
ghastly leer as he made for the door.
IN get hunk with you, my lady, II il
takes every dollar own and every hour
I've got to live, he mumbled as he passed
her.
He jumped into cab out in front, and
she waited until his cab had turned the
corner before she went out herself and
hailed another cab.
Don't you enjoy seeing snake
scotched' she asked me. archly. as she
passed out.
1T wasn't more than half an hour before
another OF 'em hiked along. He was
youngish, rather showily-dressed man.
and he made a somewhat too elaborate
effort to get away with the hurry stunt.
Say, he said to me. pulling me over
I he counter by the lapel Of my coat and
names Blank Ny wife's got diamond
snnburst in here for $500. Member?
Well, she s starting to visit her folks out
West to-day. and I want to get the sun
burst out for her as a surprise, see2 She's
got the ticket, y understand-of course
!. wouldn't be any surprise II I'd asked her
for the ticket-but you'll AK 1t up for me
sos can redeem the thing. wont your
This Injun-giver was clumsy In his
work. He should not have said anything
about the original ticket being In existence.
If he had come in and told. who he WAS