The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-14

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SANE
roiu~tan' styis. produced q t,ifnber ~ jews,
cas~- ffou hand sstohei which she oarrisss
and hsn,ed tho cas~s to me ] though,
che wss NJ somewhat unusual pains 10 place
the jewel csae In inv hands hevsek rather
'han ls' ~" man with her perform thu,
once for her.
Il open.d tho ca.~~ Tho stuR was very
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rings. n brooch comprised ~ rare bhie ~ one~,
a coiipIe 81 ohoice ~ ick-p and pair Of
superb solitaire earrings. Roughly, I
aho,iki aay the stuRwas worth about otS .O00.
I've want Ave Thousand on that stun
for q shor, time the man satd to me In .
Your wife's jewelry'' ! aid tn him. I
like to get men Of certain appearance on
record In these matters.
Yes. bo said. my wifes. Five thou
sand, and i'n :. a., sn excessive loan to s"k on the
bh. no.. said to him; hut VA watch
ing his wife's features all the time. and the
longing In her eyes a. she saw mo tumble
with the iewelry WA something queer 10
yar name q, in thns s a vo ,hs re out "
Long experience in this business told
me that tho woman was going to renege on
the whole proposition. and l wanted 70
give her time. was correct.
Let mo see the things she said TO me
after had put my question, and her voice
was hoarse and had brsak in Il.
Il deposited the closed jewel case In her
two hands. She instantly opened the
hand satohel and clapped them into 1t
again.
NO, nv DEAR she said 70 the amazed
looking man with her. I shall not let the
things 60 in and, while her voice quavered.
there was nevertheless a certain firm note
about it.. have changed my mind. It
ia 80 much easier to put things in than II IA
YOU bet it all on horseraoel No, my dear.
shall not do 1t: l can't do ut, 30 don't
ask me any more.
"He looked sore but could sec that he
was trying to control himself
cinch. He can't lose unless he falls down.
and there'll be even. money. against him.
And I need to mako the winning, l tell you
I'm nearly all in
else for you, but. I can't stand to lose my
jewelry in this foolish way, just on one
horserace, all gone in about minute.
Oh, no. don't ask me. When could you
ever get it out again? The interest would 1
horses have cost you-both Of ns--already.'
Il liked that woman, liked her fore
sightedness and sense and the way she
talked.
friend I said to the man. feeling like plug
ging her way OF putting 1t along bit.
THE ponies are q mighty uncertain propo-
sition,' and then he turned upon me with
a savage scowl, but didn't mind that
much.
she tried to argue her out Of her deter
mination to keep her clutch on her orna-
ments. but she had made up her mind firmly
and once for all when she had seen me
handling her. priced possessions, and she
that Africander couldn't lose his race.
and that he'd redeem the jewelry. for her
on the following morning. He didn't hold
the door open for her when they went OUT
THAT little lady didn't strike me a.
being q goater, but II she belied her looks
she certainly had a gloat coming when
she found out the results OF the races yes
terday. when Africander the animal upon
which the man was going to STAKE an OF
4But the day wasn't finished yet A
handsome and fashionable looking woman
came in during the afternoon and tried to
work a very raw and old one on US,
-On the day before she had telephoned
swageer Central Park West hostelry:
She showed him a fine collarette OF matched
diamonds, worth 425 600 easily, he told me,
and he had told her that $4,000 could be
loaned on IT, .,
very well, Sn0 ediO W Huus A'ohoh
bring it down to your establishment to-
morrow. / must ask my husband again
this evening II he is really willing that
should temporarily pledge the colarette;,
well, she stepped out OF an automobile,
as I say yesterday afternoon, and called
for the young man who had visited her
hotel on the day before. My young man
came forth, and she handed him the case
containing the coAarette, rather. a collar
cite. saying:
SIT Il all right, my husband is willing
and you may let me have the $4,000,
my young man is not 80 young as no
looks, few young men in the pawnbroking
business are, for that matter, and SO he
just snapped the case open and carried the
collarette to the light to take look at 1t.
l observed that the handsome woman
appeared to be pretty uneasy when he
made this move.
aYou see, she had figured that tho young
man would be so habbergasted over her
beauty and grace and, perhaps. the unusual
size OF the loan transaction. that he wouldn't
think Of examining the collarette again
before handing her the amount OF the loan.
But, Of course, he did.
He snapped the case to, and handed
1t back to her over the counter.
That's as neat an imitation as I've
seen, madam was all he said to her. and