The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
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various sizes, but most OF them were
very large and of&wonderful color.
These are wonderful, MI Y an NOS
trand, y Il exclaimed Carlingford with o
note of sincere admiration in his voice.
which pleased the old man hugely. l
have never seen, even in&Parls, anything
to equal them How do you dare to keep
them in the house n 5{-
II have thought myself Of late that
was running q great risk. as they are
fortune In themselves, together with my
rubes and diamonds, but Green here has
been with me for years, and no one else
knows the combination, nor how to
slide the panel. and l shall soon take
them to a bank and out of harms way.
There have been some daring ropDerles
OF late about here and l hardly like. to
trust them in that safe. * Il
;"You are taking great risk, but as
YOU say, 1t Is in safe hands, ! mean tho
knowledge OF the safe and the panel.
You have other stones, judge.
Eyes, here are some rubies that got
in Persia and here are some diamonds
from Kimberley, the first. almost to
come out: in fact, I believe they We're
in the first lot brought from South AZ
rica.'' 07
you are good Judge, evidently. Mr..
Van Nosrand. Those are the real pigeon
blood rubies, and large stones, too. your
daughter should wear some Of these" Il
my daughter, curiously g enough. dis
likes gems as much as like them, and
viii have none Of them She objects to
my having them In the house.
us she superstit!ous on the subject?
The opals are the only stones that know
Of that are supposed to bring BAD luck.
and even that Is questioned know,
people that have superb opals and equal
X good luck; 1t would be difficult to con-.
vince them that tho stones are unlucky.'.
"No. it isl not superstition with my
them." 35s
Jewell. must thank you for great
treat, though cannot commend you for
tempting fortune as you do. by keeping
them In what should CONSIDER q Very
unsafe place.
~ suppose that you are right, but
what pleasure shall have from them
after send them to a bank? might
as we'll give them away, cannot no
running to SEQ them every day or So
Here I take them to my library and look
at them whenever I feel like 1t.
True. and 1t is your affair. & trust
that you will pardon me for, as a strang-
er. taking the liberty OF criticis!ng your
arrangements2' ss;l IL &c
IT feel complimented that YOU should
take such an interest. Mr. Carlingford.
Green. you may return these to the safe.
Gentlemen,l shall we joint the ladies? 2"
The host rose and led the way to the
drawing room. AS they passed through
the hall. Carlingf ford paused.
"This is a large house for city, Mr.
Van Nostrand, and unless I am mistaken
you have land In your rear. or on one
side, at least. II thought | saw It as !
came up to the door from the side street
Yes, this land is part Of a farm be.
I -CYrO S11f IN t1a
/ My grandfather sold part OF It for Z
great deal OF money and built the orr
ginal house. Then as this part Of the
city grew more and moro valuable. my
father sold more and added to the house.
Tho land Increased In value, the house
In size. as can he seen. Little did my
ancestor realize the value that his farm
would attain In years to come.
your people were In the Dutch East
india trade. were they not
Yes; why do you ask y" vs.,
Because mine were. also, and see
many curIos here similar to those In the
old place on the other side, Those
spears and clubs are from Java. think
@"Yes, indeed Why, this Is delightful.
I am more than ever pleased that camo
down to dinner"
They were now In the drawlng-room.
and Carlingford made his way at once to
Miss Van Nostrand.
"Your father and ] have developed n
great bond of sympat thy, Miss Van NOS
trand, which In part regret to hear that
you cannot be included He tells me
that you do not care for his beautiful
gems"
ono, / regret to say that do4.sot; but
+ trv7to overcome my dislike to them for
his sake. Ny younger slster( she Is put
le) delights In them but cannot BRING
myself to III" =. ~.
: "Then there is another Miss van NOS
trapd2" =,
30, a young one II she were IN Eng
land she would he In tho schoolroom al
most, but this one Is very INDEPENDENT, as
most young Americans are"
ut is born In the blood.
"Perhaps so. Mama died soon after
she was born: she is the baby Of tho
house, lam sorry that l could not have
Joined papa and YOU In your hobby, ii
,;4Ah, we'll, perhaps you can JON us IN
our condnsSS 8aE tbs iEaSb xD6isn cuylak