Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-14
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neral office. The boy found hiin 'here'
sssted at his table
The duel began with questions;
- AID Won get out so soon? You
...ro remanded for week
Are YOU going to SEND LOT a ponce
man" -. Int ,rs,ver ma y
81 am not here to satisfy your curlos-
H.. Mr. Isaacstein. l have called sim
Il! IN a matter of business. 1t is suf-
p? w. for YOU to know that Mr.. Abing-
w., has set me at liberty and restored
Wv nroperty to me. Do you wish to deal
with ne or not
Tbe diamond merchant tingled with
ar He was not accustomed to being
hreTrbeaten even by the representatives
- the De Beers company, yet here was
allow voungster addressing him in this
ar+ro ceoils fashion, betraying, too, an
;nsnFerable air of contempt in voice and
manner. He glared at Philip in silent
wrath for an instant.
The boy smiled He took from his
pocket the paper of diamonds and began
r. count them. The action said plainly:
"Yo know you cannot send me away.
fl 90 to your trade rivals you will lose
MAGNIFICENT opportunity. You are in
nv hands. No matter how rude | am to
YOU. Won must put up with it,
Neyertheless, the jew made an effort
70 preserve his tottering dignity.
DO YOU think" he said, that you are
behaving properly in treating a man of
my position in such way in his own
office"
In his own oflice-that was the sting
of it.
The head of the firm of Isaacstein &
Co. of London, Amsterdam and Kimber-
lev to be bearded in such fashion in his
own particular shrine! Why, the thing
was monstIous!
Philip looked him squarely in the eyes.
"lr Isaacstein," he said, calmly, "have
Won forgotten that you caused me to be
arrested as q thief and dragged, hand
cufIed, through the open streets by a
policeman! l have spent five days in jail
because Of you. At the moment when
was praising your honesty you were con-
yeying secret signals to your clerks in the
belief that l was something worse than
a pickpocket. Was your treatment of
me so free from blame at our first meet
ing as to serve as a model at the sec
ond%
The chair was creaking now continu
ously; the Jew swung from side to side
during this lecture. He strove hard to
restrain himself. but the feverish excite
ment of Saturday returned with greater
intensity than ever. He jumped up, and
Philip imagined for a second that robbery
with violence was imminent
oil hox IaJ hn
merchant, what was | to do when a
ragged loafer like you came in and
showed me a diamond worth a thousand
4 pounds and told me he had dozens, hun
Il dhds, more like it? Did you expect me
to risk standing in the dock by your
SIDE! Who could have given fairer evil
dence in your behalf than did? Who
proved that you could not have stolen
the stones? Aom have you to thank
Tor being at liberty now, but the expert
who swore that no such diamonds had
been seen before in this world?"
Philip waited until the mans passion
had exhausted itself. Then he went on
co0ly
That is your point of view, 1 sup
pose. Mine is mat you could have salts
ned yourself concerning all those points
without sending me to prison However,
TINS discussion is beside the present ques
ton viii you buy my diamonds?"
lsaaestein recovered his seat He wiped
ms face vigorously, but the trading in
stnct conquered his fury
Yes he snapped. How much do you
want for them?"
notice that their value steadily in
qeases. The first time YOU saw this dia-
honQ and he held up the stone orig
'"aily exhibited to the Jew-'you said it
was worth six Or seven hundred pounds |
Quay you name a thousand. However,
VIII take your own valuation for this
important collection and accept fifty
thousand pounds"
0h you will, will you, And how
VIII You have it, in notes or rold?"
lie could not help this display of cheap
sarcasm The situation was losing its |
annoyance; the humor of it was begin !
nlhs to dawn on him. When his glance |
rested more critically on Philip. the boys |
~ me poverty of his circumstances. the |
mn, @uoIg fantastic incongruity of the affair, |
i'ieed his recognition
NJ NoJ unprepared for such a retort. |
Jump gathered the stones together. and |
w. -, ~ SiAdS VI Ine paper EVIDENT !
= lhe parcel was going back into his
p'gNot, He glanced at clock, too, which |
'.&ya soiemnly over the office door.
1..d mere what are you doing?' cried |
'olng 10 some one who will deal with |
',g IN reasonable manner. 1t is not |
-, '@'e yet. / suppose there are plen-
=! u hrns like yours in Hatton Garden. /
an go back to Mr. Wilson"
i, >H down, Sit down." growled the |
NV EAinly striving to cloak his nervous
r. " show OF grim iocosity. Il /
s. 'e. saw such a boy in my life. You |
fll.;. .'geiy as gunpowder I was only
am not joking. Mr.. Isaaestein. Your
PIT Is my price $50 0007
You think l carry that amount of |
- m my purse?' demanded Isaac |
80 go striving desperately to think out /
hum. as means whereby he could get Philip /
H. more amiable mood, when, perchance. /
W. rue story of the gems might be re-
A'. was the answer. Even if Won