The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

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"Nolpdy. tho hostess answered, while
was NJ the piano except The four playing
bridge, when tho clock =, rfck II cot
up. The four had jus' Finished playing.
We all started upstairs then
sNoeody came to The piHnor
70 say good.by. left him =, anding there, as
he aaid he was going Co stop downstairs
aw hile with the man.
mir. Jones had not stopped downstairs
fate Of the ring. II was absurd 20 think
that anybody In the party had Stolen y:
They were all loo rich, for n thing.
was the only poor one among them and ]
knew ] did not have y. Then there was
Jones-and there was his bridge and hs
an xiety 10 paw the man TO whom he was ins
debted not for money alone but for the
hacking.
He wants to pawn the ring, my sus-
picious mind kept repeating. He wants 20
hopes to take II out by hook or crook and
give It back, He's 80 desperate prooaely
that he hasn't thought how he will ever
get out Of the scrape.' 90
Il had said not hing Of my suspicion'to my
hostess. told her ] was going to town.
however, on the afternoon train.
"If it's TO do anvt hing horrible aboat
the ring she said, i won't let you 60. Ia
rat her lose it than have a lot of policeman
or detectives prying around to make me and
promise me not to go hear the police
THAT lucky phraseology helped me out,
as | had no idea of going to the pohce;b1s
l was going 10 see young Jones. try 70 nnd
out by hooko or crook II he had taken the ring
and prevent him from pawning It.
He had left his office when l got to own
~Itelephoned his rooms and he was not there.
l jumped into a hanson and arriv we'd In 9
few minutes at the rooms Of my astontsned
friend who had lent Jones the money.
What In the world do o wantp be
could not help exolaiming as I entered his
a'Your confidence ] answered, and Q
promise Of secrecy. Has young Jones
-He had not. You don't need H. I said.
or at least you don't need it right away.
Don't ask me any questions, but do as l aeE
you. It is now S o'clock. Call up the boy
at o. Tell him that 1t will be just as CON.
venient for you to wait for the money until
you come back.
90 like the way you butt into my ~afaire,'
he said, Just when I'm sailing for Europe
and need all I've got; but III do as you
Promising to meet him at the club for
dinner at 8, l went off to call up young Jones
He was at home. I told him / was
anxious to see him, but he said he was going
out Immediately, and suggested that I
call to -morrow. 81
You know my address, / said, In closing
the conversation Let me know there
before s O'Clock if you can see me later
~ went back to my friends rooms and
came in just in time to h ar him telling
ones that he n ed not hurry.
Must have been a tremendous relief
to the boy, he said. He almost cried over,
the telephone
"We took my h,nsom for an airing IL.
the park and went to my rooms to dress.
l. was only half past Q then and lay over
for a snooze. l was awakened half an hour
later by a kno k at the door.
"A gentleman left this, the man said.
and wanted me to see especially that you
got it, -.
1T was an envelope containing a letter
and a package Of white tissue paper. In
this wa the missing ring. The letter was
from Jones. He said he was at a loss to
know how the ring could have found its
way into the po ket OF his dinner COAT and
must have dropped there as he stood at the
piano, He hoped very much that l would
return It to the owner, II possible, without
mentioning that his was the particular
already decided that his name should
never be made known to the few persona
who had heard OF the theft. l kept that
promise. too, in the face OF some trouble.
L was never Il detective again ana tuht
was my first experience; but 1'felt certain
that this young nan had taken''the ring
to pay his debt, He avoided me after the
incident, and although he met with some
success as a broker. he returned TO Eng,
land a year or two after he had sucoumbed
to temptation.
Less romantic was a'theft that happened.
a year ago and rea he'd a much larger circle
1t occurred at the meeting Of a woman's
club, and, of course, was not to be kept
quiet. The meeting took place at the,
Of a wealthy member,
When the time came TO go home there was
a row that reechoed through all clubdom
before 1t exhausted itself In talk. 1t was
never settled. Only two women now recall
the event with anguish. One Of these is
the hostess who acquired 10 much unpleas-
notoriety through the incident. The
is the former possessor of O beautiful
broadtail coat trimmed in sable. Al che
party she exchanged 1t for a dark brown
imitation sealskin that could not have cost
$3.50. 1t was the only unclaimed coat,
however. when the hundred or more women
had taken their own coats and gone home.
The maids who handed out the coats had
recollection Of the woman who claimed
the broadtail, They were not accustomed
to dealing with 30 many persons and could