Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-18

ulatine. He would Tot give me T dol lar
 monds'' "But he would ba sure to miss th,a1. N2. must try another war. Iu tlat t2ere k but one other way. if v,-s A1t sure that my speculation u-,0-6 lafn out all right l wouldut try that. gHt the woft HiIj be certain and large" "Well% quorie3 the ageo. as his co#patfioA sat locking at JIte toe of he- shoe
 Tn SIT Johns safe. in the library II. home, is large amount Of Peruvian bonds If had part of them l could raise the f5.02o needed and replace tie bonds again in a few weeks The house is closed just now. but it would not require a great effort to get in and 1 have the combination of the safe. was thinking. you know-I was think. ing
 Then they dropped their voices 10 Whispers. and when interrupted fifteen minutes later they seemed to have ar rived at an understanding.
 Two nights later the country house WAS robbed He singular part of t was that onl.s %tF Johns lady was de. l spoiled. All her dia1uonds had been taken, but 10 else had been robbed of 1 eHen Sti>Snn, There WIS an outcrv. but fortunately they had keen de- teetive on the spot, and he didn't wait ] for his breakfast before beginning to pick up trails. Before noon he decided that the most likely one led toward , London and he followed it. X day or two later he returned and secretly handed Sir Johns lady pack age of Peruvian bonds She was not i taking on about her losses half as much i as her friends thought she should, but the detective assured every one that his clew was most promising
 He returned to the city to follow it up. and three days later the lady re- ceived a telegram urging her to come home at once for a few hours Three hours later she was climbing the steps of the mansion in Grosvenor square. Sir John had opened the house and was waiting for her.
 Madam you are here." he said, with q wave of his hand.
 "Yes. an here
 And will you kindly explain, ma dam, when and where you had the stones removed from your jewelry and paste substitutcd:'
 What do you mean, sirte
 Don't attempt any denial. Here are your jewels-your pretended jewels-of which you were robbed at Thorpes. They have been ill my possession for a day and half. They are paste, ma dam, nothing but paste.
 Sir John did not think to tell her that the boxes had been carried to three different pawnbrokers to secure loan, and it was through them that he had learned the pasty fact. and she was so busy opening package she had brought along that she didn't ask him. When she had laid dozen or so Peru vian bonds on the table she pointed to them in dramatic way and ex- claimed:
 And about these bonds, sir. You bought them at 1O6 for investment. l lent you f2,OOO to complete the deal. Do you know what they are worth in the market today?"
 About 1O9, believe" he replied.
 Forty cents, sir, and still going downr'
 "But where did you get tnem7 have been robbed"
 .So have l!'
 Madam, you must have wanted to raise loan. Tell me what it was fol"
 You were in the same fix. What did you want thousands of pounds for?"
 Here ts your paste jewelry!"
 And here are your forty cent bonds"
 And day or two later each received bill by mail. The one read, "For stealing your wife's diamonds and the other read, "For stealing your hus- banrs bonds" And the indebtedness was ff0O in each case.