Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-24

I not necessarily follow that I am IRE
! pared to give such a sum for them a
4 this moment l might do so as a specl
Iadon, but | take it you do not wan
me to figure in that capacity. 1t viii
| be better for you, safer for me, if | be
come your a"o-t. l will take your stones
to Amsterdam. have them cut sufficient.
| ly to enable dealers to assess their true
worth and sell them to the best ad.
vantage. My charge will be 10 Der
cent and ] pay all expenses. Today I
| Will give you ESQ. Tomorrow | will
take you to bank and place five thou
sand to your credit. Meanwhile l will
give you receipt fo- thirty stones.
weighing in the rough so many carats.
and you or Gay one you may appoint
can see the s"le vouchers subsequently
when | will hand you the balance aft
er deducting E5,050 and my 10 per cent
The total price may exceed fifty thou.
sand or 1t may be less, but l do not
think | will be far out in my estimate
Are you agreeable?"
Some inner monitor told Philip that
the man was talking on sound business
lines. There was a ring of sincerity in
his voice. Apparently he had thrust
temptation aside and was firmly re-
solved to be content with his 10 per
cent.
And this might well be. TWENTY-FIVE
housGrd pounds year earned hv
Few journeys to the continent-a f.
hagSlng interviews in the Hattol c..
den office! What gold mine! a.,r.
over, he would be the head man in :, o
trade. He was that now, in some -,
spects. but under the new conditions
none corld gainsay his place at the t,,.
Even the magnates of Kimberley VOID
BE- staggered by this new source Of sun.
ply. What did 1t matter If the h,v
kept to hts rags and amazed the wa.M
80 long as the diamonds were fo-+1
coming? 1t was no silk hated gentl4
man who first stumbled across the d!..
mond laden earth of South AfricY
Isaacstein had made up his mind. Fat
had thrust this business into his lap.
He would be fool to lose it out of
mere curiosity. 4
Yes" said Philip. Il agree to that" |
Samuel yelled Isaacstein.
Coming, sir" was the answering
shout, and f1urried clerk appeared.
Bring In the scales, Samuel"
The scales were brought and a level
space cleared for them on the desk.
Philip, Of course, had never tRfore
seen an instrument so delicately adj
justed. A breath would serve to de-
press the balance. -
The boy held forth his paper and
poured the contents into the tiny brass
tray Of the scales. Samueps mouth
opened and his eyes widened 1t was
his first sight of the diamonds.
-Four ounces eight pennyweights FIVE
grains-629 carats In thirty stones.
Oh, good gracious mev' murmured the
clerk .-N
Isaacstein checked the record care
fully.
"RightY' he said. "Put them in the
safe"
Philip raised no protest this time.
He knew that the man would keep his
word. Indeed, Isaacstein told Samuel
to bring him fifty sovereigns, and ere
the man returned he began to write
on a sheet of letter paper:
Received from Here! What's
your namer' he broke in.
philip"
phillip what?'
THAT will do today, thank you. The
next time l call l will give you my
full name and address,"
|
this matter" and he wrote on:
Received from Philip. boy who refuses
any other name, but the same whom II
saw in this office on the 10th inst and
again at the Clerkenwell police court on
that date. thirty meteoric diamonds
in the gross 500 carats. l hereby
agree to dispose of the same and to rem
der true account of the sales to said
Philip or his agents, my commission te
be 10 per cent the expenses payable by
me. have today handed the said Philip H
ESQ in gold and undertake to place $4,000
to his credit tomorrow with my bankers.
REUBEN ISAACSTEIN.
After completing this acknowledge
ment he scrubbed something else.
There" he said with a sigh of re-
lief, that is not very formal docu-
ment, but it will suffice. You can get 4
II stamped tomorrow at Somerset
House. lust sign this receipt for ESQ.,"
Philip took the two papers and read
them carefully. Isaacstein's handwrit-
ing was a scrawl, but legible enough.
The boy reached for pen and signed
his Christian name. He was on the
point of adding his surname In an I'M
guarded moment, but he felt the mans
eye on him. so he simply wrote phil
Up" across the stamp at the foot of the
receipt.
Isaacstein fully appreciated the incl
dent and knew that his own eagerness
defeated the chance, all the more pow
erful because It was involuntary, of Il
ascertaining the name of this marvel
Gus youth.
Philip gathered up his gold, not with
out counting the coins. They felt
strangely heavy in his pocket-much