The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

ton Garden. or l can go back to Mr..
Wilson
sit down. Sit down." growled the
Jew, vainly striving to cloak his nery-
BUSINESS by a show of grim jocosity. II
never saw such a boy in my life. You
are touchy as gunpowder. I was only
Joking
81 am not joking. Mr. Isaacstein.
Your price is my price-fifty thousand
pounds"
DO you think 1 carry that amount
of money in my purse?" demanded
Isaacstein. striving desperately to
think out some means whereby he could
get Philip into more amiable mood,
when. perchance, the true story of the
gems might be revealed.
NO" was the answer. Even if you
gave 1t to me / should not take it
away. I want you TO advance. say
fifty pounds. today. I require clothes
and other things. Then, tomorrow,
you can bring me to a bank, and pay
portion of the purchase price to my
credit. giving me at the same time
written promise to pay the remainder
within a week, or a month-any req
sonable period, in fact"
The diamond merchant was quickly
becoming serious, methodical, as hs
listened. This businesslike proposal
his bewildered faculties.
Tell me. boy" he said. who has
been advising your"
No one"
DO you mean TO say you came here
today to trade with me without con.
sulting any other person.
Il certainly told Mr.. Abingdon I was
coming. and I feel that 1 can always
return to him for any advice If / am
in a difficulty. but the offer I have
just made is my own"
Watching Isaacstein's face was an
interesting operation to Philip. Under
ordinary conditions he might as we'll
expect to find emotion depicted i'm
pound of butter as in that oily counte-
nance. with its set expression nodded
By years of sharp dealings. But to-
day the man was startled out of all
the accustomed grooves of business. He
was confronted with problem so novel
that mis- experience was not wide
enough to embrace II.
So Philip caught a CLEAN of resent
ment at the Introduction of the mag
lstrate's name. and he instantly re-
solved to see Mr.. Abingdon again at
the earliest opportunity.
''Oh. he treated you kindly today.
cid he?" snarled Isaacstein
Yes. most kindly"
You don't drink, I suppose?" broke
in the other. abruptly
No. ! am only boy of fifteen, and
DO not need stimulants."
He was favored with a sharp glance
at this remark, but he bent over his
diamonds again and began to examine
them, one by one. He knew that the
action was tantalizing to his compan-
ion, and that is why he did it.
Icao -tnf, IL
poured out stiff glass of brandy. He
swallowed IL as an ordinary person
takes an oyster.
That's better" he said. returning TO
his desk. Now we can get TO close
quarters. Hand over the stones"
Philip did nothing of the sort.
Why" he inquired, blandly. You
know all about them. You can hardly
want to examine them so frequently.
'Confound it," cried Isaacstein, grow
ing red with renewed impationce, what
more can I do than as<ee TO your
terms?'
II asked you for an advance of fifty
pounds. | said nothing about leaving
the diamonds in your charge. Please
listen TO me. / make no unrea soma bic
demands. II you wish to keep the
stones now you must first write me
at letter stating the agreement be-
tween us. If il is right | will give
you the diamonds. II IL is not accord
ing to my ideas you must alter it."
do you think / mean to swinGle
your"
II have nc views on that point, 7
am only telling you what my conditions
are"
Isaacstein sat back in his chair and
regarded Philip fixeGly and with as
much calmness as he could summon TO
his aid. A ray of sunshine illumined
bald patch on the top of his head.
and the boy found himself idly specu-
lating on developments in the Jews
future life. The man, on his part. was
seeking TO read the boys inscrutable
character. but the fixitv of Philips