The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-30
A TALE OF MYSTERY
AND ADVENTURE

sought illumination from Che Jews
perturbed countenance, but Isaacstein
was modify examining the contents of
the paper and turning over both the
stones and the scraps OF iron with an
air of profound mystification.
IN tell you what said the in
spector, jubilantly, after a slight
pause. I'VE will charge him with
being in unlawful possession of GER
tain diamonds. supposed to have been
stolen. He has given me a false name
and a silly address Park Lane, the
young imp said he lived in
"A man in your position ought to be
more accurate" interposed Philip. Il
did not say / lived in Park Lane.
told you I intended to buy a house
there"
Seldom, indeed, were the minor del
ties of the police station bearded in
this fashion. and by a callow youth.
But the inspector was making the cop
per-plate hair strokes which had
gained him promotion, and his brain
had gone back to its normal dullnesS.
Il will just see if we cannot bring
him before a magistrate at once he
said, addressing Mr.. Isaacstein. Can
you make it convenient to attend the
court within an hour, sir? Then we
will get a weeks remand, and we will
soon find out"
"A weeks remand" Philip became
white again, and those large eyes of
his began to burn. What have I
done"
'Silencel Search him carefully and
take him to the cells
The boy turned despairingly to the
Jew.
Mr. Isaacstein," he said, with a
pitiful break in his voice. why do you
let them do this thing? You are a rich
man. and well known. Tell them they
are wrong"
But Isaacstein was wobbling now in
a renewed state of excitemtnt.
What can l do, boy?" he vociferat-
ed, almost Historically. you must say
where you got these stones, and then,
perhaps, you can clear up every
thing
Philips lips met in tsn seam.
Il will never tell you" he answered,
and not another word would he utter.
They searched him and found moth
ing in his pockets save a key, broken
knife. some bits of string neatly coiled,
and a couple of buttons. He spent the
next hour miserably in a whitewashed
cell. He refused some coffee and bread
brought to him at Il o'clock, and this
was the only sentient break in a wild
tumble of conflicting thoughts. The
idea came to him that he must be
amidst the familiar surroundings of
Johnson's News. To convince himself
that this was not so. he reviewed the
history of the preceding twenty-four
fours. At that time yesterday he was
going to Fleet street with a capital of
ninepence to buy a quire of newspa-
pers. He remembered where he had
sold each of the five copies, where he
bought a penny bun, and how he came
10 hic -fn nd
the bargain for rescuing a girl from
an Overturning carriage.
Then his mind reverted to his fixed
resolve to hang himself, and his stolid
preparations for the last act in his
young life's tragedy. Was that where
the dream started, or was the whole
thing a definite reality, needing only Il
stout heart and unfaltering purpose to
carry him through triumphantly? Yes
That was il. BE strong and brave
and all will be well with you" Surely
his mother had looked beyond the
grave when she uttered her parting
words. Perhaps, if he lay down a1Iu
closed his eyes, he would see her He
always hoped 10 see her in his drea -
but never was the vision VoGchsafed
to him. Poor lad, he did not under
stand that his sleep was the sound
sleep of health and innocence when
dreams, if they come at all. are but
grotesque distortions of the simple
facts of everyday existence. Only once
had he .dimly imagined her presence,
and that was at a moment which his
sane mind now refused to resurrect
/ Nevertheless, he was tired Yield
ing TO the conceit, he stretched himself
on the wooden couch that ran along
one side of his narrow cell.
Some one called him, not unkindly.
Nov VOuneSter hmm IN The Va N
is here
He was led through gloomy CORR
doris and placed in a receptacle just
large enough to hold him UNI
comfortably in huge, lumber
ing vehicle. He thought he was
the only occupant, which was true
enough, the prisoners van having made
a special call for his benefit.
After a rumbling journey through un-
seen streets. he emerged into another
Iwalled-in courtyard. He was led through
more corridors, and told to skip lively
up a winding staircase. At the top he
came out into big room, with a WELL
like space in front of him, filled with a
huge table, around which sat several
gentlemen, among them Mr.. Isaacstein
while on an elevated platform beyond
was an elderly man, who wore eye
glasses and who wrote something in a
book without looking up when Philips
name was called out.
A police inspector, whom Philip had
not seen before, made a short state
ment, and was followed by the consta-
BILE who effected the arrest His story
was brief and correct, and then the in
spector stated that Mr.. Wilson OF
Grant & Sons, Ludgate Circus, would
be called at the next hearing, as he
the inspector-would ask for a remand
to enable inquiries to be made. Mean
while Mr.. Isaacsteir, of Hatton Gar
den, had made it convenient to attend
that day, and would be pleased to give
evidence if his worship desired to hear
him.
Certainly" said Mr.. 1sbingdon, the
magistrate. This seems to be a some
what peculiar case, and l will be glad
il Mr.. Isaacstein can throw any light
upon it,"
But Mr.. Isaacstein could not do any
such thing. He wound up a succiny1
account of Philips visit and utterances
by declaring that there was no collection
of meteoric diamonds known TO him
from which such a remarkable set OF
stones could be stolen.
This emphatic statement impressed
the magistrate.
Let me see them" he said.
The parcel was handed up to him
and he examined its contents with OBJ
yious interest.