The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-11

ehS REPOSITORY OF the milioiidie ioA
tunes.
Ordinary people will credit n nom
sense where diamonds are concerned
Even an educated criminal like Victor
Grenier believed there might be some
foundation for the absurd theory which
oun ready credence among the do
mestics.
He never made the error of planning
a burglary or adroit robbery whereby
the bag might come into his possess
sion. If it did contain diamonds, and
especially if it contained unique spec
linens, it was absolutely useless to him..
But his vitals yearned for Anson's
gold, and the question he asked him
self in every unoccupied moment was
how he might succeed in getting some
portion of it into his own pocket.
One day a quaint notion entered his
mind, and the more he thought of it
the more it dominated him. He was
tall and well made. If slim in figure,
and his face had never lost the plas-
ITCHY given it by his stage experience.
He had only heard Philips voice
once. but his features inc general ap-
pearance were now quite familiar to
him, and he undertook a series of ex-
periments with clothing and makeup
to ascertain if he could ~personate An
son sufficiently we'll to deceive anyone
who was not an intimate acquaintance.
Soon the idea became a mania, and the
mania absorbed the mans intellect. To
be Philip Arson for a day, a week.
What would he not give for the powerl
One evening, when Jockey Mason
entered Grenier's apartments, he
started back with an oath, as a stran-
ger approached him in the dim light
and said:
well. Mason. and what do you
want"
The ~ex-burglar and man-slayer
seemed to be so ready to commit in
slant murder that CREME himself was
alarmed.
Hold hard, old chap" he said, in
his natural voice. 81 am only trying
TO ave N experiment on you"
What tomfoolery is this?" shouted
the other, gazing at him with the sus-
picious side glance of a discounted
dog which has been startled by some
person familiar to it in ordinary guise,
but masquerading in outre garments.
"A mere pleasantly, 1 assure
Good heavens, man, how you must
hate this fellow. Arson, if you are so
own story. he only acted as ninety
nine people out of a hundred would
have done in helping the cop"
What l want to know is. why are
you playing tricks on me. 1 won't
stand it I'm not built that way"
Now, Mason, be reasonable. Can I
ask anybody else if l resemble Philip
Arson whe made up to represent
him?"
Perhaps not, but you ought to have
warned me. Besides, 1 am worried to-
day"
What has happened now"
Il went to report myself at South
wark police station. Who should 1 find
there but Bradley, the chap we used
to call Sailor He is an inspector now
and, of course he knew me at once"
What of that?"
H pretended to take an interest in
me. n tried to lead me on to talk
about you"
The devil he did,"
"Oh, I know their ways. They can't
do anything to me as long as 1 show
up regularly and keep a clean slate
But about me?"
Il said you had been a good friend
there was no use in denying that l was
here pretty Often-and that we both
thought of ENGRAVING"
Good. We will"
Not me. 1 have a score to set
tie"
Patience, my worthy friend. Your
score shall be settled in full. 1 cannot
prevent it, ever if L would. Do you
think 1 have been idle. or that 1 spend
Langdon'S money on a wild goose
chase? Not me. Langdon has taken
my advice at last. He has met this
charmer with whom he is so infatu-
ated- h almost recognized him, but
he pretended such complete ignorance
of her, and even of London, that her
suspicious were quieted."
What good is that to us?"
Little, but it gave him the oppor-
tunity to ~ingratiate himself. He failed
most completely, and why?"
How do 1 know? H is an ass, any,
way"
Exactly. More than that, the young
lady is in love with Philip Anson."
I'm not"
But ne is IN love with her. At first,
Mrs. Atherley n the girl kept him at
arms length. She was too poor, he
too rich. That difficulty was smoothed
over quite recently, and they meet now
nearly every day. Langdon hasn't a
dogs chance, and if all goes we'll, the
happy pair will soon be off to Norway
or Switzerland for their honeymoon"
"Oh, indeed. Then where does all
your clever scheming come in? Why
have you held me back? He went to
Sussex. o wouldn't let me follow
him. He was out late several nights
on his motor car along the North road.
1 would have met him and smashed
his face in with a life preserver, but
you held me back. What are you
driving at? What's the gamer"
You shall see"
Grenier went to a cupboard and took
out a small box. From this he pro-
duced a single check and several slips
Of paper on which were written names
and signatures.
THAT is an old check signed by
Philip Anson." he said, coolly. Here
is his signature repeated several times
for amusement. 1t only needs a man
of action like you, an accomplished
actor like myself, to possess the neces-
sary nerve-the nerve that risks all on
a supreme coup-and we will be not
only rolling in money, but able to enjoy
life pleasantly in any part of the world
we select-even in London when the
wind changes a little"
you must talk plainly if you want
me to understand you," said Mason
doggedly.
Very well. You think I am some
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