Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15

gi; Ne shall BIZ DOOR. but"
indcee we shan'tl" she !eclared.
~Wc'se going to nav that money. It's
mine really, and he'd rsther me have i
and ] like monev.n
He'll lever give il to YOU" warne
her.
"0f course not. shall have to get it
out OF him in a square business deal
a deal in diamonds"
"Diamonds!" | laughed. You're pref
ty clever, Elizabeth, but you aren't clev-
er enough TO get the better of your faith
er in that line. There isn't much that
he doesn't know about diamonds
"Exactly!" She nodded That's our
chance He thinks there isn't anything
that he doesn't know about them. So.
if we can find out one little thing that
be doesn't, we shall catch him. I've been
thinking Wasn't Prof. Knowles your
teacher2 The man who tried to manu-.
factre diamonds?''
He did it," ] explained, "but they
were only tiny little scraps of things.
They weren't worth as much as it cost
to make them"
But they would be if he could make
bigger cnes."
He says it's impossible, because-I'm
hanged if ! remember the reason.
don't think / ever understood the bust
ness really; but he was positive about
it, and he's always right"
What horrible man! You must in
troduee me to him"
lie doesn't care about women" | OBJ
lected. He'll make fuss if l propose
Elizabeth laughed at me.
nj 70 H. I - sc
you DON'T she said.
So | called on old Knowles the next
day, and he was very pleased to see me.
don't know why he liked me, because
he said | was the worst pupil he ever
had; but he did He grumbied at first.
and muttered about chattering women
and waste of time, but when / told him
that Elizabeth was going to marry me
he said he should be interested to see
her He had theory about the attrac-
ton of opposites So / suppose he
thought she ought to be very clever!
She is, of course!
They made friends directly, and talked
and talked about diamonds until / was
sick of it, and went out to smoke a
cigarette. When came back they had
gone from the study to the laboratory,
and were inspecting the diamond making
machine Elizabeth was quite excited,
and he was chuckling.
Miss Smith has made a very curious
Suggestion to me, George" he said; "a
very curious suggestion She thinks we
could increase the size of the diamonds,
and, upon my word, / believe we could!~
He rubbed his hands furiously.
I'VE can flood the world with them
and ruin every diamond merchant" she
declared.
What's the good of thatl'' / protest
ed 1T won't make us any better off to
ruin other people"
"True," the professor agreed "Truel
But if diamond merchants in general and
Mr.. Smith in particular wish to avoid
ruin they must make certain other peo-
lple better off-you two young people, in
fact. Now, do you understand
"1e-es,s | said, "bIt ] don't know If
it's quite quite the straight thing. you
know"
'Nonsense!" Elizabeth cried .'The
professor and | have perfect right to
make diamonds if we please"
when we had the professor to dinner
| W itH I4fIZdDelu anu he were ldlhIDg ana
laughing about the diamond machine he
let something slip. l didn't say any
thing before him, and they thought |
didn't take it in; but l did.
When he had gone took Elizabeth by
the arm.
Elizabeth" I said. "you cheated your
father about those diamonds"
She looked at me for a long time.
- gss Il
asked.
TEL your father, and give up the
money" / said.
scream, and caught hold of me- You're
going to keep meg' she cried.
why" | said, "of course"
"Then I don't care" she asserted, Eek
cept for father He will be so sorry that
that" She blinkad little.
THAT you did it," | suggested; and
she wiped her eyes and stamped her foot.
"You are stupid" she said. Hell be
sorry that I've been found out, and that
he can't give me his money If you UNI
derstood it properly
"Now look here, Elizabeth" / said
Il understand 1t my own way, and /
never shall understand it any other
way. You won't get round me by any
of your cleverness; and you may as well
give it up"
George she said calmly. Il give it
up. You may kiss me-"
/ went round TO her fathers office the
next morning. and burst my way
through the clerks into his private office.
He said he had no time to talk to me.
but | sat down and told him I'd wait till
he had. That seemed to please him, and
he laid down his pen and ehuekled.
whats it about7" he asked.
"The diamonds that the professor
made. l said HE didn't make them
really"
'Of course he didn't" he said. your
hussy of wife-my hussy of daugh-
ter-changed them in the wool"
"And--you ?" l gasped.
He laughed slowly.
"And Elizabeth guessed that l knew,
he told me, If you come to that 1t was
her way of saving my face-about not
breaking my word. and now you've