Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

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lion dollars for her pet charity if she would aid him
bies to SELL
visited by Baraka, who gave him ruby after the
the description of the man she loved
Parsifal festival.
Van Torp believed him to be the Baraka
KEYS at the same time To reach the safe he had to
walk the whole length of the shop, behind the
counter, and before he had gone halfway he re-
membered the stone, came back and slipped it into
his waistcoat pocket Then he went and got the
little iapanned strong box in which he kept loose
stones and opened it before his customers They
stood a long time, and Spiro asked many questions
for Baraka, chiefly relating to the sliding scale of
prices which is regulated by the weight of the
where their quality equally good and Baraka made
notes of some sort in little English memorandum
book, as if she had done it all her life but Pinney
could not see what she wrote. He very careful
to watch the stones when she took them in her
fingers and held them up against the light or laid
them a sheet of white paper to look at them
critically. She bought nothing and when she had
seen all he had to Show her, She thanked him very
mach through Spiro, said she would come back
another day, and went out with her man with
eisurely, oriental gait, as if nothing in the world
could hurry her.
DINNEY prepared to 60 out to luncheon, and before
putting Logotheti's ruby into the little strong
box he took the of paper from his waistcoat
pocket, and matter of formality undid it once
"Merciful Providence!' he cried; for he was
religious man.
The screw of paper contained bit of broken green
glass. He threw his keys to his shoprnan without
another word, and rushed out into the street with
out his hat his keen old face deadly pale and his
beautiful frock coat flying in his wake. He almost
hurled led himself ii upon a quiet policeman
clothes. Ruby worth ten thousand pounds just
gone. I'm Pinney the Jeweler!
You cannot astonish London policeman. The
one Pinney had caught looked quietly up and down
the street, and then glanced his nterocutor to be
that it was he. for he knew him by sight.
All right, he said quickly, but Very quietly.
I'm have them in minute SIR for they're in sight
still. Better go in while take them, SIR
He caught them in less than minute without the
slightest difficulty. Baraka and Spiro were too
sensible and of themselves to offer any
useless resistance, and, supposng there was some
misunderstanding, they walked back quietly to Pin
neys shop between two policemen, while third
for four-wheeler at the nearest stand.
Pnney recognized his late customers without
hesitation and went with them the police station
where he told his story and showed the piece of
green glass. Spiro tried to speak, but ordered
to hold his tongue and as no rubies were found in
their pockets he and Baraka were led away to be
searched more thoroughly.
But at last Baraka resisted, and with such ire
mendous energy that there would have been serious
trouble if Spiro had not called out something which
at once changed the aspect of matters.
Master is lady!n he yelled. Man clothes!'' :
THAT makes pretty bad case observed the
sergeant. e" Send for Mrs Movie =
Baraka did not resist when she the woman,
and went quietly with her to a cell at the back of
the station. In less than ten minutes Mrs. Movie
out and locked the door after her She brought
little bag of soft deerskn in her hand. and steel
bodkin with wrought silver 4andle, such
Southern Italian women used to wear in their hair
Before such weapons were prohibited. Mrs. Movie
gave both objects the sergeant without comment.
In the bag there were several screws OF paper,
which were found contain rubies of different
sizes to large value. But there was one, much
1arG no hRr T0rr had