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

Yes" said Philip. II agree to that"
Samuel" yelled Isaacstein.
Coming, sir" was the answering
shout. and a fiurried clerk appeared
Bring in the scales. Samuel"
The scales were brought, and a level
space cleared for them on the desk
Philip. of course. had never before seen
an instrument so delicately adjusted.
breath would serve TO depress the
balance
The boy held forth his paper. ans
poured the contents into the tiny brass
tray of the scales. SamueFs mouth
opened and his eyes widened. 1t was
his first sight OF the diamonds.
-Four ounces. eight pennyweights.
five grains-six hundred and twenty
nine carats in thirty stones. Oh. good
gracious me-? murmured the clerk
Isaacstein checked the record care
fully
Right" he said. Put them in the
safe"
Philip raised no protest this time
He knew that the Jew would keep his
10 bring him fifty sovereigns, and ere
the man returned he began TO write on
sheet of letter paper:
| Received from Here what is
your name?' he broke in.
Phillip
Philip what?"
That will do today. thank you The
next time 1 call l will give you my full
! name and address"
| Please yourself | am no Judge In
this matter" and he wrote on:
Received from Philip, a boy who re-
fuses any other name, but the same
whom / saw in this Office on the TWEEN
tieth inst, and again at the ClerkenweI
police court on that date. thirty mete-
oric diamonds weighing I'm the gross six
hundred and twenty-nine carats
hereby agree to dispose OF the same
and TO render true account of sales TO
the said Philip or his agents. NV com
| mission to be ten per cent; the expenses
payable by me. I have today handed
the said Philip fifty pounds in gold, and
! undertake to place five thousand
| pounds TO his credit tomorrow with my
bankers. REUBEN ISAACSTEIN."
After completing this acknowledge
ment. he scrubbed something else
There" he said with a sigh OF re-
lief. that is not a very formal docu-
ment. but it will suffice. You can get
| IL stamped tomorrow at Somerset
house. Just sign this receipt for fifty
pounds
| Philip took the two papers and read
them carefully. Isaacstein's handwrft-
ing was a scrawl. but legible enough
The boy reached for a pen and signed
( his Christian name. He was on the
point of adding his surname in an I'M
guarded moment, but he felt the Jews
eye on him So he simply wrote Phil
ip' across the Stamp at the foot of the
receipt.
Isaacstein fully appreciated the Incl
dent, and knew that his own eagerness
defeated the chance, all the more pow
erful because it was involuntary, of as
pertaining the name of this marvellous
youth.
Philip gathered up his gold, not with
out counting the coins. They felt
strangely heavy in his pocket. much
heavier than the stones they replaced.
Yet they formed but a thousandth part
of the value OF those f1intlike pebbles.
What queer problem II was, this ratio
OF worth between few stones and the
| bright. minted sovereigns.
What time shall l call tomorrow"
he asked. cap in hand. ready to take his
departure.
AT eleven. But wait one moment
Have you no friends 10 look after you?
See what trouble you may get into.
| Why. the mere possession of so much
| gold by boy like you may
II can take care OF myself, Mr. Isaac
stein. I will be here at eleven. Good
afternoon"