The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-10-09
"MercifuI ProvIdence!" Cried Mr..
Plnney.

weight Oh tNe SlOOeb where Cnelr quail
ity Is equally good. and Baraka made
notes of some sort in little Eng
lish memorandum book, a. II she had
done It all her life; but Mr.. Pinney
could not see what she wrote. He was
careful, and watched the stones when
she took them in her fingers and held
them up against the light. or laid
them on 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 much through Spiro,
said she would come back another
day, and went out with lelsurely,
oriental gait, as If nothing in the
world could hurry her. Mr.. Pinney
counted the stones again. and was 60
ing to lock the box, when his second
man came in, having finished string.
moment, 1t occurred to Mr.. Pinney
that he might az we'll go to luncheon,
and that he had better put Logotheti's
ruby into the little stronghold ana
lock 1t up in the safe until he at last
had chance to weigh 1t. He &C.
cordingly took the screw of paper
from his waistcoat pocket, and as q
matter Of formality he undid 1t once
more.
"Merciful Providence!" cried Mr..
Pinney. for he was religious man.
The screw Of paper contained bit
of broken green glass. He threw his
keys to his shopman without another
word. and rushed out into the street
without his hat, his keen old face
deadly pale, and his beautiful frock-
coat flying in his wake.
He almost hurled himself upon q
quiet policeman.
Thief" he cried 1.-TWO foreigners
in gray clothes-ruby worth ten thou
sand pounds just gone-Tm Pinney
the jeweler!"
You cannot astonish q London po-
liceman. The one Pinney had caught
looked quietly up and down the
street. and then glazed at his inter-
locutor to be sure that it was he, for
he knew him by sight.
"All right" he said quickly, but very
quietly ''Ill have them in a minute.
sir, for they're in sight still. Better
go in while take them. sir"
He caught them in less than a min
ute without the slightest difficulty,
and by some odd coincidence two 9TH
er policemen suddenly appeared quite
close to him. There was little stir
in the street, but Baraka and Spiro
were too sensible and too sure Of
themselves to offer any useless resis-
lance, and supposing there was some
misunderstanding they walked back
quietly to Mr.. Pinney's shop between
two of the policemen, while the third
went for four-witeeler at the nearest
stand, which happened to be the cor
ner of Brook street and New Bond
street.
Mr.. Pinney recognized his late Gus.
toners without hesitation, and went
with them to the police station, where
he told his story and showed the
piece OF green glass. Spiro tried to
speak, but was ordered to hold his
tongue. and as no rubies were found
in their pockets he and Baraka were
led away to be more thoroughly
searched.
But now, at last. Baraka resisted.
and with such tremendous energy
that there would have been serious
trouble II Spiro had not called out
something which at once changed the
aspect of matters.
Master is LADY," he yelled. Lady,
man clothes!"
THAT makes a pretty bad CASE"
observed the sergeant who was super
intending. "Send for Mrs. Movie"
Baraka did not resist when she saw
the matron and went quietly with her
to cell at the back Of the station. In
less than ten minutes Mrs. Movie
came out and locked the door after
her. She was CHEEKY little person,
very neatly dressed, and she had rest
less bright eyes like a ferret. She
brought little bag Of soft deerskin
in her hsnd, and steel bodkin with