The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-13
"MercifuI Providence" Cried Mr..
Pinney.

weight Of the stones where their quail
ity is equally. good, and Baraka made
notes of some sort in a little Eng.
lish memorandum book, as if 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 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 leisurely,
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
ing the duchess pearls. At the same
moment, 1t occurred to Mr. Pinney
that he might as well go to luncheon,
and that he had better put Legotheti's
ruby into the little strong-box and
lock 1t up in the safe until he at last
had a chance to weigh it. He ac-
cordingly took the screw of paper
from his waistcoat pocket, and as a
matter of formality he undid it once
more.
"Merciful Providence!" cried Mr..
Pinney, for he was a religious man.
no Of n
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 a
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 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. I'll 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-
tance, 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 a four-wheeler 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 if Spiro had not called out
something which at once changed the
| aspect of matters.
Master is LADY," he yelled. Lady
| man clothes."
That makes 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 he
to cell at the back of the station. II
less than ten minutes Mrs. Mowl,