The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-12-31
CHAPTER VII,

ruby the Greek had brought him, and
was going to weigh 1t, not merely as
matter Of business, for he weighed
every stone that passed through his
hands from crown diamonds to sparks,
but with genuine curiosity, because in
| a long experience he had not seen
very many rubies of such a size, which
were also of such fine quality, and he
wondered where this one had been
| found.
Just then, however. two well.dressed
young men entered the shop and
came up TO him. He had never seen
| either of them before, but their looks
| inspired him with confidence: and
when they spoke, their tone was that
OF English gentlemen, which all 9TH
er Englishmen find it practically i'm
possible to initiate, and which had
been extremely familiar to Mr.. Pin.
ney from his youth. Though he was
the great jeweler himself, the wealthy
descendant of five OF his name In sue.
cession. and much better of than half
his customers, he was alone in his
shop that morning. The truth was
'"a' ms only SON. the sixth Kinney
anu 'he apple OF MS eye, mad Just
been married and was gone abroad
Tor a honeymoon trip. and the head
snophiah, VINO was Scotch, was having
his months holiday at Ayrshire, and
the second man had been sent for, to
clean and restring the duchess OF Bar
.Hes.ei pearls at her graces mousse
III Cauosah uardehs' as was Always
uone ai'er the season. ana a couple OF
'n''eu "orhneh LOT whom MI. I'm
NY iounu occupation AL the year
round were IN the workshop at their
o "neieiofe' out OF iour re-
,ponaie anu worthy men VINO usual
-. ,4s4'', ', on'y 'ne great MT rim
n "as Ut nis pos'.
| W wv esSou 'us'oii''
u W see so,ne pms, anu 'ne
49,. So ns "u''o., ING hrst
Do.s"' pm WIN sniaii sapphire set
NO. 'o' zen su'heas' ana gave
-, p,'"us 'o' 1t BECAUSE ne
a.. ,,,,,S 80 W. '"noY put 'ne ~" 'n'o
.'o'ooso ense' wrapped II UP
I, anu ''""a,u I" W inc purehaser'
~, anu h,S Iiiehu sa'd soou-
"ne "a 'N'' anu ieisure'y man
eau'e'eu Out .ook MANSION
P' "''ne' uo"h '"e sueet'
"" ~, wv. away
.,',,. i'.'e paper tWis. containing 10
g. .uVy "as sun eA"ctiy where
'n.y hau pi"ced !, on thc oouh-
anu .' was so'ns 10 eNainihe the
s'une anu weigh u at hst' Wheh TWO
80, 'ue,one's en'ereu 'he shop' eNi'
dehuy iorelshers' and moreover of
so', un'a',i',,ar 10 ,he good Jeweier'
""u esp'o'a''s suspicious
ihe Two were barakn and her inter
prefer ana servant, whom Logothei
nau called iurk. ana who was real
turkish subject ana Mohamme'
anh, 'hough us TO race he was half
pred Greek and Dalmntlan. Now
painnhtlans are generally honest.
'ruthiul' ana trustworthy. and the low.
'inss oreek OF Constannnople is us
uhily extremely sharp, II he Is nothing
more definitely reprehensible. and
narnkas man was u cross between
,ne TWO us nave said, and had been
drought up MS Musulman In rich
turkish family. and recommended TO
baraka by the Persian merchant in
whose house she had lived. He had
ooen originally baptized Christian
under tho name OF spiro. and had
been subsequently renamed salim
when he was made real Moslem nj
" years old, so he used whichever
name suited the circumstances In
which he was placed AZ present he
was spiro,
The Interpreter spoke broken but
intclliglblc English. lilo called Ia.
rnka his master and explained that