The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08

| she chose 10 talk seriously. And beyond
| this. had already corrected my assump-
| ton that she was not clever. She had,
indeed. one Of the quickest brains / have
ever dealt with.
You are very hard on me-" said |. as
| she waited for me TO speak. but I can
| not say that you do not get TO the bottom
! of the affair. You do me an Injustice.
/ however. when you say that my VISIT is
! purely commercial. No one In London
would be more unsclfishly interested than
myself II any progress were made with
| the thousand attempts to manufacture
| Jewels. II you have succeeded. even In
a small degree, your fortune is made
DO YOU think that?" she cried. We'll.
word indeed; but we shall see. Mean
! while. We are going to have some fruit
| and wine. Don't YOU find it fearfully
close in here?-that's the heat from my
furnace In the conservatory there. I've
had a lttle one put up especially for my
experiments. AS you were coming. we
mad 10 get the metal melted; and we've
had fire since last night"
You will experiment for me, then?'
said /. with considerable interest.
III you are very good" she replied.
Il may show You something: but first
YOU must taste my sherbet. and tell me
all about the diamonds which | have
bought and not made. You've heard. per-
haps that l waste all my money on
jewelry'
] told her that | had not, but the
did not pursue the subject occupying
herself in mixing me an effervesclng
draught In great crystal goblet. The
drink drink was ass gratifying on the hot day; and
coursing. OF blood through my veins as
though | had drunk Of rich Burgundy.
NOW. said she. when the man had
gone, but had left the little table piled
up with fruit-'now we can talk seri-
ously. Let us carry the liquid with US
that's what Jack Lucas always calls IL;
Nc ,rnf Nl.-.N
In the east with an unpronounceabe
name. | am going TO put you into an
armchair and you are not TO ask sim
gle question until / have finished Have
you got any cigarets with you?-you
may smoke II you arc very good
We went into the conservatory which
was rldiculously small. and close almost
TO suffocation. and there | saw many
evidences Of her attempt to fathom the
unfathomable mysteries. There were
racks with bottles round three sides Of
the apartment: and In the corner of the
other Side there stood a common little
furnace such smiths use. These. with
a number OF brass plates covered with
hleroglyphicS. some presses in steel. q
basket containing strips OF metal and a
quantity of crystals, were her whole
equipment for The business before her;
but there was low armchair In the
shape Of those used in dental horrors;
and there she asked me TO sit while she
herself prepared for the undertaking.
The first thing for you To do" said
sne. Is 10 make yourself comfortable.
man who is III at ease is in the worst
possible mental state. for he cannot con-
centrate himself Just at present | want
you TO concentrate yourself on that Gig
aret aud the flzzing stuff. When every
thing is ready shall call out"
With this. she SET the fruit and the
cup at the side OF my chair, and then
rolled UP the sleeves of her dress quick
ly. putting on an apron which covered
her flnery; and she looked for all the
world like unusually pretty house
maid | watched her with even larger
interest than had done: and ] remem-
Der thinking. as I settled in the great
lounge. that whatever her mental claims
might be upon the admiration OF the city
her personal qualities were undenable.
These were especially TO be observed
when she began To busy herself with
the furnace and the tiny crucibles upon
it, the glow of soft light seeming 10 en-
phasize the youthfulness Of her perfect
face, and to converge upon IL as light TO-
oused upon n picture. She had now fall
en- into n very serious mood. and after
she had used the bellows vigorously at
her fire and placed the smallest OF the
crucibes upon 1t again. she sat herself
upon a stool at the side of my chair. and
resting her head upon her open hand
her favoriie attitude-she spoke with
evident earnestncss.
Tho mysteries OF jewels" she OK