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

IL, and | may tell you that she'll onl,
do this sort OF thing for those she know
said, I want to see your experiments,
she'd laugh at you and send you away
| feeling Ike a fool
| And seriously" said |. beginning tC
| experience a glimmer Of interest, "yol
believe that she has discovered something
OF Importance"
seriously | do; and If YOU went TO hel
house you would swear by her for the
next month"; possibly for two
| You don't convince me at all j re
piled. trying to look utterly unconccrned
| 81 have known too many gold makers fol
| that Some OF them are now In work
houses; others are In prison. One of the
last got three months for stealing al
ovcrcoat, which was ridiculously unro-
mantle,
mot at ALL" said the colonel: theft is
complex subject capable OF analysis. a
market We all try TO do that In our
own way There Is no earthly reason why
a savant, who Is near 10 possessing the
| philosophers stone, should not be charged
herring: Life Is all contrast and the
| contrast speak Of Is n very pretty one.
Go and see her at your earliest oppor-
| tunity."
That's my advice too" said Brace
bridge; and IL you've a fancy TO watch
her at the cruclble, I'll speak for YOU.
What's more, I'll bet you an even hun =
dred pounds that you admit my conclu-
sions."
(which are?'' I asked
That she has come nearer to the So
luton Of the diamond problem than any
man or woman living or dead"
Il don't bet on certainties," said /;
but If you care to trouble the lady to
burn her doubtlessly pretty hands on my
by all means. II she convinces me that
she can make any sort OF precious stone
worth selling In the market I'll give a
hundred pounds TO a chldren's hospital
tho colonel can name it,
rs II serious offer?" asked the col
onel, looking as / thought, a little mean
inGly al BrIcehridge, but | said
i was never more serious. and town
VIII be quite dismal enough after this
week Ct was the week OF Good wood.
Fin IT up as early as you can, and
conJure the lady whose name ] have
not yet had the pleasure OF hearing. TO
take care OF your reputation. II she
can cast me ruby or n sapphire worth
looking at, | will set it in diamonds
and and make her a present OF IT, You may
TIL give her your message undi-
luted.' said Bracebridgc with n great
deal OF content. but I'll warrant that
shell have the laugh on you. and so shall
They said no more upon the matter
until the end OF the dinner and II was
not referred 10 in the smoking room
after. We quilted the club at an early
hour 10 hear song Mt 4 music hall
which the colonel ravcd about; and after
that | left them and returned TO Bays-
water. with the recollection of my rash
did not even recall 1t on the following
morning. and II was some three days
after that | received a note from the
colonel saying that he had, during Brace
pointment for me with Miss Jessie Flem-
mine-for such was the fair alchemIst's
nalne-snd that she would be glad to
tell me anything she could about her
nn l1n fnl1 nuritr 1fg G.0
o clock. The letter at once brought TO
my mind the whole OF the conversation
at the club. ! remembered with n smile
of contempt that the lady was to show
me, during short interview. how the
whole OF jewelers. occupation was soon
TO be done with: how diamonds and sap
2hires and even the precious metal IT.
self were presently to be as common
as pebbles in a brook; and | concluded
With easy assurance that IL any chill
drcn's hospital depended upon my be-
Ing convinced IL would have to close IT'S
doors at an early date, ! had seen so
much OF this sort Of thing; so many
stories of fortunes lying in metal pot
had been whispered into my ear; this
II remained TO see II 1t would be an anus
ing addition.
/ will confess readily that II the pre-
tender had been man. would have de-
clined curtly TO see him. The whole OF
those who had come TO me hitherto with
a pretended insight into the arcapa OF
metals were men-mostly hslf-pay Off
cers-whose wits were half gone with
their money. Here. however. was, by all
accounts, charming professor Of the
lost art The season was beginning to
be Gull; there were 10 more lat homes"
possibly she would amuse me. had
given my promise TO the men-and 10 put
II briefly / found myself at Miss Jessie
Flemlns's door on the following day, not
a little expectant. dIsdainfully incredul-
Gus, and exceedingly anxious To prove for
mNGslf III the DnVGlOcnOrDi perSnnal
attractioas were even a tithe OF those
which had heen claimed for her by so
many long-headed and usually sensible
men.
My knock at the modest looking portal
was answered by formidable flupky.
who did not walt TO hear my name. but
conducted me up staircase draped al
most 10 darkness with heavy curtains
and so 10 we'll furnished waiting room
on the first floor. Here three women. all
well known in society, were engaged in
tie illustrated papers. but they were OBJ
viously uncomfortable al my presence
and cast furtive looks over the pages as
though In appeal TO me To make no men
ton Of anything I had seen. ! had no
opportunity, however. 10 abate their fear
OF publicity; for scarce was | come into
at the folding doors which cut II off from
the sanctum OF my lady. and Jbeckoned me
TO follow him.
I had come out on this expedition pure-
a
l found myself at last before the new
Pytbia OF London, enthroned as she was
for the Immediate Interpretation of the
oracle. / confess that ! did not foresee
any disappointment OF the venture. The
room was half in darkness, but there wa S
light enough by which TO observe many
fIe pieces of china and delicate sketches
upon its gold and green walls: and 10
note the quaint copceits Of the whole
scheme OF decoration. A lamp OF eastern
shape spread soft. red glow upon sofas
ard seductive lounges: a conservatory,
heaped up with shade suggesting palms.
gave off at one end Of II through doors
OF exquieitely colored glass; there was
a strange tripod of brass before the fire
Ilace. and flowers everywhere seeming
TO grow from the very CRATE. TO flourish
in all crannies. to cover tables and book-
cases and even to decorate the dress OF
tile young girl who now stood to receive
me. and welcomed me with cordjality
Ny first impression OF the physiog-
nomist-an impression which remains
with me-was the outcome Of her ex-
tremey youthful appearance. I am GER
tain that whatever age she might have
been she did not look Il. Youth In rich
generosity was stamped upon her slight
est action and her most serious word
II flashed from her eyes. was seen In
the unsurpassabIe freshness OF her COM