The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-17
CHAPTER VII.

meant to have a good look at the !
ruby the Greek had brought him, and
was going to weigh it, 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
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 Englshmen 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 off than half
his customers, he was alone in his
shop that morning. The truth was
that his only son, the sixth Pinney
and the apple of his eye, had just
been married and was gone abroad
for honeymoon trip, and the head
shopman, who 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
chester's pearls at her grace's house
in Cadogan Gardens, as was always
done after the season, and couple OF
skilled workmen for whom Mr. Pin
ney found occupation all the year
round were in the workshop =. their
tables; wherefore, out of four re-
! sponsible and worthy men who usual
| ly We're about, only the great Mr.. Pin
ney himself was at his post.
One of the two well.dressed custom
ers asked to see some pins, and the
other gave his advice. The first
bought pin with small sapphire set
in sparks, for ten guineas, and gave
only ten pounds for it because he
paid cash Mr., Pinney put the pin into
its little morocco case, wrapped it VI
neatly and handed it to the purchaser
The latter and his friend said good
morning in a civil and leisurely man
ner, sauntered out, took a hanson /
few steps farther down the street
and drove away.
The little paper twist containing Lo
gotheti's ruby was still exactly wher,
Mr.. Pinney had placed it on the coun
ter, and he was going to examine tn,
stone and weigh it at last when tw'
more customers entered the shop, evi
IDENTIFY foreigners, and moreover of
sort unfamiliar to the good jeweler
and especially suspicious
The two were Baraka and her inter
prefer and servant, whom Logothet
had called a Turk, and who was reaI
ly Turkish subject and Mohammc
dan, though as to race. he was hal
bred Greek and Dalmatian. NOV
Dalmatians are generally homes
truthful, and trustworthy, and the low
1 class Greek of Constantinople is Us
+ ually extremely sharp, if he is nothin
/ more definitely reprehensible an
I Barakas man was cross betwee
II the two as | have said, and had bee
e brought up as a Musulman in ric
n Turkish family, and recommended {
2. Baraka by the Persian merchant
h whose house she had lived. He ha
: been originally baptized a Christia
r under the name of Spiro, and ha
been subsequently renamed Sail
o when he was made real Moslem
L II years old, so he used whichevt
- name suited the circumstances
J. which he was placed. At present |
}, was Spiro,
/ The interpreter spoke broken b.
It Ineligible English. lie called b
. raka his master and explained TIL
o the latter wished to see some rubies,
Il Mr.. Pinney had any, cut or uncut. I'll
young gentleman, he said, did n
K speak English, but was a good judl
y of stones.
Y For one moment the jeweler forg
e the little paper twist as he turn,
towards his safe, pulling out his Ike,
0. at the same time. To reach the sa
d he had to walk the whole length
o the shop, behind the counter, al
ii before he had gone half way he
k, membered the stone, turned, can
Iy back and slipped it into his waistco
pocket. Then he went and got t
p little japanned stronghold with a pi
W ent lock, in which he kept loose ston,
ut some wrapped up in little pieces
le paper, and some in pill boxes. ]
n. brought 1t to his customers, a
lg opened it before them.
-" They stayed long time, and Spi
e. asked many questions for Baral
as chiefly relating to the sliding scale
y prices which is regulated by t
at weight of the stones where their gu
ity is equally good, and Baraka ma