The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

are, they wonld be worth ffteer
hundred pounds at very low estimate
| All this passed through my mind like
Il flash; but with admiration of Tho
gems, which brought covetousncss u
| its path, there came at once the Other
thoughi-what is this man doing here
with these stones, and how comes II
that he can carry them and yet be un
conscious of their value? But this
endeavorcd to conceal, and waited. tol
him 10 speak.
"Wcll,' said he. after pause, dc
| YOU find much the matter with thcm7
~ should want my glass TO see,
| said | with caution; the light rs TAU
ing, and my eyes arc not as good rs
they were,
a. You mean maGnifving glass,
suppose?' said he. producing Il lens
from his pocket. Well, | happen to
have one -
Why il was ] cannot tell You, hut
this trifing circumstance marked
cause of suspicion against him. Per
haps coupled il with that spontaneous
distrust which ] felt when first he
spoke, for The Very softncss of his voice
was obviously assumed. and now that !
saw him near me. ] did not fail Ia no
ticc that the velvet coat was much
worn, and the rowing club tie he wore
1TaNcu DcNO0u TtSDtclaDDltN. puI !
took his lens. and, having examined the
stones long and critically under IT, |
found them TO be without flaw or blem
ish Then / gave him my opinion.
"They are fine stuff. - said /: ''do
You happen TO know where they come
'FRONT.'
| looked him full in the face when
spoke, and observed n slight drawing
of the lines above his mouth. When
/ buI I,n Ill
thought ont le-and with effort.
81 believe they come from SalZ-
burg" he stammered; cat least have
heard So
"sThat could not possibly be, " said
/; ''the worst emeralds VIC have are
the best product of that mine. ] fancy
they are from Venezuela.
''Ah that s the place, SAID he, !"
IT now; but We wretched
head for geography.
While he said this the train TO Lon
don steamed out of the railway station,
which is not a stone 8 throw from The
inn, and he. forgetful Of his tale TO me,
sat watching it unconcernedly. | had
discovered him IN Il second lie, and |
waited to entrap him TO a third with
the practiced pleasure Of cross-eN
aminer.
''Do YOU sell these stones for your
ing some authority as ] felt surer of
him His hesitation in answering was
merely momcntary, hut it was enough
:'For myself" 4" said he; and then
with clumsy indebtedness he added, |
'They were left to me by my father,
and ! have never had the heart tol
o!fer them 10 any one. III tell YOU
what though, ii you II give me thon-
sand pounds for the pair, you shall
<cep them. -
"'Thst s long price said I. "and
+ you don Z mind the suggestion, my
dinner 5 getting cold.
| had spoken thus with the design |
If putting him off; but he was unds |
,uiscdly an ill.bred man. and / saw
hat ] could havo bought the cmeralds !
rom him for five hundred pounds. Ny |
such YOU could call it-fcil |
lpon deaf cars; and he. seeming not
10 hear ii. continued 10 arglc -barglc, |
said.
"Come. now he cried, ''you don Z
want to be hard upon me; give me a
shcck for five hundred and send the
balance TO Brighton in = week If you
ind them as good MS YOU think. That S
, fair offer, isn't it?'
"The offer is fair enough said /, |
but you forget that ! did not come
lerc 10 buy emeralds. ! am in Pang
Iftcrnoon,
81 IN afraid I can It agree to that. -
,e replied with laugh; ~ did not see
iou catch club this afternoon-l saw
,ou miss three
1.-The bait is poor, I said meaning
Y; FISH arc as canny as men, and |
lon { take pretty things if they think
here S n hook in them. -
This ! gave him with such stare
hat he rose up suddenly from his !
hair. and. having made bungling
,arcei Of his Jewels, went off by him
elf, He had to pass my window as he
eft the inn, and as he crossed the road |
called after him, saving:
ou'll be losing your train to Lon
''Be ID to that!' said he: and
With such salute he turned the angle |
# the road, and [ lost sight of him.
But / thought much of his emeralds
trough the night, both in my walk |
hurch, when the river Law dark and !
gloomy with the sough of the breeze |
n the reeds and sedge grass; and |
gain AS ! lay in the old wooden Chest |
'cd of the inn, and contemplated the |
sampler which bore witness 10 the |
'nergy of ono Jane Atkins, whose
work it was. BY what chance had the |
nan found me out? Whence came his
'eedy clothes and his Jewels? Who
vas the pretty woman who had gone
lp from the hard with him? He had |
.ome by the stones fraudulenrly. OF
'ourse: had the case been different he
would have sent them 70 London TO
| house of substance, and there got his
lrlce for them, At one time / felt that
I lay upon me to advise the police in
heading of the offer ] had received; ut |
mother there came some regret for
he stones, and at the manner of his
departure. The season had been one of |
,meralds. | could have sold the pair
le had ut some profit; and. as my greed |
old me, could have sboupht Them
heap, AT the end of it I fell asleep
o dream that ] rowed to Mapledurham
II an emerald boat. and that man
With emerald eyes steercd me abomin.
lby.
On the next day. quite carly in the
morning, set out in dogcart for
Reading, having rendezvous with
3arisbroke at the Kennels mouth.
whence we were 10 start for q dav S
port upon that fish breeding river. NV
irive took me by the old Baihroad.
urning to the left midway up The vii.
age street; bat ] had not gone very