The Raymer enterprise., 1911-11-09

but, - you ses now. . genuine Per.
sian. Moreover, the other half Of the
dog blanket had originally formed
part Of tho original rug. In fact. In
joining the two together. the Armen>'
ian, u We must now call the sup
posed Syrian. was merely replacing
what had been removed centuries
ago. Again. the 'arabesques,' the sup
posed meaningless border. when
Joined to the other half, proved to bcs
the top portions Of the Persian let
tering. And this inscription. far from
being conventional wish, was. In
facty an ancient deed.
ITO be succinct, the original rug
was what is called chirograph. 1t
was deed to the wealth Of Arziban
and the treasure Of Mulik's CASTLE
Each party to the deed retained one
half Of this woven document. which
was slit in such a way that 1t could
only be restored by the two owners
fitting the halves together. This ef-
fectually prevented any forger from
presenting q spurious fragment and
claiming the property.
Apparently. at some remote pc
Rod, the owner Of one portion, fear.
ing the loss Of his piece Of the rug.
had 1t cunningly woven into one cor
ner of the larger rug which came
into your possession. But tho legend
fingered and the family which In
herited the other half Of the deed III.
ways hoped to At the two pieces to-
sether and thus some day recover
the property. Finally the one half
came into the possession Of the man
whom we will call Armenian A.
I'm company with q friend he.set
sail for New York to recover the Sec
ond fragment Of the deed. He learned
that 1t was In Mr.. Boone's possession
and succeeded in stealing 1t, But he
knew that the police would certainly
discover 1t. There was no place to
hide his trophy. Thereupon he hit
upon most ingenious scheme. Hav-
Ing sewed together the two frag.
ments, thus completing the deed. he
induced Armenian B. his friend, to
place 1t over dog and sell the crea-
ture upon the streets. He was to
keep watch over the animal and, as
soon as the police search had been
concluded, to steal 1t from its owner.
BY some extraordinary chance Lady
Blythe became the purchaser Of the
dog and. with 1t, obtained the deed,
In the form Of dog-blanket.
Meanwhile Armenian B, the dog.
seller. elated by the possibility Of BE-
coming sole owner of the wealth Of
Arziban and the treasures Of Mulik's
CASTLE gave his friend the slip. He
wanted all for himself. He did not
let him know who the purchaser was.
or where she lived. Had he done 30
the two together would indubitably
have managed to regain the animal.
Armenian B played a lone hand for
several days, but the man whom he
had betrayed succeeded in locating
him this afternoon. The consequence
Of their encounter Is now known to
you. think you will no longer b
troubled. Sir Arnold Blythe. and you
can restore the rug to Mr.. Phineas
Boone intact, and with It the tabled
properties in Persia, II he should caro-
to put In q claim to them. for tho
other half Of the deed is also yours"
Suddenly Sir Arnold leaped out Of
his seat and came swiftly toward
Feter Crewe.
II have been wondering how you
gained your knowledge Of rugs" hs
said. "No man but one is able to
controvert my Judgment. Arc you
the man! Are you the Crewe who
wrote monograph on The Rugs Of
Rurdistan and the Lower eau.
casus!'"
Here the conversation became too
technical for me. have no interest
In the rawlings Of rug lovers. Tho
rest Of the evening passed. 30 far a
I was concerned, less pleasantly.