The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-05-17

greater marvel? But thou canst not
understand its divine beauty and won
der. And now, by my oath, though l
knew the secret place of the casket,
yet shouldst thou never know, seeing
that thou hast broken my clock"
LAS soon as the doge reached the
ducal palace he babe the captain OF
the inquisitorial guard fetch Giovanni.
He determined that he would once
more put him to EXTREMIST fortunes,
for he remembered the words: And
now. by my oath, though / knew the
secret place of the casket. yet shouldst
thou never know" But when they
reached the house of Giovanni they
found both his son and himself lying
dead, side by side. and by the look of
their faces they saw that they had TAX
en- poison. And now the mystery of
the casket will never be known. AS
for the clock, it is said that it had an
evil spirit, and no mar cares whether
the inquisition hath destroyed it or
hidden it,
There was a remarkable robbery
mentioned in that issue. A Bond street
jeweler appealed to his creditors for an
extension of time In which to pay his
debts. When he was denied that, he
warned them that he should on a GER
tain day go into bankruptcy. The
night before he was to declare himself
a bankrupt, however, when he was In
his shop very late at night, puzzling
out his accounts, he was attacked by
thieves, and, after being bound and
gagged, his safe was blown open and
riled."
"A very ordinary robbery" l COM
mented.
"Yes; but the thief was his confden-
tial clerk"
combination of the safe?" / asked in
differently.
If you would only be a little more
patient. Hume, you would not esteem
my words SO lightly. There is gener-
ally some intention behind them. AS
| was saying. he was robbed by his
own clerk. but the extraordinary fea-
ture of the ease is that the confiden-
tial clerk robbed the master with the
masters consent and ut his instiga-
ton. Substitute the son for the clerk,
and you have Il case of history repeat
ing ITSELF
''rhen the doge was right. Da SEES
tos was the thief?'
Excellent. Now, to take our gold
smith:
For nearly two years he had been
working on this casket. 1t is a mas
terpiece. 1t is his chef d'oeuvre. He
has never made anything quite so won
derful. Any artist is reluctant to give
up his handiwork. But Giovanni has
not merely the egotism of the artist;
his is the egotism of the mailman. He
cannot bear the thought of giving up
the casket. He longs to keep it for
himself. He ut last decides to do so.
But without the jewels it is but a
meaningless thing. 1t is Il mere box.
With them. it is one of the wonders of
the world. This longing for the stones
becomes at last insupportable. He
must have them for himself and at any
cost. For. remember. he is not a COM
mon thief. If the jewels were simply
precious jewels. however priceless,
they might not have tempted him. But
Il ring of Cellinis. a M of Domeni-
cos. Il carved gem of Caradossa. they
tortured him. they tempted him. as
they tempt me, as they torture me-"
"And when once he has determined
to possess these jewels his cunning. his
capacity for detail. his patience. all the
qualities of the artist. serve him NOW
as the thief-is that the ideaf" | in
terrupted.
st. Hilary nodded afiirmatively and
continued:
Tho doge unconsciously furthers his
plans by his inteasc fear lest the fact