The San Francisco call., 1913-11-14


sion had exhausted itself. Then hs
went ON coolly:
That is your point of view. I sup
pose Mine is that you could have sat
lsfied yourself concerning all those
points without sending me to prison
However, this discussion is beside the
present question, VIII you buy my
diamonds?''
isaacstein recovered his seat. He
wiped his face vigorously, but the
trading instinct conquered his fury
Yes" he snapped. How much dc
you want for them?"
notice that their value steadily
increases. The first time you saw this
diamond and he held up the stone
originally exhibited to the dealer
you said it was worth 500 or 700
pounds Today you name a thousand.
However, I will take your own valua-
ton for this important collection and
accept $4,000 pounds"
.Ol. youswill, will you? And how
viii you have it-in note or gold?"
He could not help this display of
cheap sarcasm. The situation was los
ing its annoyance; the humor of it
was beginning to dawn on him. When
his glance rested more critically on
Philip, the boys age. the poverty of
LIS ~4h eAAiio ldAttCc- lAAC FiAViC 1dHLd
incongruity of the affair forced his
recognition.
Not unprepared for such a retort
Philip gathered the stones together
and twisted the ends of the paper.
Evidently the parcel was going back
into his pocket He glanced at a clock.
too. which licked solemnly over the
Office door.
Here, what are you doing? cried
Isaacstein
Going to some one who will deal
with me in a reasonable manner. 1t
! is not very late yet. / suppose there
are plenty Of firms like yours in Hat
ton Garden. or l can go back to Mr..
Wilson''-
.'Sit down. Sit down." growled the
Jew, vainly striving to cloak his ner-
vousness by a show of grim jocosity.
Il never saw such a boy in my lite.
You are touchy as gunpowder. I was
only joking.
II am not joking, Mr.. Isaacstein.
Your price is my price-f50, 900.
do you think / carry that amount
of money in. my purse2" demanded
Isaacstein. striving desperately to
think out some means whereby he
could get Philip into more amiable
mood, when. perchance. the true story
PHILIPS SCHEME
NO. was the answer Even if
you gave it to me I should not take
it away. 1 want you to advance, say
ESQ, today. ] require clothes-and
other things. Then tomorrow, you
can bring me to bank and pay a
portion of the purchase price to my
credit giving me at the same time a
GO n ~ fr1d dcr
within week. or month--any rea-
sonable period in fact
The diamond merchant was quickly
becoming serious, methodicai, as ne
listened. This business like proposal
was the one thing needed to restore
| his bewildered faculties.
Tell me- boy" he said" who has
been advising you?"
mo one."
do you mean to say you came here
today to trade with me without con-
| sulting any other person?"
Il certainly told Mr.. Abingdon I
was coming, and 1 feel that 1 can al
ways return to him for any advice If
! am in difficulty, but the offer 1
| have just made is my own
Watching Isaacstein's face was an
interesting operation to Philip. Under
ordinary conditions he might as well
expect to find emotion depicted in a
pound of butter as in that oily counte-
nance, with its set expression nodded
by years of sharp dealings. But to-
day the man was startled out of all
the accustomed grooves of business.
He was confronted with a problem SO
novel that his experience was not
wide enough to embrace it.
Therefore you must take men into
your confidence. What quantity of