Evening star., 1923-02-04

give you twelve if you want to sell
it,"
Eager acceptance rushed to Tuttle's
lips, but hung there unuttered. as
caution checked him. He drew a deep
breath and said huski!y, why, you
can't fool me on on this here ring.
Mr.. Breitman. l amt worryin' about
what I can git fer the plapmum
part-ali / want to know is how
much I ought ast fer the damon. r
amt fixin' to sell it to you-Im fxin
to sell it to somebody else"
"Oh, so that's it," said Breitman.
still looking at the ring. "where-d
YOU git it?''
Tuttle laughed ingratiatingly: he
was ready for. this. tits kind of
funny he said. how / got that ring
If the truth must be told. it belonged
to a lady cousin Of mine in Auburn
dale, Wis, and her aunt by marriage
left ii to her. Well this here lady
cousin o mine, I was yisitin' her last
summer and she found I had a good
claim on the house and lot she was
| livin' in, account O. my never havin'
knowed that my grandfather-he was
her grandfather, too-weil. he never
| left no will, and this house and lot
come down to her. but l never made
no claim on it because / thought it
| had been willed to her till ] found
out it hadn't, when l went up there.
| Well, the long and short of it come
out like this: the house and lots
worth about nine or ten thousand
| dollars, but she didn't have no money,
so she handed me over this ring to
settle my claim. Names Mrs. Moscoe.
Mrs. Wilbur n. Moscoe, three thirty
! two South Liberty street, Auburndale.
| Wis"
Il see" Breitman said, absentIy.
Just wait here a minute, George, /
amt going to steal it," And. taking
the ring with him, he went into a
room behind the shop. remaining
there closeted long enough for Tuttle
to grow a little uneasy.
| When he appeared in the doorway
there was a glow in his eyes and,
although he concealed all other
traces of a considerable excitement,
somehow Tuttle caught a vibration
out OF the air and began to feel the
presence of fortune. "Step in here
and sit down, George" the pawn
broker said "I wanted to look at
this stone a little closer, and, of
course, had to go over my lists and
see If it was on any of en-
| What lists?" Tuttle asked, as he
| took a chair.
| From the police. Stolen goods"
Look here. I told you how that
ring come to me-"
Never mind" Breitman interrupt
ed. 81 amt sayin it amt So Any
way, this ring amt on any of the
lists and
"I should say it ain't,'
We'll. don't get excited. Now, look
here, George Breitman seated
| himself close to his client and spoke
in confidential tone. George. you
know / always took kind of inter-
est in YOU and I want to tell you
what you need. You ought to go to
a BARRIERS and get your hair cut and
your whiskers trimmed. Don't go to
no cheap barber's-go to a good one
and tell 'em to fix your whiskers SOS
you'll have a Van Dyke"
"A, what?"
"A Van Dyke beard It's swell"
said Breitman. Then you go get
you a fine pearlgray Fedora hat
with black band around it and a
light overcoat, and some gray gloves
with black stitching and a nice cane
and. nobby suit O. clo'es and some
fancy-top shoes"
Listen here".. Tuttle said hoarse-
ly, and he set a shaking hand on the
/ others knee. How much you will
in to bid, on my plapmum ring?"
4 Don't go SO fast" Breitman said,
but his eyes were becoming more and
more luminous. He had the hope of
great bargain. yet he feared that
Tuttle might really have a fair idea
of the value Of the diamond. Hold
your hosses a little, George. You
don't need so awful much to go and
get yourself hxed up like I'm tellin'
you and you'll have q lot OF money