The Stayton mail., March 13, 1908, Image 6

Peculiar to Itself
* * * 4 + + . 4 4 * 4 * « * + + * * * * * * * 5 f c * * j r ! voyage, She ran right tnto Ml* Providence,
which had started that very morning from
■ Liverpool upon her rhlfd outward trip.
Tlie Providence was almost out lu two.
and aank within five minutes, taking down
In combination, proportion and process, Hood’s Sarsaparilla
j the cap '«In and a ll of the craw, while tut
Evening S ta r was so much damaged about
is therefore P e c u l i a r to I t s e l f in merit, sales and cures.
the bows that she put tnto Falm outh In
. It is made from the best blood-purifying:, alterative a n d
a sinking condition.
T h at «lay’s work
tonic ingredients by such original and peculiar methods a s to
isiat the A frican Arm more than llve-nnd-
thirty thousand pound*.
retain the full medicinal value of each and all.
O ther ml»hap.« had occurred to w«>aken
The severest forms of scrofula, salt rheum, catarrh, rheu­
the Ann. ap art from their trade with the
matism, dyspepsia, and debility are cured every day by
«»oasf. T h e senior partner had engaged
In speculation w ithout the knowledge of
hla son, and the result had been disas­
a y
trous. One of th# t ’orulsh tin minea in
which he had sunk a la rg i amount of
A C O N A N DOYLE
money, and wbbdi hail h ith eito yielded
Sold by druggists, ioo doses $ i. Begin to take it today.
him a handsome return, became suddenly
ft h e
For those who prefer 1 Man* curative prop* nl#» m the liquid fo r*. b*sl.-r#
exhausted, and ths aliare« weut down lo
®
ciodidn« In tablet »nv.ra.-jr ofdoee, «■or.vi nU uo*. •< on. n . —I h r r .
zero. No Arm could stand against s u c h
form. Hood's S»ar»«p«rl!l* Is now pot up In choc» bs n« no loos by svaporatlon. b r .a k .g c or i u * a « a
lsted tablets oallad Sareatab*. as well as In the Sold,by druggists or sent prom ptly by mall,
a run of had luck, and the A frican trad ­
(□}—
nsual liquid form. Ssrsatab s have ldoutlcally tbs
C. 1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
ing company reeled before It. Jo h n Oir-
dleoton* had not said a word yet o f all
C H A P T B lt 111 — (C ontinu ed .)
this to his son. As claim s arose he set­
“ Y ou're raving, liau m eer." mild .Major tled them In the host manner he could,
P » » ll« Ju a llc w f
The “Peacock T h ro n e" o f Persia is
d
u
tte
rh
u
c
k
,
excitedly.
"W
h
y,
man,
th
elr
To
fit
his
thieving
hardihood.
the most extravagant thing of the kind
and postponed the Inevitable day when
name« are above suspicion.
They are
I lls meanness small and rank.
•a the world. Its value ¡« estim ated he-
he should have to give a ttu a account
The man who jum ps hia board bill should looked upon as the soundest vu cern In of their Anancial position.
ween ten and fifteen million dollars.
He hoped
fhe c ity ."
B e made to walk the plank.
against ho|»e that the eh ap t*r of acci­
•
•wl'hilflilaliiKia
I'revq
" I k u may b e ; dat may b e," the Her­
Soreness and Stiffness.
denta or the arriv al of some .»rllllant ca r­
man answered stolidly. “ W hat 1 know I go»»« from the coast might set the concern
Over e x e r tio n , too long continued
1 IU C a t e .
know, and what I say 1 say .”
e x e rc ise s ittin g in d ra ft fo r e x a m p le ,
on Ita legs again.
“TV you re a lly b eliev e th a t liv in g ex­
"A nd how d'ye know it? D’ye telf me
co o lin g off when o v erh ea ted , indeed p enses h a v e In creased 2 0 |>er c e n t lu
From day to day he had been expect'ng
that
you
know
m
ore
about
it
than
t
‘ie
a n y th in g th a t tend s to olieck suddenly
o f one o f hla veas«»la. At laat one
th e la s t five y e a r s ? ”
men on 'Change and th s firms that do morning he found a telegram aw aitii.g
th e su rfa ce c irc u la tio n , w ill produce
M a r rv a t— W h a t!
W hy, th e y ’ve In­ business with them ?”
him at the office. He tore It eagerly ojx » ii
th a t w ea ried , sore fe e lin g recognized as
" I know what I know, and l say wl.at for it bore the Madeira m ark.
cre a sed 100 [>er c e n t a t lea st.
It w is
soren ess and s t ’ ffn ess. T h e b e -t tr e a t­
1 s a y ," the other repeated.
S in g le to n — N o n se n se !
from his agent, Jo s e Alverelraa, and an­
m e n t and q u ick est is tc s ta r t up c ir c u ­
“ And you won’t tell me wbere you nounced that the voyage from which h*
M a r ry a t— N ot a t a ll. F iv e y e a r s ago
la tio n by ru b b in g th e so re or s tiff p a it
brard this of the G ird lee to n e s f"
had hoped so much had lx»en ^ total fa.!-
w ith a soft but le a s o n a b ly rough s u b - 1 th e re w as only my w ife and I, and now
“ I t would be no good to you.
I t Is lire. T h e cargo was hardly sufficient to
s ta n c e , lik e a cra sh or T u rk is h to w el, th e r e ’s s ix o f us lu th e fa m ily .— P h il­ enough that what 1 say is certain. Let
defray the working expen*»»*. A* the m er­
and a p p ly S t. Ja c o b s O il fre e ly w ith a d elp h ia P ress.
it «utile* th at they are people what are ch an t read It, h.s h»»n»l drooped over tue
g e n tle fr ic tio n .
bound to tell other people all th at they table and he groaned aloud.
Another of
WHAT CAUSES HTADACMC
know about anything w h atev er.’
the props whiidi upheld him from ruin
From October to May. cold* are the m<Mt frequ ent
I ’tle f
A n ta g o n is m .
"Y o u don’t make It very clear now.” had snapped l>en<**»h him.
cau*e of headaohe. L A X A T IV E BROMO QUI.
“ W h y don’t th o se a n g ry sta te sm e n N IN E remove« cause. E . W. Grove on bo*. 26c- | the old soldier grumbled.
"Y o u meun
T liere were three letter* lying beside
th at these secret societ.es and nocialists the telegram. He glanced through them,
s e ttle th e ir old -tim e d iffe ren ce s w ith a
T h e H r l g h t of M w je a ty.
let each other know all th at mimes in
tight to a fin ish ? " ask ed one co n g ress­
"A n d so sh e Is very q u e en ly ? I sup­ their way, and have their own means of but there wss no «.•»»neolatino in any of
m an.
them.
One was from a hank manager
pose s h e ’s th e kind o f w om an w ho ¡a getting inform ation."
inform ing him that his account was some­
"N o use su g g estin g It," answ ered th e
n ev er a fr a id to e n te r
th e
g ra n d e st
“ lh tt may be, and dat may n >r be,” the what overdrawn.
A nother from Gloyd'«
o th er.
“T h e y co u ld n 't be sufficiently
d ra w in g ro o m ."
Germ an answered in the earns oracular Insurance Agency, po ntlng out th at the
h arm on iou s even to a g re e on th e con d i­
"O h . m ore m a je s tic th a n th a t ! S h e ’s voice. “ I thought in any case, my good policies on two of hi* v»»«*el* would lap**
tio n s o f a fig h t."— W a sh in g to n S ta r .
th e k ind o f w om an w h o's n ev er a fr a id friend C lutterbuck, that 1 would give you unleo« [mid within a certain 'tat*. Th»
to e n te r h e r ow n k itc h e n .”— B ro o k ly n what you call it in English the straight clouds were gathering very darkly ov«.r
tap.
I t is alw ays well to
have
tin
the Afri»-an firm, yet the old man hove
L ife .
straight ta p ."
up against m isfortune wlrh
dnuntl*»#*
“T hank ye, me boy," the m ajor said courage. He sat alone In his little room,
M l f h l M a k e ■ H it.
T h e M a n a g e r— I ’ve got a new ld«*v i h eartily. " I f the firm's in a had way with hla h»»ad sunk upon hi« breast, am!
fo r a m elo d ram a th a t ought to m ak e a I either the younguter doesn’t know o f it, his thatch«»d ey»»brow* drawn down ov< r
or else he's the most natu ral acto r that his keen grey eye*. It was c|»ar to h m
hit.
ever lived. T h ere's the ta y -b e ll; let's get th at the time had come when he must
T h e W r ite r — W h a t Is it?
down be!ore the bread and lu ttb e r t enlighten his son a* to th# true etate of
T h e M a n a g e r— T h e idea Is to In tro ­ all finished."
th»ur affairs.
W ith hi# co-operation he
duce a cy clon e iu th e first a c t th a t
Mrs. Lobina was in the habit of fu r­ might carry out a plan whic.t had been
Cleanses l\e
_
w ill k ill
a ll
th e a c to rs .— H a rp e r’* nishing her lodgers with an evening me* I m aturing f«»r some m onths In his firaln.
a t a small sum per head. T h e.-# was only
u a lly ;D is p e ls C o ld s andDead- W eekly.
A moment or two la ter th* graen baize
a certain amount of bread an.l butter sup­ «loor flew open, and the young man ram-»
a r n e s d u e t o .C o n s ti
u p a tio n ;
flo o d I n t e n t i o n » .
plied for this, however, and those who in, throwing hi* hat and coot down on
“ S o .” an Id th e b a n k er, sev erely , "y o u came late were likely to find an empty one of the ch airs.
A c ts n atu ra l L i l y , ac ts Trul^ as
I t was *vi«l«mt t b it
a r e h o a rd in g th e se new gold p ie c e « :"
platter.
T h e two Bohem ian* te lt tha; som ething had ruffle»! hi# temper.
a L a x a tiv e
"N o ,” snid th e com m on c itiz e n , “ I the subject was too grave a one to t r l l a
"Good m orning," he said
brue»ju*ly.
am not e x a c tly h o a rd in g th em . B u t I with, so they suspended their judgment tuxlding hia head to his father.
“ W h at’s the m atter with you?
Yo.i
feel th a t th e ir a r t is t ic influence is so upon the Girdlestoneg while .hey c l a t ­
ren-V oun£
__ igai and
don’t l«x»k youreelf, an>! haven » for some
bad th a t it is my d u ty to keep a s m any tered down to the dining room.
tim e back.”
^ ¿ ¿ t i t s T l e n e f i c i a l % e c t » o f them a s p o ssible ou t o f th e b an d s o f
"B u aln eas worries,
my boy, htisln»»*'
C H A T T E R IV .
th e p u b lic ."— W a sh in g to n S tu r.
A lw a y s b u y T h e ( g e n u i n e w h ic h
Jo h n
G irdiestone
s n s w e ic l
Although not a whisper had been heard w orries."
O r a n A n ir e l.
of it in ordinary com tiiercial cirv.es, there w»-ar¡ly. " I have not got a g xxl balan» »
has t h e full name of the Com­
S m a ll B o y — S a y , m is te r, d e re ’s a sign was some foundation for the foraeaxt a t the banker’s ”
pany
.
" P r e tty fair, pretty fa ir ." hi« son said,
In y o re w ind er re n d in ’ "B o y W a n te d .” which Von B S u m ter had m a le a * to the
fa te of the great house of tilid lM toiw . knowingly, picking up the long Miln vol­
W ot kind uv a boy d ee s youae w a n t?
ume In which the finance of the firm was
M e rch a n t — A n ice q u iet boy th a t F o r eome time l«ack m atter* had tx-vu go
ing badly w.th the A frican tr.id»»r*
I f recorded, and tapping R r.gamst the ta ­
d oesn 't use n au g h ty w ords, sm oke c ig a ­
the shrewd eye* of M ajor T ob ias l lu tt*r- ble.
I i o S t r u p C o .
re tte s, w h istle around th e office, play
" B u t the figure* there are not corre«*.
buck were unalile to detect any indica­
tr ic k s o r get in to m is c h ie f—
front of e v e ry packn*>e.
tions of this state of affairs iu rhe man­ E z ra .” hi* fath er said, still m ire huskily.
S m a ll B o y — (» w a n ! Y ou se d o n 't w a n t ner or conversation of the ju n ior partner, "W e have not got nearly so much as
SOLD BY A LL LEADING DRUGGISTS.
no b o y ; you se w a n ts a g irl. S e e?
one s iz e only, regular price SO?)«»-bottle.
the reason simply was that that gentle­ th a t."
" W h a t !” roared the Junior partner
man was entirely ignorant of the immi­
" H u s h ! I>on't let the clerks hear you.
nent danger which hung over t.is bead.
In fa»'t, E zra, we
As fa r as he knew, the concern was ss W e have very little.
m e r e in O n l y O n e
It i*
prosperous ami as flourishing j s it had have next to nothing in the bank
been a t the time of the death o f Jo h n all gone."
F o r a moment the young m in *t«xx! mo­
H arston.
T h e momentous secret w u
locked in the breast of hi* grim old tionless. glaring at his fath«»r. The ex­
fath er, who bore it about with him as pression of incredulity which ha«l appenr-
the S p artan lad did the fo x — without a e«l on hi* featu res faded away before th*
quiver or groan to indicate
the
care «•nrnextn**s of the other, and was *•»-
which waa gnawing a t his lirart. 1'lsced placed by a look of auch m alignant pa*
face to face with ruin, Girdlestoue foug.it sion th at it contorted his whole fu t*.
ag ain st it desperately, and, w itnal. cool­ “ You f«x»l!” he shrieked, ip mging f«.r
ly and w arily, throw ing away j o chance wnrd with the book upraised s * though
U S ED T H E W O R LD O V E R TO C U R E A C O L O IH O R E D A Y .
and leaving no atone unturned.
A boie lie would have struck rhe oi«l m erchant.
all, he exerted h im s e lf—and exerted him­ " I s«»e it now. You have h eel s|x»cuhf-
A lw ays re m e m b er th e fu ll n a m e .
Ix>ok
self successfully— to prevent any rumor ing on your own hook ! W hat hnve you
He seized his fath er by
of the critical position of the firm fro.o done with I t? "
fo r th is s ig n a tu re on ev ery b o x .
25c.
the collar and ah«x>k him furiously in hi*
leaking out in the city.
\
Many things had contributed towards w rath.
"K e e p your hands off me !” the senior
tbia sta te of affairs. T h e firm had been
involved in a succession of m isfortune», partner cried, wrenching
ntmaelf free
some known to the world, and others from his aon’a grasp.
" I did my be*t
known to no one save the elder u ird 'e - with the money. How dare jo u a«ldr»»«u
stone. L ines of fine vessels from L iv ei- me ao?”
pool and from Ham burg were tunning *o
“ Did your b e s t!” hissed Hz -a. hurling
in *ilver and 5 cen ts postage
the W est coast of A frica, and com pen- the ledger down on the table with a crash.
fo r our new portfolio
tion had cu t down freightage to the low­ "W h a t did yon mean by a iecu latln g w ith­
“ARCHITECTURE OF
est possible point.
W here tne Girdle- out my k n o w l e d g e , and telling me at the
stones
had
once
held
alm ost a monopoly same t i m e that T knew all that wn»
DOSE, WEST & REINOEHL”
there were now many in the field. Again done? H adn’t I warned you a thousand
Containing th« views, floor plana, ap­
the negroes of the coast were becoming tim es of the danger of it? You are not
proxim ate coats and other data of about
¿I
. e .v
T ' '-S 60
educated, and twd a keen eye to busi­ to be trusted with money.”
residences: bungalows; store, flat
"Item em ber, E z ra ," hla fath er said
ness, so th a t the old profits were no
and apartm ent buildings, etc., etc.
longer obtainable.
T h e days had gons with dignity, reseating him self in the
by when flint-lock guns and M anchester ch air from which he had ri**.»n, In order
DOSE, WEST & REINOEHL
$ 2600.00
p
rin ts could be weighed in the balance to free him self from hi* son’s rlntrhea. " if
C o n tra ctin g A r c h ite c ts
W ill Build This Modern 8-Room House
I lost th e money, I also made I t
T his
against ivory and gold dust.
O riental Block. Dept. F
S p e cia l p rice of com rd ete p la n t, sp e cifi­
W hile these general causes were s t waa a Aourlshlng eonc«»rn before you were
ca tio n s and d eta ils only $ 1 5 .0 0
SEA TTLE,
W A S H IN G T O N
I f the worst rom«s to the worst
work a special m isfortune had befallen horn.
the house of Girdiestone.
Finding th at you are only where I stnrted. B u t we ara
their fleet o f old sailing ves#-».s were too fa r from being alsioliitely ruined as y e t."
“T o think of i t !” E zra cried, flinging
alow and clumsy to compete with more
modern ships, they had bought in tV'O h im s e lf upon the office sofa and burying
first-rate steam ers. One was the I’rov,- hla face In his hands. “T o think o f all
denee, a fine screw vessel of twelve hun­ I have said of our money and our ra-
dred tons, and the other was the Even­ s o u rce s ! W hat will C lutterbuck and the
How can I
ing S ta r , somewhat sm aller in size, but fellows a t the club say?
both classed A 1 a t Lloyd's. T h e form er alter the ways of life th at I have Irarn-
cost tw enty-tw o thousand .w ind s, a id edV" Then suddenly clenching his hands,
the la tte r seventeen thousand. Now, Mr. and turning upon his fath er, he broke out
G irdiestone had alw ays had a weakness “ W e m u lt have It back, fa th e r ; we m u s t
M E M B E R O f T H E FAM ILY,
for petty savings, and in this Instance he by fa ir m»stna or foul. Y’ou must do It,
M EN. B O Y B . W O M E N , M IS S E S A N D CHILDR EN.
fo r It was you who lost It. W hat can
determined not to Insure his new vessel*
gga—
m o rs«
S if m a n ’a $ 2 . 8 0 , $ 3 .0 0 a n d $ 3 .8 0 a h r * a
I f the crazy old tubs, for which he had we do? flow long have we to do It In?
____th a n a n y n th a a m a n u f a ctu a a a In t h a _______T
paid fancy premiums for so many years la thia known In the d ty ? Oh, I shall
m o a ld , b a o a u a o ih a y b o ld t h a l a ^ & H
Fa it
with an eye to an ultim ate profit, met be a Shamed to show my face on ’C hange."
• h a n a , f H btffsr, mama lo n g a a . a n d
Color
«Lf» mam o f oaaataa a alum th a n a n y o th a a « -« . ”
K y tU tt
with no disaster, surely those new pow tr- So he rambled on hAlf-maddened by the
a b o a a fn th a m a a ld t o -d a y .
"*“*»
Vied
ful clippers were safe. I t chanced, how­ plcturra of the fu ture which rose up In
M lrhuteelp.
W .L Douglas $4 and $6 Gilt Edga Shota Cannot Bo Equalled At Any Price
ever,
by strange luck th at as tne E ven­ his mind.
« ' A C T I O « . _W. L. Dovzloa asms
priee Is stamp«! on bottom.__’ T a k e N o * » h « t l t e i * .
S o U >y the be
" B e calm , E zra, be calm I" hla fath er
best shoe dealer« * r + r j wbere.
ing S ta r was steam ing up Channel in a
Calaloe f n e to su» « M
“ “w'/ìE
dense fa * on her retu rn from her second Mid imploringly. “ W e have many chancas
The Firm of
Girdieslone I
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
news
Syrup rffígs
^LllXllt #S
ernia
slcm Effect-
BestJ forMen\\£imen an d Child-
" CALIFORNIA
by v»nom it is manufactured. printed on the
“ B rc n zo
Q u in in e "
That Is
L a x a tiv e
B re s m o
Q u in in e
SWA
SEND FIFT Y CENTS
ë
W. L. Douglmm tnmkmm mnd mmllm
vguMars^JSftk¿sr.
a
yet tf we oniy make the beet e f Cham.
T here Is no u«e lamenting ths |iaM.
I
freely confess that I was wrong In using
this m«>ti«»y without your knowledge, hut
I illd It from th * best of motives. We
must put our head* together now to r<-
trleve our losnes, and there are many
n a y s in whl«-li that may lie done. I want
your clear common sense to help m* in
th# m atter."
" P ity you didn’t apply to that before,"
Ezra said sulkily.
" I hnve suffered for not »lotog so," the
old man anaw«»red meekly. “ In consider­
ing how to rally under this grievous a f ­
fliction which ha* eotne upon oa, we must
rnmember tbnt our credit Is a great re­
source, and one on which we have never
»Irawn. ’P in t g.vcs n* a hrtiad margin to ,
hidp lie while we are carrying <»>K our
plane for the fu tu re."
"W h a t will our credit be worth when
this m atter lenke o u t?"
" B u t It <«in‘t leak out. No one suspect«
It for a moment. They might Imagine
that we are suffering from some tem po
rsry di»j>r«'«*lon of trade, but no ou* could
[K«s*lbly know the «ad truth.
I have
more than one plan in my head by whl«»h
our affairs may he re-est.-thllshe»! on their
old fixitilig.
I f we can once get stiff!
clent money to satisfy our present rred.t-
or«, and so tide over this run of bad lu>'k,
the cu rrent will set In rhe other way. and
nil will go well. And Aral of all. ther*
I* one «juration, my hoy, which I should
like to ask you. W hat d»> you think of
Jo h n lla r s to u ’e «laughter?"
“S h e 's right enough," the young man
answered hniMjnely.
" S h e ’s a g«xxl girl, Ezra -« thorough
good girl, and a rich girl, too. though her
money 1« a small thing In my eyes com-
I«ar»»<l to her virtu e.”
Young
O lrdlm tnne
aneere»l.
"O f
m u rw ," he mid. Im patiently. "W e ll, gu
,.n— what ntxxit h e r?" *
" J u s t this, Ezra, that th e r* Is no glr*
In the worl<! whom I should like bettet
to receive as my «laughter-inlaw .
Ah!
you rogue, you could cam * round h e r ;
you know yon could.”
T h e old man
poked h«a long bony Anger in the direction
of hi« «on'« ritw with grim playfulness.
"O h , th a t's th * idea. Is It?** ren>ark»»d
the jim lo r partner, with a very unpleas­
ant omlle.
“ Yea, that Is one «ray out of our dlffl-
cultiea. She ha* forty thouMn«! pounds,
which would he more than enough to s v t
the Arm. At the same time you would
gain a charming w ife."
“ I f we are reduced to such an eipedi-
ent I think I ran answ er for the re su lt
The girl's not a bed l«x>klng one. Hut you
said you had several plana Ix*t us hear
some o f the other on»»a.
I f the worst
come* to the wirst I might consent to
(fiat—on condition, ot
course,
that I
should have th * whole manag»*ment of th*
m oney."
" ( Ju lt* so q u ite so ," hie fath er m i «I
hurriedly. " T h a t’s a dear. g«xxl lad. A«
you ssy, when all other things fall w*
ran alw ays fall hack u|x>n that. At pres­
ent I Intend to raise as much money a*
I can upon our cradlt, and lnf»»st It In
such a manner aa to bring In a l a r g e and
lmnie»llate profit.”
"A nd how do yoa Intend to do th is ?"
his son a*k»»d doubtfully.
" I inten»!.” M i d Jo h n G lrd W tone. sol­
emnly rising up and leaning bis eltx»w
against the m antelpiece, “ I Intend te
make a m rn er in <lianion«la."
C n A P T K R V.
Jo h n Girdiestone pr«>[M>imde»l his Inten
tlon with such dignity and emphasis that
he eviih'ntly ezp»s-t»«l the announcement
to come as a surprise tt[x>n his son. II
*»». he wn* not dlMt»[xilnt»M, for ths
young man stared o[x»n-ey<»<f.
"A corner In d iam ond *!” he repeated.
"H ow will you do th a t? "
"Y o u know what a corner la,” has fa th ­
er explained.
" I f you buy up all ths
cotton, any, or sugar In the m arket, so
as to have the whole <»f It in your own
hnn»ls. and to be able to put your own
l»rice on If In selling it again— that is
railed making a corner In wheat or cot­
ton.
I intend to make a corner in dia­
monds."
" O f course, I know what a corner la,”
Ezra said im|«atiently.
" B u t how on
«•arth are you going to buy all the dia­
monds in? You would want the cap ital
of a R oth schild ."
"N o t so much as yon think, my hoy,
for there are not any great amount of
diamonds In the m arket at any one time.
T lie yield of the South A friran fields reg­
ulates the/prlce. I have had this Idea in
my head for some time, and have studied
the details. O f course, I should not a t­
tempt to buy In all the dlamomis that a rs
in ths m arket. A small portion o f tiunn
would yield profit enough to float the firm
off again.”
“ B u t If you have only a part of th#
supply In your han»ls, how are you to
ulate the m arket value? You muet com*
down to the prices at which other holders
ars selling.”
" H a ! h a ! Very good ! very g oo d !" the
old men hant Mid, shaking hla head good-
humoredly. "B u t you don’t quite see my
plan yet. Yon have not altogether gra«|>-
e»l It. Allow me to explain to you.
I
did some business In diamond* m yself
when I was a younger man, and so I had
an opportunity of observing their fluctua­
tions in the m arket. Now, there Is one
thing which Invariably d ep red ate* the
price of diamonds. T h a t i*t the rumor o f
fresh discoveries of mines In other parta
o f the world. The Instant such a thing
get* wind thé value of the stones go»»s
down wonderfully. The discovery o f dia­
mond* In ('-entrai India not long ago had
th at effect very markedly, and they have
never recovere«l their value since, I»o you
follow m e?"
An expression of Interest had com# over
E v a 's face, and he mxkled to show th a t
be was listening.
(T o he continued.)
reg­
The claim la mad# that tha railroad
station at Jtivlay, on tha ontaklrta of
F ra n c e , will soon ba tha largest In th e
world.