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Show v . V 4 THE more By ' . GE0R3EGEirriTH. Copyright, 19S, by the Author.! Day by day, stone by stone, the pared bad Increased, and every one of the bow splendid collection of gems repre- tented not only so many ponnds sterling In hard cash when once snooesafslly TRI-WEEKL- JOURNAL, LOGAN. UTAH JANUARY 28 199 Y trusted subordinates .cherished certain suspicions as to tho 6cope of his operations, but so far his dealings had )een blameless, akjeast so far as tangible evidence was ooncorned, added to which he had recently married a very bretty and exceedingly clever wife, which meant much on the fields in ' ose days. Mr. Muratti did not seem In tbo least annoyed by the apparent reference to its former comparatively hnmble means of livelihood. On the contrary, he looked up Wjith a quick glance at Ridley nd isaid with a smile of pleasant translated from the Kimberley compound and sorting houses to the outside world, bnt also many moments of desper- -' : "Well, I havent done anything in tteyet skillfully hidden anxiety, daring old clo line for some time now, he Which tho fickle needle of fate had but, you know. Im always on for a waved to end fro between two poles of trade. Whats the figure?" , fortune and rain. "Too thousand."- . men Same in Frank Ridley's position to see see I mean like Id "Ill yon end bo was one of the most trnstod before the first I say goods anything to sorters in camp would have taken the for a that. a Its big price pair of sectones', out one by one, or employed ondhand Mr. know, boots, Ridley. you Kaffirs to take them from him after see to that Im beginStill, glad youre they had been searched, and pass them of sense to to a rise your proper ning direct to one of the illiolt dealers out When can- - I - see the opportunities. ; aide, but that was not his way. Be had boots?- "- . bo other confidant than his own con"I waa thinking of taking them down science, not always an approving one, 0 Tooleys tomorrow about this time bnt at any rate one that would not give o have them soled and heeled." - him away. . "So youre on to that lay, are you? To have taken the stones out one by one would only have multiplied the Well, you're not such a blighted idiot you were, Ridley, so I risk of discovery and ruin by the num- as I thought be sending to Tooleys shall I apologize. ber of them, for the possession of a look here, if we mean But, myself. single illicit diamond would have business, whats the good of wasting - meant disgraoe and penal servitude just time liko that? Go and get your boots 8 certainly as would the disoovery on He isnt his person of thewholo 20, 000 or 30,- - now and take them to Tooleys. to of mine a and. hes got pair 000 worth of gem the very pick of the shut, mend. Ill be there in half an hour, Kimborley mine output for nearly six and if I take your parool away with me months past. . own well, whata that - So one afternoon he made up his tonstead of my but anybody yen or me?" mind that be had tempted the fates far It wasnt altogether a new device, enough, and at 0 that evening he walkmt it worked, and in the result Mr. ed off to his lodgings with h(s heart in Muratti's valuation of the boots was so bis mouth and a fortune in the lining 'ar that about two hours satisfactory of his somewhat shabby felt wideawake. ater Frank ' Ridley went home with a That night, albeit with some little for 2,500 and an I O CJ for a fear and trembling, he permitted him- check amount ike in bla pocket and a pair self the luxury of a few minutes' examof another mans boots under his arm, ination of his plunder in bulk and an wrapped up in a copy of The Diaestimate of its value, not to him, but neatly mond Fields Independent. The check to the more fortunate man who should was on Lloyds bank, London, and was pacceed in getting the parcel through bayable not to Frank Ridley, but to l&fely to London or Amsterdam. If he Miss Alice Ransome. The I O U was could only do that himself, ho would bersooal, but both went to England by never, need to do another days work in the next mail. the world, but he was an employee, a occurs hero the unpleasant neThere sorter, and therefore a marked man, of cessity adding that the check was , end the secret ramifications of the wone cable long before Miss stopped by derful system which inclosed him and had any chance of presenting it. ell like him as in a net were many and The fate of tho IO D was to be deterwide. mined later on. Meanwhile Mr. Frank No, that risk was too great, considerlidleys thoughts turned homeward ing that ho could now make 4,000 or and with loving memories and 5, 000 in an hour or 60, and at the same fond mingled anticipations -- time transferal! his risk and liability That same night between 11 and 12 - to eoine one else, and go back to his ilr. Muratti had a visit from .a man of .. werk with a light-hea- rt and, in a cebis own people, a youth of some 21 rtain sense, a clear conscience. whose life had so far been Yet there was one magnificent rose summers,winter. Not many of the seed diamond, which must have weighed mostly Abraham ran to waste, at any.rate somewhere between 40 and. 50 caruta. T the financial sense, but Joshua which he would dearly have loved to known for short in camp as see nicely cut and polished and glitterMo, had somehow managed to Jossey ing on the neck or in the hair oi a cer- dosa tain well lovod some one far away in Be was distantly related to Mickey old Carlisle, but ho knew well enough Juratti, and again and again that rising that there wbb not another of its size financier had, with the traditional gen-- , and color in- tho world. - The nearest to of his people to their kindred, it was in the Do Eeers collection, and erosity taken him out of the metaphorically the mere possession of it by any one but set him oq his feet on the and gutter a monarch or a millionaire would mean bavement. The subject of .their inter-- , just what bis own possession of it vie w that particular night .was closely .meant, so there was no uso thinking akin to this species of rescue work.' No about that. one else was and Mr. Muratti . -- , Ran-soin- The local paper published a long obituary of a man who had died in the community, closing with the statement that "a long procession of people followed the remains to the last roasting place. The family discovered the supposed error and asked the editor to make the correction in the word roasting, but he said he could not do it until the seven years back subscription which deceasedwed had been paid. EX. . - n, - With something very like a sigh for -- Never heard of it. Got any branch Au exchange truly says that it is houses anywhere? Branch houses all . over the always best to wait for the evidence before passing judgment. When world. of Neverheard. Thats to queer. you heamreports 'detrimental shoes? Is and boots em. it young ladies or gentlemen, dont be 'No too hasty in forming conclusions. Oh, dry goods, Ieuppose? , It is better to be charitable when Yes, they call my sermons that, any one is in trouble. Today it is sometimes. Christian , Endeavor sombod v elses boy or girljtomorrow World. it may be yours. Trouble comes to us all and we should be willing to extend the same charity we should Ward Conferences for Cache' Stake, 1899.,- expect from others. Gossip distorts occurrences that and magnifies Feb. 2, 6th Ward, Hyde Park, have no foundation in fact, and -Wellsville injustice is often done innocent -- . The worstafter effects of Influenza arise from deranged functions of the liver. Clear the blood at once with HERBINE, for it will strengthen the liver to withdraw from circulation the biliary poisons. Price50cts. Riter Bros. f Drug Co. Lewiston. 1 '""March 12, 3rd Ward, rd, Hyrum. March 19, 5th WTard, 2nd Ward, lst-Wa- Coveville. March 26, Richmond, Benson. The Bishops of the respective wards will please note -- the date of their ward conference, and have lor relief took your Karl's Clover Root Tea. It quieted my nerves and strength ened my whole Nervous System. 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Feb. 19, Smithfield, Clarks ton, General delivery window open fromt a.m. until 6 p.m Trenton. Sunday, general delivery window open Feb. 26, Paradise, Newton, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. business ready On the date named. Dreadfully Nervous. Orson Smith, Uxnts : I waa dreadfully nervous, and plainly and to the point. ' the unattainable possibilities, of his eo spoke "It just oomes to this, Jossey," he far auooessful theft, he tied np the gems said, toward the end of the disoussiou, in a bit of dirty rag and stuffed this never be any good to yourself youll Into the too of 'a rather dilapidated as or any credit to your relations as long Wellington boot Then he bad a wash you go sloshing around in this good for and a change and went for a walk down sort of way of yours. Now - bothing Jown. a good solid chance for you. Do berea On hisway along Stockdale street he as I tell you, man. Own up and play chanced to meet a well , dressed, dapper he You wont get more than greeny. looking little man, who nodded to him ive years as a first offender, and if yon aa one might do to a casual acquaintbehave youll get out with ance and said in a - quick, ohirpy sort ihree. Iyourself know the ropes down yonder, of tone: you fear, and Ill pull em hard "Bow do, Ridley? Going strong, eh? dont or jou. Then when you .come ont Pretty well, Mr. Muratti," he re- theres 1 3,000 for you in solid cash and plied, .with a qukklook.upand down I,000 b year.' for five years after that the street. "Returns are looking up Now, Jossey, what do you Bay to that? again. Weve had some very pretty J What do yon want me to be trapped finda the last day or two. for?" the tempted Joshua oball at "Oh, glad to hear it, even from a rather sulkily. "If youve got man who wastes his opportunities as jected the gohivahs, why dont yon plant em Idiotically as yon do! Anything par- somewhere safe and run em down ticularly choice?" when you get a chance, like the others ".Well, yes. Are you doing anything in secondhand boots just now, .Mr. do?,r, "Because I dont do business like the Muratti?" replied Mickey with an air of others," , .,'It may here be conveniently explainconscious pride, "and because Im played. that the gentleman with whom ing a deeper game and for a bigger yotmg Ridley had tbqa fallen into con- stake. ' Its this why, you see: Ridley versation was in those days known lu and rue were shadowed while we were camp as Mickey MurattL The wider talking in Stockdale street. Be didnt l, aee it, but I did, and thats what made world, knows him now as Michael director L. M. A.,' of, many me think of this lay. We were shadowEsq., but ed again at Tooleys, and I was' followimportant financial undertakings, an was he extremely ed home here by one (of the smooches. just in those days cleTer man, a Jew of reputed Florentine : "Now, Lipihskis no fool, and neither ancestry, hut more recent and authentic ia Fox,1 nor 'Lowe, por any of them. east end extraction, who had made his What do I want talkingto. Ridley for debut in Kimberley asm dealer in cheap just after hes oome out of ' the sorting jewelry and slop made outfits aftera room? Wbat do .1 want to meet him up again the same night at a boot store and having wandered about picking hi of juggling the display bring a pair of .hia boots home by mitf living by now looked upon taka for? was who and abilities and most tuoceaa-t- ts cno of the smartest To Vc Continued.) cn " operators" th? dhycr,iJds. . , parties. lu pulmonary trouble, the direct action of, BALLARDS HORE. HOUND SYRUP upon the throat chet and lunge j imraediately thb ihtdady, by relieving th,' distress, cuttiug the phlegm and freeing the. vocal and breathing organs. Price 50 cts. Riter Brot Drug Co. fj LordamLChurch. Huml : i- Mo-nstei- Bishdp Wattereona Jok. . .Bishop W.attereon of Nebraska was once mistaken for a traveling salesman by a commercial traveler who met him in a railway train. Do you represent a big house? asked the traveler of the bishop, Biggest on earth, replied . the bishop. v Whata the name of the firm? "Lord and Church.4 r 7 , LOGAN, f - UTAH. , i |