Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 305, Hammond, Lake County, 14 June 1907 — Page 3

Friday, June 14, 1907.

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES. PAGE THREE.

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If You are Striving to Save Money and I should offer to Rive one dollar lor every dollar you aave wouldn't j on listen f If I abould prove to yon that I will actually do this wouldn't you be Interested f Could the liiiuka make you aueh an OFFER T It you buy a lot In our aubdlvlalon ou payments which amounts to $100 each year, and, If the lot which you buy increaaea In value at rate of flOO each year while you are paying 'or It, Isn't thla really giving; ou one dollar for every dollar you aavef Isn't ltf If any reasonably intelligent person, while standing upon our property, cannot see that each lot of ours will Increase In value faster than we require him to pay for It VK WON'T ASK HIM TO BUY ! Our Subdivision is less than 1000 feet from the Hammond Court House.

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(Continued from yesterday.) rhllip waited until the mail's passion bad exhausted itself. Then he went on coolly: "That is your point of view, I suppose. Mine is that you could have satisfied yourself concerning all these points without sending me to prison. However, this discussion is beside the present question. Will 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 do you want for them?" "I notice that their value steadily increases. The first time you saw this diamond" and he held up the stone originally exhibited "you said it was worth C00 or 700. Today you came

a thousand. However, I will take your own valuation for this unimportant collection and accept ."0,000."

"Oh, you will, will you? And how will you have it. in notes or gold?" He could not help this display of cheap sarcasm. The situation was losing its annoyance. The humor of it was beginning to dawn on hinv When his glance rested more critically on Philip, the boy's age, the poverty of his circumstances, the whole fantastic incongruity of the affair forced his recognition. Not unprepared for such a retort, rhilip 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 ticked solemnly over the office door. "Here, what are yon doing?" cried Isaacstein. "Going to some one who will deal with me in a reasonable manner. It is not very late yet. I suppose there are plenty of firms like yours in ilattou Garden, or I can go back to Mr. Wilson" "Sit down. Sit down," growled the man, vainly striving to cloak his nervousness by a show of grim jocosity. "I never saw such a boy in my life. You are touchy as gunpowder. I was only joking."

"I am not joking, Mr. Isaacstein. !

Your price Is my price 50.000." "Do you think I carry that amount of money in mv purse?" demanded Isaac

stein, striving desperately to think out j

some means whereby he could get Philip into a more amiable mood, when, perchance, the true story of the gems might be revealed. "No," was the answer. "Even if you gave it to me I should not take it away. I want you to advance, say, ."0 today. I require clothes and other things. Then tomorrow you can bring mo to a bank and pay a portion of the purchase price to my credit, giving me at the same time a written promise to pay the remainder within a week or a

month, any reasonable period, in fact." The diamond merchant was quickly ecoming serious, methodical, as he lis

tened. This businesslike proposal was the one thing needed to restore his bewildered faculties. "Tell me, boy," he said, "who Las been advising you?" "No one." "Do you mean to say you came here today to trade with me without consulting any other person?" "I certainly. told Mr. Abingdon I was coming, and I feel that I can always

return to him for any advice if I am in a difficulty, but the offer I 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 countenance, with its set expression molded by years of sharp dealings. But today the man was startled out of ail th)e ac

customed grooves of business. He was

to me. I make no unreasonable demands. If you wish to keep the stones now you must first write me a letter stating the agreement between us. If it Is right I will give you the diamonds. If it is not according to my Ideas you must alter it." "Do you think I mean to swindle von V

. "I have no views on that point. I am only telling you what my conditions are." Isaacstein sat back In his chair and regarded Philip fixedly and with as much calmness as he could summon to his aid. A ray of sunshine illumined a bald patch ou the top of his head, and the boy found himself idly speculating on developments in the man's future life. The man, on his part, was seeking to read the boy's Inscrutable character, but the fixity of Philip's gaze at his denuded crown disconcerted him again. "What are you looking at?" he demanded suddenly. "I was wondering how you will look when you go to heaven, Mr. Isaacstein," was the astounding reply. "You imagine, then, that I may deal fairly with you?" he said at last. "Oh. yes. Why should you rob me? You can earn more money than you can ever need In this world by looking after my interests properly. If only you will believe this statement it will save you much future worry, I assure you." "Were 3'ou in earnest when you naid that you have an abundance of stones like those in your hands?"

"So many, Mr. Isaacstein. that you

will have some trouble in disposing of them. I have diamonds as big, as biglet me see as big as an egg." The wonder is that the man did not faint. "My God!" he gurgled. "Do you know what you are saying? Where are they, boy? You will be robbed, murdered for their sake. Where are they? Let me put them in some safe place. I will deal honestly by you. I swear it by all that I hold sacred. But you must have them taken care of." "They are quite safe, be certain of

that. Reveal my secret I will not. I

have borne insult and imprisonment to

' iirporvo It so it is nor likelv I will

yield now to your appeals." Thilip's face lit up with a strange

! light as this protest left his lips. The

meteor was his mother's bequest. She gave it to him, and she would safe-

A. c$. -

"You don't drink. 1 snpposet" guard it. Had she failed hitherto? Was not all London ringing with the news of his fortune, yet what man or woman had discovered the whereabouts of his treasure? In his pocket he felt the great iron key of No. o Johnson's Mews, and he was as certain now that

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that his experience was not wide enough to embrace it. So Philip caught a gleam of resentment at the introduction of the magistrate's name, and he instantly resolved to see Mr. Abingdon again at the earlust opportunity. "Oh, he treated y.m kindly today, did he?" snarled Isaacstein. "Yes, most kindly."

"You don't drink. I suppose?" broke ' in the other abruptly. j "No; I am only a boy of fifteen and j do not nsed stimulants." J He was favored with a sharp glance i at this remark, but he bent over his j diamonds again and began to examine '

them one by one. He knew tliat the action was tantalizing to his companion, and that is why he did it. Isaacstein went to a sideboanJ and poured out a stiff, glass of brandy, lie swallowed it as' an ordinary person takes an oyster. "That's better," he said, returning to his desk. "Now we can get to close quarters. Hand over the stones." Philip did nothing of the sort. "Why?" he inquired blandly. "You know all about them. You can hardly want to examine them so frequently." "Confound it!" cried Isaacstein. growing red with renewed Impatience. "What more can I do than agree to your terms?" "I asked you for an advance of IX. I said nothing about leaving the dia

monds in your charge. Please listen

his mother's spirit was looking down

on him from heaven and directing his every movement. The man, in spite of his own great lack of composure, saw the fleeting glimpse of spirituality in the boy's eyes.

Tuzzled and disturbed though he was. he made another violent effort to pull his shattered nerves into order. "There is no need to talk ail day," he said doggedly. "Now I am going to tell you something you don't know. If your boast is justified if you really own as many diamonds and as good ones as you say you own there must be a great deal of discretion exercised in putting them on the market. Diamonds are valuable only because they are rare. There is a limit to their possible purchasers. If the diamond mines of

fool to pay hundreds of thousands for them. See?" "Yes," nodded Philip again. His sententiousness brought the man to the point. "Therefore you must take me into your confidence. What quantity of stones do you possess and what are their sizes? I must know." Isaacstein, cooler now. pursed his lips and pressed, his thumbs together

until they appeared to be in danger of dislocation. It was his favorite attitude when engaged in a deal. It sigul- ' fied that he had cornered his victim. ' Philip, appealed to in this strictly j commercial way, could not fail to see ' it was to his own interest to tell his ; chosen expert the exact facts and noth- j ing but the facts. The boy. singularly unflurrled In tone and manner, hazarded an inquiry. ! "What amount of ordinary diamonds in their money value, I mean can you dispose of readily In the course of a year, Mr. Isaacstein?" "Oh, 2DO,000 or 300.000 worth. It is a matter largely dependent on the condition of trade generally. But that may be regarded as a minimum." "And the bigger stones, worth many thousands each?" "It is impossible to say. Taking them in the lump at values varying from a thousand each to fancy figures, perhaps 50.000 worth." "It would be safe to reckon on a quarter of a million a year, all told?" "Quite safe." "Then, Mr. Isaacstein, I will supply you with diamonds of that value every year for many years." The man relaxed the pressure on his thumbs. Indeed, he passed a tremulous hand across his forehead. He was beaten again, and he knew it worsted by a gutter snipe In a war of wits. The contest had one excellent effect. It stopped all further efforts on Isaacitein's part to wrest Philip's secret

from him. Thenceforth he asked for and obtained such diamonds as he needed and resolutely forbade himself the luxury of questioning or probing the extent of his juvenile patron's resources. But there was a long pause before he found his tongue again. His voice had

lost its aggressiveness when he said: "In the police court I valued the diamonds you produced at ."0,000. It does not necessarily follow that I am prepared to give such a sum for them at this moment. I might do so as a speculation, but I take It you do not want me to figure In that capacity. It will be better for you. safer for me. if I become your agent. I will take your stones to Amsterdam, have them cut sufficiently to enable dealers to assess their true worth and sell them to the best advantage. My charge will be 10 per cent and I pay all expenses. Today I will give you "0. Tomorrow I will

take you to a bank and place five thou

sand to your credit. Meanwhile I will

give you a receipt for thirty stones, weighing in the rough so many carats,

and you or any one you may appoint can see the sale vouchers subsequently, when I will hand you the balance after deducting 5,050 and my 10 per cent

The total price may exceed fifty thousand or It mav be less, but I do not

think I will be far out in my estimate. Are you agreeable?" Some inner monitor told Thiiip that the man was talking on sound business lines. There was a ring of sincerity in his voice. Apparently he had thrust temptation aside and was firmly resolved to be content with his 10 per cent. And this might well be. Twenty-five thousand pounds a year earned by a few journeys to the continent a few haggling interviews in the Hatton Garden office! What a gold mine! Moreover, he would be the head man in the frade. He was that now. In some respects, but under the new conditions none could gainsay his place at the top. Even the magnates of Kimberley would be staggered by this new source of supply. What did it matter if the boy kept to his rags and amazed the world so long as the diamonds were forthcoming? It was no silk hatted gentleman who first stumbled across the diamond laden earth of South Africa. Isaacstein had made ud his mind. Fatj

had thrust this business Into his lap. He would be a fool to Jose It out of

mere curiosity. "Yes," said Philip. "I agree to that." "Samuel!" yelled Isaacstein. "Coming, sir," was the answering shout, and a flurried clerk appeared. "Bring in the scales, Samuel." The scales were brought and a level space cleared for them on the desk. Philip, of course, had never before seen an instrument so delicately adjusted. A breath would serve to depress the balance. The boy held forth his paper and

poured the contents into the tiny brass tray of the scales. Samuel's mouth opened and his eyes widened. It was his first sight of the diamonds. "Four ounces eight pennyweights five grains 029 carats in thirty stones. Oh, good gracious me!" murmured the clerk. Isaacstein checked the record carefully. "Right!" he said. "Put them In the safe." Philip raised no protest this time. He knew that the man would keep his

word. Indeed, Isaacstein told Samuel

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per cent. Do you follow rue?" j "Yes," nodded Philip. j A week earlier he would have said, j "Yes. sir." but his soul was bitter yet j against Isaacstein. j "Very well. It may take me months, years, to realize your collection. To do j it properly I must have some idea of ; Its magnitude. If there are exception-;

ally large stones among it. they will be dealt with separately. They may rival or eclipse the few historical diamonds of the world, but their worth can only be measured by the readiness of some

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