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You intend to go there again, of course?" "Never! It would be at the risk of my life and there are other reasons." "There is no need. You are rich already, and enough is as good as a feast. You ask my advice as to the disposal of these stones. Well, my advice is that you consign them, through us, to the house of Goldberg, Van Voorst & Company. They are honest and experienced.

It is quite safe, my dear sir, and at your disposal, and you will find that it has materially increased. I will call for the ledger, and you shall see." The ledger was brought in by a business-looking young man, whom the old merchant introduced to me as his nephew and partner, Mynheer Bernhard Van Voorst. "This is Mr.

We will have the account made up to date. I can give you half the amount in hard money coin is not too plentiful just now in Curaçoa, half in drafts at seven days' sight on the house of Goldberg, Van Voorst & Company, at Amsterdam, or Spring & Gerolstein, at London. They are a young firm, but do a safe business and work with a large capital."

There was a "Round," or amphitheatre, for public games, and four British castles; also a great many sepulchral mounds on the hills, the burial-place of chieftains. I supposed that St. Close by, he built this little church, in which he worshipped God and prayed for the people. * "The Church of St. Piran." Published by Van Voorst. + This little building still remains entire, under the sand.

It occurred to me that Van Voorst, the Dutch merchant in whose hands I had left six hundred pounds, would be a likely man to advise me as to the disposal of my diamonds if he also still lived. Rather to my surprise, for people die fast in the tropics, I did find the old gentleman alive, but he had made so sure of my death that my reappearance almost caused his.

I do not profess to be an expert, and, as likely as not, my estimate is very wide of the mark." After the diamonds had been counted and weighed, and a receipt written out, in duplicate and in two languages, I informed Mr. Van Voorst of my intention to visit Caracas and asked whether things were pretty quiet there. "At Caracas itself, yes. But in the interior they are fighting, as usual.

As neither opening the door nor breaking the bars seemed immediately feasible, the idea of bribing the turnkey naturally occurred to me. Thanks to the precaution suggested by Mr. Van Voorst, I had several gold pieces in my belt. But though the fellow would no doubt accept my money, what security had I that he would keep his word?

The pipe he was smoking dropped from his mouth, and he sank back in his chair with an exclamation of fear and dismay. "Yor need not be alarmed, Mynheer Van Voorst," I said; "I am in the flesh." "I am glad to see you in the flesh. I don't believe in ghosts, of course.

The cutting and disposal of my diamonds being naturally rather a long business, it was nearly two years after I had shipped them to Holland before I learned the result of my venture. After all expenses were paid they brought me nearly three hundred thousand pounds, which account Goldberg, Van Voorst & Company "held at my disposal."

"If it be readily salable in this island or on the Spanish Main we shall be glad to receive it from you on consignment and make you a liberal advance against bills of lading. Hardware and cotton prints are in great demand just now, and if it is anything of that sort we might sell it to arrive." "It is nothing of that sort, Mr. Van Voorst." "More portable, perhaps?" "Yes, more portable."