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You are of medium height, Miss Dana, so that is a very poor clue to work upon. She had dark hair." "Mine is light," remarked Miss Dana. "I did not notice the colour of her eyes probably black." "Mine are blue." "Her complexion was dark." "Well, I surely have not a dark complexion." "What do you mean?" asked Mr. Isburn. "You talk as though you were, in some way, connected with this affair."
"That is my present intention. Not for personal vengeance but for the ultimate good of the community." "I'd like to help, but the work isn't in my line." "Seriously speaking, Quincy, what is your line the law?" "No." "Business?" "No." "What then?" "Don't know. Am thinking it over." "Have you seen that Miss Dana yet?" "No. Mr. Isburn told me she is out West now on an important case."
The young man had stolen the platinum, sold it, and lost the money in speculation. His rich father had made good the company's loss, and there would be no prosecution. "He'll be a bigger criminal some day," remarked Mr. Isburn. "Money saved him," said Miss Dana.
"I've been very busy to-day." "Not working?" "No, getting ready to. I've bought out an established business." "You said you disliked business." "Not this kind. You were right about Isburn. He didn't mean what he said about giving you a half-interest in the agency." "I'm not disappointed. I didn't think he did. Why should he pay me for returning what I took from him as a professional joke?"
Isburn's private office. There was a smile upon her face, as she cried: "I have been successful!" "You usually are," Mr. Isburn remarked, not comprehending to what she alluded. "You will be somewhat surprised, no doubt, when I tell you that I have recovered the ruby!" Mr. Isburn sprang to his feet.
I only wished to show you how the thing could be done, and I beg your pardon for causing you so many hours of uneasiness on account of the supposed loss of your valuable ring." "Yes," said Mr. Isburn, "I feel as though you should make some atonement for the disquietude you have caused me.
"If I had killed your hotel clerk it would have been due to emotional insanity, and I should expect an acquittal and, perhaps, a testimonial." "I got a testimonial to-day from Mr. Isburn. He said I was a wonder." "I agree with him." Miss Dana flushed perceptibly. "He had what he considered a good reason for his compliment. I am afraid yours rests on unsupported grounds." "Not at all.
Isburn was passionately fond of flowers and kept a vase filled with them upon his desk. He selected a large bunch of flowers made up of the different kinds. At that moment the door was opened and a clerk appeared: "Mr. Isburn, there is a call for you on the long distance telephone." "I will be back in a moment," he said to the flower girl, as he went into an adjoining room.
"I know that you are a truthful young woman, Miss Dana, but, pardon me, I shall disbelieve your statement, until the ruby is once more in my hands." "I have not only recovered the ruby, but I have induced the Italian girl who took it " "By George!" cried Isburn, "I always suspected her." "I have induced the culprit, Mr. Isburn, to come here and place it in your hands."
"I may need some Apollinaris," said Quincy, as he settled himself more comfortably in the easy chair; "as my flesh is again strong, I always take my spirit very weak." Mary had that sweetest of woman's charm a low-pitched voice, and as she told the story of the loss of the great Isburn ruby and its recovery Quincy's thoughts were less on the words that he heard than the woman who uttered them.
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