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Updated: June 11, 2025
The turkey held his head upon one side, apparently in critical admiration of the darky's quaint old scarfpin which resembled a grain of corn mounted on a needle. Uncle Noah, who had always had a faint mistrust of Job's attitude toward this ancient Ethiopian heirloom, promptly removed it to a place of safety.
Roger Payne shook a hard brown fist at the gray-stone walls of the other side of the clanging street. "That's why, Jim. It's a prison to me. Easy enough if you fit in it. I don't. So I'm going to get out; and it's got to be now." "But why, in the name of Sam, now? You're getting old, I'll admit. Let's see, how long ago is it since I gave you that scarfpin for your twenty-seventh birthday?
You and Major Ruddy have had quite some trouble with them in the past." "Yes, sir. But I'd hate to think they did such a mean thing as this," added Pepper, hastily. "Well, take a look around and report again to-morrow," returned Captain Putnam; and then closed his desk slowly and thoughtfully. Pepper did take a look around, but it was of no use. Not a trace of the missing scarfpin could be found.
When the boys had shown proper contrition for that fault Mr. Fernald allowed a note of curiosity to appear in his voice. "Now," he said, "about this burglary, Byrd. What a what was all that?" So Amy narrated in detail and they exhibited their presents and the principal was frankly interested. He smiled when he returned Clint's scarfpin.
A handsome gold watch, not much thicker than a book-cover, was attached to Amy's chain, while Clint, having a perfectly good watch already, was invited to select something else from the array on the desk and finally allowed himself to become possessed of a diamond and ruby scarfpin which was much the finest thing he had ever owned.
"Until five years ago," said the policeman. "It was torn down then." The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. His scarfpin was a large diamond, oddly set.
"You are positive that you had the scarfpin when you came home, Ditmore?" he questioned. "Yes, sir." "And you put it in the case in the drawer?" "I did." "Was the drawer locked?" "Part of the time. Sometimes I forgot and left the key in the lock." "What sort of a scarfpin was it?" "It was a sort of a clover effect, of gold, with a ruby and three small diamonds." "And how much was it worth?"
That was when Angus give Lysander John the scarfpin he'd sent clear to New York for a big gold bull's head with ruby eyes and in its mouth a nugget of platinum set with three diamonds. Of course Lysander John never dast wear it except when Angus was going to see it. "Then along comes Angus, Junior, though poor Ellabelle thinks for several days that he's Elwin.
He had already left the army service, and wore a roomy serge reefer jacket, very full trousers, and magnificent neckties. My sister was in ecstasies over his scarfpin, his studs, and the red silk handkerchief which he wore, I suppose from foppishness, sticking out of the breast pocket of his jacket.
They rested, instead, on the scarfpin which Buller had termed a "peach," but they did not see it. She could not remember when it had been so hard to maintain that quiet control of herself which had long since made her employer cease to reckon with the possibilities of fire beneath. R. P. Burns stole away with Johnny and the Imp, without so much as letting his neighbours know of his intentions.
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