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It remains for me, then, to relate how Thomas escaped that arm of the

law equally as relentless as that of the police--the customs

Perfectly innocent of intent, he was none the less a srew took him before the Collector of the Port, laid the ems over to Tiffany's

expert, who inforinals frohter's had been copied, and were far more valuable

Twenty-five thousand would not purchase such a string of sapphires

these days All like a nice, cal infornanimous idea But of that, later

A week later, to be exact

Around and upon the terrace of the Killigrew villa, with its cool white

reen strip of lawn, illuht beauty of theThe sea beloas

still, the air between, and the heavens above, since no cloudover the baluster was a young

woman She too was still; and her eyes, directed toward the sea,

contemplative apparently but introspective in truth, divided in their

deeps the blue of the heavens and the green of the sea Presently a

sound broke the hush It came from a neat little brown shoe Tap-tap,

tap-tap To the observer of infinite details, a foot is often more

expressive than lips or eyes Moods must find some outlet One can

nearly perfectly control the face and hands; the foot is least guarded

The young reat scarlet flower

Luckily for hiardener was not about Then slowly he walked

over to the young wo day after to-morrow for Rio Janeiro," he said He laid