Rather sharpish, I
should say."
"Then how came he to let you take him in?"
"As to that, I claim to be rather sharp myself, and quite a match
even for a smart boy. I haven't knocked about the world
forty-four years for nothing."
They were now in Broadway. Turning the corner of Amity street,
they walked a short distance downtown, and paused before the
handsome jewelry store of Ball & Black.
"I think we had better go in here," said Felix Montgomery--(I
hesitate a little by which of his numerous names to call him).
"Why not go to Tiffany's?"
"I gather from what the boy told me that the ring has already
been offered there. It would be very likely to be recognized and
that would be awkward, you know."
"Are you sure the ring has not been offered here? asked his
wife.
"Quite sure. The boy would have mentioned it, had such been the
case."
"Very well. Let us go in then."
The Rev. Mr. Barnes and his wife, of Hayfield Centre; entered
the elegant store, and ten minutes later Paul Hoffman entered
also, and took his station at the counters wholly unconscious of
the near proximity of the man who had so artfully swindled him.
CHAPTER XXI
PAUL IS CHECKMATED
On entering the large jewelry store Mr.
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