"
Garside had now reached the middle of the store again, where Boyden was
still waiting.
"Are you quite sure that the order came from Mr. Venner?" he again
inquired. "How long ago was the messenger at your store?"
"About half an hour ago, sir," Boyden readily answered. "The order was,
I presume, signed by Mr. Venner."
"Was it our man Spaulding who delivered the order? Do you know him by
sight?"
"I do not, sir. Joseph Maynard, yonder, is the only clerk here with whom
I am acquainted, and I think he will vouch for me," said Boyden, now
beginning to smile at Garside's manifest caution over receiving the
diamonds. "Surely, sir, no harm can come from your keeping the stones
until Mr. Venner returns, since I am willing to leave them with you," he
added, laughing.
"Oh, no, no--I wasn't thinking of that," Garside quickly answered. "I
wished only to avoid the needless trouble of returning them, in case the
order did not come from us."
"I think the order was all right, Mr. Garside. Besides, sir, I saw Mr.
Venner yesterday at our store, examining some diamonds. Doubtless these
are the same."
"Oh, if that's the case, leave them, by all means," Garside cried. "I
was not aware that he had called there.
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