"While I was fulfilling a round of theatrical engagements in the South, during the war," says Miss Logan, "I was compelled by 'military necessity,' to pack up my jewels and send them to Cincinnati. Of course there were a number of stage trinkets in the bag as well as some little jewelry of real value, but as it happened a fabulous idea had got afloat of the value of my little trinkets, and I was offered large sums for the carpet sack, 'just as it stood,' after I had packed it to send it to Cincinnati.
"'I'll give you ten thousand dollars for it without opening,' said one gentleman; 'I want those ear-rings for my wife?'
"'No,' I answered, 'no; those things were given me in France, and I shouldn't like to part with them.'
"'Are the ear-rings in here?'"
"'Yes,' I answered.
"'And the bracelet?'"
"'Yes.'"
KATHERINE ROGERS.
"'Fifteen thousand—will you?'"