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THE G[iE:T diamond swindle By ATHOL MATHEW. • [CopjrrlKlit, IHlie, by the Author.] “Veil, veil, vein” cried Mr. Vunder- ■troom—Cornelian Vamlerstroom, if you please, diamond merchant, formerly of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and now of Hatton Carden—in sharp staccato ex plosions of broken English astonishment as he let his roorritiR paper fall and bounded out of his chair like the excita ble India rubtrer ball of humanity that ba waa. ••Veil, I nefer vne area anytinka like it— Defer? "Like what, dear?" queried bis moru phii-tf mat to English better half as sb« si t her cup down and calmly t«-gan chip ping bef aer. i«m1 rgg "Like »si’ Vy, like dial” Mr Van- Assesrotuu atnnprsl. pe krH up the fellea •tees, and la the r IT rt lilted all Ibe su |er<lw o* bhrel nul .4 kM l-«ty la|. bU Mlipnr ke*4 “Like dsa. sfc» p • beud. 4 ■# puk • I eua i mil atm aayuaba s*t •« •a""** la rw --- tussa - —> aurrtad fcH »« w 4tcMad poabetbaub. wa«« ia*diMB««>d fnua bis basiasm to bis su be was • strangely altered There wee no sleep for hi nnhl bis bedmusn bed hern turued Into k etar chamber, with bie wife as grand inquisitor and the tied for the rack. Slowly, but surely, the dreadful confes sion was wrong from him. Humbly be bad to disclose the nature of the lose he flrtuly bellered he had sustained, .to ub- jeotly own that he had been robbed in broad daylight, in his train perchance —he, the astute, clever Cornelius—rob bed like a common country bumpkin of bis pocketbook, containing £8,600 in Bank of England notea, which must have been abstracted from his undercoat somewhere between big home and Hat ton (Jftrderr, for -when be - reached bis office that morning it was gone. Mrs. Vanderstroom listened in a kind of ecstasy of female triumph to her hus band’s agonized confession of male fal libility. It was only after she had ex tracted from him a vow that he would never carry such large sums about with him again and that he would deliver the £8,600 into her safe keeping (should it ever he recovered, which seemed hope- less after all be had told her at break fast about •Munoceut holders of stolen Bank of England notes”) and never ask for the money back again unices the de mands of bositrees rendered such a course absolutely imperative—It waa only after I heap solemn promises had been drawn from tbs unhappy Cornelius that his gwet lady tamed him ta an Inefaal from the m<«i miserable of mortals to the mewl jujoas t4 little tm*a by showing him bte iswketbuik With tbs natsa In •• •b* bad (>>«a4 Ibsen ta the ball t bat mnvwtng, repsasag saagty aad safe »y eedrt bar plllaw Preea ibal bsms Mr VaadseetM ssasstM fee paemmaeaal aaae I be asUseSr • eg rst^se. Ma ama • ertasteae ufc m^m i eat » e an well ee tbn ■usasMary altasmaa at bia dsssteeutee S— emeMU la aha dseesaksa id yas up suaa ** bad aa kaseaMnsdl la Maedip sap •a, admmeeu Mbs •*—aes wean seasa Hyena a kMssmmaan a lamd baa hmaaaak bn lMMKNftp4l flfcw*® AMMl 4HM| imp pHpp pw *n9 pp ■■■ B*M# M0 ffl At Iasi a er river fmm the J^orfnatela aalaas Were aslerlnd. They constituted vary pick of Vanderstroom 's great safe, and as they were placed on on* aids to beappralasd tbs,little Datrhman alghed to diacover how the expert eye of tin Arlanna ailver king had traveled over all the straw-tinged gems and fastened only on the blue white atones. A splendid lot and cheap at £1,500. So evidently thought the American, for at that prioe the bargain was concluded And now about tbesetttagw-What would Mr. VanderstrOOm recommend? For himself, the Amerioaia fancied the two finest pneil stones for earrings and the remainder in a spray, a cataract of brij- liancy which, he guessed. would lake flip i°hm*' out. <>f Niagara and make Pot shot Gulch sit up. ” ».,v~ Ultimately it was arranged that Van- derstroom should get the jewels set, and the little man seemed proud of the con fidence reposed in hmi. In six weeks at the latest the Dutchman undertook to deck the ears and bosom of the stranger’s wife with the loveliest ornaments that ever struck envy into the female heart. Then there was a pause. The American aretned instinctively to divine the uppermost thought in Cor nelius' bead. With a pleasant smile he unbuttoned his rout with fats only hand, the left Then h* was met by a difficul ty which Vaoderelmooi waa reqoeated to am i st In cv err owing Would he mind putting bis band la bia (the stranger's) left I a* els breast prwket and gel bia pnrkctbnok oat for him? Ever slam •‘thoss dodgasicd la nttb many stprawlnaa of ma taal parted. - . Bat Ipng before the expiration of tba term fixed for the completion of the set ting of tba diamonds tha American waa hack in Hatton Garden, and the visits became more frequent aa tha intimacy between the two Vanderstrooms grew stronger. The colonel—he was not a general, as the Dutch Cornelius found out from inquiries be caused to be made at the American's hotel—the colonel developed a habit of dashing up with those magnificent bays of hia to the merchant’s office'two or three days a week, "just to aee how he waa getting on” awl to invite him out for a bottle of ‘‘18T4” aud an oyster patty at the adjacent railway restaurant. On these occasions the American would allow the voluble little Dutch man to do the major portion of the talk ing. Somehow or other the conversation invariably took thn direction, under the colonel's dexterous steering, of London thieves and the various great robberies and awindlea that bad recently taken place in the metropolis Thiswaas sub ject on which the diamond merchant waa quite at hom& and there being no wifu in the way be proceeded to pose with great impressivsneea ss sn author ity oo tbs Intricacies of ''pul up yob*” tbs great bunk haul of £11,000 and bow all thaw affairs wars worked ou tha ecu- I jurer’s principle of “da qatekuaw of da bund dal deceives de eye. * Dure, altar ibe opening of a aaunud ! Uatla, when Oareeliua tba taseer bud ■ gru^i extra eewwuulcuttvu, ba Impart- td la bia biamnuu Ibeepsaudssf tba lent , parbvtfcvfc and tbs mwassiy wMb wbirb | baa wtfs bad stnrb Ms tba £>. MW aba bad fbuwd lb tba bnJL safumag In gNu M I apt • amps eat ms aap*wt b> wawl Ma tba J appswaamw sf Aa bans Wvassty ta tmsr • saanpaapenan Tw A we* w aa- wba bad Maw tmisag | ai lbs bas wtab ebueurmetw« tanpusa, gaam s bMeaeaseW Ma vetWwsed ' a mmmt» sn an-*, warn i aw awamawoip fbbWap ■eerf -0 % m g • ®- “Broken my vordl Vat vordT’ cried Vawlerttroom in amazement. just run down aud give it to my man. Tell him to drive to the hotel, get his answer from my wife, and he’ll be back with the dollars before we’ve time to finish a cigar.” The diamond merchant executed this commission with such alacrity and dis patch that he was back in the office al most before the colonel had taken a sec ond puff at a fresh Villar y Villar. Tha American held tha closed jewel case in his baud. "Lock it up,” ha cried jestingly, “or I might ba tempted to run away with itr Tba little Dutchman hardly trlisbed that form of joking. Ha opened his safe with surprising promptitude, aud tba colonel himself placed tba ease within its fast sans. Tba mesubant turued tba b*y aad returned It to bis pwbeC TVy sal dawn and ituobad Tim* i w m ap 0 * • i mm f«M*i # WMh pftMP"4. am I* grrnm ffMfc mmrnmm ftdhgtty VttMNMtv fAMtMM |l V*i 114| Ia gtmilmm Imam (to totoMA »t+f fetofl Ml IfeM i AA Ikb WV# fttm ttw JhMHMi i MHHI to* Awl Mi tofet toAAvto fto Ibto i Am** iAA^psto H % It V’M a I % W'Wia ft a MWdMft TW fAtlAAAi MA W *• %to§ » fsn bau aa ALL noUTb Off PAUAOHArHb Gatherings fknm Oar Ksrhaagaa on Various Tuples —Of the 61,000 breweries e#t ! mated to be In the wurli 26,000 aru in U.t- many. —Tha value of the grounds and build ing devoted to eTfiicatiou^h tLc Ualu u SUtee la $0o,54r>,681. —A'nail making machine producer aa many nails in a given time aa were formerly made by 1,QU0 men., —Leprosy ie said to be spreading in Spain in a somewhat alarmingmanuer. In the village of Alsubias, near Val encia, more than a dozen families arc said to be affected. -• - ; ,,—Arrangements have been made for the simultaneous lighting of boutires on every prominent height in Great Britain ou the night of the anniver sary of Queen Victoria’s coronation. —The railway metals between Lon don and Eimburgb, a distance of 400 miles, are 210 yards longer-in sum mer than they are in winter, owing t> the expansion caused by the extra beat. —In Lexington, Ky., there is a club, tha youngest mam her of which Is 80 yea's old. All the others are over Vo. The ctnb meets regularly for pnrpua- s vf mutual Improvement ana social pleasure. • —TheNorth Carolina legislature r« - ooatiy passed a law rvquinag school lauchers to read aloud w tbrir pupl.e aft least ftalae duriag sacti t ria iba ,>c.•a of tbs L sliest rtle^es aad the ouaetUuftiMa of Nwcftb Caret aa [ —Tba largeaft orchard la Great 1 Ur.lata Is at 1 oift.agw<u la tba sous-j I OImmAMHAAA t% I# 3Ato Atf'toMl lA WM I «AM Ml ABAAA AftAMto | «dito# It I ••am. toMtof. a pMtot mi Ato » I toto mm tfMA mfm cAm# i j AftoM #M ptoHM “** t A pAMNiAi# AAMft Iff A#, to**# r%#A#HMNNP Ia Atoff esff* # * d# AA a4*a • IAMA toMA AA^ptoM to m H to i A m **m»‘ • I * toMto### fMM# S sM aaa» •• asMOWL Itlea ef tbs ft ue ssa-ss liana H ( stbiiai~r af ft'4u»y imaMe. «,arat Aastru le erlrafte ar pais la tba hmft. le ala’ rwavlartwg* g*e»d tbul tba klduays sea Madder A## Ml mi AfllMe WHAT TO HO. There Is romfort la the kno*'edge no often eipfuseed, thet Dr. K l®cre Hwamp-ltnot, the greet kldn- y rt ntedy, fultllis the ev» r y wish Id f< I cviog j>a'i in the back, kldiwjs. B»a», b.auder and every part of the prlnsry pas agi s. It corrcctsJnehllity hold urloc aud sculding p. u in panning it, or bad fcf* fee la ToITo *Te7TT?!F“TTf->*qtmr,w beer, and overcome!* tl-at unpli a>aat necessity of being compelled to vet up (nuoy tim-s during the night t<’ uri- taate. The mild,, and extranre mury cfTe tof Swamp-K-iot is hiod realiz d. It s ands the highest for its vrnud« rful cur s of the m-'s’ distressing cast s>. If yqp nei“il a m* dtcine you should have iho b- st. Sold by. druggists, price -fifty—rente ano- one riol'ftrx F >r a 8amllcJhh,tLiAagj>gmphlcL hnh sent fro-) ><y uiiiit, mention Th.- 8ai nw-ff People, snd send your fu 1 p< st office ml jress ti> Dr. K -liner & Co., Biovtam- t m, N. Y. Tno proprietor of this p.p- r guarantees the gyduinen , -s of t rs 'df r. . - SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ->► "SU rurnwovr am mvb. t«B 11 - - S.I-mIsU mt l'»-Trmlsa |.- J»m IS. I*'*t IS BavSbhaaad. V-. IS I l %«tww 0 *mm JMA to* s * -a « ANaftoa. d# AtoMAto ##--MWftMNWp# V •A fto* «to MAM# I# 4 AA A V .# tontoM #A0toM MM to Ato* * to# aai •# MM AMtoAto AM* §»*«► A»Ato*to ## * AM to lAWl toMMtoto SHppAAfl to AM# AMAH# AAMMpto MAHPm (HHHl iM ( > AI Aff Ato toAAMMi AtoAtoM# fto to A* i a* •a- ft<d< **» p-«l s* W • i.usata rs' • Matilda Yaar.” i innod mrrchsnl avrn all ds tomans—yon Biotm If d<- Dotes via M4re w Ul lav sl.f» it.-rptasd lbs dm rly. '’yoa vm hks jump t*> gougln- rome into an ID- n*s<nl holder’s hands, de Bank of Eng land mu.t pty. ” •■But,'' nplied his wife, determined to tx* credit*(1 with at least one item of discovi ry, ' if the pi-rson who asked the way of the clerk took the satchel from under the young man's very nose, why"— “D< re you vos again, Yane—yump- Ing! ’ shouted her prpiicry spouse.V'De barty vat took do satchel vos sunoder mau ou de odder side. Dere vos, p’raps, two, dree of deiu—vat dey call a ‘put up yob.’ Mif all dees drioks dey vorks it like de conjurers—it's do quickness of de hand*deceives dc eye. ” “Ob, Cornelius—Corny, dear, let this lie n warning to you to he < urefnl! You know the thcgisunds aud thousands of jinnnds of riiivmpnds you are constantly walking about with up and down Hat ton Garden—loose in your waistcoat pockets, too, or only rolled up in a little ti sin paper—*and you such a mite! Mind tki yTh n’t 'put np, ’ a« von call it, Komi thing of the sort for you. ” Mr. Valider.troom rose wuli otyDiided dignity, gulp»‘d down amfiher yearning to return to his native Dutch, walked ta| |«i| the lar< in* tsr. vmxrkatdy tight overt qaiir >1 Id lb* .' -vx •el Igwr* fB* #«•• 'WWD ■ m ft<#ff ##«•»# AM0A (A M*f •« ftABrif km I ft* ## MMb jb# ff A# mtM m*4*4 Ito# »«• bA'I# Ml tft** M#f to Un> twai. la»kiM> ac*.t gnami Wbo od daftly matoipaut.-l tbs My* *‘t .u>•■ thia ab< uld aU'til fig lb* )o- r»io*!! ’ erie,| the one armed, military (.•king g.ntlrmaii in nnmlalakabte Y'alike.* arc-ute as he descended from his scat In the carnage, acanned the ue tnorandutn in bia hand and thenanr- Vi y< <l the house in which Cornelias bad ins office*. "American twang!'’ thought the dia mond merchant, rontiuuint hia mental noa*a.. "Yankee colonel or general, may pe, who has made his pile in pork, petroleum or vooden nutmegs. I wonder if he’s after dlatnouts?” * Diamonds, beyond adoubtf More luck for Cornelius that day—for Vnnder- stroom's name was on the stranger’s lips as soon as his patent leathers had touched the pavement 1 Waal, wna!, and ho was Mr. Vander- strdom—waal, now, really! “Guessed” they had te tter “sail right in,” as he wantecLto inspect some stones for a pres ent lie contemplated ’Tipringing” on his wife. Fact was lift'd had a “bonanza cable” from Arizona that morning tell ing him that in his new mi tie they had not only come upon a fresh reef, but "they’d struck it Yantai thick.” “Cal culated" he wduiTirt’t know where to stow all the silver if Arizona “crowded it in on him ao all fired faat,” hut “gu* "•cd,” that diamond baying would help a* quick as any otbey way "te kiMs'l t|K bottom rmtif IVa abaft t* a left T* U i*b three aad sundry ■tarestplaa- •• • - to to •* • ■ • toto AMtoflff to toMtoiM » 4 * * fAtoto I aa fM to| % tpff - tffffHMiN## to mm Mami#! fto* AMtoMA AMtototoL M A toAAA A 1 •MAtoAi hsMffhft JAHI * %at ssft'to 0' | %«#** « 4 * ## > i Mai . aU mi •toftAto MA rf toiM « mill I mm* pmm •« Atoto#^ f#AAto totot#to AM ftoAA ttotoA w Mto A #»aA##A to#AA#MMi jHtoi. I #AAto I AtoAto MM# ftototo** mt •*• mmmmmtnmi I •At** «##### mmmmmf •!*• MtotoA# CitoNMA* | #*• — i##itj Ihmi m vImmi 4mmw mmm Aai toAM ito 14 AH**! km tlH#l V# P# h i#tofff J ^rtm/kr^**—— - - _ I Tito lift I# DAt^MAMA H#A I** t#f |*«m4 I mi mmy kitb *m kt# Ia AAAtoto# Boi Uhp# I Ikr tflH# mi V#l*«l#fftftf h#d #r#l Affffl I frtMA Tito H#4n*« •i»«1 AiiifttmUia ?r#r# aud jmmfm mgt\ #od tom# of fh#ai inighi huff fviADd their way to tb# or4onfe#A c*o Un* nudtofi Tea. no dnabt the general was right—blood as well as bosiuem ties existed between them. And, as be knew full well tha old settlers from the Low Countries formed the major portion of the aristocracy and wealth of the new world, Cornelius was by no means loath to welcome so desirable a family con nection, especially when the taste for diamondr, the dashing bays and the un told wealth of Potshot Gulch were borne in mind. No sooner, however, had these thoughts taken form within the active brain of Cornelius than a horrible sus picion presented itself. What if this newly discovered kinsman had only found him out in order’ to obtain a lengthy credit for the jewels he had se lected? The hare idea was too appalling for contemplation, and it caused the'lit- tlo merchant to break out iuto a profuse perspiration. The American was evidently a thought reader of tbs highest order. He produced a Bank of England note from hlapockst hook for £100 and laid it on the table. “Bills,” said ha, adroitly calling ifi al literation's artful aid. "are bully boys fur business. ” No geuiag over them. He liked a fair aud square deal, ba did. aud no favosa asked This waa bow bs gwreasd ba d Mha ba trdfta l|a waa a tar wages la tasaya. attd he’d as* ba ■mu fta ga basl ftm ftj-m—xm stewa’ Tkasft fifth ft*4 was. ba waMlaftadk a ># ■)#* ,^bj IJteft# ft. %*« #<t»bft< ’ f Ai Itot ttoMtoifA! fflto ctottog to to Aa*i#A m&mmi toil mt prwmi gj+mt li##«i rmm Tmm eoiawsl waa j Ha waadrtwsw ap la t by tbul ssuiaeut iy m • s ud ba rama cigar, as an and a gf» riad m au - u e— tarns* o* % Vftftft IBM- SI V V Vft a* r u .1 ft •see ftm b bis, l green aver. Tba suit was proaouDoed supertx. It surpasaed the coloael's rxpectaUun* Would Vanderstroom the leasts mind putting the diamonds hack in their rase and handing them to his man below, while be, the colonel, counted oat the notes? The merchant was about to do as he was bid when his habitual cantiou got tbn better of him. Hu kept a firm hold on the case and didn’t budge au inch. The colonel evidently didn't s*?e his hesitation. Ho was feeling as well as ho could with his one hand in his pockets and seemed r r dtecornerted at not finding what l.j v. as searching for. Would his i amesake mind “jnst go ing over him?” He was so helpless with his one hand. There was no pocketbook to be found. After a moment’s reflection the colo nel slapped his leg, laughed and said he had it. He remembered now his wife took his hill case but of his pocket at the hotel that morning to get some money to 1 pay for syme frocks. ^ "Gocsa she forgot to pnt it back. It's D way they've got, eb, Van?" laughing ly ejaculated the American. v _ Tha colonel's open, hearty uisnnar reassured the litIte diautuod lucrCbCUt, Wbc waa growing just a 111 tie—tba tuarasa sbada n| a infir—aasptriaua. Tba sbarg ryua «4 iba enlrmal aoftkead M aft aasw " Ws it mtu fit ffkaft agi hu i •TO ■Mb bis aamal fteww 1 "ITI abap •ftffM bam* au4 g«a uw* aarnwry sat law * guBU'-—wwavy # % .<*g I wi aau AN# * A# to nbft for* 'fiprabl wbobaagr ** Why, who should have tt but you? Did you not send a mau bare with this order? Ami of course I gava the pocket- book up to him ut once. ” *’Gott In himmt-1!” ejaculated the unfortunate nierehant as hi* eyes caught sight of the memorandum paper he had written at the dictation of the American, requesting the immediate return of his pocketbook and signed—actually signed —Cornelius Vanderstroom, his own mis guided autograph. “Done, by —he shouted as the whole swindle flashed upon him. Then he rushed to the stables, bud a horse pnt to his carriage at once and made his man drive at top speed hack to town. It was past 1 in the morning when ho reaehed the American’s hotel. The bird had flown. With a horrible suspicion that he had not yet realized the worst he next dr^ve to the office in - Hatton Garden. With trembling hands he un locked the great safe aud opened the J ewel case. It was empty. In place of he diamonds there was only a slip of paper, aud Cornelius Vanderstroom, the cute, the clever, the infallible dptecter of a “pot up yobu” fell fainting on the floor as be reau his own oft quoted maxim >. “It’s the quickness of the hand de- ativre tba ay a. ” a a a a a a They ar*#* rwaght |bs rate—I ar fc*» ■4a sa that bigbty rsajsrftatl «aaftaft ass. iba gMaag. TW AmaLasJ Yarf iaa mmm a*—sm^sgaaaMi (baft ffba v ► * « w Xbs b»*»i *4 a 'o' * sea * «ma.p a aaskrev^ auasbax agsasamwwasft -*s^s aef s£ *MM*xa saws *s>*«aww*-ee^H*iav wv*. ftmft yaasaw sss*s a a wMftaa wwak I 9 ftaMSaa <*■*•*» amt sa <a **taaay. aaa ati a< a**a ar F'rs'-Cims Uatm«at- NO 1.1 lit. N PAY’, is the motto <*f tb* Guma Greai oroplv. Dual tori ’ X w* ar* w»M*i*rea ag.-ats tor Cuumk GKlu.%ftt. iJ.xiitiLft Trjf Palmetto L't»-r K saiauw UHUCK A DOfiTEK s-»». « •<• s w - • _ a*a Haul 1 M Ao I. re •»* aim* r • mf. v a Wuxi ere. i - i •a res ft ff w Miu«f ire. D tt ^eo.o g re. & G V A TV HA. U It HAMUW l-'K tre*. lass Aft . Amtisre iAs’b. ft ■sauisvam Ik G Ai<aau, tre WE WANT. TO EXCHANGE P/d/M, . Organs Sewing Machines or imm 4m ■ £ *Good-Horsas. Alexander Bros. & Co. CaKLLXV illl A • i