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8PRINGT1MK HAS COME 1 11 Mister Rattlesnake a risin' at do broakin' ^ er de day ; > Mister I/zard'sav: " He comin', en I better hide away V* d O. believers, Springtime come! 11 When you pick de huckleberry lio\v 1 wish a you gimme some ! (] Mr. Rabbit sny: " I hungryen he take en lilt d'e latch, f Kn he fambly ha\c a picnic in de sticky brier-patch O, believers. u Springtime come! When you pick tie huckleberry bow I wish ^ you gimme some 1 I Mister Mockingbird a-swingin' in de biossouls fur en free. p Kn he say: " I'll do my singin' in de ole li mulberry tree!" j O, believers, j Springtime come! p \\ 1 t? VfMl liiiiit iii) lnii'b InKorri' liiMt- I u>Soti you gimme Home! ? Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta (\}n?tltution. , THE GREAT DIAMOND SWINDLE I1 t By ATIIOL MAYHEW. p [Copyright, lson, by t!?* Author.] (l "Veil, veil, voll!" cried Mr. Vander- ' J strooni?Uc melius Yandcrstroom, if you please, diamond merchant, formerly of ' Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and now ' of Hatton (oirden?in sharp staccato explosions ?if broken English astonishment ! as he let his moriing paper fall and J bounded out of his chair like the oxoita- J, bio india rubber ball of humanity that ho was. "Veil, I nefer vos scon anvtinks like ^ it?nefer!" "Liko what, dear?" queried his more phlegmatic English better half as sho act her cup down and calmly began chipping her second egg. "Like vat? Vy, like dis!" Mr. Van* derstroom stooped, picked up the fallen sheet, and in the effort tilted all the superfluous blood out of his body into his adipose head. "I-iko dis, sheep's head, dis?pah! I can't call him anvtinks strong enough except in Dutch." The indignant litt le merchant hurried to the window, the more reclusefully to let ofF some appropriate adjectives occurring to him in his native tongue. "There, there, Cornelius," said his lady soothingly, "don't upset yourself for business. What have you lighted on in the paper?anything disquieting from the mines at the Capo?" "Matilda Vane," replied the ruflled husband as he resumed his seat at the breakfast table, "you English peoples nlvnvs vos us cool us 1 <> y.nvilnr '/no But von 1 roads of such fiefs, such r-rraseals, such r-r-ropp< is, I runs right out of mine lioad and pots oxoitod." "Cornelius, he oalin?courting npoploxy in that manner! Why, the papers ore always full < f thieves and robbery." "Dat'svot makes mo so vild!" yelled Cornelius in tones suggestive of a return to his native expletives. "Verevould be yourtiefs and r-roppersif peoples vos ( ino-e slowp? Listen?I read you dis. " Mr. Vanderstroom gave his paper a ' slmvj) punch in tin- middle of one of its 1 columns to straighten it out and the better to bring his rolling, raising eyes 1 to bear upon the paragraph which had so suddenly provoked his ire. "Daring Robbery at a City Bank? Successful Theft of Over ?11,000," lie read, and then, in his best Bavarian version of her Britannic majesty's ling- ' lish, he rendered to his wife a full, true and particular account of bow a young 1 "walk" clerk belonging to a certain city bank had been very neatly "lifted" the day before of that substantial sum. The clerk, it appeared, in the course of ' his usual rounds, had entered a hank in the neighborhood of the Royal Exchange, and, proceeding to the counter to present some checks and bills for collection, bad laid his satchel down in 1 front of him. As ho placed it on the counter he felt a touch on bis left shoulder, and, turning round, was asked by a man of gentlemanly exterior standing ' near wbetln r bo would direct the questioner to another hank close by. To give tin' stranger the reouired information was but the work of a moment; lint, on turning his head again to tho counter, tlio young oh rk was horrified to find that Jiis satchel, containing Hank of Kngland notes to tho value of .t'l 1,500, had vanished. "How Inckv," exclaimed Mis. Vanderstrooni. "that tho satchel held no 1 gold! Of course tho notes will bo stop- ! pod, as the numbers"? "Matilda Vane," interposed tho din- ' mond lnerehant severely, "you vos like nil do vomans?you yuDip to gonglusions. if do notes vos come into an innocent holch r's hands, do Hank of linglaud must pay." "But," replied his wife, determined ' to ho credited with at least one item of discovery, "if the person who asked the 1 way of the clerk took the Satchel from 1 under tho young man's very nose, 1 why"? 1 "I.)ero you vos again, Yane?yunip- 1 ing!" shouted her peppery spouse. "Do hurty vat took do satchel vos nnnodcr 1 man on do odder side. Here vos, p'raps, 1 two, dreo of dent?vat dey call a 'putup yob.' Mit all dees drioks dey vorks 1 it like do conjurers?it's do quickness of do hand deceives do eye." "Oh, Cornelius?Corny, dear, lot this be a warning to you to be careful! You km w the thousands and thousands of 1 pounds of diamonds you are constantly walking about with up and down Hat- ' ton Garden?loose in your waistcoat pockets, too, or only tolled up in a little tis.-ue paper?and you such a mite! Mind they don't 'put up,' as you call ji, k im 1111 n/( i ilid son tor you. " Mr. Vandcr; trooin rose with offended dignity, gulped down another yearning to retir i to his native Dutch, walk* d into ' i hall, tapped the barometer, ;jerk< iniself into a remarkably tight and a; uilliiigly short covert coat, (juite oblivious of the fact that in the Htrugglo between his redundant figure and his restricted upper eovr ring he hnd contrived to scrape a very fat pocket book out of the fireust pocket of ins frock coat and drop it into the thick carpeting of the passage, brushed "his hat, placed it with a defiant tap on his head, and then, with the hall doer in his hand, he drew himself np to his full ft feet ?1 boundary of imprcssiveuces as he said to ids wife, who had followed him: "Matilda Yane, if dey can come any of dere schwiudling bricks over me, I makes dr-ni a breasant of all dey lays ' dere fingers on. Do quickness of do hand vill nefer keep pace mit rle rapidity of dis child's eye. lie vasn't built dat voy. " And with these emphatic words, do- 1 ivored with a tap on tbe sido of tlio ? ose and a sagacious wink of tlio eye, i ir. Cornelius Vunderstroom t xpcutpd a j ignified waddle down tho road in tlio ] liroction of Ins train, while his wife, 1 liming round in tlio hall when her lord t nd master was out of sight, discovered ( nd innnodiately took possession of the ] Topped pocketbook. Wbetl the diamond merchant returm d < roni his business to his suburban home, i i0 was a strangely altered man. Then was no sleep for him that night Hiti 1 his bedroom had been turned into ( i star ehauibor, with his wife as grand | nquisitor and the bod for tho rack. i (lowly, hut surely, the dreadful eonfes ion was wrung from him. Humbly ho lad to disclose the nature of the loss ho ( Irmly believed he had sustained, to ab* ectly own that he had been robbed in j iroad daylight, in his train percbanco ?he, tho astute, clever Cornelius?robled like a common country bumpkin of lis pocketbook, containing .I'll, 500 in Junk of England notes, which must iuvo boon abstracted from his undercoat oniewhero between his home and Hut011 Garden, for when lie reached his fflco that morning it was gone. Mrs. Vnndorstrooni listened in a kind f ecstasy of female triumph to her busland's agonized confession of male falibility. It was only after she had exract-ed from him a vow that ho would icver carry such largo sums about with ii 111 again and that ho would deliver lie ?il,r>00 into her safe keeping (should t over he recovered, which seemed hopeess after all he had told her at bleakest about "innocent holders of stolen 3ank of England notes") and never ask or the money back again unless the douunds of business rendered such a course ibsolutcly imperative?it was only after hese solemn promises had been drawn 'rem the unhappy Cornelius that his ;ood lady turned him in an instant from he most miserable of mortals to the nost joyous of littlo men by showing lim his pockethook witli tho notes innet as she had found them in the hall hat morning, reposing snugly and safey under her pillow. From that hour Mr. Vanderstroom's c potation for phenomenal cuteness in he detection of crime, his dissertations in rogues and roguery, as well as the uistomary allusions to his distinctive lexterity in tho detection of*'put up fobs," had to he confined to his city eirle of admirers. Hut events were ripening destined to shatter the diamond iiiiO'fliiiiit )' i' 1111 f !tf iiiii fiir ulitirtiiwiua mi I much abroad as at homo. It was afternoon in llatton <Jardon. Cornelius was sunning his consequeni a I 1 it t ]<? rotundity on Jiis oflioo stops, with his heavy ringed lingers thrust in the nrinholcs of his waistcoat and liis lumpy little legs stretched inipovtun.o ipnrt. A benevolent eoniplacency suffused his features, for ho had just, lunched and felt good. Moreover, lie had transacted a fair business in the morning, and, among other dealings, had got rid of a parrel of slightly "off olor" diamonds to an amateur at close an "water" prices. To add to his stroke [if luck, ho had just played old Do Beers lit dominos for his lunch at the Cosmopolitan cafe, at the top of the Carrion, .and won. Therefore, having had it all his own way, tho street was just then a temporary garden of Kden to Cornelius, with never a snake in the landscape. Suddenly the little diamond nier chant's attention was attracted to a handsomely appointed mail phaeton coming down tho street from tho Hoihorn eireus end. Colin lius flattered himself that ho was something of a judge of horseflesh, having several showy animals at home, and when the pair of high stepping bays attached to this remarkably smart turnout pulled tip with a suddenness that nearly si id (hem on t heir haunehes at his own doorstep he was free to confess that prettier hits of blond couldn't ho met with anywhere between the Viaduct and Hyde park corner. Tho American looking, soldierly gentleman who was apparently tho owner of the phut ton was not driving, which was at mice accounted for when Vandorstronm observed that the right sleeve of t he stranger's closely huttoned gray frock coat was empty and pinned across his breast. "Military, by tho cut!" ejaculated Cornelius to himself us ho surveyed the now arrival, marked tho missing arm and noted tho cockade in the hat of the neat, middlo aged groom who so doftly manipulated the hays. "(cuoss this should ahont fix the location!" cried tho ono armed, military looking gentleman in unmistakable Yankee accents as ho descended from liis seat in tho carriage, scanned the meiiirii-ntirlu >n in l.iu 1.....1 .....I >1..... ...... veyed tho liouso in whieli Cornelius hud I lis offices. "American twang!" thought tho diamond merchant, continuing liis mental notes. " Yankeo colonel or general, may [>(>, who has made his pile in pork, petroleum or vooden nutmegs. I wonder if tie's aftor diumonts?" Diamonds, beyond a douht! More luck Tor Cornelius that day?for Vanderdroom's name was on tho stranger's lips as soon as his patent leathers had touched the pavement! Waal, waal, and ho was Mr. Vandorstroom?waal, now, really! "Ouossed" they had letter "sail right in," as ho wanted to inspect some stones for a present ho contemplated "springing" on his wife. Fact was he'd had a "bonanza cable" from Arizona that morning telling him that in Ins now mine they had not only come upon u fresh reef, but "th y'd struck it 'tarnal thick." "Calculated" he wouldn't know where to stow all tho silver if Arizona "crowded it in oil him so all tired fast," hut "guessed" that diamond buying would In lp as quick as any other way "to kia 'i t lie hot ton i out ( f 1 'oisliot Cnloh!" With these and sundiy ot!ar explanatory interjections, by tln> way, all of I lie ill fli I i vi-is il iv 1 Si, i l<i.... a) freedom of speech and I re< zinoss <?f , stylo for which your penuino "down ouster" is held toll 'peculiar, the American and the diamond mi ichunt found themselves in the hist tloor oflico. Cornelius VaiulerstK < :n impvcssively took a bunch <>f ke\ s fiotu Ids pocket and with consider::!.! c i nioninl ripened the prout safe. The sir. npi r started at the array of j< \v< Is that met his gazo. Come lius felt flatten d at the involuntary ti ihule paid to lis (olloctiou. Diamonds, both rough ami cut, were quickly brought forth and ?* * t. ningly displayed in the m -t suitable? light on backgrounds of black vel\ t. J'ut tiio polished gems alone met with tlio |4< neral's?yes, assuredly a general, by his J I msy jur or command?npprovul. Anr. tvhat a nice, discriminating oyo the ^loriean had for a first water stor >! [ 11 vain CorneliuH trie<l to palm oir inferior qualities at high graderates. The granger wasn't to l>n "had."' So tho merchant's respect t'or liis customer rose in proportionate ratio to his fastidiousness. At last a number of beautiful pncil, Dr river, dinmonds and some porfoet specimens from the Jugerfoutcin mines were selected. They constituted the very pick of Vanderstroom's great safe, and as they wero placed on one side to be appraised the little Dutchman sighed to discover how the expert eye of the Arizona silver king had traveled over all the straw tinged gotns and fastened only on tho blue whito stones. A splendid lot and cheap at 1,500. So evidently thought tho Ameriean, for at that prico the bargain was concluded And now about the setting. What would Mr. Vunderstrooni recommend? For n mi sen, tin* American laneied tlio two finest pnoil stones for cut rings and the remainder in a spray, a cataract of brilliancy w hich, ho guessed, "would take tlio shine out of Niagc.ru and make Potshot (Julch sit up. " Ultimately it was arranged that Vanderstroom should get the jewels set, and the little man seemed proud of the confidence reposed in him. In six weeks at the latest the Dutchman undertook to deck the ears ami 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 seemed instinctively to divine the uppermost thought in Cornelius' head. With a pleasant smile ho unbuttoned his coat; with his only hand, the left. Then he was met by a ditlleul ty which Vanderstrooni was requested to assist in overcoming. Would he mind putting his hand in his (the stranger's) left inside breast pocket and get bis pocket book out for him? Ever since "those dodgasted Indians" bad winged him, remarked the American, with a laugh, he had made his wife his right hand, but as she wasn't there he must ask Mr. Vanderstrooni to take her place and help liiiu to weigh out some dollars. Vanderstrooni, thus invited, dipped his chubby little baud into bis patron's pocket and produced the case. It was a j \ / \ % * ? * i\ JXW]1\ -\rcX, 0? lie 0 (]>})(< I his <lnil)l>n 111 tic Im ml into his pitlrnll's /?OC/nf. hnndsomo Russia leather affair, hound with silver and having an autograph rut in the saine metal on the hack. Rut Cornelius placed the pocket hook in the American's hand without stopping to decipher the name. The stranger laughed ngain and return'd it tc t lie diamond merchant wit h a lequest that he would read it. The littlo man j;:;vo a start, and a short, sharp cry of surprise sprang to his lil is, for ho could scarcely on dit his eyes I with what l.o read. There, < n the American's costly case, he saw his own unusual name, "Cornelius Vanderstrooni " The American lighted a cigar, took a minute or so to j'. t i. i.g od working order, during w l:i? 'a I c c aa d to ho deriving iufinito aiiiiiKement Irons t ho inor chant's astonished looks, and tlion In said: "All powerful strange, ain't it, that my name should pan out just like yours'" Cuess I was just as flabbergasted as yon when, looking in your London directory for a leading diamond joint, I came across the facsimile of my sponsorial appellation among the Hat ton (hirden community. That's what drew me to you, for it might ho that we're kinder related." The littlo Dutchman had never heard of any kith or kin in America. Rut then the tribe of Vanderstrooni had scattered from The Hague and Amsterdam years and years ago, and some of them might have found their way to the colonies on the Hudson. Yes, no doubt the general was right? blood as will as business tiesexisted between them. And, as lie knew full well the old settlers front 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 connection, especially w hen the tasto for diamonds, the dashing bays and the untold wealth of Potshot CJuleh were bona in mind. No sooner, however, had these thoughts taken form within the active brain of Cornelius than it horrible suspicion presented itself. What if this newly discovered kinsman had ouly found him out in order to obtain a lengthy credit for the jewels he had selected? The bare idea was too appalling for contemplation, and it caused the little merchant to breakout into a profuse perspiration. The American was evidently a thought reader of the highest order. I ie produced a Bank of England note from his pocketbook for . 100 and laid it on tho table. "Bills," said he, adroitly calling in alliteration's artful aid, "aro hully hoys for business." No getting ovor them, lie liked a fair and square deal, he did, and no favors asked. This was how he guessed he'd like to trade, lie was a stranger hi lluropo, and he'd ask no man to go bail for him?no, sir-ee! That 1M00 bill was, ho calculated, a bettor introdnotion than all the name* and references "on this played out side of tbo herring pond. " The diamond inerohnnt rubbed hb /tends, smiled eltusivuy at i was tvt dently of bis namesake's way of think Ing. "Waal, then, s'po-e we fix it this wny," continued t-he American In hi> uncompromising Yankee style? "you hold this ?100 bill and wire me to m> hotel w In n the fixings to the diamonds are complete. Then I come along to your bureau and weigh in ?1,400 more, and you hand over the jewels. That way I don't plank down too much boforehand for what I haven't got and you don't part with what you vo uot been fully paid for." Uenlly, after all, them was a downright honest way of trading about these New Kn^land folk that put your old world mot hods to the blush! So thought the little merchant as he consigned the note to his waistcoat pocket and took down the address of the Ann riean's hotel?a first elass one, hy the bye?in Northumberland avenue. Then, with many expressions of mutual ?steern, the two Vauderstroouis parted. But long before the expiration of the term fixed for the completion of the settin;' of the diamonds the American was hack in Hatton Garden, and tho visits became more frequent as the intimacy between the two Vanderstronms grew Ktmni/nr HM?n r ? lm wuc in\t. general, as tho Dutch Cornelius found out from inquiries no caused to bo mado at the American's hotel?the colonel developed a habit of dashing up with thoso inagnifleont bays of his to the merchant's office two or three days a week, "just to seo how he was getting on" and to invito him out for a bottle of "1874" and an oyster patty at tlio adjacent railway restaurant. On these occasions the American would allow the voluble little Dutchman to do t ho major portion of the talking. Somehow or other the conversation invariably took the direction, under the colonel's dexterous steering, of London thieves and the various grout robberies and swindles that had recently taken place in the metropolis. This was a subject on which the diamond merchant was quite at homo, and there being no wifo in the way lit* proceeded to pose with great impressivoncss as an authority 011 tho intricacies of "put up yobs," the great bank haul of .I'l 1,000 and how idl those affairs wore worked on the conjurer's principle of "de quickness of do hand dat deceives de eye." Onco, after tho opening of a second hot tie, when Cornelius the lesser had grown extra communicative, he imparted to his kinsman the episode of the lust, poeketbook and the tenacity with which his wifo had stuck to the JL'!1,COO she had found in tho hull, refusing to give it up, except, on its urgent demand for tho application of the sum strictly to business purposes. I DO American, WllO bad bed) Jelling at tho bar with characteristic languor, prow suddenly interested, lie slift'ciicd himself up, listened attentively, Ixcanio abstracted for a minute or two, then hastily, for such an unusually deliberate gentleman, tossed off his glass, pleaded a forgotten engagement, got into his phaeton and was driven oil' by the discreet looking groom, with whom ho might, afterward have been noticed in earnest conversation, ill the direction of his hotel. The following morning the Yankee Vanderstroom was again in Hat ton Garden and almost as soon as t lie other Cornelius had arrived at business. More news?womb rful wire from Potshot Gulch! "illumed" if ho didn't think the. mine was "going to turn out a second Tombstone. " They wi re "hulling it out''of two more reefs and the wife must have more diamonds. Detter finish her oft' onco for all while he was about it with a necklace and stars. Those, with what ho had already ordered, "ought," ho declared, "to make her shine like tiio figurehead of Liberty at the entrance to New York harbor." This time stones to the value of ?tj,000 were selected, and another ?100 note was handed over, just, as the American put it, "by way of cover tor the fixings. " The diamond merchant was perfectly satisfied, and, at his friend's urgent, solicitation, promised to "hurry up" and havo the entire suit complete that day tliroo weeks, so that the silver king could catch the American mail on the following Friday, as he was anxious to lose no time in getting back to that wonderful Tom Tiddler's ground < f his in Arizona. All reason for anxiety was furthermore relieved by tlie American promising to hiing the ?:5,!h)i) with him and "plunked down, fair and square" before the jewels were handed over. At last the eventful day arrived when the setting was linislicd and the magnificent suit of jewels was ready in its great vol vet lined ease for delivery. The colonel was punctuality itself. Ho was driven up to the oftleo, as usual, by that eminently respectable groom of his, and ho came in smoking a great green cigar, as cool and collected as over. Tho suit was pronounced superb. It cuvnncui *1 Mm onlnnn I 1 u ovno/det i.o.u Would Vnnderstroom (lio lesser mind putting the diamonds hack in their case and handing (hem to his man he low, while lie, tho colonel, counted out. the notes? Tho merchant was ahout to do as ho was hid when his habitual caution got the hitter of him. Ho kept a firm hold on tho case and didn't budge an inch. The colonel evidently didn't see his hesitation. 1 lo was feeling as well as he could with his one hand in his pockets and flocmed : or disconcerted at not finding what he was searching for. Would hi namesake mind "just g<>. ing over hiii ?" lie was so helpless with his one hand. There was nopooketbook to be found. After a moment's reduction the colonel slapped his leg, laughed and said he had it. lie remembered nowhiswifo took his hill ease out of his pocket at the hotel that morning to get some money to pay for some frocks. "(riiess she forgot to put it hack. It's a way they've got, eh, Van?" laughingly ejaculated the American. The colonel's open, hearty manner reassured tho little diamond merchant., who was growing just a little?tho merest shndo of a trifle?suspicious. The sharp eyes of the colonel noticed it at once. ' We'll soon fix that up," ho said, with his usual culm drawl. "I'll stop riRht hot> and f?ot tho monoy all tho laino?every t. : f t. Hut I must ask you to net as my secretary. My left list ain't no j^ood nohow with a pen. Here, any paper will do. Take tins memo, form of yours and scribble a few lines for mo. My wife knows I emtio ritfht bore, and your billhead will recall tho business and why i want tho dollars." Nothing unreasonable in that! Little Vnndt rstroom had penciled memoranda for his maimed namesake several times before, lie sat down and wrote to tho colonel's dictation : | My Dkaii Wlfk?Sond mo by bonror tbo pocketlxMik you hnvo of mino, with its con . ..^ekssmk?3BaBLJ??isH .iniT . " '' ? ili'MlMii^OIMt :.iI ./^Vegetable Preparation for As- *j ! slmilalinglhcrooclfltulltetfula & ; liiig live Stomachs mul Dowels of llgPiill I if ? | Promotes Digestion,Cheerful- , ! ncsa and Rcst.Contains neither g Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. ). WOT NAitcotic. Hw/v of OUT DrSAMl'?LHTClIEIl J\nnpkin SrtJ-' jtlx.Sama * J H JtorAtlfe Saf/t ? shlitt S(t <i * I J\ppt m.iut - > ff. Jii Caib'jmtuSitJa, * I SLn ffirm Sic*/ CliififinJ 1 -jnr . hinti // ' rn /'/aw J A perfect Remedy forConslipa- \ lion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, : Worms .Convulsions .Feverishncss and I/OSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of _ wt;NV ^ _ : V ! ^ EXACT COPY or V/RAr PI R. touts, l require it for nil immediate nnd important payment;. Don't keep tho ineHsoniter Waiting. Make liltn |jlvo you a receipt for it. Your ulTeel innate lm -Wainl, Coi;m:i,ilh Vaniikustkoom. "Till 11V for VOll!" erioit tlo> \ Iiinvimm Nvlicn the Dutchman hud writ (en, signed and scaled the letter. "Now, then, you I "Iirokcn tnw voTill Vnt vovflt" cried i'nndcrsironm in mini :< nu nl. just run down and nivn it to my man. ! Tell hint to drive to the hotel, get his 1 answer from my wife, and he'll he bnek ' witli tho dollars boforo we've timo to finish a cigar." The diamond merchant executed this commission with such alacrity and dispatch that he was hack in the otllco almost before, the colonel had taken a second pulT at a fresh Villar y Villar. Tho American held tho closed jowel ease in his hand. "Lock it up," he cried jestingly, "or I might be tempted to run away with it!" The lift) Dutchman hardly relished that form of joking, fie opened his safe with surprising promptitude, and the colonel himself placed the ease within its fa-tno-j. Tho merchant turned the key and returned it to his pocket. They sat down and smoked. Timo passed, and it grew dusk. The colonel became lidgety. Vanderstroom was also getting restless. It was timo for him to he getting home to dinner. After they had sat thus for more than tin hour 1110 colonel rose from his chair and put his watch to his ear. It must have stopped. No, it was going. Thirty three hundred pounds was a large sum to intrust a servant with. He wished ho had gone to tho hotel for thn money himself. Hut?pshaw I Nonsense! llo'd trusted the man with larger sums ho, fore. Ilia wife had gono out and the groom was waiting for her. Yes, no doubt that was what it was. ^ix o'clock and nearly dark now I An hour past closing time! The colonel no longer disguised his anxiety. Something unusual must have happened. lie would return to his hotel at onee. His wife must have got home by that time. Would Vnnder.stroom como with him? Or?how silly he was?tomorrow morning would do equally well. IN'cu if his man hud gono wrong, he could easily get fresh notes and be in Hat ton Harden with them hy 10. Tho diamond merchant, was really more anxious about his dinner than anything else. Reflection had shown him that there was no causo for anxiety on his part. The jo we Is were locked up in t lie safe, and lie had ?200 as cover for tho setting. Therefore, as far as ho was concerned, tin* payment might just as well ho concluded on tho morrow as that night. They left each otlu r after one or two refrcsjiers at their favorite restaurant, with the appointment standing for JO next morning. It was not kept hy either party. The colonel called a hansom as he waved his one hand to him, and it was the last, glimpse tho little Dutchman ever had of his military Yankoo relative with his distinguished bearing and bis sleeveless coat. When the Jit Ho merchant reached his suburban home that night, it. was late, for ho had met. a friend and dined with him at. his club. Mrs. Vandorstroom was dozing in a chair before the lire. "My Jofo," began her huebund apologetically. "1 know," she answered sleepily. "I suppose you wanted it in business or you wouldn't have broken your word." "Broken my vord! Vat void?" cried Vandorstroom in amazement. "Why, your word that you would i never touch that JLU,500 unless ur- 1 I' , T*"S K? A SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF ^ u, , ?-? --**** > ^? r / /? IS OINT THE 1 WRAPPER OP EVERY BOTTI.E OF1 Castoria la put up In ore-tins bottlo3 only. It la not sold ia bulk. Don't allow nnyono to soil yon anything clto on tho pica or proiuiso that it iB "Just no good" ami "will nr.-wor every purpose." *?"8eo that you get C-A-3-T-O-It-I-A. clmU? y / vj " // M'r" 11 on t*s"twc CZ-yr^/y/s' ov:"7 cf * ^ wrapper, gout"? "Voro is do rtroc tousand fifo hundrot pounds?" shrieked Cornelius with horribin foreboding. ".Speak! Who has got it?" " Why, who should havo it hut yon? Did you not send a man hero with this order? And of cour.s 1 gave tlm pocketbook up to liim at once." "Gott in liiiuiuel!" ejaculated tho unfortunutn merchant as his eyes caught sight of tho memorandum paper lie Jiad written at tin: dictation f the American, requesting tln> immediate return of his pocio thonk and sigin it?actually signed ?Cornelius V and erst room, his own misguided autograph. "Done, by ?!" lie shouted as the whole swindle flashed upon him. Then ho rushed to the stables, had a horso put to his carriage at oneo and made his man drive at top speed back to town. It was past 1 in the morning when ho reached the American's hotel. The bird had down. With a horrible suspicion that ho had not yet realized the worst lie next drove to the ollico in ilatton ( 'anion. With tren bling hands lie unlocked the great safe and opened the jewel ease. It was empty. In plaeo of the diamonds tin re was ?njv a slip of paper, and Cornelius Vanderstrooin, the cute, the clever, the infallible detector of a "put up yob," fi ll fainting on the floor as lie read bis own oft quoted maxim: "It's the quickness of the hand deceives the eyo." ?*** ?* They never caught the onloncl or his wife or that highly lc.spectable confederate, the groom. The Scotland Yard detectives were of the opinion that the alVair was the handiwork of a certain Flash Cussady. a cockney cracksmnn of phenomenal ingenuity and of cosmopolitan accomplishments, who had personated a Yankee with considerable success before. Whether this was so or not lie disappeared, as Cornelius had to do when the robbery got wind, and the littlo Dutchman became the wholesale recipient of that form of common, or Garden, chatf for which the great diamond market is so justly coli bruted. The notes and tho diamonds were never recovered. The former, after a decent interval, found their way into tho inevitable "innocent holder's hands," while tho latter, when taken our of the setting, might have been easily disposed of on the continent. Thus tho great Hatton Garden i obbery lives now only in the archives of tho police as tho most successful and cutest "siuglo handed" swindle of tho o litury, TIIE END. Tutt's Pills Cure All Liver Ills. AK"Ei YOl) 'N BANKRUPT in health constitution undermined by ex travagance in eating, by disregarding the laws of nature, ci i physical capital all gone, if so 1 NEVER DEi'.RAiR | Tutt's Liver Pills wilbcure y u. For sick headache, dyspepsi. sour stomach, ma.Varia, torp I ii - - 1 Ht nver, curr-siipauon, mnousnt and all kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pi ' an absolute euro. Childrrn'H Nightly Habits. Dr. 10 Dochon's Antl D'uretio may bo worth to you more then $100 if you have a child who soils be riding from inoontoncnco of water during slee p. Cure)* old and youncr alike. It arr< st tho troublo atonco. $1. Sold by 10. Norton Druggist, Conway, S. C, Itch on human, mango on horses, dogs and all stock, cured In .'10 minntes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotnn. This nover fails. Sold by 10. Norton Druggist, Conway, S. C. . /- ?' " .s . Piles! Piles! Itching Piles. Symptom* Moisture; intense itch* ing aud'st.nging: most at night: worse by scratching. If allowed to continue tuint iv form, which often bleed and uleeia'e, becoming very ore. Swaynk'b Ointmknt stops the itch* iug and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in most ca <v removes the tumors. At drug. ists. or by mail for 50 cents. Dr Swayne &-&on Philadelphia. Wondcrrur Eolith American IPocil Cure (Quickly dissipates all scrofulous I ;ints in llic system, cures pimples, blotches and sores on the face, thorou rhly cleanses tho blood of boils' carbuncles, abscesses and eruptions, renders tho skin clear, young and beautiful. If you would i scapi blood poison with all its train of horrors, do not fail to use this masterly blood puriQer, which has im.- i mm .im vi r- i. v ' i - ' u r r> j ; <v i OHaC'S (if shattered constution and depravity of tin blood. But health Niyn lit blond. Sold by 10. Norton Druggist, Conway, S. C. Holicl' in Six Hours. Distressing Kiduey and Bladder diguses rullevi d in six hours by the New Cheat South Amekrwn Kidney Cuhe." 'this new remedy is a i eat surprise on account of its nx' ^edng promptness in red levins pain in the ladder, kidneys, ouyk and every part f tho primary passages in mule or fenale. It relievos retention of water nd pain in passing it almost iminedltely. If you want juick relief and ire thi" is your rei .cdv. Sold by DU. 1 N'OU'i'.i)M, Drue..ist Conway, S. G. : 5 . i; dw v .wv'^Jj So * v. Weak v ' ' :lsV;' '% fore ' Eyes? r-X e*?MITCHELL'S EYE-SALVE 1 Certain Sato .aid Liloctivo Rsiricd) tor SORE, WEAK and INFLAMED EVES, rrnrfiadiif/ JjO i < 7 - S I'/Iiti'flnt'HN, ft nil llcHtorittf/ i ii' Sitfht of t iif dht, Cures Tear Drop:-, Cmnulntioii, Styo I mnors, lied K\e.-i, .V at ted Eye Lathes, AND PUODUCING OUICK TtPMEl' " AND I'KltMANEN'! CURE. AIno, eichuy <i< puts ? hpn ir;ci iu ol'u'.'v in.il n'i : .e-h ns 5 icei**, Fever (.in . 'I niniK*. Adit It Ileum, Eiiu'iiM, J'i'.e ;5 e; Inl.'lMniimliiiii r tftfs, >11 n ' i,;/., may lie lis d (u I' six aiil.-;; SO' ' L t II CRUGGISTS Af 2G Ccf .Sfr - am fey ?^| w I8 J U8TA 8 C OOD PO R AD U LTS. WARRANTED. PRICE ?C ots. CI AT.ATI \, ILLS., Nov. 1C. 1893. Pnrls Modlolno Co., t-t. Ix>utfl,Mo. (icntlonion: Wo t- 'UI la:>t year, WX) bcttioB oX '.lli >\ I: s TAST1C1.1NS CHI1J, TONIC r 1 linvo I > >ii .-111 three uru tain ruly this yonr. o.vl orloiioo of U yours, In tlio ilrujx buslne.* hnv? i ?*v* r h"ltl rm nrtielo Mint uuvo mieli uulvurb I ?utl?luoliou as your 'i'oulc. Yours truly, a n ncir, Cab it & Co. Sold on il^ nu i'its: Ni ti rt? n<> pay E. Norton| Pnpgiat, (Yrv* y, 9 C. :j Read^l what the 1 'resident of the famous \ JMuokwdl's !)urhntn Tobacco 6nya I and believes of Tho V 1 ihni i | L.VJ[UilClU'iC 1 ) Life v Di'kii am.N V., Mnr 2" ism, \ Mr. W. J. Hoimikv, I? k 11 111. H. O. ' Jhnt'Siy ? Wru n tKflttloiioont of ray policy I >r ; ii , i 111 t I :<111Itill>!< \v 's Hot I I cvpi ? si iiu> (IN itlsf.u tion at ttic Out" rrtiiii-, luit - .iici' I li ve li!ut moro tlmi-to' ink Into tin' nniltiT, I in i i-siuuliiil that I liiivu liml cin'.i|i iits uraiu c. I huvfi iilvvii.va the KquieiMo w- ono of th< Htrrtii^pHt JnsiirufJCo t co 11) i >. i t. tlil. i .i ry, a i if I. w-, ^ t j pi ent (v policy r r l-j.O'O on luy wllb unti on# I rnrfn.ooo on my own life, and liavo luultlicso I I >IIcU-h In furco for morw (ban 10 yyOrm I | Yonr* very truly, I J ft, OA It It. K veryone should look into life iu ii:.incc; should compare it r- itli other investments; should study it Iin connection with their own condition in iife. I,et us send you some facts mid figures, y | W. J. RODDEY, manager, [ I 1'1, 'trf/iu/if')/tarr /lnat, KoClt Hill, V', (., | Schndulp of T.trnl Mail T?rmt*a ROl'TK NO. 20,?>;U? on way to Little Liver, and l.itt'o Liver to ('onway. Lenvo ('ohwhv 7 ?> ip, arrive Little River > )> nr. Leave Little Liver 7 a in, arrive Conway i> m. Daily except Sunday. HOI'I K NO 20,otti?Conway to Gideon, Leave Conway 0 a in, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arrive Gideon at 12.80)1111. Returning, leave Gideon 1 P m, arrive Conway G )? ni. KOHTK NO'20,32.'?Coil way to Gallivants Kerry. Leave Conway," Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12 30 p in, and | arrive at .Gallivants Kerry at M<">P ,r,? Leave Gallivants Kerry TiicSda^, Tliurs" | day? anct Saturdays at G a arrive at Conway at 12.80 p. in. llOUTK NO. 20.&3.3 Cor.ycy t|P relson. Leave l'ort, 11?* ?a in and avive at Conwav$?P Returning leave Conway arrive at I'ort liarrets sj> Daily Kxccpt Sunday. > C>v. ' ^aSR