The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-01
THE DISPATCH.
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Snxs .AY MoRKis e~t.,.....,...,...sA NJ.
THE LOST DLAhOND'
or IN A CELL H.
To,STfspEp

xha Uan tt Hare
-. motber who did not patnss.i ~ hos.
MIA Who would not b" ineo ,', ~ ~, he,
would o ,,'as.s would send her tarongh NJ" ami
n..a, and every torture Ia secure OF h,a'ata'a
S.irahle rank, who jet woaid ea'aAet" hefSe'f
in intrigue would nos aea 'a.s " ~. wv Nv"
rr,h ,o--ep,.ow this child With "a II i.iiant mach.
IA Nine de ST. Cyr seemed 10 REGARD beiphine,
.,tu further, a. a cool matter Of Arr.
1he.e little con ldences moreover, are provoking.
They put you yourself 30 entirely cut OF the qnes'
Mile de st. Cyr's beauty lie pesrieas," said.
slightly chagrieed, aud az a less. "iihea'ts were
trum,,s instead OF dfamouds -
ave are poor," resumed Madame, pathSt'cal't
.Delphine is not heiress. De,phtGe ID pronu
She ~il not stoop TO charm. Her eeqaeisy ~ t"a'
OF an Amazon. Her kisses are arrows she Is
Msduxx" Aud Madame. her no'h.f' Sn"e''
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Hero. with her hair knotted up and scared oVa
tiny dagger, her CANDY dfapery gathered IN hef
arm Driphine fOat.d down the green alley toward
~. \. If ia n rosy cloud. Bat this soft aspect Ees
yer could have been more widely caniTadtcted
than by the stony repose aud emitting csu of Der
!. beautiful face.
rtyes ambassador. Has he TALENT Is he brilliant?
Wealthy II course,-but gdnche.'
Theresith IsSetched .or them the Marquis and
his surroundings.
ST i. eaarmius,' sa:d Madame. "0slphine, DO yen
attendt''
"And Why" asked Delphine, half conceaiipg q
yAwn with her dazsiog hand. at is wearisome.
Il matters not to me-
"Bus he WIN not 60 to marry himself in
rrauce" said her mother. ''oh, these English"
che added with laugh. "Yonrseif, Monsieur. be-
lug proof OF it, will not mingle blood, lest the
channel should still flow between the little red
giobuiesi You will CO. but to return shortly
Won will dine with soou. IA Ter0U ~ aud
she gave me her hand graeiously while Delphine
bowed as II we're already gone. threw herself
into garden chair, and commenced pouring the
wine on astoue for a little tame snake which
came out aud tapped it,
such women rs Nine. de st. Cyr have a species
Of magnetism about them. 1t is difficult 10 re-
tain ones self respect before them. for no other
reason than that one is, at the moment. absorbed
into their individuality, and thinks aud acts with
them. Deiphine must have had stroug will. aud
perpetual antagonism did not weaken II. as for
me, Madame had, doubtless, reasons OF her OWE
for tearing aside tbese customary bands of re-
serve,-reasons which, ii you do not perceive.
! shall not eIumerate
Shave you met with anything further in
your search, sir" asked my valet, the next mora.
ing.
mor-.with great success. You have assisted me
30 much that an sure owe il TO You to say that
I have found the diamond"
'Indeed, sir, you are very kind. have been
interested. but my assistance Is not worth tSe0-
Iiouing. I thought likely it might be, you ap,
peared 60 quiet."-The cunning dog How did
you nd 1t, Sir, may ASK
l briefly related the leading facts. since he had
been aware of the progress Of the case 20 th u
point,-without, however, mentioning Mnis. de s..
Cyr's name.
.Aud Monsieur did no. inform - French
valet would have cried.
"Yon were prudent not to Elehtion II, Sir, said
Hay. "These walls must have better than
ordinary; for q family has moved III on the first
floor recently, whose actions ats extremely sas'
picious. Bot 10 this precious affair - Ice seen :"
I fook 4 DISPLAYED If,
having discarded the shasreen case as iuconve.
niept.
"His excellency must return - h. came said
Hays eyes spar ed.
sand do you carry 1. there Sir he asked, with
surprise, as restored it TO my waistcoat pocket.
III shalt take IL to she bauk,"I sail. II do not
like the responsibility
aft ia very unsafe" was the warning of this
cautious fellow. "Why, Sir any OF tnsse sweis,
these pckpockets might meet you, run against
you.--so." said Hay, cutting the action to the
word, land, with the little sharp kure concealed
Ia inst such ring this wear. give Is 1T tap,
and there's a sit ia your vest SIR hu, Nc dias
mondi"-aud instantly Tesumine bic former re.
spectfui department. Hay handed me my gloves
and stick, aud smoothed my bat;
"Nonsense!" ] replied drawing GA the gloves,
~ should like to see the man who could DO too
quick for me. ANY news from India, Hay"
None OF cons guencr, Sir. The lnGlgo crop s
said 10 have failed which advances the figure of
tha. on hand, 30 that one or two fortunes viii be
made to-day Your bar, Sir: your !unettes !.
Here they are, Sir
go d morning, Hay"
'6ood morning. Sir"
descended the stairs buttoninG my gloves.
paused n moment at the door to ioyk ABOUT, and
proceeded down the street, which vas uot more
than usually thronged. At the bank paused 10
Assure self that the diamond safe My
fingers caught in singular slit. started. A
HAy had prophesied, there was iae ioagituduai
cut In my wsiscoat, but the pocket was empty
Nv ttpIf fha was Rln nal Yer rat
tue blank niniiity or all eXisteuce that dreadiu
moment wben sto,d fdmbiiug for what was no
Calm a. SIT here aud tell of it, 1 VOW TO you Il
shiver courses through ns a. the very thought
had circumvented Stahl only to destroy myself
The dsnoud was list again. Ny mind asw ike
lightning over every Chance, aud "A Thousand
started up like steel spikes to Sn1 en- the DO t.
For u moment / was stnubed, bur, never being
very subject to despair, On my recovery, which
Was ,st at once, took every measure tnat eouli
be devised. Who had touched me: Whom had /
met Through what streets had come! Iu ten
minutes the Pr,f4ct had the matter il huud. My
IL juuc,ioDs we're strict privacy. l siucereiy
hoped tue mishap would nos reach England and
IL the diamond we're not recovered before the
Marquis of q. arrved,-wby, there Was the Seine.
Il Is all very we'll to taiK,-yet suicide is go
French affair, that an Engishnan does not
take 10 it natur Atty, and except III November the
Seine is too cold aud damp Tor comfort but uriug
that mouth suppose IL does not greatly differ IN
these respects from our own atmo. here.
preuernatural activity now possessed me- |
slept none, ate little, worked imtnode 'ately |
spared no Efforts, for everything was at stake. II
the midst of all q arrived, Hay also exertei him
self TO the utmost; / promised him hundred
pounds, il / found it. lie never told me thai he
said how it would be, never intruded the state
OF the market, never resenting my Irritating Con-
duct, but watched me with marrow Yet kiui solicit
tude, and frequently offered valuable Suggestions
which, however, as everything else did, led TO
nothing. l did not call On a.. but 10 week or go
his card was brought up one morning 70 me-
"Deuy me" | groaned It yet wanted IA week Of
the day on which had promised to deliver him
the diamond. Meanwhile the Baron Stahl arrived
In Paris, but he still remained in priyate-fsw
had seen him.
Tho police were forever on the wrong track
To-day they stopped the old C1mptesse du Ouesne
aud her jewels, at the Barrierre; Tomorrow with
their long needles. they rtdied pack ge of lace
destined fcr the Duchess of y. herself the Secret
Service was doubled; aud to crown all a splenGiI
new star OF the testy Prince de Ligne was exau:p.
ed aud proclaimed 10 be paste-tbe Prince swaar.
log vengeance, if he could discover the cause-
while halt Paris must have been under arrest NV
own hotel was ransaCk ed thoroughly Hay begin,
that his traps might be inciuded-but nothing re-.
suited, aud expected nothing, for, Of course
could swear that the stone III my pocket when
i stepped into the street. | confess j never was
pearer madness-eyery word and gesture stung
me like asps-l walked on burning Goals Eu,jut /.
log all THIS tormeuf must yet meet lay daily
comrades, eat ices at T0rtonis stroll Uu tue Boule
wards, call on my acquaintance. with the same
equauimity as before. | believe j was equal TO n
Oniy by contrast with thar blessed time wueu
Ulster and diamonds were unknown, IcorId |
tmagine my past happiness, my present wretched.
ness. Rather than suffer it again, 1 would be
stretched on the rack till every bone in NV SIX n
WAS broken. 1 cursed MIR. Arthur Ulster evsry
hour 10 the day; myself, as wei; aud even now the
word diamond sends cold blast uiy heart, l
often met my friend the msrcitalta de drm.rsS II
was his turn TO triunIh / ianced there must h.,
= haug-dog kind Of air about me, as about every
sharp man who has been outsisted Ia wantsd
finally, but two days Of that which was 10
deliver the diamond.
One midnight, armed with dark lantern and
Q cloak, was travarsiog the streets aiope,-uu.
successful, q, csu.', Jast uow solitary aud aim
10 despair. As turned corner, two men were