The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-10-29


that the diamonds were false He COZ
fcssed, that on after reflection, he had
been very much puzzled by Lncy's per-
/ sstence in her statement; but If he had
entertained any suspicious against Josi-
sh, it was Of course nothing beyond the
supposition, that Josiah, having asked
/ the girl to meet him, and fearing the az
/ fair had been discovered, nal endeavored
( to shift out of it AS best he might. The
false diamonds gave n totally new color
to the transaction. The case would stand
thus-Josiah nigh have fallen into ex-
| travagances before my aunt's death
indeed he, Mr. Chapman, had received
pretty strong proof that such was the
fact Unwilling to confess his leilaqucn.
cies, he had sought some other mode of
extrication. Marriage with me would
have given him the immediate command
Of money That failed Th.eu the ab.
straction Of the d;,nonds. r1e knew
that ms au":: wonld wear the diamonds
on ths night Of the dinner party; Lucy
is asked to meet him at the end of the
garden Oh that night; he takes care tha.
she has the keys of the press left for a
time in her hands the diamonds are
! missing; suspicion naturally falls on Lu-
| cy. Ten days have elapsed between the
! party and the loss OF the diamonds being
| discovered; the diamonds are alrcred
| during that period and at the very last
moment, the false stones are cleveraly de-
posted in place in which nineteen per-
sons out of twenty would never dream Of
looking for them But all This suppo.i.
ton, urged Mr. Chapman, is worth moth.
ing, unless we get hold of Jos!ah's ac-
complice in the affair.
Mr. Chapman very warmly pledged
himself to assist me, though he could not
hold out any strong hopes of success.
g. In the first place, said he, we must
ascertain whether your aunt ever purch-
ascd any diamonds or not
"We found, on application, that the
! leweiler's j books showed that certain dia-
moni ornaments had been sold t" nay
aunt at the price Of 81 $40. Moreover,
the foreman, an old man, who had since
become partner, was prepared to swear
to their being diamonds
:. In order to ascertain Josiah's cog
nizance Of the fraud, Mr. Chapman di-
rected me to write to my cousin; and he
sketehed out letter which stated that
my circumstances obliged ne to part with
the diamonds according to MY prom.
Use, gave him the first offer at the price
my aunt had Originally paid.
To my surprise, Josiah sent an ans
wer almost by return OF post. The letter
was written in his usual hypocriical
style: he dcplored the necessity Of my
parting with the diamonds, but he was
truly obliged to me for not Forgetting his
request. He believed that diamonds ad
lately risen in value; and he thought the
fairest plan would BE- that the diamonds
should b. taken to bis jewellers, and he
would direct them to give me the highest
market price, my own jeweller had of
course better be consulted
"tHe knows all about it, said Mr.
Chapman rcading the letter, 'or he would
not have made such proposal
But. said | lmpatiently, how will
this avail us The aactlonetr is now in
our house
"'Have faith mAilm, he replied
Il am acting under the advice Of a very
clever detective
/" He then directed me to write again
to Josiah, and say that had been advised
thai the mcst satisfactory mode Of dis
posing OF the diamonds would be public
competition.
" Josiah did not communicate with me
again; but on the very evening of the
day on which the sale took place, while
we were anxiously waiting for the auc
tioueer's account of the proceeds, in
came Mr.. Chapman, exhibtIng rs much
glee as his dry legal faith would permit
"' Josiah's bought the diamonds y he
exclaimed.
"' What the paste p
- No. Josiah not such fool as to
give ten thousand pounds fer paste.
I'VE believed that Mr., Chapman must
have been suddenly bereft of his senses
but he proved his words by a check on
his own bankers for eight thousand
pounds; and further than that he placed
in my hands little box containing Aunt
.fane.'s veritablc diamonds.
This was Mr. Chapman's story: 1t
had been arranged that the false diamonds
should he on vciw with the rest Of the
effects; bu. they were to be placed under
glass case, and the detective. a an aue
tioneo.'o nau IL uh".-~, ".evh
narrowly all the people who came to view
them It was also agreed, on any person
desiring closer inspection, that the de
tec:iyc was to make excuse about the fey
Of the ease having been m;slaid, Sever
al people, evidently dealers in jewellery.
had grumbled great deal a only being
able to see tho diamonds through the
glass, but nobody had expressed doubt
as to their being real. At last, two
men came in together, and while the
one was complaining about the key, the
other, at a glance, told his companion
that it did not matter; he knew they
We're only past.
- How could that man be certain at
glance that the stones were past?
The detective motioned to Mr. Chap
man, who was standing near. Mr.. Chap.
man went up to the man, and drawing
him aside, told him that he was quite
right !; tho diamonds were only paste,
anG it would be worth money to any pr.
son who could say how they came to be
paste
+" BY din. of clever examination, and
promise of reward, the man confessed
that he had made those very. imitation
stones himself. When Somewhere
about two years before Fpr whom p
Well he didn't mind saying tha,--the
fellow was lately dcad-Benson Jew
money. lender. who often employed him
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