The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-08

man who had been IN he store at
Champion the morning that the dia-1
nlond was missed. II b sis1,s ,sss
"He victualled expensively,p said
Jones, liftinE something from the st0-
mach which glistened daxxsingly In the
dull light Of the room - he evidently
fed on the Cleopatra style Of cooking.n
There 1t was, with long, scintillating,
shafts of light quiyering and thpobbing
from its centre, with Brilliant rays d.
verging from it's heart--the very 'tiia-'
mond for the theft Of which poor Guy
Scott was suffering In State Prison.
The whole thing rushed through my
mind in q second. Mr.. Greenfield had
left the safe door open, and while en-
gagged on the watch Gossage secured the
gem, whose presence he was probably
aware Of When I had refused to al
low him passage he had s,cdllotocd the
stone, and it had eventually been COW
cred with the soft coating of the stom-
ach, and was thus retained until this
singular circumstance had brought it
to light. - ss.' ~ 4
"Thank heaven" said I, "this will
release q man from unjust confinement.
Jones, let me see that stone ??
"Keep awayvi. he cried, fercely:
clutching it; "the stomach was mine
and all it contained. You can't, ,palay-
er NEIL .a6 ~ islss II alE .@igd y - kan.
"Give it here, I say !ni I seized his
clenehed hand with my right And,
bending it over my left arm, pressed It
down suddenly, The gem fell to the,
floor, and in atwinkling I had it inmy
DOcket gSl=ea - IL Sol. Sfi ~ -1aN
"Give me the diamond "a he Shrek
ed, snatching his razor like knife; :,
"give it to me, ! say, or will cut you
i'm two.n -
1 only laughed at him, and in q
towering, frenzy he rushed at me. Just
one lunga he made, that, as stepped
aside, caught in my coat sleeve and
ripped It to the shoulder. In another
moment l dropped him like log. \
anticipated no further trouble from
him as he lay senseless on the floor,
and, taking my hat, left. him at his
leisure to recover a better reasoning.
at once proceeded to a justice of the
peace. left the diamond with him, and
in the morning filed my affidavit. Be
fore many days Guy Scott was a free
man. He is now q rich man and my
visits to his comfortable home are ire
quent. Bright little faces have crept
i'm about his hearth, and his children
love me as though / were their own
flesh and blood; but from the eyes of
the parents there beams a gratitude
that repays me ten times over for all
the share had in the innocent mans
redemption
The diamond was Immediately for
warded to Mr.. Cummings who was
overjoyed to get it, and at once drew
check to Mr.. Greenfield's order, with
interest added. The check found him
in New York, completely broken up IN
spirit and barely scratching up enough
to exc out a miserable existence. The
money set him up once more, and ne
is now, believe, thriving. = 81 +
Poor Jones afterwards came to me
with deep concern and a badiy discol-
ored eye.
az mistook your motive" he said,
appealingly," "and you must forgive
and forget"
Certainly" 1 replied, but I! owe
you an apology for that ugly eye"
."Ugly eye" he said, slyly;" faith
yours would have been closed If my
charitable intentions had been carried
out. However, that is all passed"
All passed, indeed, but in my ward
robe hangs trifiing reminder OF the
occurrence in the shape of a brOadcl0th
coat, whose left sleeve is cut from the
wrist to the shoulder. . s..-.e .sa