The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-20

no possibility Of mistaling his bird-of-
prey noise, remarkable eyes, and silky
beard. saw queer look in the re-
markable eyes as they fell upon me, but
he coolly wished me o i" Good-morning,"
and professed his pleasure that We were
to be fellow passengers.
Without replying, sought out the
captain, who displaying the noble scorn
of his profession at miserable lands
man presuming to trouble him, said
shortly that he was up to his neck in
work (which accounted, perhaps, for his
smoking o cigar with his collar off at
that moment J that it was a matter in
which he was not going to interfere;
there were police on board, and, if 1
applied to them, they would, he supposed,
carry out their orders, whatever they
were.
am bound to say the police did carry
out their orders to the letter. The jews
baggage consisted only of portmanteau,
and they searched it and him so through
ly, that do not believe diamond the
size of needles point could have es-
capped them. Excited with the hope of
a great find, they prodded knives through
the portmanteau's sides, and ripped the
lining out of clothes with sense of
duty truly delightful. Even was COM
PEELED unwillingly to confess that if he
had stolen the diamond, he had got
neither it nor its price, for he had but q
small sum of money about him in his
possession at that time.
We're they going to permit him to
leave the country? asked. Certainly,
they said why not? when l myself,
the only accuser he had, was leaving,
and the whole charge rested only upon
the word of savage Irishman, not
forthcoming. Their instructions were
but to search, and not to detain the Jew,
unless they found the spoil. So had
the pleasure of seeing my enemy grin
defiance at ma and of knowing that the
police, who put off in their boat, regard
ed me as lunatic or liar, while the cap
tain in his soul objurgated me for the
delay had caused.
To my JOY, Don Fernando did not ap-
pear much the first week of our voyage
There was consolation in the thought
that he suffered from sea-sickness, unless,
indeed, he had swallowed the diamond,
and might in that unpleasant way re-
gain, not exactly the possession of it, for
that would be, as the lawyers say, IN him
already, but the power of turning the
possession to account. AS we neared
the line, however, he began to emerge,
usually at nighttime, and the looks he
favored me with would have done a devil
no inconsiderable credit.
One beautiful moonlight night on the
line, finding the heat below SO great that
sleep was out of the question, I left my
berth about midnight, and went up into
the air The officer Of the watch was
doing in chair forward of the deck
house, and the poop appeared to be quite
deserted except for the helmsman, who,
save that he gave turn now and then
to the wheel, and the quid in his cheek,
might have been part OF the deck-tit-
tings. wore slippers, and was walking
noiselessly to the stern, to watch the
moonlight glittering on the ships wake,
when from out the dark shadow of one
of the boats there came low, soft laugh.
turned with surprise, and stumbled
upon the Jew and the danseuse in close
confabulation. Seeing me, the girl left
his side, and went hurriedly below. Her
companion gave me one OF his diabolical
glances. took a turn or two up and down
the deck, and then followed his charmer.
Now, there was nothing very extraor-
dinary between the pair, but it was
strange that up to that time they had
studiedly avoided speaking to one anoth-
er. Neither of them was likely to be
particularly careful on the score of pro-
priety; that could not be the motive.
Yet here was an evident and confden-
tial intimacy established, and l could
not help in some way connecting it with
the diamond, the sale of which 1 was as
firmly persuaded brought Don Fernando
to Europe as I was that he had cheated
Pat Molloy out of it.
At Lisbon, parted, as 1 hoped, for
good from my enemy. The danseuse
accompanied him on shore; and as the
boat put off from the side of the ship,
the pair waved me malicious and ex-
ulting farewell, which in the sweetness
of parting bore with equanimity. In
q few days I was revelling in England's
beefsteaks and beer, and, under those
grateful influences, jew and diamond
were banished from my recollection a
second time. They occurred to it again
about six months afterwards. A cousin
of mine, who was travelling alone in the
South of Spain, was taken suddenly i'll
at Cadiz, and family vote pitched up-
on me to go and look after him there.
On my arrival he was SO much better,
that the doctor predicted his ability to
undertake the journey home in a few
days. In this satisfactory expectation,
l settled myself in the hotel and waited
1t happened that my watch, which
was rather valuable one, had got out
of order, and / was obliged to trust it.
much against my will, to the hands of q
Cadiz practitioner. I selected one who
seemed quite chatty and conversation-
al person for a Spaniard, and who paid
me compliments upon the excellence OF
my timepiece and my Spanish with al
the vivacity of a Frenchman.
Would the English senior like to see
the great De la Casa diamond he asked
l had never heard of it, replied. All
that was excusable in one coming from
England, as it had but very lately
been brought out, having been pur,
chased by a certain lady OF great
rank from the distinguished Captain
Fernandez for the sum of five thousand
English sovereigns. 1t was now OF
view at the lady of great ranks resi-
dence; three pesetas was the charge fol
a look, which would generously be giver
to the poor of Cadiz. 1t was Brazilian
diamond of the first water, and as ye
was almost unknown in Europe. 'Adios
senior, and Muchas gracias.'
On the avanino of tha sama dav h or