The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-12-07

Crack! and hi= asfonishcd companion.
with yell d mingled pain nnd raee.
sprang for his rifle. which Iay beside
him on the ground but Ne was TOP late
Before his fingers closed upon ~
shining barrel ~ tumbIed forward ~
the earth with ball through biz brain.
The whole affair Wa over II ten Ses-
ond.. Mr.. Smith rcpocketcd his pis-
tolls, and taking on his specfacles re-
gardcd our asionished faces with =
benevolent smile.
deadly weapons come handy some
times. after All, gentlemen nc re-
marked.
And / noticed curious change IN
his voice and manner. So. TOO. did
Macarthur. who stood for . moment
looking At him with seeming perpley-
Nv in the midst q his evident stupc-
| faction
Meanwhile, Ned. who was Of .
practical turn. began taking from the
| capacious pockets Of the taller Of the
| two outlaws the valuablcs and money
Of which our little company had been
1 despoiIcd. 1t the eager suggestion Of
| the two diamond-brokcrs. who had been
literally paralyzed with terror during
the entire scene through which we had
passed. both Of them having been re-
lieved Of large amounts.
OF course they insisted upon receiv.
| ing their own property first. Then
came ours. And. at the same time.
| from Bit OF wash-lcather in the same
pocket rolled diamond. Of such pc
culiar shape. size and color-for il was
one Of those rare gems . perfect rose.
diamond-that both Ned and myself
uttered q simultaneous cry Of astonish-
ment and delight as well we might, for
/ IL was our stolen diamond!
You are in luck. gentlemen. 4
quietly remarked Mr.. Smith. who had
been watching the whole procedure,
while Macarthur stood looking on with
coyctous eyes. ~ see that this is the
stone that YOU had stolen from you in
camp some days since. had glimpse
Of Il the morning Mr.. Girard here"
holding at Ncd--''was showing il 10
Jacobs, the broker. on the corner Of
krall street. should know il among .
thousand.
Macarthur, who, with his recovered
rcyclvcrs, which he had buckled on.
had assumed his usual air Of braggado.
cio. was heard TO express considerable
dissatisfaction.
Zone diamond Is like another'' ht
growled.
And his idea was that under the cir
cumstances the whole had sort q
common interest in this one, to which
the brokers gave ready assent
I'D like 10 see any one try to take
itr' said Ned. with = dangerous CLEAN
in his eyes.
And little Mr. smith. nolding ap
provingly. removed from the dead
mans body the money-belt Of which
Mr.. Macarthur had been deprived.
hut instead Of handing it % thai
gentleman. he buckled II about his owl
waist. with an agreeable smile.
"What the deuce does this mean
yelled Macarthur, whose face WAS pur
pie with rage. when- no less 70 his OWL
than 70 our own asfonishmcnt, his arm
were pinioned BY the little colporteur
who seemed 70 have the strength o
two ordinary men. Aud In another In
slant his wrists were adorned with |
pair II shining steel handouts.
Its no use kicking. William.
quietly remarked his captor. removing
: faded fiaxen wig from his own heat
and exposing 70 view short crop q
stubby black hair. ~ didn't mean z
hare pulled you till we got 70 yelling
ton. but this little affair has. 80 4
speak. precipitated matters little.
And after we were all again en- route
having left word at the next station .
70 the disposition Of the outlaws bodies
the pseudo Mr.. Smith informed Us tina
the scowling prisoner on the seat oppo
| site, who WAS kept in bounds b. th
, sight of a cooked revolver in the capt
or's hands, was one William Hardy
| with dozen aliases. whom he-Dcnni
son Hunt. the then best known detect
| i've IN England had followed iron
Liverpool 10 the very heart Of Soutl
Africa. reward Of 1000 having bee
offered for his apprehension IS principa
in great London hank robbery.
but never thought should be ID
means q helping You two gents % You
lost property said MI. smith. Wit
his customary placid smile. =. after ID
wcarisome journey. we alighted IN from
Of the Digger's Retreat q Wellington
, with dust bcgrimed faces and stiilcnc
: limbs. four days later.
And. 70 his credit be Il said. the de
, tcctive would not accept penny Q
. | recompense from either 81 Us.
! The excitement d the little scrin
I mage was enough. /" he said. - v
, shook hands . parting
. --u >p--
"A baby girl born 10 Mrs. August
| Nilsson I0ndherw on the etram9hj