Daily Republican., 1886-07-06
Dutch HenrY's Diamonds.

| Noo ih auoVe tine American Line
COCKS on Delaware Avenue, Philadel
phis, ID a FALCON which smells of In,
ana ~ frequented by the remnant oil
rhiladt phia's merchant service. It IS
9lo' anu II oobwebs be any sign Of good
drink then the bottles behind the dust
oaf contain Su excellent article al
| ,hfost'wash. There was a little Old
putch sailor Ia there one day last we. h
VINO had a face so shriveled that /,
seemed a wonder how he could shave
tue surplus as clean as he did. He
wore rings In his ears and had on a
sea suit that looked AS il it was by mo
means the cream of the collection of
some Liverpool slop shop. The old
man was only partially articulate and
angry. His talk ran ON diamonds And
ROBBERY, and the saloon keeper On
deavored to foothe him.
"Henny, | bet you" he said. "you
maven been outside of hers this morn
ing It's the schnapps In your head.
VOW count your diamonds over again
tou IL see that you'v got tbs full nun.
ber-twenty three"
The old Hollander grew livid with
rage and fear In all his hundred wrin.
kies as ne called the landlords atteu.
Won to tne presence OF an outsider.
no, nc" he jabbered In his jargou.
have no diamonds at all. They were
81, $40 en- oy taat devil of magistrate
this morning."
Come, take another drink and thew
Will come back" said the saloon
keeper, humoring the old man. The
latter grabbed the cloudy glass that
was extended to him with one hand,
poured double charge Of gin from a
musty bottle into IL with the other and
gulped 1t down. Then he sat down on
rope fender that was one OF the orna
ments or the Mariner retreat In five
minutes his head dropped back again st
the wall, and tie gin began to talk so.
norously through his OLD nose
HIS bloomin' diamonds" said the
saloon keeper, whose conversation was
Rarnished with the slang OF all nations.
Will take him OF his bloody old nut.
He's an old sea miser.
The landlord accepted An invitation
TO sample his own wares, and talked
while the old man snored. "He's been
mere for about two weeks this time. III
mind him here FIVE gears ago and again
thirteen He was always known as a
miser This time he came ON a tramp
from Rio, and he'd come to Rio ON q
brig from Cape Town. The fust day he
got here he got iull, and then be began
ravin' about them diamonds. He's got
twenty-three of 'em in belt there and
he's hetn Rettin' full and talkin' about
EN- ever since. AS far az l can make
out it's about ihia way: AS said, he's
a bloomin' old sea miser, and when he
landed in Cape Town some time last
fall he went inland to the diamond dig
gings with party o. sharks of his own
sort to do stroke OF business Miners
is reckless, as everybody knows, and
how much the old man cleared with the
thousand pounds or 30 of ready money
that he had | don't know. He got
started back for Cape Town with the
rest OF the gang and got there all right,
as heard it from the first mate of the
tramp, but while he was waiting there
Tor ship these miners got over their
drunk, | suppose, and sent in word for
Henny's crowd 10 be stopped"
DO yon mean they had stolen the
dismopds?"
No, come to think about it, didn't
tell you there's a Law in Cape Colony
against just such wolves as him from
roobipg tho miners by buying their
d iamonds for a song, dye set? | guess
1t must be something like the usury
law. Anyway, the Cape Town authori.
ties nabbed the old man and his part.
ners, took their diamonds away from
hem and clapped 'em into Jail O.dl
Henry was d little smarter than the !
others. The night their boarding house
was raided he managed TO hide twenty
three OF the smaller stones out OF the
peck or 30 he had, and when he got out
~ he end of HIS term of Two months he
90 hold Of these and skipped. But 1t
'uined him. 1 don't s'pose the stones
his belly are worth more than 5000,
md so he's gem off his nut. An he
'in't gettin' much sympathy either, for
at.ers hate a miser
The old man snorel convulsiveiy
'gairst the wall as the saloon keeper
opcluded.
lyon don't know his name" asked
be outsider.
''So more than DUtch Henry, the sea
llstr. An he's goin' of his nut"
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