Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
al oop AND DIAMONDS.



.Tbat cost me $3.50, said gentle
man to reporter, as he showed
handsome diamond ring
When the reporter looked lncreou-
lous the gentleman said that there wac
a story connected with It, and then nc
told the story.
He said he was at one time an oliicer
in an English regiment. While slttihe
at the window of military CLUB on
81 lanes street. London, he looked
ont of the window and noticed rather
rough looking chap walking up ana
down in front of the window and look
ing at him curiously.
Suddenly" continued the gentle
man, 1.-The man disappeared, ana one
Of tae club servants announced thai
some one wished so speak to me.
went to the door and there found my
rough-looking customer from the sue
walk. He looked like workman, and
vet there was an indescribable some
thing about him that pronounced MN
to be a soldier. He said deprecat-
ingly;
81 want to speak to you moment
sir. | know where there are diamonds
worth ESQ, 900 buried, and want help
to reach them, and it will only take
El2 for me to get there, and promise
you TO pay you back with interest
many times over If you will loan me
the amount.
'sHe said he was Il deserter from me
English army, and that during ms
term of service the battle of Umlah
was fought, during the Indian mntiny'
and that he was present. Immediately
after the battle he was summoned by
The Lieutenant of his company to fol-
low him to certain bungalow on the
outskirts of the town, where they
found about a dozen native women
huddled up in a corner and guarded
by a Lieutenant in Highland regi-
mont and a Captain in certain crack
cavalry corps. The sight that dazed
his eyes was the glitter OF the dla-
monds that sparkled on the limbs OF
the women.
Ellis cupidity was aroused, and he
readily fell in with the officers plan
They all fell ON the women and
slaughtered them without mercy, ever
| going so far as to hack the arms from
| the bodies of the murdered women, sc
| that the bracelets, which were soldereC
around their limbs, could be easily OBJ
| tanned. When the massacre was fin
ished the officers made their inferior
take the jewels and bury them beneath
an old tombstone.
''In battle that followed all three
of the officers were killed, and the pri
vate soldier was the sole depository o
"a rich secret, but his regiment was sud
denly called away from India.
For years he said, i have tried t.
find some one to pay my passage sacl
to the Eastern empire, but withou
success, and now | ana workman in
candle factory in Battersea.
"After thinking a moment gave hin
E12, and away he went. | called in al
intimate friend and told him the cir
cumstanceS, getting unmercifull.
chaifed about my idiocy.
1.-The whole thing was soon forgotten
and it would never have occurred to IN
again, but one day, three years later
while in the same club, d man Gale
upon me who looked like prosperou
tradesman. recognized my diamond
searcher whom | had sent to India.
pulling a canvas bag out of hi
pocket he extracted dozen diamond
from it and placed them in my hand
and insisted upon my accepting them
and oven tried to make me take more
but as | steadily refused he thanke
me in a digniiied sort of way for the as
sistance given him and took his dc
parture. | had most of the stones sc
for presents, and here holding up tn
ring mentioned, sis the last. IN. ]
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