The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-09-28

to dinner; he WAS lodging Just handy,
and he gave me directions while lie was
pretending to fasten on the brooch. You
may be sure, Sir Meredith, never
would have given my hand to it if it had
hcen the property of Col. and Mrs. Can
mock. but those biy diamon,ls" -
"Ies," he interrupted. That will do.
Now so and fetch it,
Mcc!ily she rose and left the room; lie
stood ut the foot of the stairs listening 10
her movements. Presently She came
back with Il little blue pence bag in her
hand, an ancient article of crochet work
in the form of Il jug.
llc held out his hand, and slowly, with
Il sigh rclinGuishing what she had kept
at great cost, she put into it the Orange
diamond. Opening the bag, ne satisfied
himself that the lost jewel lay glowing
w;thinit.
Every good; now put on Your bonnet
#ndcom!e with Ie. No harm shall happen
to you.'
"'ihcre's one thing have not mcn-
tiunr'l,' she said rs they walked through
the streets side by side. "lf i, had not
been for that l should lave go, away
| somehow, but il it and him was to follow
me-, what; the good? said to mysclf.
Aud in London always lived and hoped
to die. The iirst time was when | MAS
| Just letting myself into the house with
The diamond i'll that bag luttnilcd inside
my dress front The street WAS empty,
fer | had been very careful. when all of a
| 4.
looking in my face very straight, he says,
"Wherc is Jim:' Mono of your impu-
asere aSSr sf n2yS StsHtr 5t ,pp Mps wISNaa hp@ m III
Thomas has come threatening HE
he had followed the diamond all the way
from Africa, if you pleasc-thcrc was
that person again" She paused, laying
her hand on Walton's arm to emphasize
her words. ".lnd thea knew that it
WAS no living man SAW -
Sir Meredith Thought she had gone
mad, am" tried Il little soothing.
cit came and wcnt, and asked, Where
is ''im:' pitiful like. So this last time, up
sprang Bill Thomas, and made as though
hc would strike it, and sworc; but when
he lifted his hand There ii stayed, for the
fright took him Bat for that he would
havo murdered me half Il dozen times
before now."
Sir Meredith, who l.a.l rcvolvc,l within
hl:ncvcry minute clcw to the mystery re-
called Nor:l's story of the common look
inS man who had uttered those identical
words, and WAS silent. Presently he said:
"Thomas followed the diamond frori,
Africa. Very we'll; Inc knew its history
then? Did he know who it was that
appeared in this way
"llc said that the man who found the
diamond WAS II gentleman called Jim;
that he WAS murdered for it by another
diamond washer, and that that fellow
sold the diamond but got killed himself
by some one who thought he'd got it still
and that do believe was Thomas him,
self-and know that he would have
killed Col. Cannock for tho sake of it,
only there was it sitting in the same car
ria%e of the train with the colonel, and
it WAS the first time hc had seen it,"
Thus the great Orange diamond got rc.
stored to lis lawful owners, and s;il
Meredith Walton's reputation for sin
gnlar sagacitv WAS heightened into ;
species of superstition. The law deal
with Bill Thomas, and Mrs. Pcrshoro re
tired to Melbourne
Another three months passed by, anC
one day a strange couple Of visitors called
on the Cannoclls just as they were finish
ing breakfast.
ASA certain person called Mr.. Billitcl
refuses TO be polite enough to read my
Instructions an,lrcccivc Master Whining.
ton, | have taken the liberty Of calling
upon you, sir, as next to the old lady.
Mr.. Larosc spoke Of YOU"
With this address the speaker, aI
elderly man in a rough serge suit, peeled
from the small figure beside him of the
second visitor a blue cap and Il red shawl
disclosing a very small, pale boy with a
pleasant round face about the size of a
small Goblin apple. The pair stood in the
open door Of the dining room.