Telegram-herald., 1889-10-27

sny raomAut
Is 80 SEA sao prstende3 q be A.
trartes - seeing her fsl down 4, C'rona-
vsA read. and Sc had rasse1 lhs dia-
naoad GA u y0u before the poles cazas
up.s
lie saw transient CLEAN, - taough.
Ehzoagh her terror, PSxsAoxe pigaeG
herse1 upon having played 3 cieyer
tEick. ~ here Is lt usssf he ASKED sd
denly.
Her nerves had been utterly shaken;
s1e glanced ~ the ceiling ia snvoluntsEy
sutiectIou % hls vii
Before yoa fetch i down. be uent
ca ~lth psFfect calnaness. thoagk his
eyes cleaned with inward ezultaJi5l,
''tel ne low yog managed q iel Joshua
ku0g aE0ut IT, T. begin with
Il ran round as soon - they sar down
70 dinEer; he was lodging jusE handy,
and be gave me directions Nhils he vas
pretending - f4s-en on the brooch l0H
may be sure. SL Meredith. ! never
would have given ny hand ~ It Il !. had
been the property of Col and Ars- Can
nock, but those big diamond" "--
-Yes. he Interrupted. That VII 90.
Vow % aad fetch Il.
Meekly she rose and lefI the Tooa5 lie
stood 90 the foot Of the stairs listening %
her movements. Presently she cane
b1ck with a litJle blue pence bag "A her
hand. an ancient article Of cEOcheC work
ia the form Of = jug.
he held Out his hand, and SLOWLY, with
. sigh ralluquishing what she had kept
az great cost, she put into it the Orange
diamond. Opening the bag. lie satisfied
himself that The lost jewel lay glowing
within IT,
Very good; now pat On your bonnet
and come with me. 20 harm shallhappen
70 YOU"
There's one thing l lave not men
toned, she said as they walked through
the streets side By side. III it had not
been for that l should have got away
somehow. but il it and him was 10 follow
NE, what's the good: | said TO myself.
And in London always lived and hoped
- die. The irst time was when | was
Just letting myself into the house with
the diamond II that bag buttoned inside
ny GresS front. The street IVES empty,
fox had been very careful, when al ofa
moment O man was e!cse beside nc, and
| looking II my face very straight. lie says,
Where i5 Jizli' "Nono OF vour impu-
dezce," Gays I. bas was shaking I'll
over. Sir, whenever that wicked Bill
- - ~
no hal followed the diamond all the way
from Africa, if you please-there was
that per-on again" She paused, laying
her hand on Walton's arm to emphasize
| her words And then ! knew that 1t
was no living man l saw
Sir Meredith thought she had gone
mad, and tried little soothing.
lit came and went, and asked, Where
/ is jim? pitiful like. So this last time, up
sprang Bill Thomas, and made as though
/ he would strike Il, and swore; but when
I he lifted his hand there it stayed, FOR the
/ fright took him. But for that be would
/ have murdered me half a dozen times
| before now"
Sir Meredith, who had revolved within
! him every minute clew 10 the mystery, re-
/ called Noras story of the common look
/ ing man who had uttered those identical
/ words and was silent. Presently he said:
Thomas followed the diamond from
Africa. Very well; he knew its history
/ then? Did he know who it was that
/ appeared in this way:'
He said that the man who found the
diamond was 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 the sake of it,
/ only there was it sitting in the same car
riage of the train with the colonel. and
/ it was the first time he had seen it."
Thus the great Orange diamond got re
stored to its lawful owners, and Sir
Meredith Waltons reputation for sin
gular sagacity was heightened into q
species of superstition. The law dealt
with Bill Thomas. and Mrs. Pershore re-
tired 20 Melbourne.
@AllOAAAEA RiAAtt AAlyAAAiAo ita-cSA - t--A-A
one day q sunnge couple of visitors called
on the Cannocks just rs they were finish
ing breakfast.
AS 4 certain person called Mr.. Billiter
refuses to be polite enough to read my
instructions and receive Master Whining
ton, have taken the liberty Of calling
/ upon you, sir. as next TO the old lady.
/ Mr. Larose spoke Of you"
With this address the speaker, al
elderly man in a rough serge suit, peeled
from the small figure beside him Of the
second visitor a blue cap and q red shawl,
disclosing q very small pale boy with q
/ pleasant round face about the size Of a
small Goblin apple. The pair stoo! in the
open door of the dining room.
Lou