The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-03
AN AMERICAN IN IT,
The Great Hatton Garden Swindlc Writ
ten for This Paper.
BI j. M. BARRIE.

Cites, she forgot 70 pNt y back. II ;
a way thay've got. "h, Colonel" laugh
ingly calculated the American.
The Cploncls open. heart; manner
who was growing just a little-the
ncrest -hade Of "a tiff Suspicious.
The sharp eyes OF the Colonel noticed
it a: once.
Well soon tix that up. he aid. with
his usual calm ..rawl. III sop right
here and get the money all the same
every cent Of it. Bat I must ask you
t. act Is ny secretary. Ny left fist
amt no good nohow with pen. Here.
any pape. will do. Take this memo.
form ii Yours ana -crihtle a few lines
for me. Ny wife knows came right
here. and your bill-head will recall the
business and why want the dollars"
Nothing unreasonable in that. Little
Eandcrstroom had pencilcd ,Hcmuran-
dumo for his manned na:ncs;kc several
times before He lat down and wrote
to The Colonel'- dict@tion:
Ny DEAR WiFE-Send me by bearer the
pncket-book you have 81 mine. with its
contents. | require it for Immediate and
important payment. mt keep the mes
scn-er waiting. Make him give YOU re
cei ut r it. Your atfcrtiOnHtc husband,
CORNELIUS NANDEE>TKpOM
"Buliv 70" YOU. cried the American.
when the Dtitc:,man had written. signed
and sealed the letter. Now. then You
just run down and give it to my man.
Tell him to drive to II. hotel get his
answer from my wife. ard he'll i back
! ', III the dollars before we've time to
finish a cigar.
The diamond merchant executed this
patch that he wa, back in the Office
almost before the tolnnc! had taken Il
second puff at Il fresh EilIar Y Nillar.
The American held the closed jewel!
ease III his hard.
Loci: il up" he cried. ir,tin-ly. "ol'
] might br tempted t. r,.n away with
The little Dutchman hardly rcli-hcl
. that form Of joking. He opened his
safe with surprising promrtitu'c. and
the Colonel himself placed the c;.-e
within its fa-tnr:;-. Tho merchant
turned The key and returned II to his
pocket.
They ,at down arl smoked. Time
PASSED and i! grew dusk. The tuirnt!
j,.ralrr lidycty. un,lr"~-rooin was
; a!,o getting restless. II wa time for
| him 70 hc g-'tina, home 90 dinner.
! After they had sat thus for more
! than an hour the Colonel rose from his
chair and put his watch to his ear il
must have stopped? No. it wa, going:
:3."'D WIS y large sum 10 i,tlli,t Il
! -r.vant with. He wished lie had gone
! 70 the hotel fur tn, money himself
/ hGi:-p>haw. non~rr~r. he'd trusted the
! IMAM with larger sums before. Ili~
wife had G,'nc out. and The green w;,s
waiting 10" hcr-ycs. no doubt. that
! w;3~ what ii was. six r'rl,rk. and
nearly dark now. an hN';r past closing
| time.
The Colonel no longer Disguised HI,
HnXicty. Something ulll,-lul must
! have happened. H.. would return to
| hi, hotel II once. His wife, must have
| 70: home by that time. Would Van
! dcr~tronln come with him: O"-huw
/ silly he was Tomorrow morning would
: do equally we'll. Even if hi, man had
! Gun,. wrong. he could easily get fresh
notes and he in Hatton Garden with
! them by TO-
! The diamond merchant was really
more anxious about his Dime" than
! ANYTHING else. Reflection had shown
! him that there was no ca,i-t for any
! irty on his part. The Jewels were
locked up III the safe and he had GOO
a, cover for the setting.
! Therefore. is far q, he was con-
rcrned, the payment might just a. we'll
lr concluded u! the morrow aS that
| night.