The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-08

| turning round in the hall when her lord
! and master was out of sight, discovered
and Immediately took possession Of the
| dropped pocketbook.
When the diamond merchant returned
from his business to his suburban home,
he was strangely altered man.
There was no sleep for him that night
| until his bedroom had been turned into
star chamber, with his wife IN grand
inquisitor and the bed for tho rack.
Slowly, but surely, tho dreadful confcs-
sion was wrung from him. Humbly ho
had to disclose the nature of tho loss no
firmly believed he had sustained, to abb
jectly own that he had boen robbed in
broad daylight, in his train porchanco
he, the astutc, clover Cornclius-rob-
bed like II common country pumpkin of
his pocllctbook, containing 23, 500 in
Bank OF England notes, which must
have been abStrnctod from his undercoat
somewhere between his home and Hat
ton Garden, for when ho reached his
office that morning it was gone.
Mrs. Vandorstroom listened in kind
of ecstasy Of female triumph to her hus
bands ngOniZcd confession Of male fall
liblty. 1t was only after she had cx.
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nrycr carry such largo sums nhout with
him again and that no would dolivrr
tho G3, 900 into her safe keeping (should
it over he recovered, which seemed hope
less after all he had told her at break
fast ahout "innocrnt holders OF stolen
Bank of England notcs'D and mover ask
for the money back again unless tho do
mauds Of business rendered such a course
! absolutely imp"rntivr-it WAS only after
! these solemn PROMISES had been drawn
from the unhappy Cornelius that his
good lal;v turned him in an instant from
I'm, most uisrrahIo of murtnls to tho
most iuvous OF ittlu men hv showing
him his uockrtbooli with the notes in.
,ar; ns she had found them i'm tho hall
that morniuy. rruusjnu suuuly and safe.
lv nrl,r her nilln,v
t'rou, that Lmr Mr., Nnu,lrrstroom's $
rrm,,,,iuu for phcuomrnal rutcnoss in
,hr I,t,r,irn Of ,rju,r Ljs dissertations
nm ro,u,s,,,d rr,,,,.rv us >vnlI -. rho
customary nlIusiuns tu his distinctive
dvxtcrity in the detection Of .put uD
vubs,' had to be confined to his city cir
| Gle of admirers But events were riDru-
| inu destined to Shattrr the diamond
| merchants 5 reputation for SHARPNESS as
much abroad az "A, home.
/, WAS Afternoon in IIatt0n Garden.
| Cornelius WAS summing hi. consruurn.
! tial littln rn,undilv on his office strr$.
with hi; heavy rjnurl GnYcrs thrust IN
| the armholrs of his >ynis,ront md his
dummy li,tlr )rps stretched jnnurtnntlv
urart. \ benevolent cur,plncrncv suf
fused his features for hr had inst
!
| had transacted "A fmr business in tho
morning, and, among other DEALINGS.
| hnl got rid uf "A n,rcrl nr eliyhtlv nr T.
cu,nrn d;,morl, +, 81, ,,,.,,,rr - o,n.n
ON .wntcr'' ,,r;r.s rrn ada ,n Li..tr,,.,
Of luck, hc had ms, nl,vcI ola Dn nnnr,
nt Inmiuns for III. lrrrh -, ,h,, tns,,,
nuli,on cafe :, ,hn ,nn ~ ,hn E:.r
dem and vr, Thr,ofnr, i,,,.;,.,. ,,n,
il all his own w,v. ,hc strcrt ,,..,s ;r.
,hcu a trr,rur,r>. ,,,r,l,u ,r E,1o, :,
Cornelius, with never y, >n,kr il th.
l,n,lSc,ur
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chou,'s ,i,ru,;or y..,, ,,,,,',.,,,I =,
h,u,lunmrlv .,,,,.i,,.l ,,;, ,i,.',,,.,
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born c;rcu, ,rL t,,r,l;,, 1,,,,,l
himself th,, hr >.,., ,,,r,n,,,;,,, - :,
ju,jrr Of Inr,,nr.b L,,.i,,, ,,,..,,I
! sh,vv .,,i,,,l, -, h,,,,,,> .,' ''''
lHir Of high stcrpin. hnvs uttochrd tn
! this remarkably smart ,uruuut rnlIr,i
up with a suhdrnu,ss ,hn, un.rIv v,ut
them on their launches ut his n,>n door.
step he WAS FREQ To- confess th,, urrt,irr
| nts Of blood couldn't H., r,rt with .,,,.
whrro hctwrnn the Niadurt and Uvdr
park corner Tho American looking. SOL
G"rly gentleman who WAS nru,rcu,l,.
the owner of sh9 ,har,on WAS not ariv-
ing, Wh,"'. wns Mt onco accounted fo,
/ wn"n Nan,lorstroom observed that tn,
right sl"rv" OF the strangers closely but
toned gray irock coat WAS empty ant
pinned across ms breast.
Mllliary, ny tho cut!' oiaculatct
Cornelius to himself nS ne surveyed tn
new ARRIVAL, marked tho missing arm
and noted tho corkado in the hat Of tn
neat, m!dhIr aged groom who 80 deftl,