The sun., 1900-04-22
GOOGLE O'HENNEssY 8 HAUL.
He Attends Q Society Reception and Also
solves q Great Mystery.

Google O'Hennessy was out OF job' 90
he went UP 10 ait on the roof, In happier tor-
tunes hc would have preferred tho corner where
the other boys conEregated. hut three weeks
Of fruiless search for employ men, had blun,ed
GOGGLES capacity for enjoyment. Besides
that hs wns very hungry. 40 he preferred
solitude and thought. The gang were dis
tinCtly frivolous In conversation md manner
Google at all times took life seriously and Just
now he was oppressed with the seriousness
OF It's responsibilities For while he was only
- years old, Google In way was family
man having a mother and a sister who regarded
him as their malnstar
This afternoon Google had been forced to
the humiliation OF carrying the family clock
to the Hennessy broker. one Polans'.y, a gen
teman whose establishment was literally
patronl1ed by tho residents OF the section.
The clock was the one article OF bric-n-brac
that had not found its way to PolenSky's g place
during the weeks following GOGGLES enforced
retirement from the tin factory. The prob
lem that now a.sailed the boy was what next
would hAnren whom food became necessary
in the small establishment dOwnftnirs Google
had refused to partake Of the brcad and tea
which for several days now had been the en-
tire menu in tho usnnessy home SO he not
only suffered the pangs of troubled mind but
also Of an empty stomach
Polsnsky had only given 80 cents on the clock.
II was an outrage Google recalled the hide
ous face OF the old man as he bent over the
counter. Then his thoughts recurred TO the
visit Of Skinny Hackett at Polcnsky's, which
visit he had interrupted by his entrance. 1t
was nothing unusual TO see Sknncy al Pollen
sky's, lie Was a steady customer And he
looked the hard case that he was But his
visit this time had impressed itself on Google
from the wonderful thing that he had se"n
Skinny pass across TO Polensky's hand as he,
Google, came in They tried 10 pass I, quicSly.
but Google had seen it distinctly, ard it was a
wonderful thing, the like OF which Google
had never seen before
OF course he did not wonder whore skinny
got 1t. He knew. There was only one way
in which Skinny got anything, And Google
msrvell.d at the unfairness Of fate which had
rewarded Skinny with roll OF bills for his i'll
gotten pri2c and returned him only 30 cents
for an ornate parlor clock that had been OBJ
tanned by much denial and sacrifice on the
so-called easy. but in reality most uneasy pay
ment plan.
As Google entered the shop they were alone
talking eagerly and bending over the glittering
thing that rive,ed the boys attention. II wa+
heart much larger than a silver dollar and IL
was set thCkly with stone. which seemed Ia
be the same As those displayed in PoleNsky g
shop window which Google knew wers da
monds But these stones sent ont radiance
not white, but distinctly rose-colored In
the darkness Of the shop they seemed TO give
out a sort OF Aane. And Google stood transfXed
Ana IN moment the thing had vamsheo
And then he bargaIned with Pol.nsky over the
clock and went awav with 30 cents. which beg.
carly amount he wa'able to make in hali a day
at the factory when hs was working.
rrdonh,.dlr coos,. uos IN o.o,ns, :, ub.r
Mrs Delaney came up from the third floor with
her wash hs affected to be ab.trac,ed In hi.
attention to IN, SKYLINE of IN. H.b.k.n bnls
'ns, a .y.r ~. w r,,., ~ -. ~. h.o,nntpn "',,' ~
lust over mo river lie was beginning Ia
wonder If it paid to be honest
~ w. D"' haa s''usn, n w "e, 'aunu'y
she had placed , newspaper and when the las,
~ Mr. D.l,n.y's urd.r,h,r,. .pgs..tir. thu
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hung heavily from the line, she surveyed them
with her arm. akimbo Will. a friendly breeI.
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plcned ', up ne ,. papcF and sent II 'hiniinns d
Z
He picked II up IA Mrs Delaney disappeared
II was damp, but II was the issue OF that yer,
day an evening issue Google was about turn
ing to the sporting rage, for man must reac
the sporting news even though he be hungr,
| and ont of work and though clocks are quoted
at o-ly 80 cents in the exchange of Poensky,
Then his eve caught heading In hlood-red
letters: a Thousand Dollars Reward,
Famous Van Hook Diamonds Stolen Thi:
Mornirg" Then followed further iuminori:
statements mad beneath we're pictures of the
gems pictures Of the Van Hook house in New
York and the Van Hook mansion al Newport
biggest diamond robbery and tho greatest
my stery OF wears GOGGLES eyes grow bigger
than nature bad made them and nature had
been generous TO him in this respect that Il
He looked through the pictures of the tiara.
and collars ard pendants wondering blindiy
What they wer. And Then his owe caught IN,
picture Of heart And beneath it was Mrs
Van Hooks wonderful pink diamond hear,
lock.t The only piece OF jewclry in the world
imposed entirely of pink diamonds Wortj
'"HR "aRully Voc; Gee! said Google. and cold shiv.r,
ran down his spine 1t was he thing thai
Skinny had passed to Polen.iv Gooa. reat
dollars reward for any Information whicf
would lead TO the recovery of the gem. and the
apprehension of The thieves.
GOOGLE vas not picturesque. y he had beer
do som.thing noble like a boy IN a bo"E' Tht
thought o' moro money would not have in.
fuencpd him. But he was very hungry and
n. mtmGry Of y, the he, unfair as,Tds ihs! Pyov
the same hand that day burned within him
Coogl. was good business mar' and he rose
10 the occasion. Carefully folding he papcl
and noting the address of the Fifth avenu,
his dastnaIion, ''"'' y