The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-02
DFLLA'S DIAMONDS
By wALTER BROWNE.

SHaif n dozen reporters were dispatched
post haste" he continued, and whep they
reached tho thegter a rehearsal was In pro.
gress. AL the company was present except
tho star Copies Of the newspapers, which
had been In circulation since a. M, were
shown 20 the actors and the fact that Della
had supped with her leading man ana not
reached her home until three oclook--one
was quickly learned II was prevod he
yond-n doubt that Della az that time wore
those clever reporters laughed long and
loudly at the transparent fake
We'll they might" said !, 9nd We laugh
ost and the longest
When the pCfsss agent ariveS ppOe the
found himself completely cornered, He was
compelled to admit that for once be had |
oyeslapped himself, and, - accents choked |
was nothing left for him but 70 90 back 70
In self defence, however, be s5hibItedd a
note, dated the previous day which read
Everything viii be In order for the
mysterious disappearance tonight Boom
the burglary for all Il is worth. will hold
my end up' never fear ,Y1GSpg Tsi. s.or,.v.
''Then he sadly left the theatcr. and was
never seen 9Eain BY Della or any Of her
| company. What do Won think Of that for
= proes agent. young manT' inquired tho
| frankly offered nm opinion that even I,
comparatively inexperienced newspaper
man, could have done better, to which the
| diagroeRble old brute repled: Perhaps
! not young man. Nou never con tell. YOU
arose. intending to 80. thinking tho
| story WIS ut m end, but my host placed
| hnnd uuon my shoulder and continued:
| " really WAS nifty that entetpnslng
! md brilliant Young man was not present
to go how clevcrly hlB partner 10 the plot
held m her end The members Of her com
pany had long respected Della az clever
| souhrette. but after the really powerful
| scene wherein shc pumped m rasl tears
| md rnved M and down the stnGc in. such
seemiug agony If grief ne tTould hnve
done credit 70 a Bernhard thcv frankly
told her that eho ahould change her line
Of business and 70 IN for the legitimate
Even when the rrportere guyed her,
with flashing eyes and hcaviug chest the
souhrette etuck 10 her story, declaring TINT
ne towels were on her pnrior table whom
she prose Mt II they were gone. Sha even
persisted IN the fable ot the open window.
tho IRE escape and the footprints in tho
back garden, iust as YOU Yourself guessed
y, young man snld the great impresa rio
henming on me IN manner which made
me feel comfortable once moro, mud awoke
| within me n hinge contempt fur ouch a
Hlunderer as this Phil Space evidently had
"How dld the newspapers treat the
storvr / asked
For reply the lmpresnric took from his
pocket book well worn Clipping from the
, New York Erho Of twentr.Hve wears be
fore. which roads ae follows.
TELL us ANOTHER DELLA
INC fnlowlng ndyertisenent appeared
r $40 600 REWARD and no questions
, asked for. the return OF me diamonds
taken on TuesdAv nGht from the apart.
a monts Of Miss Della stanlev Above
money now awaits rho holder nj the
. hoy Office Of the FRTvoLIrY THEA
In splte ~ the fact that this adyer.
tncmont was handed In early on Ties
dny evening, Miss Della Stanley de-
han nrNgr
: tered by burglars between tho hours Of
a a. m. on Wednesday md $4,000
6 worth ~ diamonds was stolen The on
: urcly too up-todate nress agent re-
II comfy emplovc1 by Mlss Stanley has
Il thrown np his I6Ti and further comment
y ! " unnecessary.
q 'rhats how the smart newspaper mei
7 treeted the arair,' said the imprcsArIo
y WIN an unpleasant rneer, when ! I'M
!. glanced through the clipping. Even IN
detectives, whom Della insisted on collu
"a In, made FUN Of tho whole thing, and lt
n stead Of he'ug doomed hy her press agcnl
"A hei'a Stanley gradually drifted to the thirt
a rate variety shows. and died In poverty onl
" few months ago, All! II was too bad.
rp Sigh
20 nut. the diamonds' what became q
a. Wei" aold my host, with merry twin
10 ltlo IN his eye that is lust the gtory vhic
le inc .,,C clever reporters failed to get
Ne THAT $4,000 worth Of diamonds curlou
G. spArkled Ia the Jet black hair Of Della
'g rival, pretty Tottie he We're syhen she wr
o. married to Phil Space at the Grand not
Va IN Paris, lust ten days after tho sudde
,S termination OF that astute. press agent
,1 short season with Miss Della StanIey''
10 There wRs silence FOR a few moments
length | spoke.
NJ why, then, tho press agent himself a.
ce tually did commit the burglary" blurtr
~ | ont
ne Young man" gravcly replied thu ia
No pre@rio, your powers of perception n,
n. greater than those OF your predecessors
IN a quarter OF century ago | ruees va
~ knew II all the time"
He guessed wrong
En- ] violate no good faith In now nrh,,,
Ic, Ing this story which 80 ernnhlcsllv lin
Il trhtes the occasional failure ot even n
Ra nest reporters TO get at tho hotton ,
We things, Neither do claim any more cred
or. Tor myself TN that rcSpcct that FOR m
ot cleverly deluded scrihes or ttrcnt,. v,,o go.
ago, for / also fell victim 10 no c,Hn,
ow OF that nrtful scoundrrl DESIGNATED bprr
ne one "VhN Space An OF which nsserti In,
ot the following clipping from the obttua,
n"tloe If Che man whom vas assigned
nld lHHvNlPM tor the New York echo viii q
,sr plain and Justify.
"a The celebrated lmpresarlc began me-,
mo ms q reporter FOR an obscure Western
no newspaper, after which he hnrep,A ,,r,,s
ere agent 10 snch we'll known star nctresscs
,at rs Miss Tottle ne We're. ana ne 49,
the Mss Della Stanley, He was married 10
the FORMER lady Ia pAria shortly nt,er
ht nor sensational divorce and inc suictds
p Of her former husband, he wrote un6er
led INC nom de plume OF "Phl Snnre >, 4, a
90 IN ADDITION to prpcoly fortune. the I'm,
ess pgesaro's widow inhcrts $4,000 worth
N'"''''s Walter Browne
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