The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-15

The great tenttai uNh WhcAC AA1 ~
regular inmates ate their meals. the
dormitories. tile Playground. the drill
shed and gymnasium. the workshops.
the library, the theater. were all poiat-
ed out. but the big man with the sta
ing eyes was not Interested one jot IN
any Of these things.
who was Mary AhsonT" he aske.'.
when tile wen worn tale was ended.
..and how dId abe come to build such 2
fne place bereT' 1
"Ah. ye may well az that said OIL
O'Brien. Sure, she didn't build II at
all at all. She WAS poor, WILDLY llvl
alone-st wild one son. Mr.. Philip thst
now. She WAS born lady. but g
KEN down IN the worruld and died. fer-
lofh AM forgotten, in little sh:aty ia
Johnson's News, as it was ca'lel !
those days" +.
II remember 1t we'll"
I'VE do. Ell? Mebbe We know my on.
shop. the ms-ine store near the 90
| trance to tn court;"
yes"
"Arrah, ye don't tell me so. Ne eyes
are gettin' wake, an can't make out
yer face. WHAT'S yer Manner
''Oh, I'm afraid we didn't know on
another. can't recall your name,
though recollect the shop we'll enough.
But. if Mrs. Arson f'cd so poor h9-
was her son able to set this great house
ton its legs? 1t must have cost mint
Of money"
"Faix, we're right. Quarter of mil
lion whit afore there was boy under
It's roof And they say it costs $4,000
a year to keep 1t goin'. But Mr. Philip
would find that and more to delight the
soul of the mother that's dead. Sure
It's aisy for him, In way. Isn't he
the Diamond King!"
1.-THE Diamond King! Why is he call
ID that?''
"D'ye name to say you nivver- Man
alive. what part of creation did We live
in that We didn't hear telf OF Mr.. Philip
lAnson, the boy who discovered an ex-
ira spishul diamond mine Of his own,
no one knows where? Sure, now.
what's wrong wild vel?
For the visitor was softly using
words which to O'Brien's dull ears
sounded very like string Of curses.
erin sorry" growled the other with
An effort. I've been to Africa, an
ret such spasm now an then in my
liver that can hardly stand"
That's no way to cure yourself
profanln' the name Of the Almighty"
.rled O'Brien.
mo I'm sorry, | tell you. But
about this boy
There's no more to see now, II We
Iplaze. That's the way out"
O'Brien was deeply offended by the
language used beneath roof hallowed
by the name OF Mary Arson. The
signtrrel nau ~ gu. anu qtiekiy. An
pther commissionnaire. who was OBJ
serving them from a distance, came up
and asked O'I3rien what the stranger
was talking about
NYe nivver heard sieh blaggari,"
said the old man Indignantly II was
Ia the middle Of telIin' him about Mr..
Philip, when he began to curse like
s1id Nick himself"
In the. Mile End road the rawboned
person who betrayed such excitement
found the policeman awaiting him.
He sprang on to bus and purposeiy
yiared at the officer In a way to attract
his attention. When at safe dis
lance he put his fingers to his nose
The constable smiled
~ knew I was right" he said 81
don't need to look twice at that sort
Af customer"
And he entered the Mary Arson
home again to ask the porter what had
taken place.
| 1t was an easy matter for Jocky
Mason, released from Portland prison
ON ticket Of leave, after serving the
major portion OF a sentence OF four
teen years penal servitude-the man
he assaulted had died, and the ex-
convict narrowly escaped being hanged
to ascertain the salient facts Of Phil.
ip Anson's later career.
II was known to most men. He was
biographed briefly In who's Who
column of gossip in the newspapers.
Every free library held books contain
ing references to him.
1t was quite impossible that the
source of his great wealth should re-
main hidden for all time. In one way
ana another 1t leaked out, and he be-
came identified with the ragged youth
who created a sensation In the dock of
the Clerkenwell police station.
But this was years later. and the
clever manipulation of MIR. Abingdon
as his estate agent, and of Mr.. Isaac
stein, as his representative in the dia
mond trade, completely frustrated ali
attempts to measure the true extent
Of the meteors value.
For now Philip owned real dia
mond mine In South Africa, he had a
fine estate In Sussex, house In PARK
lane. a superb seagoing yacht col
lierN In Yorkshire and vast sums in
vested IN land and railways. Thc
latent value of his gems had been con
.