The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06

diamond that Tenney had wrote about,
for ell that it had been lost for nearly
forty years, and l made up my mind
that the Mexicans, having failed in st.
Louis, would probably come to New
York. / knew that they had no right
to the diamond anyway. first because
it belonged to Macmillan, and second,
because it had not paid duty, and
said to myself. Next time / write to
Tenney he will hear something that
will make him want to go way back
and sit down. So every morning when
started out with my paste pot and
roll of posters 1 would keep my eye
peeled for the two Mexicans.
but / didn't hear any more about
the diamond for long time, and had
most forgot all about it until one day
l was plastering one of those yellow
haired Hair Restorer girls in Madison
square when / saw two chaps cross
over Twenty-third street toward the
park. They were the very gazaboos l
had been looking for. Both were dark
and thin and short, and, queerer still,
one of them carried a big red case IN
his hand
With my heart rafting against my
teeth / jumped down from the ladder
and started after them. They hurried
along the street until they came to
jewelers. on Broadway, about a block
from the square. They went in and
peeked through the window. Present.
ly out they came in a great hurry
They still had the red case. and I
made dash for the door and rushed
IN. There was the storekeeper with
eyes bulgin' halfway out of his head.
Say, says |. did those dagoes try
to sell you a diamond?
1eS. by gosh says he, the big
gest L ever saw. They wanted $40 900
for it, and 1 Offered them $4,000. bur
they wouldn't take it
L didn't give him time for another
word, but turned around and made an
other jump for the door. The Mexicans
were almost out of sight, but / could
still see them walking toward the Fifth
Avenue hotel. and / hustled after them
tight as l could. picked up two COPS
on the way down and, just as they
were turning in at the entrance we
bounced on 'em.
You're under arrestl I yelled. 50
excited l didn't really know what was
doing. The fellow with the red case
| lodged back and handed it over to a
big chap who had Joined them. This
one didn't appear to want to take il and
seemed quite peevish at what was han
pening. Well, the cops grabbed all
| three of them and collared the leather
case. Sure enough, so help me God,
there inside was the big diamond, and
not only that, but a whacking neck
lace with eighteen stones, and two
enormous solitaire rings. The big stone
was yellowish, but the others were
pure white, sparklin' like one of those
| electric pickle signs. By that time the
'hurry-up' wagon had come, and pref
! ty soon the whole crew of us, dia-
monds, Mexicans, cops, paste pot and
me were Gathering to the police sta
ton for fair. There / told 'em all
about the diamond, and they tele-
phoned over TO Colonel Dudley at the
custom house, and the upshot of the
whole matter was that the two Next
| cans were held on a charge OF SNUG
Cling diamonds into the United States.
IF you don't believe what 1 tell you, -
said Riggs, noticing, perhaps, a sug-
gestiOn of incredulity in my face, lust
| look at these" and fumbling in his
pocket he produced some very dirty
clippings, containing pictures of Maxi
milan, the Empress Carlotta and of a
very large diamond which appeared to
be about the size of the Regent 1t
was then that I dimly remembered
reading something of a diamond Sc IL
with renewed interest-one could hard
| ly say respect-that / listened to the
continuation of my clients story.
WELL said Riggs, that was
strange, now, wasn't it?
You can imagine how l felt when ]