The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

while Carlotta was in prison, the diamond with the big pendant disappeared, too. It weighed thrty-three karats and was a perfect screamer l got all this from Ten ney. I don't know where he found out about it. But it all happened way back in G.
 Somehow or other l used to think a lot about that diamond-partly because l was sorry for Max, who looked to have come out at the small end and there didn't seem to be any occasion for shooting him anyhow, that I could see.
 Well. l went on bill-posting and got a good job with the Hair Restorer folk, and was doing well. as l said until one day l happened to take up a paper and read that there were two MeXicans out in St. Louis trying to sell an enormous dia- mond, but that the dealers there were all afraid to buy it. Finally the police got suspicious and the Mexicans dlsap- peared. Then all of sudden 1t came over me that this must be the diamond that Penney had wrote about for all that it had been lost for nearly forty years, and I made up my mind that the Mexicans, having failed in St. Louls, would probably come to New York. | knew that they had no right to the dla- mond anyway. first because IL belonged to Maximilian, and second because 1t had not paid duty. and l said to myself, Next time l write to Penney he will hear something that will make him want to go way back and sit down. So every morning when I started out with my paste pot and roll of posters l would keep my eye peeled for the two Mexcans.
 But I didn't hear any more about the diamond for a long time, and l had most forgot all about it until one day l was clustering one of those yellow haired Hair Restorer girls in Madison Square. when I 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, uueerer still. one of them carried big red case in his hand.
 with my heart rattling against my teeth I jumped down from the ladder and started after them. They hurried along the street until sthey came to teweler z on Broadway, about block from the square. They went in and I peeked through the window. Presently out they came in great hurry. They still had the red case and l made dash for the door and rushed in. There was the storekeeper with eyes bulgin haltway out of his head.
 Say, says. I. did those dagoes try to sell you a diamond?
 "'Yes, by gosh says he. the biggest I ever saw They wanted s40,OOo for 1t. and | offered them s15,000. but they wouldn't take it.
 "I 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 l could still see them walking toward the Fifth Avenue Hotel. and hustled after them tight ass 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 arrestt I yelled, so ex- cited I didn't really know what I was doing. The fellow with the red case lodged back and handed it over to a big chap that had joined them. This one didn't appear to want to take it and seemed quite peevish at what was hap pening. Well, the cops grabbed all three of them and collared the leather case. Sure enough SO help me God! there in side was the big diamond, and not only that but a whacking nGs'<lace with eighteen stones. and two e R nous soli- taire rings. The big stone was yellow ish. but the others were puie white. sparl<lin' like one of those electric pickle signs. By that time the 'hurry-up' wagon had come. and pretty soon the whole crew of us. diamonds, Mexicans, cops.