The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-13
The Necklace of Green Diamonds
BY MAX PEMBERToN
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l wouldn't make doornat or
ana you sold the booty to the old
frenchmnn rHlehn man In the Rue de Stockholm"
EAactly, ne gave me tenner for It,
aI ano m crossing TO England tonight
NO place like the old shop. guv'ner. when
me e,,; French hogs are smiling about you.
IN Parry In day or two; and that re-
Inlnns me, you can do the noble II YOU
IKE, Ike, and send the other chips to the
tomorrow" p'ss
Il told him that. would. and left.
ancb aoS may ask, ask why i had any truck with
answer Is obvious; l had guessed from
the first that there was something in the
mystery OF the green diamonds which
point OF view, and his tale confirmed
the opinion ! had learned from II two
%as any.hnE ifGrs Sne S that ths Jules Gaard
friend, the other that this man knew
perfectly well that a sham diamond neck
lace was buried with Nine. Brewer II
ne. and he alone. must have stolen. or at
least have come into possession OF the
real necklace which had made,
How 10 undeceive the good soul who
naming difficulty. He had loved this \
woman SO; and yet instinct suggested To 4
me me that she had been unworthy Of his \
true to him I did not know. Galimard /,
might have stolen the jewels from her.
and have replaced them with a false
been party to the fraud What. then, 4
should say. or how much should dare
with the great responsibility before me
OF crushing a man whose heart was al
ready broken?
With such thoughts. I re-entered the
apartment in the Rue de Morny. AS r
did so. the servant put telegram into I
han was and w,S HS his ase shaa NJ Fass aes
however, seemed to have given the man
another chance, for the cipher said:
have scent The Co STORMS In eT5Er they should
for Paris agents"
7 walked into the room with this mes
sage In my pocket, and when Brewer 4
saw me he jumped up with delight. and .
introduced me to a well-dressed French
man who had the red rosette in the
and who showed a row OF admirable
teeth when he smiled to greet me.
Here is Jules said Brewer, "my
friend ] have spoken of, NJ. Jules Cali
mardi he has come to help US, as said
he would; there is no one whose advice
! would sooner take in this horrible mat !,
1 bowed stlfrly TO the man. and seated
myself on the opposite side OF the table
70 him. AS they seemed 10 wait for me
TO speak, 1 took up the question at
once.
turning round TO look at his friend. as 1
uttered the words. II have found out who
sold the sham necklace to the man in
the Rue de Stockholm: the rogue IS a
racing tout named Bob Williams
GalImard turned right round In his
chair at this. and put MS elbows on
the table. Brewer said: God bless me.
what a scamp"
And" continued, sthe extraordinary
part OF the affair is that this scoundrel
was put 10 the business by a man he
met at Longchamps last month, IL was
necklace ard now desired all traces OF
his handiwork to be removed from Nine
Brewers coffin. 1 have bis name" with
the fellow, and he rose straight up from
his chair and clutched at the back of
IL with his hand, For a moment he
seemed speechless; but when he found
HIS tongue, he threw away. With dread
ful maladroitness, the opening ] had
Madame gave me the Jewels" he
blurted out. that I Will swear before
The situation was truly terrible. the
man standing gripping his chair. Brewer
staring at both of us as at lunatics.
What do you say? What's that?' he
cried: and the assertion was repeated.
II am no thief!' cried the man, draw
ing himself up IN way tnat was GRO
tes9uelyi proud ,oasi she gave me the jewels;
to her. ! had a false set made so that
you should not miss them; here is her
letter In which she acknowledges the re-
ceipt OF them"
The old man-for he was an old man
then in speech, in look. and in the fear
ful convulsons OF his face-sprung from
his chair. and struck the rascal who told
him the tale full In the mouth with hie
clenched fist. The fellow rolled back
wards, striking his head against the iron
OF the fender: and lay insensible for many
minutes. During that time l called a cab.
and when ne was capable OF being moved,
sent him away In It. 1 saw clearly that
for Brewers sake the matter must be
hushed UP at once, blocked out as page
In life which had been false in It's every
line. Nor did pay any attention to Call
nlard's raving threat that his friends
should call upon me In half an hour; but
went upstairs again TO find the best soul
that ever lived sitting over the fire which
had been lighted for him, and chatter
ing with the cackle of the insane. He
had the letter, which Galimard had
thrown down, in his hands, and he read
ID aloud with hysterical laughter and aw
ful emphasis.
| tried TO speak TO him. to reason with
him. TO persuade him. He head nothing |
said but continued to chuckle and chat
Ter in a way that made my blood run
,old Then suddenly he became very
,alm, sitting bolt upright IN his cnair,
With the letter clutched tightly In his
light hand: and I saw that tears were
-olline down his cheeks.
An hour later the friends o. NJ Jules
called. They entered the room
,oisily, but I hushed them, for the man
vas dead!
-eweled Link.'D