The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
DIAMOND CUT
DIAMOND
By LEONARD MALLOY
Copyright, ISlg. By American Press
Association.

/ VINO Dao exposed more suuEgleFs tlal
any other man In the department
"and he tod me to ask you the next
time ga w you to tell me the romance
Of your marriage"
-Oh. be did. did hep replied the In
spector. scowling. but In spite of him
self pickering up the corners Of bis
mouth in a smile.
Eyes. He said there was quite q
story connected with your courtship."
"Courtship be hangedr'
"Oh. go on"
Brown offered the inspector a cigar.
telling him to light up. The bride was
accepted and the story given.
You know that tradesmen abroad
are interested in learning ways by
which their customers may evade pay
ing duties on goods. because II the
goods can he got in free Of duty it's
very much easier for the tradesmen to
sell them. Some Of these people know
more ingenious tricks for eyading du-
ties than the regular smugglers.
Well one day the boss called me
into his private Office and. taking up
letter a friend Of his had received.
read It 10 me. 1t was an offer Of a
jeweler in London to deliver goods In
America free Of duty.
"How do you suppose it's doneY
he asked me.
"T don't know / replied.
az tell you what you do. Go over
there. get in with the jeweler and find
out. I'll get you letter Of introduc-
ton from his correspondent so that
hen feel obliged to show you some at
tention-perhaps invite you to his
house. You can't find out anything In
his shop, but you may run across
something at home that viii give away
the trick
''The result was that took the next
outgoing liner and within a week was
in London. We had a good many
trunks in storage held for some reason
or other that had been all over En-
rope and were covered with hotel la
bells. / had taken of a dozen of these
labels and pasted them on my own
trunk. did this because / intended to
appear as having been travelling on the
continent. ! delivered my letter to the
jeweler, an elderly man named Hicks.
He received me very kindly and. as it
to bring home with me some Jewels
for my sister. offered to show me his
stock at once. To this | replied that
was in no hurry and l would like to
see something Of London before my re-
turn. AS / expected, be offered to
show me around.
HE took me to theaters, the Tower.
the abbey and all that. but didn't see
the inside Of his home. Then began
to ask him about his family-we had
got pretty thick by this time-and he
asked me to dine with him and his
family. l met In this way his niece.
who lived with him, and 1t wasn't long
after that when | dispensed with the
services Of the teweler for a guide and
took the niece. | was getting to that
age when a man feels fattered by a
young woman's attentions. and the
first thing that knew | was dead sc.
on taking her back with me to Amer
lea. English girls, you know, have a
very pleasant accent, and many Of
them can show the finest compilations
In the world. Emily Robinson was one
Of that kind, and her kittenish ways
were just the thing to catch an old
like myself. She was glad
enough to get husband who would
make her independent, and before /
eft London we were not only engaged,
1ut married.
"Of course felt guilty at trying to
ind out how her uncle got goods free
IF duty into America, but anyway l
Gould only stop his doing it. | could
lot punish him, he being an English |
nan and in London. So added matri- |
nony with his niece to a detective |
use with him. We were married a
lew days before the steamer sailed, |
md | bought about the same time |
10000 worth Of diamonds, which my
lncle-in-law agreed to deliver In New
York free Of duty.
II took my wife with me to my ho-
eel, and the loneliness Of the place was
lispelled at once. She was very prac-
zeal and insisted on packing my trunk.
always hated that part of travelling
Ind was glad enough to turn the mat
er over to her. We dined the day
before sailing with her uncle and aunt
md had very jolly time. When we
cached home my wife put my good
,lothes on the top Of the other things
llready packed in my trunk and lock-
d 1t. Then she began to look at the
abels and said how she wished we
lad met before my tour instead Of
Ifter it, as she would like to visit
hose places herself. | kissed her and
her a trip just as soon as
ould arrange to be again absent from
business.
when we reached home l told the
Joss that some diamonds were to
ONE to us and we would have no
rouble tracing how they reached us.
dy wife said the day after we got
Iome that she didn't feel we'll and
must ask me to unpack my trunk. I
lid so and at the bottom found a box
didn't recognize. l opened 1t and
vas aStonished to see the diamonds
old by my British uncle-in-law. They
lad been put there by my wife.
81 looked at her.
"She burst out laughing.
You wouldn't wish me to go back
n uncle, would you? she said.
at was FIVE minutes before I replied.
hen put my arms around her. with
be remark, You're Jim dandy" .
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