The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17

Get the diamond. there is one quarter
Twenty-Five per ccn!-fUr you!"
But what guarantee do you give that this
story of yours isn't all hoax? Can you ex-
pcct me 20 take everything trust. and work for
no,hins?"
The man rose and waved his arms excedly.
1T is true. l say! he exclaimed 1t is Il fortune!
There is much for YOU. and 1t will pay! l have
no money YOU should have some What can
l do? You will lose the chance IL Won arc
foolish!"
1T rather seems TO inc. my friend. that shall
be foolish 10 give valuable time to gratifying
Your cock and bull fancics. See here I'm
man of business. and my time is fully occupied.
You come here and waste half hour or more
of it with long rignarole about valuable
article that YOU yourself you have never seen,
and you don't even know whether 1t is diamond
not. You wander large over family tradi-
tons which you may believe yourself may not.
You have no money, and you offer fee n
guarantee of your Donna fidcs and the sum of
the thing is that you ask me 10 go and commit
theft-to purlon article you can't
scribe. and then to give you thrcc-quarters of the
proceeds. No my man, you have made a mistake
You must away from here at once. and IL
find YOU hanging about my door again l shall
have YOU taken away very sunmarlly Do you
understand? Now go away"
Mon Dcu! But"
I've time to waste" Darlington an
swered opening the door and pointing the
stairs IF YOU stay here any longer ycuu get
into trouble"
Jacques Bouvicr walked out muttering and
agitating his hands At the top stair he turned
you YER big fooll" But bennington slammed
the door.
He determined, however, if he could find
little time. to learn little of Leon Bowler
perhaps to put man to watch tho Cafe DIES
Bons Camarades That the keeper OF this place in
Soho should go regularly to Hatton Garden. the
diamond market, was curious. and Darlington had
met and analizcd too many extraordinary
manccs to put aside uneXanned jacques Bou-
vier's seemingly improbable story. But. having
heard all the man had to say. it had clearly
Ipn fn ra rid nf i'm in
had done Darlington quite ready steal
diamond. anything else of value. if il could be
done safely. but he such fool to give
thrce-qunrters of his plundcr-or any of ito
somebody else So that the polite plan was to
send Jacques Bouvicr away With the Impression
that his story was altogether pooh-poohcd and
be forgotten.
nORRINGTON left his Office late that day. and
tho evening being clear. though dark. he walk
ed toward Conduit Street BY way OF soho; he
thought 10 take glance at the CAFE DIES Bons
Camaradcs his way. without being observed.
should jacques Bowler be in the vicinity.
Beck Street, Soho. was short and narrow
street lying east and west, and Joining TWO Of the
larger streets that stretch north and south across
the district. II triiie dirtcr than these
Cafe dos Bons Camaralrs was little green
painted shop. the window whereof was backed
by muslin curtains while upon the window itself
appeared in lorid painted letters the words
Cuisine Franchise" 1t the only shop in the
street, With the exception of small coal and fire
wood shed end. the other buildings con-
ssting of the side wall Of n factory. now closed
for the night, and few tenement houses. An
alley cntrancc-apparently the gate Of stable
Sard--stu"d The cafe. AS bennington walked
by the stcainy window, lc startled to hear
his and part of his Office ad-
dress spoken in excited tones somewhere In this