Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09

rich STILL you know what sensitive thlnS
a diamond Is. 1t would be wise to keep your
secret until you have made your fortune
"Pm no fool II it got about thnt I-madd
diamonds at profit however small, the dia
mond market would go to smash"
Seals were applied to the cupboard and
Hassnm Ali went away.
The moment he was gone the diamond cup
ter berated himself furiously What had pos
sessed him to take Hassam Ali so utterly into
his confdcnce2 And there was thief about
How could any one have known that he had
diamonds? And more puzzling than all else
why hadn't the thief taken them all? Hd
did not sleep well that night
When he and Hassam Ali broke the seals
in the morning there were but SIX stones left
"Atmann!" cried the diamond cutter
"He has some hole In the wall I'll kill
him!"
"Be still" said HOssam All sternly, sel1
ing the man and shaking him violently. "Ii
he Is guilty and hears you good-by to your
gems, Wen put dictagraph In and find oui
what the cheesemoker and his family talA
about. You needn't worry about the expense
I'll see to that And Wen so to work at once
a dictagraph down the wall and bear trap
in front of the cupboard, and wen sooH
know who the culprit Is"
The dictagraph was promptly installed and
the trap was neatly arranged and laid Bui
the conversation recorded was useless, an!
nobody stepped into the bear trap Two NOR,
diamonds were gone!
"Lsten" said Hnssnm All, an rush
out yelling fire. FIRE. That will clear the
cheese shop and give me chance to make
an Investigation
a. leave everything to you" said the half
dementcd inventor. He was painting and
holding his hand over his heart 1t iI
making me III. My heart Is bad"
Things fell out as Hassam All predicted
only, he had not expected John Storm in the
cheese shop. At the cry Of fire Storm ran
out with the others and accidentally dropped
his purchase. Hassam All saw the package
fall, and instead of entering the shop he raz
to the package and picked It up on the prH
eiple that anything belonging to John Storm
might eventually prove useful, He thrust II
into his pocket and started back to make his
investigations, but It was now too late. The
cheese maker seeing no signs Of fire any
where had returned to his shop, SO Has
sam Ali made his way back to the diamond
cutters When he opened the package and
found some cheese he swore and flung Il
from him soyOgcly. Then he picked it ug
and broke it, 1t was good cheese, and Y
would be shameful to waste it.
Look he cried suddenly From thd
cheese he pnckcd a small diamond,
al knew III exclaimed the unhappy diR.
mond cutter. "lts Amonn after ALL"
Meantime, Storm, having lost his cheese in
the small riot and learning that the cry had
been a practical joke, or the clever scheme Of
petty thief, Storm returned to the shop,
somewhat rufilcd in spirit to purchase an
other cheese He had scarcely taken 1t into
bis hand when the diamond cutter, followed
by two policemen, came rushing in and de-
manded the arrest OF every one in the shop
that is to say, Storm, the cheese maker, aud
his wife, They did not take his daughter.
who remained behind weeping,
Storm was permitted to telephone Zudora.
what is the matter?" she demanded
at seems that I've been arrested us au
sccompllce of Altman, the cheese maker,
on the charge OF stealing diamonds from a
diamond cutter living next door, The dia.
monds were found In a cheese bought. As
a matter Of fact, | think It's practical joke
OF some sort You know where Altmann's Ia.
Nothing serious can possibly come of Il, but
I'll have to do a lot OF buying when leave
the police station. The laugh is on me-
somewhere"
"rll have you out before midnight" shG
declared
But she nearly lost her life In the furnace
room. The diamond cutter ran amuck when
he saw her enter his chamber Of secrets aud
he flew at her like an enragcd tiger She
eluded him and picked up hammer, with
which to defend herself The hammer was
nothing to the mailman, He reached out Ia
clutch her, when he gave weird cry, stum'
blcd, and fell headlong into the furnace
mouth His heart had given out
And 40 Hassam All Would never be abll
to add diamonds to his pyramids Of shining
gold,
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