Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY UBJSt SATURDAY , OCTO1JI2H 10 , ISflG. 11
THE KING DIAMOND.
BY OUT OLkl FFIH 1-1YNIS.
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"Speaking of pluck , purser
the Laconic , "tlio bra\est man , the very
bravest man I over know , was n ihlcf.
Mr , Horrocks delivered himself of this
statement during a momentary hush In the
niter-dinner chat of the smoke room , and
withdrew lite eyes from the little , neat man
who had Just como In. Ho examined with
interest the butt of his cigar , and care
fully licked nn angle of leaf which threat
ened to come loose.
Sir Itandal Vcrekor ( the hydraulic spe
cialist ) , who had won the auction pool on
the run that day , was standing codec and
llquorn lound ; and the puiscr , after tell
ing the attendant steward that his was a
kiimmct and cognac , stuck the cigar Into a
corner of his mouth and Jingled the keys
in his trousers pockola. Then ho thrust
MR heels straight out before him and blew
truncated cones of tobacco smoke at nn In
candescent lamp In the deck above.
The general talk In the smoke room did
ne-t so on. Mr. Horroi-ks , as became his
otnce , was a noted raconteur , and only 1'lt-
calrn continued his remarks on the silver
question as arresting the export trade In
Uradford manufactured goods. 1'ltcalrn had
crossed to Now York nine times In the la
conic already , ahd had a notion that la-
knew by heart all the purser's tales ; more
over , being In his capacity of drummer a
most widely traveled man himself , he quite
believed that his own remarks were thor
oughly well worth listening to.
"Ho stole the biggest diamond I ever
flaw , " the purser remarked meditatively dur
ing one of I'ltcalrn's pauses for breath. "It
wus a slcno that should have gone down
into history on the rim of nome emperor's
crown Hut BO far as I know It never cnmo
up to the surface again after that fellow
Btolu It. "
"Probably broken up , " suggested Verc-
kcr , "and sold In pieces. "
The purser looked down sharply. "How
did you hear about it , Sir Uandal ? " ho
asked.
Vcrukcr laughed. "I was only generaliz
ing. " ho said. "I haven't n notion of what
you'ro talking about. "
"They christened It 'The King Diamond1
out at Klmbcily. "
"Mover heard of It , " said Sir Uandal. "I
leave Lady Veiekcr to specialize In diamonds
mends for tbo pair of us. "
"Now thoto you are again , " said Pltcalrn.
"Diamonds are Just like silver. The price
varies according to the quantity put on the
market , and as things are situated at pres
ent the nations are at the mercy of traders
who'vo got capital and brains enough to
make corners. Now , If I had the managing
of it "
"You haven't , " the purser cut In acidly ,
"and yon are never likely to have. You
can handle diamonds In a tlc-plu , but In
bulk they'd just flummox you. "
"Oh , trot out your chestnut , old man , "
said Plteclru. "Someone wako ino If 1
snore. "
The smoke room rustled Itself Into easy
positions for listening , and the purser after
pietendliiK for a mlnuto or so to ignore
the silence suddenly looked down and said ,
"Oh , you want the table , do you ? "
"For heaven's sake , go on , man , and get
It over , " said Pltcalrn.
"Well , " Bald the purser , "there's ouly
ono fellow In this smoke room this yarn'll
be a chestnut to , and he's new to the La
conic. It Isn't a yarn I usually trot out
for the benefit of passengers. It shows
up ono man as a , specially fine sample ol
d it fool , and he's a man , I've a particular
liking for , nnd he's sitting In my breeches
this minute. I didn't always use to be In
this western occau trade. I started life
at sea on the Cape run , and I'd worked up
from the very bottom to being purser on
the finest ship that went down there. It
was a Jolly , snug berth I can lull you , with
lots of pickings ; and as this business with
the King Diamond bundled me out of it ,
and left me to coid my heels about the
streets for a matter of twenty very lean
months , It isn't a thing I clatter about
through sheer pride at being sacked. "
"Which line was that on ? " asked Plt-
ciilrn.
"Never you mind , " tald the purser. 41Jt
was ono of the two blR ics , nnd you can
toss up bciwren them. But it was the pop
ular line Just then , berzuso the other hnd
had some accidents , ando were the pop
ular ship , Wo were ram Jam full , and the
skipper had let his room to a Hatton Gar
den Jew for a. hundred guineas for the run
home , and was bunking in the chart house.
Ho'd n record iiassenger list , mid they were
all very flush. Nothing V.-HB too. expensive
for them ; they nlvJnjs betted In cases of
champagne ; and I fiuess the liquor profits
alone on tint lun footed up to moro than
a thousand pounds. I toll you 1 foil very
cook-a-hoop over it. I didn't see how the
firm could avoid Riving mo a rise. "
Pltcalrn began to hum "For he's n Jolly
good purser , " but the smoke room scowled
him to silence ,
"Awoug other things -wo'd about a gal
lon and a half of diamonds on board , and
that's i kind of freight which pays in a way
which would surprise Idiots who only know
about th cost of sending shoddy across the
western ocean.
"Shoddy doesn't como from Bradford , "
aald Pltcalrn. 'Shoddy is made "
"Oh , kill that man , somebody. " the smoke
room shouted , and once moro the purser
proceeded.
"Tho diamonds were done up in llttlo can
vas bags , barring the big stone which had
"MAN OVKUUOAUD. "
ipcclal sealed ease to Itiulf ) , and as ot
course I Ley wereu't polished they looked
llko so many .rusty pebbles. The bags wcru
put in a Bnfo and ttio safe was under my
boil place. There was only ono key to the
eafo mail that lived at tlio cud nt my watch
chain. U was nnxlout work being resiansl-
bio ( or those genii I cm tell you. so long
us we'd any land connection with South
Africa ; but once weero clear I felt pretty
easy. There wai uu electric bell fit up to
the dour of the safe , and If
anybody meddled who didn't linow
how tu utwvltch It , there'd have
) : cen nolso enough spread about to
wtko the ship. Aud besides , if any
body did loot the diamonds , what were thny
to do with them if Madeira and Southampton
wvro the ouly places wo touched , and 1C
theraAB ouythlnp gone , you can hut your
llfo no one would have bean allowed to
quit tbo ship till we know whore it was.
"Now , .diamonds nro alt very well In
tholr place ; but too much diamonds In the
conversitIon especially when none ot them
happen to bo youri rather zour on ono.
And I fan 'toll , you tbo popular talk oil that
'ilp talrly made me 111 at times. There
litre only two toplca for general conversa
tion , aud these were dlauiouits and their
Trlcra , aud- when auy one wanted to be
brilliantly original he talked about the
'Klog diamond , aud drew pictures ot It in
lead pencil on th back ct cur wine lists ,
t should think I must have heard the hi *
tnry ot that Infcrnnl stone nt Ifflst 18,000
times , counting all the variations : How a
Kaffir found It In the blue clay , how ho
swallowed it , how they KAVO him medicine ,
how three I. U. II. Itopjo walloppers from
IMtlcoat Lane were after It , how the
proper owners safeguarded It with guns
and a six-ton burglar-proof box , how half
the whlto men In the Cape did obeisance to
U through Iron hare at halt a guinea a hend ,
how sjndtcAtesero formed to buy up
tenth shares tn the gem , and nil the rest
of the degrading money grabbing rubbish
t might have ndmlred that stone myself if
I'd been given n fair chnnco , nnd even have
worshiped It as a mild sort of gel , but
the tnll < about It killed all my interest , nnd
If it hadn't been for the proflt It was bring
ing the steamer ns carrier I should have
gene very near hating It. And BO , an things
were , I v.'Cfl Just driven Into chumming
with a. man called Farren out of sheer ills-
gust for every ono else on the passenger
list.
list."I
"I tell you Htralght that on any other
trip thU Parren was not a man 1 should
have had anything moro than n nod for.
Jlo wns n little slip of a Jcllow , with hock-
bottle [ .boulders nnd wahdcrlng cyea , nnd
he'd sort of missionary notions that I'd
got no use for whatever. But he didn't talk
diamonds ; thought they were Blnful , or
uomotlilug ; nnd I tell you , after a spoil
with the others , that man's society used to
como to mo lllco a visit to the country. I'd
tip him the wink , and hn and I'd slip away
fiom the rest , nnd go down to my room
nnd put up our licqls and rest. He'd
streteh out on the , ) soti , aud I'd slip my
shoes nnd lie on tliej.'bed and Just listen
while ho tallied. 'Times I'd feel that grate
ful to him I nlmost wished he'd baud
around the hat for a collection after he'd
finished.
"Well , gentlemen , things went on this
way diamonds , diamonds , diamonds , with
short refreshing spells of Farren till after
wo'd left Madeira and had made hnlt a
day's steam toward homo ; and then a queer-
Ish thing happened. Wo camu across n
stpamt-r lylng-to , right In cur track.
"There's nothing hi that , you'll say. Well ,
perhaps not. but wait a hit. This steamer ,
as soon as wo drew abeam , made steam and
bore awny on our course , keeping parallel
to us , about a quarter of a mile. olT , to port.
It doesn't take much to Interest people on
a long voyage liner , -and you can guess It
wasn't longibefore most pairs of eyes ; ;
aboard of us weio turned on to the other
steamer especially t > . she happened to bo
a yacht. Who was she , plenty of people
IIE'U A UBVOLVBtt IN HIS OTHER FIST.
were asking , nnd thn answer to that was
simple. She was Lord Ilaybury's yacht , a
bran now sbetprn-hnotter. Her picture had
been in all the Illustrated papers , and two
of our officers had seen her before she left
the yards ; so there wan uo mistake about
that matter. But what she was ifji to , no
ono could say , and our passengers made a
regular Industry out of betting over It.
" \Vo officers of the ship didn't worry our
heads much about the matter. If jou were
to try to find out the why and wherefore
of all the queer things you see In the two
Atlantlcs I guess you'd 30 first gray and
then bald , and then lute a lunatic asylum
within three years' time. And so wo looked
at the yacht , hanging always In the same
place on our port beam , without worrying
our heads particulaily as to what her llttlo
game might be. Hut as I say , the passengers
were different ; it was a bran-new interest
to the lot of them , It was an Al topic to
gamble on ; and I tell you the talk In that
smoke room began to get interesting. We'd
got some really Uuaginatlvo and accom-
pllshri ! liars on our passenger list that trip ,
and they were always ready to back up their
talk with good solid bets.
"They became regularly amusing to listen
to ; diamonds were not spoken of once after
Lord Haybury's yacht joined us ; and I be
gan to think that our passengers could make
themselves as nice and cheery a lot as any
man might want to meet. I Just let Far-
ren slide. I'd got no use for any moro of his
scrmon-and-water talk ; and the day after
the yacht turned upwhen ho asked himself
down to my room whilst I was making up
some accounts after lunch , I let him know
sharply enough that people who came in
there had to wait for an Invitation , A
purser like mo doesn't chum with cheap tee
totalers of the Mr. Farrcn typo unless he's
protly hard up for a mate. IJut mark you.
that man was no fool ; and ho got around
mo two days later in a way I don't think
anybody could conveniently have guessed at.
"From what turned out afterward I sup
pose ho intended to piny his llttlo game
directly after the yacht Joined us , but the
weather was a bit dirty then , and It fresh
ened up to a snoring brcezo directly after
ward , which wo carried with us all the road
through the bay. There was a big ugly
head wa running , which knocked a couple
of knots off our1 patte/rand the yacht waa
making very wet twbaUiw of It Indeed , A
careful skipper would have slowed her
lown ; but hers didn't ; he rammed her at
It , and rlbked carrying everything away. Ho
bung on exactly to his plaei > , and eur pas
sengers betted Lord Uayhury himself was
on board forcing the old man to dilvc her ,
"Hut when wo rounded Ushant nnd opened
out the channel the hrrcze left tm nnd the
sim went down a b'lt , although it win still
ugly enough. And that was the time Far
rcn ramo on the carpet again ; nnd al
though , as I say , what ho did got me the
sack from the company , I'll own straight
out that no nun could Imvo sbown more
real daredevil , nnnor-plated pluck ,
"Ho tame up to ino in thi > port alley way
that day Just after lunch , wobbling about
on his feet Ilko ho njvvays did when we were
in a ica-way.
" 'Mr. Horrockfc , ' ho says with his cheap ,
sickly grin , 'it's a long tlmo since wo had
ono of our chats together. *
" ' 'TIs , ' said I. T > o been buiy. I'm busy
now. I'm very behind hand with making
up the ship's papcra , '
" 'Ah , ' says bo , 'you've been no taken up
with this yacht business that It's dragged
you away from your work. It soeuia to
Imvo made a largo amount of interest in the
ship. '
" 'Oh , ' I eatd , 'that lot will bet on any
thing. '
"Ho laughed in & weak sort of way ,
'Well , Purser , ' says he , 'I hope you've
frathcrcd your own nest over the affair. '
" 'I can't say I have , ' said I , and begun to
move off toward my room ,
" 'Pity that , ' says he , 'when It's so easy.1
"I turned round , 'How do you mean ?
Could you make luoney out of it ? '
" 'Certainly I could. If I wished to ; only
ai you kuow , I consider It wrong to bet. '
" Then , ' wld I , a bit sarcastically , Jyou
must have Information which nobody else
on thlt ship has got'
"Hla eyes waodcred over me with a
look of surprise and A lurch sent hliu against
a cabin door. He was a man who cover
found his sea leg * . 'And why shouldn't I
havoT' he nays slowly.
" 'Well , if it comes to tint , how can you
of all people kuow what Uib yacht li doing
Jioret'
" ' .Never ralud , ilr. Jlorrocki , how I picked
up the knowledge , but you can take It fron
me that I not only know who's on board , bu
I also know that yacht's exact business.1
" 'That's an asset of value , ' I said , and
then stopped and considered a minute. 'Is
there any consideration that I could offer
which would induce you to part with the
knowledge ? '
" 'My dear Horrocks , ' ho said , 'If you wan
to know , of course I'll tell you freely enough
I'd have told you any tlmo If you'd askei
me. Only I don't think wo'vo seen much o
ono another since the yacht's been In sight.
"Ho had mo there.
" 'It's a bit of a long story , " he went on
'but It you can wait a minute or so I'll tel
It lo you now If you think no ono Is likely
to overhear us , standing where wo nro. '
" 'Certainly not , Mr. Farren , ' said I. 'You
come right along to my room and have a
cigar. You won't drink whisky , I know , but
you shall have Iced lemonade In two shakes
If you care for that. '
The purser of the Laconic coaac-d speak
ing and scraped a match. When It was wel
alight ho held the charred end of his cigar
In the flame and watched It with Interest
"I am afraid , " ho Bald , "that I am boring
> ou gentlemen with all these preliminaries
I never could tell n talc well. Hcsldca
there's ono man In this smoke room who
could finish this yarn much better than 1
can. He knows a lot of facts about It that
I have not even guessed at up to now. "
The eyes of the smoke room swung
round till they all converged on 1'ltcalrn
but that excellent peison for once In his
life looked slightly non-plussed. The purser
came to his rescue. Ho Intimated that Pit-
calrn'e brain was qulto unequal to guess
ing the sequel of the yarn , and again In
vited the only man who could finish it to
do so In detail. We began to look at one
another with interest. It was occurring to
each of us that we must have struck up a
shipboard acquaintance with some man
who only a few jears previously had been
concerned In a very remarkable robbery.
Hut after a cursory survey bad not shown
any one to appear obtrusively guilty ( al
though for some reason we few of us seemetl
to bo looking exactly at our best Just then ) ,
n quaint feeling of restraint got hold of us.
ttach man teemed to feel that It was vaguely
insulting to look at his neighbor , nnd eyes
glanced up toward the deck above and the
Binoko mist thickened. Dut by degrees
glances were lowered , nnd found a safe
resting place on the person of Mr. Her
rocks.
H was V < Teker who voiced the general
wish. "I think , Purser , " ho said , "we
shall havii to bother you. Yen have shown
such power as a raconteur that the other
man , whoever ho may be , is evidently
nervous of entering into competition , "
Thn purser grinned and bit the end from
a fresh cigar. "Funny thing , Sir Randal , "
said he , "but Farrcn was nervous , too. When
Farrcn came Into my room that day 1
thought ho would have fainted , and for good
ten minutes ho sat there on my sofa with
the colon going and coming from his face
llko the limelight In a theater. Dut I didn't
hurry him or anything. I let him take his
tlmo nnd sat on the bed and watched the
yacht through my port hole. She was there
in her usual place , Just ahead , with about
a quarter of a mile of ugly water between
her and us , and 1 was conning over In my
mind how I was going to make dividend ;
out of her.
"Farren roused mo up by railing my name ,
and I tell you what I saw when I turned
around fairly made mo sweat. Ho was
standing there with his back against the
door and ono hand turning the key behind
him as I looked. Ho'd n revolver in his
other fist , with the second finger on the
trigger , and it didn't require much brains
to see that , whatever else he might be , he
was no blooming amateur with agun. , He
V/PS looking sick enough still , but I give
him credit , ho came to the point like a man
" 'Now , I'll tell you , Mr. Horroeks , what
that yacht's there for. ' ho says. ' 'She's come
to take away the king diamond , and I'm
hero to carry It across to her. I'll trouble
you for that safe key which hangs at the
end of your watch chain. '
"Well. I'll own freely I was took all of a
heap. 'Hy heavens , Mr. Farren , ' I bbgan to
stammer out , 'this is piracy but ho cut
mo short.
" 'I qulto ngrco with you , , ho answered ,
'but wo'll take all that for said. I've got
no time for talk and it would annoy mo
very much to ahoot jou. I don't llko you
for yourself , Horrocks , but you mentioned
you have a wife and family in London , and
I've a respect for them. Turn round , please.
Thanks , Now you'll qulto understand that
my pistol is within a foot of your back
bone , and if you force mo to shoot you I
shall Just take the key and help myself.
So I want you to clearly understand that
you'll lese your llfo if you are obstinate
through any foolish notions of being faithful
to your trust , and lese It quite uselessly.
Kindly shift your bedclothes onto the
floor , '
"I did it , "
" 'Now switch off that Infernal alarm bell
which you bragged about , and open the
safe.1
"I did that , too. "
" 'The King Diamond , please. '
"I handed him the morocco case. 1 heard
the two clicks as lie opened and shut It to
make sure that the gem was all right , and
when ho ordered me to clasp my bands be
hind my neck and go out of the cabin.
'I'll leave you your gallon and a half of
other gems , ' said he ; 'and you can swear
that you defended them bravely , if you
think that will save your credit. Any
way , say what you choose , I will never
contradict you. Now , outside , please ,
quickly. '
"I utepped Into the alleyway and the door
nlainm < ul on my heels. I heard the bolt
bhuot In the lock and I fancy it's to my
credit thut I didn't stay there gapiug to
think. I raced for the chart bouse at top
Gpet'd. The old man wasn't thero. Ho'd
ROIIO unto the upper bridge , Aud away 1
wont after him.
"I gave him my tale in twenty words and
instinctively we both looked toward the
) acht. She had ilowed down and was edg
ing lu toward our track. Beyond a doubt
F.uiuu had spoken truth ; she was Uieie
after tbo Kliif diamond and ho had signaled
her out of my cabin port.
"Hut what was to bo the next move wo
could not gueis , The skipper rang 'stand by'
to the engine room and waited developments
with il hand on the tolejirnph. 'My great
Scott' I heard him mutter , 'they're never
BoliiB to have the cheek to board us ! They'll
sto\o in half our plates If they try It on
with tills nea running. '
"I reminded him that the yacht had two
knots moro speed than wo had.
" 'I know that , ' nays the old man. 'By
gum , this la a regular Robinson Crusoe
piracy business. And the worst of it Is. if
they come on board here with a dozen rides ,
wo's nothing that can stop them from Just
helping themselves to what they fancy '
Ho ran his rye round the horizon. There
was a Hamburg-American boat away astern
of us and a couple of steam colliers and a
half dozen old windjammers ou ono side
or the other , and not euch a thing as a
cruUer lu light , of course. Just because wo
wanted one. 'That yaclH'g been run away
with , tbat'i what' * the matter with her.
This Isn't a sort of game a man llko Lord
Raybury would pl y. '
" 'She's slowing down , sir , ' said I. 'She's
dropping astern of us , ' and I was going to
say something else when a regular stream
of yells broke out from our passengers , who
were all leaning ovttr the port jail to see
what this yacht they had been betting about
so Industriously was tip to.
" 'Man overboard ! There ho Isl Ily Jove ,
ho'.i sunk. No , there ho Is again ! Throw
a life buoy someone ! It's Farren ; that llttlo
missionary man , Farren ! Ho Jumped out
through a port , just squeezed out head first !
Ho was sucked down under the propeller !
IIo's got an arm cut off ! He hasn't , bo's
holding1 on to a cork belt with that arm ho
Isn't swimming wlthl Ho isn't swimming
at all , ho can't swim ; look at the way he's
clawing aboutl'
"The msto on watch had got n whistle
between his teeth before you couhl say
'knife. ' 'Port lifeboat , ' ho shouted. 'Tum
ble nft the crew' and then led the way
himself , and went for. ) ho awning lashings
with bU knife. Ho MC the bridge to the
old man , and the old man rang off the
engines. But a big Kteamer like ours car
ries way , nnd wo Weren't prcpaicd , and
the yacht v.as. They'd ( { lowed down close
by Farrcn , and their V"it was lu the water
before ours had left ilavltn , and I fiuess they
had picked him up anit got him on board
and their boat run tip1 ngnln before ours
was half wa > to where ? thjHIfo buoys floated.
"There was nothing' , < 6V It ; we were Just
helpless ; and we hail 19 sec that yacht
starboard her helm and steam away for
the open sea , with Farren , and the King
diamond , and my chhrhbter , and all our
poor old steamboar * blooming credit
stowed away under hef ijiatclics. The only
thing wo could do was to go on to South
ampton and report. Hut wo didn't much
expect to recover thoKlug ) diamond again.
A man that couldn't ) sylm nnd who had
pluck to drop head first * put of a port Into
a heavy sea , and risk being chawed up by
the i ropeller , wasn't the sort to give up
a plum once he'd got Ills fingers over It.
And that Is about what happened.
"Tho yacht had been run away with.
She was all ready for sea , and victualed
for a long cruise , when up comes a clmp
with a letter , forged , of course , written by
Lord Uaybury to tbo skipper , and tclllni ;
him to accept bearer's orders In every par
ticular. The chap , who was Farreu's part
ner , mot our steamer with him on board
by arrangement at sea , and stood by and
Availed for n signal. Ho picked Farren up
precious near drowned , but with the mor
occo case nil right In his pocket , and then
they shoved across for the Mexican gulf.
When the yacht'n skipper objected , ho was
shown Lord Haybury's letter ; and finally ,
when coal ran out , and they found them
selves in the Florida channel , Farrcn and
his friend rowed off in a boat , saying they
would arrange about rebunkerlnjr , and na
turally erough didn't turn up again ; and
the yacht , after drifting three days help-
IcEaly under canvas lu the gulf stream ,
wai picked up by a tramp and towed lute
Norfolk , Va.
"Tho whole thing was about ns disgust
ingly simple as n man could want when you
knew how It had been done , and the com
pany , who hadn't watched the way It had
been worked up to , said the robbery might
haVe been prevented. H was no use my
talking. The blamed thing had leaked into
the papers and somebody had got to be a
hcapcgoat , nnd hero was I close and handy.
I gucs-s they wouldn't have been human If
they hadn't sacked me. '
"And the Liverpool-New York run would
li".vo missed Its best "
purser , said Pltcalrn.
"Old fellow , hero's your most excellent and
honored healtlHut ! did the fools of police
never stumble upon your Farren man ? "
"Not they , " said Horrocks. "So far as 1
know the fellow's never came up to the
sin fate till now. "
"What's this ? " said Pltcalrn. "IVyou
really mean to say he's In this smoking room
right now ? "
"That's what I mean , ' said the purser. "I
supDoso ! : o's bcon sick or sorry or some
thing before ; but anyhow this Is his first
appearance on this ship ; so he's been under
the surface now for exactly five years and
one month and perhaps ho may have some
thing to explain. "
The purser lit his now cigar and no ono
spoke. The only sotindj were the noises of
the ship and the faint clash of the seas
outside.
The purser got his clRar In full blast and
looked at thu glowlngj tip meditatively.
"Dundas Is the name 'he's ' shipped under
here , " he observed at list. "Pity for some
people , isn't it , that they can't change a
face as handily as they can alter a signa
ture. " jf'C .
sickness this is my first ' appearance in this
room. Did I , annex this , celebrated gem ? "
"You did , " said Horrocks , grimly.
"Well , " said the * jmnll man , "I appear
to bo more fortunate than I thcught , and
far more fond of thc ailt water. What do
you think , Vcrekcr ? Xlas't five years and a
month ago , I think yAu ] & 'ald. Purser ? "
"Sir Randal Vcrekcr ( lid not answer nt
once. Ho lay back flrst and laughed till
tears ran down the crow's feet nt the cor
ners of his eys. But At last he sobered
down end got bis volcb 'again , and ho said :
"Purser , I'm afraid yptifve got the wrong
pig by the ear this ifaie. Five years ago
from now Mr. Dundas' WM second secretary
In the llrltlsh embassy at Peking. I was
doing work at Shanghai 'then ' , and eaw him
constantly. In fact , I've known him all my
f
"
life.
The purser said "Oh , " and looked red
and foolish. Dundas , however , had some
moro to add on the subject. "Your man
Farren , " he said , "is evidently very much
like mo In personal appearance ? "
"Or I shouldn't have tumbled Into mak
ing such a mistake , " said the purser.
"Precisely. Well , Just befcro I come here
I happened to bcl In Shanghai , and n doctor
I knew there told mo they'd got my double
In hospital. Out of curiosity I went to see
him , and I must say the pair of us were as
much alike as two or hock bottles. It
wasn't a flattering , flnd , because the other
poor fellow was clean mad. He'd a lump
of rough crystal almost as big as a pigeon's
egg which be fancied was a diamond that
everybody was trying to steal from him.
Curious shaped crystal It was , too , with
markings llko three accurate concentric
circles blended in ono end. "
"My , great Scott ! " said the purser , "and
a cross Just around the corner from the
other end ? Long-shaped , and a bit of faint
yellow snuulgo down ono sldo ? "
"That's the thing , " said Dundas.
"Why , nfan , " shouted the purser , "it's
the King diamond Itself you'ro talking
about. There couldn't bo another lllco It. "
"But I tell you , " said Dundas , "It waa
no diamond at all. It was only snmo sort
of crystal that was not hard enough to
scratch glass , and no man that was eano
would have taken it for anything else when
ho came to handle it , "
"Whow , " said the purser , and mopped a
moist forehead with his pocket handker
chief ,
"Did you over have the gem you were
ulklng of In your lingers ? " asked Vert-kcr.
"Como to think of It , I never did , " the
> urser admitted. "It was sealed before mo
ind then delivered into my charge , and
pave a receipt , "
' "TCien , ilf an outsider mlsht form a
heory , " said Verpker. "tho real stone was
stolen somewhere at the Cape , and a forgery
sent home , so that the theft might not be
discovered till as Jain an hour as possible.
low those thieves out there must have
chuckled when they heard of Farren &
: o. coming cx-machlna to help them play
heir game "
"Christopher Moses , " said the purser
houKhtfully. "You'ro right Sir Randal.
That's the game for a thousand. And Where's
hat stone now by any chance ? "
"Ah , there you'ru neklng me too much , "
said Verekcr. "But I shouldn't say It was
broken up. When it had ofllclully ceased to
exist , It could be very easily smuggled out
if the Cape ; and once it carried away lo
he east , there would be heaps of purchasers
ready to buy and hodtheir | tongues for
a llttlo discount. A shph or an Indian rajah
never cares about n' big1 diamond's history
so long as he gets it snugly Into his treas
ury , Very Ilkvly , to Ijazurd another guess ,
t was brought liomojn your own steamer ,
not many yards away/rom Its bogus cousin.
That would have been ' the safest way to
dispose of It. "
The purser sighed. "Well , " ho said , " 1
shall give an official report of this to my
old company , for the take of helping to clear
ny own ticket. Aud ifiuy can act bow they
dease. But If that ttouo were mine , I guess
'd sell my present interest in It for Just two
fingers of whisky. "
Pitcairn ttruck the bell and the smoke
coin steward carne toward bim. "Apropos , "
he said , "wbat'H everj-Jaody haye. Jt'a my
shout. I fine myself 'drinks round for Inter
rupting. I thought it'vias ' merely a ship's
chestnut we were going to have. I'd no idea
be purser was going1 tb nut his foot In It so
dellclously with
Make a note of it Twenty-five cents buy
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FEMININE GOSSIP. X
O OOOO4O f > > 4 O4O4 O + : > * O + O
Florists ndvlte that the coming season
will show a return to the custom , moro
honored of late years in the breach than in
the observance , of sending bouquctu to de
butantes and to young women general ! }
whom the senders delight to honor. The
statement must be taken with moro than n
grain of discount. The passing from favo
of the florist's bouquet was not caprice , bu
education. Cut flowers arc so much moro
lovely In their iooso profusion , and so mucl
moro adaptable lo enjoyment by their fair
teclplcnt , that they are not likely lo bo
gupemodfd by stiff , wired clusters. Nor 1.
It necessary now to acknowledge the recelp
of flowers by overloading one's self will
them nt opera or ball. The man who knows
how to send flowers accompanies the ono
that Is personally selected by a knot of rib
bon or n dainty conceit In lace for n wrap
per , and the equally well-informed young
woman. If she wishes to recognize the del
lento attention , selects this llttlo blo son
for her corsage. It Is possible to conrsci
even the lo\ely courtesy of llowrr giving bj
exaggeration a point that the growing
delicacy of modern refinement fully recog
nizes.
Rven the head of the state In France Is
obliged to take out a fresh shooting license
every year when la chasse reopens. So
President Faure duly applied for bis II
cense to the Prefecture of the Sclno infcrl
cttio In readiness for September 1. As this
document must describe the owner's per
sonal appearance the clerks were most
anxious nofto hurt the president's vanity
Last year M. Faure's hair nnd eyebrows
were described ns "turning gray , " and n
long discussion took place whether the
same term should bo used , the prcsldcn
having visibly grown whlto since then
French politeness filially compromised the
matter by putting down the hair as "white"
nnd the eyebrows and mustache as "fair"
a solution which makes unkind friends sug
gest that M. Fauro has been trying tbo
latest dye.
Last year , says a Parisian writer , the old
curiosity shops were ransacked for the nn-
clcnt buttons which lent such n stylish nlr
to the then fnshlonablo Louis XV and Loula
XVI coats. Previously shoe buckles had
their turn. Now the objects In the pursuit
of which many fruitless hours nro spent nro
antique dog collars , n clmso rendered all the
more absorbing that the game is wofully
scarce. She who can ferret out a collar of
unmistakable seventeenth or eighteenth cen
tury origin Is Indeed n fortunate woman.
Many have'to be content with the acquisition
of small chased silver bells , which they hang
round the necks of their pets by means of
a ribbon tied with a bow , the size of which
Is generally In Inverse ratio to the dimen
sions of the dog ,
A woman was singing at a charity concert
and the audience nslsted on hearing her
song i. second time. Her daughter , a lit-
lo child , was present , and ou being asked
afterward how her mother had sung , re
plied : "Very badly ; for they made her
do it all over again. "
"It la a question with mo , " writes Lilian
Bell In October Ladles' Homo Journal ,
"whether a'woman ever knows all the joys
of love-making who has oneof those dumb ,
silent husbands' ' who doubtless adores her ,
but is able to express it only in deeds. It
requires an act of the will to remember that
his getting down town at 7 o'clock every
morning is all done for you , when ho hasn't
boeit able to toll you In words that ho loves
you. It is hard to get n letter telling about
the weather and how busy he Is , when the
same amount of space saying that ho got
to thinking about you ycntorday , when ho
saw a girl on the street who looked like you ,
only she didn't carry herself so well ai you
do , and that he loves you , good-by would
have fairly made your heart turn over with
joy , and made you kiss the hurried lines and
thrubt the letter in your belt , where you
could crackle It now and then just to make
sure It was there. Nearly all nice men make
good lovers in deeds. A great many fall nt
some important crisis in the handling of
words.
"But the last test of all , and , to my mind ,
the greatest , is lu the use of words as a
balm. Few people , bo they men or women ,
bo they only friends , lovers or married , can
help occasionally hurting each other's feel
ings. Accidents are continually happening
oven when peoplo.nro good-tempered. And
for quick or evil tempered ones there is but
ono remedy the handsome , honest apology.
The most perfect lover is the one who best
understands how and when to apologize. "
The adoption In Germany of a general
and common coda of laws applicable to all
parts of thr > empire has aroused the In
tense opposition of the women of that
country to the new code , because of Its
discrimination and oppressive features
toward them. Up to this tlmo each sub
division of the empire has had its own
laws. Undentho provisions of the now law
an unmarried woman is regarded as al
most equal to men concerning their earn
ings and their Income. As FOOII as a Ger
man woman becomes a wife and mother she
Is booked as a minor. She has no right over
her fortune. She cannot transact any
business without the signature of her hus
band. Then the now Jaw defines the power
of parents concerning the education of
their children , placing It all In the father.
It denies divorce on account of Ill-treat
ment , drunkenness and other offenses. It
also declares that the father Is not regarded
to bo a relation of his Illegitimate child ,
all duties and cares belonging to the
mother. The bill , which has passed the
Reichstag , docs not become a law until 1000
and many women are agitating the ques
tion of Its reconsideration and repeal be
fore that tlmo ,
From what one hears of the Danish girl
she has all the privileges open to her sisters.
If she wishes to study at the university
she finds herself free to takeup any branch
she may choose , and medical , mathematical
and scientific honors fall to her share quite
ns frequently as to her brothers. As among
us , too , teaching seems to bo the most uni
versal employment for women who wish to
earn their own living. Yet there nro so
many teachers and so many daughters of
rich families who teach simply as a pastime ,
with no remuneration , that the pay Is very
small and not at all in proportion to the
services they give , They uro well up In
the Kngllsh literature of the day , distinguish
themselves as artists , authors nnj musicians ,
found schools and asylums for various chari
ties nnd manage them as successfully as the
women In other countries , Designing and
painting pottery , woodcarvlng and burnt
woodwork are among other accomplishments ,
and many women have taken to photography
and started out as professionals. In spite
of all their professional work , Dan lull
women do not degenerate in the art of house
keeping nnd good cooking. Within the past
few years they have become popular in
America , nnd tennis , golf , cricket and foot
ball aio fast gaining ground , The craze for
bicycling seized them some tlmo ago , and
they are already expert riders , for the level
country favors this sport. Same of the
Danish girls are accomplished horsewomen ,
and they are never qull6 BO pretty and
graceful as when they are skating , which
Is a general amusement for fully three
montha in tbo year. A Danish girl la good
society makes her debut nt 10 , when aho la
confirmed , If she is not married nt 22 she
is left out of all parties and amusements ,
thus showing that the old-fashioned preju
dice against old maids still obtains among
these otherwise enlightened people.
Fashionable hostesses aiming at perfection
aud change at the same tlmo will have , if
they will , this season the privilege to dis
card at their exquisitely appointed table *
the use of napkins. Already In the
aristocratic homes of England the move
ment has gained a foothold , Inspired , Record
ing to a recent statement , "as a compli
ment to the refined table manners of the
guests. "
While napkins are not likely to be at once ,
it ever , omitted from many American tables ,
the discussion of the question is of value if
only to accentuate the careless and slovenly
nay most American children behave at
table. Who can fancy these youngsters ever
trained to a nicety of eating which will
preclude their need of a napkin ? Many of
them should have a basin and towel served
with every course. In ono family the >
year-old child announces the end of his meal
by calmly sweeping his- plate to the floor
aud following It by the contents of his cup ;
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of childhood. They show too plainly that
they are acquired , not Inherent. In many
otherwise well-regulati-d American families ,
however , the behavior at table of the H and
IC-yoar-ohl children would not bo tolerated
at the English nursery board around \\hlch
gather the 3 nnd D-year olds of thu house
hold.
Lady Jeuno , with her husband , Sir Francis
Jcune , has been making an extensive bicycle
tour through Scotland. , , , Lact > ; Jouno Is ono
of the most progressive , women In Great
Britain , being actively Interested In nil the
movements which tend to the political ,
educational and industrial advancement of
her own sex. Her salon was formerly one
of the attractions of London , and ono met
In her drawing room almost every celebrity
In the IlrllUh metropolis. It is , however ,
less Interesting than It .formerly was.
An amusing story went the rounds of the
newspapers shortly after Stanley's return
from Africa , which Is now so old that it Is
practically new. It Is said that when ho
approached the country of the dwarfs onr
Interesting specimen stepped out of the
bush , cordially extended his baud and ex
claimed In excellent English : "How do
you do , Mr. Stanley ; I met you at Lady
Jeune'8 , "
The women's blrycle division of the recent
beautiful floral parade in Saratoga was ono
of its moat attractive features. It was ap
propriately called the "white squadron , " the
riders all wearing white skirts , with while
caps , legglns , and slices. The bodices were
military Jackets braided in gold , those of one
being pure white , nnd of the other divisions
a color , blue , red , gray , nnd the little girls'
division , the young riders wearing a sailor
costume. The wheels were trimmed to
eorrcspond with the color of the division.
The women nil lode beautifully , sitting
straight and keeping In line with military
iroclslon. Cheers and Jlowers greeted this
letachmcnt of thu display I'rom Congress
iark to Woodlawn. x
All women of the Protestant Episcopal
lloccse of Michigan have been declared
eligible to vote for vestrymen In parish
elections. Twenty-five other dioceses and
Tour missionary Jurisdictions of the Episco
pal church have for some tliuo allowed
women to vote for vestrymen.
It may be of Interest to the autumn bride
to know that the bridal veil Is of eastern
origin , being a relic of the bridal canopy
: iold over the heads of the bride and bride-
Broom. Among the Anglo-Saxons a similar
mstom existed , but If the bride was a widow
t was dispensed with. According to Sarum
tsagc , a line linen cloth was laid upon the
leads of the brldo and bridegroom , and was
ict removed until the benediction had been
said. The old llrltlsh custom was to use
laturo's veil unadorned that Is , tho" long
lair of the bride , which was so worn by all
jrldes , royal , noble i > nd simple. Only then
lid every onu behold the tresses of malden-
lood in their entirety , and for the list time ,
as after marriage they were neatly dressed
on the head. Among BOIIIO the tresses were
cut and carefully stowed away on a woman
jfcomlng n wife. It was customary In Russia
'or village brides to shear their locks on re.
turning from church.
Hero's a short sermon that Li Hung
Chang delivered to one pretty young woman
who told him that she wasn't mairled :
'A woman can afford to be capricious as
eng us she Is young , but even American
women , beautiful ns they are , must eventu
ally grow old. Time creeps on , oven In
the cases of the fairest and when a woman
reaches 40 years she will find oho rannot
niako the conquests she did at 30. Kvery
woman should get married. Marriage Is her
nisslon and she will bo happier with a good
tusband than alone , wandering about the
world. "
Shakespeare Initiates us into the us > o of
ho fan In Queen Elizabeth's time. "I could
) raln him with his lady's fan , " that is ,
cnoelc his brains out with a fan handle ,
vhlch certainly must have been of a good ,
turdy sort to accomplish such a deed.
It was the habit of testy dames to chas-
Ise unruly children by beating them with
heir fan sticks , which wore so long that
hey could be used as walking sticks. Later
on the fan was used In a lighter form and
or a lighter purpose , and the powdered and
laintcd dumo of a later day used fan and
mask and patch as part of her panoply of
nchantment. "Fans , muffs , masks and
also hair" were looked upon as appurte
nances of the unchaste in Italy , where first
heir use was general , Later , they were
ntroduced in Franco , and thence to 15ns-
and.
Mrs. Edward Uoboy of Chicago , who hail
istingulshed herself by her many gifts and
abors in behalf of the came of education
nd philanthropy , has expressed her desiree
o give 3,000 acres of land In Itoboy , Ind. ,
/orth $200 on ucro , to the unlvcislty of
Chicago , for the establishment of a biological
ectlon and special nclioVJ. She has also
ffPt-ed to build ImndHonio bathhouses on
Volf lake or Wolf ' 'river ; In case the unl-
orslty decides to usu that couiso for aquatic
xerclsca and pursuits. The total value of
his gunerous offer1 Is""nearly three-quarters
f a million , and will still further ralso the
ttractlons of that new and famous Inutltu-
lon of learning ,
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