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VEU and over again Johu Mars
den had been told that Ills noc
turnul rumbles would bring him
Jnto contact with unpleasant citizens.
If lie had contented himself with walk
lng upon the main highway that ran
past his suburban home, his midnight
wnlk, which ho said was absolutely
necessary to his getting sleep when he
went to bed, would have been safe
enough. But there were byways In
that neighborhood, some of them nar
row, many of them with evil reputa
Hons, all of them very dark and entirely
deserted by honest citizens nt a quarter
to 1 In the morning which was John's
favorite hour for a solitary stroll and
these queer byways were his favorite
strolling paths. Again, If he had had
nothing about him to tempt a footpad
his friends would not have been so so
Hcltous, but, for a man In which there
was no suspicion of foppery, John Mars
den carried a remarkable collection of
valuable Jewelry about his person
There was his watch, with a circle of
brilliants and n remarkable enameled
miniature set In the back, presented to
aim as a souvenir by a famous foreign
actress whoso life he had saved In a
railroad wreck; there was also a won
derful old Intaglio bloodstone, an heir
loom, which he wore In a huge signet
ring, and lastly, there was, as a general
A HAXU Ft.BW BTRAIOIIT AT Ills TUllOAT
thing, the Moma diamond, which ought
to have been kept In a museum or a
safety vault, but which John Marsden
l persisted In wearing constantly as a
I cravat pin.
He said he wore the Moma diamond
for luck, but no one who knew him be-
ieved that the man had even one super-
Etllltlon. It would have been worth tlm
lijle of any footpad to engage profes-
jjpnnl assistance Just to get possession
the Moma diamond, nnd hundreds
A I
arsons connected with thaAnrofes-
knew that Mr. Marsdeuffflftiv
that stone In his cravatj
jderf ul stone, pot by any
r pigeon's egg, or oy
true, onlynbout.
a man'
b luster
ays bl?
flnfln anwr ll t -J " . . -
'""i ""J 'i ijumaicneu in all tc
And at last tho
coughing In a way that meant, as Mnrs
den knew, Internal hemorrhage
Now, when you have been assaulted
on a lonely road In the small hours, and
the assault has been with tho evident
Intention of stealing your valuables,
you nro generally Inclined rather to go
your way rejoicing, nnd leave well
enough alone, If you have been as for
tuuate ns to knock tho Intending thief
silly. That Is what most people would
do. But Marsden was In ninny ways
unlike most people. He sat on the edge
of the roadside ditch, lifted the man's
head, and fanned his face until, In the
darkness, he could detect signs of re
covery.
"Keeling better now?" he said.
The only answer was a struggle to sit
up, which ended In the beaten man
sinking bnck exhausted. Then there
was another pause, and Marsden began
to be really alarmed. He had almost
made up his mind to go nnd look for
water when the patient suddenly made
one more violent effort, succeeded In
sitting up, and stared at him.
"Who are you?" were the first words
that came, In a hoarse, half-strangled
whisper. "You're not a policeman?"
"Oh, no," said Mnrsden, "I'm not a
policeman. Hope I haven't hurt you
badly. Now, look here, young fellow, a
man that can box like you Isn't a com
mon thief. That's sure. If you had
been a common thief, you would have
como ot me with a pistol or something."
The prostrate man said nothing.
"See here," Marsden went on. "I can
easily hand you over to the police, you
know. Oh, you needn't try to get up
and run. I could give live yard's start
and catch you In 100, ns you arp now.
I'll let you go. I'll take you to my
house and tlx you up ship shape, If
you'll do one thing. Tell me why you
have turned highway robber Just to get
tho Moma diamond?"
At that question the man seemed to
start. Marsden waited a few seconds
and then reopated, "Tell me about It."
"Where did you get It?" was at first
the only answer vouchsafed him, nnd
that In a vehement, angry whisper.
Then the man in the ditch went on:
"You're right. I didn't want your
watch. The diamond Is mine."
"Aha!" said Marsden. "I thought so.
I knew there was something wrong
about that blessed diamond. Did you
see me wearing It?"
No."
Did some one tell you I wore It as a
scarf-pin?"
"Yes."
"Well, you can't go on tnlklng In the
condition you are In. Come to my house
way tho scoundrel got possession of a
Jewel worth ns much ns three times all
the money he had lent my father,
When his stock-watering tricks wero
found out he had to leave England.
That was live years ago."
"That was when I met him," said
Marsden.
"And now nt last 1 have been obliged
to come to this country and try to earn
a living ns a car conductor. I can't
complain of that; I was always an Idle,
good-for-nothing fellow."
"U'm, said .Marsden. "And your
uncle I mean the Brazilian gentleman
said this stone wns called tho Moma
diamond from the name of the negro
who found It In Brazil. Wns that cor
rect?"
"Perfectly."
"Now, please give me your own nd
dress and Is your mother still living?"
GSTERHAZY OWES HIM ffilO,
"1 AM A STItANUKli TO VoU.
The would-be highwayman gnveboth.
That night he slept In Marsdeu's house.
V mouth later he sailed for England,
a steerage passenger, but rich, for the
eccentric Marsden had made him a
present of the Stoma diamond. Pitts
burg Press.
m
and let me give you a drink. It Isn't
far."
xnere must unve oeen sometuing vy.y
frank and convincingly honest-iff the
ring of
nctually
ven lea
the wj
'.IS
ml t4
?, at k-w.
an s voico, ronesEe man
senL.tq!SSr with hhn.
for support on
house together,
jue else was In bed,
It. Marsden struck
his highwayman
. whore ho soon
his powers.
you see,"
alter a
u not inre
had fallen upon hard lmW Otlf-
e, It was not at all an uncommon
icnv
face.
"You havo treated me fairly," he said,
"so far, at least. Tell me where you
got my diamond, and I'll tell you how
I lost It."
"Your diamond If It 13 yours," said
Marsden, "was won by me at n game of
cards. I staked $1,000 In American
warnings nt '.Tn'
jumauuuB rrienas jvero Justified. Tie
was walking on a dark, autumn night
along one of his favorite byways, with
a row of blank, wlndowless brick walls
on his right, and on his left a ditch and
rail fence, when there was n sudden
leap of something from the ditch, and a
hand flew straight at his throat.
Instniitly-as If he had been expecting
to meet tho attack lust nt timt
John Mnrsden's left fist darted out and mout?y against It. The game was played
"l, auu mere was a sound like the 111 1110 smoking-room of an ocean
word "Chow," followed bv anntlior m.- steamer."
the fall of a bale of hay on the earth "Was It an elderly man you were
Then he leaned forward cautiously, and Plai'iniS with?"
the next moment ho was glad of his "Yes- A Brazilian, I believe wore
caution. The man leaped to his feet al- tne 8tono ' a ring."
iost as soon. It seemed, ns ho had '"ril Impudent scoundrel! Anything
)uched tho ground, and then, Instead Peculiar about his eyebrow?"
drawing knife or pistol, he went at "0ne oyebrow had a cut across it that
un in tho most approved pugilistic Save It a peculiar tilt."
fe,.., . w . , . . "That's riSt-tho loft eyebrow. And
" iuu bih uau neen in a the gentleman always spoke ns If his
ve-foot ring, by daylight, begun In mouth wns full, didn't he?"
Jar form, the other man might have "Ho did. You have described him
luc ..wum umuiuuu-aupposing it perfectly. He was a Brazilian."1
ye been he prize. As It was the "I beg your pardon. He was my ma
Id had been taken by surprise, I ternnl uncle. Ohnrlna Anfnot w-nau
III worse, Marsden's verv hnnv MVii,,Hi.nn,,n,i . .... . '
fHf,i Hae o....i.. I-.' :r , ,! rj uium-v irom mm to
""r,""' imu me ueii- uuy shares in his confounded bogus en-
4 j 't,iu vi mo terprises, nna gave h m mortgages on
w and the Adam's apple. The everything wo nossessed. It I "
that ills antagonist had recov- derstood, when tho mortgage was
self so quickly after such a drawn on our household effects, that
!,, uuu ll0. my motner.a j0Weiry was not Included.
. . wnu. aim, At my father's death tho rogue put In
ilaced tho other man at U legal claim for tho Moma diamond,
ind tho fisticuffs did hncmiRO. hn snld. It wna sat In n
'n Jess thai! tWO minutes which mv father worn nnl i,t-
limit wns back Jn tho mother's. Tho lnwver nrfvlso,! mv mnn.
ch ho had sprung, ouly or fo let It
eking convulsively and J and uncertainty of litigation. In that
A Witty I'casniit.
A thunder-storm overtook tho Em
peror Francis Joseph of Austria, when
out shooting In 1S7J with old Emperor
llliam of Germany nnd Victor Eiiinn
uel. The three monnrchs got separat
ed from their party and lost their way
They were drenched to the skin, nnd,
In search of shelter, hailed a peasant
driving u covered cart drawn by oxen
along the high road. The peasant took
up the royal trio and drove on.
"And what may you be, for you are
a stranger In these parts?" he asked
nfter nwhlle of Emperor William.
"I am the Emperor of Germany," re
plied his Teutonic majesty.
"Ha, very good," tnhl tho piasant,
nnd then addressing Victor Emmanuel,
"Aud you my friend?"
"Why, I am the King of Italy," came
the prompt reply.
"Ha. ha, very good Indeed! And who
Mire .vou nduiessliiir Francis .Tosonh.
"I nm the Emperor of Austria," said
the latter.
The peasant then scratched his head,
and said with a knowing wink, "Very
good, and who do you suppose I am?"
Their majesties replied they would
like very much to know.
"Why I nm His Holiness the Pope.
A Tclcurnpli Operator In New OrlfuiM
Siih French Olllccr "11I" Him,
"Count 10sterluv.y, who figured so
prominently In tho Droyt'ds trial, has
been In New Orleans several times,"
said a guest at tho Gruuowuld Hotel.
"1 myself saw him on one of his visits,
iiud was present when he did some
cabling to Fiuneo, the cost of which,
or rather n portion of the fee. he de
liberately defrauded tho operator out
of. It happened thus:
"listerhazy had come In town by ono
of tho roads from tho north and went
to the Southern Pacific depot to bum it
u train for tho West. While waiting
for his train ho remembered that ho
had some cabling to do and walked
over to tho telegraph operator lu the
building and nuked for n blank.
"The operator gu vij It to him. nnd the
Frenchman wiole out quite a lengthy
coded cablegram and addressed It to a
private party In I nils. By this time
there were only a few moments left for
him to get u board the train, and the
operator had to hurry In looking up tho
rate. To nrrlvo at the exact figures
necessitated some little caluculatlou,
and the operator, to expedite matters
for the uohle count, told lilm the rate
and asked him to make the calculation,
too.
This the Frenchman, who was evi
dently quick nt figures, did. and had
finished n moment liefoie the op r.itor
willed nut his result, and asked If that
was what he uiade It. Esterhnzy look
ed straight at the opeiator n second,
as though rending his very thoughts,
and unhesitatingly replied: 'It Is cor
rect.'
"He paid the amount nnd hurried
tiway. A few minutes Inter the opera
tor discovered that ho had been paid
just $10 less than the correct amount;
lie had mndc an error lu his calcula
tions, and the count had taken advan
tage of his error to save the money.
The young man Immediately wired
ahead of the train asking the conduc
tor to see Esterhnzy. explain the cal
culation, nnd request the $10. The con
ductor compiled, but when he had ex
plained to the noble traveler, the lat
ter only shrugged his shoulders nnd re
plied that It was no concern of his.
And the operator made good the short
age from his own salary. It wns as
clear a case of steal as I ever heard
of." New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Proof of the 9Wc I
is in me uatina.i
luxi we say, but ihat Hoodt,
11 Li noi tvh.
Bin Ben's Tone.
Whatever complaints may be made
against the tone of Big Ben, the famous
London clock, and musicians say It Is
a terribly bad "E," nt any rate, every
one will ncknowlodge that the clock In
the House of Commons tower Is a won
derful timekeeper, not varying a second
In time all the year through. The
moclntnlsm for setting In motion the
massive hammer which brings out the
tone of Big Ben's sixteen-ton bell 1:
very Interesting. The striking machin
ery Is driven by weights of about a ton
and a half, which hang on n shaft 17-1
feet deep; and it Is so arranged thai
after the chimes are over the hammer
falls on the big bell within one second
of Greenwich menu time.
How tho Walls Itnn Down.
The Irishman who went up in the
hotel lift without knowing what It wns
did not recover easily from the sur
prise. He relates the story lu this
way.
"I wlnt to the hotel, nnd, Rays I, 'Is
Mlsther Smith In?'
' 'Yes, says the man with the sojer
jap. 'Will yez step In?'
"So I steps Into the closet, nnd a'J
ot a suddiiit he pulls the rope, nnd It's
the truth l'se telling yez the walls of
the building begun running down to
the cellar.
" 'Och, murther!' says I, 'whnt'II be
ome of Bridget and the children which
was left below there?'
"Says the sojer-cap man. 'Be alsy,
sorr; they'll be all right when yez
conies down.'
"'Come down, is It?' says I. 'And it
Is no closet at all, but n haythlnlsh
bnlloon tlmt yez got me In!'
"And wld that tho wails stood stock
still, nnd he opened the door, nnd
there I wns wld the roof Just over my
head! And, begorra, that's what saved
me from goln' up to the hevius lutlre
ly!" Irish Independent.
nsjparilla Joes, that tells the story
J'ious.tnds of people give the proof fi't
telling of rer'arkabk cures by Hood's Saf
xiparilla of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dyf,
jcpsia, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and M
ther blooi diseases and debility.
Tho prevailing uso of electricity hflj
miught about a largo incru'iNo in firof
Dwlat to eroHMcd wires. Ten years nn
hero wore only (1(1 such fires, and hi
year there wero 1)58.
Statisticians havo been stiulvinu U
vho Spanish Armada, nproKis of till
statement that never in tho history qj
Europe lias ho largo a force been Kttf
by sea as that now on Its way ti SiutS
Africa, ino estimate the mnnlio
oout from Spain in ir88 on the l:)
ships of the Armada is this: Sail
o iir.n. ....II. 1........ t) nuu. .. ,
o,UMW, KU!i"j nuiiun, ;,uno, rll(lllri
18,U7:i; volunteers, 1 . JiHU; total, :io
JIKI. But England is sending Iti.n
in i ..I, . . . i . i
soldiers anil loiiowors, wiinout eoiinl
lug tho crows of tho f-'uiiHiHirts.
It has been discovered that whal
may bo called the llrnt daily iiovkj.i
per was a manuscript letter written I.
salaried correH)ondunts mi l forward
by tliiun every 2 1 hours from ImkIoq
to the provinces. That was in tlil
.1 I , -1.. U4. ........ TV...1.
iuiniii ijjut'mi r-iuttim. ldrill till
comiuonweaitii tnese Lionuon lette
wero printed in typo aud circulate
in luryo numbers. Even so lnnk. H
as Ki8() tho law of liuol was such an
making any now-spaiier piiblii-atnni lllui
gal and tending to provoke a breach oj
the peace.
Brooklyn stair builders havo the
Saturday hulf holiday mid a wage Hcalg
of .fil.L'.") n day, including Sntiir liivH, ora
which the samo wago is paid as on thn
longer working days.
Mothers will find Mrs. Yiiil.. NmiliJ
nig nvrup mo urn remedy to n. f.,t
children (luring the teething pcriml.
Judge Falconbridgo, of tho hiuli
court of Canada, has ruled that it is nun
compulsory for persons to give evi
deuce that may incriminate themselves
in liquor cases
Friction In machinery
fires last year.
started 29S
Buffalo bridge and structural iron!
workers want tho eight-hour day uml
a
TiniothT'n Mistake.
Timothy Knockdown, the auctioneer,
iook nis wire for n seaside trip to
Margate.
On the second day of their visit Mr.
iv. ovinceu n strong desire to return
homo. "And pray for what reason,
'iiuiothyi"' angrily Inquired his better
half.
"Simply because everybody knows
my business down hero. To-day. for
instance, I have been confronted by nt
least rorty grinning boatman who rem
inded me thnt It Is "a nice day for a
'sale,' " sndly responded tho unhappy
auctioneer. Answers.
Thumb Alurkfi.
It seems nn astonishing thing thnt
the natural signature, the Impression
of the thumb or finger tip. Is not used
to a greater extent than It Is for pur
poses of Identification. If the thumb
bo lightly pressed on a surface smear
ed with printing Ink, nnd then pressed
upon clean paper, un Impression Is ob
tained which Is distinctive for the par
ticular Individual who owns the mem
ber. No two thumbs or fingers nro
alike In the arrangement of their mul
titudinous lines; each, therefore Is n
seal which Is unique, and n seal which
cannot readily be mislaid or lost. The
French police use this test to nssuie
themselves of tho Identity of a pris
oner; but surely tho system could bo
usefully extended.
Tho Dowoy IMant.
A blooming plant, with clusters of
blood-red tassels depending from l;s
glossy leaves, Is to bo seen not far from
Broad nnd Chestnut streets. It is Inh
oled "Tho Dowey Plant" in conspicuous
letters. Six mouths ngo tho duplicate
wns seen lu nuother part of town, with
nn Inscription declaring It was "Admi
ral Dewey's favorite flower!" Tho plant
is a native of tho Philippines Islands.
Philadelphia Record.
Kldordowti.
Tho elder duck lines Its nest care
fully with Its own down. The nest Is
robbed of the down by tho Icelanders
and the duck quickly proceeds to re
lino her nest, supplying the feathers
from her own body. The third time tho
drake gives his down, nnd this Is al
lowed to remain.
Ten thousnnd pounds of eiderdown
arc gathered annually In Iceland nnd
tho iintlves receive for It nbout $3 n
pound, nlthough tho trade Is carried on
through n barter, tho natives receiving '
little or no money.
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In tho process of manufacturing figs
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Some people nre willing to lot n good
excuse answer for good conduct
Wiggs Why does BJones have that
phonograph olng nil tho time? It's
awful. Wnggs Well, you see his wife's
nwny, and when ho hns the phonograph
going ho says ho doesn't miss her so
much. Philadelphia Itccord.
She Whnt's tho difference between
a dimple and n wrinkle? Ho Oh, about
thirty or forty years. Town Topics.
A soft heart and n hard head niako
a coniblin)tJou that Is hard to beat.
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