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Show to see. gome onset diamonds, and without with-out the slightest suspicion I brought him in here and spread out a number of j a-I a-I pers of very valuable stones. I was seated seat-ed in a revolving chair, and had occasion to turn my back on him for a moment, ! and when I looked around again I dia-t dia-t covered that two valuable stones wore missing. Very quietly I folded np the papers, leaving the one from which the stones , had been taken until the last Then 1 saying carelessly that I had something eke to show him, I turned to a drawer ' in my desk and got my revolver. 'ThU is what I wanted to show you, and now just put back those two diamonds,' said 1 L lie looked at me for a momont, said something about insulting a gentleman, bnt he saw the revolver looking very ' dangerous, and fiually produced the stones from his vest pocket. Philadel-, Philadel-, phiu PreBs. . l A Diamond Thief Trapped. i Trie manager cf one of the largest i jewelry stores ia the city was speaking of some experiences he had had wita diamond thieves. Said he: Of course we are familiar with the ; faces of a great many of the most expert 1 1 thieves who pick np diamonds and I jewelry while examining them under I i pretense of buying, but naturally our 4 -j knowledge is limited, aud great care is i ' exercised when exposing precious stones. ! I keep all the loose diamonds in my pri- : vato office aud at tend to their sale lny-pelf lny-pelf , but this is rather a dangerous policy. I ' 'v . Quite recently a majn came in and asked ; i XI t |