Eureka Reporter | 1906-09-21 | Page 5 | Watching Diamond Miners

aff diamond miners the story of a man who was under alance for a year the close watch kept on the dia mond miners at kimberley Is well 11 lust rated by the following story in the august world s work an officer ot the de beer s corporation had been under the surveillance of detectives for a year the men at the general offices thought that he was spend ing more money than he was earning one day after the detectives had fol lowed the man tor a whole year had played poker with him and watched every movement another officer of the company approached him and lay ing his hand upon his shoulder said I 1 want to congratulate you what asked the object of suspicion why you re all right you re an honest man of course I 1 m an ho iest man what do you meana the explanation was made the s n an sparred that the deteo uve who had tol loTe him had been his closest personal friend all these months knowing every move he made how much money he won how much he spent in high living and how much for the of life now according to our accounts of your doings tor these weeks and days said the official to the man under suspicion you ought to have just three pounds in your pocket this moment the man who had been shadowed days thrust his hand into his pocket and found just a trifle less than three pounds