Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 24: An Illustrated Magazine Published Semi-Monthly; April 15, 1889 Two or three men and boys went groping and stooping over the pave ment. Jim alone sat calmly watching them with a keen, anxious look on his face. At last Carroll Hutter, rapping his boot with his cane, sauntered to his dog-cart and pre pared to mount. Jim stepped from his cart and ran to his side, and said, I saw you pick up that diamond! Give it back instantly, he said, in a shrill whisper, or I'll tell that police man, and you shall be arrested. The boy's face' took on a-'ghastly pallor. He stooped, pretended to pick up the stone, and then stepped across the sidewalk and-gave it to the old gentleman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.