"Dey're all dwins alike--Dweedeldums und Dweedledeeses." Mr.Latham silently placed the fifth diamond on the table, and for a minute or more the five men stood still and gazed, first at the diamonds, then at one another, and then again at the diamonds.

Mr.
Solomon, the crisply spoken head of Solomon, Berger and Company, broke the silence.
"These all came yesterday morning by mail, one to each of us just as the one came to you," he informed Mr.Latham.

"Mr.Harris here, of Harris and Blacklock, learned that I had received such a stone, and brought the one he had received for comparison.

We made some inquiries together and found that a duplicate had been received by Mr.Stoddard, of Hall-Stoddard-Higginson.

The three of us came here to see if Mr.Schultze could give us any information, and he telephoned for you." Mr.Latham listened blankly.
"It's positively beyond belief," he burst out.