The Orange-Yellow Diamond by J.S. Fletcher

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Melky Rubinstein came out of the side-passage by Multenius's shop as Lauriston neared it; he, too, had a newspaper bulging from his coat pocket, and at sight of Lauriston he pulled it out and waved it excitedly.

"What'd I tell you, mister? " exclaimed Melky, as Lauriston joined him, the shadowing plain-clothes man in his rear. "D'ye see this? " He pointed to an advertisement in his own paper, which he had marked with blue pencil. "There y'are, Mr. Lauriston! -- that identical old book what's inside the parlour -- advertised for -- handsome reward, too, in the _Daily Telegraph_! Didn't I say we'd hear more of it?"

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