"Diamond Jim"

"Excuse me, gentlemen!" Addison and Milford turned as one to see an enormous portly man emerging from a dark adjoining corridor. The man wore a fur overcoat, and carried a cane, and on his head was a smart derby hat. In his mouth was a cigarette in a jet black holder, and he smiled in what seemed a friendly fashion. "I see you are having difficulties in igniting your cigarette," said the man.…