San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-02-03
CHAPTER ii.

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ming her chin in the palm. pazed at the
Clerks with stolid Indifference
s.Tbe manaoer is in. what do Won
wantY' asked fhe clerk.
Get nm Israel " said the ,Judpe falling
hack q stem and waving his hand signifi.
cantlv toward Van Hoeck.
eve wish to negotiate a loan on the
security of a large diamond that we have
brought home from fine Cane, said Van
Hoeck.
eight hundred and twenty carats.
fust water" added the ,Judge. .sthe
prandest stone in this almighty uniyersep'
There was a wbisnered consultation
among the clerks. and one went into a
private room at the back of the hank.
from which he presently returned with
the MANAGER
"Iam the manager: what do Won want?,
Van Hoeck repeated his statement.
"And what security can YOU give me
that the diamond is genuine" asked the
manager. with a pleasant smile. ..Or that
il is legitimateIy yours to dispose Off
"You will allow, sir. if anyone he'd
lost stone of this kind he would have
made il unsafe for us to walk about with
il in the daylight" replied the Judge.
"and 40 for ito helm genuine Won kin
bev fine securitv of volr own eyesight.-
.J do not nrcfess IN be a iudge az dia-
n,onds and + con have n9tb;1o 70 do
With n " sa;d tba p,ono oar dafinitivelv
We Strsaoad ont Of HAT bank "a we
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had streamea lhUo IL, ana tried ahother,
put with no petter result, tne hahageI
telling us that transactions OF such kind
We're aitogether beyond the range OF ms
business; ana we louhd a thlru; put the
ha;nor cnnr;ncoJ tbat tbe 1I,n We had
n,,,1oood NOS i,,,nracticohIa VIC mt our
Pao9s toaataer in cn,,nc;i at tba corner
of the street to determine what course
we should take.
we were dlsgusted at southampton,
and, had we possessed the means, should
nave gone ON at once 10 Lohdon, where
we might nave round some FORMER &C
qualntance to help us out OF our present
alihculty. butW llaH hothlhg-hoIhlhg
IN the world but the things we stood up
right In and the great diamond. FOR
our smaller finds and our implements we
had sold at Natal to make up enough TO
pay our steerage home, and our spare
clothes, our KNIVES, every available thing
we mad bartered away on our passage for
tood 10 supplement- the mlseraDiy lhsul-
hclent steerage fare.
we KIN not pawn the Ala, sald tne
Judge, "end that about the only perKisit
as we could well DO without
IL was now well upon three O'CLOCK
and we felt the need OF food, having eat
en- nothing since SIX, when our last ra-
lions We're served out to us on the
southern Cross. Our position was
desperate one. with millions In our
possession, we might starVe IN the street,
or have to take refuge IN the work1house:
1t was odd, indeed, and very unpleasant
also. AT length, being unable to see any
way out OF our dlihculty, we made our
way to pollce-statlon and laid our case