The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-13

PtL-uLe .TFNsLl ~ tno paCh Ol tHe Ddllh,
fysM. which he presently returned with
the manager.
81 am the manager; what do you wants'
Van Hoeck repeated his statement.
"And what security can you give no
that the diamond is genuine" asked the
manager, with a pleasant smile, '.or that
it Is l~egitinately yours to dispose e .
"Yeu will allow, sir, if anyone he'd
lost a stone of this kind ne would have
made 1t Unsafe for us to walk about WITH
II in tho daylight" replied tho Judge,
"and as for its tet0 genuine, you kin
hey the security Of your own eyesishs.A
81 do not profess, to Ne 4 Judge of dia-
monds, and 1caa have nothing to do
with It." said the manager, definitively.
We streamed out of that bank as we
had streamed into it, and tried anathef,
but with no better result, tire manager
telling us that transactions of sicha kind
were altogether beyond the range OF his
business; and we found a third, bat tho
manager was absent, and by this time,
being convinced that the plan we had
proposed was impracticablc, we put our
heads together in council at the corner
of the street to determine what course
We should take.
We We're Disguised at Southampton,
and, had we possessed the means, should
have gone on at once 10 London, where
we might hove found some former ac-
uuaintance to help us out of our present
| difficulty. Butwe had MISUNDERSTANDING
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 IL steerage hon,e, and our spare
clothes, our knives. every available thing
We had bartered awayon II passage for
food to supplement- the miserably insat-
ticicnt stceragc fare.
I'VE kin not pawn the Kid" said the
Judge, "end that's about the only p~erkisit
as we could well do without"
1t was ROW well upon three O'Clock,
and we felt the need of food, having cat
ell nothing since six, when our last IA
tons We're served out to us on the
Southern Cross" Cur posi:iah Ms a
desperate one, With Millions in our
possession, VIZ Might starve in the street,
or nave - take rcfuscinthe work-h house.
| 1t Mas odd, indeed, and very unpleasant
also. AT length, being unable to see any
way out of our difficulty, we made our
way to a police-station and laid ous ease
"NNell, my good fellows" said he. hav-
ing heard us out, II don't see how I'm
to help YOU The MAYOR is the proper
person to go to, but he's away Yachting.
The only person / can think Of" he add
ed, after G moments reflection, "who
might serve you is Sir Edmund LascelleS,
He's got a kind CT museum, and buys up
curiosities, l know; and a kind Old gen.
tletian he is, too. Now. if hes at homo
We asked hi.A hllrricdly where Si,
Edmund lived. and he REPLIED that il wa.
ont Wilmington way-Monken Abbey
eight or nine miles. and anyone w~,,,,f
tell us the way.
Well. there was ua,iiinr better to h,
done; SO w got the inspector to rive II,
A thole definite direction, and then sta ri.
ed off in search of the abbey, The md,
swinging along ahead ut n suad fn1I,
miles an hour, the Md had 10 trot II
keen up will, ,.e, tNat / gave her nv ham
and she did not complaint was NOT i,
her nature to show suffering ia the or
dinary way.
1t must have ss,en about six ~o'cloc,
when We fonnd the narl, cntr,nca :,
Monken Abbey, and there we w-ary, sion
ned by the lodoe.keerter uhn ref,,sei !,
let us pass without permission from ST,
Edmund; but when he heard that ",
had been sent by the inspeettr If nolic,
at SOUTHAMPTON, he seat his wife I'm +,
the house, 10 Know if the baronet wnrIr
see liza,
We sat on n hank no,r tho ,o1co o,t,
close upon an hour before we learnsdon
fate; for Sir Edmund was at dinner wher
the message reached the house. and ih,
servants did not choose to deliverit unit
he had dined. A servant led us througI
the park to the ahhoy, and took us into
beautiful hall, Wainscotel with dark oak
and hung with antlers, old armor, an,
other suitable decorations: and here W,
waited until Sir Edmund Lascelles cam,
to lis. Our spirits o s at the irstglimpse
OF the handsome, portly old gentleman
Thete was benevolence in the little curl
Of his soft white hair, and the promise
kind treatment in the genial smile Will
which lie greeted us.
"Well," said he, cheerfully, "yc,, Lay,
something to sell me, havc your
YES | replied, 'if you can buy it; i
is a Diamond"
ga diamond! All, that's a costly kin,
of curiosity, but l like them for all that
have you got it with your"
"Ycs," said L; and turning over N
hand, l opened it. showing the leathG
case strapped TO my wrist, which con
tanned the Great HeSper. Il. we called on
diamond. The batonet was thunder
strnclSby the prodigions size of the stone
for he could see that the leather fitted /,
closely.
"You tell me that this Is a diamond.'
he exclaimed, lifting the case as it Law O,
my hand.
1--WE had IL tested Mt Natal" sn;d w,
.ioack; sit is a white diamond. and i
not of the first water Is Certainly of III,
second. Il WEIGHS s5n ca,,ts"
rs it possible? Come with mo. Eieh
huadish and twenty c~oratsr, said 81
Edmund. in great eycifement "Rrin.
a light into the library at once.n ha cali
ed to n of the servants.
We went into tho library. whom t on
the stitches OF the case, t.;,,, an Nh
Great ucsper aud inf H into Sin. al
nund's hand, bv ,vbirh limo ), rnn6;ns,
lamp had been bronrlt IN
ii; is trnn, Il is tr,,n,,; s,;l bo oro,,i,
inc if under a rowerf,,i li~ht ~ ,xam
drrfll stone@1 ]nertant for,n., ,ro5irr
Come he,e. Editb. lnnls ~ th;s,, i0'@
A vonne laJv Who hal n,terod H.,
room drew near. If VAS only hv ,oal;n,
AZ III f.cat ,.n bod ,.", ~ - ioGAi'is
that She eo,,ih dist;n%";s ~ ,h az t IG,'S we
n dinniond for if was d,ll and n,.,S a arI