The Red Cloud chief., 1896-11-13
IL

N'N' SuHl'nuru tlclf opera
tlohS and looked at us in open
mouthcd establishment u We ranged
ourselves along the counter.
rs the manager of this ncc
in'' asked the Jud gc-..Hanls OF,
he added, in n roar. a. the Kid,
slipping her 1.-the hand under the
brasswork protecting tho counter.
began to !ingcr the scales.
Tho Kid, unmovcd, satisfied her
curiosity, then, Withdrawing her
hand. rested her elbow ci the
counter, ani dropping her chin ii,
the PAIN. gazed at che clerks with
stolid Indifference.
The manager Is in, what do YOU
want" asked the clerk.
: 'Lct mp. Israel" said th2 Judge.
falling back Il stop. and waving his
manu- significantly toward Van noeck.
NV" wish to negotiate a loan ON the
security Of a large diamond that We
nave brought home from the cape"
said Van lIocck
flight hundred aud twenty carats,
iust water" added the Judge; ..thc
grandcat stone IN this almighty uni.
verse"
There was IA whispered con.nlta.
non among the Gle ks, and one went
into a private room at the back of
the bank from which he presently re.
turned with the manager.
81 am the manager; what do you
WANT"
u Hocck repeated his state men,.
land what security can you give
me that the damon is genuine ;"
asked the manager, with n pleasant
smile, ''or that it is legitimate Y
yours to dispose of"
You will allow. sir, if anyone had
lost a stone Of this kind he would
ha e made it unsafe for us TO walk
ABOUT with it in the daylight" re.
piled the Judge. and as for it's bein'
gen Zinc, you kin hev tho security OF
your " eycsight."
Il do not profess to DO u iudgo of
diamonds, and | can have nothing to
do with it," said the manager deini-
lively.
We were dlsgustcd with Southamp-
ton. and. had we POSSESSED the means,
should have gone on at once TO Lon
don, where we might have found
some former acquaintance to help US
out OF our present difficulty. But we
had nothing-nothing in the world
the things we stood upright in
and the great d almond. For our !
smaller finds and our i'm Elements We
had sold at Natal to make up enough
ny our Storage home, and or
5lnrc clothes. our knives. every
thing We had barte ed away
our passage for food TO supple
tie m~iscrably insufficient steer
age fare.
"N kin not pawn the Kid said
he Judge, lend that's about the only
rs We could we'll do with
1t was now well upon three o'clock,
We felt n nccd of food, having
'atcn nothing since six. when our
asst rattonS were served ont TO us on
he southern Cross Our position
vas II desperate one, With millions
II II possession, we might starye in
he street. on have 10 take refuge in
he work.housc. 1t was odd, indeed,
nj very unpleasant also. At length,
unable to see any way ont OF
'ur difficulty, wo made our way 10 a
'olice station and laid our case be-
ore the inspector.
well. my good fellows" said he,
aving heard us out, IL don't see
.ow I'm to help you. The mayor is
proper person to go T., but he's
way yachting. The only person |
think OIL" he added, after Il mo.
S reflection, .'who might serve
is Sir Edmund LascelleA. He's
OF a kind OF museum. and buys up
uriositics, | know; and "A kind old
he 10. too Now, if he's
I homo" I
We asked him hurriedly where Sir
dmunl lived, and he replied that il !
as out Lymington way-Monken :
bbey-eight or nine miles, and any {
ne would tell us the way. |
Well. there was nothing better 10 !
done so We got the inspector to {
i've US u more definite direction. q
nd then started of in search !
tho Abbey. The Judge swinging i
ong ahead at a good four miles an
our, the Kid had to trot to keep up Il
us; but gave her my hand, t
she did not romplain-it was
1T in her nature to show suffering
the ordinary wa.
IL must have been about 6 o'clock p
hen We found the park entrance to c
onkcn Abbey, ana there We were ?
oppad by the lodge, keeper, who 5
fused to let Ms pass without per- Il
lssion from Sir Edmund; but when p
heard that we had been sent by y
g Inspector o, police at ~outhamp- y
II. he sent his wife up to tie house,
know il the baronet would sec US.
n spirits rose at the first glimpse .
the handsome, portly old gentle ~
An, There was bencvolence in the y
tie c mis- OF his soft white nair, 4,
a the promise OF kind treatment u
tho genial smilo with which he .,