The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02

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What do you want me to be trapped at all
forf' The tempted Joshua objected r0thcr sulk.
lily. II you've got tho goniyohs, why don't
you plant EN- somewhere safe and run EN-
dol"
replied Mickey. with an mir of conscious pride,
and because I'm playing q deeper game and
talking. in .Stockdalc street, He didn't see IL,
but did, md that's what made mo think Of
this lay. We were Swallowed again at Tool.
cy's, nndt,l was followed home here by one of
Now, Llpinzki's no fool, and neither IS Fox,
thc sorting roomii W%hSii' do, | want to meet MIN
bring, a pair OF his boots homo by mistake fori
In tell you, Josscy. these chaps Know as
well as | do Tint | took a parcel Of stones
pinzki will be here with q search warrant TO
Lock for them; N9w, IL he doesn't find my
going to run EN-, as you say: That means that
We shall be watched, and that every one who
goes, out of camp, especially my one belong,
Ing TO mo, will he stopped and searched, and
so tho Missis'Il have about as much chance Of
getting, those stones down to Cape Town and
on to the steamer Ms ] would.
Now. see how my plan works out. They
know I've got stones from Ridley. but they
ddon,t know what st%onosuscci They come
search us. find this other liEtlo lot on you, and
jump to the conclusion that they're The right
',h'o' uiiN tilI'l 4 w just ElNtl Ell W NVUs INl
there's no proof of that, and they can't get
one, for You'll Tlny ihc funk Own up; md
do The indignant %yiri u " nt0I lay. N"'"'' ""'''
You needn't he afrnid OF Ridley. They
don't want him yet. They'll, wait for him and
DO Beers would give n good bit just now to
plant me ON tho brcakwater for a few ycnrs
through. fThppt''ss Where my game comes me- in.
This parcel should pan out AT $50. 900 At the
very least; and that's jusv. what want, to fight
thnGp ntlu lIrl N lt.. M hat. nNNt, nrAnr
"!f l got nabbcd the whole game would he
up, but II you go for me. .losacy, I'll make my
viii GO flying up Sky higI.o and It won't be a
matter of thousands then. Josscy, it'll be, mil
lions my boy-millions. and You shall have
you know, if you were LEFT to yourself,
Josscy,. you'd never make,a thousand in a cen.
tpry of blue moons. let alone ten thousand in
three years, or 50. Come now. what do you
say? You'll have TO look sharp. for they mny
t ss HSTo tb any ooI minIp' Enaek. y Saw l d ihoaF n%t , 80;
goat and fly in the face of good fortune. Here's
the Eoniyahs. That's it in your. waiStcoat
pocket. Now button your coat. Thntll do!
We'll, gentlemen. good evening. What can
do for you this evening, If it isn't morning al.
You can hand over that parcel of diamonds
you got from Frank Ridley tonight, Mr.. MI.
Tntt, and thcn, YOU can come with US, replied
stitiiy. 'Ivc a, search warrant ere, but you'll
save us a lot of trouble and yourself and house'
stones at once ni We KNOW they re in the house"
my house thqn j do myself, Mr.; Llrlnzkii:"
"TGerc are no diamonds here hut what arc my
own M lawful oT Rroper.y, and ,hey,re all ,ln cut stones,
come for. But of course if you've got a war:
rant you can act on it-though it's II piece of
B R9tf pn roi%pai iaa W tyGr%"n d@D,t And inav t anii f Z
penal settlement and have done with it. Shall
l ask a my wife to get up and come downi, on
piled the Inspector with a pleasant smile.
but now, gentlemen, we must get to work,
please pic g. 1T Int pleasant for any of US know,
The Formally resulted exactly as the astute
Mickey had predicted it would. Tho diamonds
cost-.were promptly found in Jossey's pocket,
and he played the tyro in l. y. l. with a perfec-
ton that was by no means all art.
Mickey. of course, did the virtuously indignant
and disappointed bcnefactor without
q! flaw, not only at the moment of discovery.
but at the police court the next morning. so
well, indeed. did both play their parts that, TO
Inspector L!pinzki's intense disgust. The Magis-
trate refuscn to send the chief criminal to the
special court for trial. and so, after providing |
generously for the defence Of his crring relative,
he left tho Court House a triumrhnntly white
At the next sitting of the special court JOS
scy, got five years, and the same train which
Mrs. Michael Muratti, who, for reasons Of
health, not unconncctel with an increase OF
the seed Of Abraham, had been advised 10 take
season in Kimberley. Inspector Lipinzki still
had his suspicious, but even they. did not go SO
pounds on the high and hollow heels of the
dainty French-madc boots.
Nearly five years later Michael .Muratti.
ESQ.,. was sitting at the writing table in the Ii.
5rary of his town residence in Lancaster Gate.
under his breath at every line of it. When he
had read it through for the second time he
rushed it up in his hand. stuffed 1t into his
nurknt went and StDDl on the lpurtl |
rug with his short. sturdy legs far apart. and
said to q lire:$ized portrait of himself which
NO, bust me il | do! I've been generous TO
both of them, and ! can't stick it any. longer. !
I'd tines sake, and that's, the lot. Half u mil
ion apiece, whcw! Why don't they ask for the
whole Gahoodlc Mt oncei I'll see 'cm selling
fried fish first
The explanation of this resolution may be
briefly given as follows: Thanks to exemplary
applied influence, Mr.. Murntti's scapcg0at had
got OFF with q little over three years. the day
io came out he received the Welcome but not
If Il relative in London he had come into about
e1.oO0 ready cash, and property and securities
about another thousand II year.
The same evening he renewed tho acquuint-
NEE Of Frank Ridley. who had been discharged
he great coup which had proved SO worthless
o him. The bank had been advised by cable
II leaf bud been stolen out OF MAr. Muratti,s
check book. and cautioned not TO cash
aay checks without further notice. Hence the
irst 2.i0o had not been paid. Tho |. o. L..
NJ. Muratli had laughed nj. The stones had
him quite enough already, or would DO be.
he had done with JOsscy, and hc didn't
propose To pay any NOR.
II vas Il case of dog eating dog, but Ridley
could do nothing without disclosing the whole
and that would mean moi less than
en- years on the br"akwatcr for him, 30 he
:rinnrd and bore it, and waited till Josscy
came out.
Meanwhile Mr.. MuratIi grew and hourished
exceedingly. Everything he touched turned
,ithcr to gold or diainOnds-thOugh lie never
anything Illicit after the last big deal.
He was quite u great man now. but rs every
me knows him, there is no need TO repeat that.
md there was not a cloud on his financial or
horizon save his connection with .Iosscy
and the present imIOs:ibility Of getting intro
iucCd to the Prime" Of Wales.
lie had gwen Ridley n couple OF thousand in
,ash on .IosScy's strong representation, and
'ondly thought that would settle his unprova-
DC claim for good. but that was Just where he
nd made the higgc-t mistake of his life, .IOsscy
out of penal scrvitulc II very different
person to tho %shiflless, nc'cr.do.wcll that he
when ho entered it,. II had done him II
OF Of good. II had put backbone into him,
md besides. he had learned many things that
ne VOTED not Of before.
After more than three years Of penal toll and
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