The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-11-22

Joke OUT Oh our OaQ lucKs ASt Inc NAN
down there who was her best friend Ia
that trouble. She'll tell you 1t was
Gentleman Thorne, not her father. She
/ had bit Of a fever--it was him made
up bed for her. built a screen to keep
the sun on, walked fifteen mile in the
night to get things from the store, set
up night after night to give her water,
end used for to sing out about the
sleepin' beauty and Cineralla, while
he was peggin' away at the burned
stones. will allow, miss. were
| ashamed to let him see was losin'
Heart. and when felt like blasphemin'
at things in genial. used to take a
/ short walk and let off all ny s vearin'
where he couldn't hear me. Well, it
| did look as eff we had hooked on to the
everlastin' dsh-kittle. Then Israel
| funked second time. we lev still a
few pounds left,' he says to Gentleman
Thorne Let's throw up the cards.
which they might hev done without
going from our written word. they two
formin majority. But Gentleman
Thorne wouldn't agree to it. 1t
wouldn't be fair to the Judge, he said,
! and then he promised that If we failed
| in the end he'd stick by Israel, and
! keep him like his own flesh and blood
| until he found the means Of keeping
hisself, which was more than I'd hev
| promised him, / will allow. Well, we
played on till the last cent was spent
| in stores. and the stores had got down
to half tin of beef and z screw Of
shag, and then lighted on two-carat
stone. The very next day Gentleman
! Thorne found the Great Hesper. We
couldn't allow it was real, yet we sort
er thought it was. Anyhow, we didn't
/ sleep till we got to Natal and had 1t
tested. We sold the hitler stone and
scraped enough together to pay our
passage to Southampton by the next
1 boat. In committee we agreed to so
to a bank and raise money on the dia-
mond as soon's we landed, but no one
wouldn't take us on, end if the police
hadn't put us on this track. I'm
stumped il know what particIer ole
! we should hev been stickin' in at the
present moment"
During this recital. which have abb
breviated considerably, Van Hoeck,
who despised the Judge and abominat-
ed all he said, sat with his eyes close
ly shut, his nostrils pinched, and his
black brows creased together, SO that
they almost met. Miss Lascelles lis
tened with intense interest, her pretty
lips just parted, aud thought she
looked more kindly upon me for the
glowing eulogium-of which have
omitted a great part paid to me by
4 Brace.
/ The Kid changed her position, seem
4 ing to catch some Of her fathers en-
thusiasm, and sitting upon her heels
with her hands clasped before her,
turned her flashing eyes sometimes
upon me, but more often upon Miss
Lascelles, as if to catch the effect OF
this narrative.
4 Zone thing is obvious" said Sir Ed
mund cheerfully; you won't want to
leave me tonight"
Merry one of us, sir, you betH' re-
piled the Judge, while Van Hoeck
and / expressed the same sentiments
in other words.
The baronet spoke in a low tone to
his daughter, who rose and left the
room.
1.-THE next thing to consider is" he
i then said, ..how can be Of service to
you in this affair. TO purchase your
treasure is. Of course, altogether out
of the question. But should like to
| buy a smalla very, very small share
| in it, paying down certain sum for
your present convenience, and taking
! it back when the diamond is ultimate
ly disposed of, with reasonable per-
centage upon the outlay. make this
suggestion as matter Of business,
that you may feel yourselves free from
any restraint in accepting the offer"
| 1t took us but few minutes to agree
to this proposal.
\ "In That case" be proceeded, II
should wish to have voice in the
management Of this business, and the
first suggestion should make is, that
the finest artist in work of this kind
be engaged to cut the diamond under
this roof, and that during the opera
ton you should take up your residence
| here. This precaution is necessary
Il for the safe keeping Of the treasure.
and for our own security"
This arrangement was too obviously
advantageous to us to require argu-
ment; we consulted together. AMI
quickly agreed to accept the condition.
Sir Edmund then read the agreement
through agai1. and then said:
"We must consult lawyer with re.
gard to a legal form of agreement.
Here there is a kind Of tontine ar
rang ement by which one would re-
'Iceive an enormous advaEt~e by the
| death OF his partners. 1t is an uncom-
Portable clause, and J do OF see the
necessity Of its existence. now that
the circumstances which called for its
being made are changed. A lawyer
may provide for our security without
exposing us to ugly possibilities. That,
! however. can be settled later on.
There is no hurry. It will be time
enough to make the legal arrange
nent when we have ascertained the
value OF the property to be arranged,
1 and that we cannot know before the
stone is cut. We VIII question the
/ best firms in London with regard to
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