The San Francisco call., 1905-06-11

feel that. IL the worst comes to the worst,
you needn't necessarily be convicted un-
der your own name. Then they're tndis-
pensable in dealing with the fences.
drive all my bargains in the tongue and
raiment of Shoredtch. If didn't there'd
be the very devil to pay IN blackmaiL
Now, this cupboards full OF all sorts Of
toggery. 1 tell the woman who cleans
the room that it's for my models when
find EN- BY the way. 1 only hope I've
got something that'n fit you, for you'll
want a rig for tomorrow night"
Tomorrow nightp' I exclaimed why,
what do you mean to do%'
1.-THE trick said Rafies- II intended
writing to you as soon as I got back to
my rooms, to ask you to look me UP to-
morrow afternoon; Inen was going TO
unfold my plan of campaign and take you
straight into action then and there.
There's nothing like putting the nervous
players in first; it's the sitting with their
pads on that ,upsets their, apple-care; that
was another of my reasons, for being so
confoundedly close. YoQe mnsts try to
forgive me- I couldn't help remembering
how well you played up last trip, without
any time to weaken on It beforehand. All
1 want is for you to be as cool and smart
tomorrow night as you were then:
though. by Jove. there's no comparison
between the two casesr'
II thought you would find 1t So"
"You were right. I have. Mind you.
don't say this will be the tougher Job all
around: we shall probably get IN without
any difficulty at all; it's the getting out
again that may fummox US. That's the
worst of an irregular householdT' cried
Raffies,. with quite a burst OF virtuous
indignation. II assure you, Bunny,
spent the whole OF Monday night in the
shrubbery of the garden next door. look
ing ever the wall. and. IL you'll believe
me, somebody was about. all night long.
L don't T, an the Kafirs. 1 don't be-
Heve they ever get TO bed at all-poor
devils, No. L mean RosenthaH himself.
and that pasty-faeed beast Purvis- They
were UP and drinking from midnight.
when they came in, TO broad daylight.
when 1 cleared out Even then left
them sober enough to slang each other.
BY the way, they very nearly came TO
blows in the garden within few yards
of me. and 1 heard something that might
come in useful and make Rosenthan shoot
crooked at critical moment You know
what an l. ID. B. is?''
illicit diamond buyer?'
Exactly. We'll, it seems that Rosen-
thau was one. He must have let IL
out to Purvis in his cups. Anyhow. I
heard Purvis taunting him with 1t. and
threatening him with the breakwater
at Capetown: and begin to think our
friends are friend and foe. But about
Tomorrow night; there's nothing sub
tie in my plan. It's simply to get in
while these fellows are out on the
loose, and to lie low till they come
back, and longer. If possible we must
doctor the whisky. That would SIM
plify the whole thing. though it's not
a very sporty game to- play; still. we
must remember Rosenthails revolver;
( we don't want him to sign his name on
us. With all those Kafirs about. how
ever. it's ten to one on the whisky. and
hundred TO one against us If we so
looking for 1T. A brush with the heath
en- would spoil everything, IL 1t did no
more. Besides. there are the ladies'
THE deuce there are.'
Ladies with an 1. and the very
voices for raising Cain I fear fear
the clamori 1t would be fatai 70 US
Au contraire, II we can manage TO
stow ourselves away unbeknowns, half
the battle will be won. If Rosenthal
turns in drunk. it's a purple diamond
apiece. If he sits up sober. it may Dc
a bullet instead. We will hope not
Bunny. and all the firing wouldn't %
on one side: but it's on the knees OF
the gods
And so we left 1t when we snooK
hands in Piccadilly-not by any
! means as much later as I could have
wished. Raf.ies would not ask me 10
his rooms that night. He said he made
it rule to have long night before
playing cricket and-other games His
final word to me was framed on the
same principle.
: Mind. only one drink tonight. Bun
ny. Two at the outside--as you value
! your life-and mine"
remember my abject obedience. ana
. the endless. sleepless night 1t gave me-
{ and the roofs of the houses Opposite
, standing out at last against the biue-sray