The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
I'll MzKE you./.
iii TNIJT. .I0IR NEcfi

Here, now, what do you mean by
this? What have 1 done?"
Done. y whelp. Opened that doll an
prigged them dimins!"
'Larky Bill" cried Bolker, at once
recognizing his peril Here. let me
go"
Not till v give up my property-my
dimins."
What property? What diamonds?"
"Oh. " know what m drivin at.
cuss you, Y're the 'unchback as wos
in tho shorp KEEP ,by that foiEe gal
Agar. l popped that doll. with dimins
in is inL ards, an you stole en-.
'I did nothing of the sort. r."
'Erel drop yer lies. y imp. Y know
noy maine, y did. so y knows morel
Jes' look at this knoif! S'elp me but
I'll slip it int we eff y don't tellr'
He threw the terrified boy across his
knee. and placed the cold steel at his
throat. The rosered sky spun overhead
in the eyes of Bolker. and he thought
that his last hour had come. To save
bimself there was nothing for 1t but
Confession.
what. Wait! I'll tell you." he
gasped. II did take the diamonds
.'Y' young cuss!" growled Bill. set
ting the lad on his feet again with 9
jerk. An 'ow did y know they was
inside that himage7"
Monkey told me-
Bill started to his feet with an oath,
but still kept grip on Bolker's shoul-
der to prevent him getting away.
Monkey" he said fiercely. Wot did
'e tell y'?'
why. that Lady Doaceys diamonds
were inside the mandarin"
How did Monkey come TO find that
doll?"
He got the office from a girl called
Eliza, who saw you pawning the toy"
thought as / sawr'er on that doy she
mus ha' twigged that doll under m
arm, and guessed as l popped 1t. Cord.
I'll deal with 'er later l will. earn,
y dorg, and tell me tn rest,' he added,
shaking the boy.
There is no more to tell,'' whim-
pered Bolker, his teeth chattering.
Monkey couldn't get the mandarin,
cause he had not the ticket. he made
friends with me- and asked me to steal
1t. wouldn't until he told me why he
wanted 1t. Then he said that you had
stolen twenty thousand pounds worth
of diamonds from Lady Deacey's house
In Curzon street, and had hidden them
In the mandarin. He said we'd go
whacks if Id steal them for him. /
couldn't get the mandarin. as Ilagar's s
so sharp she would have missed ii
and put me in jail for stealing 1t; so
opened the doll and took out the dia-
monds which were in a leather bag"
'Moy bag, moy diminsr' said Bill.
savagely. What did y do with 'em ?''
Il gave them to Monkey and ne
cleared out with them. He never gave
me single one; and 1 don't know
where to find him.
II does" growled Mr.. Smith. releas-
ing Bolker, 'an' I'll fin' m and slit his
bloomin' throat. Ere. I say. y come
back for, taking advantage of his re-
lease, Bolker was racing up the wharf
Bill gave chase. as he wanted to OBJ
tain further information from the lad
but Bolker knew the neighborhood
better than the burglar and soon eluded
him In the winding alleys.
1t don't matter said Bill, giving up
the chase and wiping his brow Mon
keys got the swag. Might ha. guessed
as he'd round on me. Ill jest see I'm
and Liz. and II l don't make 'em play
fur this, maiy II Then he ciinched
his resolve with an oath which 1t is
Unnecessary to repeat here. After re-
Iieving his feelings thus, he went In
search of his perfidious friend. with
murderous thoughts in his heart.
At first he thought that 1t would be
difhcult to find Monkey. No doubt the
man on obtaining the diamonds had
gone off to America. North or South. SO
as to escape the vengeance of his pal
Bill had always been Monkeys pal
and to live comfortably on the fruits of
his villainy. Later on the burglar learn