Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-12
qhe KING Of :
DIAMONDS.
COPYRIGHT. 1904 By EDWARD J. GLOBE.
By Louis Tracy,
Author "Winss Of the Morning." 1.-The Pillar Of q
Light" Etc. ~

| w Icst ~ iic
"Wherc did lie COON frae?"
| "Nobbut loony wad hae jumped of
yon crag."
| Hes neakcd as when lie was born"
| At last one Of them noticed his bro
ken scalp. He pointed out the wound
to his companions.
"That was never dean by fallin' + t
waiter" he said.
They agreed. The thing was mys-
teriously serious. Philips youth, his
nature, his delicate skin, the texture
| Of his hands, the cleanliness Of his
teeth and nails. were quick tokens to
the fisherman that something quite be-
yond the common run Of seaside acci-
dents had taken place. The oarsman,
man of much intelligence, hit Oh an
explanation.
"He was swarmin' doom t. cliff after
t. BIRDS" he cried. "Mebbe fotygrafiin
em. I've heerd o. ske doin's."
"A1an alive" cried one Of his mates,
'he wouldn't strip te t skin for that
job"
This was unanswerable. Not one
gave q thought to the invisible Grange
| House.
They held hasty consultation. One
man dofred his jersey for Philips bene-
| fit, and then they hastily covered him
with oilslln coat and overalls.
1t was now nearly dark, so they
ran out a marking buoy for their net,
shipped oars and pulled Justify to their
remote fishing hamlet, three miles
away from the outlet of the river
which flowed through Scarsdale.
Arrived there, they carried Philip to
the house of one who was the proud
owner of 'spare" bed.
And now fresh difficulty arose. A
doctor and exc policeman should be
| summoned. a messenger was dis
patched mt once for the nearest medical
man, who lived mile and half
away, but the policeman, who dweit
| in the village, was bird Of another
color.
These men were poacherS, ia"5rcak
ers. At various times they had all
| been fined for Illegal fishing. The po-
liceman was of all inquiring turn of
mind. He might fail to understand the
mystery of the cliff, but he would most
certainly appreciate every detail OF
their presence in that particular part
of the sea which Tapped its base.
So they smoked and talked and tried
rough remedies until the doctor ar
| rived.
TO him they told the exact truth. He
passed no comment, examined his pa
tient, cut away the hair from the
scalp wound, shook his head over 1t,
| bound it up, administered some St!mu-
| liant and sat down to await the return
| of consciousness.
., But this was long delayed, and wheh
at last Philip opened his eyes he only
rallied sufficiently to sleep.
The doctor promised to come earl!
next day and left.
Throughout Wednesday and Thurs
day Philip was partly delirious, wax
ing at times to Il vague consciousness
Of his surroundings, but mostly asking
vacantly for Evelyn"
Often he fought with person named
"Jocky Mason" and explained that
"Sir Philip" was not in Yorkshire a.
all.
The wife of one Of his rescuers was
assiduous in her attentions. Most for
| tunately, for these fisher folk were
very poor, that lure spread beneath the
F, cliff inveigled an unprecedented num-
ber Of salmon, SO she could afford to
buy eggs and milk in abundance, anu
the doctor brought such medicines as
| were needed.
| Gradually Philip recovered until ut
| o'clock on Thursday night he came In
| to sudden and full use Of his senses.
| Then the doctor was sent for urgent
ly. Philip insisted on getting up at
once. He was kept In bed almost by
main force
| With the doctors arrival there was y
| further change. Here was an educated
man. who listened attentiyely to his
patients story and did not instantly
! conclude that he was raving
| He helped too. by his advice. II was
utterly impossible To send telegram
to London that night. No matter what
! the sufferings OF anxious friends con
,erning him. they could not be as
maged until the morning.
| Yes. he would find money and
clothes. accompany him. IL need be. on
the Journey II he were able To travel
tomorrow-attend to all things. in fact.
IN his behalf-fcr millionaires are
scarce birds in secluded mooriand dis
| tricts. But meanwhile I've must take
a drink Of milk lnd beef essence, rest
n little while. take this draft. In a
snail bottle indicated. ana sleep.
Sleep was quite essential. He would
awake IN the morning very much bet
ter. The knock on the head was not
so serious as II looked Mt first sight.
Probably he would not even feel II
again II he wore n soft cap for somt
days. The broken skin was healing
nicely, and conclusion Of the brain had
as many gradations as fever, which
ranges from q slight cold to Yellow
Jack.
In his case he was suffering from
two severe shocks, but the crisis was
passed, and he was able, even now. to
get up II 1t could serve any possible
purpose.
All this, save the promise Of help,
the doctor said with his tongue in his
cheek. He had not the slightest inten-
ton of permitting Philip to travel next
day. 1t was out Of the question. Bet.
ter reason with him In the morning
and IL needful bring his friends to
Yorkshire rather than send him to Lon
don.
But the police must be Informed at
once. 1t was more than likely the
criminals had left the Grance House
soon after the a.te.a,.cd murder. Yet
II Philip did not object a policeman
should lie sumIs soaet. IA ! tie ta:c TOLD