Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-26

Yn'% - restored the Robinson
WV. "ords to their rightful owner
n. subject Of the present eale'
.,;ok there must be some malign
.r that sends our enemies
py ..s our paths just when we think
s y. no have put them out Of our lives
, ~ How else can one account
y, ~ tbe meeting between Sir Julius
D,sinsop and Mary Boyd?
% y happened aboard the Linlithgow,
n the older vessels of the Allan
W. !. D.ssepger feet. There were not
,.r If rs and we soon became inti-
wa ". The man in my cabin was, I
.sged q Russian or Austrian by
. l. he called himself Baron
rs0la and seemed possessed of UNI
Unitod wealth. Sir Julius Robinson
a Van Aam were South African
a,mond magnates about to pay visit
). america in order to float some COM
,,nv and after the lights were turned
'n in the smoking room the four of
!, Oayed poker into the small hours
4 ibe morning In Sfr Julius cabin.
N,DIsi always won; afterward, when
AM association had become close, I
barned that cards were one means
thereby he made his living. But that
neither here nor there; il he took
from the rich he had supreme COM
nsson for the poor. Indeed, he
p:ed as a sort Of Robin Hood, called
himself, whimsicaliy, leveler Of for
Hnes and claimed his own share as
uldleman in these transactions.
Sir julius and Mary Boyd met on
HE deck the second morning. / saw
Ge fat man grow pale; he put one
hand out to steady himself against the
nail Of the ship, and as the girl swept
b. not deigning to notice him, he
boxed after her with scowl. 1t
vas Mary herself who told me Of the
circumstances later.
It was very simple story. Her
hheT had been one of the first dis
ugerers Of diamonds in the river
Val. Robinson and he had been
Farmers; when Boyd fell sick of ty-
phod feVerRobinson possessed himself
Of bis claim through some legal chi
enery Boyd emerged from the hos
Ital to find himself penniless. His
VIE died in pTiyation not long after
yard, and Mary was adopted by a
NoT family Of the district. She edu-
eied herself. became a school teach
q Tell In love with visiting Ameri-
en-, and was now on her way to
S7annah, the terminal port of call,
70 marry him.
Meanwhile Robinson, grasping his
'laien prize, had f1ourished. He be-
cane a millionaire, was knighted, and
adput Mary Boyd out of his recollec-
tens
when Nikolai heard the story his
eyes blazed.
nave learned one thing In the
course Of my experience, Summers"
y SAID 10 me. No man can sin and
" away with it. Somehow, some
sasfe Robinson will make restitu-
Who will compel him If the courts
alt?' I asked.
! VIII he cried.
was on that same evening that
a'oihson, insOlent and flushed with
aug pulled from the inside of his
sla' siiken cord at the end of which
a. nuhg a channels leather bag. He
S'Ssa II on the table and opened it. A
"a OF brilliant pebbles tumbled
:, 10 yon fellows know what these
Ne: he hiccoughed.
i. 1'U' diamonds" replied Van Aam
ss'py' Put them away and don't
fool Robinson"
-, why shouldn't I be a fool If / want
~. ~ demanded the millionaire. 81 got
. = Voih' amt 1? Can't be a fool
,., a amuses me2 Yes. diamonds,
~ s.s''enen, uncut, but worth a cool
~ M m!lilon. These are my samples,
Ea H. l cant float the biggest capita
s,, ~ vompany in the trade on the
~. .-S'n o. them, why III pitch them
b,S, a,e sea No, l won't either-Ill
esss s ,lem around pretty Mary Boyd's
VA 'or love gift"
Sis. ,Oaged 10 break his own neck.
Ana 'I' hudged me under the table
.psb, ,OoAlng up, l saw him frown
hsa'' any ! understood the warming; l
,rSa. mat he had conceived some
seita .e which / must not spoil by pre-
hen "Or'h a cool half million, gentle
he y. vent on the millionaire, gather
toy,,p MS samples. Pounds not
i9ms Sometime I'll tell you how
h Ta psu old man Boyd's claim when
ns a. s'ch- ! s'pose Mary's painted
Wen :, V'ack as Satan to you; what?
hes Aa = l hadn't jumped his claim
ID bns;n e jumped mine. Amt all fair
b his ileSs He took the last stone
hDy 4 ..,t and toyed with it thought
hss give this to Mary for one
touldnI,'e mumbled, 'but know she
,sar ~. 90 it. She's bounded me for