The evening world., 1914-05-12

vas digging ~ I spoke. spadinn
up the loose soil In big Jumps, and
throwing u out Of the way. The Mar
Quis, again with his Marquisatoriao
air. took up the other spade and
Joined IN. I told him not TO worys
but he insisted.
1T would not be hitting a sentie-
man Of France II I should let you
commit this sin for me and not sin
also" ne said. ] thought that II the
measure Of his iniQuity were to be
calculated by the amount of diggino
he got through. II needn't trouble HE
conscience much: but I said nothing
even when he caught crab with HE
spade and feil almost on top OF me-
II pleased him and aid not harm any
one-least Of all. In my opinion. the
poor black wretch below.
In a very few minutes our spades
soil. and touched . soft. indefinite
mass. Exploring carefully, I found
to my astonishment, that, whAteve4
else I might discover In tho grave
there was no heavy metal helmet and
corselet. II was imperative to strike
n light now. no matter what the
risk. and I took out n little bit q
candle I had brought with me.
There 10 10 need to say sxaoelt
what I saw. or detail anything I mag
have done. II was q brief b,aiuesS
Almost at once. understood that thl
grave had been opened. as haA
feared: that the body had been 70.
moved from the helmet and corsaleo
with considerable violence. and that
whatever clse thcre might be In ~
ravAEed tomb OF Mo, ex-sorceroS q
kata-kata town. diamond there Wa
mono.
You might think that the AasQul0
and ! would have been knocked Owe
by this. We weren't bit. We were
disappointed: hut we had been dis
appointed about tho sorcerer's stone
before, and tho chances OF getting 10
we're not much worse now than thsr
had been on our arrival Samarai. .
very small island. with every one In
sight or every one else all the time
and no calling steamer dun. wa6
about rs good hunting ground a
ono could wish for. And, anyhow, j
didn't mean to lose heart II thingo
looked twice as black. So told the
Marquis. and he agreed with me. He
even offered TO prove how little ~
was discouraged by doing the we
dance OF the priests In "Athalie'' ali
the way back to the shore. I TOLD
him I had always reckoned Il was Q
tho dance they ought TO have dooAs
and didn't.
Next morning. as might have beeu
expected. we were both suffering fro0a
the sort Of mental sore head that fols
lows after great excitement, ana 10
consequence were somewhat -
II George the Greek had known q
the diamond he would have, 80 =
e.
LONG before our Arrival In Samarai Cd
Moe unlucky death. He would have
got II. n he had rad to CUT the
sorcerer TO pieces, alive.
Hut II George tho Greek did moi
know about the stone land. indeed,
his conduct on tho lefty suggested
that he did not, why should he dig
} the body up?
In the hot. sleepy hours Of the aft
ernoon we went down to George
little shanty. feeling moro dispirite1
} Then happened that which put
starch into both Of us. as quickly
m n the thermometer had dropped
twenty degrees. We heard row BE-
ginning.
"By gum. my friend. they nghl
somewhere; let's 20 and sse." said
: the Marquis.
Its going to be tho father Of 4
row. reckon" said |. cheerfuty
; "Hurry up. or VEN miss the best
! For the shouts and stamps that y,
.. had heard were rising into Q chorul
OF yells. punctuated by crashes. an<
by shrili screams from one especial
voice. II was not . woman's voice
but IL wasn't exactly like the Ordinary
white mans. and II had . shrsWish
quality In 1t that ! seemed TO recog'
! nize.
/. "C;eorge. for n sove~eisn!" cried
And ! began to run. the Marquis
I coming after al quickly az he ooubA-
which was quicker than you Vous(
I think. II you had never seen hun u
action.
Georges shanty. when We reaches
4 II. was invisible except for the roof
., Tho rest had disappeared under . sos'
OF human wave. Al least twenty mon
black white and yellow. were shovinl
entity moved by one dtare-to -
: inside. From within the store cam
! the owners frantic yells. mingle'
: with language that really was aston
> ishing. even for u Greek. And tn
:. crashing and smashing and bang1nt
went on and on. getting louder.
Helping each other A. two stronl
men can. the Marquis and I shows
somshow through the preas-whtcl
we now observed. was composed -
q tirely OF divers.
a whats the row. bob?" I yelle
= through the noise 70 . diver whom
n recognized. He had a tonnhawk Il
his hand and was smashing the Win
( dow frame OF tho store. the wino0V
Z panes having long since gone. Insid
= / could see the Greek literally tsartnl
], his hair-the frst time ! had eve
. seen any one do It: up TIL thon,
n thought only people In books did 50
= and trying to get away from Big On!
a huge Swede. who had got both oyuA
. around George and was holding q
. like the serpent In the statue who's
name I can't remember.
4 All the divers who could get int
the store were inside. and they wa,
- very busy indeed. wreclring II Will
y tomahawks. The counter was gone
the shelves were firewood, the curto'
n and shells were smashed. and Their
!, were some tndistinguishable frag
ments OF metal on the floor. whicl
seemed TO arouse the special hatret
, OF the invaders. Bob. too, while
> was trying to make him hear. 20
away from me- and into the store