The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-01-03

~ and Mary Boyd?
,.coened aboard the Linlithgow
: ths older vessels OF the Allan
..seueer feet. There were not
N as. and we soon became init
III The man in my cabin was.
-. q Russian or Austrian BY
he called himself Baron
-, and seemed possessed Of un'
IA wealth. Sir Julius Robinson
Van Asm were South African
and magnates about to pay a visi,
,,er,cs In order to float some com
and after the lights were turned
~ tbe smoking room the four OF
,.yed poker into the small hours
4 morning in Sir julius cabin.
~ always won; afterward. when
,uociation had become close, ]
"a that cards were one means
~ be made his living. But that
rthsr here nor there; II he took
he rich, he had supreme COM
= for the poor. Indeed, he
aus sort of Robin Hood, called
90 whimsically, a leveler Of for
q md claimed his own share as
o,nan In these transactions.
n Julius and Mary Boyd met on
lset the second morning. l saw
ht man grow pale; he put one
ct to steady himself against the
ID The ship, and as the girl swept
n deigning to notice him, he
u after her with a scowl. 1t
my herself who told me Of the
mstances later.
vn Q very simple story. Her
y had been one of the first dis
rn of diamonds in the river
y Robinson and he had been
hen: when Boyd fell sick of ty-
iisverR Robinson possessed himself
y claim through some legal Chi
~ Boyd emerged from the hos
b find himself penniless. His
dled In privation not long after
and Mary was adopted by a
ihmily Of the district. She edu-
herself, became a school teach
~ IN love with a visiting Ameri-
md was now on her way to
1znah, the terminal port of call,
my him.
navhile Robinson, grasping his
, prize, had flourished. He be-
. millionaire, was knighted, and
~ Mary Boyd out of his recollec-
M Nikolai heard the story his
lhsed.
ave learned one thing in the
Of my experience, Summers"
~ to me. no man can sin and
way with It. Somehow, some
Robinson will make restitu-
70 win compel him IL the courts
Y ! asked.
VIII" he cried.
vs on that same evening that
aeon, insolent and flushed with
pulled from the inside of his
amken cord at the end of which
s@e . chamois leather bag. He
Ron the table and opened 1t. A
g brilliant pebbles tumbled
fellows know what these
llccoughed.
emonds," replied Van Aa1n
t them away and don't
~ Robinson"
s1euidn't ! be a fool II l want
anded the millionaire. II got
anti? Can't / be a fool
ases me? Yes, diamonds,
IA uncut, but worth a cool
non These are my samples.
AIT noat the biggest capita.
my In the trade on the
g them. why I'll pitch them
NO. ! won't either-I'll
round pretty Mary Boyd's
! love gift"
TO break his own neck
sesed me under the table
s up, saw him frown
Understood the warning; l
ne had conceived some
len ! must not spoil by pre-
: cool half million. gentle.
at on the millionaire, gather
~ samples. "Pounds-not
~. e0metime I'll tell you how
kE.lo man Boyd's claim when
= s'pose Mary's painted
IS. As Satan to you; what?
r hadn't jumped his claim
~ Jumped mine. Amt all fair
kI de took the last stone
- snd toyed with it thought
give this to Mary for one
~ smoied, but l know she
..u She's bounded me for
as'es me like poison be-
\ -. w - oe blackmailed. Shed
~ ,aan one-two, / reckon"
1 'uie.' said Van Aam, kick
~ w We mad too much cham
on 1s rolling heavily In the
IN seas. 1t was the end of
kr!; on the next we might
AIh% AS | turned into my
fed that l smelled smo.. :.
~ tired from the long
- 1aat have undressed and
bed without knowing
Yong, for the next thing
~ aoered. after turning the
ooor, was hearing The
~, feet above us. The
~lkolai was shaking me