The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-11
By Beatrice CrimshaW


iens a W saw HIM W knsw sAaA -
could not b doing mveh mlsohisf.
The bat cared little man Wa not
70 b seen that day. Il had asesr.
talnsA through Koppi Koko that the
dsaA siri was his promised wife and
that she had told him after Watching
the Marquis dance that she never
would marry an ugly little thing like
him.)
The ntts man muss have developed
q worse grudgs against W than
asainss bis late unlucixy nancss. and II
her fate Wa an example Of what We
had 10 sxpsoe things were looking
liveiy. % told the Marquis, and
{ addsdt
MARK, lets talk II all cut"
Perfectly" said the MarQuiA turn.
ing bis tuli-moon face round upon
the.
Look here. We've got to get that
diamond. And we've got to avoid be-
Ing poisoned, a. the girl was. And
we've got to get our carriers out safc
with ourselves, and be On our way to
the coast inside Of . day or % at the
most: II isn't healthy to stop here
perfectly. That's right"
We'll. then. I reckon tho sorcerers
not going to 20 on keeping the dfa-
mond where he did. because . blind
baby could have soen that We wanted
II. We must get some idea OF likely
Hold . minute. Could We no. buy
II, quite simply7
mo. man. I've tried"
"Alrsady7"
This morning. while you were
choosing between your heliotrope
shirt with the green de and your
pink one with the blue. went and
had q talk with tho brute-I'd rather
have pounded him TO a jelly. but you
can't always do tho thing you ought
to do up-country in Papua. Told him
We had fancy for his magic crystal.
said you we're . BIT OF . sorcerer
yourself. and would give q lot for Il:
offered all II was safe 10 offer. No
20; he didn't rise to II worth two
ponce.
you see. II I had shown him all
We had he would simply have looted
head--or tried to-and anything
offered didn't tempt him. In com
partson with tho stone. We have
pretty short tucker. you know
Mark-rm not blaming You. for
know you couldn't AFFORD q big outflt
but there II n; we can't bid high
oven n Il was safe TO show every
thing"
But. see them" exclaimed the
Marquis. "Could we not promise
him1''
"Oh. you could promise him any
thing. put he wouldn't believe you
They never keep promises Themselves
and can't understand any one elss
doing II. And I put II TO you: Would
even a white man part with some
thing he valued quite a lot. to q
couple Of strangers, lust on . prom
ise7"
mo-" said the Marquis thought
fully. "Assuredly he would say tina
n bird In tho bush blows nobody goot
and laugh In your nose at you"
well. what I propose to do In JUS
20 take the diamond any way We car
get IT. steal II. n you like TO say 40
and when we get back to Port Mores
by send him big equivalent for 1t
a case OF valuable goods OF some KIND
or other. That would be treating hin
as fairly M we can. Anyhow. there
Marky, and that IL leave n chunk o,
rough diamond you could break d
mans head with knocking loose abou
Kata-k ata In sorcerer's bag"
II am all of accord with you-n'
blooming fear said IN" Marquis
"But. Flint. there is one thing that
must not forget. even on account %
tho diamond my seek for the occult
Can we not ret this Mo Ia show VI
more things Of his maggie"
III Mo doesn't intend 10 saow 20,
more OF his magic without bcinI
asked or wanted. you may call me
yellow chow" I said. Don't you worf,
nbout TINT; you'ii got all you want,
reckon"
We had left the tent now, az II wa
growing very hot in the village. an,
we were walking along the bank Of th'
river that ran close beside the street
n wn, a pretty river, shallow an,
fonmy and fun OF big rorks covere,
with moss and fern. Here and ther,
vou could see A mink or purple orchid
and tho cocoantlts cast wonderful
.hadow. on the t,ool,
Jus, where tho shadow was dospes
and coolest aomethinR stirred In tn,
brown NJ the wnter-something tina
wa. brown itself and that glittere,
nth wa, n was Mo bathing.
n,,,ie,, the Marquis back into tn
..,r,i a., I,cL," whispered