Cleveland County herald., 1920-12-16
Fifth Tnstallrnent of
 The BLUE MOON
CHAPTER VII.
t.s.:t,s .::....ii, :. :. $, :. .;. :.
The Face h the prsft.

Jew teak out his check book and be- gan fo write
 The Pearlhunter never could re taemher the thoughts That came over saim at that thigh moment Of his life. sor all he could recall there were no clear thoughts at all-iust ioosening ef the throat: relaxing of the aauseles, as if he had dropped 2 load under which he had been straining, g5e didn't know it, but the old banker was watching him. The old. embar- zassing question-what name to write ia the check-brought him back out of the haze. He noticed that the Jews hand trembled as he wrote. 1t was an odd trile to notice, but it was ffle one thing he could afterward clearly recall.
 Tho check, made out to "Pearlhunt, CT" was in his finger Five thou' sand doliars--in words. na big pialn flguresi II was the first cheek he had eyer owned-the first one he had ever seen. He was still reading it, pug 1ing over it, when the banker gfaSped his hand. The banker shaking hands with him! This was his day!
 "May I have the money on this?'
 "Why, my dear boy" the banker an, severed. laughing. and skipping him on t4e shoulder, "there isn't that much csTsh in the bank"
 That was new one on the Pearl, hunter. He had supposed bank had en it's vaults unlimited loads of money
 What will I do?"
 sYou can draw part of if, and de sosit the rest to your credit
 All of which was foreign language to tho Pearlhunter.
 SsI didn't want to use any of the sAoney," he finally managed to say. "l cont expect to spend q cent of it fol ,-you kn0w-smal matters I expect 'ts leave 1t right here till l can spend Sft for mething--Yeil-biG just wanted to show it to a--friends <
 seYou might show your-friend the eneek.' The banker stole q glance at Solomon gIoating openly over the gem cow that the deal was closed. No he continued there's q hetter"- safer, he WAS about to say, but didni
 'way than that Why not deposit the check and take out draft?'
 Draft? Whats that?
 The old banker reached his fingers asl through his bair and studied the man before him Sitting down at his desk he wrote rapidly for 9 moment.
 This is a drart.' he said, handing over the slip he had been writing on and taking the check in exchange. "ft is as good as gold anywhere, at any alank, any time. Show it to your frief.d and suggest that you after ward bring it back to the bank and deposit it. I will then give you a check book and show you how to use it."
 The Pearlhunter read the paper eyer with curious interest, put it inI the big, formidable envelope the bank e gave him for the purpose, and but toned it away in an inside pocket of sisis blouse.
 The little Jew had by this time put the Blue Moon back in the plush case, Ia1t the case iu his vest pocket and .s6nned up the pocket
 ''Himmel" he grunted, turning away from the table. "You pearl fish, efs iss all crazy. I'd gir it to you a t'Dusan' more.'
 ''I got my price"
 ''undt dots more as anybody got 1t yet from Louie Solomon"
 He chuclSled all the way to the door 4 smsrii crowd waited outside. No body knows how news leaks out in a small town. Not a man but knew how .zauch tue pearl had brought, One of stae crowd. a ianky, one-eyed fisher man, sidled up to the Pearlhunter.
 'Y'u got il, didn't y'u2"
 Iie Pearlhunter was too slow, and tie little Jew answered for him.
 Course he got it. What chance a pore devil pearl buyer got init d'e whole town against 'imr
 That statement, or one like it, was what the crowd had been waiting for The tension was over. The finding and selling ofN1he famous gem, the mosi valuable pearl. ever ''h'isted" along the Wabash, was now history -Flatwoods history. The one-eyed fisherman .chuciSed his hat up in the air ant yelied-a lusty cheer, in which tht crowd joined One would have though tFiat each man there had sold q Blue Moon--or found one.
 The Pearlhunter felt good deaI aS the crowd seemed to feei-a loosening of the tension. Fer that matter. ths fat little buyer seemed 10 feel some thing of the same relief. Caught up 1T the crowd. both buyer and seller were swept across the road and into the ex pectant door of the Mud Hen.
 The Pearlhunter had just twenty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents in hi: pocket. He had counted it that morn sng while waiting for Louie Solomon ts
 Bucharest, Dec. t0.-An inferna machine was ,exploded in the Rou snanian senate chamber yesterday killing one person and wounding sev era. Bishop 0radiaradu was kiIie,