Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-06-03
LITERARY.
West of Sunday.
(Concludedl


leaped to his feet, but the sight Of
the leveled automatic forced him 10
remain silent. Having time to view
the chamber with more minuteness
the boys discovered several other oc-
cupants who appeared to be asieep.
but upon closer inspection, two men
were seen to be bound hand and foot
and gagged. Leaving Ted to guard
the prisoner, Dick removed the gag
from the mouth of one of the bound
men. As he gazed into his face. Dick
recognized his father. The excitement
caused by the discovery reused the
sleeping forms, but tie boys were on
the alert and kept them covered with
their automatics. Dick then released
his father and his companion from
their bonds, and sec lring arms from.
their prisoners, the party left sLe
cave. AS they came out into The day-
light, the boys had time to review
their companions. The prisoners. con-
sisted of four yilliarous- looking Ital-
ians. The boys now had no doubt in
their minds as to the ownership of
the stiletto found in the negro's BODY.
Naturally, the boys were full of
questions, but they were quoted by
Mr.. Standish, who said, Cline for
talking it over after these Williams
have been locked up and questioned.
Too bad we didn't get the other one.
There were five of them, but one, the
leader, seems to have escaped"
ArTtixyiy,or a. 4bo xriIIona
were locked up in Dicks cabin. Later,
one was removed, and by pressure,
the story of his mission on the island
was related
Antonio Shotola and Philippe MAJ
"a had been soldiers of fortune. Dur
ing their wanderings, they were cast
on an island in the Pacific Ocean.
While here, they discovered diamonds
in large quantities in the caves in the
mountains. Because of the character
of the two men, they were unable to
secure the governments permission to
remove the gems from the island. Be
cause of religious beliefs of the ma
tives, they were unaE.e to get them
to help them in their work.
Years later, while engaged in a piece
Of work down in South America, MAJ
"a and Shotola were able to secure a
few thousand dollars. With this, they
We're able to purchase and old steam
er and by taking friends into their
confidence, they were able to man the
vessel and obtain enough others who,
by terrorizing the natives, took the
gems from the caves and Struggled
them to San Francisco, where they
were put ON the market.
On the third floor of the Rock build
ing in San Francisco, Mazza and Sho-
tola, diamond brokers, were preparing
to close up their office in the evening
when messenger boy burst into the
room, The telegram was signed for
and the boy left. Mazza tore open
the envelope and read the message:
'"The games been found out--Rocci."
Immediately all was hustle in the
office. All papers were removed from
the files and safe and in a few min
utes the men We're in the elevator.
But they were too late. AS they
stepped from the door of the elevator
two detectives took them into custody
on a charge of conspiracy.
On the deck of Pacific liner, Amer
lea bound, four Americans We're stand
ing.
Nov that ali excitement is over,
would you just as soon explain 2" was
a question put to an older man by a
boy.
MY story is easily told" replied
Mr.. Standish, for it was Dicks father
and the rest OF the party. Il had
heard rumors of rich diamond mine
located upon the island so | sent you
boys there to scout for me until was
able to come myself. | was able to
get permission from the Washington
authorities sooner than | expected, so
when / arrived at the hut you were
absent. Fred and | thought we would
take a look around the island We
We're walking among the hills when
suddenly we were siezed, bound and
gagged. We were removed TO the cave
where we remained until you came
and rescued us"
Today the diamond market is large
~ controlled by the firm of Stand
ish, Standish, and Kempling, diamond |
brokers of San Francisco. Marus
Island has been transformed, and the |
rocky, squalid, forgotten sport, which |
we viewed at the opening of the story, |
is now the scene of a great industrial |
plant, providing employment for hun !
dreds of workmen.
MONROE TOUSSAINT, '22.