The Winslow mail., 1924-04-04
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I-Winton Garrett, TWEEN
ty-hve and just out of college, calls by
appointment on Archie Garrett, his New
York cousin and executor: to receive
his inheritance of 100000. Archie,
honest, an easy mark and fool Tor
1uok, assures Winton that he is prac-
all but $4,000 in q rubber plantation
In either the East or West Indies and
Ia q controlling interest in, the Big
Mssaopo Diamond mine mine SON somewhere S,ns or
special favor by a Dutch promoter
named De Witt.
CHAPTER u-Winton, en- route to
his mine. hnds the town of Taungs
wildly excited over q big strike at
Malopo, including the 95-carat De Witt
diamond" Two coach passengers are
q disreputable old prospector, Daddy
Seaton, and his daughter Sheila, On
che journey a passenger, who turns out
to be De Witt himself, insults Sheila.
Winton fights De Witt and knocks him
cut. Sheila tells him to turn back. She
says that her father is a broken Eng
lish army oh1cer, who has killed man
and is therefore in De Wits power.
backed by Judge Davis. president of
the diamond syndicate and also the
resident magistrate and judge of the
native protectorate,
CHAPTER III-Winton finds Malopo
In a turmoil, both over the strike and
the theft of the De Witt diamond. Win
ton foolishly discloseS his identity TO
Sam Simpson, a jamaican negro, sub
editor of the local newspaper. He more
wisely conf1des in Ned Burns, watch
man at the Big Malopo who tells him
that the syndicate has planned to take
control of the mine the next morning.
CHAPTER Iv.-winton finds that
Sheila is cashier at the restaurant. He
offers his friendship. She rebuffs him.
Van Worst a notorious diamond thief,
one of De Wits men, slips the stolen
De Witt diamond into Wintons pocket
and two policemen club Winton and
arrest him. He escapes them and
when at his last gasp Sheila takes him
into her house, bathes his wounds and
saves him from his pursuers.
CHAPTER v.-The next morning
Sheila offers Winton help in escaping
from Malopo. He convinces her with
Witt diamond and that he is president
of the Big Malopo company. Bruised
and blood-stained he runs across town,
breaks by force into the company meet
ing and aided by a popular demonstra-
tion proves his identity, blocks the re-
organization and takes control. He
asks Sheila to marry him. She laughs
Historically and refuses him.
CHAPTER vI-Winton hires Seaton
as compound manager and develops Big
Malopo. Judge Davis, a philosophical
old hypocrite of unknown past, offers
him the syndicate's cooperation. 9th
erWiSe, he says, wen smash you, you
ID young fool"
CHAPTER VII.-Winton, ~tnfuriated
by a scurrilous newspaper article about
SheiIa and himself, knocks Sam down
and publicly threatens Judge Davis He
finds Sheila about to elope with De Witt
to save her father. He horsewhips De
Witt Sheila again refuses to marry
him and says she is going away, never
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"Where l choose" answered De Witt.
"You id fighting fool, meddling
in other peoples business. I'm going to
tell you something now. You've
crossed my path in every possible'way,
and you're going to hear the truth.
Her fathers life is in my hands when
ever | choose to give him up to the
police. He killed man. That's num-
Der one. And number twos this. Ever
hear of King Seaton? That's him
He ran away to the native territories
years ago, when the police were after
him--"
Sheila ran to him with a cry. mo
more, if you have any pity" she
pleaded.
LET him go. then! Get out, you"
WintOn could restrain himself no
more. He sprang at De Witt, snatched
the uplifted whip from his hand, and
,aHNI, No more. If uou