Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-08
Diamonds of MalopO
CHAPTER VIII
Thieves in Night.

Thieves in Night.
Was Il love, or infatuatiOn onlyf
Next day WintOn was amazed to find
the old routine of things claiming his
attention just the same And some
how, when he was away from Sheila,
the girl became a dream, d Pigment Of
his brain, impossible, and impossibly
dear.
lie half expected to be served with
a summons for the assault upon De
Witt but none came. Then he remem-
Dered that Sam Simpson had a similar
grievance, and that he had placed him
self in en- uDcOmmonly foolish position
in thrashing two men in a single day
over a woman who had refused him.
He was standing in the compound
about noon, watching the natives at
work, when Ned came up to him and
announced that a man wished to see
him. Turning, he was surprised to
see Sans black face smiling at him
under the white hat. One of Sam 3
lips was swollen to more than its Gus
tomary thickness by the blow that
Winton had placed there on the pre-
ceding day.
Sam raised his hat without the least
embarrassment.
I'm thinking of making a change,
Mr. Garrett" he said.
IN what respect2" asked Winton,
mystified.
I'm status, sir"
"YOu are looking for a position and
have come to me?"
Exactly, Mr.. Garrett. I can no
longer reconcile 1t with my self-re-
spect to remain theoretical newsboy,
while being de factO editor of the
Chronicle. Mr.. Hanson is an illiterate
man, sir, and unable to spell, much less
construct the English clause. The VIC
lence to which you subjected me yes.
terday has caused me to ponder, Mr..
Garrett, and / have come to the cen.
clusion that your objections, though
forcibly expressed, were not unethicaL
And, to mention my chief motive. /
wish to perform social service among
the Bantu population of your com.
pound, turning their minds toward civil.
lization and uplift. Finally Mr.. De
Witt assaulted me N the office this
morning on my refusal to indite a
scurrilous paragraph concerning your
self"
80 that's De Wits game" unused
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his tether if he can't fly higher than
that he reflected. Then aloud, what
did he do to you, Sam"
'He-well, kicked me, Mr.. Garrett
And consequently / was unable to con-
vince the judge that two pounds a
week is Reconnaissance with the dig
nifty of a position in which physical
assault is frequent and arbitrary ele-
ment of the diurnal occurrences
sam, l believe Mr.. Burns wants a
night Waterman" said Wlnton. IN
take you to him"
Ned Burns was strongly opposed to
Sans employment. You don't know
what dirty work Judge Davis has sent
him here for" he objected.
Il don't know" said Winton. II
rather fancy Sam is honest. You can't
altogether blame him for having edited
the Chronicle. It's pretty difficult to
find work in Malopo."
well, We'll see what the Book has
to say" grumbled Ned, taking out his
Bible. He read:
1.-TWO Kings, four, thirty-eight: And
Elisha came again to Gilgal and there
was dearth In the land; and the sons
of the prophets We're sitting before
him: and he said unto his servant, Set
on the great pot, and seethe pottage
for the sons of the prophets.
He closed the Book "Well, I sup
pose it's all right then, Mr.. Garrett"
he said But IL the Book hadn't said
so I'd never have trusted him"
"Sam's all right" answered. Winton.
But I'd he interested to know how
you infer 1t from that passage"
why, Mr.. Garrett, it's perfectly
clear" answered Ned In surprise.
You're Elisha and I'm GilgaL and
you've come again to me The dearth
in the land Is the problem about Sam.
Sans the great pot, and the pottags
is the diamonds. and the sons of the
prophets are the shareholders. Now
the Book says the great pot is to be set
on for the sons Of the prophets"