The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-17

I WuS q IOul- Rd6C cul4OA, LA fWlllcl
3 Reuter- cable dispatches, telegraphe.
and local news jostled advertisement
promiscuOusly. The front page, which
was devoted entirely to the account O.
the robbery, stated that the De Wit
diamond had disappeared from the SAT.
Of the Syndicate bank at some time
during the preceding night. The rob
Der, who had probably worked with z
confederate, had somehow learned the
combination OF the lock, had opened
the safe, taken the stone, and walked
away with 1t. No suspicion rested
upon any Of the bank employees, in
spite Of the discovery of the combina-
ton, and the rObber was undoubtedly
one of the number of strangers In
Malopo. Fortunately his discovery
could be only a matter of q short time,
since the police were carefully scruti-
MIXING the outgoing coaches and
wagons.
Winton folded up the sheet. "a
story like that wouldn't pass muster
anywhere else" he reflected. Il be-
lieve 1t Is d trick, unless De Witt or
one of the heads of the bank Is re-
sponslble. And it's my diamond-four-
fifths Of It'll"
The irony Of the situation made him
smile; and then he became aware of a
smiling black face in close proximity
to his own.
81 don't believe I received my tickey,
sir" said Sam.
your what?" asked Winton.
'Three pence, sfr.~
Winton, remembering the colloqulai
name Of the unit of currency In the up
country regions, produced a three
penny bit from his pocket and handed
1t TO the boy" who thanked him cour
teously.
"You are an American, sir ~ he ID
quired.
II am" said Winton. "And you, If
may inquirer"
Barbados bred, sir, Where they
speak the purest English, sir. We are
an altogether superior class to your
own colored population, sir"
swell, I've known some pretty de-
cent cOlored people In my W coun
said Winton in amusement.
Possibly, Sir. But you must recog-
nize that our ancestors obtained their
emancipation a generation before
yours, sir. We have rid ourselves of
our primal instincts, sir"
I'm glad to hear that" said Winton.
BY the way, where is this Big Malopo
"Three miles out, sir. 1 shall be very
to show you the way If you
plan to go there"
'Tll be obliged, Sam. You're NOT
mo, sir. My literary labors begin
It three this afternoon. We are a
morning newspaper. This was an
xtra, and / have completed my round"
They strolled across the market ]
quare toward the suburb. Winton, |
unused and interested in his com
anton, drew him out further.
your literary labors, l take it, Sam,
onsist in selling the copies of the l
he asked. /
4NO, SiI. L dUu SuU0OlIOT. luuCou IL :
may say so without offense, the style,
OF to say spelling, of our paper would T
e considerably off, as they say, with
ut my services"
"And part of your duty consists In I
cling copies?" q
Outside the Office, sir, l am simply \
negro" said Sam, without any trace I
bitterness. Il am a Stole, and q
,cognize conditions. And yet it is a
lrd. / emigrated to this country, 2
with the idea Of being of social
'rvice among men of my race.
und myself a pariah. Perhaps you .
not know, sir, that the chief justice
Trinidad was a colored mann"
"No," said Winton. "But I'm glad to
ar it. What do they do to you, Sam?"
'They are unable to discriminate be-
cen the colored aboriginal population
d the negro Of culture" said Sam.
realize that in this imperfect world
rtain %prejudices as to color exist.
accept them. But for a British sub
It from a civilized land to be denied
e right to walk on the pavement is
I'd, sir"
But there is no pavement" said
inton, bewildered.
mot at present, sir. But If there
a pavement, | should still be sub
It to the disability imposed upon
,se raw savages. In the same way
: sale Of alcoholic liquors is forbid
, IN mo cir
oh, cheer up!" said Winton en-
lragingly. anybody can get a drink
where"
am a teetotaler, sir" responded
Il was taking exception to the
not to its application. AS a
ored British subject, / should not be
'jected to laws passed for the dis
lining of savages."
They ought to be more d~iscriminat-
- admitted Wlnton.
Thank you, sir," said Sam warmly.
hold that, when a man has shed his
nal instincts, that fact should be
ognized.''