The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-02
Diamonds of MalOpO
CHAPTER VII


Thieves in Night
Was il love, or infatuation only
Next day WInton was amazed to ind
the old routine Of things claiming hif
attention just the same. And some
how, when he was away from Sheila,
the girl became a dream, Pigment OF
his brain, impossible, and impossibly
| dear.
He half expected to be served with
summons for the assault upon DE
Witt, but none came. Then he remem-
bered that Sam Simpson had a similar
grievance. and that he had placed him
self In an uncommonly foolish position
in thrashing two men In a single day
over 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 man wished to see
him. Turning, he was surprised to
see Sans black face smiling at him
under the white hat. One Of Sans
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 respectT asked Winton,
mystifed.
I'm status, sir"
you are looking for q 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 flliterste
man, sir, and unable to spell. much less
construct the English clause. The yio-
lence to which you subjected me yes
terday has caused me to ponder. Mr..
Garrett, and have come to the con-
clusion that your objections. though
forcibly expressed, were not unethical
And, to mention my chief motive, I
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 In the office this
morning on my refusal to indite q
scurriIous paragraph concerning your
self"
$50 that's De Wits game" unused
Winton. HE must be at the end Of
his tether If he can't fly higher than
that" he reflected. Then aloud, what
did he do to you, SamT"
"He-well, kicked me, Mr.. Garrett.
And consequently was unable to con-
vince the judge that two pounds a
week is incommensurate with the dig
nifty of a position in which physical
assault Is frequent and arbitrary ele-
ment Of the diurnal occurrences"
"Sam. believe Mr.. Burns wants a
night watchman," said Winton. 'Pll |
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.
II don't know" said Winton- II |
-ather fancy Sam is honest. You can't
blame him for having edited |
he Chronicle. It's pretty difficult to
ind work in Malopo."
"Well, well see what the Book has
% say" grumbled Ned, taking out his
Bible. He read:
1.-TWO Kings, four, thirty-eight: And
elisha came again to Gilgal and there
vas dearth in the land and the sons
# the prophets were sitting before
lin: and he said unto his servant, Set
IN the great pot, and seethe pottage
or the sons of the prophets
He closed the Book. "Well. 1 sup
,ose it's all right then, Mr.. Garrett
le said. But If the Book hadn't said
% I'd never have trusted him."
"Sam's all right" answered Wipton.
But I'd be interested to know how
'ou infer 1t from that passage"
"Why, Mr.. Garrett, It's perfectly
lear" answered Ned In surprise.
You're Elisha and I'm Gllgal, and
ou've come again to me. The dearth
n the land is the problem about Sam.
'am's the great pot, and the pottage
) the diamonds, and the sons of the
rophets are the shareholders. Now
he Book says the great pot is to be set
n for the sons Of the prophets"