The Winslow mail., 1924-04-04

Sam raised HIS hat without the least
embarrassment.
I'm thinking of making q change,
Mr. Garrett" he said.
In what respect?' asked Winton,
mystined.
In status, sir"
You are looking for q position and
have come to me?"
Exactly, Mr.. Garrett. 1 can no
longer reconcile it with my self-re-
spacf to remain q theoretical newsboy,
while being de facto editor of the
Chronicle. Mr.. Hanson is an illiterats
man, sir, and unable TO spell, much less
construct the English clause. The vio-
lsnce to which you subjected me yes
terday has caused me to ponder, Mr.
Garrett, and have come to the con-
cfusion that your objections, though
forcibly expressed. were not unethical.
And, to mention my chief motive,
wish to perform sos al service among
the Bantu population of your COM
pound, turning their minds toward civil
lizaticn and uplift Finally Mr.. De
Witt assaulted me lin the office this
morning on my refusal to indite q
scuRr4lous paragraph concerning your
self"
$50 that's De Wits game" mused
Winton. "He must be at the end Of
his tsther IL he can't fly higher than
that" he reelected. 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 tncommensurRte with the. dig
nifty Of q position in which physical
assault Is frequent and arbitrary ele-
ment of the diurnal occurrences"
Sam, l believe Mr.. Burns wants a
night watchman," said Winton. "Tll
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.
81 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 a dearth in the land; and the sons
of the prophets were 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, / sup
pose it's all right then, Mr.. Garrett, .
he said But if the Book hadn't said
so I'd never have trusted him"
"Sam's all right" answered WintOn.
"But I'd be interested to know how
you infer It from that passage"
"Why, Mr.. Garrett, it's perfectly
clear answered Ned in surprise.
you're Elisha and I'm GAgal and
you've come. again TO me. The dearth
in the land is the problem about Sam
Sans the great pot, and the pottage
ia the diamonds, and the sons of the
prol hets a,e the shareholders Now
the BooA says the great pot is to be set
on for the sons of the prophets"
Winton communicated the decision to
Sam, and it was arranged that he was
to enter upon his duties at the end of
the week, relieving Ned, who still oc-
cupied the brick shanty, but was plan
ming to board at a cottage on the
MalOpo road
Winton had now reached the point
where the immediate sale of the big
stone had become inevitable He had
had quantity of the blue clay-which
is simply the yellow clay before de-
poSition-crushed with mallets, an
unsatisfactory process, but useful when
the slow process of decomposition can
not be undergone This had been
passed through the washing troughs
and picked over. Not single diamond
had been discovered.
Ned could not understand it. If only
a few small stones had been found this
would have been an augury for the
future. Still, little could be gagged as
to the resources of the claim from this
The diamonds might lie compacty at
lower level. But his need of funds
compelled Winton to enter into nego-
tiationS for the sale of the big stone.
He showed it to one of the jobbers,
who was in MalopO. The man agreed
to advance him fifteen thousand pounds
on it, pending Its valuation. The trans
action was to take place on the follow
Ing morning.
Winton had had a day of intense la
Dor in the compound, looking over the
washings He flung himself down ON
his bed without undressing, and fell
asleep almost as soon as his head
touched the pillow. Once he awakened
with start, and. half dreaming still,
imagined that he heard a horse canter
up to the compound. Then he fell
asleep again.
But after a while he began to be