The Winslow mail., 1924-06-06
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ey-five and just out of college, calls By
appointment on Archie Garrett, his New
York cousin and executor, to receive
his inheritance of 100000. Archie.
luck, assures Winton that he is prac-
tically a millionaire, as he has invested
all but $4,000 in a rubber plantation
Ia either the East or West Indies and
IN q controlling interest In the Big
Melopo diamond mine, somewhere or
ether in South Africa, sold him as
special favor by Dutch promoter
named De Witt
CHAPTER II.-Winton. ea route to
Ais mine. ands the town of Taungs
wildly excited over big strike at
TWo coaeh tse
. disreputable old prospector, Daddy
eeaton, and his daughter Sheila. On
Shs Journey 2 passenger. who turns ont
Wtnton 1ghts De Witt and knocks him
cut Sheiia tells him to turn back. She
says that her father fs broken Eng
lish army oficer. who has killed q man
that De Witt 10 al-powerful. being
backed by Judge Davis. president OF
the diamond syndicate and also the
resident magistrate and Judge OF the
native protectorate.
CHAPTER III-winton fnds MAlopo
IN o turmoil, both over the strike and
TON foolishly diseloses his identity to
Sam Simpson, q Jamaican negro, sub
editor Of the local newspaper. He more
wisely con6des in Ned Burns. watch.
that the syndicate has planned to take
control Of the mine the next morning.
CHAPTER Iv.-winton hnds that
AAf1 t. AhA cav ~ IA
offers his friendship. She rebuffs him.
Van Worst. a notorious diamond thief
one Of De Wits men. slips the stolen
Dc Witt diamond into Winton's pocket
arrest him. He escapes them and
when at his last gasp sheila sakss him
into her house, bAthes his wounds and
saves him from his pursusrs.
CHAPTER v.-rhs next morning
gheilA offers Winton help in escaping
from Malopo. He convinces her with
Witt diamond and that he 10 president
Of the Big Malopo company. Bruised
and blood-gtained he runs across town,
breaks by force into the company meet
ton proves his Identity. blocks the re-
organization and takes control. He
asks Sheila to marry him. She laughs
hysterically and refuses him.
CHAPTER VL-Winton hires Seaton
as compound manager and develops Big
Nalopo. Judge Davis, q philosophical
old hypocrite OF unknown past, offers
him the syndicate's cooperation. 9th
id young fool"
CHAPTER vII.-Winton, infuriAted
by scurrilous newspaper article about
Sheila and himself, knocks Sam down
and publicly threatens Judge Davis. He
nnds Sheila about to elope with De Witt,
to save her father; He horsewhips De
hoi1 IN rat n ms r
him and says she is going away, never
20 see him or her father again.
CHAPTER vIII-winton hiyes Sam
ks night watchman. Van Vorst's gang
steal the De Witt diamond Winton
pursues Van Worst. who escapes with
the big stone.
CHAPTER IX.-Winton is rescued by
Sheila, on her way to a native village.
partly white. and says, This is my
mother" He again asks her to marry
him. She refuses him. because Of the
Malopo with a native guide.
CHAPTER X.-Winton succumbs. His
guide robs and deserts him. Sam res
cannot tell what happened. The work
ers in the mine return no stones. Win
ton Is forced to borrow money from the
syndicate. agreeing to pay in month
rss4 XI.-The syndicate MAKES
- ~t-1= 20 east Winton. EI!s reen
search the native workers and secure
many large diamonds. Seaton appears.
confesses the plot and says he's come
to take his medicine.
There was a lot Of us prospectOrs
on the trail of what turned out after
ward to be the West Griqua mine,
which was grabbed by the syndicate.
None of us had been successful, and
we'd fixed up sort Of base camp,
where we'd rest up when we returned,
to get rid of our weld sores and fever.
We'd pitched our tents together, so
as to be sOciable like.
There / got into trouble over
woman. / wasn't young man, by
any means but I'd been fool all my
life, and l ought to have known bet
ter, and didn't. Her husband was
representative Of one Of the big min
ing companies, what had got wind OF
us being on the trail Of something,
and sent him up to investigate. He
was away for days at time, and the
woman was all alone in the camp.
II got into trouble over her. Her
husband come back and found US to-
gether. He tried to shoot me, but /
was handler, and I got the drop on
him and killed him.
1--WE three was alone in the camp
at the time: the woman, me, and the
man I'd killed. 1t was wild coun-
try, but murder was a game no man
could afford to get up against. We
left him lying there and took the
horses and rode for our lives.
"He had friends, and they set the
police on to us. We got away, though,
and made for the native territories.
You know how I came to be sort of
chief there King Seaton, I'm called,
all over the country. After while
I come back. I thought it had been