The Winslow mail., 1924-05-30

York cousin and executor, to receive
his inheritance of 100000. Archie,
honest, an easy mark and a fool for
luck, assures Winton that he is prac-
tically millionaire. as he has invested
all but $4,000 in a rubber plantation
in either the East or West Indies and
In a controlling Interest in the Big
Malopo diamond mine, somewhere or
other in South Africa, sold him as a
special favor by a Dutch promoter
named De Witt
CHAPTER II.--Winton. en- route to
his mine, finds the town of Taungs
wildly excited over a big strike at
Malopo, including the 95-carat de Witt
diamond" TWO coach passengers are
a diSreputable old prospector, DADDY
Seaton and his daughter She1la. ON
the journey passenger, VINO turns our
to be De Witt himself, insults Shella,
W!nton fights De Witt and knocks him
out. Sheila tells him to turn back She
says that her father is broken Eng
and is therefore in De Wits power,
that De Witt is allpowerful, being
backed by Judge Davis, president OF
the diamond syndicate and also the
resident magistrate and Judge or the
native protectorate.
CHAPTER III-Winton finds Malopo
in a turmoil, both over the strike and
the theft of the De Witt diamond. Win
ton foolshly discloses his identity to
Sam Simpson. a jamaican negro, sub
wisely confdes in Ned Burns, watch
man at the Big Malopo, who tells him
that the syndicate has planned to take
control of the mine the next morning.
CHAPTER IV.-Winton hnds that
Sheila is cashier at the restaurant. He
offers his friendship. She rebuffs him.
e Van Worst a notorious diamond thief,
one of De Wits men, slips the stolen
De Witt diamond into Wintons pocket
and two policemen club Winton and
arrest him. He escapes them and and
into her house, bathes his wounds and
saves him from his pursuers.
CHAPTER v.-The next morning
Sheila offers Winton help in escaping s.
from Malopo He convinces her with
difficulty that he did not steal the De
Witt diamond and that he is president
OF the Big Malopo company. Bruised
and blood-stained he runs across town,
breaks by force into the company meet
ing, and aided by popular demonstra-
tion proves his identity, blocks the re-
organization and takes control. He
asks Sheila to marry him. She laughs
Historically and refuses him
CHAPTER VI Winton hires Seaton
as compound manager and develops Big
Malopo. Judge Davis, a philosophical
old hypocrite of unknown past, offers
him the syndicates cooperation. 9th
erwise, he says, we'll smash you, you
ID young fool"
CHAPTER VII-Wtnton. tnfuriated
by a scurrilOus newspaper article about
Sheila and himself, knocks Sam down
and publicly threatens Judge Davis He
finds Sheila about to elope with De Witt
to save her father He horsewhips De
Witt. Sheila again refuses to marry
him and says she is going away, never
80 see niu or her father again.
CHAPTER VIII-Winton hire Sam
as 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
race bar. Heartsick he sets out for
Malopo with a native guide.
CHAPTER X-Winton succumbs His
guide robs and deserts him. Sam res
cues him. Burns's brain is affected; he
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
or lose the mine
--4r ns-< XI.-The synulcaue MAKES
- ..l..Ti= 20 east Winton. HIS reer
search the native workers and secure
many large diamonds. Seaton appears
confesses the plot and says he's come
20 take his medicine
"Sheila!'' shouted De Witt with an
expletive. II want to know If you'll
give her up. Come, is it bargain?
You've got her and you don't want
her. She'd come to me quick enough
| if it wasn't for you. I'll give evidence
that will return you control of the
claim if you'll"
int G{e 1.
with rage. De Witt sprang up and
grabbed his hat.
won't, eh? Well I'll show your"
he snarled backing toward the door.
He was outside before Winton could
close with him. Winton hesitated,
and then went back into his room and
closed the door. His nerves were raw
and quivering, but he was glad that
he had not laid hands upon De Witt
again.
| The incident aroused in him a
stronger resolve to shake the dust of
Malopo from his feet. But for his
resolution not to yield to Davis to see
he thing through, he could hardly
nave remained another four and
:wenty hours in the wretched town.
But on the morrow he had put Sheila
lut of his mind for the time being,
and was again busy with his lawyer.
The day of the trial arrived. All
business in MalOpo seemed to have
leased. The courtroom was packed
% its utmost capacity hours before
Judge Crawford took his seat on the
1ench, while outside an increasing
| 'roWd, which chOked the market
| square, clamored in vain for admis-
sion. The line of horses and vehicles,
several rows deep, extended for blocks
IN each side of the courthouse
| Seaton in court presented q very
| iifferent appearance from the Seaton
hat Malopo had known and despsed.
Three weeks of abstinence from liquor
lad made new man of him and
| )raced him up, so that he was hardly
| recognizable at first as he strobe with