The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-04-25
COPYRIGHT ~ VIC CHAPLAIN

/ discharging the greater part of hi
II men, and hope to meet expenses by tn,
II finding of stones; or he must throw
II himself heart and soul into the de
II velopment of the claim, and call fo
II more capital in a months time. o.
II this he himself would have to furnish
II so per cent, unless he accepted Davis
Il proposal.
/ Outside capital could not be raised
/ quickly. There was the big diamond
| He had 1t valued by local man. II
was not of pure white, but. being
free from flaws. would fetch a consid-
| cradle sum in the market. The expert
announced that in his opinion any OF
the jobbers would be willing to sd-
vance fifteen thousand on 1t.
Another fifteen thousand would go
far toward solving the difficulty of OBJ
tanning immediate capital for develop
ment, and would make it unnecessary
for Winton to call on the shareholders
for an assessment-and subscribe five
times as much himself as the rest put
together. The great problem, whether
the claim was the mouth Of a volcanic
pipe, filed with diamonds, or merely a
diamond ground, having its origin else
where, could only be solved by work
ing. This meant a large expenditure.
Winton took his troubles to Burns, tell
ing him of the judges offer.
"Ive seen the other shareholders"
he said. "and Pm satisfied that they are
all in the syndicate's pocket. They
are all tenants, or bound in one way or
another. If ] accept Davis proposition
1t may mean parting with my majority
share, in which case De Witt will come
back as purser and you'll lose your
job"
Lets see what the Book has to
say" suggested Burns. He opened his
Bible and began TO read:
Ezekiel, thirty, sixteen. And l will
set fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in
great anguish, and No shall be broken
up; and Noph shall have adversaries
in the daytime"
He closed the Book and looked at
Winton in great detection. Did you
get that, Mr.. Garrett? be asked. ut |
refers to the diamond. You can't raise |
the money by selling It, The DECISIONS |
against us there. Whether or no you
ought to go to Judge Davis isn't given
to us to know"
But how do you make out that It
has reference TO the dlamond?" asked
Winton.
tits easy, sir. And unmistakable.
Egypt's Malopo. Sin is yourself, who's
to be in great anguish"
81 should think that Sin might be
meant for Mr.. De Witt suggested
Winton
mo, sir. Sin is yourself in this case.
And Nos the diamond, which is going
to be broken up. That may mean that
it's going TO be cut into smaller stones,
or maybe it's going to pass out of your
hands. sir. But you can't sell it."
And Noph?" asked Winton.
"Noph Is Judge Davis, Mr.. Garrett.
He's to have adversaries In the day )
time, and l guess he's got all the adj
that he wants already"
Ned" said Winton, 81 don't know
how you arrive at your interpreta-
TONS OF course l don't deny that they
may be correct, but I'm going to try to
sell the diamond before | go to the syn =
iicate or elsewhere"
AYE, sir, and you'll be in great an \
yuish over it, responded Ned.
He looked at Winton in a hesitating
way. and added:
Mr.. Garrett, would you take 1t
miss from an older man If was to a
'ffer you some advice. sir?"
no. Go ahead" said Winton.
"lt's-well, sir it's this If you are u
ut TO fight the syndicate you'll want
0 give your whole heart to it. There's p
lot of women in Malopo, Mr.. Garrett, AZ
fhom man ought to steer clear of. -
md now I'm going ON duty. Good II
light to you, sir
He left Winton Tuning. The young ~
IAN knew that Ned had referred TO
heila. He could not understand how ie
er position at the Continental should
lake her an outcast. He was more :"
han ever resolved 10 take her away
'om her surroundings. to make her WI
is wife and save her father. TOO. en-
He had hoped and believed that she SO
'ould keep house for daddy" at the pr
ottage. She was staying away. he
fought, because of the ambiguity of IA
leir relationship. He had been pru-
emit. but now he resolved to cast IN
rudence to the winds; ne felt that he vo
ould lose her unless he went to her. w
once. II.
On the morrow, he planned. But on Die
e morrow trouble developed with Ju
e water company. The flow dwin- TIN
ed; yet the adjacent claim. owned
7 the syndicate, and supplied by a Ole
parate pipe, had a full discharge. the
linton went up to the company's ter
ices. hel
He knew that the syndicate con- fer
oiled the water company. He was 20,
re this was Davis's work He saw
body Of consequence. but the timid It.
srK received his vigorous objections )
d promised to speak to the manager. fro
inton departed with threats. to dis ant