The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-09
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rWclL Just one question" I cried
What arc your What b. your pro.
fc-sioug"
II am a solicitors clerk" said he
second man on Johnson and Merl
Wales ~ IbaDerry Lane
'GoodulEhtFf said l. and Nan-
ishrd. like an d.scousolas aud
nrckcu-hrartcd heroes. into the dark
ness, with grlot and rago and laugh
Ter an simmrrinE within me like a
boiling pot.
ono moro little scene and I have
done Last ulEht wo all supPod at
Lord John HoNt0nH rooms. and rite
ting together afterwards wr smoked
in good r6mmdr7hlp ana talked of
our adventures over, IL was strange
under these altered surroundings 20
see tho old wcllknown faces and
figures. There was Challenger, with
hts smile nf c1RdrsCruslon. hla droop,
ing cyrlIds. his Indifferent eyes, HIS
aggressive beard, his hugo chest,
swelling and putting as he laid down
tho law 10 Summarize, And sum
mtrlcc. too. there no WAS with hts
short brlar between his thln nous.
tarhc and his gray gogt's-bcari, hls
worn face protruded In eager debate,
as no qurricd an ChallenEcr's propo,
sltlons Finally there was our host,
with his rugged. eagle face, and his
cold. blue. glacier eyes with always
a simmer Of dcyllmrnt ana %
humor down ia tho depths OF them.
such Is tho last picture % them that
/ have carried away,
II was after supper IN his own
s1nrtum tho room OF tho pink ia
dance and the inuumcRhio trophies
that Lord John RoNtou had some
thing 10 say 60 US From a cup
board hc had brought out an Old
clglrbox. and this no laid before
him on tho table
There's one thing" said he. chat
maybe I should have spoken about
before this, but I wanted 90 know a
little moro clearly wero I was. No
use 10 raise hopes ard let them down
again. but IT'S facts, not hopes. with
us now. You may remember that
day wo found the pterodac,y rook-
cry IN tho swamp whatT Well.
samethIn In the Nc Of tho land took
ms notice. Perhaps u has escaped
you, so / win tell YOU. II was a vol,
canic vent FUN OF blue clay"
The professors nodded,
wei. now. in tho whole world
I've only had 10 do with ono place
that was a volcanic vent Of blue
clay. That was the great Do Beers
Diamond Mine OF Kimberley what
SO you SEQ | got diamonds into ms
head. ! rugged up eontraptlon 10
hold those sinking beasts. and /
spent happy day there with a spud,
This E what l sol"
He opened his cigar box. and int
ing h over he poured out about 20
or 80 rough stones, varying from
the slza % beans 70 that OF chest
nuts on tho table,
Perhaps you think should have
told you then Well. so I should.
only know there arc n lot OF traps
FOR tho unwury. and that stones may
be OF any size and yet OF little value
where color and consiztrncc are clean
Off. Therefore. | brought them back.
and on the first day at home ! took
ono round to Splnk's. and asked him
to have G, roughly cut and valued "
lie took a pin box from his pocket.
and spilled out Of It a beautiful gilt
tcrlng diamond. one Of tho fiucyt
stones that I have ever seen.
There's the result" said no. lie
prices the lot Mt minimum Of two
hundred thousand pounds. OF course
/ Il IS fair shares between us, | won't
hear Of anythin' else Well. Chsi-
| lcnger. what viii you do with your
fifty thousand7'
III you really persist In your grn.
erous view" said tho professor. Il
should found private museum.
which has long been ono OF my
dreams"
"And you. summerlesT
II would retire from teaching. and
30 find time for my final classified
ton Of the chalk fossils"
I'u use my own said Lord John
Roxton. I'm fitting a wcll-tormcd
expedition and having another look
at tho dear old plateau. ~ 70 you
young fcllah. you, OF course. will
spend yours in gottin' married"
Not Just yet" said I. with rue
ful smile. II think. II you viii have
me. that 7 would rather 20 with
you"
Lord Roxton said nothing, but q
brown hand was stretched out e
mo across the table.
(The End