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Jenks had a sudden intuition that the right thing to do now was to shoot the whole party. He dismissed the thought at once. All his preparations were governed by the hope that the pirates might abandon their quest after hours of fruitless search. It would be most unwise, he told himself, to precipitate hostilities.
He may think he has made diamonds, and he may have made some stones that look like them. I'm very skeptical." "If you could bring me some, Tom, I could soon tell whether they were real or not. Can you?" The lad shook his head. "I don't expect to see Mr. Jenks again," he said. "He talked rather wildly about waiting to meet me, but that man is odd crazy, perhaps and I don't imagine I'll see him.
A volley of talk between the two was enlivened with expressive gestures by Taung S'Ali, who several times pointed to Iris, and Jenks now anathematized his thoughtless folly in permitting the Dyak to approach so near. The Mahommedan, of course, had never seen her, and might have persuaded the other that in truth there were two men only on the rock. His fears were only too well founded.
"In fact, I didn't believe it when they told me they could make diamonds. But they proved it to me. I'm ready now to prove it to you." "I'll tell you what I'll do. Here's this one stone, cut ready for setting. Here's another, uncut," and Mr. Jenks drew from his pocket what looked like a piece of crystal. "Take them to any jeweler," he resumed "to the one in whose place I saw you to-night.
When the stop was made the men in the car quickly opened the door and came tumbling to the ground. They were glad to stretch their legs and get a breath of fresh air. Waggie bounded and frisked with delight when he espied George. "I've had a time with that dog," said Jenks.
Miss Kimball subscribed $600, the largest individual contribution yet received. Mrs. Jenks gave a report of the meeting of the International Suffrage Alliance at Budapest, which she attended. This year the charters of Manchester and Nashua were changed by the Legislature to give School suffrage to women.
They worked busily, and by the time the others were back from their inspection of the little open shed which was the only shelter on the island, the two girls had large bouquets. "Were there any smugglers?" asked Dot half-fearfully. "That's a silly story, that smuggler stuff," pronounced Captain Jenks. "To my mind a man who breaks the game laws is worse than a smuggler.
Jenks held out one hand. In the palm glittered a large stone ostensibly a diamond. In the rays of the moon it showed all the colors of the rainbow a beautiful gem. "That is one of the stones I made or rather that I supposed I had made," went on Mr. Jenks. "It is one of several I have, but they have not all been cut and polished as has this one.
Jenks brought her a biscuit, a tin of meat, and that most doleful cup of champagne. "It is not exactly frappé," he said, handing her the insipid beverage, "but, under other conditions, it is a wine almost worthy to toast you in." She fancied she had never before noticed what a charming smile he had. "'Toast' is a peculiarly suitable word," she cried. "I am simply frizzling. In these warm clothes "
I advise you to get back to your husband and your beauty sleep, in order to be fresh for your Big Tent to-night." "My husband? You know? Oh, of course you know." She gazed affrightedly upon me. "To Montoyo, you say? Him? No, no! I can't! Oh, I can't, I can't." She wrung her hands, she held me fast. "And I know where you're going. To that wagon train. Mr. Jenks has engaged you.
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