“Follow the si ms, id e mrse, and trust to
IToviiliiiiv
'Stop!' said Sr Henry; ‘Qi itermain,
get the hit ot biltong and the water that Is
felt: wr may want them.”
1 went creeping haek to onr place by
the chests loi tb and purpose, and as I was
coming awav an idea struck me. Wo had
not thought much ot the diamonds for tho
last twenty four hours or so; indeed, the
idea of diamonds was nauseous, seeing w hat
they had entailed upon ns; tint, thought 1,
I may as well pocket a few in ease we ever
should gel ant of this ghastly hole. So I
Just stuck my list into tho (list chest and
tilled all the available pockets of my old
shooting coat, topping up this was a happy
thought with a Connie of hand luU ot big
ones out of the third chest.
