'Take them,' she said, 'take them! I shall
never wear them again, anyhow. Take them--and leave me.'
"Well, you fellows, I steeled my heart, and slipped every Jack one
that was on her into my pocket.
"'You won't tell them,' she whispered, catching hold of me by the arm,
'you swear you won't.' I won't try and remember exactly what I
answered--but outside the door of the box Delmas joined me. He had
been concealed within and had heard everything that passed.
"'I can't say how grateful I am to you,' he said. 'It's a bit low
down, perhaps, but, then, we were dealing with a low-down person. You
thoroughly deserve those diamonds--will you accept an offer for them
from me? I should like to buy them for Miss Roberts and present them
to her on our reconciliation.' We came to terms then and there, and he
'phoned through to me an hour ago to say that he had made it up with
Miss Roberts, that she was delighted with the diamonds, and that they
are going to be married next month."
"So out of evil good comes," Hamar said, "the maxim for us, remember,
is--out of evil evil alone must come. What are you going to do to-day,
you two?"
"Rest!" said Kelson, "I'm tired."
"Eat!" said Curtis, "I'm hungry!"
"Now look here, this won't do," Hamar remarked, "you've earned your
rest, Matt, but you haven't, Ed. You can't go on eating eternally."
"Can't I?" Curtis snapped, "I'm not so sure of that, I've years to
make up for.
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