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DIAMOND DICK, JR.
“Here is the lead one in the bandaiiiia,
perhaps you can have some fun with the
other fellows with it. They are out after
that chap Reddy, believing that he
tricked you.”
“The fools! Oh, but I was working it
nice with them, and it would now be all
complete if you hadn’t chipped in. It is
some satisfaction to know that they won‘t
get hold of it, anyhow. But, come, you
want to slope out of here now that you
have got your Turtle.”
She went down to the door with him,
where she said good-by again calling him
cousin.
On the following morning Bertie went
around to where Ethel Thomas was lodg-
ing, and she greeted him with a sisterly
kiss-of her own free will this time.
“Well, little girl, I bring you good
news,” said Bertie.
“Oh! Then you have found the Turtle
nugget!”
“Does this look like it?"
He took it from his sash and put it in
her hand.
She never thought it was so heavy, and
it went to the floor with a bang.
“Goodiiess!" she cried. “Isn‘t it
heavy! Yes, yes, it is the same one we
sawin the widow, and it must be the
same one my poor father discovered. Oh!
How can I ever thank you ?”
“By coming with me to the mint at
once and letting me sell it for you, and
then we’ll go to a reliable bank together
and deposit the money in your name. I
can’t let you out of my sight with it in
Your possession, now that they have seen
you and are looking high and low for the
nugget. ”
‘ She agreed immediately, and was ready
in almost no time.
Bertie had a coupe in waiting, and on
their way to the mint he told her all
about the tracing of the nugget.
' She enjoyed it thoroughly, and on ar-
riving at the mint Bertie found no trouble
iii disposing of the nugget for its full
value, which, for a poor girl, was quite a
fortune.
Then to a bank, where it was de-
posited, and where Ethel was told that
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she could drew upon her fund in sums to
suit her needs at any time.
“How caul repay you?" she asked
Bertie, as they rode back to her lodging.
““'ell, suppose you try it with a
kiss?” said Bertie.
She Hushed, but complied. And it had
a little more warmth than sisters are
supposed to put into their kisses, too.
At the house Bertie took leave of her
for good and all, and there was a sad look
in her pretty, wistful eyes when she said
the final farewell.
Meanwhile, the other parties con-
cerned had been having a remarkable
series of adventures, trying to get hold of
the nugget, and Bertie dropped in at the
jeweler's on his way back to the hotel.
Conkliiig was angry enough when Ber-
tie told him that he had cashed in the
nugget at the mint and had given the
money to its rightful owner, and Chain-
berton dropping in while Bertie was
there, they both expressed themselves
with vigor; but that did not alter facts.
Going on to the hotel, Bertie there
found Kris-Kross and lly-By, and they
had the man Bertie was wanting when
he saw them last-Reddy. Bertie coin-
plimented them upon their success, but
told them to let him go as the case was
ended. And he gave them both handsome
tips for their services. Reddy lost no
time in getting out of sight. As for
Hraun, he remained two weeks in a hos-
pital before he could return to Sunfisli.
About the time the matter was done
with, llei‘tit-‘s partners, for whom he had
been waiting'-Handsome Harry, the
Mascot, and the Ace o’ Spades, came
along, and when they learned that llertie
had heeii having a big time on his own
account, they hewailed the fact that they
were not on hand to take part in it. lut
they had not been by any niears idle, as
their report proved, for they had done a
good stroke on another case. And so we
drop them, to give them another turn in
another story “Diamond Dick, ]r.’s
Diving Suit: Or, at Work in the
Flooded Mine."
('i‘ui: END.)