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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., NOVEMBER 4, 1948 CL THE SYLVESTER DIAMOND By BLANCHE ROBERTS it once CHAPTER II When the doorbell rang some.10 minutes later Honey was just lighting a cigarette. Hilda came through the room to answer the door and Honey stopped her with a hand gesture. "After you let Mr. Danburne in go down to the drugstore and get a carton of cigarettes for me and a quart of strawberry ice cream. Charge it. And take your time." "Yes'm." Hilda opened the door. "Good evening , Mr. Danburne," she said, and took his hat. Swiftly he turned to Honey and his eyes gleamed with a bright fire of anger. "The Sylvester diamond was stolen a few minutes ago." He said it like he was exploding a bomb in the room. Honey sat up and opened her eyes inastartled surprise. She even managed an audible catch in her breath that he could hear. "Stolen?" she repeated in an awed whisper. "Are you sure, Joe? Couldn't there be some mistake?" His head jerked in the negative. rrcwdMBJB^ws e ^^rWm^^^^Kiio 732 Such fun--this doll is just your little girl's own size! 32-inches high, she wears castoff size - two elothes. She's so real! A girl's best friend is this dolly! Pattern 732 has transfer of 32-inch doll only; Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- J'epted) for this pattern to the Teedlecraft Dept., Box 1, 123-18th Street, New Toronto. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. «> came over the radio--official news broadcast." "But how?" she demanded. * "I don't know exactly. But somebody had plenty of nerve tR take the woman's purse in the department store with a floorwalker on every aisle. Imagine! Even I, who have more than my share of nerve slits. "I'd gh who has that stone. He stood up suddenly and paced the length of the thick rug while ■ Honey watched him from under her long eyelashes. There was a delighted gleam hidden in the depths of heT eyes. He spoke again. "We've got to find where it is and get it quick. There is no time to lose--not a minute." He was in a dither. "Have you any ideas, Joe? Who knew' that she carried the diamond around with her?" Instantly, she wished she had not referred to the woman's habit. Joe pounded aa^ist nervously in the palm of his hafid. "I could have sVorn that no one knew she kept *JF w'n ner except me--and you, of course." His 'eyes opened wide as if from sheer shock and he sat down abruptly, leaning close to her. Honey's heart jumped with fear. "Where were you at 5 o'clock, Honey?" "Walking through that door," and she pointed with a red-tipped finger to the place of entrance. "Why?" Then ^he forced anger into her blue ejps and she was a good actress at the moment as her eyes blazed at the Insult of his implication. She straightened her shoulders. "You don't think-" Her voice rose. "No, of course not," he assured her hastily and smiled as he patted her hand affectionately. "I didn't mean to imply a thing, my dear. Please forgive me." Honey dropped back against the cushions and relaxed.'but she knew well enough that he would ask Sonny what time she had returned from town. That, however, was take i s of. She smiled to show that he was forgiven, and then with a deep concern in her voice, asked: "What ? you next n t to know what i the stone." i where you cot 'To find out all the police know about the case." "But mightn't they start investigating you if you become too curious?" she inquired, astonished at the chance he would be taking if he talked with the police. "They would wa you had i "That She sat up with a start, eyes electrified with surprise. "What do you mean?" and she was not putting on an act this time. She was really frightened. "Your reputation is clear, Honey. You are above suspicion. So you are going to pump the police for me." He gave her a charming smile of encouragement and she relaxed, her fear receding to the background. "When you get a fair description of who stole the diamond, then we will get to work on that angle. Remember, we haven't any time to lose. Once Sophpia Sylves-ted gets it back, there will never be another chance at that jewel." "How am I going to pump the law?" she asked very curiously. "I wouldn't know how to start to ask questions." "Socially," he told her. "You know the district attorney. He's a friend of yours, isn't he? Well, drop by tomorrow and see him at his office--just a friendly call since you are in the vicinity of the courthouse. He'll talk to a beautiful girl like you." "I a ' She niled r ) her- lf than to him a'nd the a mischevious gleam in her eyes that made them dance. "I am to be His eyes blazed instantly with jealousy. "Just remember that I am the one who is in love with you. And don't forget that you are going to marry me when this job is finished." There was no mistaking the warning in his words. "I haven't forgotten,", she answered languidly. "It is nice I know Daniel Brewster," she mused. At the thought of the attractive young lawyer color leaped into her cheeks and sent her heart racing. She liked the district attorney awfully well, but Joe did not know that. The telepho: that moment. ig sharply at jumped; his >n edge. With an unhurried mo reached for the phone. "Miss Monroe speakin, There was real surprise in and she was instantly all to the voice at the other end. "Hearing your voice is a real treat, Dan Brewster." There was another long pause at her end of the line while Joe sat on the edge of the divan, his hands clinching tightly. Finally, she said: "Oh, yes, I'll be delighted, Dan. Good-by." She replaced, the receiver and eyed Joe with an amused grin, enjoying the ste-w he was in to know what the district attorney had said. "I am sorry I have to break our date tonight," and she lay a hand on his arm to soften the blow. "But Dianiel Brewster is calling to see me. He hasn't been out for First of Its Kind--It looks tame enough, but it's actually a wild Hungarian partridge, held by Grace Mound, daughter of the manager of' the Ontario Government's bird farm at Nor-mandale. It is one of the first lot of these patridges captured in the Ottawa district, and they will become breeding stock in a plan much similar to our pheasant re-stocking plan. weeks and I just couldn't refuse." Joe jumped to his feet excitedly. "The chance for you to see him came sooner than I hoped for. Find out every little detail he knows." He took up a cigarette. "He will probably try to pump you about me. That is why he is -oming." He shook his head at her. "You don't know a thing, Honey. Not a thing," he insisted emphatically. "Remember that." "I have a good memory, Joe," she said, and stood up. She walked with him to the door, and as he was going out he paused and very smoothly remarked: "Another thing, my sweet--justA don't forget that Dan Brewster means nothing to you. Nothing except a- Well of information for me." Honey closed the door slowly and waited until she heard the elevator stop for Joe, to make sure that he was really gone, then she turned back to the divan and slumped down in one corner, thoughtiully. "Is that all Daniel Brewster will ever mean to me?" she asked herself. She shook her head. "Not if I can do anything about it, and I can certainly try." 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The m ost dram tic part tells of the series of disast ;rs which suddenly sweep away e rerything that Job had ( 1:13-19). There is nothing else ii e which can corn- vith this in dramatic effect except perhap- the tense scene where Esther plead for her. life a- ' • «--es of her p- The prologue and epilogue of the book of Job are in prose; The bulk of the book -- Chapters 4-31 -- is poetry. The changes to be observed are internal and mental, consisting of Job's char-"-- moods and of the increasing boldnes with which Job is wrongfully accused. Job was the world's greatest sufferer with the exception of Jesus Christ who bore our sins. There were then no Holy Scriptures from which he might derive comfort. Nor did he know that his faithfulness would be forever a lesson to all mankind. He was unaware that Satan had secured God's permission to test him to the point of death. God had described Job as "a perfect, and an upright man, one that feareth God." 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