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He oozed truth as lie did abject I be loyal and enter the barrack -room
funk, from every pore, and he showed with Lejaune and the others on the
night. it in every gleam of his bloodshotht. As we cover the mutineers g
rolling yellow eyes, and in every ges-
ticulation of his trembling dirty yel-
low hands.
"Ml friends," he gabbled, "I must
confess to you and I must save you.
I can bear it no longer. My con-
science. .
onscience.. . . My rectitude. . . . My
soul.... My sense of gratitude. , .."
Michael winked at me. We did not
value Bolidar's conscience and grati-
tude as highly as we did his state of
trembling fright, when estimating his
motives for "confession." . . .
"On that terrible night when I was perfectly neutral?" asked Michael.
so cruelly misjudged and so cruelly "Then I am to harangue the mut
-
treated, as a.
treated, you tried to save,me, . . . inerts' and urge them to kill y
non -supporter! You and any others
that won't join them, so that it will
not look as though I have any per-
sonal motiveor feeling with regard.
to you specially. Then I am •to offer
to 'execute' you. . Having done
it, I am to get the diamond and give
it to Lejaune. . Yes," lie added
with another whispered gasp; "'Le-
jaune is going to shoot me if- You are
killed without my securing the jewel
for him . . and ,he. "rocked his
body to and fro in, despair.
"He ought to 'have an apron to
throw over his 'head and cry into—
like an old( peasant woman whose
inEng-
(hMichael
cow as'died, said
lish. ''
"Ye I agreed. "Let's get all we
can ut of the brute before we let
hi go'"
` s Boldini in this?" Michael asked
Bolidar. "I mean, are he and Lejaune
working together?"
"Well—Boldini knows that Lejaune
knows," was the reply. "And those
two are going to use Dupre and St.
Andre and Cordier and Maris and
you two for the arrest of the unarm-
ed mutineers in the middle of the
night. That is, if you refuse to, join
Schwartz as they anticipate....LBut
I doubt if Boldini and Lejaune quite
trust each other. Guantaio says they
don't. He thinks that Boldini intends
to get the diamond, for himself, and
that Lejaune suspects as much. At
least that is what . Guantaio tells me
—but I don't wholly trust him.:. ,
"Don't you really?" said- Michael.
"No. I don't think he's absolutely
honest," said Bolidar doubtfully.
"You surprise me," admitted Mich-
ael. "The dirty dog!" •
"He has made proposals to me
which I •have rejected with contempt,"
said Bolidar.
"Dangerous?" asked Michael.
"Absurdly," replied Bolidar. "Be-
sides, how was I to know that I
should get my share? It's bad enough
to have to trust Lejaune as one is.
compelled to do—without risking
things with a rascal like Guantaio."
"Has Boldini made—ex.—proposals
which you rejected with contempt?"
Michael enquied .
"Oh, yes. But as I pointed out to
him—Lejaune is adjudant while Bol-
dini is only caporal."
"And what did he say to that?"
asked Michael.
"That a live caporal is better than
a dead adjudant," was the interesting
reply.
"Sounds sinister," in
with our rifles, mine is to go off and
kill you. . , . If you don't join
Schwartz, I am to be a mutineer, and
when yot enter the barrack -room
with Lejaune and the loyal party, in,
the night, I am to shoot you from
my bed... Either way you are to
die -and I am perfectly surge that I
shall die too.... Oh, God! Oh, Je-
sus Christ! -Oh, Holy Virgin! Oh,'
Saints. in Heaven'lb he blubbered.
"And suppose 'I refuse to give
Schwartz my , answer, and remain
Yes, even though it was you whom I,
was supposed to be trying to rob.
... An absurd idea, of course .. ."
and he laughed nervously.
There was no doubting the fact that
the gentle dago was in a' rare state
of terror. His . convulsive swallow-
ings, drawn yellow features, trent-
Wings and twitchings, clenched hands
and wild eyes, were really ,distressing.
"Most absurd idea, of course," fur -
inured Michael. "What is it you
want to tell us?"
"Your diamond! Your dianiond!4
whispered Bolidar hoarsely, gripping
1/licheel'swrist and staring into his
eyes.
"Ah my diamond. And what about
it?" said Michael gently. •
"Lejaune! Lejaune means to get,
it," he hissed . "And he'll kill me! If,
he doesn't Schwartz .will.... Or Bol:
dini. ' . What shall_ ;led'e4...•5vVlitat
can I do!" Xt iscrCanied.
Michael: patted the poor rascal's
elroulder.
"There! There. Never mind. No
one's going to kill you," he soothed
him, alt bst as though he had beena
baby. "Now tell us all about it and
we'll see what can be done. . . You
join our party and you'll be safe en-
ough."
"Yqur party?" asked Bolidar.
"What is your party? And what are
you going to, do?"
"Oh—we are a party all right. The
stoutest fellows in the garrison—and
we're going to •warn Lejaune—if
Schwartz doesn't agree to give up the
murder part of the plot," replied Mi-
chael.
"You're going to do what?" asked
Bolidar, open-eyed and open-mouthed.
`Going to warn Lejaune," repeated
Michael.
Bolidar threw his hands up and
shook with mirthless laughter.
"But he knows!—He knows! He
knows all about it, and who's in it—
and when it's to be—and every word
that's said in the place!" cackled Bol-
idar in a kind of broken, hoarse voice.
Michael and I stared at each other
aghast.
"Who tells him?" asked Michael.
'I do," was the proud reply of this
shameless animal "And when he has
got your diamond, he will kill me,"
he snivelled,
I was absolutely staggered. If Le-
jeune knew
e-jannle,knew all about it, what of our
precious threat to Schwartz? And
-tvhet was our position now?
`kNhy doesn't Lejaune do something
then?" asked Michael. f
so in pursuit of a diamond! And Bol-
dini's plan, I suppose, is to support
Lejaune until he has got the diamond,
and then withdraw the support—and,
the diamond? . , ."
"That is what Guantaio said," he
replied. "He wanted nee to join Bol-
dini, Colonna, Gotto and himself. We
were to plot, and kill Lejaune, and
those who stood by him against the
mutineers, after those poor fools had
been arrested ' and either shot (in
'self-defence/ of course) or put in the
cells, When we had the diamond we
could decide whether to liberate the
mutineers and use them in fighting
our way to Mor"occo, or whether their
mouths had better be closed. . ,
We could set .fide to the fort and clear
out -and everything would be put
down to the account of the Arabs."
"And why did you not fall in with
this pretty scheme?" asked Michael.
"Well—who could trust Boldini?
Or Guantaio? Or any of them, for
that matter? They are not honest
men. Once Boldini had the diamond,
what would be the worth of the life
of the man who had a claim on a
share of it? To have the diamond
would, of courseelhe death! To be
one of a syneficate owning it would,
of courseliiie death! Even to know
who yaii, got it would be death, for
the man who had it would kill you
lest you robbed .him or demanded
your share... . How can one work
with such dishonest .people?" and the
speaker's voice broke with righteous.
indignation.
"And has Guantaio made any other
proposals which you have rejected
with contempt?" asked Lichael.
"Oh—any number," replied Bolidar.
„
reins .to think
I'm a fool. He
Hes I
actually proposed that I should rob
you, and he and I should desert to-
gether, before all this mutiny business
takes place. I was almost tempted—
but—but—"
"Quite," said Michael. "It must be
a great handicap."
"It is," agreed .Bolidar. "And be-
sides," he added, "how could two men
walk across two thousand miles of
desert, apart from the question of
gums and the Tpuaregs? . . And
wouldn't Guantaiq murder me direct-
ly we got to. Morocco?"
"Unless you murdered him first,"
said Michael,.
"Yes," agreed Bolidar, "but one
might leave it too late ..."' and he
meandered on about the untrustwor-
thiness of Italians.
"Well, riow. Let's get dawn to bus-
iness," Michael interrupted. .'Whet
have you told us all this for? What
do you want us to do?"
"Why," said Bolidar, "I felt I must
deal with honest men and I must get
away. It' is certain death for rne. if
I get the diamond 1 shall be killed
for it, or for knowing that Lejaune
has got it. If I don't get it, Lejaune
will kill me for failing him, or else
for knowing too much when there is
a, court martial about the mutiny."
"Well?" Michael encouraged him.
"Y thought that if I told you all
about it—the real truth to honest
men—you .,would save my life and
your own, and give me a share in
the diamond."'
"How save our lives?" Michael
asked.
"All desert together before the mu-
tiny, and you give me a third -part
share in the diamond when we are
safe."
"How do you know we should
keep our promise?" asked Michael.
"Because you are'' English. . , . In
Brazil, we say, Word of an English-
man!' and 'Word of an American!'
when we ane swearing to keep faith.
If you promise, I know you ,will per-
form."
"This is very touching," said Mich-
ael. "But . suppose I give^.you my
word that _I haven't got a diamond
and never possessed a diamond in my
life?"
Bolidar smiled greasily, as at one
who must have his little• jest,
"Oh, Schor!" lie murmured, wag-
gling his head and his hands idiot-
ically.
"One knows of the little parcel in
your belt -pouch," he said.
"Oh, one does, does one?'. smiled
Michael. "Fancy that now l'%
Silence fell.
"Well—as you just said, two or
three people can't march off into the
desert and expect to live for more
than a day or two," observed Mich-
ael after. a while.:'
"We night make a party," stiggcst
ed Bolidar, "It is known that St.
Andre, Maris, Cordier, and, one or
two more refuse to listen to
Schwartz's plan to kill Lejaune."
"Nor are they deserters," said Mi-
chael, '
"No—but when they know that
they are to be killed by the mutineers
if they don't join them, or to be kill-
ed by Lejaum if they do—what then?
Tell them the truth -that Lejaune
is going to have n8 survivors of this
I observed
"Oh, he'll do something all right," English.
said l3olidar. "He'll do a good deal, "Nice little crowd," said Michael in
the night before Schwartz and his the same language. "One really
fools intend to strike,"
"Why does he wait?" we asked sim
ttltaneously.
"To see what youtwo are going
to do," was the reply. "If you join to Bolidar. "You are ht� YLejattne's—er—
SC
artz ou'll be killed with man. You'warned him of 5clttivart's
Schwartz, the night before the mut' plot to mutiny and kill him, while
my is due—and I'm to secure the dia acting as though you were a ring-
leader, ••You have told every detail
to Lejaune anti kept him up to date
with every development. - Lejatme :las
1
given you the job of killing me, If
I join Schwartz, you are to ;turn loy-
al, go
oy-al,.go over to Lejaune, and shoot vie
in my bred when we are arrested,
"If I refuse to join' Schwartz you
are to continue as a mutineer and
shoot me, from your bed, whet I
conte in with the loyal party to ar-
rest you,
"If I' decline to declare myself you
are to be my executioner, self-ap-
pointed, on behalf of the worthy mu-
tineers—who will have no neutrals
about. And all,this in order that Le-
jattiie may get a diamond that is sup-
posed to be in my possession, . , ."
Bolidar was souk in a lethargy of
miserable thought. He slowly nodded
in affirmation.
"And probably Boldini has a plan
of his own which involves a dead ad-
judant and leaves a live caporal—al-
doesn't know where one is, nor where
to start on the job of making head
or tail . of the business,
`Let's get this clear now," he said
mond. It is riot really supposed that
you'll join him though. And if you
don't join Schwartz you are to be.
killed in the attack on ltim. instead.'
"By whom?" asked: Michael.
"13y - me," replied Bonder. "You see,
if you should join Schwartz, I an to
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mutiny—whichever side they may be
on. No. He's going to have the di-
amond and the credit and glory of
suppressing the mutiny and saving
the fort single-handed. He'll teach les
legionnaires to mutiny! Their mutiny
shall end in death for the lot of them
-and in wealth and promotion for.
Lejaune. He sees himself an officer
and a rich, man on the strength of
this fine mutiny. , . . And what hap-
pens to the men who told.him about
the 'diamond—the men who helped
him and risked their lives for - him?
What, I ask you? .. . Death, I tell
you. Death!Death! Death!" • he
screamed,trembling and ' slavering
like a trapped beast.
"And whoe did tell him' about this
wonderful diamond?" asked ,Michael,
"Boldini," replied, Bolidar. ' "As
soon as he rejoined, he told • ►int of
the gang of famous London jewel
thieves who had fled from the English
police to the Legion, He and Guan-'
taiotl and Gotta: were to get it and
give it to Lejaune, who would pro-
tect them and who would either place
it and share with them,or keepit c
until they had all served th'eir time.
, . I don't know."
"And they put you up to steal it
in Sidi, eh?" asked Michael. "Why
you?,,
But 'Bolidar spurned such an un-
worthy suggestion. '
"Anyhow, we're getting away from
the point," Michael, interrupted him.
"What's to be done? We're certainly
not going to desert. I wonder if one
could possibly persuade the gentle
Lejaune that there's no such think
as a diamond in Zinderneuf?"
"What—pretend you hid it and left
it—at Sidi-bel-Abbes?" said Bolidar.
"That's an idea! "
Michael laughed
"Did you leave it at
Bolidar.
"I most certainly have not got a
diamond here," replied Michael.
f
Sidi?" asked
"Do you swear it by the naive o
God? By your faith in Christ? By
your love of the Blessed Virgin? And
by your hope for the intercession of
the Holy Saints?" asked Bolidar
"Not in the least," replied , Michael.
"I merely say it. I have not got a
diamond—'Word of an Englishman'."
"It's a chance," whispered Bolidar.
"Dear Christ! It's a chance. Oh,
lovely Christ, help me! _.. I'•ll tell
Lejaune you left it at Sidi."
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Bolidar pondered.
"Huh! Anyhow, he'll .make sure
you haven't got it," he said- darkly,
and rose to his feet. "But I'll try it.
I'll try it. There is a , small hope. .
I'll tell you what he says," he added.
"You'll .,tell us something, I've no
doubt," replied Michael, as the heroic
Portuguese took up his pails and
slunk' off.
"Well, my son—a bit involved,
•
what?" smiled my brother as we were
left in solitude.
"What can one. do?" I asked feebly.
"Nothing," replied Michael prompt-
ly and cheerfully. "Just; await events
and do the straight thing. I'm not
going to bunk. And I'm not going to
join any beastly, conspiracy. But I
think I'm going to 'beat Bolidar to
the draw' as Hank and Buddy would
Say—when he tries 'to cover me with
his rifle."
(To be continued)
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