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54 night's doings, fifty lashes and five years as an illicit diamond runner would be the least that he could expect. Inspector Lipinzki slept the balance of the night out with a £15,000 parcel of diamonds under his pillow, and the next day there was no one in Kimberley who had anything to say to him on the subject of double-skinned dogs or the selling of pups.

Of course, there were many in camp who would have given a good deal to know what had become of Mr. Seth Salter—but that is a yarn with another twist in it.