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THE DIAMOND
By E. R. PUNSHON
"ONCE a digger, always a digger," say the people of South Africa; and, again, "No man ever leaves the Vaal." But John Robson was very sure that he at least was going to be an exception to that general and well-proved rule.
Never again would he return to the muddy waters of the great river, in the sands of which diamonds lay waiting for the finder; never again would he see the shabby little settlement by the river bank, with its roofs of corrugated iron, its stacks of empty tins, and its piles of derelict bottles; never again would he see the location on the hillside, or the boys working by the waterside. As for his claim, anyone who wanted it could have it.
A strange figure he looked as he trudged across the veld, making for the track along which twice a week travelled the Kimberley coach. His dungaree trousers were torn and ragged, his flannel shirt grey with ancient dirt, his sombrero flapped on his forehead in ruins, his boots he had had to tie with bits of string to keep them on his feet. His hair was long and matted, it was a week since he had shaved, and in the pocket of a wash-leather belt next his skin he bore a diamond worth a clear five thou
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