"He hit the high places right away for Bujannoff's house," Matt explained.
"Go on an' read."

"Was to have sailed last night at ten on the Sajoda for the South Seas--
steamship delayed by extra freight--"

"That's why we caught 'm in bed," Matt interrupted. "It was just luck--
like pickin' a fifty-to-one winner."

"Sajoda sailed at six this mornin'--"

"He didn't catch her," Matt said. "I saw his alarm-clock was set at five.
That'd given 'm plenty of time . . . only I come along an' put the kibosh
on his time. Go on."

"Adolph Metzner in despair--the famous Haythorne pearl necklace--
magnificently assorted pearls--valued by experts at from fifty to seventy
thousan' dollars."

Jim broke off to swear vilely and solemnly, concluding with, "Those damn
oyster-eggs worth all that money!"

He licked his lips and added, "They was beauties an' no mistake."

"Big Brazilian gem," he read on. "Eighty thousan' dollars--many valuable
gems of the first water--several thousan' small diamonds well worth forty
thousan'."

"What you don't know about jools is worth knowin'," Matt smiled good-