“And the diamond?”
“That and all the ‘fence’s’ other valuables were stolen.”
Kidd staggered as if he had received a heavy blow. He had lost a fortune. It was some slight satisfaction for him to know who had the Eye of Jobu, even if he did not have it himself. Now it was in the possession of some one unknown.
“Enoch, you are not joking?”
“I would not joke about so serious a matter,” replied Cook.
“We are a pair of unfortunate devils. Think what a glorious time we should have had had we been paid for the diamond.”
“There is nothing left for us to do, that I can see, but grin and bear it.”
“You seem to take our loss quite cool,” said Kidd.
“What’s the use of crying over it?”
“You have an idea who killed and robbed the ‘fence’?”