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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
A hitter feu J lias existed between Colonel
Arthur Stanley and his cousin, Judge
Jjiiniar Stanley. The feud has been en- ;
gendered in family jealousy over an heir- !
loom, tlie diamond from the sky, that \
was found in a fallen meteor by an adventurer
ancestor. Also, the succession i
to tlie Stanley earldom in England may '
come to an American Stanley. When j
11 daughter is born to Colonel Stanley of
1110 eldest branch of the Stanleys in
America and the mother of the child '
dies at its birth, the chagrined colonel i
buys a newborn gypsy boy and substi- J
tutes him as heir. Three years later the ,
gypsy mother, having had no part in this I
bargain, steals the colonel's little duugli- 1
ter, being reared In secret, and leaves her ;
own son undetected as the heir. The gyi>?y
mother lias also obtained possession ,
of tlie diamond from tlie sky and a document
containing the secret of tlie false
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j ivi i. one rears me mue girl, l'j.stlier
Stanley, as her own and grows to love
her. When Esther Is grown a beautiful
young girl, Hagar, now gypey queen, returns
to Virginia with her. She has a
wild plan that Dr. Dee, the late Colonel
Stanley's old friend, may now adopt Es- |
ther, as originally Intended, Her hope also
is that her son, the supposed Arthur Stan- !
ley lid, may fall In love with Esther
and thus the innocent girl may become
by marriage what she is by birth?mistress
of Staftley hall. Dr. Dee adopts
Esther, but also demands that Hagar turn
over to his custody the diamond from !
the sky. Dr. Deo also Informs Hagar J
that her son. tiie supposed Arthur Stan
ley 2d, Is a profit} ' 4 and not worthy of
Esther, but Hagar hopes for the best and
with her people departs. Arthur Stanley
dpet? f;?ll In Jove with Esther and so does 1
^rt.'s 'bootl cpmpanlon. Blair Stanley, the f
Icousin who would n? ?-* ?-*? r??i mala1
of at*nky W'ei y tu? jf.anley serTn ?
kr?J>W. Til stealing the diamond Blair j
"^ iiUStS the death of the doctor. Outside
Is Arthur, sercnadlr.s Etf,her. Blair, es- j
'capltig, insultingly infers to Arthur thai |
he has left Father's room. Arthur forces ,
ldm to fight a duel In which Arthur Is
Victor and tumbles Blair Into an open
grave. He searches Blair and takes the j
diamond from the sky. Blair Is only
stunned and tides, with the aid of his
mother, to place the blame for the mur- i
der of Dr. Deo upon Arthur. The sheriff
attempts to take Arthur, hut after a
thrilling drive in a high powered motor- |
car Arthur eludes his pursuers and l? i
thrown into the river after a smashup
His body is seen floating down the river, j
CHAPTER VII. I
The Prodigal's Progress.
LIKIO ltachel of old. Hatrar, the J
gypsy, "mourned for her cldl#
dren and would not be comforted."
The years had brought
nought but a harvest of heartaches for
Hngar.
The sou she had home had been torn
from her ere scarce she had felt Ida
little head against her heart, and as
ror the child she had taken from the
bouse of those she deemed her enemies.
the girl Esther, the child she had
taken in retribution for the great
wrong done her. the child she had nurtured
in hate and had grown to love
with every fiber of her being, sweet
Esther, the rightful Stanley, of her.
too, I(agar was now Ixtreft.
Here, wlille her sad heart still mourned
for both her children, yet longed
the most for sweet Esther, came the
homing pigeon to the rocks where It
had been reared, and here llagar saw
K flying laden with Its message and
lead the call for her that Esther sent.
It did not take her long to mount and
vide away.
Within a few hours she was at l)r.
bee's cottage to fltxl Esther alreudy
east out by the cold, proud widow of
Judge Btaoley, Blair Btanley's mother.
g?d Beat of kin to Dr. Deo. For the
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And the Face Was That of Arthur j
Stanley, Son of Haaar!
uoetor hud delayed. in his easy ?oint: i
way, just one day too long to adopt
lOslher legally, to tell lief who she was (
and to see she regained the heritage of !
Stanley hail and what was left of the i
estate the supposed heir was wildly j
squandering.
Sn |i was !Intrar arrived "'ust in time '
to spare the shrinking lOsther from fur '
tiler humiliation. .And as they ro le j
home in the dusk and crossed the ford
at the river nuar tile gypsy enmp. the
only home that sweet Kstlier seemed
fated to know, the hoofs of iTagar's
horse, that here them hotli. splashed
water on the face of what seemed the
corpse of a man in the sedge.
And the face of the seeming corpse
was the face of Arthur Stanley, son |
of Ilagar!
At tin gar's wild calls the gypsies
cuinu running from flieir camp not f:\r j
Haqar Tcllt Arthur of His Parentage.
from the river batik. The unconscious
form of Arthur was tenderly borne to
llagar's luxurious \ an. Hut ere tlie.v
bore him there ilagar's hand, feeling
for his fait;t iieart beats in the dusk, j
had closed about tlie diamond from tin' i
sky.
Dlstraeting Kstiters aifoni/.ed atten j
tion. llagnr had unehisped tlie great j
jewel and hidden it in her breast tin- I
seen, scarce knowing whv phe did so.
When Art hits' recovered consciousness
Sheriff Sw.aitt and his deputy had
reached the camp in their search ami
inquired for the fugitive. No corpse
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iiiiti i >(.'<* 11 i on mi wni'ii i no wrecked and
overturned uuto hud been dmggod from
the river bed. and the sheriff knew that
Arthur Stanley, dead or alive, had lloated
unseen.down the river. The .sheriff
failed to find Arthur at the ettinp. j
It was with blu/.lng eyes that 11 agar
confronted Arthur when he was strong
enough to bear her fierce reproaches.
"My sacrifice ha* Immui all la vain,",
she cried bitterly. "A ruined uian and
a murderer, you have wasted every
chance in life for which 1 tiowed my
heod In bitterness and sorrow. Hetter j
had you l?e?H tired the poor gypsy you j
were born, rather than to be a fugitive
Impostor who has squandered a herlt
age that w?* not hl*r
Arthur regarded her ** though ?he
were, what nhe seemed to him. an lu {
sane harridan, who raged at htiu In
half Incoherent frenzy. Then llagar
drew a brasa bound box from Its hiding
place, and. opening it with a key
from her bosom. handed htm a sealed
document, yellow and musty with ago.
on the ontaide of which were the
words:
"To be opened only after my death
In case my son, Arthur Stanley 2d,
should prove unworthy of the name of
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THE HOPBY HgBJ
Stanley."
With trembling: hands he broke the
seal and realized the woman before
him had spoken the dreadful truth.
For there, atllxed. was the signature of
Colonel Stanley, which he knew well,
and uleo l)r. Lee's, also known to him.
as witness.
"Nothing belongs to you. not even
your name, and much less this for
which you stained your hands with
blood!" cried linear hysterically. And
she throw down Into the open brass
box with a gesture of disdain the diamond
from the sky.
"But I am not guilty of the death
of Dr. I,oe; he was tny friend," replied
Arthur hoarsely. "I did kill my
supposed cousin Blair, and he now
lies In a grave dug for another, but not
for this," and he pointed to the baleful
Jewel. "I killed Blair Stanley because
he spoke ill of Esther. Why have you
driven her out to reproach me with
what 1 am not guilty? Tell me. If 1
am not Arthur Stanley, who is she?
Is she my sister? I ask this, for by
every wild deed of my reckless life in
the past and for every good deed 1
hope to achieve I love her!"
"No matter who she is. you are not
good enough to breathe the same air
with her!", replied llagar fiercely.
"Make the better man of yourself that
you boast you will! Make a name for
yourself in place of the one you have
lost and then return to me for a mother's
blessing and to learn who Es
ther is!"
So saying llagar. for she felt her
fortitude giving way. walked with dry
eyes and head erect from the van.
Arthur picked up the diamond from
the sky. In her agitation llagar had
forgotten it. and Arthur was of the
belief that his Spartan mother had left |
it there that he might take it and j
make some temporary use of it to |
build his fortunes with. For Arthur j
believed that Hinir stiil lay dead by
his hand in the grave dug for another, j
and with him the last male Stanley
save the old ear; in England had perished.
As Arthur passed from the van he
saw Esther come toward him from
liagar's side and was glad to note his
do roe, stern mother made no attempt
to stay her. And Esther had evidently
been told ;-s much as llagar cared
a .% i.n i? ?
I KJ it'll LJti,
She called him "brother" and walk- j
ed witli him to the woods at the edge
of the camp, and there they paused *
and made their farewells.
"He a good man. Arthur, my broth- j
er. and let me be proud of you!" Es-1
ther whispered tenderly. And Arthur!
folded her to Ids heart and kissed her ,
and strode away.
lie looked back once and saw her
leaning against a great tree and weeping.
Hut neither he nor the weeping
Esther beheld the dark face of Luke
Lovell peering at them through the
shrubbery.
It was not until next morning that I
Ilagar sought for the dinmoud and
found it missing. Again her rage at
Arthur burned high. Hugar hated the
Stanley name ami despised every Stanley
possession, hut she was resolved
sie.ee all the Stanley line was near at j
end that Esther, defrauded of evey ;
other birthright, should have the din |
inond from the sky.
Ilagar had not wholly believed Arthur
guilty of Dr. Lee's murder, even
when she had first learned of his being
suspected from Ksther's lips when she
had come for Esther to Fairfax the
day before. Ilagar resolved to go to
Richmond, the nearest big city, feeling
sure Arthur would be there iu hiding.
in the hope of finding id in ami securing
the diamond from the sky for
Esther, even if it were necessary to
give Arthur, her own son. up to the
law.
She telegraphed from the nearest
railroad station, from which they took
train to Richmond. This telegram was
to the P.lake agency, and it was sent
to recall Tom Blake, the head of the
concern, from Fairfax to Ulchmond.
No suspicion in the slightest had been
directed sit Blair in connection with
the doctor's murder, nor did any living
soul in Fairfax, save Blair :.n<l ids
mother, know of the encountt* Blair
laid had with Arthur in the doctor's
dooryard nor of the grewsoine duel
across the open grave sit midnight that
had followed Blair's wild ruse to defame
Father's good name that Arthur
might not suspect him of murder nn.l
robbery, the real guilt Blair felt the
burden of.
But in order to bo safe, and at bis
mother's suggestion. Blair Stanley had
gone to Uicinuoiul, his mother giving
the excuse, that fle Mjent to attend to
urgent matters brought about by the
doctor's sudden and tragic death.
lCslher. too, was gone from Fairfax
How. and this, with the flight of Arthur
and the presence of the Richmond
detective, made the countryside
of old aristocratic Fairfax county ring
with rumors and the revival of old.
long forgotten tragic and mysterious
happenings among the Stanleys. ?
In Richmond Arthur Stanley, giving
himself the name of John Powell,
round humble lodgings watting opportunity
to slip from Richmond when the
hue and cry after him had died down,
it wax necessary for him to have
funds. To obtain these he resolved to
pawn the diamond from the sky, believing
that no llviug person save Hitgar
knew of its existence.
In eighteen years the diamond from
the sky hud almost come to be regard
ed as a myth in Fairfax county. Nome
them were who claimed It bad never
existed at all and others who believed
it had been a bit of old trumpery that
Colonel Stanley had found valueless
and destroyed,
j It waa ouly when he caine out of hie
j hiding place after several days that
U>, OOHWAY, 8. 0.
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"B? a good man, Arthur, my brother!'*
Arthur (lured l>uy and rend a Ltlch1
tuoml paper. There were no further
accounts from Fairfax of the death of
ln\ Lee and the Might of his supposed >
murderer.
Arthur also came to the conclusion !
that the dea/h of Blair Stanley and his
being found shot through the head in I
a new grave intended for another had
also ceased to be a three days' wonder
in the Richmond newspapers. In Fairlax.
like enough, the whole country- !
side was still agog at this double trag- j
edy. Arthur reasoned, but here in Rich
mou 1 the papers gave no mention to it
now. Their one absorbing topic was ,
the ball to be given by Richmond's so- <
ciety leader, the wealthy Mrs. Burton
Randolph.
CHAPTER VIII.
THo New York Society "Belle."
M KAN Will LB. desperate and
fear stricken. IJiair Stanley !
was endeavoring to forget
his peril, present and prospec- j
live, in wild and reckless indulgences [
in Richmond.
While his fugitive cousin lay in hum- i
Mo lodgings. Blair Stanley lorded it at
n line hotel, and every night found him
gambling at tile exclusive establish- I
ment of Abe Bloom. In dcsperution.
finding himself "cleaned out" at Mr.
Bloom's luxurious temple of chance, i
Blair had got that astute gentleman to
cash his personal check on the Bank
of Fairfax.
In a few days this would be returned
marked "No funds." Blair well knew,
but he 'hoped meanwhile to recoup his
losses and laugh in Abe Bloom's hawklike
face as he "made good the bum
check" out of the winning he expected
to gain at Abe's own roulette
wheel.
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But the .$2,000 went the way of the j
$500 his mother had given him?back
Into the coffers of the gambling house
keeper who had advanced the money i
on the worthless cheek. ,
One desperate chance was left. Blair
resolved to pawn his watch and with
the proceeds Invoke the wheels of
chance again and by a streak of luck,
who knows, win back all and so square
himself and tlie check when it came
hack, for Blair found Richmond to his
liking. Then, too, he worried over the
mysterious visit to Fairfax of Tom
Blake, the detective. Who had hired
Blake?
There was also the ball to be given
by Mrs. Burton Randolph, who was a i
relative of his mot iter, and counted .
upon Blair's presence at her grand
hall, the event of the social year in
Richmond.
Also Blair thought of Vivian Mars- i
ton. Glorious Vivian, fftxurious Vivian! j
She had come to Richmond, sworn
friend of Mrs. Randolph, who had met
her the winter before ait Balm Beach, j
It was known of Vivian Marston that
she was a wealthy and dashing votiiur I
widow, high in the circles of New !
York's "four hundred."
Hlair Stanley had mot tier at. tils J
mother's cousin's mansion, and Rlalr 1
had boon tirst among those to fall victim
of her charms.
* * * * * *
Arthur Stanley entered the pawnshop
of Ike Iilooin. brother and some
said partner of the redoubtable Al?e
Ulooni, king of the Richmond gamblers.
The pawnshop wjps dlvhY'd into
pqrlltion spaces. Arthur s?w%t\e vulture
eyes of Isaac lUoom gleam when
they fastened upon the diamond from
the sky, with its antique chain and
curious setting.
Only too eagerly did the pawnbroker
hand over the Arthur asked on it.
and only too eagerly <l?d he hide it in
a drawer.
Arthur was alsnit to slip from behlud
the privacy partitions to the
street when hoard a voltNe say," "I
want $5<> on this watch." He staggered.
Iiaif fainting with fear and joy,
against the partition. I
It W A u ihi, v<kl?A a t uiuii*
? v ?? vi ??m ri ? ' v<? ii iv,*
There could l>e no mistake. hi a revulsion
of feeling to find tie wan not
a murderer and that Blair was alive
and well Arthur threw himself around
the partition and Into the arms of
Blair.
Somewhat surprised. but feigning Joy
alao. Blair repeated hia supposed cousin's
cries of wild delight. Then ha
made haste to explain that I>r. I<ee
had railed hist to hia study and had
given him the diamond from the sky
and that having dona this, the doctor,
who was greatly agitated, had faller
dead lu hta chair.
"I was afraid 1 would be suspected
| of killing him for the diamond. How
0
could 1 expluin when you caught hold
of me?" lied Blair glibly. "1 did not
mean any reflection ujK>n Gather,
you thought I did." he continued. "I
only thought any altercation at such a
time and the doctor lying dead might
Jeopardize her good name. 1 was too
frightened to explain, and you were
too angry to listen to inc.
"1 was otfiy stunned and got home
all right. But there has been a detective
hired, and I believe be will
find some clew, and your evidence
would only tend to convict mo. and 1
am innocent!"
Arthur reflected that l>r. Lee had
known he was the spurious heir and
that the diamond did pro|>eiiy belong
to Hlnlr In consequence, lie did not
tell Blair the Stanley secret, that he.
Arthur, was hut a gypsy changeling.
But lie resolved to stand by Blair and
thus in reparation do what good he
could until the time came when he
might tell. So for the time being he
resolved to keep Ilngnr's secret?and
his own.
Blair was quick to take advantage
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vi .vi uiiii n jv\v iiiiu wm:nr\i immu,
"I never will :il>lo to prove I did
not kill L>r. Lee." lie said, with affected
sadness. "True, there would not be
any proof to convict me. but: the suspicion
of it would ruin inc. You must
stand by me. Arthur."
And Arthur, in the foolish impulsive
generosity of Ills nature, promised.
The relief he felt at seeing Itlair alive
placed him in the mood to promise
anything that Itlair might ask.
Then. too. with an Inward shame,
he realized that after all he was an
Impostor and stood in Itlair's way. atul
yet he could not bring himself to hp despised
of Ulair stiould he tell him the
Stanley secret.
The spirits of Hlalr rose corresjiondingly.
With Arthur gone, suspicion
would forever rest upon the hidden fugitive!
Pdair heaved a sigh of relief
and then said to Arthur. "You do not
know my mother's cousin. Mrs. I?nr
ton Randolph. who gives tho grand ball
in Richmond tonight. Come, let us
have one fling, one good time together,
in n>'iuory of the old days at Stanley
hall before you go to the west. I will
introduee you under any name you
choose. There is a stunning young
.New York widow?lots of money and
style about her?1 want you to meet.
She's Just luy style and I want your
approval of her."
Arthur hesitated a moment and then
realized that if the pursuit were still
hot on his trail tin* last place he would
be sought for would la? at a high society
function. So he shook hands with
ltluir and exclaimed heartily:
"I'll go you. Blair! One good fling
before 1 go west to make my fortune.
And if I make it. Blaii, I promise you
that you shall share it."
For Arthur all his generous impulses
were now founded on the desire to
Hagar'a Half Servant, Half Bodyguard,
Luke Lovell.
recompense Blair for the heritage he
bud, unknowingly till now, deprived
him of. And Arthur was young. For
him the strong, brotherly utYcction he
bore for Esther and the desire in his
heart to do justice to Blair were now
the main motives of his life. And he
would have this farewell Joy a nee with
Blair.
Blair took him first to Abraham
Bloom's private "club," and here, despite
Arthur's wiser counsels, counsels
the wisdom of which lie now wondered
at himself, Blair plunged again at
roulette uiul lost the money he b?;d
got on his watch at the pawnbroker's
ami half of what Arthur hml got from
the inline source on the diamond from
the sky, of which, of course, Blair
knew nothing.
C-p to Richmond this night of Mrs.
Randolph's ball caiue Ha gar. She
brought with her Esther, from whom
she was resolveil never again to he
parted. Hagur brought also an half
servant half bodyguard her lieutenant
In her gypsy qneenship, Is ike Isivell.
Tom Blake, the detective, returned to
Richmond at her summon* and met
heir. It too^ but few inquiries with
the means at Blake's command to locate
Blair Stanley, cutting a swath in
Richmond's gayest circles. It was with
surprise Ijagar learned, and a happy
surgftiae, too, that Blatr Stanley was
alive and seemingly uninjured the
while Arthur had believed he had killed
him.
Ut?r In tb? ???nlu| Blaki brought]
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her word that Arthur was with Blair B
under an atom wed name and It wan B
evident wa? going to the ItAndolph hall I
with Blair that night. B
Oil many occasions the thrifty Hagar B
had turned' such fashionable function* B
as the Randolph ball to good account. . B
She knew the Idle rich welcomed the ^ B
diversion of the Impromptu appeurance B
of a gypsy fortune teller on such ocea- B
sions. As a gypsy fortune teller she B
determined to appear and confront Ar- B
thur and get the diuiuond ere he left B
Richmond to make his wuy in the B
world.
Meanwhile a fair vision was oti the B
threshold of Abraham Rloom's private- B
"club." This fair vision was none oth- B
er than the stunnlugly attired and vlva-^, B
clous woman of the world. Vivian B
Marston. H
Abe's "club" was on a quiet side, fl
street. The supposed "New York so
clety belle" ran little risk of being;: I
KI?PII hv I1I1V Of Itl<-hlllOllil*a 4,lw?ul uru* H
pfcy people" at < In tlie afternoon as I
she hurriedly passed from her waiting I
cab Into the double doorway of the I
"clubhouse." I
A bra ha hi Bloom received the sup-^ I
posed "New York society leader" wlthr I
an astonishing air of friendly familiar
Ity. Vivian Marston may not have I
been a society leader in New York, I
as the rest of Richmond supposed, but
it was true enough that she was a I
gay New Yorker, and Mr. Bloom had H
met her there on more occasion.* than 4 I
one when he had visited the gay me- I
tropolis. k I
"Surprised to see me In your town^fc I
AbeV" asked V|vlnll gaylv. "Well, f I
met one of your society dames. Mrs,
Randolph, at Palm Bench last winter. I
I made a hit with her. and 1 am hero I
as her guest. A
"She gives that big blowout you hear
so much about tonight. I want to plclc * I
up sonic rich guy of Richmond and
marry and settle down among tho I
southern aristocracy. I have got plonty
of line clothes, but I had to hoclc
my ico in New York to get. them and
get here. m
"I want to beg. borrow or steal a
film out lit of jewelry, and I want you I
to help me get the loan of some, un- I
less you get enlargement of the heart I
and present it to inc." I
"Nix on that generosity stun, Vi, oid
girl." replied Mr. Bloom. "Business I
is bum. There's no money in Rich- - I
inond except the old Confederate bills ' I
they printed here by the ton during I
the war. But i got a brother who I
runs a bock shop"? I
"And you ami your brother cntoU
I hem coming and going." merrily interjected
the Now York society leader, so
called. "Alter you break tbe boobs
your hock shop brother trots their'Jewelry."
"Never you mind about that, klddo,"
replied Mr. Bloom affably. "I'll givO ^
you a note to brother Ike to lend you.
all the ice in the refrigerator. He'U
tlx you out with sparklers till you'll
look like a chandelier."
The lady departed from Mr. Bloom's
establishment with a compelling note
to ids brother, the pawnbroker. The
best Mr. Ike Bloom had In the shop
was the diamond from the sky. In
a fatal moment lie displayed it to the-^
opulent looking lady friend of his
brother. Miss Marston of New York,
and that dazzled young person had
eyes for nothing else.
"That for me!" she cried, "and nothing
else! It would be a sacrilege to
wear anything else with that!"
"Be very careful of It." warned the
cautious Bloom reluctantly. "I don't
know where it came from, but when s
you wear that I know you are wearing *
one of the finest diamonds in the
world!"
"They can't come too good for me,
Mr. Bloom." said Vivian, as she gazed
enraptured at the great Jewel in its
antique setting.
That night Vivian Marston, in all her
luxuriant beauty, set off as it was by
(lie diamond of the sky blazing on her
fair bosom, was the cynosure of alii ^
eyes at Mrs. Randolph's hall as she
stood with her hostess in the receiving
line.
Arthur and Blair gasped at her beauty,
but stared as if turned to stone to
see the diamond from the sky gleaming
on the bosom of this fair stranger
in Richmond. A
ITngar, admitted as soon as her appli- . M
cation readied the hostess, happy to^
have Hie novel diversion of real gyj>- fl
sies to tell fortunes at her hall, gasped, ^
too, to see tlie diamond Haunted bold- T
ly by this dark, luxurious stranger "
from the great city.
She thought Arthur had given thi?
lK>ld faced beauty the diamond from
the sky, and her heart again hardened
to him.
Kstlier, dazzled by the lights and the
luxury, clung timidly to Hagar's arm.
She had never seen the diamond fron?
the sky before nor had she ever heard1
its history.
Outside I.uke Ix>vell loitered Idly,
awaiting to guardt Hagar and Kstfter
hack from the ball when the function
should come to an end.
"Shall we have the fortunes firstT9'
asked the hostess of her guest from
New York. "It will be great fun and1
help to get things started." ^
Hagar had given 110 sign of recognition
to Arthur, and he In turn was re-lleved
that his gypsy mother did not
seam intent on creating any ecena. He
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mw<i mwi wiiii m?ir ana silent, end1
both of tliem cased from afar asI
tbouyh faiiclMteil at the diamond from,
the sky biasing on the breast of Vivian'
Mars ton.
How came K here? was the thought* r
of both of them, for in all their reoon-*
dilation they had eednloutly avoided1
discussing the baleful gem of their ancestor.
"I have a wondrous fortune to t?U'
this lady/' said Hagar huskily as eh#
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