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*TT -rr~ ? Copyright, 1915, by A novelization of the photo play s enltted to the scenario department of ?*nteat during December and January, eamo from many sections in the United well as thousands of amateurs toek This instalment of this romantic novel and absorbing narrative will be shown in motion pictures at The Casino Theatre on Thursday afternoon and night. | IhS A AAA S AA/V l $nu.miur or 1,UUU Words or Less i For an Idea Fc-r a Sequel to "THE DIAMOND TROM . TIE SKY" The American Film Manufacturing Company's Picturioed Romantic Novel In Chapters. This contest is open to Any man, woman or child who is not connected, directly or indirectly, with the Film Company or the newspapers publishing the continued story. No literary auiiiiy ir. necessary to quaiiiy as a contestant. You arc advised to see the continued photo play in the theaters where it will be shown to read the story as it runs every week, and then send in your suggestion. Contestants rrtzisi conf . . i I _ a _ * 1 .? * _ _ il.. ? 1 line n:'jxr coOIr i uuhuii a iui me ocqu&i to 1,000 t/jords or less. It is the tacci that is wanted. _________ I SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. A hitter IV ud has existed between Colo- i nei Arthur Stanley and liis cousin, Judge Jauaar Stanley. The lend lias been cn.Kci.siered in family jealousy over an heitlooi:i, the diamond from the sky, that I was foutul in a fallen meteor by an nd venturer ancestor. Also, the succession j to i.e Stanley c.irldom in K;y;!and may come to an American Stanley. When ii daughter is born to Colonel Stanley of the eldest lira:.eh of Uio Stanleys in America ami the mother of the chil'l . dies at its birth, the chagrined colonel bu> s a newborn gypsy boy ami substitutes him as heir. Three years later the gypsy nioth.or, having had 110 part in this bargain, steals tlio colonel's little daughter, being reared in secret, and leaves her own son undetected as the heir. The gypsy mother has also obtained possession of the diamond from the sky and a document containing tlie secret of the false heir. She rears the littlo girl, Esther Stanley, as her own and grows to love lier. \Vlien Esther is grown a beautiful young girl, Ilagar, now gypsy queen, returns to Virginia with her. She lias a wild plan that Er. Eee, the late Colonel' Stanley's ol 1 friend, may now adopt Esther, as originally intended. 1 Icr hopo al.- o is that her son. tlie supposed Arthur StanIcy I'd, may fill in love with Esther and thus the innocent girl may become, by marriage what she is by birth?mi. tress of Stanley bail 1 >r. Loo adores Esther, V*iit also demands that llaKar turn over to his lustody the d s'.nond from j the sky. Dr. Lee also informs Ii.i.gnr thilt licr SOU, til- msed Artiuir Si;:!i- 1 ley 2d, is a prolh and u t worthy el" Krthcr, but linwu ; oj f-the l e t i ,v.ith Iter pcop'o depart#. Art ..v.; Sianlej , docs I' ll in love with list! r i d ro d rs his boon companion, Llair !' :inley, I" cousin who wmild lie tin- r tftil r.irtlo heir of nie. were t . i y secret known, tn stealing? the diamond Klr.it'I cause:-: the death ?jf the d el or. On..Mo is Arthur, ; < r n ; Esther. Klalr, i capiat;, iasuLingiv in f.nv? to Arihtti th..' he linci h I'l lis... imo.ii. Arthur ?t him to 1 i ; 111 a dial in M'hic i A liiur is Victor and tumbh :. lhr.ir ;:n o; . n grave, lie s ?arcia s 1 iuir : n! t c.cs *, diamond from tin- 1 ... I'lvr is r.:i!y St.ami (1 and tries, v. ; h the ; . ; of 1 mother, l > )d ice the blame f;>r . nmrdor of I >r. L< un ci Arthur. The : he Mi nt tempt.; to take Arthur, ?. :' after a thrilling drive in a hi- h pew . ! m torcar A rt'"j" < Ind s h etir; . -M "Inrcv... inlo the riv r a i t r>. pramin Iiis body in seen Heath g d ?v i the rivci Arth.ur is revived hv ii; . . v. > i evert!. ' his ident ty and upbraids hiia. I." d n money, he pawns the diamond/in ltieh- ; rr v d. Klnir is in Itielmmnd, Using rot- i our! . r ml ho, t >o, is for* < I to \ Lit the i pawnshop. After explanations the two I h', r: ' t o Ht 1 d by crcli nib r. At a ball, | to v/liieh 111 air las invited Aitir.i: and : which a SUpJr.s d i h \V York : i t he'.ioj is the i ie t of honor, they a.e s.u.i.cd t . j f'ivd tlie diamond on the br? nat of the i New York visitor. She is an adventuress ' who has borrowed the diamond for tk r>vr viti" i in" >. 11. . a. <' i ... i ... foi'Tiv.o toller, Mrcor.i;i? ;1 l?v Lull" Lov? 11. Willi- Ik: ii> { 1! l!n? "Ix IIo'h" fortune I ho dianioiid is snatched lVoin her t broad. CHAPTER IX. "For the Sake of a False Friend." HAtJAIt'S hands almost touched the dliiinond from the sky as slu? clutched at it. over the shoulder of Vivian Marston its It disappeared through the velvet window curtains eiinehed in a strong, dark fist. As for Vivian Marston, she caught her breath with a grCAt, gulping sob, ?nd then site shrieked in wild alarm ?nd 4>alu, for the hands Hint had so mysteriously throttled, .her. fair neck j and snatched from her breast the great j borrowed jewel had been no gentle ones. In an instant the ballroom was in an nproar, and a frightened flunky had fu at the ftrat wild veport there had es-1 ' ^i^^^jgEJrapF 3r R.01T Z*. M? OARDBLL Hoy JL. McCardell elected as the best in over 19,000 subthe Chicago Tribune in a $10,000 prize The manuscripts in this competition States and Canada. Authors of note part. boon n jowol robbery to tho front doorway and had blown throe long. fright quavering blasts upon a police whistle. Outside the Randolph mansion Luke Lovoll was scuttling through the darkness with the diamond from the sky. Idling on the outside and waiting for his mistress, Ilagar, the gypsy queen, and Esther. Luke had glanced through the low window only to have his gaze , fall upon the blazing jewel. Never overscrupulous, he always re inotnbored the whispered gypsy gossip t that Matt Harding, tho dead^husband of Ilagar, had made ids fortune, now , possessed by Ilagar. by some bold coup. : And here, thought desperate Luke, was bis chance for fortune. lie ! was quick to follow out the evil impulse. lie gained tl?o street with the wild idea to bide the diamond in the first safe nook or cranny, and then to return as quickly as be could to bear the brunt of suspicion and of search. Inside the ballroom all was coiifu- ' sion and alarm. Women screamed and fainted, and tbe men. foremost among thorn Arthur and Blair, soon surround- i ed the hysterical Vivian Marston, lis* I i toning to her broken story of being Strang1.yd and robbed by two strong j bands belonging" to an unseen thug in the twinklin# of an eye. On tin'doorstep tbe frightened tlunk.v blew the police whistle again and i again. One policeman who bad been at the portals for some time, but bad sauntered away to give an eye to bis beat, was beard returning with rapid loot* j i steps in the dark. Far off in the < titer direction another policeman eou!d be | i beard rapidly approaching am! sound ing bis night stick on the sidewalk. Luke saw the gleam of brass buttons I under a gas lamp not a hundred yards i away, lie turned, bis bo ty ? .asped in his strong brmr/.ed right 1: md. to dee in the opposite dircet on. i'..:' coming I in t '.lis direct ion was t o*h< i k . r.rsed policeman, making the n'g'u hideous with the pounding of liis club on the pavement. I.tike realized be was trapped. 'id? throw the diamond into the street might mean its limling and his subsequent conviction for its theft. Ills hand struck something cold. it was an iron mail box on .a lamppost. I Beneath the iamppost was a circle of | shade that masked his action. Quick ( as thought lie dropped the jewel, with j its locket and chain, into t lie mail box and ran toward tint policeman pound j ing the sidewalk, ervine oxettodlv. * ?(< Tossed over here and went tlirough j that hedge and lawn!" "Oh, 110. lie didn't!" said the putting j polieeinan. giving the sinister looking I I.uke a glance of quick suspicion. "He' ran right into toy arms. I got him j Rrady!" he added to the other o!!:eer. Together they haled the ^ destine' I.uke to the portals of the Randolph mansion on the flout street, and the." ! ?!ranged him in. liere I.uke told his story with man; i vehement assoverat ions as to his or. 1. ; honesty, lie said lie had strolled lei the corner of the house from the front ' doorstep and had heeii astoiin led to | see a tall, dark man leap from l!a ; around lioor i a! -onv ol" a. side w ind. v. 1 , dart across t.ie street aim tnrou.k aj hedge and across the lawn en the op , posiie side and disappear in the dark.; lie was making after this Heeing lr a 1 Hinder when the polieeinan grablv . j him, he added sullenly. I [agar von hod for ! r man. an : Luke insisted on bci: v : arched. 11i hoi ma; only l..ir. i. search was i; and the nils : . jewel was not foi mi Hut the . jii insisted mi h.<> dim: l r gypsy. and he was being led a\.n\ wiien, as fate would have it. an cvci. greater rainretenins was to occur, at. I even more um nviable net iriety was i to attend Richmond's most fashions!.h fun t: ?i!, .Mrs. Hurt on Randolph's an nual bad. Sheriff Sam Swain of Fairfax ap 1 eared in the doorway, acconipnni hy J leteetive Tom Rake. 'i want Arthur Stanley over them I for the murder of I'r. Ileiiry Lee of Fairfax!" cried the sheriff. The face of lliair Stanley h!au<died, j "R<member your promise. Arthur." he whispered. "You cannot go to the gal- ! lows for me. You must tell the truth } if you are tried. Ibit you can save me J if you escape." Arthur nodded and broke loose from i the grasp of Sheriff Swain. I?lair j fought as best he could to aid Ids sup- J posed cousin, but his now hysterical relative, ,tho chagrined Mrs. Randolph, threw her arms wildly about him and so Isold ami hampered liim as she shrieked, "They will kill you. Hlair!" that he could do 1>iit little. Then. too. Vivian Mnrston added her efforts to restrain him. it-, was no time for Ha- j gar to speak. She realized that It were better that Arthur escape if he could even under the onus of unjust suspicion. One of the policemen released Ids hold 011 Lukfc I.ovcll and came to the aid of the sheriff. Arthur fought like a madman, and the struggle surged frooi the ballroom to the hall and out | down the steps to the sidewalk. Arthur j THE HORRY HERJ was slowly but surely being overpowered when llaftur, who hovered near the lighting men. plucked Detective Itlako by the sleeve and gave him a significant sign. Such was the mastery of that look and sign that the de They Surrounded the HySteric.il Vivian rviarston. toctive relaxed his efforts in aiding I:is more oiheial brethren of the law. Arthur wrenched himself loose and felled the sheriff an 1 the polieeniau. broke through the ring of cabmen and flunkies and was gone! linear now realized she should have taken ldake more into her contideiaw for all the detective knew was that his client had been seeking Arthur Stanleywith no good intentions to the fugit.. e. So when late r on the same day he had located Arthur with I.tlair he ' had given the same information as to / . ' ; # 1??I??IWWi ????> ? mam?Mt?fci?iM I Me Dropped tho Jewel Into the Mail | Box. win re Ait!:::r might he found that ' t: * SIk :aiV Sam Swain, freshly nr- . \. \ ! f.Tiin fair fax. the street, the quiet, deserted res'delicti street of mchnioiui's tash- j i :;:11?11 residential ii<?i*4!: 1 ?<>;*ii? >? 1. lied A:-i!1111*. itchin I him {lie sound of l i. ; .!> ;> whisi!es and the pur nil ;rcu" i fainter. Arthur. in splcndi 1 physical ti'i! : ;l!li spur.' <1 hy CXriloiliC!; i, ran i ' a beer. lie slipped down an oh ;.!ley, .-rnssi d l>y the backs .id n j h:. i >; ( re of mami' niid found hi.'.lcli in a an street that: led ?!?? n ti:e r:ii:ve.I tracks. The pursuit, v. left fur behind or else It h:ul pone o'f in a fa! e scent in another direction. Arthur slackened Ids pace and real iin 1 his hreath. lie looked down at 1 himself and saw that he was in even in:: attire. True, in the struyude his! clothes had received some rouph hr.n ! tiling. llis dress eoat was torn under j the sleeve and his low cut waistcoat (lapped apart, bereft of its buttons. , And Arthur pave a littjc laugh as he saw liis shadow under a dim street , lamp and realized that despite the! strenuous en ounter through which he had just passed Ids silk hat, somewhat milled siihI battered. as examination proved, was still u|xm liis head. "How will I ever esosipe in these i togs?" ho said to himsolf ruefully, t They'll have my description hroad j east in an hour." Vet he did not falter for ;i 11 that, but hurried on in the night through the deserted streets, and in some fifteen minutes' brisk walk found himself, by rare good luek, in the railroad yards and by a long freight train, just slowly moving out. With reckless haste he threw himself under a freight ear and drew himself upon the brake beam. Ills head ached from the noise and the reaction of all he had passed through In the crowded hour at Mrs. Randolph's ball. Kvery bone In ht? body ached a? he held to the jolting, j lld, oonwat, s. 0. croaking brake bcnui. Cramped and bruised from the |K>sitlon In which he lay on Ids narrow, perilous perch above the grinding wheels, a dreadful Impulse seized upon Arthur to let go his straining grasp and end the now litful fever of his life beneath the clanking wheels that ground and groaned beneath liiiu. What was lie after all but a living falsehood and a cheat? Not a Stanley of Stanley hall, spending with a free hand as became a reckless gentleman, but a gypsy im|K>stor. a cheat, wasting substance that was not his! A fugitive from justice and a bankrupt believed by all who had known him to be the murderer of a kind and gentle old man who had never harmed ldin. but on the contrary hud been his friend and had been one of the agencies by which he. a hedge born gypsy, had been reared in a mansion under a high name never his. The glamour of his sell' sacrifice In shielding Blair and thus making himself a voluntary murder suspect passed from Arthur, lie saw now that in saving Blair he had only done so to save himself from the open shame and humiliation that would con 10 to him when the searching inquiries of a murder trial, with the evidence that IJngar possessed?evidence he felt sure she would produce to save the life 01 her son?would result in his acquittal of murder hut would leave him stripped of the peacock feathers of the Stanley heritage that he. the gypsy jackdaw, had worn so long. lie saw in the dust and darkness the baleful gleam of the diamond from the sky. lie saw the accusing, tierce ga'/e of his gypsy mother, and then, like a benediction and a saving grace, he saw. in the dust and gloom, the sweet face and the sail, wistful eye of Es* ther! lie grasped the cold iron rod stanchly now. Let destiny deal him what it might, he would stand the buffets and tight 011 for Esther's sake! CHAPTER X. Lost?The Diamond F'rom the Sky! jftND what of the diamond from the sky? Torn from the fair throat of Vivian Maiston. it in-s in a mail oo.\. w nil lio light to gleam upon it nml ho retioeted back iiitcnsilicd. Willi loiters aid packages and newspapers folded tight lies the diamond from the sky without a stamp to make it. mail of any class. Then conies the busy mail collector, with his mail collecting ear. There is some excitement at the Randolph mansion close by. Police whistles are blowing and a thundering light is going on on the sidewalk. Hut Hob Adams is one of Uncle Sam's mail men. Way tor the U. S. mail, which has no time to stop for police, police whistles or shindies on the street. Hut it attracts his attention. as do some hurrying passers by. and he opens the mail box and mechanically drags its contents into the open maw of the drawstring regulation canvas mail bag. Into the sack while Bob Adams, mail man. looks with ; VOt'l Oi I tiiu-ni'i! ^? ?. . V. . VXI ..X %%v. ?W MUMI I I i V_" Vir^illll scrap"'goes t'.u* mall from la x did. and with ii goes tho diamond from the sky Hob Adams gets bark from his collection route to the postolliee an I'.our later. Ills work is through, and he stops in to see his friend, the sergeant at police headquarters, to lea'n ^vliat tho row whs all about that caused such a commotion and evidently put a crimp in the swell ball given bv that grande dame of Richmond, Mrs. Ibtrton Randolph. Meanwhile on the sorting tables at the postollice the local colMotions are lad teg damped from the mail bags. The clerk looses the drawstrings and holds the bags up f; >m their bottom cot'iurs and shakes out the mail with deft and practiced rapidity. On the Moor the emptied mail logs pile. They see hard servi <\ and some are rent and frayed The inspector comes on his rounds and goes over the empties, marking briskly witli a large piece of chalk "Iicpair" on those that nei d mending and renovation. I \ i ? t .. f ! . /. 1. . . 1.. . ' v ii u/ tin' iiMUilU | 'i?l > i Mill I'M' the time I>< i11vr I Ik.' condemned mail hags. ;uk1 there all 11ihL they lay in tin- arc light. wit!i only the eye of tin* night watchman upon thorn occasioniilly. Diiwn breaks tit n small *.vny station forty i. dies from liichmoud. Here the freight train liaits for oruers, ami lioiv Artlit.r, so cramped and sere. that every filler of his being .aches, crawls from Ids perilous' porch and creeps from under the oar into tlie dusky daylight. Choked with dust, marked and matted with urease and dirt, dlsheveled and pitiful in what was his masculine finery of the night before, Arthr.r limps to n small pool of water between the tracks and is not too dainty to throw himself down beside it and siu-k up its refreshing coolness to his cracked lips and parched and feverish throat. The trainmen are busy with their own concerns at water tank and telegraph station, far up the track and on the other side of the train. Across from hitn is a freight, going out on a branch line. The open door of n freight ear seems to call him to its sheltering haven of escape. Arthur darts across the track. rcali'/.Lng what a ridiculous figure he must seem in Ids stained and disheveled dress suit, a marked and battered silk hat still clamped flfflil Iv on tiiu lioml The outgoing freight is gaining meiiiontara as Arthur flings himself half into the open doorway, but he misses his hold and would have fallen under the wheels but that two strong and dirty hands aoIso hhu by tire shoulder And another pair an dirty and as strong grasp him also, and be is hauled into Fighting Wildly With the Outcasts. the car like a jrrain sack to lind himself safe on his side and looking up jilnto the countenances of three urintiinir. grimy knights of the road. "You had a close shave of it. ho." wheezes the whisky voice of the lirst , tramp to seize hiin. "Put I goteher. St? ve!" "It's a plant. Strap!" eauthui^ a little rat faced holm v. ho has skulked in the littck of the cur and has given no ! hand in hauling Arthur from tlie jaws of death. "Whateher nutin a plant?" asks tin* one addressed as Strap. "Can't you see? It's a railroad bull." retorts the rat faced tramp. "Would any gay cat he wearln' the soup and P.shV" ami he points to Arthur's now nwl . ml. I. .1 - >11111 ui,->IH > v n ii L-? t'liuif; 1111111.*. "Maybe (le gink got it handed to him," suggests the other tramp who had assisted Arthur into the "side door Pullman." "Aw. can't ye see detn glad rags is lils'nV Why, dey are doit.v, but doy tits him:" "V?iii are right. Scottv." said the hauler of t lie trio, and without ado lie struck Arthur a terrilic blow behind tlie ear that stunned him for the moment. and the next iifstant Arthur felt himself fighting wildly with the three strong and active outcasts. Meanwhile, what of the diamond f.om the sky? Where was it? Bob Adams had swept it into the mail hag without seeing it. the mail sorter at the postotiiee had given no I ! ; i- i illfl ; ' i: : $ * K?v. X X '???>^ :yv^-X4.-.w /?> w>Xv<v<wx %v.\w>'?\v^'Vvv 1 fi ?*V> ' ' > *v??*/.v. .*,? / ' 'MS ^ N'-V.'Xs**/^ V <*I'jf "J 4>v< / - $$'$!l$gSgg. <? -V . tff. y> ; rM w,T" : ?'&&'%?$$ mp- 'w | ?J ; S M 0m I v.v.v: 1 :.?,fc/V: $m4 - 4'^' f,i. <' "I %>> : ? '<? '*? w >jti?***/ ' ' I ' . i ", .'.) & *m5 . '" < . -v:W .; * ' - - ? < *4? ' ^ ' .. - \w ' I L ... J^FWt*- ' '. ' '*/ . ' ' i ^ -Jf> -f- ,< '/ ;r . ,v>y . ' * ' ta , ' M " m> i - ~'r x'y'-ifh h \ m'A\^Ws$m . I lipf Wfc|] iiS/j . ' i ^??ui.v;w^MM?wnwmMwni>ntwm<(iU?.twf.T>.r? K/urnafcunr#^'v>n.i Gniy a Hunchback Groan Grinder V7i-h His Monkey. I cry t?? see it fall upon tli sorting table ;iii(l blaze back its sinister glea..s to tlie incandescent light above. Whore was the diamond from the sky? : Tiie watchman relieved at dawn 011 i lie loading platform outside might j have known as he stepp- d across the mail hags marked "Kopair." lint the | ; side of his right shoe just grazed it. The truck driver might have known as he loaded the bags to to repa.red, for like many a poor man lie held a fortune in his ban is for once at least | in his poverty stricken life and never ; knew it. Held by its clasp in the raveling* of the Inner seam at the bottom of the bag. the heirloom of the Stanleys rest ed in live darkness of tlie soiled interior ' of the service worn old Until bag. The truckman held it. in Ids arms hikI tossed it oil top of Ids load. But his lingers just missed the feel of it. And so lie threw away his fortune, perhaps an evil one, and drove on with ids mind upon other matters than fortunes or missing gems of price. Dowu the city street from his humble lodging place in the poorest part of tlie town came Quabbu, musician and u traveler. And be traveled not alone. With him was his'orchestra and lata collector of external revenue. True, his orchestra was but a basrel organ and his collector of external revenue a monkey, but the organ was a fairly good one, sweet of tone, and the ; monkey was a simian of sorts and his \ name was Clarence. So It was tli.tr ^unhha was? gay e? ;HH heart >ii:?l si n-ji to li.inse.f as be trudg?Hi flMj along. < >11! v ;; po .1 huncb .iw k otva * ii. or wi;!i h;> i..wakey was ijunhha. I I i'.tit III* heart was light. his couscicnv*. lilt?I'ottlkloil siii.l his tip the. alas, orifjft ^Hj too Tile w!:o!. w'de world wa?% his. tiial t:o man \\ as his inadcr. ami SO Qmtbbu tile hunchback Httuit and I winked at the monkey. Clarence. as if ^Hj to say: "We haven't a penny. Clarouee* but what au appet.te we'll have for breakfast?as soon as we pick up the price of one!" "Hi there, get out of the way!" shout- ' ed a rough voice, and Qttabba, loused from his reflections, stepped aside .Hfcst in time to avoid being struck by a passing truck. A jolt of tbc vehicle threw an empty mail hag marked witU chalk "IJopair." from a pile of those at tire back of the track. 'I'lll. I I I I I l< ll I ,.| I I.' nll.t'llll 1)1, ? ll/v lv>nlt j. .... iiiiik n I"1 ?|' I III' U1U1I bug and called after the driver. Hut that worthy failed to hear the cry and Qunbba waved, the old mail bag after him. Tlten he felt something the si/.e of an UngHali walnut in his hand and under the dirty canvas of the bag. IJMs sensitive lingers felt along the side tea in of the bag and he could fool. even through the thickness of the canvas, I that the object in the bag was a chain The hunchback wheeled into a near by alley, between two warehouses. No one had seen the mail hug fall from the truck, none noticed him turn up tho deserted alley. It was only the work of an instant to loosen the drawsn'TTjg turn mail ha;: inside out. There, on the inside outside, strung tli" di:*'n< mi from the sky. i!s upper clasp cn'.ra.'ted in the seam of the hotThe it iterant musician thrust the dinmond am! its chain into Ids bosom aiuV noimcd the mail Iimlv in .a carbavn i?m bar ! Ity. then. bis heart heating hi Qunhba winked to the monkey an< ceased to whistle to whisper: "W'e are^B^H rich men now. Clarence." ' And soon out from flu* alley came a hunchback organ grinder with bis mon- HMj j key. and the itinerant hunchback was Hi the possessor of the diamond from W the sky. ^Kn In the empty freight car as it bowled flfe along lhe combat was over. Spent. BB worn and battered. Arthur lay bound Hj| on the (loor of the freight car. ij^ts hands pinioned behind him by tho I dirty leatliern belt of Mr. Strap Me(jee. gentleman of leisure. "He ain't no bull in plain clothes. If (bun is plain clothes." panted Mr. Mefloe as lie nursed a swelling eye; "he ain't no railroad d'ek eider. ITc'b a welterweight elmmploti." be added rile- I H This also was tin* opinion of S-otty, tin* rat faced little tramp whoso sii [4Jci' :is Im.d caused tin* combat, and likewise was it the opinion of Chicago Pete. t!ie bulbous nosed third member . . C ? ! <u use iin? or ivivcr*; Ins* all these gentlemon bore many si.-ns of the conlliet through which they Imd passed. They had eon?|uerod Arthur, but at a frightful eovt to tla> Miles. "lie busted nio snoot." moaned (.'111eago I'ete. "an" je?t tor dat I'll lu.ivd liini a slice full of bet." and. standi^.' fl^j over Arthur. Indple/s and pinioned. t!io H| gen! leant ti from ('hieago tra \e hint a brutal hi' U in tjho ribs. "An* jest for dat we'll frisk young lolm Ij an' swipe his glad rags. to as or led Mr. Strap ?.! He". They took some S*ja they found upon. Arhur. for in addition to having lent Ihair money to lose m Mi. Abe I'.looiu's gambling establishment Artltur hup) '.renerou -iy given hint almost al! of tho res; of the p-o eeds from the pawning of the diau:? :al from the shy. Tiien the tramps /.tripped Arthur and | proec e:h <1 gravely t ? s!:oot eraps for his elot'e-.- were won by tho I more fortunate Mr. Strep MrGoe. moro I fori'unate in the fart that the diee wcro j his and he knew how to maninulato them. l?nt!x I and unite r 1 nx ho wn^L I A !mi* rouhl not re>f !*:: in :i I; H the ludicrous ;i ; I lie tramp leader I presented in the diriy and disheveled < 11in*_c chijhes, with Arthur's broken silk lint perched .1 inntlly on 11is hcr.d. The freight stopi cd at a water tank, mi'! the three tramps withdrew. with H many cuuntie romi rks at parting. Ar- I thur freed himself from his liondx and with some repugnance <lontied i|ke frowsy giirmen'.s of the tramp. Then M he. too, sprang from tin* freight car vH and made through a corn he Id across TH the country. Lie reflected, with a smile, that the actions of the tramp H would he his salvation. lie was right H in tliis. for shortly afterward Mr. Strap McCJee. despite his indignant protests H and explanations, was seized by rail- H road detectives and held en a tole4L fl graphic description of his attire as I thur Stanley, wanted for murder. I At sunset a good looking young I tramp slopped in the door yard of H Alex Smith's farm and asked for work. I The farmer nut him n. r.iw.i.i.- ? , ? >n > 11 \?| > | M 11mum for his supper. nil(l so well did ho I acquit himself and so soon did he gain I the good graces of the farmer's! wifo h;h1 t bo farmer's little bah.v girl that / despite the rags of his attire .lolm I Powell?for such was the name Arlhul^ gave?was greeted on the barn tloer in'the morning, after a restful night in I the haymow, with a proffer of steady employment. I That same night by the wayside, I Quabba and Ids external revenue col lector, the monkey Clarence, camped I beneath n tree. Again Quabba showed I ills companion tho diamond from tige I sky, and again he said te the monkey. I "We are rich men new, Clarence!" I Then he placed it hi his breast, and I the monkey snuggled close to him and I they fell-asleep and had each dkenme I as man ami monkey may. I But In the dawn Clarence a wake . I