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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
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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
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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
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1??I??IWWi ????> ? mam?Mt?fci?iM
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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! ^?
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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.
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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
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"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
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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
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; 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
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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.
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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