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ftix Copyright, 1915, by A novclization of the photo play a fnltted to the scenario department of contest during December and January, come from many sections in the United sis well n* housands 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. $10,000 For 1,000 Words or Less For an Idea For a Sequel to "THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY" The American Film Manufacturing Company's Picfurized 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 ability is necessary to qualify as a contestant. You arc advised to sec the continued photo play in the theaters where it v.i.j he shown to read the story as it runs ... ...j, i ?i w ?. ? j auu uiwi* in yuur > sug&cchVt. Contestants must conline their contributions for the sequel to 1,000 tvovcis or l*ss. It is I the tcieti that is wanted, t SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPN&. "M. - " A bitter feud has existed between Colonel Arthur Stanley and Ids cousin, Judge lamar Stanley. The feud has boon engendered i:i family jealousy over an heir- , loom, the diamond lrom tho sky, that was found in a fallen meteor by an adventurer ancestor. Also, the succession to tho Stanley earldom in KnglaTid may __? o:'ie to a;j lean Stanley. When n daughter is hoi n tv^. C' u j < : ; 1 c 1 ? t 1 e y of, the oddest Tnanch of the S'ajileye in A: .erica and the 1.".other of tho child dies at its birth, the chagrined colonel buys a newborn gypsy boy and substl- 1 tules hint as heir. Throe years later the gypsy motlu-r, having had no part in thjs , bargain, steals the colonel's liiuc duugTf- ' tor, being i^nred in secret, and leaves her "d\n tun 'umli tcc-ied as the^ie'r. The gyp*Vy mother has also obtained possession of the diamond from tho skv and a docuc^ntaininir the secret oC ^he^fj'J^e heir. She rears the little girl, i-lstnor' Stanley, as lyr o.y:\ and grows to love her. \\hcn list her is grown a be .utiful ( young girl, llagar, npw gypsy quVen, returns to Virginia with her. Slu- lias a w wu iniui mat im . i,ec, me laie voioiiei Stanley's old friend, may now adopt Ids- , thev, as originally intended. Her hope also is that her son, the supposed Arthur Stanley 2d, may fall in lovo with Kstlu v an<l^ thus the innocent girl may become Jhy iairo what she is by birth' tre?S of Sicinlcy hall. Dr. I.e ad Esther, T>ut Jilso d mis that Ilagar turn over to his custody the di .no:. 1 from the sky. Dr. Doc also informs I lay.or that lit r son, the rvprost ! Arthur Stanley 2d, is a pro!! and r.ot worthy < ' Esther, hut llagai s for the be. t and with In r people ih,.n,s. / : ur f-'i Tlocs fall in io*'e with Mst" r ..?.d io ' his oomp n'bn, I>1 ;ir f'ur.'.ey, t r cousin v. I .aid he !' " ' tf'H ^ heir of swank / \ l.a tiii. ' s< . > t known. In stealing t'oe ok m <nd Hi ir ' VuU e!> tlTe deaifi Ca' too docl >r. O'M ! ' 1s Arthur, serenading K^theih Blair, " ' enping, iusvdtiii'.ly info : t , Arthur ; t he has left lather's room. Arliuir fo ; i him to light a dv.el Y;':h:h Aitkin i.? , victor flii'J. \^mbTcs Blair Into an op Oh tjniTv e. He searches Bjalr and taltos the diamond from the sky. IJIair is omy stunned and trier, wit'.i the id of his tiiother, l ? place Ike ' ' _n 1 for the murder of Dr. Lee upon Arthur. The . lu-. i : Attempts to tnkq Arth.ar, but after a thrilling drive in a high pav. r< d motorcar Arthur eludes his pursm ns and is thrown into the river after a smuskiip. His body is seen floating dowti the river. Arthur is revived by Ilasur, v. h > reveals his identity and upbraids him. Needing money, he pawns the diamond in K;ehmond. Blair is in Dieiunoad, living riotously, and lie, too, is furred to visit .< paw nsliop. After explanations tDo two agree to stand by mob other. At a ball, to which Blair lias invited Arthur and at which a supposed New York society be' is 1 ho guent of honor, they are stunned to find the diamond on the. breast ? f the. rsew i oi\< v:s.io;\ ,Mi.- is mi adventureswho has 1>oito\v?<1 the diamond for the evening. Hagar attends (lie h.il! as a fortune toller, accompanied hy Lnho l.ovell. While I la'vU' is t'U'ng (' e "belle's" fortune tlie diamond is snatc.n 1 from her 1 breast. Luke Lovoll, Hugar's gypsy guard, has stolen tie- diamond and to avoid detection drops it into a mail box At the ball a sheriff trios to arrest Arthur on the murder charge. Arthur escapes and leaves Richmond on a frou'l t train. The diamond passes into a mail bag. which is condemned, lost from a wagon nnd picked up by tpmbbn. an or- t gan grinder. Tl:e monkey < f the latter steals the diamond and loaves it in a bird's nest in a tree. Arthur in robbed of his clothes bv hoboc ., who leave birn in a tattered outfit, i lo seeks work at a farm. CHAPTER XI. "Shadows at Sunrise." DAWN breaks upon a waking world in summer. The ftinuer rouses for his early tusks, the poor sluggard and the rich, Idler sleep on In hard beds and soft. At Stanley hall there Is still a notice In bankruptcy tacked upon the battered mid padlocked door. The window shut- j By JlOJ~ t. Alt CARDELL Roy L. McCardell elected as the best irt over 19.000 sub* the Chicago Tribune in a $10,000 prize The manuscripts in this competition I States and Canada. Authors of note part. tors are closed, tlie weeds rankle 011 the lawn, and already the proud mansion of Stanley hall seems going to ruin and decay. A carriage drives up and stops at its portals. From it alights a gentleman of half legal, half real estate agent appearance. lie assists two ladies from the carriage. One is a woman of middle age. in rich and matronly black silk, and the other a fair young girl, modisldy attired. And yet these two, the elder woman and the younger, are gypsies, for it is Ilagar Harding and Ksther, her (laughter. rMuce i uac oxpiiiiik mj;iir :u .Mrs. i11dolph's ball In Richmond linear has had ono resolve. With her son a fugitive ami the diamond from the sky vanishod as lnystoriously as it had conio, Itairar has oontorod all her hopes and all lior dosiros on Fstlicr. linear lias wealth, what need to hoard it further now? So she has conic to Fairfax, not as a trypsv woman, but as a dt -wager of means, and rented the idle mansion from the trustee in bankruptcy. If tin* i?lin to rehabilitate Esther as a Stanley has failed, pre yet it was begun, lliiough the death of L>i* I.ce, supposedly at the hands of the fugitive yo:in;* master of tliis very j mansion, II agar will lease it and see i that Fsther enters upon the position in life to which she belongs by right of birth. The formalities are soon over and linear has ! 1: tailed herself and Fsther in Stanley hall. So eventful have been the last few years of her life that Fsther ha ? ? eased lo v.oiuhr. In tile death of Fr. I.ee. I Fsther realised sin.' lost a friend, and one xv'><? !en| something to loll l:.?r. If ; 1 jjj I ^m?w ^ . .'?# v:?^' - W?<* - >-W-V^^^^:W::v'- *-^a' 1 hey Arc hc/^i' Hurdmfj s.nci cL icii_.. 1 Her Daughter. n?'-- 1 c lof H i li-ir .l ??y lliiernr. \v11;? sho SM])pO-?('.-? is lu'i* lnof Iu?r. I 'sihr ! - '1 iv vs it \vJU 1." t<>;? 1 li,?j" in tiso Hi!; I X?r * ? - . i no- , ol oirnv^ . 1m Hlclfinoml Vivian Marstoii, f. ; whose lair bosom the dinuv from., the sky had boon smite! i ho n!p't of 1 ho ball. hud oanh: ho uiimpso , the bi'v of llto 1 i ! .. of the 111i 1' an v! straa;ler. So r.-ii hail not revealed i'. and so !/.'.? box*- 1 11a> 1 boon roloa e' At Farmer Smell's. a do/on Hideaway frovi Stanley hall, \v!k ro. tin known to him. linear and Fsther ar now domii ilod, Artinir. the fugitive. i labored for his daily broad. The win some little tivc-yoar-old daughter ol the farmer had twined li*.?rscif around | Arthur's heart. Ilappx and hardy and healthy xx'or i his days, lie followed tile plow and fae'd the sun and santt. lie was rraiu i11lt no fortune in the world's jroods. hit he (flair* happy in the clean. open! air life id* a farmer's helper. Only dhl a sha low come to Ids face when he thought of list her and his I>i11* r moth or. linear. Was l ist her his sister oi i was she. too, a chaimeHn*; V No matte! , which. Arthur's love for her was deoi ' and pure as a brother's. lie wonla ! i make a name for himself for her sake, j and so In.' faced the morning sun and saw;, and so he faced the shadows ol t wiliirht and mused of her. One day when little Nellie Smith brought him 11i < luncheon to the tiehl a turn scrap Of newspaper that covered portion of it caiipht his eye. !i was n front i*:itf<? "scam la-ad" of a Kiehniond pai?or that in hip type hysterics told of the robbery at Mrs. Kandolph's l>all and the subsequent added excitement of his lliiibt and light when arrested on a charge of murder. Then Arthur wondered again if be had done right in protecting Illair. An impulse seized him to go to Fairfax and give liiinself up to the authorities and let the whole truth be known. Jhit then he remembered the score* THE HORRY- HER. I whs ii agar's and that slu? had suffered 1 much. So far neither 1 in gar nor KhHe Followed tho Plow and Sang. titer's 'joinlect ion with hint was known. No one hut he and Ilagar knew he was not the heir of Stanley, for, though Ksther had ended him brother, it was plain t?> Arthur that the sweet girl had j said the word to comfort him. Then also he realised that much in expiation must be endured b.v him. lie felt that when tiie time came Hagar would speak, and until then lie was hound to sileta o. At Stanley hall and nil throughout i'airfax the news of Esther's return had anm> abroad. The mystery of hot coming as Dr. Doe's adopted daughtc'. and the mystery of her sudden departure at his d?ath added fuel (<* the trussip that went through the country side when it was known that with a handsome dark woman, who gave the name of linear Harding and said thr.t she was KstIter's mother. Dr. Lee's erstwhile ward had returned to Stanley bit II. But with the young men of Fairfax county KstIter's gentle ways and pi quantry had gone far in the few short ; months she haul lived beneath the doc- j tor's roof as his adopted daughter 1 And now, when it was known Fsther had returned to Fairfax and dwelt at Stanley hall, the young men of the j community again came Hocking toi seek her favor. First ami most constant of the callers upon the new occupnnts-of Stanley iial! was Bert Randolph. Few. except those who understand the ramifications of kith and consanguinity in the old south, can comprehend the strong ti"s (''"it blood and marriage make in Virginia. The Stanleys, the Randolphs, tin' < Loos, the Beverlys, the Hunters an1' the other famous old families loved j iiml h"4 1 "orcidv. but sfri< 11 v imwvn' I , . ' tholllSeiVOS. 1 Both 1*1:;it* Stanley's mother. who was a seeoml cousin, and Bert Kandolph's mother. who was a first eottsin, had invift.nl the chagrined Mrs. Kurtoi! itand >iph t <? Fairfax and forget fulness But Blair Stanley, heing in Kirhmond and infatuated with his kinsweman's vivacious y^ si. Vivian Marston. h ;d s ? warmly seconded his mother's invitation that Mrs. Burton Kan lo!plt audi her est were greatly ideased to :ic I Copt It. "My aunt is n stunner!" Bert Kan t-olph b!u?".e.l boyishly to Ha gar a.ml Ks titer. "Ralph. here, knows what a p id sort site is, and she'll be w Id a! toil I ;< ;h Miss Father, won't she, Ralph V" / \ 1 Ralph 11 it titer, also smitten of Kdhcr, nodded eager assent, fop t'n two y( una: men had ridden over to call upon II-a her every day since she and hot' supposed mother; .Mrs. I lagan II" W-III 'Iimur f mrTi" rr - ? ?? 4 s - 'Mmm* I m--< M mmmW 1 f M 1 H I EVI! i ?# * i4Bik?i l '%L' L*. ||^; | | ^ ,:':'i: J$yi'-4 A ?' " , i - y ?fej !' ) * 1 Had Ridden to Call Upon Estnei. ! Harding, had occupied Stanley ball. The generous minded younfc men *eiv &LD, CONWAY, S. O. keen to realize there was a veiled hostility against the strangers who now had taken up their abode al Stanley hall. "Yes," Bert Randolph rattled on. "Aunt is a stunner she's broad minded, too. not stilt and narrow like our Fairfax women folks. 1 do not know why she is going to visit Blair Stanley's mother instead of mine, but anyway. Aunt Burton Randolph will be here to attend the Fairfax tournament, which comes off in a eottple of days. I have a bill of it with me. It's the biggest event we have in Fairfax, and poor Arthur Stanley was set on winning the wreath this year. How he praetieed for it. lie would have won it last year. but. Blair Stanley, who is older and much heavier than he. beat him out by a nasty bit of interference. Didn't he. RalphV" Ralph was quick to say he thought Blair had ridden unfairly, and Bert went on with Ids chatter concerning his stunning aunt and the coming tour- 1 nameiit. "I would surprised if Aunt Burton didn't go wild about Fsthor." Bert continued. "She loves to have pretty girls around her. and any girl she chaperons is made a belle of Richmond, for Aunt Burton Randolph surely does queen it mightily in Richmond society." While he was speaking the young Randolph of Fairfax produced a handbill printed in old English text, which read: Yl'l OT.DE TIME T O U R N A M K X T ! YE CAT.I, A NT CAVA I.TERR AND SQUIRES AND KMC. I ITS OF FAIRFAX COl "N'TY AVI 1.1. HORD AN OI.DK TIM 10 TOURNAMENT AT YE FAIRFAX C ROUNDS NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AT.!. RIDERS MUST BE MASKED. YE VICTORIOUS KNICIIT S1IAT.T. CROWN HIS J.ADYK FAYRE AS QUEEN OF T OVE AND BI5AUTIE! CHAPTER XII. TU? -r~. 1 iiv i vu i Iiurricnv.. " T"T poo- Arthur St anicy won't he hero to ride this your," law J9 exclaimed the hood naturod youiih man when they luiil aii finished roauinh the announcement. "The idea <?t* them suspe* tina he killeil old l>r. Lee!" ehimed in * lie equally generous minded Ralph Hunter. "Why. Artlr.tr for all his wild ways had the best and kindest heart in the world. And he loved l)r. Lee like a son. even if they did have some jo'ly old rows about the way Artliur spent money like water and hot in debt."* "But why did Artliur run awny? None of us believe him guilty. and wo may have our faults in Fairfax, but we are ail kin. and we all stand together when outsiders make trouble." asked Ralph Hinder. "Shut up. you bih silly!" cried Bert Randolph impulsively, "t'an't yon see you are making Miss Ms t her cry 7 Didn't you promise me we wouldn't say anything about Arthur's troubles7 Von know .Miss H-tiier liked him best of :M1 of ps." - 1 t . 'Uii, l-r.t.*. do forgive inc. Miss Hi ' ther," cried the contrite young 111:nt< r. "Rut I just can't keep quiet about A' tlmr. Keeping quiet imp ies we do believe tlicse awful suspicj "I thank you l'or that," sail ILt'ior tremulously. "Let us talk about b :a We know ho is guilty of nothing except being a reckless boy, with no fa 1 t her and no mot her." Ilagar spoke up Tor the first time. "Yes," she said huskily, "lie had no mother." "i'll tell you scan thin ; rTout Arthur." spoke Up l'ert Randolph. "it was a secret. he lrai only told me. lie was going to rid - in the bmrn this year and wrest 'Hair's laurels ;s the best rid'r hi Fa in': 1' >r? h!"i. You know why': Well. Ari!n;r w.n delerinine 1 to win ibis year. It was; when .Miss Ksther was at la*. Lee's he told me. lie was re-olved to win so In; could crown .Miss Ksther queen oi' love and beauty." "Ydell, we'll do i! for liim." cried young Hunter. "All the girls of Fairfax are wild for the honor. Hut we'll win it for .Miss list her. t >ne ol' us will block Llair Stanley, and the other will win the wreath." "Ho!" chuckled voting Randolph. "Is tii.it the chivalry of a masked ? knight in the tournament of Fairfax? That's a trick like P?!ait Stanley played almost. I am astonished at you, Ralph." he added, with mock seriousness. All laughed, relieved of the tension the; mention of Arthur's High! under i's terrible suspicion had brought upon the little group, atnl soon after the young men rode away, dc daring that Ksther should be crowned at their hands ami j the socially powerful female relative from Richmond should take the young"' mistress of Stanley ball under the benefice of her esteem. v It. was about at this same time, on tills same afternoon, 111:1 L :i glum fared hunchback organ grimier i! 11 ji monkey limped into llio dooryard of Karn; or Smith's. Poor Quadbit! Well r<>u',d he realize thai riches seldom bring happiness especially when wo lose I hern almost as quickly as i hey have been {rained I>l)l 5 lie joy iitol glee of the 1 itf!t? live-y oar-old daughter of the Smiths cheered Ouanhu "Kids are always glad to see us, anyway, Clarence," he said, anil he piuyed his blithest tunes and Clarence was prompted to his best comedy by | the appreciation of tha small but select i audience. j When Arthur, working on the Smith ; farm under the name of John Powell, I 'Mine across the fluids at sunset with i his employer It was a merry croup they fouiul In the dooryard. tjuubba ami Clarence being re&nicd with the : best froiu the board, as all wander I a? minstrels should be. 'Tin on my way to the tournament at Fairfax." Quubba said. The Fairfax tournament! Arthur stirJ with bamboo lama'.-, at a small wreuth suspended some twelve feet l'roiu the ! ground. Hiding at full speed at this i object, the masked knight who could bear it off on liis spear point was to be adjudged the victor and as the best I horseman of all the knights ?>f Fairfax ! would crown the maid ot his choos.ng ! as queen of love and beauty, and also by the presentation of great bouquets ready at hand select the queen s attendant ladles of honor. The bugles blew. Shei Swain as knight seneschal distributed the lunccs. ami the knights lined up far down tlie track. The bugles blew again, and on they came, twenty of tbein abreast, wearing the sashes of their ladies, masked ami plumed and all intent upon bearing off the guerdon. lilair Stanley, on a light bay hunter, wearing the crimson sash favor of Vivian Marston. was in the lead; close behind \uis a knight 011 a white horse with a black star on its forehead. A strange horse to Fairl'ax.^where every horse and man of blood is known. What horse was it. and who was the rider? Ite wore a snow white scarf ami sat his horse as became a Virginia gentSeiv.an?or perhaps a Kentuekian. I'.lair la the lead swerved t?> block the oncoming knights behind him. hut the sfranger fceeined t<> be M-enared for the rase. Mo spurred his horse around ml crossed in the very front <>!' Ulair. Tin* shook t hrow the buy liunlor ovor, a:. I Idktir foil lioMillontr to tlio around, and tho stranae knight's spear point lifted tho wreath they strove for from t!i< wire. As I'.hiir fell lie pot a glimpse of the horseman who had aureate.I him. close itp And then r.lair Stanley knew hint. It we.s Arthur Stanley! A surjxe of hate and humiliation tarred in the bosom of r.lair to he unsealed in the presence of Vivian Mansion. to whom he had hoasted he wo:;!d hear off the wreath and crown her on Iter first day in fail-fax as otteen of love and heantv! Me limped from the scene to where Sheriff Swain stood hv the end of the jjraiid stand, watching the surprising end of the contest and ceasing from his clumsy jesting with his handcuffs at Quahha. The defeated kniu'hts. with the exception of the unhorsed r.lair. who had limped away, ranged their horses in a semicircle and held their lanc-es at salute. Arthur, hearing the queen's crown and the bouquets, approached the white faced, trembling list her and said in a feigned voice. "I crown thee queen of love and beauty!" Then he presented the bouquets of tin* ladles of honor to the nearest women?Vivian Ma est on and Mrs. I'.urton Randolph. At the far end of the strand stand the raainir Iilair was pointim; to the victor uiid s:iyin;r. "That is Arthur Stanley, t'? toiinJerer of Dr. l*oo. Do and tfot Hardly kno vim; what ho was doiny. but in attirer at tin* elumsy. jesting sherilV. a wild idea to disoomlit that ol'ieial and the tmhorsod informer for t hi; sake of the gallant lookinir victor mixed Quabha. \\itli a dolt elnteh of his <111iol{ lingers lie clasped tho date jjlimv ? 'ul of tho handeuh's to tho an ri<1 of ltlair. Tito other on I was ai'ottnd tho shori.'i s wrist. and that eayor o!ii ial at: I l!io iiilornior were soon v.a.uly j?iiliv; in opposite diro ? lotw. Leaving 1 his or.yan .an.I carrying tin- frighten d j monkey it: his arms, tho nimble ili j btok ran throu;h tho pf.atid ml and] will in ;t>I his warning to" A ri! ar J At this very moment. obciioi.t to a ] : iytiih ant look from Bi.air's in at her. !\ ' i(k ? . '6 fetpC'f^13 v' ... *' * ' v ; < .. " "Ay- ' - * ... * mm : Wk I It Was Arthur Stanley! Mrs. Randolph and Vivian Marston had pointedly thrown down the bouquets and had turned their backs ou Ksther. The queen of love and beauty was unacknowledged and dethroned. At this open and direct humiliation | of the (laughter of llagar the whole assembly grew still as death and the hoarse shouts of the handcuffed sheriff were heard. "Stop that man! He is | Arthur Stanley, wanted for murder!" ; A loud roar burst from the excited throng. Men sprang to their feet and .omen Arthur. at the <r> I .( m INther to save Iiimxelf. ran down I ho aisle and. learltij: tli?* rail at :i I Hitntil. vaulted <?ii his horse. su:it< hii:^ I the ii tin* from thi' nemo luil ax ho dhl I >;?? liar at iho brusque enmmmtds ^ I t!i?? sheriff the masked knlirhts elosed I in oil Arthur and. llOUiniitiK him rmim], I drove him ami Ills horse toward the H grand stand. Ktruggliiig. Holiday: Tor I life and liberty. I H KKfv ': ^ - vij,. .. :=& ' ' ' " i ... '1 I iiHgii *" ' I ; > '! t 1 - | -fl .v" ' fl It Was a Mnrry Group. *.<..1 ..-I'l. > It... ,!? /. I'i ....... i ? ? l 1 <<1111 <1 Kllllli. la I 1V<UI < t I . V <<<'.;. <J go! Ilo would win the wreath aiur crown l ist her ?ii of love and beauty! It was a wild risl; to talcc. a daring thing to do. but lie longed b. see Ksthor. and t!ie love <?t" romance and the inclination to (lie dramatic were the heritage of liis g.vpsy blood that overcame all can:ion and discretion. 11^ would go! Ills lu-art beat like a drum with the resointion. forcing IWnself to speak with a cainines* lie far: from felt, he spoke tip ami s:id: "If 1 can be spared for the day. and if you will lend me Starlight. Mr. Smith, and if you will make me a is r I ? ; if } " % \ I' "& ''v. ?>,' . [ > "?* ' * ' \ ' a \ < >' j . Jm 0M: vVyv *<V/? *J i, / .. */ ' * *i / % iy *^ll ?? w&faKk m m : mrnmm \ IP ' ? IMII . Ill I???Ml nil ! I MUM ' And Esther W03 Thcro to Keep th<^ ^ Tryst. mask. Mrs. Smith. ami lend mo a |> 111::i<> l'or my liat, I'll rid and show ilnia how wo do il in Kentucky!" For It was as a youn^ KentucUian ia hard luck Arthur had on planum! liis plight mihI presence in I lint part Of the country. I>v>< ii tin* rai nier and his wife had often discussed the stranger who had come to their door in the guise of ? ^ a tramp, lait. they 1<I see hy his Ways and lnanners lu? was no tramp. They judged him hy hi* open, manly countenance and gentle courtesy, and whatever was his secret they felt it was no dishonorable one. On Starlight, then, the farmer's blooded saddle horse, in Ids new cheap best, clothes, and with his bind; silk mask and ostrich plume the farmer's wife had furnished from her Sunday linery, Arthur rod*? away with the best wishes of the fanner and his wife and his little girl, "to show," as farmer Smith expressed if. "those stink up Fairfax swells a taste of old Kentucky quality/' Quabba had heen gone since the day before, but Arthur overtook him near Stanley hall. They waved at each other as Arthur galloped past. And then Arthur reined his horse in a little copse^ of wood near the mansion. l>hl he but know it, it was the spot where he had been born. lie had last seen Esther at Ilagnr's camp, but he was not surprised to catch the (latter of her dress at the window of the balcony that overlooked the garden at the side of Stanley hall, lie had well remembered ll:q:afs parti