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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
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A ffiul lias exist* el between Colonel Arthur
Stanley ami bis cousin, Judge Lamar :
Stanley, over an keir!o> :n, the diamond
from the sky, found in a f !b n meteor by
nn ancestor. Also, the succession to the j
Stanley ea'-idoir. in England may come to .
an American. When a ?lau.ulitcr is born ;
to the colonel and t!i" mother dies, the :
colonel buys a g\ 1 r\ boy and substitutes ]
him. Three years later the gypsy mother, ,
having bad no part i t t' is bargain, steals !
the girl, being ri arcd in sccrc., and leaves j '
ber son undetected as the liolr. Tiio gyp- 1
>y has obtained possession of the diamond |
from the sky. and a document with the
Stanley secret. When Esther is grown a ;
beautiful young girl, Hatai', now gypsy
<iueen, returns to Virginia with Iter. Di. i
Lee, the late Colonel Stanley's friend,
adopts Esther, but <1 mat.ds ihat |{.tga,,l
turn over io him the diamond from the ' '
.sky. Arthur Stanley, son of iiayar, falls
in Jove with Esther and so does his com- <
pan ion and cousiy, Blair Stanley, rightful
male heir of Stanley. In stealing the diamond
Blair causes the death of the doe- ' 1
tor. Outside is Arthur serenading Esther.
Blair, escaping, infers that he has lofi
Esther's room. Arthur forces him to
light a duel in which Blair is only
stunned, lie tries, with the aid of his
mother, to place the blame for the murder '
of Dr. L ee upon Arthur, who now has Cm
diamond. The sheriff alt -mpts to take :
Arthur, but lie eludes his pursuers and
.ioins Hagar, who reveals ids identity and
upbraids him for his wild life. Needing 1
money, he pawns the diamond in Richmond.
Blair is in V "unond. and lie, too,
is forced to visit t pawnshop. The two
agree to stand by * .eh other. At a ball,
at which a supposed New York belle Is
the guest of honor, they are stunned to i
lind the diamond on the viribr. She is j
art adventuress who has ho.-rowed it. ,
While Ilagar Is telling the "belle'.1" for
lurto jntitc la-voti, itagnr's gypsy guard. j
steals the U nato.uU and to r.vi d dcloot on |
drops It into n mail box A sheriff La'to
urrest Arthur on the murder charge. '
lie escapes from Richmond on a freight
train, The diamond passes into a mail
bag, which is lost from a wagon and is
picked up by Quabba. :ii! organ grinder. J
Quabba's monkey steals the diamond and
lea vcu it ia ;i nest in a tr? .*. Arthur is
robbed by hoboes, who leave ki:n in tatters.
Ho seeks work at a farm. I (agar
takes E? liter to live at Stanley h; I!. Art
old time tournament is held. Arthur attends
in d'suuise. proves himself the host ;
knight, defeating lihiir, but is betrayed
by the latter to the sheriff, Quabba, in
.lest, handcuffs the sheriff and llbiir. Jiy
daring horsemanship Arthur escapes. Eater
he leaves the farm. Tom Blake, a detective
hired by Il.tgnr, product's linger-,
-prints proving Blair guilty of the death j
of Dr. Lee. Blair an?l his mother quarrel
nbout Vivian. I (agar proposes silence to
Airs. Stanley as the. j>rice of liugar's atfd
Esther's being received in I'airfax society.
Bin ir strikes down 11 agar and steals the'
fingerprints and money from Ids mother. I
Tito diamond is found by a negro l?oy. '
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CHAPTER XV.
"A Mind In thg Past."
A DULL, aching resentment burned
in the bosom of Blair'*
mother as with a voice hoarse
to her own ears she called to
summon Blair to make his part of the!
bargain with the implacable visitor,;
who waited for them hi the somber
living room upstairs, with the photographs
of the guilty thumb prints of
Blair.
No answer whs returned to her cult,
nd Mrs. Stanley remembered again
the hitter quarrel ^he had had with
Blair over Vivian Marston.
With a bitter sigh the realization
oacue to her again that ell the steru,
persisting ambitious that bad embittered
her life?the desire for the earldom
and the great diamond for her
most unworthy son?were not worth the
heartache and tragedy that had darkened
her life.
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It was with a fierce resolve, in a
sudden revulsion of desperation and
despair, that Mrs. Stanley returned to j
the living room to tell her strange vis-1
itor, 11 a.car. to do her worst, lot the
consequences ho what they might.
For herself the austere Mrs. Stanley
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of her dissolute and desperate son.
"1 will make no bargain with this ,
woman even to save Illair from the
gallows," was her .mini thought. "XeiI
her she nor tin- strange ,mrl who was .
I>r. Lee's ward and whom slie now !
mothers at Stanley hall shall have so- \
rial eountcnanec from me."
Tint as she ascended the stairs to j
make known her resolve she heard the
slam of a door and the sound of hur- j
ryinjs feet from the livinir room to the,
chambers at the bark of the house.
She opened the door from the stair j
Inid'ny to the living room. The center
table was overturned, and there
W'0"? ether '-'m-s of a struggle. but the
room was empty.
Then a mutiled .irroan. a low moan of i
pain. feli upon the ears of Illair's moth
or. The sound came from near the
tloor. behind l he llrcplace.
Mrs. Stanley pressed the sprintr. ami
ihe wall v.i.d the fireplaee turned out.
and there ill the seini'.larkness of the
"Tory's hiding plaee" lay the une..n
scions fiyuro of llnyar. it was man
aeie I with th.e sheriff's handcuffs that
Vivian Marston had browyht to tin
hot; e a:er the tournament in mockery
of i;ia!r.
The form < !' Ilayur 1 ;y half leeduiujx
nyaiust tiie rid.a! fami.y str< box.
o.i's. Si.ai hey j k'ki'd 11;? tiie hey ot {lie
handeutVs. lyiuj? near, and nr.:' ?>!oncd
the manae'.es on the wiisls of the
lazed and unresist inix linear.
Then the judge's widow realized that
here was the culmination of .he wieke
1 deeds of the son she h id i.i. u'.oated
with a lawless desire for thin - that
wo e not Iiis.
She raised Ilayar, ilramvc I h r out j
into the room and (dosed the hiding !
place. She was not surprised t<> note |
I ll'l! fil l ? '?/?t IIOM'O 1\1\L> M\i% lil/? I
linn i > i v ?i | M IO '/l 11 iv* I IlillUU ,
n inls were gone. Shi' revive I linear
iii< 1 rogardcd her stricken visitor, pre- !
pared lor a harsh defiance with no '
[bought of compromise.
Fait the whole expression of 11 attar
had softened to a pat hotie, < owed wistfillness,
ller face seemed .rounder, her
Dyes moist and pleading.
Slu? turned to Mrs. Stanley with outstretched
arms and murmured, "(live
me my child!" And then Flair's mothLir
saw that the blow her son'had dealt
i he strange visitor had deprived her of 1
all realization of the present.
The stricken brain of Hagar Harding
was cognizant of no recent hap- |
pening. Her mind was in the past, j
Hut the judge's widow was not aware !
that the disordered intellect of the woman
before her dwelt only on the great
tragedy of Ilag.ar Harding's life, the
sale of her son to be foisted as the
male heir to the earldom and the din
mo ml from the sU.v, nearly twenty I
years ajtro.
Mrs. Stanley had no suspicion of the !
import of Ilayar's words, hut she real |
ir.od the crazed woman was no Menace I
to either herself <?r her son. and she
led her downstairs and to the door,
where she set her on her way to Stanley
hall.
At Stanley hall in the pit heritor twi
light Kslhcr waited for Ilaptr :t was
a sad hoinoeoniing. The iluil eyes of
llngar gleamed with : v -ognition of the
portals of Stanley hall, lint the faee
??f Ksther. the gentle. loving Kstiier.
was the faee of a stranger to her.
Alarmed and weeping. lather led t lie 1
moaning woman she deemed to he her j
mother tip the broad steps and into 1
the wide hallway of Stanley hall.
Here a lie fee, wild change canto over
Ilagar. She sprang to tin? door of the
Ultrary and threw ir open.
"See. he is in hero!" she cried. "They
have him in there, rhe child they stole
and sold from mo. See the diamond
that blazes ??n his little breast! Take
off the diamond! There is a curse on
it for all our race! Take off the tine
raiment! (Jive him back his rags! He
is my son!"
4m it litwl litwtit ivllli I'l.iii. v! t. i?11??? '*
austere mother, the wistful Ksthei
sensed no importance in the wih
pleadings of [Ingar.
Now, too, even the craised tniisl of
I la go r seemed to realize the library
was empty and unoccupied, for she
gave a wild cry and fell sobbing on
the breast. of Esther.
Summoning the servants, Esther had
Hugar carried to her chamber. Th%
blow Blair Stanley had dealt Hagar
with the heavy poker had made no cut
or external wound. Sthe was soon In
fevered sleep, and Mather was forced
to leave her bedside at urgent sum
mun? rroiu neiow,
There she found Luke I? veil, headiiihn
for Hnffar here as welt an at (he
gypsy enmp, hidden In the mountains
twenty miles away.
Sunpicioniiig that, flagar was 111 hoth
of ndnd and lx>dy, Lovell had already
i u?uriK?d authority. Even now he wan
THE HORRY HER
"Give me my child!"
ordering t lio wandering hnnehbaek orgs',
n grinder from the place.
But if Onabba \v:is frail ho was couragoons.
Mo was insisting he would
:i(>t loavo tho place until ho had said
farewell to tho strange. grsind lady
who had spokou Iloiuany to him and
also farewell to hot* fair faood daughter,
who had also bidden him to stay
and he refreshed.
There was something: so loyal and
true in the hunehback's respectful ga/.r
that, stranger as he was. it made Esther
take his hand, after sternly dismissing:
the scowling: Lovoll, and bog
the humMe liunehbaek to star.
"Do not leave us." she \\ hispoiwi.
"Something tolls nio you will ho a
friend, and we have no friends now
save perhaps our trypsy people." An '
even as she spoke Iislhor ret ailed tIi?*
scene in the jvrand stand at the tournament
and how this hunchback wander
or had warned Arthur that lie ha!
heen hot rayed.
At this jnneture a carriage drove up.
to Stanley hall. From this a strange
figure alighted, the li.mvre of a tall,
lank, serious, side whiskered Ihivli<h
man wcariiur a plaid suit with a heavy
mourning hand on tlie arm and a
glistening white tropic helmet. This
strange individual Luvd a ritle .11 the
carriage.
At the sight of (juahoa's chattering
monkey the lank Knglisluunn pre \v
wildly excited. "Some of their native
wild boasts!" he exclaimed and rushed
hack to the carriage for his rifle.
It took some effort on the part of
both Esther and Qunbba to reassure
Marrr.aduko Smythe, Lawyer, Gets His
Gun.
the excite I visitor tint Clarence. the
monkey, was not at nil a wild beast of
the Virginia janjjie. but simply an itinerant.
oivrau grinder's friend, companion
and collector of external revenue.
Then the stranger made known his
1 name and errand.
| "1 am .Marniaduke Smytho, barrister,
i of London. Kimland. sola it or and a^ent
of t ho estate of the earls of Stanley of
Stanley castle. Warwickshire." he said.
"Lord Stanley died there a month ir;o
from the infirmities of old nee. lea vine
no heir in llmrlniid. I lie succession falling
to the eldest son of the elder
branch of Stanleys of this place. Statfley
hall.
"I remember it well, for 1 was here
to verify the American heir nearly
twenty years ajfo. And a beastly ex
perionce I had. m.v dear young lady.
I was ambushed by croaking. savages
and fell olT si horse and was thrown?
not off the horse, but figuratively
thrown Into the midst of a terrific and
bloodthirsty fend between Colonel
Stanley and .Judge Stanley, both rip
snorting, bally rtre eaters, as yon Yankees
way down cast in Virginia my.
"So my errand, young lady, in then*
wild parts of the American border la
to notify young Arthur Stanley, both
Colonel Stanley and the judge being
dead, that he is the Barl of Stanley
and the title and estate* await htm Ir
Warwickshire.'*
Ami then it waa father's painful task
to tell the strange caller of the accnss
tiona against the young man he nought
of hia wild flight and disappearance.
"My word!*' exclaimed the etnlmr
rawed I/>ndon lawyer. "What a dread
ful way you wild Yankeea have ol
! tomahawking each other, don't yot
A .a CONWAY. S. C
know! If the Ameri an earl Is a criminal
in hiding 1 must notify the next
of kin. the late Judge's son, whom I
distinctly remember as a vicious little
beggar who bit me severely.
"In ease his lordship, as 1 must call
him. the fugitive, is captured by your
white cap chaps he wl'l undoubtedly
be lynched, as is your invariable custom
on the American frontiers here. I
believe, lienee the son of the late
judge will he the Marl of Stanley.
"That is. provided, of course." the !
London lawyer added, "that this Hon.
liialr Stanley, as he would be culle'l
with us, has not outgrown his vicious
propensities as a child. For 1 assume ,
if lie idles your prominent border ruf
tians lie will be tomahawked or lynched
or put an end to in some unpleasant
manner. So you must excuse my taking
leave, as I must notify the next of
kin."
And lie raised his tropic helmet po1
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mv 1,1 iiiiii Iiiiir.ru III il Willi1 C1ICIO
a"ouuil the chattering monkey, Clarence,
as though lie rather doubted the
alleged hnrmlossncss of the animal lie
deeineit a denizen of the Icenl Jungle. 1
At tlie jrloomy threshold of Mrs. Lamar
Stanley's house the London lawyer
received further confirmation of
Ills personal belief that P.lair Stanley,
whose vicious propensities he reniem;
bored, would never ouf.irrow the san1
military propensities of his childhood, i
In the bitter mood that now obsessed
her Hlair's mother informed the startled
lawyer that her son. now next in
line for the proud Stanley earldom, had
i tied, no one knew whither, and she
hone'1, to never see his lace a??ain.
All she would say in reply to the
barrister's nervous pleadings for ho
dreaded a loniv search for the1 heirs of
i Stanley in barbarous America was
' that Llair niiuiit be found at the home
of Mrs. Iturton Randolph. Ids cousin,
in Richmond. And for that place the
. lawyer took the fln.-t train from Fa'.rI
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CHAPTER XVI.
A- l-l^l A . - .
/am iuoi Mi.ornja zrtCf i?'ecpc tiea.
el'OYT-M) 1?y (lu? hope tli. L renewed
association with I cr gypsy
! tribe might lend to r; stoie
I i agar to leason, Kx.hor do-'
;> .od that night Willi ilagar j'renn
Stanlcv hail,
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Luc was noct.p.ipauiod by Quabba.
now her faithful attendant, a.id l!io
sullenly insistent Iaike Lorcli. It was
a sad return of their strh-kcn (picon to
the grieving Komnny people.
Ilagar ret ognized the gyj sie< a < gypsies.
hut she called on the name; of
those longdeparted, including ihe name
of her dead husband. .Matt Harding,
whom she ovi lently deemed wa ; aiive
ami threatening her. For wh-n she
; spoke his name it was in .mini revolt
and with hitter maledictions,
j That night Qnahha slept wit li his
monkey heside him at t 1m* threshold ol
Ilagar's van. inside Ksther had sunk
in exhausted slumber on her eot h side
the fever dream alllieted Ilagar. (Juab*
ba's light slumber was broken by the
crunching of ;t pebble beneath a heavy
foot. Qnabba roused and djew his
knife, and the menacing figure of Luke
Loveil slunk back from the accusative
i moonlight into the shadows and was
seen no nn.re.
That night at this same hour Arthur
Stanley, a fugitive and a wanderer, a
stranger in a strange land, by his
smoldering camplire in a far western
desert, dreamed a wilel diva in that
roused him with a shriek. lie* savr the
fear struck face of Lst'.icr and near
her the sinister Luke Lovoll. with
his great gnarled hands st/etched as
though to clutch and crush her.
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One who is in society in Uichuumd
; may forget unpleasant thi:i:s in a
ceaseless round of new friv<.lilies.
Mrs. Burton Kaudolph returned from
her stav in Fairfax to find her friends
in an attitude f delighted oi.r.niscration
toward her. She conlided to her
dourest friends that her life seemed
fated to he one of turmoil and tiag. dy.
But instead of finding horse;f pitied
I in society in Uielunond Mrs. Uaiulolph
i found herself envied as a social heroI
ino in these "delightfully dreadful af|
fairs." |
i So as the beautiful wistaria was em!
purpling her louse and grounds Mrs.]
Burton Uaiulolph announced a wista-j
j ria fete, and all Uielunond society was
i nervously expectant of more delight*
; fully dreadful occurrences.
But, although the wistaria fete was
( a woiidrouxlv lirilliant atTair, accord'
ing 1 <> the society columns* of the Bielii
moiul papers, no untoward event oci
otirred to mar the pleasure of the day,
! somewhat to the disappointment of xoI'ciety.
Blair Stanley, with plenty of money,
but keeping sedulously-a way froiu'Ml*.
A he Bloom's temple of chance, turned
tip iu Uielunond in pursuit of Vivian
Mnrston. with whom lie was still infatuated.
lie knew ihe risk he took,
for it was evident some one in -Richmond
laid secured from A he Bloom the
check that, besides being worthless,
. had the fatal print of his thumb upon
it. For the photograph of tliiff cheek
find thumb print, together with photograph*
of hie thumb prints taken from
I?r. Le?'8 study, liml been in t )??> po?!
session of I la gar Harding when he had
1 struck her down.
But such was Ids fierce pa*aion for
the luxurious and l??auMfnt Titian
Mars ton thav Blair walked I* the shed1
ow of death for her Make.
He Intimated ? much to her when
: | he had led her aside beneath the bow r
of the purple blossom* at Ida cous*
th's wistaria fete. <4l have gone to the
foot of the gallows for you, VivTaa!"
he whispered to Iter.
' For he feaiixed that this beautiful,
laugoi'ous woman was one to whom an
3 i unscrupulous and desperate deed would
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Amm ? > ? m*. ii 11 y nn?*w < laxiw nifcma ni>i>mn>m
I Itnvo go no to tine foot or vhc gallows
for you, Viviar.l"
appeal. lit* felt thai she. too. had a
past ami that iu wickedness they wciv
wed matched, ami for that the despot'- \
air I'lair laved her all the more.
I'or herself. Vivian Marston had lior.o'.ol
in Kiehmoml, leading' an existence
thai was puritanical ami uallina'
to her in 'he vapid restraints, as she
deemed t!io*n. of conventional southern
social restrictions. Tier one strong, onfor,
compelling desire, a desire that
hei;l her in pro .'incial ili lrmond, was
her desire for ; star her desire lor the
diamond from the sky.
Once i.i ail its bla/.in\r t.:a,v:nihroneo
ii ha 1 shone upon her I. , ;st. Vivian
iarsimi ion, cd to nyaiu imid and pes- i
SOS.* the diUUU'/U 1. IilT thuaj-UtS WClO
upon it If day. and at ni;:!.t liar
dreams were bright like ,u??1 1 and red
like I)I<m< 1.
She !i:ul rtl Its story and kncnv
that. after Artluir. I'dair was next In
claim for its possession.
Vivian sank her h ad upon I*.lair's
breast beneath the wistaria hou^h. She
temple! him with languorous glance
and alhtrir.i; lips. "<iot and ?;!. e me
the diamond and I will be yours," she
A a A I I r. . , , ^
applies xne oarrei otave to tne tsent
Over Negro Lad.
whispered. And Blair, much as he had
longed for the baleful jewel himself,
i now longed more for this woman.
**I shall never rest till 1 get it for
j you!" he replied fiercely. And he
would have kissed her to seal the eon tfhhtt,
hut she drew herself from his
nims, and he knew that her earesses
were only to he purchased hy the dhii'Uiond,
he the price of the diamond
j lives, souls or honor.
IUit the luxurious and vivacious Vivian
was a practical person. She did
not depend upon the romantic, if desperate,
efforts of a lover alone to secure
for her tne star of her desire.
She consulted the businesslike and
equally eager brothers Bloom. To the
| gape mouthed Abraham and Isaac she
I confided the romantic story of the <Ha
inond mid the confirmation of its great
intrinsic value, which she had learned
from Blair fttanley and others while in
Fairfax.
"The diamond from the sky, a? they
call it. disappeared In Richmond, torn
from yottr neck by the hands of an
tgnaeen thief, the night of Mn. Randolph's
ball," said Abe ltloom, the gambler.
'The chances are a hundred to
one it la still hidden in this town.
Whoever stole it will want money on
it. That'a reasonable enough to assume.
It will turn tip."
"It ith enough to make a man put a
1 thine In hith wlndowth thaying 'HighI
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cth rat hot !i Paid For IMg IMamondih W
: \, No (y.tesliouths Athked,' " ivnu.u;- I
v . Mr. Ike It loom. wh> lisped when ho 9
v.eg; ited. and e\ ile I ho was whoa I
!:o heard tho romaniA* h.story or Km
u..::aoi:d from I ho s\y and its 1?. i o. ^ H
IT?.l o ;;?t*y did its price excite him. I
"It sh.ui't thlip through my hamuli
again if 1 gel hold oi' it," ho autk J.
"I wouldn't lout it to tho queen oi? I
Thpain." And as ho said this ho gavof
his brother's "lady friend" from New I
York, as he ealiod her, a meaning I
glance. I
"Let bygones be bygones!" Abo I
likiom snarled at his brother. "VI I
didn't lose it on purpose. 1 have to!e- ^ I
phoned for Tom Hlal;o. whom 1 eon- I
sider the smartest detective In this I
eoiuitrv. lie does what you pay him I
to do and keeps his month shut. If I
the diamond is in Richmond Iflake will I
find it." I
In a few moments the suave and ret- I
Iqent Mr. Rlako arrived. Placed in pos- I
session of all tlie faets the Rlooms and I
Vivian could irive him. he remarked I
that lu> would do his host, and tlio first . i |
and lasi iiuotinj; of tho s.vmllonte to V
find tho diamond from tho sky broke I
up and tho detective departed.
Ho was followed shortly afterward
by M!-s Marston of Now York, whoso
Itiehnioml society frionds would have
boon shocked beyond expression did
tho.v know sho paid an occasional seed
visit to tho establishment of Abe
nioom.
Meanwhile whore is ilio diamond 4
from the skyV !' is not a pearl to bo
cast before swine, nor is it fat oil to
remain the tinsel ;>!aytliir.?j of a nojLrro
lad who i < a her lor of swiao.
In tho fra; o i and dirty dress suit,
ill tho dirtier for its /ail stains, Mr. ^
Strap Metier makes ae"oss oonntr.v. - ;
onr.sin^ Ins Inck. Ho pauses by a pi.if 5
pen to play a .muni and intensely prac- It
tical joke on a netrro boy bent over m
tlio sty. Mr. Strap McfJeo picks np a
barrel stave and applies it to the per
son of the I.oMt Dvor nc-jro lad.
Then .Mr. Mcdoc 11 *11os tIk* hoy, in
sudden pain and lrinht. has dropped
some bauble plaything into the swill of
ilia swine. Mr. Met lee is not faatldloi.
. ile lis!108 ont tin bauble.
It i> tue diamond li'o.n the i Icy! 1
Air.l it looks ;:oou lo Ml'. Met lee, at.il
lie lie* s \v'.;h i; at I.h;.best speed, i'ol- *
lowed by a show< r o^ ro.-ks i rein the
<o'.ored [>it boy. bereft of toe sparkling
tiling be found in an ov.i's nest.
ilichmond is not far away, and Mr.
IS!rap M<-tlre has some loose elian-'o
he won at pamin;: in tin' jail. He p.o<T(
(Is to iini) be, biding his time to dispose
of the bauble hidden in his rays
I?r.I when he drops into t!:?? er.rio
shop, opium den joss house maintained
by t'liinose acquaintae'ex. ills tipsy 4k
vanity impels him to sl ow the bauble
to the (ratty linns: I.i. priest, den
keeper and ton# leader.
it is a fatal tiling to do, for luck lias
been bad with Ilunp* l.i and Ids friends.
The police have closed their sMinhiin;;
joint and shut down on opium si.iok:n;r.
IImis: Li believes Hint the svd of
t lie sky. the ^reat #od Ia'.nir, needs
nronitial iim. and then ln? will lninr I
hack goo I luck in plenty. ^
I Ins wor< 1 f:v;ti i!ie diamond from
the skv traveVI i<? China ami back?
The (lligy of the groat god Lung is in
it? smuctuary in the next room, ami
Lung is tile .god of l lie sky. The l? !y
of a at runne l I rainp is dropped t hrotiy,'.\
a trap door, ami the diamond from the
sky is hung about the nook of (horrent
rod lam;:.
Til's night Mrs. Burton Kan '#!ph 4
would a slumming go. Blair and Miss
Marston are all <be* little part.. an 1
Tom Blake, the detective. Is be their
guide. A si.rnifi ant /dance of eaution
and silence passes between t!ie (ieteetivo
ai d Miss Marston when they
ineer again.
Tiie Cliinose quarter, with its .!<? s
house, is the tirxt place tbev visit. Tiie
wily Hung I.i wishes no visitors to t!?e ^
inner sanctuary <>i* Ids joss., the great
god Lung, 1 >ut l'dake will not be denicd.
He says liis friends have come especially
to burn incense for good luck
before the great god Hung. And so
they enter the sanctuary and heboid
on the breast of Lung the diamond
from the sky!
Detective as he is. ami. possessing^ I
great and evil powers in tiie eyes of *11
Hung Li. Binke and his friends arc k
forced from the place. The ladies, X
Mrs. Randolph again in a "state of
nerves." are sent home, and Blake
from the nearest telephone summons
Alio 'Bloom and his brother.
Meanwhile an English lawyer has ar?
rived at the Randolph house seeking
Blair Stanley. Determined upon ids
quest, the lawyer gets directions and
arrives at the Joss houvc. Hung Li
<and -Ills confreres will have none of
the London lawyer.
Hut tiie exasperated Mnrmmluke
Smvthe witt not t?? iloi>u<i ii? unvu
be Knows the persons lie Is searching 'I
for art inside this beastly Chinese
place.
Here now be Is, re-enforced by the
excited and money proffering Abraham
and Isaac Bloom and the equally or- w
gent but more self controlled private
- detective, Tom Blake.
The investing allies, tfngMsh, Irtsli
and Hebrew* surge in upon the Intrenched
Chinese. The straggle of the
Invaders to galu ike sanctuary and get
for money or by force the diamond
from the sky is now at Its fiercest.
But all the while a desperate man ht\
climbing the fire eecape at the back**
ef the Chinese den. He has noted a
curtain draped window tiehlnd the joss.
A crash of glass is heard within.
The frensied Hnng LI breaks from
the invaders and rushes into the snnctnary,
followed by the other Chinese,
the two Blooms, the detective and the
k<