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The Diamoi
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By ROY L.
Copyrighted 1915, by Roy L.
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TER3.
* A feud has existed between Colonel Ar- 1
thur Stanley and his cousin, Judge J.umnr
Stanley, over an heirloom, the diamond
from the sky, found in a faiien meteor by
an ancestor. Also, the succession to tho
Stanley earldom in England may come t'?
an American. it *en a daughter is born
to the colom 1 !*' I the inotiier dies, the j
colonel buys a g.\ psy boy and substitutes ,
jbiin. Three years later the g\t?sy mother,
'having had no part in this bargain, steals
the girl, being reared in secret, and leave* 1
her son undetected as the heir. The gyp- '
ey has obtained possession of 11 >o diamond
from the bky, and a document with the 1
""Stanley secret. When Esther Is grown a ,
beautiful young girl, Jlagar, now gypsy
.jqpeen, returns to Virginia with her. Dr.
Lee, the late Colonel Stanley's friend,
adopts Esther, but demands that llagar
turn over to him the diamond front the
srky. Arthur Stanley, son of llagar, falls
In love with Esther and so does his coin- i
panion and cousin, Hlair Stanley, rightful
male heir of Stanley. Jn stealing the dialilol.
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tor and tries later to put the blame on
.Arthur, who takes the diamond from him.
The sheriff attempts to take Arthur into
custody, hut he eludes his pursuers ami
joins llagar, who reveals his identity and
upbraids him for his wild life. Needing
money, he pawns the diamond in Richmond.
At a hall, at which a supposed
New York belle, Vivian Marslon, is the
guest of honor, Arthur and Blair find the
diamond on the visitor. She is an adventuress
who ban borrowed it.
Luke Lovell, Ilr. ;ar's gypsy guard,
Pltals the diamond, . ad to avoid detection
drops It into a in.a box. Arthur leaves
Rk lnnond and goes to the west. The diamond
passes into a mail bug, picked n<?
by Quabha, organ grinder. Quabha .1
monkey Heals the diamond. llagar taki s
Kstiier to Stanley hall.
Tom Make, a detective of Richmond,
who Is hired by 11 agar, produces linger
prints convicting Blair. llagar propose:
silence to Mrs. Stanley as the price of
llagar's and Ksther'n being received ia
Fairfax society. Blair strikes down llagar
and steals the linger prints, leaving
the gypsy d< tncnted. The diamond is
found by a negro boy and is t11 by a
tramp. The latter is murdered by Ilung
Id. It is stohn just as a slumming party
eutcrH living Li's den. llagar is again
with Mather among the gypsies. .Marmaduke
Srnythc, lawyer, arrives to announce
Arthur is heir to the deceased Karl of
Stanley. Learning Arthur is a fugitive lie
Fecks Itlair instead. To win Vivian, Blair
steals tliej diamond, lat? r marrying belaud
leaving for the west. Their train is
robbed, Vivian losing the diamond, which
a slain tiain robber drops in the detjori.
The Sluo.tmo he stole is found by Arthur,
How known as John Powell. sheen herder
Vivian deserts Blair, telling hiin lie must
regain the diamond for her. l.uke Lovell,
driven from tin* camp after learning Hitgar's
secret, leaves to seek Blair. Hagur
Is under treatment and Kstlicr is in
Richmond society, protege of Mis. Stanley,
\vJio suspects her real name, and of
Mrs. Randolph. Abe Bloom, gambler, who
knows Blair's guilt, covets the diamond
rid calls it the price of his secrecy. Blair
will not listen to l?ovell, and Arthur also
Insists on his alienee. Blair returns to
Richmond and, instigated by bis mother,
pays unwelcome court to Mather, Mrs.
.Stanley asserting Vlvlun had been married
before. The diamond is picked tip hy an
Indian woman? Dr. I.ee, Arthur learns,
died of heart disease. Becoming very tie.
buys Stanley hall, sold at auction,
through Blake, and also provides for II*
?ar and han money left secretly in TO*.
tltor's room, l.nke I.oveil buys tlie diamond
from the squaw, but loses it In u
fight on Hanta Barbara bay, (lis gem sink
?ng. At the auction Hmythe buys a mount
< 4 doer head. Vivian, desiring aid to en ssr*
Arthur, *?xids for Blair.
Bather ami t^uabba, uino Blair, go t<
tU* California mines to seek Arthur. Blaii
to learn the whereabouts of the diamom
for Vivian. Smytlio Is sent west hy Blake
l^ovell repairs the coach in which l'sthe
nd ftmvtiie ride. tjuahba catches a Ms!
witli tlie diamond in Its gills, but a p?li
ean hears off tlie gem.
The coacit rolls down tlie mountain, bu
Rsther and tlie lawyer escape unhurt
Meanwhile Quabba returns, and he ant
Rather flee into the woods, pursued to
Blair and Duke. In tlie morning t^uabbj
Sv >
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and Esther fire in an oro cur over a trolley,
thinking there will he help at the
mine. They elude Luko and Blair by
going through a tunnel on the electric
trolley. Meanwhile John Powell goes
aboard his yacht In Santa Barbara bay.
Vivian hires a sailboat and heads directly
across the course of the yacht.
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Paths of Peril.
TITE path of peril leads through
the heart of the mountains.
The path of peril is across the
deeps where the dimpling of
, the waters shows the footsteps of the
wind upon the sea. Through the heart
of the mountain, in the dark and dripping
tunnel of the mine, goes the dingy
little electric motor hearing Esther?
beside her the one constant friend and
faithful servant. Quahha. the hunchback.
Behind them, blundering through the
darkness, relentless as they are desperate
and determined, come the Yir
ginia ne'er-do-well and the gypsy out
law. Blair Stanley and Huke Kovell.
Whore t!io path of peril lies upon the
sea Vivian Marston floats, feigning uueonsciousness.
hy the crushed and out
down sailboat she drove across the
course of the great white yacht. Vivi
an Marston chose the path of peril to
gain her purpose and that put pose Is
her wild wish for the diamond from
the sky. It is a desperate ehance she
takes, hut tile diamond is the guerdon
of desperate chances. To Vivian any
lawless love she might inspire in
Blair Stanley or his cousin Arthur, for
whom now she wove her writs, were
hut a means to the end to her? that j
etui iter aii consuming desire for the,
diamond.
At the lir^i cry of daneer Arthur had
sprung from the wheel of the yacht;
and run from the bridge to the deck,
llardly had the impact of the yacht's
cutwater <TTi the little saiil?'?at and
crumped it into a shattered mass and
hardly had Vivian sprung into the wa-j
tei with a scream than Arthur dove!
overboard. There was a hurried rush.
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inand of i ho sailing masli-r, the hur-[
ricd lowering of a hoat. the easting:
over of life preservers, w hile othcrdar-i
it?tr mee|hi?i's 0f the crew plunged head-;
h iifC into i iie se;l to aid the gallant j
young owner, John Powell, in his,
rescue of the reckless .voting woman
w ho. through foolhardy during. had at*
tempted to cross the how of the swift
yacht in her tiny sailboat.
Arthur in his e.\< ileincnt did not notice
the lair fare of the woman lie had
plunged overboard to save was a somewhat
familiar one?the face of the \i
various Vivian Marsion. In fa t. nutiI
now Arthur's encounters with Vivian1
had left hut the slightest impression
upon him. Kven when he had lirst
heboid her .at the hall in Uichmnnd
with the diamond from the sky blazing
upon her hreast lie had no thought
for her save to wonder by what
strange and mysterious manner tin
great jew id he had left in the pawnshop
(he day before had rotue to gleam
upon the licek of this hold, lutndsotnc
woman.
l.et him he the rightful heir of Stan
ley. impoverished by his own prodigal
ity and a fugitive 1.0111 justiee in Vir
ginia, or let him lie John Powell, the
golden man. as he was known in
California. In either ease Vivian
.Marsion will have enmeshed him. even
as she has enmeshed his d.--penile
kinsman, Pdair Stanley. Which of
these t wo got the diamond it. mattered
not to her now. VP. inn felt convinced
the great gem would eotne to her from
tile llll)l>Is of ell her of them. it' it
came rightfully as a hcritage l<> either
she would have it. If it were to be
bought for money .1?> 1111 i'owell ) i: 111
till' means b> buy it for Iter. Site h:iil
done well. she thought. to take the
path ol' peril to liiid tin; <li:ttttoinl by
throwing herself in the anus of A r
tlnu* Stanley. alias .lohti I'owell.
So \"ivinii sighed with vague eon
tcntmeht ami clung, seemingly senduiieonscious.
to Arthur as they were
llll tiled Into the lifeboat, ami when she
Wits borne up the companion way ami
into the handsomely furnished cabin nf
the yacht's owner who had rescued her
she could have laughed aloud for sheet
Joy at. t lie success of her wild plan.
In tin; mine the path of peril is dark
and fearsome to the timid girl who i?
driven over it. pursued by the desperate
men who will stop at nothing su
they prevent her reaching Arthur Stan
ley v.ilh the Stanley document that
they believe she carries wlMi her. Tin
operation of a mine electric motor 1*
simple cnotndi. inn when It hulk* In
! the inexperienced hands of Quahlui
then Indeed the dangers of this put I
of peril grow man I fold.
*1 "Me don't know what's the inattei
, wjth him all the time now. Miss Rs
r ther," whimpers Quahha. "Some win
' loose, maybe? Kit. what you think?"
( "We are far ahead of them." says
, Rather encouragingly. "Kvoti If tin
motor will only do this well they wll
not overtake us. It seems to me w<
have gone miles and miles througl
t tills dreadful darkness. The driver o
the stage told roe nlwmt these mines
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Arthur Sees Vivian Go Overboard.
This is thp main tminol lu? tokl me'
! about. 1 know. It jmos straight
through tlic 111>>111)titi11s tor four 111 i!i?
lo the openings at .fie workings in the
i opposite valle.v."
"Sl:o stop*;; slie don't no more!"
moons < >iui 1 ?l>:i as the little nioto: j
; grinds and halts, then noes forwatd a
1 few feet and stops with a ierk.
"I>o you think you ran lix it V" aske.l
hist her ea.ii'erly.
Quahba's couraue returns as he notein
IvMIter's ?pa*stion a tone of ronn
donee in his ability as an umateui
electrieal engineer.
"Ila!" he says. "Plenty time 1 tix'
the oraan. 1 tind what's the niattetl
and iix liiis." And lie jumps front tin !
seat, and under an electric liirht in a
w part of the tunnel where the two
tor has halted lie proceeds to oxnmiiu j
it with the air of one who desires t<.
impress all beholders ' wit h his dee' j
Vivian Martton Lies In the Cabin of
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*n? T dwru,
; know Indue of oleetrieal ine'dutnies
There was e u o uu h at iliis point
to tuj|ke any slight repairs, provided
poor ouahba was competent to do so
Hut an intimate knowledge of the
mechanism of street pianos is hardly
of avail in repairing halky electric nio
j tors.
|)o la? careful!" cautions ftsther. "If
.! anything should happen to you I would
never forgive myself. I have heard of
: men heinif killed tampering with elee
trie wires. And look!" And Ksthet
pointed to a simi at the side where a
new heading front tin* main tunnel
was evidetdly Iteintf driven, for there
1 nlaiu in tin* liirht front the overhead
Incandescent hull*, wax a dinvty yet
plain x I if n of warning that read: "I>an
Kcr! Klast Iteady!" Near It was a
small hUck box from which a pi tin get
protruded and to which col la of In
: stilated wliv were attached.
Even to Esther's Inexperienced eye*
the purpose of the fcriiu looking tilth
V box and the coils was apparent. It
? was mechanism to set off a blast, ami
'l the blast, as the aitfn warned, was
* ready.
1 Quttbba realized the faet as well a?
t Esther and redoubled his efforts to
locate the cause of the trouble fit fbt
( motor ami to yet out of tlie danKet
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i zone. The young gtrl and the poor
hunchbuck, fleeing from the peril of
human enemies, were now In danger of
annihilating death in the deserted mine
tunnel at this point. Hut such a death
Esther did not dread as she dreaded
the worst fate that might couie to her I
if she fell again into the hands ot
i Hlalr Stanley.
For IjtiUe l.ovell, brutal as he was.
! Esther had not the fear she had of
, Blair. Her old association and author
I ity over Luke as the daughter, as she
; was supposed to he. of llagar. the'
queen who ruled the Romany peoph
with strong decision. Esther knew
would make the gypsy hesitate in any
evil intent he might have toward her.
Esther knew, too. that Luke, for all
his brutishness. had ever been attached
to her. lie had protected her in some |
measure before. Perhaps he would da j
so again. Hut dominated as he was
by greed and the stronger, wickeder
mind of Hlalr Stanley Esther felt no
great confidence in Luke I>>veU's further
protect Ion. If protection it might
be called.
While Quablm fussed and perspired
in his inexperienced efforts to remedy 01 i
find the cause of the balking of the motor
Esther sat listening with straining!
ears to the weird and eerie subter I
ratiean sounds of the ceaseless drip- j
ping of the water from the mine roof
and the occasional rattle and fall ot
loosened earth and rocks in the dark
depths <?f the tunnel.
Then there came through the darkness
from far oil" behind them the
sound of footfalls through the watet
that covered the tunnel floor. Liki
moving stars in the distant darkness
she saw the lights of the candles borne
by the relentless pursuing Luke and;
Hlalr. She knew it must be them, fot
the mine and all its working's had been
as deserted as a place of the dead.
"They are coining. Quubba!" she
cried. "What shall we do?"
The hunchback's usual kindly face
took on a set expression of murderou.*
determination strange to Esther's eyes
"This time ! kill them!" he exclaim* I
ed. "Wait: you sec!"
CHAPTER XXXII.
The Spoil of the Pelican.
KAVIX<; his task of search hi ir for
JS tlic trouble in the mechanism
D|^ of the motor. (Jitahha slipped
around to 'lie hark of ii and
pushed the little inaehiiie. will) many
trrunts and straining; efforts. from the
dangerous spot near the set blast and
its warning si-rn.
Pushing and panting, lie slioveil the'
heavy little machine over I lie water
covered tracks a hundred yards or j
more down the tunnel. Then he rushed
hack under tile elect rie ii-ht Ir, the
set blast and. se'mny; the least battery
by its leather handle and unroiiiny the
loops of wire, the other on is of which
were fastened deep down in the blast
holes to the detonator in the dynamite. '
Quahba slipped baek through the dark
ness and called to list her in a tense
whisper to eoine around behind the
shielding; bnlk of the motor with him.
ITom the blast battery box he earried
trailed the length of wire that would
carry the vital spark of the forces of
dost met ion.
Now Blair Stanley and I.tike I.ovell
had located them by the sinyle liirht
upon the electric motor. They pressed
forward with exultant shouts: then
just as they reached the wide space
where the blast was set at the new
heading <Juabha. a hundred yards
away and shielded, with Ik-ther. be
hind the motor, drove the plunder of
the battery down swift and hard.
There was a deafenim; boom and
crash, a burst of life, the sound of
j showering rocks, a heavy fall of earth
I and debris that seemed to heave out
and irroan and rattle and settle?then
a choking fo^ of blast smoke and si
lenco.
Whatever had been the matter with
the motor, the shook anil Jar of the ox
plosion had settled the loosened wire
I hack in place to a proper contact, for
j when, simkinu' with fright and ox dlenient.
(Jiiahha had dravr^ed list her
i aboard the motor attain and turned tin?
)
U?\'?T the little machine moved forward :
like a living thing. slowly at first and
; then, gaining speed. glided smoothly
and swiftly out of the smoke and on
11 ml on. swifter, faster, until the hunchhack
and tlie trembling gir! felt a
breath of fresh air from outside blow,
upon thetn and saw a gleam of day-'
light and sped on and out front the j
dark mouth of the mine into (rod's
good sunlight!
The nien ealled to this side of the
mountain to the new workings were
astounded at the appearance of so,
strange a pair bursting out front the J
tunnel and speeding down the track on
the electric motor that bad been left
at the other and far off portal of the
tunnel. The trackmen dropped their J
1 tools. The mine foreman and his wife!
Joined with the throng of miners that
surged around the motor and the
strange pair that drove it.
They told their wild story to sympathetic'
ears. Turning Kstlier over to
the ministering attentions of the big
hearted sharer of his joys and sorrows.
t lot mlriik 1 u mu ?aiuI I nwcSct a n t u I
I i it in i ur i M MO iiini MUII M uu tn |
, reversed the motor ami drove hack res-!
I olutely into the twine depths to find the:
' men whom Ksther and tjmihbu told of.
} They returned at. nightfall, having
! cleared away tlie debris of the blast.
but rinding no traue of l.ukv Kovell
1 and Blair Stanley. The wicked have
' hick alike with the good. At the edge
: of the biast Blair Stanley had been
struck down and hurt slightly, and
i: Luke had home him haek through the
clicking smoke all the weary way.
whence they had come, until they. too.
I reached the daylight and safety, an
>! Ksther and Qtiuhha had reached it. but
j on the far able of the mountain mine.
> That night by the fire in the office
II shack of the mine boss Ksther and
'! Quabba told again atieh parts of their
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Esther and Quabba In the Electric
Motor.
story as they cared to tell to the rouuh
hut sympathetic new found friends
around them. Ksther told of hei
search for Arthur, calling hirn only hy
the name that he was known hy as oil
niaunate and owner of these newly ac
inired mines. She said that he was a
friend, a relative, and that for reasons
she w; i s un.'lhlc t<? solve the des| ?er.U t r
1111>11 who hat! tracked hot* were evident
ly desirous slu? should not meet him.
"l!e is a lino younvr man. .lohn Pow
:!1 is, my dear. ' >iiid tlii' himd \ wife
>f the m'no hoss. "I will take trooil
are of yon. and in the tnoniini: u.v
hnslmnd will have one ??!" the hoys
drive yon to the railroad station. Mr.
Powell has jrone to Santa llarbara.
They say he has hoituht a beautiful
new ya. lit. wlii h is there to meet him.
lie will protect you and take care of
you. I know and you know. As for
those rascals you away from, it is
fourteen rouyh miles .across the mountain
trail from the north portal of the
Frank Durand, the "King of Diamonds."
tunnel. If they escaped with their
lives they will hardly make their way
over the mountains tonight."
"if they coinc this way I promise
them a warm reception," remarked the
mine boss grimly. "The boys are just
naturally pining to get hold of those
two fellows. There will be work for
the coroner If the boys catch them.
And the coroner had better bring in a
verdict of 'frozen to death' too."
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The moon shone on the waters of
Santa Barbara hay. It shone down
upon the broad white dock of a great
yacht that moved majestically across
the waters. Beneath the moon the
sensuous strains of a love song chanted
in a minor key arose. In snowy
white, with flower garlands on tlieli
breasts, a Hawaiian orchestra played
"The Love Song of the Sky Flowers."
It is seductively sweet in the vernacular.
In English It may lie sung:
I Beloved, the stars ate sky flowers In th<
night!
The flowers are ground stars, dear, b>
day,
And alt the air is soft for your delight;
Then let us love, sweetheart, while yet
we may.
Beneath the moon, a chaplet of flow
era in her hair, a clinging white gowt
of ttreclan simplicity setting off hei
languorous beauty, reclines Viviai
MAlston. Near her Is Arthur Stanley
enthralled, enraptured under the spel
of Vivian's alluring charms, the witch
| cry of the Hawaiian love song of th<
sky flowers and the magic of the moon
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I'ndcr the spoil of Vivian's languor- g I
<>us eyes Arthur Stanley. .Folia Pony- g I
i li. millionaire now, treads the path . I
of peril in liis turn, lint tlio path Ik not 11
plain to liini. for it is hhhloii by doad-^? } I
ly tlowors. Tlio rtoNvois on the path I
of poril seem sweet ami fair to hint. I
They may he such as are in the chap- BB
lot 011 Vivian's ilark looks, for Arthur pv
bonds over those and murmurs. "I fB
would give you anything in the world!" * I
An eager glow' comes into Vivian's rafl
! dangerous eyes, a deeper Hush sul'- ?I
' fuses her fair cheeks. "You would jB
t give me anything in the world?" slip *|fl
j whispers. "Then get me the diamopC |l
from the sky." H
"It has disappeared utterly off the r I
earth," answers Arthur. "If it comes 1
to light it may not be mine to give." I
over to clasp her in his I
arms. But. pouting like a child do- * I
nied, Vivian holds him aloof. "You do
not care for me." she says with affooted
plaintiveness, "or you would I
promise." And Arthur, such is the- I
witchery of this fair woman, such if I
the magic of the moonlight, promise^ I
The magic of the moon casts no spoil I
over Frank Durand. In faraway New I
York l>urand has no dreams or ill 11- I
sions. lie is a practical person, known I
in tlio sphere that ho adorns as the I
"King of 1 )iatuonds." for he is the I
moving spirit of a band of intornation- 1
al jowol thieves and swindlers. Mr. !
A lie llloom. prosperous ga mhllug housX I
keeper Ui Iviehmond. is almost in do- I
spab* about flit* great diamond that j*wl
slipped through his lingers once. In jfll
this half despair and desperation Mr. i^^B
KIoouj has written to Mr. Ihirand. his ^^B
New York a<<|'.iaitifam-o of tlie upper
underworld. Mr. Bloom's letter to the
wily Durand is brief and 1 >Jtint: _ I
My Dear Durand?Tin; last heard of tlio *
diamond from tin* sky u; * train robbers 1
S t (ill* it ill I ":i I' fi Il'ii i !1 II' vim 111.1 t'.iiif 1
bunch of crooks run mt it I have a svu- fttH*]
ilicutc t<> pay you your own prioo. fur- w* {
thcr details later Our- mutual friend Viv- 1
i.an is .after it Am afraid she will dotthlo
cross ill-. This diamond is worth f;>00 <<>? ).
Voui s. AJ IK It LOOM *
In liis luxurious bachelor apartments
the "Kilty: of I )iaitiomls" receives his
lapper ami alert lieutenant. Felix do
\'atix. alias Fount do Vatix. and shows
iiim tiie ieiter from the sententious Mr.
niooin
"So our old Iriend \'ivian is afior
.ii^ diamond V" says the dapper lit le
. ount as |;e turns and 1'ai es the framed
i'linloyrai h of Viv ian Marst??n that occupies
a pane of honor in Inn-ami's
handsomely furnished apart meats.
"Yi was aiways cli-ver. Itetnemher she
w rot e a bout t liis st one V"
Tlie handsome lnirand strokes his
close cropped Vandyke heard ami
mimes. "I always iliouy:ht that di tnioiid
was a myth." he says linally.
"So many of these old and supposedly
priceless heirlooms turn out to he junk
when an expert yr"i> his hands on
them." and Frank lnirand placed a
peculiar emphasis on the word "expert."
"We have records of this so called
diamond from the sky." continued the
arch crook, "hut not him; inm-lt was *
known of it except it was supposed to
he in the possession of an old Virginia
family. lint no one knows much of it,
only there was an old family trndition
^lorifyin^ some ^imernek that perhaps'would
prove w??i thless even if it
really existed."
"Weil." iii'erlcctel the dunner little
count. "if Abo P.houi says there is
snob :i stone and f! 1:11 it is worth half ?
:i million yon can be sim'c it is :i rent - Jr
1 ini>i<>11 ?1 and worth much more. Abo
P.loon tid bis lit I to brother. IU t*. tlio
Itiehmond pawnbroker. are two of the
host judges of diamonds in tlu? count
I V."
"Wo should know that." assents I Minimi.
"Wo hive |?:ii< 1 them well more
t halt onoo to oo'no on Jo Now York aiul
appraise stones for us when ovon wo &
wore in doubt. And now good night. ^
Wo start west tomorrow. Pleasant H i
dreams about the diamond from the .
sky to you. Felix!" r
Pleasant (1 roams about the diamond
froni t ho sky!
Vivian .Marston. Ji.OOO miles away,
dreams of tiio diamond. "
Qtiahba, a Inimblo htinehhaok organ J|
grinder, sleeping by a lire in a mine fl
shed, dreams, too. of the diamond. I
No selfish dream is Quabba's. There is
one person on all the earth he loves
above till others, and that one is his
young fair mistress. lOsther. Qtuiliha
longs and dreams of the diamond that
he has so strangely found and lost
twice in his lowly life. He longs for
the diamond that he may give it to his
fair young mistress as a tribute from
her devoted servitor. Iu his dreams g
Ouabba beholds Clarence, the monkey,
I.U. I.,.I 1 1 ?
ni.-i ur.M. iwufmmi iiimi from wnom no
long has been parted. And in his black
, and hairy paws Clarence, the monkey,
extends to ids master the diamond from
the sky. Then Quabba wakes and
sleeps again, perchance again to dream.
Since the wreck of (tie coach down
tlie hillside Marmadnke Sinythe. the
Knglish lawyer, cursing a fate that led
hint to lose himself in the wilderness
while seeking the heir of Stanley for
| the Warwickshire earldom, dreams, too, y
by a dying fire. But ids dreams are
not of diamonds, lie dreams a horrid
savage leers at him through a nion?
ocle?a savage who is a stickler for
the niceties. For even In his dreams
the timid London lawyer knows that
it is night, and lie is impressed hy the
I fact that tlie savage about to scalp:
him is attired in a dress coat. The
lawyer wakes with a shriek of fear. W
? and on his ears fall the harsh croak1
ings of the unaeeu enemies who con1
stnntly alarm him. Not redskins, as
* he thiuks. but greenskins. Not sav1
ages in ambush, but frogs iu the marsh.
* Htlrred by the frightful memory of his
* dreams. Mnrinaduke Sinythe springs to
ids feet and discharges his shotgun