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! _ lie room, anil Blair burst it In. Marmaduke Smytlie was close be| "bind tlie intruders'. "Where Is the diamond? Where 1? it?" shrieked Vivian, shaking Ar*!}?." ^ liy the sh >; V'er. Martnaduke Sr.i;. t!te gave Ida arm f" V't ' '? ? ' '' ' '" r\,t - > . 'i.. ,?. f in silence and left the schemers am. their victim. Below the gn.vcty In the ballroom was at its height. Outside the dawn crimsoned in the east?and a hand reached to the rosebush beneath the window and bore away tbe diamond from the sky! SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP TERS. A feud has existed between Colonel Ar thur Stanley untl his cousin. Judge Latnai Stanley, over an heirloom, the diamond from the sky, found in a fallen meteor by an ancestor. Also, the succession to the Stanley earldom in England may come to an American. When a daughter is born to the colonel and the mother dies the colonel buys a gypsy boy and substitutes Jilm Three yours later the gypsy mother. Jmvlng had no part in this bargain, steals the girl, Esther, reared in secret, and leaves her son undetected as the heir The gypsy has obtained possession of the diamond from the sky. and a document with the Stanley secret. Years later Hagar, gypsy queen, returns to Virginia with Esther. Dr. Lee, the late Colonel Stanley's (friend, adopts Esther Arthur Stanley, son of IIagar, falls in love with Esther, and so does Ids companion and cousin, LUalr Stanley, rightful male heir of Stanley. In stealing the diamond Blair causes the death of the doctor and tries later to put the hit me on Arthur, who takes the gem. Arthur Stanley eludes his pursuers and joins Hugar, who reveals Ids identity and upbraids Idtn for his wild life. Need Ini: money, ho pawns tho diamond In Richmond. At a ball, at which an udventur' ess, Vivian Marston, wears the borrowed gem, Luke Lovoll, Ilagar's gypsy guard, steals tho diamond. Arthur leaves Richmond and goes to the west. Quabba, organ grinder, befriends Esther. Tom Blake, a detective of Richmond, who is hired by llagar, produces linger prints convicting Blair. 11 agar proposes silence to Mrs. Stanley as tho price of Ilagar's and Esther's being received in Fairfax society. Blair strikes down llagar and steals the linger prints, leaving Clio gypsy queen demented. Marmmiuko Sinythc, lawyer, arrives to announce ' Arthur is heir to tlie deceased Earl of Stanley. Learning Arthur is a fugitive ho ' seeks Blair instead. To win Vivian, Blair | steals the diamond, later marrying her and leaving for the west. Their train Is robbed. Vivian losing the diamond, which a slain train robber drops in tho desert. The $100,000 he stole is found by Arthur, now known as John Powell, sheep herder. Luke Lovell. driven from tho camp after learning llagar's secret, leaves to seek Blair, i I agar is under treatment and Esther is In Richmond society. Abe Bloom, gambler, knows Blair's guilt and covets the diamond The diamond Is later picked up by an Indian woman. Dr. Lee. Arthur learns, tiled of heart disease. Becoming very ricii Jie buys Stanley hall, sold at auction, j through Blake, and also provides for Ha .gar and Esther Luke Lovell buys the diaiTTlfkllS frnrti I tin tinimni I-.. * I I, I? ? ?- v.. vj a<|uun| uui. iiynro it ill tl flight. Vivian, desiring aid to ensnare Ar- | Hhur, sends for Blair. ? ?V1vlan Ifl saved from drowning by Powell, who la Infatuated by her. Smythe finds the diamond und gives it to Esther to deliver to Arthur Blair and Luke go to Arthur's yacht and find Esther there. I Esther and Quabba escape while Blair, .and Luke battle. Blair In the meantime itas joined Vivian in Los Angeles. Durrund, "king of diamonds," a crook known j to Vivian, goes to a saloon to try to dis- , oovor the diamond. There he meets Luke L.ovell. Esther and Arthur appear on the scene. The diamond Is lost lu a melee. j.>fhor uives Arthur- who Is Injured, and ho got s to Los Aukoios In eAre of the physlcian-crook, Durand. Esther follows and is refused admittance to see hirn. In the' aneantirne the diamond is found by two 4)111 posters, one of whom murders the olher for it. Arthur is "doped" by Du rand. De Vaux and Vivian, although Blair, who has taken charge of Arthur's buai'ncss affairs, protests. 1 . The diamond passes In dice play from wthe bill poster to Santley, circus owner, I who is killed, and the diamond Is put up at auction as part of his estate. Blair and Vivian falsify a telegram from Blake to Arthur, making Arthur believe lie suffered from hallucination in thinking he saw Esther. Luke is "railroaded" to prison by Bluir. At the auction Is Homer Graydon, an aged admirer of Vivian, who has promised to buy the diamond for her. He Is outbid by Arthur. The latter gives a cos- , tuine ball at which Esther appears. Vivian insists that he choose between them. ! KHther snatches the diamond from hirn and hurls It through the window. * chapter xllx. ^ Plot and Counterplot. I THE miracle of (lawn crimsoned all the east. The last bolster-! Alia ^Air/.l Ann ... A M/. rl AAAMil.%^. ^ h vuo icvuit'iii m:iu lill^ from tlie fete of the mad millionaire. Only the butler, as major domo, had speeded the parting guests, hut the guests had reveled and gorged and swilled and cared nothing at heart for 'host or mansion that had entertained them with a Belshazzarlnn feast. And it was a Belshazzarian feast, and the handwriting of destruction was on the wall. In the small reception room upstairs the unhappy wretch once called the golden man sobbed on his arms like the drug weakling he was. Vivian, her hair in disorder and vixen-like in her anger and grief, shook Arthur by the shoulder and cried, "Where is the , diamond?" Blair, noting the open window, left1 iT*lu pu n/1 arirl Vlvlnn he Ai?fhnp an/1 *y\?l f?ll\l 4B.I ttlUI UllVi crossed over to it. There, down below, was Angelo. the Italian gardener, up at dawn to his work, plucking the diamond from the sky from the rosebush, just where it hud been, east through the window by the indignant Esther when Arthur had proffered it to her. "Hi, there, you!" called Blair. "Don't take that! 1 am coming down for it." The gardener, who. like the rest of the servants, ;bore a sullen dislike to t the whilom friends who surrounded ! their master..growled an unintelligible i reply. * v , Durand,. \yho ,sensed that the dla tuond had been found, sprang from i!ie room and made for the stairway, with Blair beside htm. They ran from rite front of the house and to the back. But the gardener picked up a heavy <toke lying by the rosebush and stood them off. "1 take to the boss!" he said. Nor vould lie be shaken from his resolve. Vivian Shook Arthur by tho Shoulder. And Durund and Blair, cursing his stubbornness, escorted him back into the house utid to Arthur. Vivian, realizing the diamond was recovered, had ceased her vixenish de< mainls and was strain resort imr to wiles and cajolement. lint Arthur, shaken with shame and wholly unnerved that they had dead ved him as regards Esther's presence in the city, his shame augmented by the realization that Esther knew now how he had fallen in ids drug addiction, took the diamond and staggered from the rootti. with a few mut' ere 1 thanks to the gardener. Reaching his suit, he locked the linmomt In sin ornate cabinet by the prosit rear window of his bedroom and ;hen. pacing up ami down, fought trie devil of drug desire for Esther's sake? and lost again Tite English lawyer Smythe. a knight n armor in all sooth, escorted the shaken Esther to her hotel, having picked up the watching and waiting Muiblm in front of the Powell manIon and (aken him with them in the tnxienh. The next day she consulted <1 iiii about her affairs. "I will see you safely back to Richmond." said Smythe gently. "Your mother, you say. has recovered and you wish to return to her. I am going back to England resolved to let the American heir or heirs to the Stanley . i.ddoin claim the title when he or i he.v may choose." "Tint what shall I do about Luke Loveiir asked Esther. "All his life. 1 ?r-~. ' * V . : :v:vv::.. *. yW# :?v Che Consulted Smythe About Her Affairs. I I except for the brief revolt lie now begs forgiveness for. he served my mother faithfully." "1 ,would suggest." said Stnythe, 'thai our friend Qr.abbn here stay bohind us and see what he can do. He may secure Loveil's release by appealing to Arthur Stanley, or, as lie rails himself now, John Powell." ! "I have no faith in Arthur now," ] said Esther wearily. "He has fallen Into evil ways through evil associations." IIur. in her steadfast heart Esther resolved to say nothing to Sinythe now nor llagar later regarding Arthur's drug addiction. "Well," suggested the English lawyer, "our frltuid Quabba here can keep us posted, and we may be able to take up the mutter of endeavorlug to secure hovel 1'fi release from ?tUis unjust In carcetation after We T^uirh to Hich moud. No doubt tie chafes ffeai'fully ) THE HORRY HSR Mi his iinniHi V till.* The next day Ksther. accouipatiled by Srnythe. left Los Angeles for Ittcb tnoud tjunbha. placed in flunks by S&iytlie. stayed be bind. tjuahha was an Italian jtypsy, and ills new friend and compatriot. tbe gardener at the Powell mansion, was at the train with him when he ianle his respeetinl adieus to his young mis \ tress and to Smyihe. \ > On the way hack from the depot the gurdcnci. deeming ijuabba needed cheering, led Idm to tile garden restaurant Bella N a poll. It was a humble place, an arhored resort frequeuted by Italian working people. Signorn Solari made them welcome. "She has no good looks." whispered I Ouabba's friend, "hut you should see j her daughter Uosu! Ah, Uosu Is a charmer, and how she will smile at you if you pay for the better wine! j You should see Iter!" It was fated that Quabba was to see ihe ravishing Uosu. De Vuux, a lady kilter, to his way of thinking, had also seen the ravishing Koca. Site had smiled at L)e Vaux in passing. and he had followed her to the ; garden La Bella Napoli. A citizen of the world, the dapper count, who spoke Italian charmingly, knew well how to ingratiate himself into the favor of ; the landlady's daughter and the land- I lady. l)e Vaux ordered the high priced chiantl on which there was the good protit. j From their distant table In the garden Quabba and the Powell gardener noted all this, but kept their distance unseen and unnoticed by the languishing I)e Vaux. Fate was piny lug Into the hands of Quabba and his friend at their table in the corner. He had a grievance, had Cesare, the contractor. He proclaimed It. "I.ook you." he said. "I get a eontract?a good contract?to fix a roof, ll fl j^j^l "No doubt ho chafes fearfully in his prison cell." and I can't get any of these lazzaronl to go on the work!" Questioned why by Quabba, Cesare shrugged his shoulders and said: "There are two reasons the loafers give me. One is that It is a nonunion job, and the other is it is work at the prison, and that they do not like? They fear the prison, maybe for good reasons." Quabba sat erect. The prison? Luke Lovell was in the prison! "Me, observe me! Roofing?that was my trade!" cried Quabba. "Angelo here will tell you!" Angelo. Who know nr?thln<* of oil ^ ?wv???V VI. the matter, roundly swore that Quabba was the best roofer that had ever left Italy. ******* At the Powell mansion suspicion, plot and counterplot were the aftermath of the grand fete. Arthur announced that he would return to his business affairs and had hinted that he was prepared to pay Duraud handsomely for his services as a physician und would be relieved if he and his familiar, De Vaux, would go about their affairs. lie drew a check for a large sum and gave it to Dura ml. But Durand had no intention of departing without the great diamond, word of wiiich had drawn 1dm to this place. Durand had linkl threats over Vivian of disclosing their former swiudling association to l>olh Blair and Arthur did she not aid him and keep silent. On Iter part Vivian promised, but In her heart she was resolved that she nlone would have the diamond. Arthur's return to his oiliee was made a happy affair,by his employees. His desk bore a large horseshoe of (lowers, ml Itis secretary welcomed him hack to health and Itis business in an earnest little s|n?ech. 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