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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.
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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.
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Che Consulted Smythe About Her Affairs.
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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
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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.
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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.
Arthur, speaking as John Powell,
! their employer, thanked them feelingly
and alluded to the loyalty and service
of itis kinsman from Virginia. Blair
Stanley, who bad so ably managed affairs
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County of Horry.
Court of Common Fleas
Matietta Fertilizer Company, a Corporation,
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zie Griffith Roberts, Eiliott Rob-j
erts, ami Julia Roberts, Heirs at
Law of Nancy A. Roberts, Deceased,
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