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I ' - ... -r-rr--. weaith his father bad wasted. So when Arthur was born and a male heir, even ilf a false one. was desired at Stanley *^$S3SEmK&^ g ~ 1-^Hr^^^^^jSc^SfiBr -;: J ... v > xy/- ^M^^^^MS^P*SB>? ?ty.^jWf "This i? very curious," remarked i r**' Smythe. Wis Mull Colonel Stanley had ho great tfotl hie In getting my husbund to sell our newborn boy. "My buHbuml illd not live long to enJoy bin gypsy fortune. He died, and I returned, ami In revenge?oh, forgive me, Esther, my child!?I stole you ?wu), logeiner wun me aiumona from j the sky, and left my son to grow up! the heir of Stanley. "The death of your father that night, | Ksther, my child, made my wicked | deed easy to accomplish. The two old , colored servants that knew the secret had been slaves of the cruel Judge Lamar Stanley, Blair's father. You Oiad been raised In secret here. The ;servants would not betray Colonel Stanley while he lived, and they loyally kept the secret till they died. "Dr. Tec, the only other sharer of, the secret besides the two colored serv-j ants and myself, was a kind yet timid j iman. lie, too, had hated Judge Stanley j and had been led Into the colonel's conspiracy to cheat the son of his en-j emy of the great heritage of the Stan-; ley earldom and the diamond from the, sky. "After my husband's death," IlagnC went on, "1 augmented the money he had received from Colonel Stanley by! fortune telling and dealing in horses.! the source of all legitimate gypsy wealth. "And as my profligate son wasted! your heritage here, and as we would accept no repayment from him now, I give you all tills with a loving heart, for It Is all rightfully yours. "I intend to lltmHuo vniip wilnHimu vw ?rr. > J */*! | l/IU Uil j in Fairfax ami Richmond of the truej facta. Some of (hem will come to, dwell with you here In Stanley Hall, you will take your place In the station of life to which you were born, and I will return to mine own people, for I am a gypsy and as such cannot remain with Father Stanley of Stanley Hall!" "No, no!'* cried Esther tearfully asj she threw her arms around the sobibing Hngar. "You are my own dear mother! I will never leave you nor suffer you to leave me. What have the Stanleys done for me? "What would they do for me? I ask this, and I answer It. They have done nothing for me but ignore me as Dr. Lee's ward and your daughter. They could do nothing for me as Esther Stanley to give me the happiness the feel of your arms around me gives!" T ? A- * " * nf*wjt;i rjuiytiir tunica nnci eougneu to keep back his tears at this affectIn# scene. A yellow, time stained, frayed and bulky folded parchment (had fallen from among the bank notes Tlagar had drawn from the cavity finder the hearthstone. "This is very curious. I am much interested in old parchments, being a 1 lawyer, you know," remarked Smythe as he picked up the parchment. He felt he was stuttering and talking foolishly at random, but he wished in his tactful way to relieve the emotional tension that had followed Hagar's recital. His words had the desired ef- ' feet. Hagar smiled faintly and said: "Oh, that? That is the gypsy Hardings' family tree. The old gypsy families, especially the gypsies of English stock, such as the Lees, Ilardings, Lovells?yes. the Stanleys?have these things. Strange, isn't JiJ The outside 1 world regards the Romany people only as vagabond wanderers, but thqrp are 1 Romany degrees of j>roud lineage. i 4tTho Lees and Stanleys here in Vli^lultt would be surprised to follow i>uck their family linos to tiud they 'e?ul bavk in the centuries to gypsy amps 011 English downs. "Who knows. Esther, my dear, but that you have K.vpsy blood in your reins, after all, even if it be ever so little!" "It is a curious oid document," reon ted Lawyer Smythe, "and, as I said, [ am interested in such things. May I have it? 1 will keep it carefully und return it In due time." llagar smiled uud ?i>oke half careessly. "Ivoep it as long as you desire, Mr. Smythe. It may be cause to bring rou back to return it, or for our going 0 England to fetch it back." They all laughed at the suggestion, md Lawyer Smythe took the document nd prepared to make his udieus. His bachelor reserve was shaken to is foundation when Esther impulslvey threw her arms arouiul lis neck and visaed him. "You have been a father to me," she ried?"a dear, dear daddy!" Lawyer Smythe was still blushing when he drove away to take the train I'rorn Fairfax, positively refusing to permit the women to accompuuy him ( to the depot. * * * * * I Work Is for workingmen. Quubba was u wandering minstrel, and even as a nonunion roofer loathed being me chanica). ltut lie worked with a pur-, pose 011 the prison roof, eveu though, .is purpose was not to work. But he signaled to Luke that all was ".veil the hut day of the job. and left' 1 he coiled rojie with one end fastened around the chimney and the lower end fastened to a cord that liung hidden down over the gutter of the prison roof, to Luke's cell window. I Meanwhile Luke sawed at the bars and the appointed night came when; Quubbu waited for hliu on a bridge iliat spanned a mean and strait line' ?"""nI street not lar l'rom the prison. Quabba bad a change of costume for Luke's' prison stripes, and, to avoid suspicion,1 he tuul with him the pony and street1 piano cart and Clarence, the monkey, j So Quabba waits at midnight, and Clarence, the monkey, shivers audi eb'mpers, and the pony is restless to; . < ?<d be on their way. | "Patience, my children!" whispers. Quabba. "We wait for a friend." j listening to the sound of The retreat-( ing step.i of the pi'isuu guard, Luke pushes out tlio barn, sawed at the low-' or end and draws down the rope from 1 its coll on the roof by the cord and lowers himself cautiously. 1 He is halfway down when he feels the rope give ominously. He is neaf the ground, when the sentry hears the fall of a brick from the old chimney and turns. The sentry culls for the other guard und tires his ritle to alarm the prison. | His comrade joins him, and they are within reach of Luke, whose toes have Just touched the ground, when the rope sbu kens and falls and with It, with a clatter and many heavy thuds, the old prison chimney. It has given way Th? Bricks Fell Upon the Guards and Overwhelmed Them. I1tw1<>1* til.. Kllll-l. n-nl..l.l ?l! II.. i n\ iritiixj it i?i i lie r.sciip ill--C prisoner and falls upon tHo guards and overwhelms them. My a fraction of an inch the avalanche of bricks has just missed the startled Luke. Clambering upon the loose pile of bricks that gives beneath his heavy feet. Luke scrambles to the top of the wall and by some miracle passes over the broken glass and spikes unscathed and drops down the sheer twenty feet of the prison wall to liberty. Qtiabba is waiting on the bridge. From a bag 011 the piano cart he hastily hands the panting Luke an old coat, trousers and a hat that has a wig within It. Then, as the footsteps of the searching guaitis and their cries are heard nearing, Quabba hands a stain compound to Luke that darkens still more the gypsy'a already dark countenance and hands, and then they move on THE HORRY HERA jritb pony i art and monkey?two-wtn deriug orgau grinders. The pursuit reaches them and pauses. "Did you see au escai>ed convict go i>y?" pants the warden. "SI, slgnore!" says the crafty Quub-1 ba. Ills compaulon. who Is quite lame. It seems, for he hobbles u little ahead, points to Indicate the directiou the fugitive lias taken. I The garden of the Cafe Im Bella Napoll 1? deserted, but the Slguora Solari, proprietress, answers a discreet clamor below. The slguora has been playing cards with her ravishing daughter, Bonn, and the so charming patron, Slgnor L$ucta, In the hitter's apartment. The so charming Slgnor Lancia, sad to say, is quite overcome with wine. Vfben so overcome the so charming Slgnor Lancia Is Indiscreet. lie has shown the ruvishlilg Itosa a wondrous diamond whereat she lias cried in delight, though the again dls I&fc. 18$ | 885 H 9g ereet, if intoxicated, aignor bus tht caution to place his Angers upon her i rosy lips, the gesture asking silence. Signora Soluri is in the doorway that looks into the garden. (.Juubba is there, and with him is a strange man, quite lame, it would seem, for he leans upon a heavy stick, a mattock bundle, it appears, "This Is my cousin, slgnorn," says the pation Quabba. "He desires a room till he gets a Job. Perhaps when he has secured employment you will still honor him by the hospltulity of your establishment." All this Quubba says in Calabriau dialect, which the signora understands perfectly, although she, as she wil? tell you, is of a noble Neapolitan family. The cousin, it would seem, is fatigued. Quabba leaves him with the slgnoru and Journeys with his pony and organ cart and his monkey to the stables, that are tjuabba's domicile as well as theirs. i ne slgnora loads the new guest to Ids humble room, gives him a lump and wishes him sweet repose, but in the Neapolitan tongue and not In the Calabrese patois. She returns to her daughter and the so charming Signor Lancia of the Ital- ] inn secret service. The chlantl flows,) caution is forgotten, the magnificent I jewel is shown to ravish the eyes of all. In the next room a seemingly lame man listens at the thin partition, biting his tongue that he may keep from crying out, for he hears a tipsy voicej saying: "You may well admire it. It is called rightly 4tlie diamond from the sky.' " j * * * John Powell has returned from hisautomobile trip. lie has seen the Gar-! den of the Gods. But the trip and the I wild scenery have not restored him. * j | Truly he is a mad millionaire. In fever delirium he has a dream. Be-j fore him floats, with a sad smile, Esther in vestal robes. He reaches to touch her, but she floats away and looks back and sadly smiles. I lie dreams lie follows on foot and tn his speediest car?u race of madness. Down great mountains, up and over, and then halting in the wild, weird ruggcdness of the great rocks in the Garden of the Gods. So he pursues the fair phantom to the abyss edge of a giddy pre: ipi e. IIo.fi clutches for her ere she falls and falls |y himself? down. down. And then with i y a dull shock he tinds himself awake, ?| fallen over the table where lie has ' slept, his hands upon his arms. In far Virginia the seraph of Ills dreams prays for him with all the fori" vor of a constant heart, but over him here and regarding him with a mock tl ing smile stands a woman whose face 5 is hold and sensuous?Vivian Marston. I11 the Cafe La Bella Napoli the so charming Signor l^unehi dazzles the eyes of his hostess and flutters the ? heart of her daughter, the ravlshin 1 * Rosa, with the desire for th? n And then from the softly opened dooi d behind them a heavy blow descends, c The lamp is smashed, the room Is |j plunged in darkness. Shrieks In the darkness and heavy, (j hurrying feet through the corridor. A C door is burst open, and tables and r chairs are heard thrown over and aside J In the deserted garden under the ur- 8 bora below. The slgnora brings anoth- J er lamp in due time, but the so charm- jj Ing.Signor Lancia screams and curses. The diamond ff^m ^e sky Is gone! [to bii cbwTTwtncn.l j LD, CONWAY, 8. O. J w AMERICAN BANK 8 WILMINGT COMMERCIAL & SA RESOURCES ^ ?DIREC J. G. L. GIESCHEN?German Corn JURGEN HAAR?Grocer CUTHBERT MARTIN?Grocer GEO. O. GAYLORD?Merchant V. SIDBURY?Real Estate and Cap ' B. G. COLLINS?Former President ] South Carolina I*. S. COOPER?President First Nati CHAS. E. BETHEA?Cashier of the JOS. T. KING?General Supt., Tran W. B. COOPER--Importer and Exp MILTON CALDER?Vice-Preside i EDWARD AHRENS?Wholesale E J NO. J. KUCK?Manufacturer A G. WARREN?Owner A. G. Wan W. B. DRAKE, JR.?Vice-President Bank, Raleigh, THOS. E. COOPER?President of tl ?OFFI' i Thos E. Cooper Milton Calder Chas E. Bethea E. Fred Banck, Robt L. Henley TORNADO WRECKED j FAST MAIL TRAIN I T* 1 A _ 111 A - ? ? Dioomingxon, 111.?/\ tornado Dirw the Chicago-St. Louis fast mail train j 3ii the Wabash Railroad* from the track near Saunemia, 111., injuring 18,| one probably fatally. The accident occurred in a deep cut which kept the cars from overturning. The combination, baggage and smoking cars and four coaches were blown from the track. A sleeping car crashed through the smoking car, tearing it to pcuc6ft and injuring m&rty 5f its occupants. A special train was sent from Decatur carrying doctors and nurses. - $6.50 - I Best Flour Made at $6.50 per barrel, cash. Only 410 barrels in stock. Snpr.ml nriroc nn rino cunor wfjwviui pi VII I I Wy OUVjOl , coffee, etc., for 30 days to Horry customers. Pa^lmetto Grocery Co, COOPER --- MULLINS Capital and Surplus $80,000 iUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE Lfter Four Tears of Discouraging Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave Up in Despair. Husband Came to Rescue. Catron, Ky.?!n an interesting letter rom this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: "I suffered for four ears, with womanly troubles, and during j tiis time, I could only sit up for a little ' vhilc, and could not walk anywhere at j 11. At times, I woult*. have severe pains n my left side. ' The doctor was called in, and his treat- | aent relieved ine for a while, but I was oon confined to my bed again. After hat, nothing seemed to do me any good. tlOlA crt want/ f aaiiI/I J iuu ou ntuR 1 WUUIU UUI &I4IIU, nd I gave up in despair. At last, my husband got me a bottle of ?ardui, the woman's tonic, and I commenced taking it. From the very first lose, I could tell it was helping me. I an now walk two miles without its iring me, and am doing my work." If you are all run down from womanly roubles, don't give up in despair. Jry Cardui, the woman's tonic. Ithashelped nore than a million women, in its 50 I rears of wonderful success, and should urely help you, too. Your druggist has eld Cardui for years. He knows what t will do. Ask him. He will recommend U. Begin taking Cardui today. IfriK to: Chattanoota Matfktna Co.. LadWs' 4vt*ory Da*., Chattanooga, Tann., for SlxctaJ notnteiiono on yoar caa#.aad t4*+aga book.* Mom# nilain far Wmmo." mm la pUxm wraaaar. Ski B TRUST COMPANY I ON. N. 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