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CHAPTER LX. IJ**m and Peace Dwell at Stanley Hall. TI1E deer head dropped forward, held at the lower part of the neck to the mount as though by a hinge. A little pulf of daat marked the breakaway, and then from within the hollow neck a little package of yellow parchment, bound with faded tape, fell to the tloor. Sm.vthe picked it up and saw it was annotated In undent angular handwriting. the ink faded to rust color by age. The lawyer's eyes opened wide as tie scanned the faded markings: Herewith? Ye Marriage Lines Of My First Wyfe Rachel Harding:. A Gypsie klaydc, Who Bore Me A Son, But Left Me In Dudgeon And Cast Off My Name. Returning To Her Own People With Ye <Jhl)de, Nor Would She See Me More. (Signed) ARTHUR STANLEY. ?<e King's Province of Virginia. Novetnt?re C. KiL'G A D. What was that? Hand it hero!" snarled the American earl. The inild mannered Murinnduke was roused to revolt. "1 jolly well will do nothing of the sort." he retorted. *1 bought that deer head at the auction at Stanley hall, Virginia, and ear ried It over the whole bally United States. It and all in it are mine." lilalr moved forward as if to take the paper, but Sinytlie shoved the li 1 Vivian Shrieked and Fell Into Blair's Arms. brary table between himself and the angry earl, pinning the latter to tlie wall in a most undignitied position. At1 other times J.lair could have easily! freed himsolf and throttled the coiV-i tumaolous Smythe. Itut lie wan? weak from the injury he had suffered, and I he pressed his hand to his throbbing i ? ... i i .i miu regurueu me reuemous luw-, 2 ?i furiolisI>\ *?? And then tlie door opened, and ft) ^roup of firm faced, well built men on | tered. ? ? ? 'J 1)0i,r your pardon, my lord," said! the first of the intruders. "I am Til t spe tor Forde of Scotland Yard. This' 5J fin American detective. and he has brought proper r- i.isitlon papers, and this warrant has been issued against "you." A heavy set man who towered be ] liind the dapper inspector stepped for ! ward. 44I arrest you for the murder of Ln Henry Lee in Virginia three yearsago," he said. lilair moaned and staggered bach against the wall. This, then, was the end. Hlake, the Itichmond detective bad struck sit last: Without si word ttlair stepped for ward anil held out his hands. Fot once in his life he wsts cowed, beaten. "Oh. not that, my lord!" said the lit tie inspector agitatedly. "It wouldn't lie necessary t<> put handcuffs on a man of your station or anything ot tbat sort, my lord. Doubtless there i> Rome terrible mistake, which wiil sill lie rectified, my lord, and I hope you will not hold it against tis. my lord, tbat we were compelled to do out duty?" Vivian had heard the strange tread of several men upon the stairs, and the startled lillttlir li'lil hlll'vil III ilium her with the crushing information that officers from Scotland Yard had askc 1 for his lor?lstii]?, and it was not concerning the thief who had assaulted his lordship, they had said, "For." the trembling butler added, "that was the very first tiling I asked theiu, m\ lady!" Vivian ran from her boudoir, her beautiful hair in disorder around her /air shoulders. One glance told her that fate, weaver of destinies, had called Blair to account for his crimes. She shrieked and fell into his arms. In prosperity, in their wild scliem fugs, she had not loved him as she die now in the hour of his downfall and humiliation. At a nod from the inspector Blair'f valet brought Ills hat, stick and street coat. One last, passionate parting em torace and Blair walked with his cap tora down the great Gothic stairs as n Trlon?whore he late had trod as a no lile of the realm! I * 4 De Vaux escaped scot free, but without the diamond. Wondering if he had been recognized under the vizor of the helmet or by Smythe, he laid low for several days and then got out his mo; torcar and gave his chauffeur orders I to speed for Dover, where he would take boat and escape across the clian- j 1 nel to France. j But it was fated De Vaux should not j gain Paris for some time yet to come, j nor alone, for as his car sped swiftly through May fair it struck a taxicab with terriiic force at a street intersection. The heavy fender on De Vaux's big ' open car saved it from injury, but the | lighter taxicab went over on its side and the uniformed bobby and the driver on the front seat were thrown to the ground. From the uppermost door of the overturned taxicab a stalwart figure clambered. it was Blair, sometime earl of Stanley! In his hand he held a heavy walking stick, and. acting with swift intuition, j lie turned and thrust the stick through the handle of the door and behind the taximeter, fastening the door hard and tight. Within the mutiled cries of two men j could be beard. De Vaux sprang from j his auto and faced Blair in surprise i for one brief moment. And then the j fellowship of the desperate was swift ly invoked, j "The trails have got me!" cried Blair And the two ad venturers sprang into the big. undamaged car, which, at a Sl^ll iroill I H? \ MUX. tHO C'lUUUleUi harked from the wrecked, overturned taxi, turned in the broad street and darted away. Ten minutes later, from the rooms o I>e Yaux, l?lair sent the latter, his sworn ally now?such are the strange decrees nf destiny?to Vivian with a note. It read: Our ok. 1". io:ul Do V;.ux has saved me You ho u ti:e fori as Countess i t S.vilcy I?e Vau:< ar.U 1 wiil search 1 ji* t'r.o utumona fro:n the sky. We are not beaten jet Lovingly. 13LA lib It may he understood that, in all tin | desperate intimacy that I'ollowe.i. Ik Yaux never let Illair or Vivian knov that he was the mysterious mailed as j saiiant who had struek down IV.ai'r ii. his coronation robes and had bortn away the great jewel, only t<? urop i in liis Might. ? ****** Stupid in some things, hut with tin wisdom of serpents in others. Smyth studied the strange documents, evi dently placed in hiding in the deei j head by the adventurer-colonist, tin ^ lirst Sir Arthur Stanley, in Virginia three centuries before. The Harding gypsy family tree gav? strange eonlirmation to the other an tique documents. There was Iiaclu Harding, born in Kentislitown. ICng land, in 1MUG. A st?;i was bopi to he. christened Matthew, after her own f. titer. Then descended from this Matthew | through ail the generations, the Mat j tliew born in virglnia in 1 StIO. This Matthew Harding married one Ilagai I/?e of another gypsy tribe in America There Wfis noted a son horn to thesi two, hit t tlu? record was blot toil hereon the undent parchment of the gyps genesis. A month after the IOarl of Stun ley's sensational arrest and still more sensational escape Vivian, countess of Stan ley. migrated secretly to Paris and Smvthe saljyd for America with much on his mind. lie searched the ancient colonial records in obscure Virginia parishes nn.^ wH?. ?'?o w^dorn of serpents, gathered all hw ptool's. ? These proofs were that Arthur Stan ley. born son of Ilagar and Matt Hard ing. was strangely Arthur Stanley in name and riirbt and in name and i-iirht ! tlio direct descendant in it direct line of the adventurer Sir Arthur Stanley. ... . : gi n . ;. " .. % .. 'mm*- ' I % - * ? -**/? .. > i i ,. . / . . * . * i Da Vaux'a Car 8truok a Taxlcab With Tarrtfic Forca. and therefore rightfully also the heir to the Stanley earldom and the diaI JJT* rr/*T*f*v mond from tlie sky. These proofs and the diamond Smythc brought to Esther and Arthur. "It's all romantic and very pleasant." said Sm.vthe. "to be a Jolly king and queen of the gypsies and to dwell In Arcadian and primitive simplicity ' with these odd people, don't you know, i but you have a duty to perform, a duty , to your lineage, and a greater duty to I your child. You must accept your rank ! and the diamond from the sky that 1 here restore to you." "We want none of these things for ! ourselves or for our child." said Ar- i thur, drawing Esther to him tenderly. "Station and wealth bring nothing but sorrow and heartache. The diamond from the sky has been u curse and not a charm against hurm. "It cannot be thrown back to the sky. so let us cast it into the sea and rid the earth of its evil presence. As i for the earldom, for myself and my . son I deem it better that we be plain American citizens rather than English earls." And Esther earnestly coincided in ! this Judgment. "But. your lordship." expostulated Smytlie. while Arthur smiled at the title, "your lordship may remain an American citizen and still legally hold ! a British title. I can cite you an in- | stance, several of them." And Smythe ! did so. The skeptical may consult Burke's peerage for the precedence In ques, ^ ?" %:v- & --: * I"SS&.. .\:x (j?V J * * . .. V^'V'"! ' i .... < > , ' < < x:V.J " Quabba Was Now Ruler In Romany, | if. ..tk . i i. noil. "tsesuies. sniytue went on. I"you deal doubly unjustly with her1 ladyship. Her ladyship should at least1 be mistress of Stanley Hull, as was hei 1 mother!" And so the world and station called j' Arthur and Esther Stanley back to' Stanley Hall, and thus the wrongs ot j many a grievous year were righted. . Perchance the dead, whose living hearts l;:'d loved and hated, were more i at ease for tins. The guilt ot Hlalr. a fugitive some-,1 whole on the continent, had been known some months. Arthur, freed from all suspicion of the murder of Dr. Lee. received at Stanley Hull, with Esther and their infant son. every heartfelt greeting a genennis minded Virginia welcome could offer. A great reception was given them In* tlw? h i<rli <it' l.'.i i i-f.i v uti.l il.? I...... I , .... .11.11 vt nil I 11 A (111: I 1 < I I 1 I ~ hie. Stanley Hall, brave in tings, saw \ happy thrones upon its lawns and wlfllln its stately walls cl J-t 5 tin. | Vying with the Fairfax hand, the gypsy orchestra, led hy (Juabbn. now ruler in Koinany instead of King Ar-j thin* and <v>uoen Fsther. nhdieatod in his favor, played again tire wild Romany wedding strains. Arthur and Rsther. with the ever attentive Smytho beside them, held the 'little American earl in their arms. On his I baby breast gleamed the great jewel of the Stanleys, and ever his flower faced young mother murmured to her self and to him. "Oh. child of my heart, not a diamond, but a mother's prayer is the true 'charm against harm!'" j So sped the happy day, and so the soft Virginia twilight gathered. Re- j neath the. lanterns' glow upon the' lawns the murmur and the pleasant! i . 1 laughter hushed, ns to the aceompani-j ment of violin nnd guitar n clear young voice thrilled the dusk?ah, how fittingly the singer never knew?with the appealing words of that aweet old inelody: The tale of one who wandered over earth Ily land and sea, by home and foreign shore. T'ntll Into your eyes he Raced and kn*?w Ills search was o'er, his search was o'or. Esther's bosom atlrred with a happy sigh. Arthur's strong arms were about j. her. the child Rmlled on her breast and I the loyal lips of Quahba kissed hei hand ere yet he stole quietly away with the humble gypsy people. I n *oitwAY. 8. O. ' The toy tlirif transftirMreth all ?i?row. sin and death filled Father's fonder heart. It s<?emed to her thfit the levins jraze of Hatrnr rested on them In tho dusk In benediction And so love arid peace dwell asalr at Stanley Hall. The little American earl, son of Arthur and FMher. hits the diamond from the skv. and all ends happily as flatrar prayed? c?\eopt that somewhere In the world, hidden and perhaps waitlnjr to strike. Is the desperate and hitter Blair With him are his cunnimr ally. Vans, and also Vivian, she who Is tire Incarnation of desire for the diamond from the sky! TIIK nan. o I - $6.50 Best Flour Made at $6.50 : i per barrel, cash. Only 410 barrels in stock. 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Ami as for Indians, the United States navy couldn't dislodge some of these old millionaire squaws from their snobbery." "I'm afraid my daughter finds it so," the judge agreed. "Hero we've been for two whole weeks and I.ois doesn't know anybody who is anybody?except Picrpont Stafford's boy, and I'm afraid hn'n nnlv flirthiir \jlmOi " Doctor Royce had not been engaged to prescribe for Miss Lois Freeman's ambitions, so ho changed the subject. "It's hard to believe that there is a blizzard in New York today when you look at these flowers and see those hnlf-dresscd mobs wallowing in the surf." The judge gave a jump and gasped : "Good Lord, hear that scream! Some woman is being murdered." Royce checked him with a gesture and a smile. "Sit still, judge; it's only Gloria Stafford having another battle with her governess." The judge settled back into his blanket, grumbling: "The little devil ? always in hot water." Doctor Royce came to her defense with a curious warmth. "They're driving her with too tight a rein. She's too big hearted and brave and wise to be treated as a child much longer." The old man sighed: "We father? with motherless girls to raise are pretty helpless cattle. I can send a criminal to the chair, but I can't punish my daughter; she does what she pleases, and it rarely pieases me. And Fierpont Stafford can run a string of banks and make a railroad system eat out of his hand, but that airl of his has him?I believe they say 'buffaloed' ?or is it 'PtttsburghecT? Isn't that Pierpont out there in the surf now? I wish I could go in. Do you think I Iirrrht?" -V ?._ ri he doctor shock his head: "You run out on the links and play a little golf among the palm trees. Tomorrow I may let you have a dip." "I don't feel quite up to golf." "Go 011; don't disobey. You're worse than?than?" Another scream from the corridor gave him the missing word. "You're worse than Gloria." Ho lifted the Judge from his chair, thrust a bag of goif clubs into his 1 I.. Miss Billie Burke, Star of "Gloria's Romance." I arms and ordered him off. The judge I pleaded: "Who'll play with me? Will ! you?" ".not mucn: you ve naa enougn or me for today. Here's your daughter. Miss Lois, let me introduce your father. Take him round the links once, won't you?" Lois obeyed with more grace than graclousness. Her thoughts were on the two strings to her bow. She had had to content herself for her first ; week at Palm Beach with the attentions of Richard Freneau, a young broker in charge of a branch office ? 0 \ Si! iUPERT HIKSHES' - - ?***** Motion Picture Play by George Kleine Adelaide M. Hughea at the Royal Poinciana. But recently she had caught the eye of David Stafford, and she had tried to hold it. Freneau was handsome?much toa good looking for his own good or the; good of any girl or woman he focused hiB eye upon. Freneau was magnetioi and he was great fun, but David Stafford was good business. To capture* the son of Pierpont Stafford would be high finance?something tremendous. The judge, her father, kept his eyeson Lois more than on the golf ball, and lauded in the bunkers with regularity. He knew that his daughter was up to some mischief, but he was suro that it was not the innocent mischief of tho obstreperous Gloria. ******* Gloria Stafford, exquisite in her bathing suit, was like a bisque figure come to life?very much to life as alio stood outside her bedroom door una neia the knob against her governess, who tugged in vain at tlio opposite knob. Then Gloria let go, and the governess went staggering backward across the room, while Gloria with shrieks of laughter made her way off and down the corridor and out to tlio beach. The beach being no less than Palm Beach, she dodged among throngs of the well known, the much photographed, who were also making their way, though more sedately, to the surf. It was twelve o'clock, the fashionable bathing time. To be seen in the water more than half an hour earlier or more than half an hour lato was socially fatal. The governess followed the fugitive in hot haste, but Gloria sought refuge in the crowded ocean. She dived and stayed under as long as she could, but .Miss Sidney descried her at once and gesticulated violently, commanding her to come back. Gloria merely bobbed her pert little bonnet and splashed in behind her father. Miss Sidney persisted and Gloria gave her father a push, saying: "You go make her let me alone. Tell her she'll be< sorry if she doesn't." The capitalist floundered out with the apologetic manner of an overgrown schoolboy, for even he was afraid of the governess. And he was not very impressive in a bathing suit. |In ... T. .. ~ C? 1.1 - nc 'uttuc yuo w o/ iu mios oiuucy n preHence and mumbled: "Would you mind if Gloria had her morning swim, please?" The governess explained to him, as if she were talking to another child, that since Gloria had positively refused to work out her problem in algebra she had been forbidden to go into the water. Nevertheless she had flagrantly rebelled, secretly arrayed herself for the bath, and fled. It would never do to let her have her own way. "Er?urn?I see," said Stafford. He bowed meekly and returned with still les3 courage to face his daughter. A widower with a woman-child of sixteen is pathetic enough at best, but Gloria was so effulgently sixteen, soeagerly alive, and so enchantingly pretty that her father was disarmed by a mere glance at her. His anger was sure to melt in a shamefaced smile. In the meanwhile Gloria had made the most of her stolen moments and with swift overhand strokes had put a number of gleaming breakers between her and the shore. She turned just in time to see her father beckoning to her with his best imitation of the stern parent. She Iftinor thnf tho irnvornnaa liart r>nurAf1 ill V ff V11U V VIIV f II V/kJU VV ff v? him, and she did not wish to humiliate him by her own disobedience. So she swam back through the heads floating on the water like apples floating in a Halloween tub. It made her boiling mad to be disgraced bdfdro all the important people. She could see some of them grinning at her. Her brother David openly ridiculed her and splashed water over her. She pretended not to notice him, hut, reaching her father at last, she hurled herself upon him and ducked mm unuer tne water, men sne scrambled to the beach. When the. enraged governess seized her by the wrist Gloria tried to pull her into the froth. But the governess was too big for her and she hauled Gloria out of the romantic sea into a hard world of dry sand and drier mathematics. Gloria slunk along in a white rage, a storm brewing behind her eyes. She was not often sullen and never morbid. She was made up of joy, sunlight and mischief, all the fresh and sweet of life. But she loathed being told to do things or not to do things, forbid* den, commanded?in a word, bossed. She was poised at the nameless stag* between childhood and girlhood. She was not what is termed "out," yet her restive spirit made it impossible for