The Diamond
From the Sky
By ROY L McCAKPELL
Co^rlfht. 1*15, by RorCJIcCanMI
ence, as though' be ralher doubted the
alleged harmlessness of tbe animal he|
deemed a denizen of the local Jungle.
At the gloomy threshold of Mrs. La
mar Stanley's boose the London law
yer received further confirmation of
ills personal belief that Blair Stanley,
whose vicious propensities be remem
bered. would never outgrow tbe san
guinary propensities of his childhood.
In tbe bitter mood that now obsessed
ber Blair's mother Informed tbe star
tled lawyer that her son. now next In
Une for tbe proud Stanley earldom, had
fled, no one knew whither, and she
hoped to never see his lace again.
All she would say In reply to the
barrister's nervous pleadings? for be
dreaded a long search for the heirs of
Btanle.v tn barbarous America? was
that Blair might be found at the home
of Mrs. Burton Randolph, his cousin.
In Richmond. And for that place the
lawyer took tbe first train from Fair
fax.
tike swine. Mr. McGee la not fasthH- |
oos. He fishes out tbe bauble.
It la the diamond from the sky! I
And it looks good to Mr. McOee, and
he flees with it at his beat speed, fol
lowed by a shower of rocks from tbe
colored pig boy* bereft of the sparkling
thing be found In an owl's neat.
Richmond Is not far away, and Mr.
Strap McGee has some loose change
he won at gamine lh the Jail. Ha pro
ceeds to Imbibe, bldtag hla time to dto
pono-<?r the bauble hidden In his raga.
Bot wjien be drops Into the carlo
shop, opium den Joas house maintained
by Chinese acquaintances, his tipsy
vanity Impels him to show the bauble
to the crafty Hung Ii, priest, den
keeper and tong leader.
It Is a fatal thing to do, for lock has
been bad with Hung Li and hit friends.
Tbe police have cloeed their gambling
Joint and abut down on opium smok
ing. Hnng U believes that the god of
tbe sky, the great god Lung, needs
propitiating, and then be will bring
back good luck In plenty.
Has word from U>e diamond from
the sky traveled to ghlna and back?
Tbe effigy of the great god Long Is in
Us sanctuary In the next room, and
Long is tbe god of the aky. Tbe body
of a strangled tramp is dropped through
a trap door, and the diamond from tbe
aky la hong about the neck at tbe great
god Long.
This night Mr*. Burton Randolph
would a slamming go. Blair s"^ Miss
Marston are all the tittle party, and
Tom Blake, the detective, la to be their
gakle. A significant glance of dautlon
and alienee passes between the de
tective and Miss Marston when they
meet again.
The Chinese quarter, with its Joes
boose, is the first place they rUt Tbe
wily Hong Li wishes no vMbora to the
lamer sanctuary of his Joss, tbe great
Cod Lung, bot Blake will Dot be de
He says his friends have come espe
cially to born Incense for good lnck
before the great god Lung. And so
they enter the Banctoary and behold
co the breast of Long the diamond
fr*m the sky!
Detective as be Is, and, prunes! ..
gnat and evil powers tn the eyes of
Hang LL Blake and hia friends are
fofced from tbe place.' Tbe ladies.
Mr*. Randolph again In a "state of
turves," are aent home, and Blake
frem the nearest telephone summon*
Abe Bloom and Ma brother.
Meanwhile an English lawyer baa ar
rived at the Randolph boose seeking
Blair Stanley. Determined upon his
quest, the lawyer geta directions and
arrives at tbe Joss boose. Hong U
and his confreres will have none of
tbe London lawyer.
Bot the exasperated Mannaduke
Mj like win not be dented. He aaya
lift know* tbe parsons be Is searching
for are Inside this beastly Chinese
Here now be Is, re-enftveed by tbe
caviled vid moasy proffering Abraham
and Isaac Bloom and tbe equally ur
gent bat more self controlled private
detective, Tom Blake.
The lnveetlog allies, English, Irish
and Hebrew, surge in npo^tbe In
trenched Chinese. The struggle of the
Invaders to gain tbe sanctuary and get
M money or by force the diamond
Win the sky la now at its fiercest.
~ [Bot ail the while a desperate man la
tbe (Mheee den. Be baa noted a
draped window beblnd tbe >oaa.
i of glass m heard wttMn.
frenzied Hang Ii breaks from
tit Invader* and rushes Into tbe aane
"" followed by tbe other Chineea,
o Blooms, tbe detective and the
thebeokaa glaaa be
a the
: god Long.
nr.
trended Hnng ti
missed the despoiling wEIfe banA^na
h?? severed the head of the gre^?2feoa
Lnng! .
Another slash In excited freniy and
down comes the burning altar light,
and the flimsy furnlahinf? ct the sane
tnary and the whole den itaetf are a
roaring hlaae of flret . .
tm, compel to* deslr* ? >*?
t,T" her to provincial Bldm*n*W"
bar deaire toT a ? tar - her desire *0* the
diamond from t^e sky.
Once to all 1U biasing magnificence
U bad shone upon her breast. Vlrton
y.r.mn longed to agato hold ?nd poe
J^the diamond. Her thought, -ere
upon It by day. and ?* ^
dreams were bright like gold and rmi
like blood. '
She had heard Its story and knew
that, after Arthur. Blair was next to
claim for Its possession.
Vivian Bank her head ?P?p
breast beneath the wistatto bough. Bh.
tempted him with langooruu. iglance
and alhirtog Up* "G* ?
the diamond and I will be your.." ab.
whispered. And Blair, mm* as he had
longed for the baleful Jew?1 himself,
now longed more for this woman.
?X shall never reat till I get It for
yoof he replied fiercely. And be
would have kissed her to seal the con
tract. but she drew herself from his
anna, and he knew that her caresses
wen only to be purchased by the dia
mond. be the price of the diamond
Ursa, souls or bonor.
But the luxurious and vivacious Viv
ian was a practical person. She did
not depend upon the romantic. If des
perate. efforts of a lover alone to secure
for her the star of her desire.
She consulted the businesslike and
equally eager brothers Bloom. To the
gape mouthed Abraham and Isaac she
confided the romantic story of the dia
mond and the confirmation of Its great
totrtoslearalue. which she had learned
from Blair Stanley and others while to
Fairfax.
?"The diamond from the sky, as they
can 11, disappeared to Richmond, torn
from your neck by the hands of an
unseen thief, the night of Mrs. Ran
dolph's ball," said Abe Bloom, the gam
bler. The chances are a hundred to
one It Is still hidden to this town.
Whoever stole It will want money on
It. That's reasonable enough to as
sume. It will turn up."
"It 1th enough to make a man put a
nitric to hlth wuidowth thaytog 'Hlgh
eth Prltbeth Paid For Big Diamondtb
and No Questlonths Athked,' " remark
ed Mr. Ike Bloom, who lisped when he
was excited, and excited he was when
he heard the romantic history of the
diamond from the sky and its price.
But especially did its price excite him.
"It shan't thllp through my bandth
again if I get hold of it," he added.
"I wouldn't lent It to the queen of
Tbpaln." And as he said this be gftve
his brother's "lady friend" from New
York, as he ci?lt<Vi ber. a meaning
glance.
"Let bygones be bygones!" Abe
Bloom snarled at bis brother. -"VI
didn't lose It on purpose. I have tele
phoned for Tom Blake, whom I con
sider the smartest detective In this
country. He does what you pay him
to do and keeps his mouth shut If
the diamond Is in Richmond Blake will
find It."
? In a few momenta the suave and ret
icent Mr. Blake arrived. Placed to pos
session of all the facta the Blooms and
Vivian ' could give him. he remarked
that he would do his beet, and the first
and last meeting of the syndicate to
ft nil the diamond from the sky broke
up and the detective departed.
He was followed shortly afterward
by Miss Marston of New York, whose
Richmond society friends would have
been shocked beyond expression did
they know she paid an occasional se
cret visit to the establishment of Atfc
Bloom. - ;
Meanwhile where is the diamond
from the sky? It Is not a pearl to be
cast before swine, nor is it fated to
remain the tinsel plaything of a negro
lad who is a herder of swine.
In the frayed and dirty dress suit,
all the dirtier for its Jail states, Mr.
Strap McGee makes across country,
cursing his luck. He pauses by a pig
pen to play a grim and Intensely prac
tical Joke on a negro boy bent over
the sty. ? Mr. Strap McGee picks op a
barrel stave and applies It to the per
son ot the bent over negro lad.
Then Mr. McGee notes the boy, to
sodden pain and fright, has dropped
some bauble'ptsytbing Into the swffi of
CHAPTER XVL
Am IM Adorned and Deepolled.
HO TED b j the hope that reliev
ed aaaodatlon with ber opr
tribe micht tead *> ?In
"?f to nara, M|lt im
parted that night with Hagar from
Stanley halL
She wa* accompanied by Qoabba,
bow ber falihfo] attendant, and the
aollealy lnelateot Lake Hull Tt wjj)
? aad return of their lUckai qne? to
tha gitorlng Romany peopta.
H?W recognised the gypalaa aa <yp
?Sce, twt ahe called or the inraaa nf
thoee lone departed. Including the name
of bar dead hnabaod. Matt HaaffiB*
whom ahe erUotl; claimed waa attre
and tbnatailx ber. For whan alia
apote bla name It waa te grim rrrott
aad with blttar maladJctlona.
That night Qoabba slept with hla
monkey bealda bla at the thraahotd of
Hagar*e van. I natde Bather bad aunk
tka farer 4nn afHrHJ Haot Qnab
ba's light afamhar waa broken by the
crtmchlng of a pebble beneath a heary
foofc. Quabba rotund and drwr Ma
' " 4fweo< Lake
1ST night at this same hour Arthur
Stanley, a fugitive and a wanderer, a
stranger In a strange land, by his
smoldering ctunpflra In a far western
desert dreamed a wild dream that
roused him with a shriek. He saw the
fear struck face of Esther and near
her the sinister Luke Lovell, with
his great gnarled hands stretched as
though to clutch and crush her.
"j ? ? ? ? ? ? e
One who is in society in Richmond
may forget unpleasant thlngB in a
ceaseless round of new frivolities.
Mrs. Burton Randolph returned from
her stay In Fairfax to And her friends
In an attitude of delighted commisera
tion toward her. She confided to her
dearest friends that her Ufe seemed
fated to be one of turmoil and tragedy.
But Instead of finding herself pitied
In society In Richmond Mrs. Randolph
found herself envied as a social hero
ine In these "delightfully dreadful af
fairs." ' 5 .
So a* the beautiful wistaria was em
purpling her house and grounds Mrs.
Burton Randolph announced a wista
ria fete, and all Richmond society was
nervously expectant of more delight
fully dreadful occurrences.
But, although the wistaria fete was
a wondrously brilliant affair, accord
ing to the society columns of the Rich
mond papers, no untoward event oc
curred to mar the pleasure of the day,
somewhat to the disappointment of so
ciety.
Blair Stanley, with plenty of money,
but keeping sedulously away from Mr.
Abe Bloom's temple of chance, turned
up in Richmond In pursuit of Vivian
Marston, with whom he was still In
fatuated. He knew the risk he took,
for it was evident some one in Rich
mond had secured from Abe Bloom the
check that, besides being worthless,
had the fatal print of his thumb upon
It For the photograph . of this check
and thumb print, together with photo
graphs of his thumb prints taken from
Dr. Lee's study, had been In the pos
session of Hagar Harding when be had
struck her down. .-v
But such was his fierce passion for
the luxurious and beautiful Vivian
Marston that Blair walked In the shad
ow of death for her sake.
He Intimated as much to her when
he had led her aside beheath the bow
'I have gone to th? foot of th* gillowa
for you, Vivian!"
er of the purple blossoms at his cous
in's wistaria fete. "I have gone to the
foot of the gallows for yon, Vivian!"
he whispered to her.
For he realized that this beautiful,
langoroua woman was one to whom an
Unscrupulous and despernta deed would
appeal. Be felt that she, too, had a
past and that In wickedness they Mm
wall matched, and for that the
ate Blair loved her an the more.
For herself, Vivian Marston had lin
gered In Richmond, leading an exist*
?nee that waa puritanical and galllnfl
to her In the vapid restraints, as sh?
deemed them, of conventional southern
aodal restrictions. Her one strong, em
Taw eaa see this Interesting itsrv
in Moving Pictures at the 8TAJB THE*
ATKR en each Monday afternoon an 4
- i ? l
When a woman nil a 1?? filiate ei
tot doing: a thing she often for
cats to do 1L
BOIeamts u4 Constipation.
- It U certainly surprising that any
woman will endara the miserable
feelings caused by bUlouanese and
constipation, whan relief la ao easily
had and at ao little expense. Mr*.
Ctaa. Ffck, Oatea, N. T., wrtteai
"About a year ago I need two bottle*
of Chamberlain'* Tabieta and they
cored me of Wllouaoees and constlpa
tlon." OBTAINABLE BVEBT
With some people, "t o think la to
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for MALARIA or CHILL* A FEVER,
rlw off tlx dotn will break any cut. aad
If takes then as a tonic the Fever will not
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I have a Chalmers five passenger
automobile In One condition, I will sell
cheap for' cash or on good terms. Ap
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Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that Certifi
cate No. A 10424, in the name of the
Beasley-Alston Drug Co. for two
shares of tha Preferred Stock of the
United Drug Co., of Massachusetts,
has been lost or destroyed. Applica
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above described.
8-27-tf E. H.MALONE, Trustee
Atelatltratloa Notice.
Qavlng qualified aa administrator of
the .estate of Joe Davis, deceased, late
of Franklin county. North Carolina,
thla Is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the under
signed at loulsburg, N. .C., R. F. D.
No. 2, on or before the 7th day of
August, 1916, or tl^ls notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons Indebted to said estate will
please make Immediate payment This
August 7th, 1915. ? ?
FRANK FOGG Administrator,
JOB DAVIS, Deceased
BEN T. HOLDEN, Attorney.
8-13-6t.
Notice of Trustee's Sale.
Under and by virtue ot authority
conferred on me by a certain deed ot
trust executed by JosluuL-Cheek and
Govan Cheek on the 10th day of Janu
ary, 1914, which Is duly recorded In
the Register of Deeds offlce of Frank
lin county, in Book 177, page 156, de
fault having been made In the pay
ment of the notes secured in' the said
Deed ot Trust, I shall sell, at the
courthouse door In Loulaburg, N. .C.,
at 12 o' clock 11, on Monday, the 13th
day of September, 1916, to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following des
cribed land:
A .certain tract ot land In Hayes
ville township, Franklin county, State
of North Carolina, adjoining the lands
of J. A. Edwards, W. M. Mitchell,
and others bounded as follows: Be
gin at a rock near house spring branch
then 'Westwardly along the Hayesvllle
road 16 poles to a atone, then North
to a stone in J. A. Edwards line;
thence East with his line to Millford
road,; thence Southerniy along Bald
road to the Rockford church lot;
thence by said church- lot to the Hays
Tllie road; thence along said road to
the beginning, containing 126 acres
more or less. For further description
see deed duly recorded in Book 168,
page 397, in Register's office of Frank
lfn county. N. C. "TTSTS 10th day of
August, 1916.
R. S. McCOIN, Trustee.
8-13-4 1.
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Notice. '*v'
Having qualified as execiitor of the
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