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 tune Tor Luke's prison stripes. and. to avoid suspicion. he had with him the pony and street piano cart and Clarence. the monkey. The monkey and the pony, Quab- ba's family. had querulously objected to their masters desertion of art to degenerate into a toiler Bitterly they complained when Qusbba returned to the stable in his working garb. and much did the monkey chatter and the pony neigh pleadings that they take to the open road again and over the hills and far away-work and re- sponsibility forgotten and ignored.
 So Quabba waits at midnight. and Car ence. the monkey, shivers and whimpers. and the pony is restless to move and be their way.
 Patience. my children" whispers ouab- ba- And you. Clarence. my son. would you bite me? You don't understand. my little ones. Patience. we wait for a friend"
 Listening to the sound of the retreating steps of the prison guard Luke pushes out the bars sawed at the lower end and draws down the rope from it's coil on the roof by the cord and lowers it cautiously. He is half way down when be feels the rope give ominously. He is near the ground. when the sentry hears the fall of a brick rom the OlQ Cnlmney ana turns The sentry calls for the other guard and fires his rife 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 slackens and falls, and with it. with a chatter and many heavy thuds the old prison chimney It has given way under the bulky weight of the escap- ing prisoner and falls upon the guards and overwhelms them.
 By 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 Iib- erty!
 Quabba is waiting on the bridge. From a bag on the piano cart he hastily hands the panting Luke old coat. trousers and a hat that has wig within it. Then. as the footsteps of the searching guards and their cries are heard nearing, Quabba hands a stain compound to Luke that darkens still more the gypsy's already dark countenance and hands. and then they move on with pony cart and monkey-twO wandering organ grinders.
 The pursuit reaches them and pauses. " Did you see an escaped convict go by?" pants the warden.
 "Si, signore"' says the crafty Quabba- His companion who is quite lame. it seems. for he hobbies little ahead. points to i'm dcate the direction the fugitive has taken
 The garden of the Cafe La Bella NapoH is deserted. but the Signora Solari. pro prietress. answers a discreet clamor below. The Signora has been playing cards with her ravishing daughter. Rosa. and the so charming patron Signor Lancia- in the lat ters apartment The so charming Signor Lancia. sad to say. is quite overcome with Fl cf1a rr11f-7 r- Signor Lancia is indiscreet. He has shown the ravishing Rosa a wOndrous diamond. whereat she has cried in delight. though the again discreet. if intoxicated. signor has the caution to place his gers upon her rosy lips, the gesture asking silence
 Signora Solari is in the doorway that looks into the garden. Quabba is there. and with him is a strange man, quite lame. it would seen for he leans upon heavy stick-a mattock handle. it appears.
 This is my cousin, signora." says the patron Quabba- He desires a room till he gets a job Perhaps when he has se- cured employment you will still honor him by the hospitality of your establishments
 All this Quabba says in Calabrian dia- feet, which the signora understands per fectly. although she as she will tell you. is of a noble Neapolitan family.
 The cousin. it would seem, is fatigued- Quabba leaves him with the signora and journeys with his pony and organ cart and his monkey to the stables. that are Quab- ba's domicile well theirs
 The signora leads the guest to his humble room, gives him a lamp 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 Italian se- cret service. The Chianti flows. caution is forgotten. theam magnificent jewel is shown to ravish the eyes of all.
 In the next room seemingly lame man listens at the thin partition. biting his tongue that he may keep from crying out For he hears a tipsy voice saying: You may well admire it. It is called, rightly. the diamond from the sky"
 John Powell has returned from his auto mobile trip. He has seen the Garden of the Gods But the trip and the wild scen- eryfhave not restored him.. Truly he is mad millionaire. In fever delirium he has a dream Before him floats with a sad smile. Esther. in vestaI robes. He reaches to touch her, but she floats away and looks back and sadly smiles. He dreams he follows on foot and in his speediest cara race of madness. Down great mountains. up and over and then halting in the wild, weird ruggedness of the great rocks in the Garden of the Gods, So he pursues the fair phantom to the abyss edge of a giddy precipice. He clutches for her ere she falls. and falls Nhimself-down. down. and then. with dull shock. he finds himself awake, fallen over the table where he has slept. his hands upon his arms.
 In far Virginia the seraph of his dreams prays for him with all the fervor of a con- stant heart. but over him here and regard ing him with a mocking smile stands 2 woman whose face is bold and sensuous- Vivian Marston,
 In the Cafe La Bella Napo1i the so charming Signor Lancia dazzles the eyes of his hostess and flutters the heart of her daughter. the ravishing Rosa, with the desire for the diamond from the sky. And then from the softly opened door behind them a heavy blow descends. The lamp is smashed, the room is plunged in darkness. Shrieks in the darkness and heavy. hurry ing feet through the corridor A door is burst open and tables and chairs are heard thrown over and aside in the deserted gar den under the arbors below. The signora brings another lamp in due time but the