The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-07-28

r.-oI -r-f.-r arr % =nrrcIc1 smu
bosom.
The diamond rrru tle ~,zy was gone.
The death .. .." -naI OH doctor had
been aT Hu rru and Blair STANLEY
also l.d beneath -re moon upuiI,Ss
ami iu t--Ea H.nrI guilty
At Stanley n.U Ar bur gained access
o. tie library ANA shuJderCd again a.
no SAW the stains ul his hands and ou
the great Jewel tHaJ seemed To gIcam
all the brighter for them in the glare
Of the library lamp.
Il was not Ia show the diamond
from the sky that All men yearned
for. fl was u have il, to possess il,
even I'm secret. that caused them 10 lie.
10 swIudle and even 10 grope through
blood for IT,
We'll had the late Colonel Stanley
known the baIcful history Of the dia-
uond that had fallen 10 the feet OF his
adveururer ancestor in meteor. The
Stanley charm against harm" il was
called. and now look what harm it had
already done. Arraying brother against
brother. father against son, in the past.
IL had broken womeu's hearts the
N A.la- -l.A A4''" Fl AaA@e AAtAL AltAu II
against q breast that ached in anguish.
Arthur felt iustinctiyely that the dia-
moud from the sky was responsible
for EIlir's imIuguiug the good name
of sweet Esther. good old Or. Lees
fair ward. but Arthur did not know
/ that the good doctor lay cold in death
l- The hands Of Blair Stanley.
The wild thought. the wilder hope,
/ hat he might 20 elsewhere and under
q new name. stiu holding 10 the dia-
/ mOld from the sky. rehabilitate him
/ self and then seek out Esther I'm Sc
! rret and we'd her now possessed Ar
/ thur
Among Arthur's many eNtravagances
| which the lax administration Of estates
! in Virginia permitted a scapegrace
| heir was the buying OF costly French
| automobile. In was Il day when auto
| mobiles were rIrities and luNuries, and
! the young speudthIift OF Stanley hall
! had prcened himself with the thought
that he would be the first 10 own an
automobile in All Fairfax county.
Arthur reasoned that Blair. who he
supposed WAS lying dead In the grave
that had been digged for another, would
not be found till perhaps noon. Ever
then they might not connect his tragic
death with the broken guitar and the
other signs of struggle I'm the doctors
garden.
Meanwhile the dawn had come anC
Esther. who had been aroused at the
pistol shots. was in great agitation ant
| alarm. Comfortcd and encouraged b!
the first glimpse of dawn, she had
descended 10 the lower hall OF thu
house The door OF the doctors stud!
stood aiaT and she glanced within
There in the dim light OF the morn
ing sun altering through the window
shades she saw the doctor in hi
dressing gown stretched Imply acrOs
a table. she touched his cheek t
rouse him and found il cold. ThOs
pale lips. kindly even in death, coul
never keep their promise to tell he
= | who and what she was ION the moi
: row" Here it was the morrow, an
. The lips that could tell were cold /
; death.
: Nancy. the doctors colored servant
e was already aStir II the kitchen whe
2 ! Esther's cries brought her TO the scene
5 On the heels Of the housekeeper cam
: Alex. the doctors culOred horse boz
e After the frenzy OF their fright Ia
subsidized, the negro boy had ru
2 through the neighbOrhOOd arousing
- with news of the tragedy.
At first Esther and the neighbOl
y had believed the doctors death ha
d been from natural causes. the peacefl
passing in OF old age. But the disord'
It Of the room. the rifed cash box on ii
y table. the chisel marked drawer OF ii
? old bookcase, and the opened window
a against which the drawn shade fla
, ped in the early morning air, muteI
) told their tale Of theft and murder.
, The sheriff had been sent for ar
: already an eager neighbOr had found
, crushed guitar i'm the doOryard and Il
! trampiing Of the feet OF what appenrC
. several struggling men in the flow
;. beds that bordered the walk 10 Il