The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-08-27

over negro Lad.
whispered. And Blair, much as he had
longed for the baleful jewel himself.
now longed more for this woman.
II shall never rest till get 1t for
your he replied fiercely. And he
would have kissed her to seal the con-
tract. but she drew herself from his
arms, and he knew that her caresses
were only to be purchased by the dia-
mond, be the price of the diamond
lives, souls or honor.
But the luxurious and vivacious Wv
Ian was a practical person. She did
not depend upon the romantic, II 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
cape mouthcd Abraham and Isaac she
cOnfided the romantic story OF the dia.
mond and the confirmation OF its great
intrinsic value. which she had learned
from Blair Stanley and others while In
Fairfax.
1.-THE diamond from the sky, US they
call 1t, disappeared in 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
bier. "The chances are a hundred to
| one 1t is still hidden In this town.
Whoever stole it will want money on
It That's reasonable enough to as
| sumo. 1t will turn up
1T it'll enough to make a man put
thine in hith windowth thaying High
eth Pritheth Paid For Big DiamOndth
and No Questionths Affixed" 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.
ut shan't thlip through my handth
again If get hold of it, he added.
II wouldn't lent 1t to the queen Of
Thpain." And as he said this he gave
his brothers LADY friend" from New
York, as he called her, a meaning
glance.
Let bygones be bygonesv' Abe
Bloom snarled at his brother. xvi
didn't lose it on purpose. have tele-
phoned for Tom Blake, whom l con-
slider the smartest detective In this
country. He does what you pay him
to do and keeps his mouth shut. II
the diamond is in Richmond Blake will
find it"
| In few moments the suave and ret
icent Mr. Blake arrived. Placed in pos
session of all the facts the Blooms and
Vivian could give him. he remarked
that he would do his best, and the first
and last meeting of the syndicate to
find 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 Sc
cret visit to the establishment Of Abe
! Bloom
Meanwhile where Il the diamond
from the sky? 1t Is not pearl to be
cast before swine, nor Is It fated to
remain the tinsel plaything OF negro
j lad who is q herder of swine.
/ In the frayed and dirty dress suit,
oil the dirtier for its jail stains, Mr..
Strap MCGEE makes across country.
cursing his luck. He pauses by pig
pen to play grim and intensely prac-
teal joke on a negro boy bent over
the sly. Mr.. Strap MCGEE picks up
barrel stave and applies it to the per-
son Of the bent over negro lad.
Then Mr.. MCGEE notes the boy. In
sudden pain and fright, has dropped
some bauble pinything into the swill Of