Arizona republican., 1915-10-24


 Diamonds; it not clasped in
 the tigress talons of Kansas Elm. The dance hall fury: it was not in Esthers hands. Quabba. the ever watchful poor Italian. drew her from the maelstrom of the melee ere the roof had fallen.
 T. in the first outbreak of Kansas Ems f-tnzied indignation when. after she had read aloud the prayer in the locEet- a mothers prayer to come so strangely to The light after all these years-that the diamond. with its chain had been knocked from the dance hall amazons hand, after her first screaming outburst in protecting ihe shrinking Esther. 50 strangely thrust into this sin stained, sordid saturna!ia.
 Arthur gasp!RG and wsld eyed at sight of Esther. the center. of struggle for the diamond from the sky, had fought to her side and had embraced her. Then like mighty wave. the mass Of stark mad and h,aving humanity had broken upon them and torn them apart Then it was that Arthur ragged like demon and struck out oa all sides and knew 10 more in his rnad Etss. even when the wall gave way and the rcof fell
 Edtied 10 the outskirt ot the combat. QUabba had plucked Esther from the storm of blows and had led her. dazed. to safety.
 When the riot had broken loose. Smythe had struck out s1nartly, hitting every skull in sight. But when the surge of the crowd had borne against the side wall and men and women had turned like beasts to rend and tear each other. the lawyer, taking ad- vantage of being near the doorway. had darted out into the night.
 Tn the excitement and the. struggle he had not noted the diamond had been hurled through the air when Luke Lowell. .strus- Eling for it like all the rest. had struck the arm of Kansas Elm, loosening her grasp upon the chain of the locllet she held it
 r1. of the crowd it had flashed and fastened upon the deer horn. and so the lawyer had borne it from the scene of struggle unno- t.Ced by any one, not even himself
 Scarcely knowing what he did the panic stricken lawyer darted into the first haven of safety he encountered, It was a barrel that Pets's bartender had converted into a kennel for puppy given to him that 6Ry.
 Those who had not been imprisoned or crushed by the falling roof of the dance hall dragged themselves from the debris Some ran wildly through the muddy streets of the little town crying for help and call ing Fire" Others plIcked at the ruins with torn and bleeding hands. and others san fought at each others throats.
 such a group as stiu fought despite the death and disaster all around them VI 8 Frank DU-and. who had come to these wild .-,-.orrs fer the diamond. to it and f." jos it. and the bcstial Peter Huff. the dance laI man The two fought madly. still with Lake Lowell Tie quick eye of Durand had seen the blow Luke had aimed at Kan sss Em 10 gain the diamond. Durand h"f not seen where the diamond had fallen hut fnS1fnctivel= he had torn through the little E-ot that fought around him and had s:ruci. Luke a mighty blow between the eve. with all his strt ngth and skill. for nu-and had becn boxer in his earlier ca~rcr But Luke had shaken himself arv might do and had closed in on Du- -and
 Lake was nearly a match for the two brt finally they beat him to his knees and searched hr-. near the barrel where the hs1inc lawyer lay. Then, with curses or diss ppolntment. Durand and Hun rushed hack tc the dance hall just as the roof fell aha Luke. staggering to his feet made on f- tho darkness. firm now in the belief that trc devil himself dwe't in the diamofNi from the sky. even though mothers player had been all these years hidden behind it.
 The lawyer pecring cautiously iron. hls hiding piacc hears a cltnk and clat eer aS1.ns. IEe sidc of the barrel into which