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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-07
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS.

A feud has existed between Colonel Ar
thur Stanley and his cousin. Judge Lamar
Stanley, over an heirloom, the diamond
from the sky, found in a fallen meteor by
an ancestor. Also, the succession to the
Stanley earldom in England may come tc
an American. When q daughter is born
to the colonel and the mother dies, the
colonel Buys a gypsy boy and substitutes
him. Three years later the gypsy mother,
having had no part in this bargain, steals
the girl. being reared in secret, and leaves
her son undecided as the heir. The gyp-
sy has obtained possession OF the diamond
from the Sky, and q document with the
STANLEY secret. When Esther is grown a
beautiful young gill, Hagar; now gypsy
queen, returns to Virginia with her. DR..
Lee. the late Colonel Stanley's friend,
adopts Esther, but demands that Hagar
turn over to him the diamond from the
sky. Arthur Stanley, son of Hagar, falls
III love with Esther and so does his com
panion and cousin, Blair Stanley, rightful
male heir of Stanley. In stealing the dia-
mond Blair causes the death Of the doc
tor. Outside is Arthur serenading Esther.
Blair, escaping, infers that he has left
1Isther's room. Arthur forces him to
fight a duel in which Blair is only
stunned. He tries. with the aid Of his
mother, to place the blame for the murder
of DR.. Lee upon Arthur, who now has the
diamond. The sheriff attempts to take
Arthur, but he eludes his pursuers and
joins Hagar, who reveals his identity and
upbraids him for his wild life. Needing
money, he pawns the diamond in Rich
mond. Blair is in Richmond, and he, too,
is forced to visit the pawnshop. The two
agree to stand by each other. At a bali,
at which a supposed New York belle is
the guest Of honor, they are stunned to
find the diamond on the visitor. She Is
an adventures who has borrowed it.
While Hagar is telling the "belle's' for
tune Luke Lowell, Hagar's gypsy guard,
steals the diamond and to avoid detection
drops it into a mail box. A sheriff tries
to arrest Arthur on the murder charge.
lie escapes from Richmond on a freight
train. The diamond passes into q mail
bag, which is lost from a wagon and Is
picket up by Quabba, an organ grinder.
Quabt IS monkey steals the diamond and
1eaver 1t in q nest in a tree. Arthur is
robbie by hoboes, who leave him in tat
tiers. lie seeks work at a farm. Hagar
takes Esther TO live at Stanley hall. An
old time tournament is held. Arthur at
tends in disguise. proves himself the best
knight, defeating Blair, but is betrayed
by the latter to the sheriff. Quabba, in
jest. handouts the sheriff and Blair. BY
daring craftsmanship Arthur escapes. Lat
er he leaves the farm. O Blake, a de-
tective hired by Hagar, produces finger
prints proving Blair guilty of the death
of DR.. Lee. Blair and his mother quarrel
about Vivian. $Hagar proposes silence to
Mrs. Stanley as the price of Hagar's and
1Csther's being received in Fairfax society.
Blair strikes down IIagar and steals the
ti%ngerprints and money from his mother.
The diamond is found by a negro boy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-07
CHAPTER XIV.
"A Mind In the Past"

DULL, aching resentment burn
cd in the bosom Of Blair's
~ mother as with. q voice hoarse
to her own al she called to
summon Blair to make his part Of the
bargain with the %implacable visitor,
who waited for them In the somber
living room upstairs, with the photo
graphs Of the guilty thumb prints Of
Blair. t15 80
No answer was returned to her call,
and Mrs. Stanley remembered again
the bitter quarrel she had had with
Blair over Vivian Marston.
With a bitter sigh the realization
came to her again that all the stern,
persisting ambitions that had embit-
tered her life-the desire for the earl
dom and the great diamond for her
most unworthy son-were not worth the
heartache and tragedy that had dark
ened her life.
It was with a fierce resolve, in a
sudden revulsion Of desperation and
despair, that Mrs. Stanley returned to
the living room to tell her strange WIS.,
itor, Hagar, to do her worst, let the
consequences be what they might.
For herself the austere Mrs. Stanley
resolved to strive no more for the sake
Of her dissolute and desperate son.
II will make no bargain with this
woman even to save Blair from the
gallows," was her grim thought. "Nei-
Their she nor the strange girl who was
DR.. Lees ward and whom she now
mothers at Stanley hall shall have So
cial c%ountenance from me.p
But as she assembled the stairs to
make known her resolve she heard the
slam Of a door and the sound Of hur-
rying feet from the living room to the
chambers at the back of the house.
She opened the door from the stair
landing to the living room. The cen.
ter table was overturned. and there
were other signs Of a struggle, but the
room was empty.
Then a nufled groan. a low moan of
pain, fell upon the ears Of Blair's moth.
er. The sound came from near the
floor, behind the fireplace.
Mrs. Stanley pressed the spring, and
the wall with the fireplace turned out,
and there in the s%emidarkness of the
'eTory's hiding place. lay the uncon.
scious figure Of Hagar. 1t was man
acled with, the sherif's handouts that
Vivian Marston had brought to. the
house after the tournament in mockery
of Blair. ..t4-.....
The form of Hagar lay half reclining
sgainst the rifed family strong box.
Mrs. Stanley picked up the key of the
handcuffs, lying near. and unfastened
the manacles on the wrists Of the
ilazed and unresisting Hagar.
Then the judges widow realized that
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ger. compelling desire, a desire that

ger. compelling desire, a desire that
held her intprovincial Richmond, was
her desire for a star--her desire for the
diamond from the sky.
Once In all its blazing magnihcence
it had shone upon her breast. Vivian
Marston longed to again hold and pos
sess the diamond. Her thoughts were
upon it by day, and at night her
dreams We're bright like gold and red
like blood.
She had heard its story and knew
that, after Arthur, Blair was next in
claim for its possession.
Vivian sank her head upon Blair's
breast beneath the wistaria bough. She
tempted him with l%anguorous glance
and allurlng lips. Get and give me
the diamond and l will be yours she
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the Sky. /,
and Isaac Bloom and the equally ur-
gent but more self controlled private
detective, Tom Blake.
The investing allies, English, Irish
and Hebrew, surge in upon the in
trenched Chinese. The struggle Of the
invaders to gain the sanctuary and get
for money or by force the diamond
from the sky is 10Y at its fercest.
But all the while a desperate man is
climbing the fire escape at the back
Of the Chinese den. He has noted a
curtain draped window behind the joss.
A crash of glass IS heard within.
The frenzied Hung Ii breaks from
the invaders and rushes into the sane
tuary, followed by the other Chinese,
the two Blooms, the detective and the
bewildered Englishman.
A hand through the broken glass be-
hind the idol has torn the diamond
from the sky from the neck and breast
Of. the great god Lung. With q demo-
MAC scream the frenzied Hung Ii
seizes a keen Chinese sword at the
foot Of the idol and aims a swift blow
at the disappearing hand.
Woe and bad luck forever for the un-
fortunate Hung Ii! The blow has
missed the despoiling white hand and
has severed the head Of the great god
Lung!
Another slash In excited frenzy and
down comes the burning altar light,
md the aimsy furnishings Of the sane
tuary and the whole den itself are a
roaring blaze Of fire!
ITO be continued next week.
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here was The elimination Of The Wick
ed deeds Of the son she had inculcated
with q lawless desire for things that
were not his.
She raised Hagar, dragged her out
into the room and closed the hiding
place. She was not surprised to note
that the photographs Of the thumb
prints were gone She revived Hagar
and regarded her stricken visitor, pre-
pared for a harsh defiance with no
thought Of compromise.
But the whole expression of Hagar
had softcned to a pathetic, cowed wist-
fulness. Her face seemed younger, her
eyes moist and pleading.
She turned to Mrs. Stanley with out
stretched arms and murmured, "Give
me my child" And then Blair's moth
er saw that the blow her son had dealt
the strange visitor had deprived her OF
all realization Of the present.
The stricken brain Of Hagar Hard
ing was %cogniZant Of no recent hap
pening. Her mind was in the past.
But the judges widow was not aware
that the ~disordered intellect of the WO-
man before her dwelt only on the great
tragedy Of Hagar Harding's life, the
sale Of her son to be foisted as the
male heir to the earldom and the dia-
mond from the sky, nearly twenty
years ago.
Mrs. Stanley had no suspicion Of the
import of Hagar's words, but she real
lied the craZed iona was no menace
to either herself or her son, and she
led her downstairs and to the door,
where she set her on her way to Stan
ley hall. m
At Stanley hall in the gathering twi-
light Esther waited for Hagar. 1t was
a sad homecoming. The dull eyes Of
Hagar cleaned with recognition Of the
portals Of Stanley hall. But the face
of Esther, the gentle, loving Esther,
was the face Of a stranger to her.
Alarmed and weeping, Esther led the
AAOAuAAS WOAuuA SuC NCSAACA " NC ACA
mother up the broad steps and into
the wide hallway Of Stanley hall.
Here a fierce, wild change came over
Hagar. She sprang to the door Of the
library and threw it open.
"See, he is in here" she cried. "They
have him in there, the child they stole
and sold from me. See the diamond
that blazes on his little breast! Take
Off the diamond! There is a curse on
it for all our race! Take off the fine
%raihhent! Give him back his rags! He
is my son"
As it had been with Blair Stanley's
austere mother, the wistful Esther
sensed no Importance in the wild
%pleadings Of Hagar.
Now, too, even the crazed mind of
Hagar seemed to realize the library
was empty and %unoccupied, for she
gave a wild cry and fell sobbing on
the breast Of Esther.
Summoning the servants, Esther had
Hagar carried to her chamber. The
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the swine. MI, MCGEE is not fastidi-

~~----s--- n -
the swine. Mr.. MCGEE is not fastidi-
.ous. He fishes out the bauble.
1t is the diamond from the sky!
And it looks good to Nh. MCGEE, and
he fees with it at his best speed, fol
lowed by a shower Of rocks from the
colorcd pig boy, bereft Of the sparkling
thing he found in an OWLS nest.
Richmond is not far away, and Mr..
Strap MCGEE has some loose change
he won at gaming i'll the Jail. He pro
ceeds to imbibe, biding his time to dis
pose Of the bauble hidden in his rags.
But when he drops into the curio
shop, opium den joss house maintained
by Chinese acquaintance, his tipsy
vanity impels him to show the bauble
to the crafty Hung Ii, priest, den
keeperand tong leader:
1t is a fatal thing to do, for luck has
been bad withsHung Ii and his friends.
The police havesclosed their gambling
joint and shut down on opium smok-
ing. Hung Ii believes that the god OF
the Sly, the great god Lung, needs
p%ropitiating, and then he will bring
back good luck III plenty.
Has word from the diamond from
the sky travelled to China and back:
The efgy Of the great god Lung is in
its sanctuary in the next room, and
Lung is the god Of the sky. The body
Of a strangled tramp is dropped through
a trap door, and the diamond from the
sky Is hung about the neck Of the great
god Lung.
This night Mrs. Burton Randolph
would a stunning go. Blair and Miss
Marston are all the little party, and
Tom Blake, the detective, is to be their
guide. A significant glance Of caution
and silence passes between the de-
tective and Miss Marston when they
meet again &
The Chinese quarter, with its joss
house, is the first place they visit. The
WHY Hung Ii wishes no visitors to the
inner sanctuary OF his joss, the great
god Lung, but Blake will not be de-
MED.
He says his friends have come espe-
cially to burn incense for good luck
before the great god Lung. And so
they enter the sanctuary and behold
on the breast Of Lung the diamond
from the sky! (
Detective as he is, and, possessing
great and, evil powers in the eyes of
Hung Ii, Blake and his friends are
forced from the place. The ladies,
Mrs. Randolph again in a "state OF
nerves." are sent home, and Blake
from the nearest telephone summons
Abe Bloom and his brother. .
Meanwhile an English lawyer has ar
rived at the Randolph house seeking
Blair Stanley. Determined upon his
quest, the lawyer gets directions and
arrives at the joss house. Hung Ii
and his confreres will have none of
the London lawyer.
But the exasperated Marmaduke
Smythe will not be denied. He says
he knows the persons he is searching
for are inside this beastly Chinese
place.
Here now he is, REINFORCED by the
excited and money proffering Abraham
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y .s.ar " rt# .. E.tattgE t1H. - =
er of the purple blossoms at his cous-
ms wistaria fete. II have gone to the
foot Of the gallows for you, Vivian"
he whispered to 'her::
For he realized that this beautiful,
dangerous woman was n to whom an
INSCRIPTIONS and desperate deed would
appeal. He felt that she, too, had a
past and that in wickedness they were
well matched, and for that the desper-
ate Blair loved her all the more.
For herself, Vivian Marston had lin
gered in Richmond, leading an exist
ence that was %puritanical and Calling
to her in the vapid restraints. as she
deemed them, of conventional southern
social restrictions, Her one strong, ea-
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You have not read iii the news IN.
til YOU have read the want ads.
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BY o l.. Ms ARDBL

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mittsd 70 the scenario department Of the Chicago Tribune In a $4,000 pr1s
contest during December and January. Tho manuscripts in this competition
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-18

VIM. r. Pouder, Recorder.
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WORLDS LARGEST ENGINE
ARRIVES AT THE FAIR

San Francisco, March 16.-A mon
ster eighty-six foot locomotive built
at the Baldwin Works, Philadelphia,
has just been placed in the Trans
portation Palace at the PanamaPa-
cific Exposition, San Francisco. 1t is
the largest road engine of the nom
articulated type ever built, weight
$50 tons, and carries II tons of coal
and 10000 gallons of water. This
engine is so big that it would be i'm
possible for any human being to fire
t, so it has been equipped with a
Street automatic stoker, which car
lies the coal from the tender to the
ire box It's firebox is as large as
homestead shack and the inside of
the small end of the boiler is seven
feet four inches in diameter. 1t took
thirty-seven days to get lit across
the continent.
The railroads have always held
heir end up at the American EXPOSE
tons, and judging from the exhibits
which have already arrived at San
Francisco they are going to maintain
this record at the San Francisco
show, which ought to help to resore
the railroad to the position Of ro-
nance and success which it has al
ways held in the life of America.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-18
MOTHERS PENSION BILL.

Wednesday the bill providing for
pensions for widows who are not abb
to support their children passed the
lower house of tn general assembly
by unanimous VOTE
The bill will now go to tn esenate,
an if it should pass that body and
then receive the signature of the gov
ernor it will become a law.
The governors of fourteen states
having laws providing for widows
pensions recently telegraphed to the
New York American commenting
such laws The governor of Massa-
chusetts declared the law in that
state to be an unequalled success,
and the governor of Minnesota de-
clared the law in that state had been
very helpful. The governor OF
Michigan says that the people of that
satte are. enthusiastic over the good
that has air ldy been accomplished
by the law in that state, and similar
expressions come from the rest OF
the fourteen governors quoted, all of
which indicates that law which Is
so satisfactorily Ito so many states
and accomplishes so much good
would be satisfactory to Tennessee
and would accomplish great deal of
good in helping the widowe mother
and her helpless children.
We imagine this bill will encounter
little opposition in the senate and
that it will pass practically by a
unanimous vote, as it passed the
house.
1t has been proved that it is cheap
er to care for dependent children by
pensioning the mother than to place
such children in institutions away
from the influence of the mother. 1t
is not only cheaper but more salts
factory to the mother, the children
and ali who have part in tn emat-
tire. 1t is nothing short of atragedy
to separate the mother from her chill
dren, and this tragedy can be averted
by intelligent expenditure of money
for the maintenance of the dependent
mother and her children.
Widows pensions have been thor
oughly tested in other states and it
has been demonstrated that they are
cheaper, better and more satisfactory
than the support of children in public
institutions.-Na Tennessean.
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be charged for the inspection of meats
and etc, until May LIST.
The public will find DR.. Harrison
very fair-minded, courteous gentle
man. The instructions under which
he works look only to the safeguard
ing of the public health. No unreas-
enable provisions are made. No per-
son selling produce in the City will
be han, icapped by regulations other
than those necessary. The inspee-
ton of but one class of foods will
be undertaken at time. First meats
will be placed under inspection, later
milk win be included, and ther
weights an measures.
Dir. Harrison will have an office
near Mccain & Dickinson's Stable
and can be reached by telephone
Bristol Phone No. 154, between the
hours of Z a. M and p. m.
Slaughter house operators viii
communicate with Dr. Harrison ant
get Instructions.
Feb 9th, 1915.
P. f. Mcdonald,
City Commissioner
Attest.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-18
SHOWS HARMFUL EFFECT
OF TOBACCO ON ALL BOYS

Nashville, March 15.-Prof. j. W.
Sewell, supervisor of grade work in
Nashville, has just compiled facts
concerning the harmful effect OF To-
bacco upon boys of hte city schools.
His figures show that nearly twenty
five per cent of the school boys there
use tobacco, and his discoveries have
confirmed his former views as to the
injurious effect of tobacco on their
mind, body and morals. The fact
that the use of tobacco by boys in
homes where the mother was forced
to be busy most of the day with other
duties, was greater than that of 9TH
ers, showed the effect of home sur
roundings on the youth, and the data
proved that the tobacco users were
far behind their comrades in schol-
arship and health.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-18
RESOLUTIONS BY GARFIELD
COUNCIL JR. O. U. A. M

The Junior Order United American
Mechanics in their regular meeting
Friday night, March 18th, 1915, pass
ed the following resolutions, con-
demning Representative Barnes in
his attitude towards the Claiborne bill
in the house of representatives, to
make the reading of at least ten
verses daily of the Bible mandatory
in the public school:
Whereas, We as an organization of
American Citizens, banded together
for the purpose of UNFOLDING Ameri-
can principles, and American insti-
tutions, believing them to be the
bulwark of our Nation, and
Whereas, We believe the Bible is
the highest Code of Morals that was
ever written, and it's teachings are
essential to the upbuilding of good
Citizenship, and moral characters, and
also knowing that there are thous-
ands of boys and girls, that never
hear the Bible read in their homes,
and il they don't hear it read in the
Public Schools they will never hear
it at all, and will grow UP in ignor-
ance of the Holy Book" and
Whereas, The Junior Order United
American Mechanics as ma organiza-
+;a,1 boI;oyo CO cfrnnoIu In, tho rnad-
ing of the Bible in our public schools
that it is one of the mai principles
of the order, and
Whereas, Believing that two-thirds
of the people of Johnson City and
Washington County, who have the in
terest not only of their own children
at heart, but their neighbors also,
wants the Bible read in our scohols,
believing, as we do, it will be the
means in large measure in shaping
their young lives and making them
better citizens.
Therefore, as an organization, We
condemn the attitude of Representa-
tive Barnes towards this bill, and
ask you as Senator of this district to
vote for the, and do what you car
in its passage, believing Mr.. Barnes
is not carrying out the wishes Of thu
people, (Signed)
W. F. OWENS,
w. d. RUSH,
CHAS. H. GREENWAY,
Committee
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-18
FOOD AND DAIRY INSPECTION.

The public is notified that the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen has
elected DR.. r. p. Harrison, the Doc
tor of Veterinary Surgery, to the po-
sition of Food and Dairy Inspector,
and has arranged to put into effect
the ordinance passed more than one
year ago establishing bureau OF
inspection.
On and after March 1, 1915, all
meats sold in the City shall be in
spected by DR.. Harrison before they
are sold. The Ordinance is exactly
of the same provisions as the one
promulgater in November and De-
cember, 1913, except that no fees will
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-18
MONEY TO LOAN.

Applications received for loans from
$4,000 to 100000, on improved and
unimproved town property and farm
lands. Interest per cent straight.
Interest payable annually or semi
annually. Time: one to ten years.
Applicants for loans will please give
description, location, and valuation of
property offered as security for loan.
State improvements and valuation of
same.
We want country representatives to
receive APPLICATIONS for loans, appraise
property, and serve as our exclusive
representative. Attorney or real es-
tate man preferred. Applicants for
.lonas, and applicants for agencies
positively required to furnish at least
two character references and forwar
postage, five &c stamps, for application
blanks, full particulars, and prompt
reply. Write Southern Office. South
eastern Mortgage Loan Assn, Fourth
Natl Bank Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
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MRS. A. s. VILLAINS

Mrs. Amelia s. Williams passed
away on March 10th, at Vaudeville,
S. C. SHhe was about IS years of
age, and was born in England and,
when girl came with her father
and family to the United States, who
settled in the state of South Carolina
She was married to the late Henry
R. Williams, of an old and prominent
South Carolina family. She was the
mother of eight children, six of whom
survive her. Mrs. John w. Hunter,
of this city, is her daughter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-03-18
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
John SusOng
VS..
Ellen SusOng.
Notice 30 Ellen SusOng:

NOtlce W EAIeu 0uSUHS'
In this case. it appearing from the
allegations of Plaintiffs petition,
which is sworn to, that the defend
ant Ellen Susong is a nonresident
of the State of Tennessee, she is
therefore hereby required to appear,
on or before the first Monday in
May next, befoe the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Washington County, at
his office in Jonesboro, Washington
County, Tennessee, and make defense
to the bill filed against her by John
Susong, otherwise said bill will be
taken for confessed, and the case set
for hearing ex parte.
]. l.. HILBERT,
Clerk of Circuit Court
washington County, Tenn
Sam s. Kirkpatrick, 1907
Vines C Price, Attys. for Petitioner.