Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-05
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
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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 to
an American. When a daughter is born
ito 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 undetected as the heir. The s:p-
sy has obtained possession of the diamond
from the sky, and a document with the
Stanley secret. When Esther is grown a
beautiful young girl, Hagar, now gyi..y
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 tho
sky. Arthur Stanley, son Of Hagar, falls
.: In love with Esther and so does his COM
panion and cousin, Blair Stanley, rightful
male heir Of Stanley. In stealing the dia-
mond Blair cause the death of the doc
tor and tries later to put the blame OIL
Arthur, who takes the diamond from him.
Blair. escaping, infers that he has left
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fight a duel in which Blair is only
stunned. The sheriff attempts to take
Arthur, but he eludes his pursuers and
joins Hagar, who reveals his identity n
upbraids him for his wild life. Needing
money. he pawns the diamond in Rich
mond. At a ball, at which a supposed
New York belle, Vivian Marston, is the
guest Of honor, Arthur and Blair find the
diamond on the visitor. She Is ar adven.
turess who has borrowed it.
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.
He escapes from Richmond and goes to
the west. The diamond passes into a mail
bag, picked up by Quabba, organ grinder.
Q%uabba's- monkey steals the diamond.
Hagar takes Esther to live at Stanley
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Tom Blake, a detective of Richmond,
who is hired by Hagar, produces finger
prints convictintg Blair. Hagar proposes
silence to. Mrs. Stanley as the price of
,lIagar'Sh4nd Esther's being received in
Fairfax society. Blair strikes dow Ha-
gar. and steals. the finger prints, leaving
the p demented. The diamond is
found by a negro boy and is taken by a
tramp The latter is murdered by Hung
ii. It is stolen just as a Summing party
Hung Lis den. Hagar Is again
with Esther among the gypsies. Marina
luke smythe. lawyer, arrives. to announce
Arthur IS heir to the deceased Earl Of
Stanley. Learning Arthur Is a fugitive he
seeks Blair instead. To win Vivian, Blair
steals the diamond later marrying her
and leaving for the west. Their train is
robbed, Vivian losing the diamond, which
a. slain train robber drops in the desert,
The 500, 900 he stole is found by Arthur,
now known as John Powell, sheep herder.
ViviaH deserts Blair, telling him he must
regain the diamond for her. Luke Lowell.
driven, from the camp after learning Ha-
CARS secret, leaves to seek Blair. Hagar
is under treatment and Esther is in
Richmond Botiety,, protege Of Mrs. STAN
ley, who suspects her real name, and OF
Mrs. Randolph. Abe Bloom, gambler. who
knows Blair's guilt, covets the diamond
and calls it the price of his secrecy. Blair
will not listen to Lowell, and Arthur also
insists on his silence. Blair returns to
Richmond and, instigated by his mother,
pays unwelcome court to Esther, Mrs.
Stanley asserting Vivian had been married
before. The diamond Is picked up by an
Indian oma Esther, resolving to find
Arthur, leaves Richmond with Quabba as
attendant