Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-12-05
SPECIAL NOTICE.
SYNOPSIS OF THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY.

SYNOPSIS OF " THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY"
diamond fell ia meteor centuries ago
lel,ugs The branch the Stanley family in
Virginia. Inc diamond with the title to the
Stanley CARTOON in England, that to the
Virginia Stauleys. To cheat hated kinsman Of
j. IA Col STANLEY has substituted gypsy baby boy,
hols-t from its unnatural father. for the little
daughter born 10 him His young wife dies the CO.
'..et gypsy mother and takes in revenge the
LlIe STANLEY girl baby raised in secret, and rears
Tie ,Alid as her OWL The gypsys grows up a
reckless wastrel and becomes great friends with
Ear STANLEY. who is rightfuI heir. Blair is reckless
a- e> crate and hates Arthur but disselubIes.
JtEr strangely learns he is only gypsy changelng
ai4 trts West under the assumed o John Pow
'.A ia1iag lie blame Of murder Blair
i-.,t-t'-Aair telling Arthur it was not murder but
a. acc .drnt-Arthur believing he wronged and
'h'a'eG Blsir. But Arthur does not tell Blair lie
f. 1le false heir and Blair the rigntful one. The
Diamond from the sky passes from hand hand.
sought for IFS value by many. and it causes TRACE
ues- Ia California Arthur become millionaire and
j. surrounded by enemies who seek his ruin.
Injured in accident aud these enemies make a
drJ= hsnd OF him. Esther. supposed to be only a
&! - s7l learns she Is really Esther Stanley and
'al-e> " California seeking Arthur, loves.
Vivian MaFston, an adventures, secretly married
Blair together with Durand De Vaux, heads q
Gam9al gang. and Blair Stanley plot to keep
Esther from Arthur. Blair takes charge of Arthurs
Grtat business affairs. while DuTand, De vaux, and
Vivian iesd John Powell. the mad millionaire
u ArrhGr is knawn-to wilder designations, the whole
Itoj being ~ rnin Arthur morally. financially, AMI
I"TSi'3ily Blair seeks Arthurs wealth and ulti-
Aately his death, that he, Blair, may gain the da-
m"ud from the sky and the earldon. Vivian also
desires the diamond. do Durand and De vaux.
Iair double crosses his former gypsy accomplice,
Luke Lowell. and railroads him to prison. Esther
j. puzzled Arthurs strange conductor the plot
ters convince their drug he is going insane,
aud SYMPTOMS Of this his Authorizations
sees Esther IIagar, Esther's foster mother, is
Slowly recovering from blow that Blair dealt her
which rendered her temporarily deranged Meanwhile
Esther's devoted friends Quabba hunchback. and
Marraduke Smythe English lawyer, seeking the
Ieir To the Stanley earldom. her only friends.
lsTha nrvrfc ArrN,
disgust spurns MISUNDERSTANDING last the cause
- bis strange behavior. She cast aside the diamo
from the sky he prorered.
Copyright; 1915; BY Roy L. MccardenI
CHAPTER XIV.
HOUSE or CARDS
~ lie miracle of dawn crimsoned all the
east; the last bois.erous jewellers
were departing from the fete OF the
mad millionaire.
Only the butler. major domo, had
specded the parting guests; but the guests
lad reveled and gorged and swilled and
cared nothing at heart for host mansion
,Eat had entertained them with a Belshaz-
zarian feast. And it was a Belshazzarian
feast and the handwriting OF destruction
was the wall.
In the small reception room upstairs the
unhappy wretch once called the golden
man sobbcd his arms like the drug
wcakling he was. Vivian, her hair in dis
order and Nlxen~Hke IN her anger and
greed. shook Arthur by the shoulder and
cried: Where Is the diamond"
Blair. noting the open window, left
Durand and Vivian by Arthur and crossed
over 10 it, There, down. below, was Angelo,
the Italian gardener, UP at dawn to his
ORR, pIucking the diamond rom the sky
from the rose bush. just where it had been
cast through the window by the indignant
Esther when Arthur had proffered it to her.
III there. YOU" called Blair. Don't
take that. I am coming down for it
The gardener. who, like the rest of the
servants, bore sullen dislike TO the
w,dlom friends who surrounded their mas
ter Growled unintelligiAe reply.
Durand, who sensed that the diamond had
been found, sprang from the and
made for the stairway with Blair beside
him They from the front of the house
and to the back. But the gardener picked
up Il heavy stake lying by the rose bush
and stood them off
4 take to the boss" he said Nor would
he be shaken from this resolve. And Du-
rand and Blair. cursinS his stubbornness
escorted him back into the house and to
Arthur.
Vivian, realizing the diamond was recov-
cred. had ceased her viXenish demands. and
was agin resortlng to wi1es and cajoIe-
meEt. But Arthur. shaken with shame and
wholly unnerved that they had deceived
him IS regards Esther's presence in the
e4tys hiG shame augmented BY the realiza-