The Springdale news., 1915-11-19


 plotters in the shattered mans library in Los Angeles. for they though they do not know it now, afe nearer fe att least one great object for which the Plotters seek to stranele soiIl-the diamond from the sky
 The diamond lies unnotieed siaee cal Iy forenoon on the alisbting board ef one of the many beehYes in the apiar4 Of Rancher Jones. IL lies where his little three year-old daughter dropped ii when q teS1y bee had stHng her aft CT she had found the diamond beneath the rock where Smythe had put it
 Where the billpoSters afe eamRed il the woods beneath great dead tree k not 300 yards from tie bee yard Of apiary of Eaneher Jones For some days the billposters With their =wae oH> and paraphcrnalia have made the struggling barns and wayside board iHgs of tLis thinly settled region blosz som gaudily with the bills announcing the appearances of Santey's Stupen douS Circus. The circus is pla yiftg tht. towns and cities large enough to meet the requirements Of what is proprietor calls "a regular show. Santley's Stu. pendous Circus is q regular show. and if it is too big to play small places such as Mammoth ana vicinity. yet Mammoth and vicinity are appraised of place of show and day aud date. It has been the duty of the two billpost- CTS. camped here beneath the dead tree in the woods. to make the wilderness blossom like the rose with the eye as. founding posters of Santley'S Stupen- dous Circus.
 Their fire has been slow in starting. but now it burns well. As the bill poster who is called Jack Williams be- stirs himself to mix some pancake -four. the billposter whose name is Ben Burk fumes over the fire and sheds few tears and wipes his eyes from The acrd smoke of the newly started fire And night comes quickly in California It is daylight and then dusk and then dark. And far off on the other side of the hill Lawyer Smythe of London has lost his way and walks in d circle. seeking shelter.
 There is no sirup," says the bill poster named Burk. as he searches among the dirty tins of the tarder and holds the sirup can and shakes il hy doubtiDg ear. Il told you not to make iapiacks."'
 Whats your kick about molasSeS. boz asks the pancake expert turning hn NN-h
 Didn't We pass Il bee yard not quar ter of mile down the road?"
 The other looks diSgusted
 Il should think you'd be sick of cook ing and stirring paste to sling up bills with all day without mixin. and cook ing paste to eat at night" lie Grumbles.
 Beat It. Make yourself useful and go and get some honey We got lots of time before we have fire hot enough for iapiac>s. says the other. ..lf do not cook iapiaeIl~ you won't haze any thing to eat but bacon: the bread. all gone. Close your trap and go aud SWipe Somr honey. When saw thos., beehiveS l got to thinking If flapi.lcks and honey, Anyway. I've -oi to % fne water for coffee lls almost as far far water as il is for honey. Bclt il
 So the billposler named Eufk StitI .rumbling. takes plate and Knife as h. is bid and moves of iii the aarllntss le= rife the sweet store ot the busy betS beyond.
 The moon shines vaguely iu>l above the sky line It's dim light barely throws Il shadow as Burk skHlks across the field after coming oui of ihe wood and enters the rancher's bee yard He 'ockS an occasional hive IS he paSses md the murmur Of disturbed bees oundS duly from within them He ,auses at last by one that rocks with heavier resistance. and he is about 10 iifi the cap piece when somethin" -.teams opaicSccnt in tine moonlight ou lie aiightinc board Of the rocking hive. ;urk stoops over and picks i, up Iii he dim light from the mooo h4 sees il < s curious large ,otsei ntfaeited 10