Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-12-09

great Jewel that had obsessed her since
the day she had first beheld il, said
nothing more. but bit her lip and clinch-
ed her hands until the nails marked
her palms. She was impatient to raich
Mrs. Randolphs house and be alone
with her desire for the diamond.
Arriving there. she turned her totter
Ing friend over to the ministrations of
her maid and flew TO her bedroom. She
donned a peignoir. stood by the win.
dow and looked out across the sleeping
city. 1t was after midnight now. Who
would get the diamond?
There had been no use to further dis
cuss the diamond with her silly hos.
tess. The diamond from the sky was
jewel to be worn by women who
dared aspire to it, gem to be wrested
from the weak by men who cared for
no consequence except to gain it.
Who would gain 1t now? II Blake
got ii as agent of Abe Bloom and his
brother, the pawnbroker, would she be
able to cajole 1t from these astutt.
Hebrews? She doubted this. But il
Blair Stanley got 1t, Vivian knew II
would be hers without dispute
Cunning as Detective Blake was and
as astute as were the Blooms. Vivian
Marston felt supreme confidence In
the daring INSCRIPTIONS determination
Of Blair Stanley to get the stone to
gain her love
The diamond from the sky. crime
stained as it was, had never been sui
lied by the hands of traders. Since the
day, according TO its legend. it had fal
len to earth In Il meteor and had been
gained by the first Arthur Stanley. gen
tleman adventurer OF colonial Virginia.
three hundred years agone, 1t had never
been cheapened or debased by being in
the hands of little men who bought
and sold Its cleaning glory and ap-
praised 1t at price
1t had no price; it was II jewel to
adorn beauty at the hands of daring.
This beautiful woman of bold heart
did well to rely Oh the desperate young
man who had reached up from the
knees of murder already for the dia
mond from the sky Now further I'm
cited by his infatuation for her she
knew he would not fail.
After Blake and he had sent Mrs
Randolph and Vivian MarSton home.
Blake had sought a telephone and mott
fed Abe Bloom that the diamond from
the sky was on the neck Of the Chinese
Idol Then 1t was that Blair Stanley
had stolen away and had seized the
diamond by swift and daring action IN
climbing the fire escape at the back
OF the den, smashing the window and
snatching the diamond
We have seen how the frenzied Chi
nese tong leader. Hung Ii. had. in at
tempting to main the despoiler. sever
ed the neck of the idol and cut down
the swinging lamp before the idol Just
when the detective. Abe and Ike
Bloom, supplemented by the English
lawyer. Smythe. had arrived Oh the
scene.
In shed by the Chinese den Blair
In his quick exploration and approach.
had stumbled upon motorcycle In
the excitement that followed the fire
be had dropped from the last iron lad
der at the back of the den and had
whirled away through back alleys and
streets to where he knew Vivian Mar
ston would wait awake for him and
the diamond
He had the diamond and he would
have heri He felt the great gem and
the luxurious woman were worth all
be would dare for both. aud that was
much.
Arriving beside the Randolph man
sion long after midnight. he saw the
light cleaning from vivian's window.
toward which wistaria clambered