Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-28
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAP.
! TIERS.

0YNOHSlS Or PHeCeOlNG CHAP.
81 TIERS.
IA 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
n American. When a daughter is born
to the colonel and the mother dies, the
colonel buys q gypsy boy and substitute
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. inc a document with the
Stanley secret. When Esther is grown a
beautiful young girl, 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
sin love with Esther and SO does his COM
sna1ioil and cousin. Blair Stanley. rightful
nRalsSheir@of Stanley. In stealing the dia.
monds Blair causes the death of the doc
tor. II Outside is Arthur ~serenading Esther.
Blair. %rescaping; infers that he has lett
Esthef.,s room. Arthur forces him to
light 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, h 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 - in Richmond, and he. too.
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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.
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 or the murder charge.
He escS~ es from Richmond on a freight
train. The diamond passes into a mail
bag, picked up by Quabba. organ grinder.
Quabba's monkey steals the diamond.
Arthur seeks work at a farm. Hagar
takes Esther to live at Stanley hall. An
old time tournament is held. Arthur at
tends in disguise, but is later betrayed
abWl Blair to the sheriff. BY using daring
horsemanshipS Arthur escapes. = Later he
leaves. the farm Ton Blake, a detective
sh!rediby Hagar, produces finger prints con-
NlC<lNS oldlf. magyar proposes SlfSNCe ~
Mrs. Stanley as the price of Hagar's and
Esther's being received in Fairfax society.
Blair strikes down Hagar and steals the
l~tingerprints, and money from his mother.
The diamond. is found by a negro boy and
is taken, BY a tramp. The latter is MUIR
dered by Hung Ii. 1t is, stolen just as a
Summing party enters Hung LIS den.
,Hagar, mentally unbalanced by. Blair's
blow; Is again with Esther among tho
gypsies. Marmaduke Smythe. lawyer. ar
rives to announce !ArthilT is heir to the
deceased Earl of Stanley: Learning Ar
thur 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 100000 he stole
is found. ;bysSArthuf, now known as John
Powell ssslieep herder. Vivian deserts
Blair. telling him he must regain tlle5dia-
mond for her. Luke Lowell driven from
camp after learning Hagar's secret, tries
in vain 10 sell it to Mrs. Stanley. and he
leaves toss seek Blair. &Hagar is under
treatment and Esther Is In Richmond So
ciety, protegee SotSMrs. Stanley, who sus-
poets her real name. and Of Mrs. RAN
dolph. Abe Bloom, gambler. who knows
Blair's guilt, covets the diamond and calls
It the price Of his secrecy.