The Springdale news., 1915-10-22


 tunnel If they escaped with their lives they will hardly make tHeir waF over The mountains tonight.
 If they come this way promise them | warm reception. remarked JAe nine boss srimly =The boys ale jaSt naturally pinias to set hold =ef those two fellows There HfH be work faf the eeFouef ' tae tes- catch them And fbe coroner lad letter bring iH B verdict Of frozen fo#aeath loo.
 
 TI5e# moon sHoue a tae 8aters af Santa Barbara bay IL ShoHe down upeH tHe hfaaI a.55te=s3eak af I great yacht ttat aazpd HaIestieaHx across waters Beneath =the moon tha sesSfe1lS strains of q love song chant ed fn=a minor beF arose. IH= snow white wlet flower 4arHands oH their breasts Hawaiian orchestra played The Love Song If the Sky Flowers It iS Seduetiyely sweet in the vernaeu- lar In English it may be sung. Beloved. tAe stars are sky flowers in the
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 And all the ar $ soft for your delight.
 Then let Us love, sweetheart. 3E5t@ vet
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 Beneath he moon q ehaplet of flow CTS lH her hair a clinsins white gown Of Greeian simplicity setting of her laneIorous beauty. recliHeS Vivian Alarefan Near her is Arthur Staulez. entAralled, enraptured under the spell of Vivian ailariHs charms tie witch cry of the Hawaiian love song of the sky flowers and the magic of the moon light over aii
 Enaer the spell If Viviaus languor ous eyes Arthur stanley. John Pow eil. millionaire now. treads tbe path of peril in his turn tat the path is uot plain to him. for 1t < hidden tE deaa- ly flowers The flowers on fhe path of peril seen sweet and fair to him They may be such as are i'll the chap let on Vivian's dark ioa Ks. for Arthur bends over these and murmars. T would give Eou anything in the world.
 An eager glow comes into Eivians dangerous eyes. a deeper flush sui fuses her fair cheeks You would give me anything tn the woridE' she whispers. Then get me the diamond from the sky
 It has disappeared utterly off the earth, answers Arthur If Il comes To light it may not be mine to give And he leans over 10 clasp Der in his arms But P8utins Ike a child de nied. Vivian holds him aloof. You do not care for me she says with af- fected plaintiEeness. "or you would promise" And Arthur. such is the witehery Of this fair womaH such l. the magic of the moonlight. promises her
 The magic Of the moon casts Do spell over Frank puraud In faraway New York Durand has 10 dreams or illn- sions He is a practical person. known in the sphere that he adorns as the King of Diamouds for he is the moving spirit Of band of information. al jewel thieves and swindlers Mir Abe Bloom. prosperous gambling house keeper ill Richmond k almost in de spair about the great diamond that slipped through his fingers once h this half despair and desperation Mir Bloom has written to Alf Durand, his New York acquaintance of tho upper underworld Mr Blooms letter 10 the willy Durand is brief and blunt
 My Dear Dufand The last heard Of the diamond from the sky was train robbers Fx ~ ,f-s ] bunch of crooks can get 1t I have a sym dicate to pay you your own price Fur ther details later. Our mutual friend Viv- Ian is after l. An afraid she will double cross us This diamond is worth 5000. Yours. ABE BLOOM.
 In his luxurious bachelor apartments the King of Diamond" receives his dapper and alert lieutenant. Felix de vaux. alias Count de Vaux. and shows him the letter from the sententious MT i Bloom