The Springdale news., 1915-12-24
The Diamond From the Sky
 By ROY l.. McCARDELL Copyright, 1915, by Roy L. McCardell
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
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 A feud has existed between Colonel Ar thur Stanley and his cousin. Judge Lamar Stanley, over an heirloom, the diamond from the sky. found ln fallen meteor by an ancestor. Also, the succession to the Stanley earldom h England may come to an American When q daughter Is born to the colonel and the mother dies the colonel buys gypsy boy and substitutes him. Three years later the gypsy mother having had no part in this bargain, steals the girl, Esther, reared in secret, aHd leaves her son undetected as the heir The gypsy has obtained possession of the dfa- mond from the sky, and document with the Stanley secret Tears later Hagat gypsy queen, returns to Virginia with Is ther. pr. Lee, the late Colonel Stanley's friend, adopts Esther Arthur Stanley. son of IIagar. falls Tn love with Esther, and So does his companion and cousin Blair Stanley, rtshtful male her If Stanley In stealing the diamond Blair causes the death of the doctor and tries later To put the blame on Arthur WAe takes thc eefa
 Arthur Stanley eludes his pufsuers and joins Hagar. who reveals his identity and upbraids him for hs 0Iid life Needing money. he pawHs= the diamond in Rich mond. At q bat. at WH5eH aa adventuf- ess. Vivian harstou. wears tHe borrowed gem. Luke I.lteHl= Hasafs eS#sF guard steals the a#amoud Arthur leaves Riea= moHd and sees ta the west. 6g4abba. at gan grinder. beff5eHds Esther
 Tom Blake. detective of Richmond wha IS hired b. Hapat4 produces finger prints couyictiug Blair Hagar proposes silence 10 Mrs. Stanley as the price Of Hagar and Esthers being received ia Fairfax society Blair strikes down IIa- gar and steals the finger prints. leaving the gypsy queen demeuted. Atatmadake Sm5=fhe, lawyer 3rllxts ta announce
 
 Stanles- Learning Arthur 3s fugitive ae seeas Blar a4.teaa T a#a Vivian. Elatr steals the d5aIn6Ha lafHf mafTs ins her and leaving for the west TaeIr train is robbed. Vivian losing the diamond, which si3iH tffia roHhef dfops iu the desert The 8i93az1 he stole Is found by Arthur u0w known as John Pa8eH sheep heHder Luke loNe54 driven ff5H5=tae emp aftsr iearnlng AAgars secret=leaNez to seek Blair Hasaf Is under treatment and tzs ther 1s iH Richmond s8e#e#F A5e Bloom gambler, knows Hairs g4.N and co1ets the diamond
 THe diamond is later picked ap by au Indian woman. pf Lee Arthur learns dled of heart disease EeHaH5 aR very H#aH he buys staales-aalI sasd at= auction through Blake, aHd also provides for fla gar and Esther Hake IaseH bus he dzst= moud from the sqaaw, out loses 1t n . fight Vivian, desiring aid 10 e9snare Af- thur sends fur biair
 Vivian ts saved from drowning he Pow ell. who is infatuated bt het- Sm4ts4v finds the diamond and sivfs il f3 Esther to deliver 10 Arthur Bs5r and Luke ge To A1Ehuf's 2acht and G5zz Ist4#r there
 Esther and Quah54 escape @Aae BlaEs and Luxe battle Eli1l=5z4# the meantime has ioined Vivian l8 Los AHgeI=s Bt- rand. "lNaE If diamonds Il crook itaaze. to Vivian. goes t0 Ii saloon to tE2 to dis cover the diamond There fa meets Laks Lowell. Esther and Arthur appear oa the scene The diamond Is Iost IF melee Esther saves Arthur. who is injured, and he goes 10 Los Angeles in care of the phy- siciaH-crook. Duraad Esther follows and is refused admttance to see him In the meantime the diamond Is found by two bill posters, one of whom murders the other for it. Arthur is 'doped" by Du- rand. De Vaux and Vivian. although Blair who has taken charge Of Arthur's busi ness affairs protests
 The diamond passes in dice play from the bill poster to Santley circus owner who Is killed, and the diamond is put UP at auction as part of his estate Blair and Vivian falsify a telegram from Blake t0 Arthur. making Arthur believe he suffer ed from Authorization in thinking he SEW Esther. Luke Is "railroaded" to prison by Blair. At the auction is Homer GraydoH an aged admirer of Vivian, who has prom ised to buy the diamond for her He is outbid by Arthur. The latter gives a eos tune ball at which Esther appears Ny ian insists that he choose between them Esther snatches the diamond from h3n and hurls it through the window