Arizona republican., 1915-07-18

the town, came QuabLa Inus.yisu and a traveller And he travele4 nc. alone With him his Crche. tra and ,s collector of external reVenuc True Lf, orchestra but barrel organ and his collector of external revenue a monkey bur the organ was a fairly good one. sweet CT tune. and the monkey was a sImian ot sorts and his name was Clarence
 So 1t was that Quabba was gay of h art and sung to himself as he trudged along Only a poor hunch back organ grinder wltn his monkey. QuabLa. LuI l.4s L.all " as light. his conscience untroubled, anu his appetite. alas only too good The whole wide world his and no man was his master and 30 Quabba. the hunchba,k d. sang and winkcd the monkey, Clarence if to say: e We haven't d penny Cla.- ence but what appetite we'll have Ter brcalfast-as soon we pick up the price of one"
 Hi there. get out of the way" shouted q rough voice, and Quabba. reused from 5 reflections. stepped aside just in time to avoid being struck by a passing truck jolt of the vehicle threw empty mall bag marked with chalk Repair from d pile Of those at the pack of the track.
 The hunch pack picked up the mail bag and called after the driver. But that worthy failed to hear the cry and Quabba waved the old mail bag after him. Then he felt something the size of English walnut in his hand and under the dirty canvas of the bag. His sensitive fingers felt along the side seam of the bag and he could feel, even through the thickness of the canvas. that the object in the bag was a chain and locltet.
 The hunchback wheeled into a neur5y alley. between two warehouses No one had seen the mail bag fall from the truck. none noticed him turn up the deserted alley. It was only the work of instant to loosen the drawstring and turn the mail bag inside out. There, on the inside out side. strung the diamond from the sky. lts upper clasp engaged in the seam of the bottom of the oagi
 The itinerant musician thrust the dia- mond and it's chain into his bosom and popped the mail bag in a garbage can Lard by. then. his heart beating high. Quabba winked to the monl.ey and ceased to whistle to whisper: We are rich men now. Clarence!"
 And soon out from the alley came 8 hunchback organ grinder with his monkey, and the hunchback the possessol of the diamond from the sky.
 In the empty freight it bowled along the combat was over. Spent. worn, and battered. Arthur lay bound on the floor of the freight car his hands pinioncI be- hind him by the dirty leathern belt of MT. Strap McGee. gentleman of leisure.
 He ain't no bull in plain clothes. if dem is plain clothes" panted MT. McGee as he
 
 road dick cider. He's welterweight cham peen," he added
 This also the opinion of Scotty, the rat faced little tramp whose suspicious had caused the combat. and likewise was it the opinion of Chicago Pete. the bulbous nosed third member of the trio of travel CTS. For all these gentlemen bore many si gns of the conflict through which they had passed They had conquered Arthur but at frightful cost to the allies.
 :" He busted snoot." moaned Chicago Pete. m jest for dat I'll hand him a sho. full of feet" and. standing over A~thlr helpless and pinioned. the gentleman from Chicago gave him brutal kick in the rits
 An jest for dat we'll frisk young John L. an swipe his glad rags. too." asserrrd Mir Strap McGee.
 They took some s2O they found upon Arthur for in addition to having lent l3lajr money to lose in Mir. Abe Blooms gambling esta tablishment Arthur had generously given him almost all of the rest of the proceeds from the pawning of the diamond from he sky.
 Then the tramps stripped Arthur and proceeded gravely to shoot craps for his clothes They were won by the nor for tunate MT. Strap McCiee. more fortunato in the fact that the dice were his and he knew how to manipulate them. Bruised and bar- tered as he was Arthur could not restrain a laugh at the ludicrous aspect the tramp
 
 evening clothes. with Arthur's broken silk hat perched jauntily on his head. -
 The freight stopped at water tank and the three tramps withdrew with many caustic remarks at parting. Arthur freed himself from his bonds and with some re- puenance donned the frowsy garments ef the tramp. Then he. too. sprang from the freight car and made through cornneld across the country. He reflected. with a smile. that the actions of the tramp would be his salvation. He right in this. for shortly afterward MT Strap McGee. despite his indignant protests and explanations. was seized by railroad detectives and held on a telegraphic description of his attire IS Arthur Stanley. wanted for murder
 At sunset a good looking young tralnp stopped in the dooryard of Alex Smiths arm and asked for work. The farmer put Jim to chopping wood for his supper. and 90 we'll did he acquit himself and su soon lid he gain the good graces of the farmers wife and the farmers little baby si=! that lespte the rags of his attire John Powell Or such was the name Arthur yaye--was greeted on the barn floor in the morning, liter restful night in the haymow. with proffer of steady employment.
 That same night. by the wayside. Ouabba md his external revenue collector. the monkey. Clarence camped beneath a tree. gain Quabba showed his companion the iamond from the sky and again he said O the monkey: We rich men now. 'larence" Then he placed 1t in his breast nd the monkey snuggled close to him, and hey fell asleep and had such dreams nan and monkey may.
 But in the dawn Clarence awoke and aimed the diamond without awaking his 1aster. and climbed the tree. at the long nd of his tether. to examine his find undis- urbed. But owl in the hollow above he lower branches annoyed Clarence. and rhen he felt the jerk of his string he stole n egg from the owls nest and left the