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Arizona republican., 1915-07-18

terical Vivicn Marston. listening to her broken stor- of beinzs stranglcd and robbed by two strong hands belonging to un- soon hug in thc twinklinS of an eye.
 On the doorstep the frightened nrrky blew the police whistle again and again.
 One policeman who had been the DOT tols for some time. but had sauntered away to give an eve to his beat. heard turning with rapid footsteps in the dark. Far of. in the other direction. another po- Hceman could be heard rapidly approach ing and sounding his night stick the sidewalk as he came.
 Luke the elcam of brass buttons under a gas lamp not hundred yards away; he turned. his booty clasped in his strong. bronzcd right hand to flee in the opposite direction. But coming in this di- rcction was the ether accursed policeman. making the night hidcous with the pound ing of his club on tho pavement. Luke realized he was trapped. To throw the dla- n nd into the street mi rht mean its find- ing and his subsequent conviction for it's theft. His hand struck something cold. It YVES iron nail box on a lamp past. Be heath inc lamp post was a circle of shade that masked his action. Quick thought h. dropped the jewel with its locl,ct and chain into the mail box and ran toward the policeman pounding the sidewalk cry tr-- o~c.t,dlr: He crossed over here and went through that hedge and lawn"
 co O. no. h" didn't" said the pulling police- man. giving tLe sinister looking Luke glance of quick suspicion. He ran right into my arms. l got him. Brady" he added to the other policeman. who now drew near
 Together they hGled the protesting Luke to the portals of the Randolph mansion on the front street. and they dragged him in among the excited rucsts of the ball
 Here Luke told his story wi:h many hement osseveratiors as to his own honesty. IIc said he had strollcd to the corner Of the house from the front doorstep. and had been astounded to see q tall. dark man leap from the ground floor balcony of a side window. dart across the street and through a hedge and across the lawn on the oppo- site side. and disappear in the dark He was making after this fleeing marauder when the policemen grabbed him. he added sullenly.
 HaSar vouchcd for her man and Luke in sisted on being searched. This being only fair. the search was made and the missing jewel not found. But the police in sisted on holding the gypsy and he being led away when. as fate would have it. even greater contretcmps to occur. an even more unenviable notorlety to attend Richmond's most fashion able function. Mrs. Burton Randolph's an nual ball
 Sheriff Sam Swain of Fairfax appeared in the doorway. accompanied by Detective Tom Blake.
 T want Arthur Stanley over there for the murder of pr. Henry Lee of Fairfax" cried the sheriff.
 The face of Blair Stanley blanched. "Re- member your promise. Arthur" he whis-
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N( sE S2zES9SsZSE iEz'2EE

to speak. She realized that it were better that Arthur escape if he could. even under the onus of unjust suspicion.
 One of the policemen released his hold on Luke Lowell and came to the aid of the sheriff. Arthur fought like madman and the struggle surged from the ballroom the hall and out down the steps to the side walk. Arthur was slowly but surely over powered when Hagar. who hovered near the fighting men. plucked Detective Blake by the sleeve and gave him a significant sign. Such was the mastery of that look and sign that the detective relaxed his eff forts in aiding his more official brethren of the law.
 Arthur wrenched himself loose and fellec the sheriff and the policeman. broke through the ring of cabmen and funkIes. and was gone!
 Hagar now realized she should have taken Blake more into her confidence. for all the the private detective knew his client had been seeking Arthur Stanley with no god intentions to the fugitive. So when later on the same day he had located Artkp- with Blair he had given the same infor- nation as to where Arthur might be found that night to Sheriff sam Swain. freshly arrived from Fairfax.
 Down the street. the quiet. deserted resi- dence street of Richmond's fashionable res idential neigh Sorhood. fled Arthur. Behind him the sound of the police whistles and >the pursuit grew fainter. Arthur. in splen- dfd physical trim and spurred by excite ment ran like a deer. He slipped down obscure alley. crossed by the backs of a half score of mansions. and found himself in a mean street that led down to the railroad tracks. The pursuit was left far behind or else it had gone off in false scent in other direction.
 Arthur slacl1ened his pace and regained his breath He looked down at himself and that he was in evening attire. True in the srrucC-le clothes had received some rough handling. His dress coat torn under the sleeve and his low cut waistcoat Tapped apart bereft of it's but tons And Arthur gave little laugh he saw his shadow under a dim street lamp and realized that despite the strenuous counter through which he had just passed his silk hat somewhat rufled and battered. examination proved. still upon his head.
 How will ever escape in these togs?" he said to himself ruefuny. They'll have my description broadcast in an hour" Yet
Arizona republican., 1915-07-18

the jolting. creat,ue brake beam. Cramped and bruised from the position in which he lay on his narrow. perilous perch above the grinding wheels a dreadful impulse seized upon Arthur to let go his straining grasp and end the now ftful fever of his life be- heath the clanking wheels that ground and groaned beneath him.
 What he after all but n living false- hood and cheat? Not Stanley of Stan ley hall spending with free hand be- came a reckless gentleman. but a gypsy impostor, a cheat. wasting substance that W as not his! A fugitive from justice rnd a bankrupt-believed by all who had known
Arizona republican., 1915-07-18

route 90 the postoffice hour later. His worl~ Is through and he stops in to see his frien2. the sergeant at police headquarters. to learn what the row was all about that caused such commotion and evidently put a crimp in the swell ball given by that grande dame of Richmond. Mrs. R. Burton . Randolph.
 Meanwhile the sorting tables at the postoffice the local collections being dumped from the mail bags. Th- clerk looses the drawstrings and holds the bags up from their bottom corners and shakes out the mail with delft and practiced rapid ity. On the floor the emptied mail bags
Arizona republican., 1915-07-18
LUXE lN5loTED,ONBEINe-eFARCHED

him to be the murderer of a kind and gem tie old who had never harmed him. but on the contrary had been his friend and had been one of the agencies by which he. q hedge born gypsy. had been reared in mansion under a high name never his.
 The glamour of his seIf-sac ri ice in shield ing Blair and thus making himself a vol uptary murder suspect passed from Arthur. He saw now that in saving Blair he he'd only done to save himself from the open shame and humiliation that would come to him when the searching inquiries of rnuI- der trial with the evidence that Hagar possessed-evidence he felt she would produce to save the life of her son-would result in his acquttal of murder but would leave him stripped of the peacock feathers of the Stanley heritage that he. the gypsy jackdaw. had worn so long.
 He saw in the dust and darkness the baleful gleam of the diamond from the sky. He saw the accusing fierce gaze of his gypsy mother and then. like 5enediction and a saving grace, he saw. in the dust and gloom. the sweet face and the sad. wistfui eye of Esther! He Erasped the cold iron rod stanchly now. Let destiny deal him what 1t might he would stand the buff fets and fight on for Esther's sake!
 And what of the diamond from the slyf
 Torn from the fair throat of Vivian Mar ston. it lies in mail box. with no light to
 
 sifed. With letters and packages and newspapers folded tight lies the diamond from the sky without stamp to make it mail of any class
 Then comes the busy mail collector. with his mail collecting car. There is some ex- citement al the Randolph mansion close by. Police whistles blowing and thunder ing fight is going on the sidewalk.
 But Bob Adams is of Uncle Sam's mail men. Way for the '. S- mail. which has no time to stop for police police wh's- ties, shindies the street. But it at tracts his attention, as do some hurrying passers by. and he opens the mail box and mechanically draGs It's contents into the open maw of the drawstrinE regulation canvas mail bag. Into the sack. while Bob Adams. mail man. looks with averted head toward the tolerant scrap" goes the mail from box 413. and with it goes the diamond from the sky.
 Bob Adams gets back from his collection
Arizona republican., 1915-07-18
ICopyright: 1915. By Roy L. McCardellI
 CHAPTER "

"FOR THE SAKE OF A FALSE FRIEND AGAR'S hands almost touched the
 diamond from the sky as she
 | cIutched at It over the shoulder of Vivian Marston it disappeared
 through the velvet window curtains clinched in a strong. dark fist
 As for Vivian Marston. she caught her breath with a great gulping sob. and then she shrieked in wild alarm and pain. for the hands that had so nysteriousIy throt- tied her fair neck and snatched from her breast the great borrowed jewel had been gentle ones.
 In an instant the ballroom was in an uprOar. and a frightened nunky had run at the first wild report there had been jewel robbery to the front doorway and had blown three long. fright quaverng blasts upon police whistle.
 Outside the Randolph mansion Luke Lowell was scuttlinC through the darkness with the diamond from the sky
 Idling the outside and waiting for his mistress. Hagar. the gypsy queen. and Esther. Luke had glanced through the low window only to have his gaze fall upon the blazing jewel
 Never overscrupuIous. he always remem- bered the whispered gypsy gossip tiat Matt Harding. the dead husband of HaEar. had made his fortune. now possessed by Hagar. by some bold coup among the wealthy gen tie folks. coup of great daring. but one the exact way and why of (Which no living gypsy now. save Hasar knew.
 But here. thought the desperate Luke. was his chance for fortune. He quick to follow the evil impulse. The deed was easy. and he. another poor gypsy. had a fortune in his grasp. perhaps by such a chance as the dead Matt Harding had taken advantage of.
 H.. gained the street with the wild idea to hide the diamond in the first safe nook O n 6 as he could to bear the brunt of suspicion and of search.
 Inside the ballroom all was confusion and alarm; women screamed and fainted. and the men, foremost among them Ar thur and Blair. soon surrounded the hys-
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AT SUNSET HeoOD LOOMING YOUNG TpAp STOPPED N7HE DOOD 5 t

pcred. |" You cannot go to the gallows for You must tell the truth if yoI tried. But you save me if you escape"
 Arthur nodded and broke loose from the grasp Of Sheriff Swain. Blair fought best he could to aid his supposed cousin
 but his hvstcrical relative. the cha Grined Mrs. Randolph threw her arms wildly about him and held and ham, pered him as she shrieked They will kill ycu. Blair" that he could do but little
 Then. too. Vivian Marston added her efforts to restrain him. It was no time for Hagar
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he did not falter for all that. but hurried on in the night through the deserted streets, and in some fifteen minutes brisk walk found himself by rare good luck. in the railroad yards and by a long freight train. just slowly moving out.
 With reckless haste he threw himself under freight car and drew himself upon the brake beam
 His head ached from the noise and the reaction of all he had passed through in the crowded hour at Mrs. Randolph's hall Every kc..c = hi- L-.-.- d.. = h. ,, -~ =.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07
STATE MGCCGBEES ARE HERE
Big Gathering from Iowa and Ne
braska for Seventh ouadren.
NAL Convention.
GERM Is SENT TO NATIONAL

The seventh uuadrcnnial convention Of
tho Maccabees Of Nebraska opcned yes
tcrday al tho Rome hotel tSate Com
mender Willis Rowcllff OF Lincoln pre-.
siding
pr, L. r. sisler OF Detroit supreme
record keeper. and A. I. lee OF Des
Moines, deputy supreme commander for
Nebraska and Iowa, were among those
present
Thomas ~ Germ ~ Omaha was elected
delegate to the national convention TO
be held In San Francisco In May
Tho delegates were entertained by the
Commercial club at noon luncheon.
Congressman G. O. l.obcck presided
Charles Black delivered the address Of
welcome and F.. J. Anderson OF Lincoln
responded
Last night at the Swedish auditorium
sixteenth and Chicago streets, class OF
slXty-five was initiated, the omaha team
putting on tho work. Or Sisler delivered
the address.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07
Pullman Conductor
Says Men Are Fired
for Joining Union

CHICAGO, April Naturalization OF tho
wages and working conditions OF the
Pullman company conduct, 4 aud porters
was continued by the United states COM
mission on industrial relations today. r.
w, Bell. secretary of tho Federation of
Pullman Conductors and Porters, who
resumed the stand. was unable to esti-
mate the average income in tips Of por-
tsrs, Speaking OF expenses OF porters
and conductors he said;
''Pcrters and conductors mug. tito the
dining car walters or they will get the
worst Of It."
The salaries Of conductors. rangiEA
from so TO SIS. he said. are relieved OF
some strain by free rooms at certain
hotels. which hotels they recommend 70
passengers who inquire on the subject.
Mr.. Bell said that he was formerly a
conductor. but was dismissed because OF
his activity in trying to unionize the en-
plcyes OF the company,
Commissioner John n. Lehman OF I'LL
nois and Austin b. Garretson Of Iowa
were present today.
Mr.. Bell, questioned by Chairman
Walsh. said that the effort 20 unioniEe
alse employees originated among the men
and not with outside agitators,
I'VE worked under cover as long as
we did" he said. but about as fast as
The men signed up they were dismissed.
and the list did not progress. I and two
other organizers were discharged. The
men grew tinid and told us they would
not care 90 join a union until the union
Gas strong enough TO protect them"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07
Light Bill Unjust,
Declares Kennedy
At Woman's Club

J A. G. kennedy addressed the current
topics department OF the Omaha womans
club. Tuesday afternoon, on the cssctric
light bill now IN the hands Of the gov
ernor. Mr. Kennedy pointed out injus-
tees which, he said. would be heaped
upon tho electric light company II the
bin went into effect When he had left
k. Beccher Howell. who was listener
was asked TO present his side Of the
question by member Of the club
III the city wants 10 go into the cleo
trio light business. II ought To acquire
the present plant" added Mr. Kennedy
Common decency requires that the city
shall not engage in competition with n
company to which II has granted a fran
chise II light rates are too high. the
city has the power TO reduce them.
think the rates are too high. but the
people have never risen up and demanded
n lower rate"
The speaker predicted the ultimate cx-
termination of the light company IL the
Cityfshould enter the light business.
Mr.. Howell retuted the arguments ad-
vanccd by the first speaker He cited
the early history Of the electric light
company. which. he said. wished now to
maintain a monopoly after having itself
wiped another company out OF existen
In early DAYS.
Mr. Howell gave instances of cheaper
light rates in other cities. and told of
what he said had been accomplished by
municipal control OF the water works.
lie was interrupted by the leader OF the
Department. Mrs NJ. J. Creigh, who
pleaded lack OF time.
Mrs Creigh was unanimously reelected
leader Of the department; Mrs. Edgar
Allen, first assistant leader; Mrs. A. r.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07
THIS SUTHERLAND MAN
WOULD DIE FOR FLAG

The Neptunian ardOr Of c.. w. Ander-
son IL aroused by the new naval reserve
rule providing special Inducements for
former navy men 10 re-enlist, and he
writes from Sutherland, Neb., to Lieu
tenant Upton Of tho local recruiting sta
tion to prefer his services II Uncle Sam
has need OF Thorn.
The unrest throughout the nations is
also partly responsible for Mr.. Ander-
sons rally to the coloes and he bids de-
fiance TO the whole crew Of them. III
the foreigners get CAV l am willing to
help hand them a batch" he says.
He enlisted April /. 1907 and was dis
charged at San Diego Cal. March 81, 1911.
In closing his letter he sends best re-
CARDS 70 Old Glory" He has been thanked
for his offer. but notified that his ser
vices will not be needed just at present
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07
Madame DePage to
Be Here Thursday

Madame Depage. who Is expected TO
arrive In Omaha on Thursday, has been
reeeived with great enthusiasm in Cali
tornia ami the west. where the earnest
hess OF her appeal has won the support
~ many. The Denver papers also speak
Of her success IN that city.
Madame Depage received recently the
following letter from the queen Of Bel
GUM;
February q. isi5.-My Dear Madame
DepaEe: Your departure for America was
decided 80 suddenly that ! feel that |
have not told you sufficiently how, decrh
wish your effort 10 Be suCCet sful,
You know, and Dr. DepagC knows. too.
how intensely I am interested la the Bel
slsn hea SIes,' OF which am She y hUii
can be indifferent % me.
The activity which the Belgian Red
Cross has shown IN these sorroWtul tunes
has made an It's efforts moro appealing
and ! wish you o. know that | am fol-
iowing YOU with al ms heart
AnerisA has already deserved AZ our
bat 90 the wants 81 the ci,iIian D pulatiou
are added TIE needs - the wounded
u Is for Them you arc working. AMI
sss ss 5s sS a., that ws sh,i s9sn hs ~,
ErAtituds ~ oWc ths United statss
am seneips Yon. - d.ar MADAME
Depase. M k,n.'est rrmetncrances. my
sincere hopes Tor Uur suc.Fss and INV
best wishes for lo8r hapl., ,si,-'' ls,.,ss
ELIZABETH
Madame ptpaEe ls 90 srsak before a
iarEe numhsr Of women al thr home ~
Mra. A Jonas On rhuTsfay aftrrnoou and
MI BE- heard pubiiciy ou rhursdav eve
ninE AZ : ociock in thc ban ruoua q ths
HoIne hotel
AZ the BaToss % Maslams DsPAgs'i
NAT 10 Omaha - for aid Ger ths iisiEiaH
HI Cross. "a those Interested are cgr
aiaIiy inFited
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07


Most Of the players who viii be seen
In me support Of Miss Marie Tempest
VINO makes her first appearance In omaha
touIEht az the RrunuVts theatcr. i'm THE
Marriage OF Kitty, have been members
of this stars London COMPANY Cor a mum
her Ci years. For example. W Graham
Browne her leading man, Is now fulfilling
his seventh consecutive season with Miss
Tempest. MIR Browne first visited
America with Olga Ncthersoc who was
thtn playing The Termagant,' and The
S Srocao M ass, mmgaery In I'VE Nh NJ
the role of Thibauet In Henri Bern
stein's Israel Then he Joined Miss
Tempest here for Caste and "A Thief
IN the Night and with this artist ap-
pearcd at the New thcatcr. New York. In
Vanity Fair
It's your own fault II YOU have not
heard Elizabeth Murray sing her char
aCter songs. At the Orpheum this week
she " one Of the stellar attractions She
wins more appreciation than any come
dienne seen ON the stage OF that theater
this season. The dramatic dancers Alice
Els and Bert French, contribute the
other headline act. The soap-hubble
cloudlhnd seen as the background for
their work offers cu1ously delicate
effect. harmonizing we'll with the airy
Eraccs and hghtness of the two excep-
tional dancers,
Each performance Of The Niger at
the Boyd Is bringing out with full force
the argument of the play on the great
problem the south has to contend with.
II Is discussed In highly Intelligent and
COMPREHENSIVE way. and the conclusion
reached is inevitable In addition. the
play carries an absorbing love story with
all the deep romance OF southern pas
sion. and the testing of strong man 6
seul ~ made the CruN OF the drama. The
regular Wednesday matinee this after
noon win probably see the house jammed
with the friends of Mr.. Lynch. who are
delighted TO see him back again.
Literally translated into English, the
namo Of tho lovable Persian poet of the
eleventh century, omar Khayyam, signl-
flies" Omar. the Tentmaker." and thus
we get the title OF the spectacular Persian
love play by Richard Walton Tully, which
returns to the Brandeis theater for four
days, commencing Sunday, April II, with
now being received for all performances.
Now that Lent is over. theater patrons
are flocklng to their favorite places OF
amusement and the popular Hayety is a
very busy place, not only owing to the
fact that Lent is over. but because this
weeks attraction is one of exceptional
merit The cast il headed by Abe Rey-
nolds and Florence Mills. two OF the
brightest lights In the burlesQue world,
and no expense has been spared to make
their support all that 1t should be. Ladies'
matinee daily.
| theater today and Thursday In Para
mount pictures of her latest Broadway
production, Pretty Mrs. Smith," a
| Morosco comedy OF three husbands The
| supporting company Is strong and in
cludes owen Moore.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07
PREFERS FIGHTING
TO BUYING HORSES
French Nobleman Thinks Little
Honor in Bartering for the
Nebraska Horse
TO RETURN TO PARIS SOON

Omaha had the honor Monday Of
entertaining member OF the French
nobility.
The Comte de Fontenilli. resident
Of Paris and an officer in the French
army, was registered at the Castle
hotel. He is making tour Of this
country buying horses for the armies
Of France.
Following the peculiar little
French script in which his name is
written on the hotel register are the
two letters. "Qt." evidently standing
for Quartermsster.
The count IL man Of middle size with
small. we'll kept. black moustachc and
sharp black eyes, lie wore grcy clothes
with black braid cdcs on the coat His
ehoes were Enthusiastically Of the awk-
ward French cut. shoes being the ono
stem Of apparel In winch America far
eNccls France or any other nation.
lie seemed rather 'pCcved" at his mis-
siou in this country.
II should he az tho front with NV rcgi-
rnent" he declared. scowling as though
he considered Il the reporters fault that
he was not. Yes. there should he
with my comrades, fighting for the glory
Of France, driving tho enemies OF my
dear country back across the border.
Fame and glory arc there to be found,
and perchance death on the field OF
honor.
only Buying Horses.
And instead Of this, what am | do
ing--I. the Como de FontenTlli7 I am
buying horsesr'
There was unfathomable contempt in
the counts tone. He threw Up the hand
which held hls cigarette. 4 plying smile
switched the corners Of his noustsche.
II met a peasant big horse dealer
perhaps. and say For these horsoe
so much and For these 80 much And
/ bargain like any woman OF the market
place. La, ls, what would my ancestors
say?
But still, the army must have horses.
] can look so at Il. ! am doing a thing
necessary for our success. just az II I
were In the trenches.
But dislike 10 think OF the time when
the war is perhaps over and friends viii
say. Monsieur. in what battles did YOU
participated and 1 shall have TO say
Monsieur. / was in no battles for my
country. was In America buying
horses
"Eh. bien. I talk too much act back
again to Paris the first OF July, Then
hope 70 be sent to the front I ain dis
patch 10 America because I talk English
so we'll and am acquainted with this
country"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07

Therefore the question remains unen-
swctcd
NJ Dundee. Ia. recently. the doctor mot
with an unfortunate experience, beins
outwittcd by Mr.. and Mrs. o. " Davis.
Walton left his treatment for deafness
with MFR. Davis, and later. returned Go
collect so for a months use OF H.
lie asserted that the treatment had
caused much Improvement In Mr. Davis
condition. whereupon MIR. and Mrs. Davis
informed him that not a drop Of his
medicine" had been used. The doctor
left hurricdly.
This ruse rendered further work at
Dundee extremely Improbable for Wal