The Springdale news., 1915-09-03
Applies the Barrel Slave to the Bent
 Over Negro Lad.

whispered AHd Blair, much as he had longcd for the ba1eful jewel himself. now louged more Tor this womai9
 T shall never rest till l eet=it for you,' he replied ferccIy And he would have kissed her tp seat theron tract, but sle drew herself from his arms aHd=Iie=a =aiitsss-tllat Ter e4ft.sses were outs =ta =EIe purchased z=tHe= =5iia maHd 6e tiHe=P PlIee of the a5#aead lives, souls ef=h9aof
 But the luxurious aHa vi5aeiaas if= iaI was .f fifsf=5ii=.5l=a person. sIze=aiia not depend upon the romantic. fl dee Pcratr. efforts ot a t9fef atunt. to secure for her the ststr af her desire.
 She corsaltesl the businesslil,e and equally eager brothers Bloom To Che gape moHtAeI Abraham and Isaac zHe contided the romantic story If tAp aia- mond and the confirmation of its great intrinsic value, which sine had learned from Blair Stanley and others W4i4e =il FairfaX
 "'rhc diamond From the sky. as they call il, disappeared iu KichmeHd t7ru from y0ur Heeh by the hands If au uHscrh thief. the nI-At ol Nrs i,au dolph's balI," said Abc Bloom the eam tIer The chances are hundred to one it is still hidden ill this town Whoever stole il will want money OH it That's reasonable enough to as= sumc II will turn mp.
 "It itlI enough to make q man fut q thine ill Aith WiHdoYth thayins IIieh- eth Pritheth Paid For Big Diamonath and No Qnestionths Athked. remark eel Mir Ike Bloom. who liSped when he was excited and excited he WAS when he heard the romantic history of thc diamond from the sky and itS price But especially did its price excite him.
 1t shaut fhtip through my haudth again if aef hold of it. he added. II wouldn't Icnt it to the queen of Thpain.@ And as hc said this he gave h- brothers lady friend from New York as he called her. q meaning glance
 Let hysones be hysones, Abe Bloom suarIed It his brother sN.i didn't lose il OH purpose have tele= l phoned for Tom Blake, whom eou- sidcr the SmarteSt detective iu this i country He does what you pay him to do and keeps his month shut If the diamond k in Richmond Blake will find it.''
 In few moments the suave and ret icent Mr. Blake arrived. Placed in pos session of all the facts the Blooms and l Vivian could give him, he remarked that he would do his best and the first and last meeting If the syndicate to find the diamond from the sky broke up and the detective departed
 He was followed shortly afterward by Miss MarSt0n of New York. whose Richmond society friends would have been shocked beyond expression did they know she paid all occasional SC eret visit t. the establishment If Abe Bloom
 Meanwhile where is the diamond from the sky: II k not pearl to ba east before swine, nor iS it fatfi ta remain the tinsel plaything of T negro lad who is l herder Of swine
 In the frayed and dirty dress suit all the dirtier for is jail stains. Mir Strap McGee makes across country cursing his luck He pauses by pie pen to play grim and intensely pr; :. tical joke a I negro boy bent oveI the sty \ Strap McGee picks up a barrel stavc and applies il to the per son of the bent over negro lad
 Then Mir McGee notes the boy. in sudden pain and fright, has dropped kome baubIe plaything into the swili of