The Springdale news., 1915-10-29
The Diamond From the Sky By ROY L. MCCARDELI
 Copyright, 1915, by Roy L. MccardelI
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
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! feud has existed between Colonel Ar thar stanley and his cousin. Judge Lamar stanley, over an heirloom. the diamond from the sky. found in fallen meteor b. an ancestor Also the succession t9 tho stanley earldom in England maE come t1i an American. When Il daughter k born to the colonel and the mother dles. tHa aoIonel buys a gypsy boy and substitutes aim. Three years later the gypzg mnther having had no part in this bargain, stea The girl. being reared in secret, and leave her son undetected as the heir. The ggp- sx has obtained possession of the aiamoud from the sky. and a document With the Stanley secret. When EstGef k grown l bf-==tfful young girl, Hagag.= =aoe4 ezzfs7#= eIts4- returus to Virginia WIttt h.t pr I.e.Ztle late Colonel Stantess lfzeut. 4da#ats5 Esther but demands that fids41 fufa a#eg 10 him tho diamond from ths sk AHtt4ur Stanley, son or Hasar. faits in bye with Esther and 80 does h.5 com pa oa and cousin. Blair StauHHz rightfu ma -. Heif of Stanley In stealing the dits mod Blair eauses the deata of the doc tot aa3 ties l3ter t1 put tz44 bI4i14= us Artfalr who takes the diaWeH1 f6lta him
 Inc #sss5-iaH attcIruts ta ta}>e Aftaza iH4a s4sla5lz. Gat Hr cfsdes lis EaIs,zis#= J zsd Hoifzs tl.tsae. NI4o tevctfs sfefz9sz st#8 lIi5fsti1z Jat7 for ide ~Id Hfs ss5sf Z iti A il& A.tt 'ts4 sf#tlt#Hi 4s# .tt#tl mod At a ball, at which 4 saHe#z.4 <eW 1o1k baiie. Vivian austoa. is tae guest of honor. Arthaf aHi Hi4iE iitd the diamond on te visitor. She an stgea= l1zaess who has borrowed 5f.
 Luke Lowell. HaSars EzpS= E4atd seals the diamond. and to avoid detection drops Il into 4 mall box Arthur lsases Richmond and goes to tie ese=t. tte di=t fnona passes tnto mat hass flesed att hV Qnabba. organ si8nder. eaabha ; monkey steals tie diamofd H4sn takes Esther to Stanley han
 Tom Blake. detective CT gl 8n5ad @aa K hsed by lla2a1 produces finger pfiuts eouvictiug Bilil Hasaf proposes saIeaee to Mrs. Stauie} t5ts price of tfas4f's and Esthers < being received ia tairfax society. EIalr stzll1e- flown la gar and steals the finger prints. leaving the gypsy demented 1He 1tamond ls found b a negro boy and x taken h5 t tf4F1p The latter Is tnuate#e1 b. Huns f5i= 1t is stolen just as | 9.utT. af;lE part entefs Hung Lis den HagH is aBa.a with Esther among tie 1sfes Mama aake Sm8the. lawyer. h#r5ss= tp aaaaanee Arthur Is heir tu tEs dzaeaseA Earl af Stanley Learning ArtHus is | fugitive la seeks Blair instead To Mn NtxtaH. Bar steals tie diamond. later maffffHs her aaA leaving for the west FHef tH9ia Y Habbed. NiVian losing tine diamond. winch slain train robber tlrops tu tife deheft the $lo0.ej0 he stole is found b5 Arthur. noa hnoVsn as John Pow al zlaeep hendef Vivian deserts Blair. tcilias nm He must regain the diamond fof hef T=gse Lowell driven from the camp after banning IEa 1aI5s secret. leaves t5 sock Btait ffaGat IS under treatment Hud fst.er is h Richmond soctetv. protree of Mls. Stan Ies. %h0 suspects her fcal H.ttae, and oi Nls Randolph. Ale Bloom. gambler. @ ha knows BlaH $ guilt. eoNets the diamond aHd eails it the price ot his seeree9. Elaif wFi hot l}aten tp isofetf. and Arthur a3sa insists on his siiehc" Blair returns Richmond and, iustieated bv his mother pays uHe eieome court to Esther. Mrs stanieN asserting ANian had been mafrted before '!he diAmOnd k p'c&ed up lay au Indian woman. Dr Lee AFthur learns. died of heart disease Becoming very rife he bays StaH'ey han sold df auction though Blakr, and also provides for Ha s9t and has moHe left secretly iH F. tdet < room Luke Lowell hu4s the dta. moad from the s4u4N hgt ieees it h a light on santa Barbala has. tae gem szlIa ing Al the auction SniAthe bna ! ma4nt .d deer head Vivian. desiring aid te t#f= shire Arthur sends fog Btatr
 Esther and Quabha. slee Glais Go te ihe California mines to stes Arthur. Elatr t9 ieaea the whereabouts ef tHe d{3#ah# Tor ! ipian SmVthc iS seHt Nest bA Blake Lowell repairs tie coach in Rtl i Esther and Smythe ride Quahha catches < lish "4th the diamond iu lis Efiz hut | pett= eah beaAs off the gem
 The coach rolls down the iHe4Htain. bHt Esther and the lawyer esllpa uuhurt MeaHw nile Quabh, returus a3sa he and Esther elude Luke ana Eia5l# b going thfoush q tunnel and explalI I blast Vivian MarstOp Is rescued frafa drown =t% bY John Powell who falls fs f5tr eft5t her Narmnduke SHB tHe .t#tafs 4 frog and finds the dlaroud