Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-05

Powell and Homer Graydon as they
eagerly bid tor the bauble that had
! been a taiisnlan Of death.
Eighty thousand l am bid by Mr..
Pcweil.' chalfed the auctioneer.
Come. IA Mr.. Graydon. Do mol
let superstition stop YOU. The lion
would have killed the lady and the
jealous husband would have killed Sam
Santley eve had this diamond not ne
ured in the cas- perhaps. All great
diamonds have their dramatic history
Remember the koliLvOr and Orion dia
MoIrd>- This diamond may De a lucky
stone for all We know despite what has
happened"
Arthur knew better. Blair Knew bet
ter. and 50 did Vivian and the English
lawyer. Smytbe- So did Dnrand. the
international diamond thief and swim
der. IA so did his accompiice and
jackal. the dapper Count de Iaux. But
Homer G~raydon only knew thai vivian
Narston'S favor IL, eIded on the dia-
mond-
"F~igLty-rye Thousand dollars" he
FRIED: then he gulped and grew ashen
pale again. To raise $500 cash Ia
pay for this baubie 10 rive a woman
would be his ruin.
~Ninety thousand" cried John Pow
ell.
Homer Graydon gave the auctioneer
a negative Jerk az the head IN reply to
his inquiring gaze
Ninety thousand. Ninety thousand.
Are you all done: Ninety ihuuSand.
once, Ninety thousand. twice. Ninety
thousand. Tor the last time" lie paus-
ed. Coin. going. gone, Sold to Afr.
John Powell FOR S:sicooi"
Arthur s-rihLlcd a check n the
crowd buzzed aud ~waycd around him.
Vivian gave a hvSicrical laugh and
clutched Arthur IN the arm as the auc-
the sky. Tlicn - the purchaser and
his little cntrrie ~ friends passed
through the di~rcrSin. crowd Vivian
looked Homer Grardon IN the face de-
liherafeiy ami fnrurd her back upon
him
ln her room ut her modest hotel Es-
her dei'ated ncTvoucly with herself.
The rtnk injustice done Luke. who
hal been gaiirnadcd 10 prison Ivy the in
iiucnce IL Blair Stanley and Frank
burand while Arthur had never inter
fercl Ina L. icr more bitter than she
hal been. ~ the strange attitude Ar
thur had taken toward her since his
ecovcry from his Injuries. I;umors
that lis mimi! was affected a. a result
~ lis hurts were rife in Los Angeles.
where those who had formerly called
him "tle golden man" now designated
Arthur a. John Powell. the mad mil
lionairc.
For herself She would never again
intrnde upon Arthur. surrounded as he
was by sycDghants and parasites who
worked him evil Hut for Luke Lowell.
doue a -rcat Injustice. she would make
4 last appeal before she returned to
Richmond AID iiaaar The remorse
ana coutritiDn % Luke that lie had
ever been di,l0yal a. her ana Hagar.
Esther tCit lruuine she determined
10 take the English lawyer Smythe into
Ter confidence. aId found occasion ID
send puabba Z" SIuythr with a mes
sa-es
Lawyer Smyihc WAS also preparing
Ia leave Los .AnSc.e~. lie had shipped
his p~rccioils deer head by express with
much mis-if.nr ana forehoding of
harm Detailing It ere il reached his
dearly beloved in.land. where he was
shortly - follow. Like Esther. the CO.
centric hnt loyal ENGLISH law or was
becoming discouraged aHd t.elEu al al
the pnz1iimg cuHduct ~ tie American
heir, Y fugitive nom justice ID Nir
gin..t. iloifIisLing under thu name Of
John Powell. Il thousand leagues from.
Stanley hail. Virginia
Il confess i, II un enigma 20 me" III
explained 10 Esther "Of course. Blair