The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-01-07

| the day she nal ilftt bchclu II, hhlu
nothing more, but BIT her lip ind cllnch.
ed her hands until the nails marked
her palms. She was impatient TO reach
Mrs. Randolph's house and be alone
with her desire for the diamond.
Arriving there. she turned her tottcr-
Ing friend over 10 the mlnlstrntions OF
her maid and dew TO her bedroom. She
donned a pelgnolr. stood BY the win
dow and looked out ucroas the sleeping
city. II was after midnight now. Who
would get the diamondl
There had been no use to further dis
euss tho diamond with her silly hos
tess. Tho diamond from the sky was
a Jewel 10 DO worn by women who
dared aspiro to II, gem TO be wrested
from tho weak by men who cared for
no consequence except to gain IL
Who would gain It nowi II Blake
got II as agent OF Abe Bloom and his
brother, the pawnbroker, would she DO
able to cajolo Il from these astute
Hebrewsi She doubted this. But II
Blair stanley got II, Vivian know It
would be hers without dispute.
Cunning as Detective Blake was and
as astutc as were the Blooms, Vivian
Mhnton felt supremo confidence 10
tho daring INSCRIPTIONS determination
OF Blair Stanley TO get the stone to
gain her love.
Tho diamond from the sky, crime
stained as II was, had never been sui.
lied by the hands OF traders. Since the
day, according to It's legend, Il had fab
len TO earth In a meteor and had been
gained by the first Arthur Stanley, gen
tlemnn adyonturcr of colonial Virginia.
three hundred years agonc, II had never
been chcapcncd or debnsed by being IN
the hands Of little men who bought
aud sold It's cleaning glory and ap
praised It at price.
u had no price; Il was Jewel to
ndorn beauty at the hands OF daring.
This beautiful woman OF bold heart
did well to rely on the desperate young
man who had reached up from the
knees u murder already for the dla
mond from the sky. Now further In
cited by his lnfatuatlon for her, she
know he would not fail
After Blake and he had sent Mrs
Randolph md Vivian Marston home.
Blake had sought telephone and notl.
fod Abe bloom that the diamond from
tho sky was on the neck OF the Chinese
idol Then II was that Blair Stanley
had stolen away and had seized the
diamond by swift and daring action In
climbing the fire escape at tho hack
Of the den. smashing the window aud
snatchlng the diamond.
We have seen how the frcnzlcd Chi
ncso tong lender, Hung II, had. in at.
tempting to main 'hc dcspollcr. sever
ed the neck Of the idol and cut down
the swinging lamp before the idol Just
when the detective, Abe and Ike
Bloom. supplemented by the English
lawyer, smythe, had arrived on the
scene.
In a shed by the Chinese den Blair,
in his quick exploration and approach,
had stumbled upon motorcycle. In
the excitement that followed the nre
he had dropped from the last iron lad
der NJ the back Of the den and had
whlrled away through back alleys and
streets TO where he knew Vivian Mar
aton would wait awake for him and
the diamond
Hc had the diamond and he would
have herr ile felt the great gem and
the luxurious woman were worth all
be would dare for both. and that was
much
Arriving beside the Randolph man
sion long after midnight, he saw the
light cleaning from Viylan's window
toward which wistnria clambcrcd