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gur's strong Boa. Lake Lowell realized
NJ last the Nourse of the dead Matt
Ilardlns's gyii-s wealth that now was
. lInrar's. aud which since llngars sud
den niillciion no one knew the hiding
place Of.
one thing Lowell felt sure Of was
that this wealth had not decreased
under llngars stewardship while sane.
wherever the treasure was Il was not
IN llagars hrnss bound chest only
documents we're In that chest, but they
were treasures Of themselves.
For one Of these Old papers especial
~ had set forth plainly the fact that
Harnr's long dead husband, the
greedy Matt Harding. had trnillckcd
with the great folks OF Fairfax In his
own flesh and blood. Here was % for
tune to be- obtained by himself. MS Il
had been obtained by Matt Harding.
Luke Lowell thought And be- llmped
away unseen from the destroyed
gypsy camp mud irudrcd rcsoluicly to
Fnlrfnx. some eight or ten miles away
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-01-14
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS.

A fcnd has existed between Colonel Ar
thur Stanley and hla cousin, Judge Lamar
Stanley. over mn heirloom. tho diamond
from the sky. found In % fallen meteor hY
an ancestor AlHn. The succession 10 the
Stanley e1fiom IN ENGLAND may come 10
an American. when d daughter IL born
10 thN colonel and the mother dies The
colonel buys "a i1fey boy and substitutes
him Three yeats later iht gypsy mnthcr
having had no part In This BARGAIN, steals
the rlrl. being reared ln secret and leaves
her son undoteciod as tho heir Tho gyp.
~ has obtained possession NJ the diamond
from tho rky. and document with the
Stanley secret when Esther is grown n
beautiful young rlf ilngur now gypsy
queen. returns 90 Virginia with her d.
Ice. the late Colonel stnnieY'H friend,
adopts Esther but demands That ll1gnr
turn over 10 him tho diamond from the
ahy Arthur Stanley fun of lingnr falls
In love with Esther and no does hlH coin
panlon and cousin nlnlf Stanley fightful
male heir " Stanley In stealing the da-
mond iilalr causes the death n the doc
tor Outside IN Arthur norcnadlnr Esther
blair. escaping, infcra that he has loft
Efthcf'a room. Arthur forces him 90
nght duel In which Blair ia only
stunned He tries, with the MA NJ ha
mother, to place tho blame for tho mufder
N DR.. Lee upon Arthur who now has the
diamond Tho sheriff attempts to take
Arthur but no oludos his pursuera and
plna iiagar. who reveals hla Identity and
upbraldu him for his wild llfe Ncedng
money. he pawna tho diamond IN Rich
mond. blair 10 In Richmond and he. too.
Is forced 10 visit tho pawnahop ~ n ball,
nj which a supposed New York belle n
the guest Of honor. they are stunned to
md the diamond on tho visitor She Il
m adventures who has borrowed H.
While llagar Ia telling the bellies for
tune Luke Lowell. llaEnrs gypsy guard
steals tho diamond and TO avoid detection
drops Il into a mail box. a ahehn tries
TO arrest Arthur on tho murder charge
iIe escapes from Richmond on freight
train. The diamond passes into mail
has, picked ~ BY Qunhbn, organ grlndcr
Qunhba's monkey steals the diamond md
leaves II In nest In tree
Arthur seeks work nj farm llagnf
takes Esther to live at Stanley halt An
old time toufnamont n held Arthur at
tends In disguise. proves himself tho best
knight defeating nlnlr but IA betrayed
by the latter to tho ahetn, ny using
daring hofsomhnship Arthur escapes. Lat.
~ he leaves tho farm Tom blake de-
toctlvo hired by Iingar produces finger
prints proving blair guilty Of the death
~ Dr. Lee. iingar proposes silence to
Mrs. Stanley az tho price of llagar's and
Eathers being received in FalrfnN society
Hair strikes down ilarnr and steals tho
nnrorpuniH and money from Doe mother
Tho diamond la found hY ucrro boy and
81 taken by tramp rns latter ls muir
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Or soon inferred She also surmlsed
that II WIS FROM this source llagar had
obtained her proofs
In her present condition Ilngar was
uhllylous Of such matters now" The
only two. them In all the world who
knew were the detective aud the gam
bling house keeper
II WIS not necessary to enter into amy
detailed arrangements. Mr.. lloom was
senlontl1us and explicit.
you make good this bum check Of
your sons. he snld. and me and blake
won't say nothing or cause your son
any trouble Hut there's one thing else.
I've got to have thl. big stone which
you arsiocrats of Fairfax county call
the diamond from the sky My brother
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Ills ancctlonate four footed friend and
gallopod after the train. AT the top OF
the Grade the ambushed robbers halt
ed the express with an obstruction on
the track TOO great to be risked by the
engineer endeayorlng to pass through
H.
When Arthur arrived upon the scene
two robbers were In the express cat
and two were going through THE Pull
mans Another had compelled the fire
men TO unoouple the locomotive and
covering the engineer. had made hin
drive the detached machine up the
track some distance from the STANDING
train
Scarce knowing what he dld, Arthur
gallopcd by aud. mounting the engine
at the end Of the tender from hls
horses back. grappled with the lone
robbcr covering the engineer.
A desperate struggle followed by IN,
furnace door. Selling a large wrench
the engineer aimed blow at the rob
Der struggling with Arthur, but the
blow missed foe aud hit friend. and Ar
thur was stretched senseloss on the
Bring board The robber, with curse
jumpcd from the engine aud ran. re-
Joining his companions
In one of the pulmans Vivian Mars
ton, who was now Mrs. Blair Stanley
the two travelling as Mr. and Mrs
Guy pcyton' were among those hell
az pistols u0nt An cnvious woman
passenger to whom Vivian had showr
the diamond from the sky had betray
ed the fact she possessed H. Despite
her plondnss. calolcmcnis and ever
curses curses that were chorused 10y
the chngrincd Blnlr-thc ohuckllng rob
hers bore M the great gem with thcli
0thc" booty Laden with a sack oi
valunbos and, taking also 100000 e.
bank notes from the express mcssen
ger, thc robbers dccamped.
Within o. few hours the sheriff nnd
hs posse of deputies aud railroad de
tccilyes were hot on The trail unt
"John Powell" sheep herder, after be
Ing llonzcd few brief moments. wa,
back nt his lonely occupation
Vvlnn, dospolled Of the jewel foi
which She would have risked her soul
rcproaehcs herself and her ragini
bridegroom that they did not die elori
ously In defending H. In her bite
rage Vivian taunts blair hy telling him
she only married him to gain the dia
mond. aud. now that It Is gone. h,
must go and regain II or SEQ her n,
more.
In vain he protests She threatens Il
give him over to the police aud DESERT
him at Los Angeles and wires to All,
Bloom In Richmond telling Of the los
Of the diamond aud asking for funds
The deserted and raging Blair pawni
what possessions the train robberi
have lott him. aud under his assumed
name Of poyton hides In n mean hO
tel after writing to his relative. Mrs
Burton Randolph. TO intercedc for hin
with his mother.
Far on In the desert Businesses the
pursuit Of the posse after the trali
robbers Is hotly on. shot and tn,
rearmost saddle OF the fleeing outlaw
Is empty Hut as the outlaw falls III,
diamond from the sky that he has
clawed out from the sack OF valuable'
files from his now nerveless hand ant
lies glticrlng but unnotlced by clumT
Of cnctl as the posse thunders by.
Another shot goes home, and tho
foremost outlaw drops from his sad
die. Another shot aud his rlderles'
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~ you have any ssere, to sell take Il
10 some other markell"
There was no one nt Stanley hail to
pay him for keeping or telling the Stan
ley secret, but Luke Lowell knew
enough of the sianleys aud their fcuds
to realize his best market would be
with Blair stanlcy's mother n Arthur
Stanley. so called. was llngar.s son, u
gypsy chnngellng. then Blair Stanley
was the rcul heir to the Stanley earl
dom. to which. according TO the old
family tradition. the hclr was com
manded to carry the diamond from the
sky.
hut at the portals Of the home Of
Blair Stnnlcy's mother the proud. cold
widow would hold no traffic with the
sinister gypsy who clamorcd at her
threshold with secret to sell She or
dercd him to be gone and protested no
Interest In tho ware he limited he had
for sale.
Ellen Stanley was, In her austorc
way. ns unserupulous In her family am
bltion as even her husband, the grim.
cold Judge Lamar Stanley had been
nut she would hive mo trnfilc with such
as Luke Lowell She rcnllzed only too
well that once such a creature had her
In his power. even OBS q conhdnnt his
dominion would be. AK Is nlwnys the
domlpinn Of tho ienornnt. brutal and
intolenblc.
ga ui,ir,s m,t,,r dtsmi..od ,., elm
.rln,d .,r., in ,oii 1i.Jolp IN, vopil
t,r....f,.i.r,t.. mad ,,t Ala, ,i,tim of
tbo ,,.eti,ns u,., sh, mstlpr,lyely
rn,y' ,,.lI t,.i,v .rr os.,.i,ti,n
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m ,o,. t,,..op,. |.,.rof d., soil tnte %
Oh, so,,, .,tl,,r r,err,tr s,i1 tbo ,vllov
st,pi,, ,,pb .old b,pfenr "f-pire.
ron loa,e INV pr.ml.os tbis instant I
shon h,,o ,np orrost.d and committed
for ottcmptod hl,cl.mnri shout your
sccr,t from Tho bonsctons If you plrnsc
1 nm n,t roucorn,d"
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old Foes WIN Now Faces.

a FFLlCTED or be- was with his
~ deformlty. Qunhba, the bunch.
IA hack-hc Of the sunny face aud
happy hcart-was MS agile and
SNOWY MS the monkey Clarence. his
companion on his way through the
world. hut now the hunchback Is
neither sunny OF face nor happy OF
heart. A Wild trcmor Of fear, anxiety
and romorsc shakes him In an aguc Of
terror and confusion.
Sending the rocking stone. prlcd from
the perch where u had swayed for CEN
turtles, had only meant death for all be.
low. thought Quabbn.
Instead Of saving hls young and old
mistress and his gypsy friends from
the raid Of desperate tramps led by
Luke Lowell. Quabba now deemed that
he had destroyed those he had loved.
~ well rs their enemies.
But Ms he ran painting down the
mountain side Qunbba saw that some Of
the gypsies. warned by the clatter
and roar Of the landslide the massive.
bounding. looscned rocking stone had
stared. had lcd to safety.
lie saw some bali score OF gypsy men
and women toillng rapidly up the oppo-
site slopc Of the valley from the de
stroyed gypsy cnmp. Through the dust
that was settling In cloud over the
debris and rubale where the camp had
stood the straining eyes OF Quabha
could mark the ragged figures OF some
Of the nssaultlng tramps llmplng away
from The scene Of destruction. as boot.
less a. they had come.
Then as he ncnred the scene the an
rulshcd Quabba could mark that the
feeling rypsies had paused halfway up
The opposite slore md had ncrved
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horse drops dead In It's tracks AZ
this horse falls the treasure sack will
the banknotes falls half under the dy
Ing animal.
The bulk OF It's PROSTATE body mask
the treasure sack OF banknotes ant
hides It from view Of the posse thai
gallops almost over the dead horsei
hoofs as the pursuit Of the three sur
vivlng desperadoes goes on.
A month later John Powell. sheet
herder. Is sent to the desert TO find
strayed flock. Beneath the skeletou
NJ a buzzards' feast. a dead horse. b,
finds the stolen treasure. In a wilt
frenzy Of hysterical delight John Pow
ell remembers Monte Cristo," which
as the wild young master OF stanlei
hall, he had read with greedy eager
ness And so, like Edmond Dantes
he stands erect and cries In the burn
ing desert waste, ''The world Is miner
The diamond Is lying near. q
CLEANS In the sun on the desert sand
among nttlesnakes and cacti hm
John Powell. blinded With the TREASURE
that he Erasps from the bones "
moldering horse. secs Il not Ait
there Il lies, Whc will get It ncsff
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- NhN NNtAttf'NNhNHN "'h"' " ~
sDnch for bis rash deed TINT hnd
Worked such III when he had meant
but good. Quabba could see that Esther
aud llagdr were no, among the hys.
terical gypslcs returning TO the scene
OF destruction.
When Qunbba reached the heaps OF
stone and wreckagc that had been the
camp site be- found the gypsles already
gathered In group to where the van
OF llngar lay overturned and half
covered by a mass Of rocks aud earth.
Then his heart beat again with JOY
rs he heard the voice Of Esther tremu
lons. yet brave for all that, issue from
beneath the van. III you are friends.
save u.s." was Esthers cry. Strong
and willing hands tore nj the henped
up rock and rubblc. and strained and
lifted ut the van.
Soon the van was raised from over
the cavity Ms very oyerturnng had
made. There was Esther and Ia
gar. trembling but unhurt save for q
few minor scratches and bruises, but
In the bottom Of the cavity lay the
bulky form OF Luke Loycll. stark and
stlli
Kindly hands drew Ilagar and -
Their out aud Quahba fell nj their feet.
uttcrlng lncohcrcnt self accusations
mingled with equally incohcrcnt
thanksrlylngs A kindly hand threw
cont across the innnmate face aud
form Of the ryspy outlaw
Then comedy succeeded tragedy. The
shrlll. chattcrlng cries Of Clarence. tl,
monkey. were heard volclng his slmInnI
fright and Indignation from within tho
van
The mercur.nl gynslcs turned from
signs 10 laughter and even the wan
lips Of Esther were wrcathcd In oil
smile ns Qunhbn cried cXclicdly II am
coming. Clarence. my son" mud 20 say
ing he wtcnchcl open the shattered
window of the van aud the frightened
monkey lelnod Into his masters arms
and began chnttcrlng his thanks aud
JOY
The saving of gypsy lives was due to
the providcntlal fact that the onslaught
Of the mnmudlng trnmpi led by Lowell
had driven the rynsles from the danger
zone whore the avalanche Of stones
aud earth bud struck The camp
How many OF the invaders lay buried
beneath the settled landslide the phllo
sophlcll gypsles neither cared nor
sought 10 ascertain II was later found !
that Luke Lowell evidently had been
only stunned aud not Killed, Ms was At
first supposed For when the gynsles /
returned after making rude shelter
tents away from the rubble N the
landslide FOR Esther llagar aud thell
children and women folk no trace OF
Loyell could be found
lie had recovered consciousness, It |
was evident aud had stolen away |
fearful Of the vengeance Of his former
Rumnuy associates.
Qunbbn deemed II best TO Keep secret
The fact that be- had been the geulu'
Of the landslide II had been a fain
success lie affected the philosophy OF
the gypslcs In the matter aud agreed
with them that somehow good had
come out Of the general destruction
even n II we're only their radiance OF
the INSCRIPTIONS Luke Lowell aud bis
ruillan rnbblc the trnmps.
Acknowledged MS their princess and
rclgnne over them ns regent Tor the
afflicted llagar Esther appointed %
head man from the gypslcs In the
place of the doposcd and banishcd
Lowell and returned with Ilagar aud
Quabba to Stanley hall whlcb was
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still held by IIagar on the terms Of
lease she had taken from the receiver
In bankruptcy Tor the fugitive Arihnl
Stanley. sin nccins from justice
wrnugfuily under the onus N hcinr
tie murderer of III Ice
Luke Lowell when he recovered 'ua
sriunsne>~. drew hiinQlf fniu tnr uf
lnw lc-l .c the NOW shird wan ,H
mi no intention ~ cnlcarorme 70
rritin such ut the iuup- VIVA hi.
lmrscd he cump Win him aui mirh'
hayF e|upct nniinu funt unath
landslide
lsihp lr away mul-,r,cj aai ni-
cue lhnn. HI WIZ. in mfsr n'- mtrm
frim hl kaovie.lgc VI che Stanley
scgrti-i'e snuwhylsl me- na1 samH'
FROM GLIMPSE 10 f'ir dnrnnrii 10 60
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gambling house keeper. who held the
bad che, {, Tor 5000 he had cashed foi
Blair. and who was the most pressing
claimant against him.
At this conference. although the nc
cusation was not made. Mrs. Stanley
soon surmlscd that Rlakc and Iilopm
knew OF Blair's guilt Of the murder Of
Dr Lee II was from Blake nui
B.nom. through the agency OF the lniy
ihimb print on the bad check that The
siilt had been established. his motn
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

In the last typewriter speed con-
test. Peter Merialdo made high
score. writing 46 words a minute for
10 minutes. This entities him to a
primary certificate issued by the
Underwood Typewriter Company.
While playing base ball Thursday,
Tony Depaoli had the misfortune to
be struck in the eye with a ball,
causing that member to swell up and
give considerable pain.
Miss Stella Gianoli. a member of
the Freshman class, leaves Saturday
to take charge of the Eye Canyon
school for the remainder of the year.
Miss Gianoli received her certificate
as a result Of the examinations held
in Eureka at Christmas time.
With the coming of good weather
the Physics class is performing some
outdoor experiments dealing with
the subject. the speed of sound.
The Commercial Department has
received from the Underwood Type
writer Company a colored print OF
the trophy cup won by them in the
international Contest.
The committee on buildings ap-
pointed by the Grand Jury, consist
ing of Messrs. D. E. Nostrosa, Frank
Winzell. and Ben Repetto, visited
the high school Tuesday morning.
AT a meeting held Thursday even
ing, the Senior class decided upon
their class emblem. motto, flower
and colors.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
DOCUMENTS OF RECORD
Filed in the Office of the Recorder
OF Eureka County Up to
March 81, 1916

Alice Geraty to Tony Romano
Deed to lot No. l in block so. and
north 25 feet of lot No. 2 in block so,
of the town of Eureka. on which is
located a brick and frame residence,
together with improvements and
furniture contained therein. Con-
sideration $40. Recorded March %.
1916.
Thomas H. Jewell to Charles S.
Walker-Deed to the E IL of NE IA,
and the NE Ia of Sc Ia of Section
Is; w IL of section II; the S 1-2 of
Sc Ia. and the N 1-2 of Sc IA of
section z, all in Township 81 North,
Range So East, M. D.. B. & NJ, con-
tanning 600 acres. more or less, to-
gether with all dams. irrigating
bitches. water and water rights.
Consideration $4,000. Recorded
March 80, 1916.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
Former Eureka Girl Married

The SENTINEL and a number of
Eureka people this week received
cards of invitation from Mr.. and Mrs.
B. Berg to the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Julia. to Mr.. Edmund
A. Scharlach, which took place in San
Francisco on Sunday, March 26.
The Berg family left Eureka about
Ia years ago for San Francisco, where
they have since resided. The BRIDE
elect and all their large family were
born here, and it is understood the
Berg girls are now all married.
Friends of the family here will join
the SENTINEL in extending congratu-
lations and best wishes.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
Civic League Meeting

The Eureka branch of the Civic
League met at the home of Mrs. A.
P. Tenvoord on Wednesday evening.
Not having received the literature
on civil government and party poll
tics ordered, no particular work was
taken up, but several matters per-
tanning to National and State govern
ment were discussed. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. w. r. Reynolds on Wednesday
evening. April IL. The SENTINEL
has been requested to state that any
person interested will be welcome to
attend these meetings.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
MAIL AUTO STRANDED IN SLOUGH
Spring Freshets Now Filling Sloushs and
Creeks More Than Bank Full

Nearly all the creeks and sloughs
in this section are now running bank
full of water and the usual Spring
freshets caused by the melting SHOWS
in the mountains have put in an ap-
pearance in all the valleys. The
waters that drain through Devils
Gate from as far south as Belmont,
in Nye County. and from the Roberts
Creek mountains to the north, are
now spreading over this end of Dia-
mond valley in a sheet from a quart
er to half a mile in width.
At the county bridge over the
slough, 8 miles north of Eureka, the
water on Thursday was reported to
be nearly half a mile in width and
from Is inches to a feet in depth.
Dick Gibson tried to cross it Thurs
day with the mail auto. but the deep
water killed his engine and he had
to abandon it in midstream. The
Eureka Garage sent a car down
about a O'Clock in the afternoon, and
after considerable hard work the
mail was transferred to the a on
this side of the slough and brought
into Eureka about $50 p. m. in good
condition.
There were just 16 Easter bonnets
among the Parcel Post packages, and
if the fair owners in Eureka had
witnessed the flood waters tapping
the sides of that Ford car before the
attempt to transfer the mail was
made, it is doubtful what dire results
might have followed.
But, "All's well, that ends WELL"
and although the car had to be left
in the middle Of the flood waters all
night, a block and tackle rescued the
auto early Friday morning and it is
again in service.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
Will Carry Mail By Auto

C. S. Walker of Palisade, who has
the contract for carrying the mail
between Palisade aud Eureka. has
just ordered a Ford touring car from
the Eureka Garage and will carry
his end of the route out of Palisade
by auto as soon as the a can be de-
livered. w. H. Russell left here by
this mornings train to obtain a new
Ford for delivery to Mr.. Walker al
Palisade.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01

Suffrage and Prohibition Postponed
After a very stormy session Tues
day. the house judiciary committee
in Congress voted to indefinitely
postpone consideration of the resolu-
tons providing for constitutional
amendments which would grant wo-
mans suffrage and cause prohibition.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-04-01
Guide Books For Desert

Bills have been introduced in both
houses of Congress providing for the
erection and maintenance of monu'
ments marking the site or guide posts
indicating the direction of water holes
in the western deserts. 1t is also pro-
posedito issue maps and other infor.
nation concerning sources of water
in arid regions. A sum of $l0,0 0C
has been asked for the purpose.