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New Britain herald., 1916-10-31

IS l\OC Y DRESIDENT WILSON: You are boasting to
 the voters, through your Department of
 Commerce and Bureau of Labor, what your Administration and Congress have done for American Wage-earners Tn work provided and payrols increased for them.
 { One of your Labor Bureau Bulletins tells of the hundreds of thousands of unemployed bread-wnners put to work in the latter part of your term.
 But tt Is fact and you kno1u tt Is fact that aU 0f these byeudvln,zeys lad f1W en1bzoyn1ent zy1e1 you took office and lost that employment by reasom of He tarif legislation enacted ct your dicatiom.
 You kno1u tt Is q fact that in the fall of 1914 those hundreds of thousands of American wage out of work because of the tariff, framed enacted and put into operation under your personal supervision and at your behest.
 Ltis fact, and you know tt Is q fact that while foreign goods were checked from pouring into markets by the American tariff system of the Re- publican party, this country bought abroad in 1912, $581 OOO less goods than it sold abroad.
 H IS fact, and you knou tits fact, thatin the first six months of 1913 during four months of which you were President, but during all o which the Republican tariff still in operation, imports were $286, 100000 lower than our exports
 his fact, and you kno,v it is fact, that in the whole year of 1913, during ten months of which you were President, but during only three months of which your tariff in operation, our imports were $691 100000 lower than our exports.
 But tt IS fact, and you kno,u tt IS q fact, that ir h1e flrst sl~ mromt1s of l9l4 vith yor tariff lm obeyatiom aW those m1onths this country follo7ved Ne deadly path o larger amd 1argey lmborts, drivlmg A1eylcam industries out of business and A1neylca1z 1uageearneys om o aUork, tavoy o foreign capital amd foyelgm labor.
 H Is fact, and you kno,u tt IS q fact, that in January 1913, under the Republican tariff we sold abroad, $64O000O more than bought abroad; but in January l9l4 under your tariff, only $49,OOO,OOO more.
 That in February 1913, under the Republican tariff we sold abroad $44,OO0,00O more than we bought abroad but in February 1914, under your tariff, only $25,OOO,0O0.
 That in March 1913, under the Republican tariff we sold abroad $3l 100000 more than we
New Britain herald., 1916-10-31

! $ drlff .epealed
 bought abroad but in March 1914 under your tariff, only $490000O
 That in April 1913, under the Republican tariff, sold abroad $530000O0 than bought abroad, but in April 1914, under your tariff, we bought abroad $l1, 100000 moxe tam zoe sold 1bYOld x/suau~r
 .'~e.saaass;7> ~e.skalaas7>
 His fact, and you kno1u tt IS q fact that in the five months from April to August 1913 inclusive, under the Republican tariff we sold abroad $2180O0000 more than we bought abroad, but in the corresponding months of 1914, under your tariff, we bought obyood $39,000,000 mo1e Mon aOe sold obroad:;- @* ~
 His fact, and you kno,U tt IS fact, that your tariff ceased to work havoc with American indus tries and business and to mpoverish American labor only when the war came to dam off, at the source abroad, those cheap labor imports which you had allowed to flood our markets
 H IS q fact, and you knou tt Is q fact, that it was the war which put Wageearners back to work, in spite of your tariff but that the moment
 
 0 of bus11ess and Hundreds 0f Ho1hsands of zcage- earners employed 1u H1en 7VlU go off thelv PayvoUs And more,-that many other industries now supported by the day and night activity of our munition plants and by the vast earning power of the wage earners in them will be compelled to close down in part or in whole.
 Then when those hundreds of thousands of our own wage-earners suddenly lose their employment the tO of Old World now engaged in return to their nor nal occupations, and their surplus products of peace allowed to flood into this country again as they were flooding in until the outbreak of the war; tAe zvork of r11l1mg Amerlcam industries z01lc begun by your tariff before the 7Uar must De completed after the 2car; he Amer1cam ovageearners but 111to the breadlze by yo1w tarlf but taken oN by We var r11ts zv1h peace restored, go back lnto that bread-1lme of yomr m1aklmg lm 1914.
 Therefore, President Wilson, zDlen you ask American aOage-earners to Uote, NoUen1ber 7th for your tariff; you ask them to uote to Hue
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blow Blair Stanley had dealt Hagar
with the heavy poker bad made no cut
or external wound She was Soon In
fevered sleep. and Esther was forced
70 leave her bedside NJ urgent sim
mons from below
There She found Luke Iovell. head
man FOR IiaSar here ~ we'll a. NJ the
gypsy camp. hidden III the mountains
twenty miles away.
Susnicioning that Iiagar was iii both
81 mind and body. Lowell had already
usurped authority. Even now he was
ordering the wandering h~nnchhack or
gan grinder from the place.
Rut III Qrahha was frail hc was cour-
agcnus. He was insisting he would
not leave the place until he had said
farewell to the Strange grand lady
who had spoken I,omany To him and
also farewell u her fair faced daugh-
ter. who had also hidden him 10 stay
and I've refreshed.
There was something 80 loyal and
trre IN the hunchback'> respectful gaze
that. StrangeF rs he was. IL made Es-
Their take his hand. after sternly dis
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CHAPTER XIV.
"A Mind In the Past"

DULL. arhIn. resentment burn
ell in the bosom ~ Blairs
"a mother ~ with a voice hnar>e
"a her own ears she called to
summon Blair - make his part 20 the
bargain with the implacablc visitor.
who waited FOR them Ia the sombcr
living room upstairs. with the photo
graphs o. the guilty rhumb prints %
Blair.
No answer was returned 10 her call
aud Mrs. stanley remembered again
the bitter quarrel She had had with
Blair over Vivian MarSlon-
With a bitter sigh the realization
came % her again that an the stern.
pcrsistiny ambitions that had emhit
tered her life the desire for the earl
dom aud the great diamond FOR her
most unworthy sun-were not worth the
hcartachc and Tragedy that had dark
ened her life.
IL was with 4 fierce resolve. in a
sudden rcvulSion ~ desperation and
despair. that Mrs. stanley returned 10
the living room 20 tell her strange Wis
itor. Hagar. TO 10 her worst. let the
consequences he what they might.
For herself the au>tere Mrs. Stanley
resolved 20 strive 10 more FOR the sake
~ her dissolute and desperate son.
Il will make no bargain with this
woman even 10 save Blair from the
Gallows." was her grim thought "Nei-
Their she nor the strange girl who was
pr. Lees ward and whom she now
mothers al Stanley hall shall have SO
cial countenance from me"
Bwt as she assembled the stairs 70
make known her resolve she heard the
slam ~ n door and the sound or hur-
rying feet from the living room 10 the
chambers at the back OF the house.
She opened the door from the stair
ianding 10 the living room. The cen
ter table was overturned. and there
we're other signs Of a struggle. but the
room was empty.
Then a mufied groan. a low moan OF
pain. fell upon the earn of Blair's moth
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS.

A feud has existed between Colonel Ar
thur Stanley and his cousin. Judge Lamar
Stanley. over ara heirloom, the diamond
from the SKY. found In a fallen meteor by
an ancestor. Also. the succession 10 the
Stanley eaTldom IN England may come 10
an American When 4 %daughter IN born
10 the colonel and the mother dies. the
colonel buys "A gyI@y boy and substitutes
him Three years later the gypsv mother.
having had no part IN this bargain. steals
the girl. being reared IN secret. and leaves
her son unaffected as the heir. The gyp-
~ has obtained possession OF the diamond
from the sky. and a document with the
Stanley secret. When Esther In grown a
beautiful young girl. liagar. now gypsy
queen. returns 10 Virginia with her. Dr
Lee. the late Colonel Stanley's friend.
adopts Esther. but demands that RaRa-
turn over to him the diamond from the
sky. Arthur Stanley. son 81 Hagar. falls
In love with Esther and so does his com
panion and cousin. Blair Stanley. rightful
male heir Of Stanley. In stealing the dia-
mond Blair causes the death OF the doc
tor. Outside IN Arthur serenading Esther.
Blair. escaping. infers that he has left
Esther's room Arthur forces him 10
fight a duel IN which Blair is only
stunned. lie tries. with the aid OF his
mother. to place the blame for the murder
Of DIR. Lee upon Arthur. who now has the
diamond The sheriff attempts to take
Arthur. but he rludes his pursuers and
ioins itagar. who reveals his IDENTITY and
upbroids him for his wild life. Needing
money. he pawns the diamond in Rich
mond. Blair ~ in richmond and lie. too.
s forced a. visit tire pawnshop. The two
agree 90 stand by each other AT a bali.
at which n supposed New York belle y
the guest OF honor. they ar. stunned to
ind the diamond on the visitor. She is
an adventures who has borrowed il.
While Hagar u telling the bellies" for
tun Luke Lowell. Hagar's gypsy guard.
steals the diamond ana TO avoid detection
drops Il into 2 mail box A sheriff tries
70 arrest Arthur on the murder charge
lie escapes from Richmond On ! freight
train. The diamond passes into 4 mail
bag. which ~ lost from a wagon and IS
picS~d up BY Quabba. an organ grinder
Quahba's monkey steals THE diamond and
leaves u IN 4 nest In "A tree. Arthur ~
robbed ~ hnboeS. who le,ve him III tat
tors. Hr seeks work az a farm TIagar
takes Esther 20 live nc Stanley hall. An
old time tournament y held Arthur at
tends IN disguise, proves himself the best
knight. defeating Blair. hui J. BETRAYED
bv the latter to the sheriff guahba. IN
lest. handouts the sheriff ana Blair. Rv
daring horSemanship Arthur escapes Lat
- he leaves Tire farm Tom Blake. a de
tsctive hired ~ Hagur. pruIurrs finger
prints proving Blair guilty ~ the death
Of Dr Lee Blair ana his mother quarrel
about Vivian Hn<ar proposes silence a.
Mrs Stanley ar THO price W. Hagars ana
Esther's hGiuR received IN Fairfax society
Hair strikes down iIagar and steals the
nngerprints and money from his mother
The diamond IL found ~ a negro hoy.
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CHAPTER XVI.
An Idol Adorned and OespoiIed.

~TOYED by the hope that renew
ed association with her gypsy
I'D tribe might tend 70 restore
Hagar to reason. Esther de-
parted that night with Hagar from
Stanley hall J.
She was accompanied by Qua bba.
now her faithful attendant. and the
s~ullenIy i~nsistent Luke Lowell. IL was
a sad return Of their stricken queen 70
the grieving Rornany people.
Hagar recognized the -yp>ieS n Eyp-
lies. but she called on the name, OF
those long departed. including. the name
Of her dead husband. Matt Harding.
whom she evidently deemed was alive
and threatening her. Tor when she
spoke his name II was in grim revolt
and with bitter male,lictions.
That night Quabba slept with his
monkey beside him nd the threshold or
Hagar's van. Inside Esther had sunk
ia exhausted SIumhcr on her col beside
the fever dream afflicted Hagar. puab
ha'S light s,umbcr was broken III tho
crLnchin- Of a pebble beneath q heavy
DOT Quabba reused and drew his
knife. and the menacinc figure of Luke
Lowell SUNK back from the accusative
moonlight into the shadows and was
seen no more.
That night Mt this same hoCr Arthur
Stanley. a fugitive and 4 wanlcrer. 4
stranger in n strange land. hy ne
smoldering campfire In Il far western
desert. dreamed 4 wild dream thai
roused him with n shrek. He saw the
fear struck face Of Esther and near
hcr the sinister Luke Lowell. with
his great gnarlel hands stretched ms
though 10 clutch and crush her.
One who II in society in Richmond
may forget unpleasant things in a
ceascIess round Of new frivolities.
Mrs. Burton Randolph returned from
her stay in Fairfax TO find her friends
In an attitude Of delighted comnliScra-
ton toward her. She confded 10 her
dearest friends that her life seemed
fated 10 he one Of turmoil and tragedy.
But instead Of finding herself pitied
in society in Richmond Mrs. Randolph
found herself envied as a social hero
inc In these delightfully."- dreadful af-
fairs"
So as The beautiful wiStaria was en-
purpling her house and grounds Mrs.
Burton Randolph announced a vista
ria fete. and III Richmond society was
nervouSly expectant Of more delight
fully dreadful occurrences
Dnt. although the wiStaria fetc was
a wondrouslr brilliant affair. accord
Ing 10 the society columns Of the Rich
mond papers. no untoward event oc-
Cured 10 mar the pleasure Of the day.
somewhat to the disappointment Of 50
cicty.
Blair Stanley. with plenty OF money.
but keeping SedulouSly away from Mr..
Abe Blooms temple ~ chance. turned
up in Richmond in pursuit Of Vivian
MarSton. with whom he was still In
fatnated. lie knew the risk he took.
for il was evident some one in Rich
mond had secured from Abe Bloom the
cheek that. besides being worthless.
had the fatal print Of his thumb upon
it. For the photograph ~ this check
and thumb print. together with photo
graphs cf his thumb prints taken from
DR.. Lees study. had been In the pos
session Of Ha-nr Harding when he had
struck her down.
But such was his fierce passion for
the luxurious and beautiful Vivian
MarSton that Blair walked in the shad
CIV Of death for her sake.
He minated as much 10 her when
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missing the scowling Lowell. and beg
the humble h~unchback TO stay
do not leave us she whispered.
Something tells me you will be a
friend, and we have no friends now
save perhaps our gypsy people" And
even as she spoke Esther recalled the
scene In The grand stand al the tourna-
ment and how this ~hunchback wander
or had warned Arthur that he had
been betrayed.
At this juncture a carriage drove up
TO Stanley haIl. From this a strange
figure ali-hted. the figure ~ a tall.
lank. serious. side WHISPERED English
man wearing a plaid suit with = heavy
mournin. band on the arm and a
glisrcn ng white troric helmet This
st-n@r individual had 4 rife I'D the
carriage.
- the sight Of puabbais chattering
monkey the lank En-li~hman grew
wildly excited. Some 90 their native
wild beaSts,- he exclaim el and rushed
back q the carriage for his life.
Ii took some effort on Tho part OF
both Esther and Qnabba 70 reaSsure
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the swine. Mr.. MCGEE Il not nstidi-
ous. He fishes out the bauble.
II Il the diamond from the sky,
And Il looks good 10 Mr.. McGee. and
be fees with 1t AT his best speed. fol-
lowed by a shower ~ rocks from the
colored pig boy. berefr Of the sparkling
thing be found In an owls nest.
Richmond Il not far away. and Mr..
Strap MCGEE. has some loose change
he won ut gaming In the jail. He pro
cceds to imbibc. hiding his time 10 dis
pose OF the baublc hidden In his rags
But when he drops into the curio
shop. opiumvien joss house maintained
by Chinese acquaintanccS. his tipsy
vanity impels him 10 show the bauble
"a the crafty Hung ii. priest. den
keeper and tong leader.
III l. n fatal thing to do. for luck has
beer bad with Hung III and his friends.
The police have closed their gambling
joint and shut down on opium smok-
ing. Hung Ia believes that the god or
b sky. the great god Lung. needs
propitiating, and then he will bring
back good luck In plenty.
Has word from the diamond from
the sky travelled 10 China and back?
The efigy OF the great god Lung Il in
its sanctuary In the next room. and
Lung Is the god Of the sky. The body
OF a strangled tramp l. dropped through
a trap door. and the diamond from the
~l- g hr.vr a lsn.,f ff. mall 80 tia wwwnu
god Lung.
This night Mrs. Burton Randolph
would n summing 20. Blair and Miss
Marston are all the little party. and
Tom Blake. the detective. II 10 be- their
guide. A significant glance Of caution
and silence passes between the lie
tective and Miss Marston when they
meet again.
The Chinese quarter. with Its joss
honse. IL the first place they visit. The
willy Hung ii wishes no visitors 20 the
inner sanctuary OF his joss. the great
god Lung. but Blake will not bc de-
MED.
He says his friends w come espe-
cially TO burn incense for good luck
before the great god Lang. And 40
they enter the sanctuary and behold
on the breast OF Lung the diamord
from the sky.
Detective as he II. and. possessing
great ana evil powers In the eyes or
Hung IL Blake and his friends are
forced from the place. The ladies'.
Mrs. Randolph again In a state or
nerves. are sent home. and Blake
from the nearest telephone
Abe Bloom and his brother.
Meanwhile an English lawyer has ar
rived AT the Randolph house seeking
Blair Stanley. Determined upon his
quest. the lawyer gets directions and
arrives mt the joss house. Hung IA
and his c%onfrercs will have none or
the London lawyer.
But the cxasperated Marmaduke
Smythe will not be denied. lie says
he knows the persons he II searching
for are inside this beastly Chinese
place.
Here now he Il, re enforced by the
excited and money proffering Abraham
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whispered. And Blair. much as he had
longed for the baleful jewel himself.
now longed more for this
II shall never rest till | get Ii for
your he replied fiercely. And he
would have kissed her TO seal the con-
tract. but she drew herself from his
arms. and he knew that her caresses
were only 10 be purchased by the dia-
mond. be the price OF the diamond
lives. souls or honor.
But the luxurious and vIvacious Wv
ian was a practical person. She dill
not depend upon the romantic. II dcs-
perate. efforts OF a lover alone 60 secure
for her the star OF her desire.
She consulted the b~usiuesslike and
equally brothers Bloom. To the
gape mouthed Abraham and Isaac she
mond and the confirmation Of its great
intrinsic value, which she had learned
from Blair Stanley and others while in
Fairfax.
The diamond from the sky, M they
call III. disappeared In Richmond. torn
from your neck by the hands Of an
unseen thief. the night Of Mrs. Ran
dolph's ball" said Abe Bloom. the gam
bier. The chances are n hundred TO
one il i still hidden In this town.
Whoever stole IL will want money on
IL. That's reasonable enough 10 as
sumo. II will turn up
1T it'll enough to make 4 man put a
thine In hith windowth thaying High
eth Pritheth Paid For Big Diamondth
and No Questionths Affixed. F" remark
Ell Mr.. Ike Bloom, who lisped when he
was excited. and excited he was when
he heard the romantic history Of the
diamond from the sky and its price.
But especially did it, price excite him.
1T shan't thlip through my handth
again In ! get hold ~ it, he added.
Il wouldn't lent 1t 10 the queen Of
Thpain." And as be said this he gave
his brothers lady friend from New
York. as he called her. a meaning
glance.
Let bygones be bygones.' Abe
Bloom snarled az his brother wi
didn't lose II on purpose. / have tele-
phoned for Tom Blake. whom | con
slider the smartcst detective In this
country. He does what you pay him
to do and keeps his mouth shut. III
the diamond l. In Richmond Blake will
find It."
In a few moments the suave and ret
icent Mr.. Blake arrived. Placed In pos
session Of all the facts the Blooms and
Vivian could give him. he remarked
that he would DO his best. and the first
u last meeting of the syndicate TO
find the diamond from the sky broke
up and the detective departed.
He was followed shortly aftcrward
by Miss MarSton ~ New York. whose
Richmond society friends would have
been shocked beyond expression lid
they know she paid an occasional Sc
cret visit to the establishment ~ Abe
Bloom.
Meanwhile where ~ the diamond
from the SKYE III II not a pearl 10 he
cast before swine, nor IL IL fated 10
remain the tinsel playtbing Of a negro
lad who i n herder of swine.
III the frayed and dirty dress suit.
al the dirtier for its jail stains. Mr.
strap MCGEE makes across country.
cursing his luck He pauses BY a pi-
zen 10 play a grim and intensely prac-
teal joke on a negro boy bent over
the sly. Mr.. Strap Niece picks up a
barrel stave and applies Il 10 the per-
Eon ~ the bent over negro lad.
Then Mr. MCGEE notes the boy. IN
sudden pain and fright. has dropped
some bauble plaything into the swIll OF
--A>E
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or. rne scrn1 came rnm near the
ioor, behind tie fireplace.
: Mrs. Stanley pressed the spring. and
the wall with the fireplace turned ont.
and there in the >emidarkness of the
.-Tory's hiding place lay the uncon-
scious figure 81 Hagar- IL was man
acled with the sheriff handouts that
Vivian Marston had brought 10 the
house after the tournament in mockery
OF Blair.
The form II TIa.ar lay half reclining
against the rirei family strong box.
Mrs. Stanley picked ia. the key OF the
handouts. lying near. and unfastened
the mauacles On the wrists Of the
dazed and unre~i>iing- Hagar.
Then the judges widow realized that
here was the elimination OF the wick
ell deeds Of the son she had incnlcatetl
with a lawless desire for things that
were not his.
She raised Hagar. dragged her out
into the room and closed the hiding
place. She was not surprised 10 note
that the photographs OF tire thumb
prints We're gone. She revived Ha-ar
and regarded her stricken visitor. pre-
pared for "a harsh defiance with no
thought OF compromise.
But the whole expression 81 Hasar
had softened 10 a pathetic. cowed visit
fulnesS. Her face seemed younger. her
eyes moist and pleading.
She turned 10 Mrs. Stanley with out
stretched arms and murmurcd. Give
me my childr' And hen Blair's moth
or saw that the blow her son had dealt
the strange visitor had deprived her Of
ali realization Of the present.
The stricken brain ~ Hagar Hard
ing was cognizant ~ no recent hap
pening. Her mind was in the past.
But the judges widow was not aware
that the disordcred intellect OF the wo-
man before her dwelt only on the great
tragedy Of Ilagar IIardin-'s life. the
sale Of her son 10 he foiSted as the
male heir 10 the earIdom and the dia
mond from the sky. nearly twenty
years ago.
Mrs. Stanley had no suspicion Of the
import of Hagar'S words. but she real
lied the %crazetl woman was no menace
10 either herself Or her son. and she
led her downstairs and 10 the door.
where she set her on her way 10 Stan
ley hall.
Al Stanley hall in the gathering twi
light Esther waited for Hagnr. 1t was
A sal homecoming The dull eyes Of
Ha.ar glcamr1 with recognition OF the
portals ~ Stanley hall. But the face
of Esther. the gentle. loving Esther.
was rhc face Of a stranger 10 her.
Alarmed 7nd weeping. Esther led the
moaning woman she deemed 10 he her
mother ~ the broad steps aud into
the wide hallway ~ Stanley ball.
Here \ fierce. Wild change came over
lla-ar She ~Iirane % the door ~ the
library aud threw ID open.
See. hc l. III here. she cried. They
have him III there. the child they stole
AMI Sold from me. See the diamond
that biazrS nn his little breast. Take
or the diamond. There j. a curse on
II FOR an orr race, Take off the fine
raimcni' Give him back his rags. lie
II my som
A. 1t had been with Blair Stanley's
au~tcre mother. the wistful Esther
~cn>cd no importance III the wild
plcadiuES of Hagar.
Now. too. even the crazed mind OF
IIagar seemed 70 realize the library
was empty and ~unnccupied. for she
gave Il wild cry aud fell Sohhing on
tho breast ~ Esther.
SuTnm0ninE the servants. Esther had
Harar carried a. her chamber. The