The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-03-02

Vivian Threw Her Arms Around Him.
phine and rid himself Of the harpies
who surrounded him, it would mean
the end Of the power and authority
that had become sweet TO Blair.
Vivian laughed as she noted Blair's
changed expression. You see." she
said. you may hate Durand and you
may despise DE Vaux; but. after all,
it was II good thing for you that Du-
rand was present when Arthur was
injured and saved his life and brought
him back. Durand has played fair with
you and put you In the saddle here.
So It was lucky for you that he and De
Vaux came to find the diamond"
At these words Blair burst into
rage. They shall never have that"
he cried fiercely. "The Powell mil
lions. made In oil or mines. are Just as
any other dirty money to me. But the
diamond from the sky belongs to the
Stanleys alone. 1t came from no hu
man hand, but fell from the stars In a
molten meteor. born Of q miracle to
our adventurer ancestor. IL hundred
lives stand in my way the diamond
shall never be the vulgar swag Of
thieves. cut up to be made marketable
and hawked through the jewel marts
Of the world
Vivian threw her arms around him.
Blair" she cried, they must never
have the diamond. / would suffer my
self to be cut to bits rather than 1t
should meet n shameful fate like that!'
And these two looked into each 9TH
er's eyes and understood and trusted
each other fully. for they both re-
membered the night of the Randolph
ball-the first time In generation the
diamond from the sky had blazed upon
the breast of a fair woman, and that
woman was Vivian Marston! In many
things they could and would be the &C.
completes Of the suave Durand, the
king Of diamonds. and the rest OF "the
pack" but the diamond from the sky
was the Stanley heritage, and. base
as Blair was. his honor, rooted In dis
honor. stood. He would have died q
thousand deaths ere the diamond
should be partitioned and debased. and
yet he would have clasped 1t with
kiss, whole and pric eless. around the
neck Of the woman he loved. That
was the Stanley way.
"The big blowoff" Of Santley's stu
pendous circus, as its proprietor would
say, was undoubtedly La Belle. the
Lady of Lions. Splinters. the clown
was big hit too. But La Bellies act
with the fierce great Nubian lion
Lancelot was the "blOwOff." 1t was
the last act ON the bill and sent the
crowds away thrilled and satisfied
Of herself. La Belle was new to the
show this season. and Splinters was
her husband. She was bold and hand
some. and Splinters. the clown, was
tormented with many bitter pang Of
jealousy through her coquetries - to
mildly describe 1t.
Sam Santley, proprietor Of Santley's
stupendOus circus. was what was
known as q working boss Through
devious ways-luck at gambling and
by the exercise Of sharp practices-he
had gained his way from card shark
to ownership Of a show that bore his
name. Santley personally supervised
his own show from big top to cook
tent. He acted as ringmaster and an
nouncer when the star acts were on.
When Sam Santley published his call
for show people In the amusement
journals there was one line that a.
ways was in the advertising. This line
read: "Boozers and chasers DO not
write. You will not last q minute"
Translated from circus jargon this
Delphic utterance meant that drunk.
lr'r and male fiirts need not endeavor
o Join with Santleys circus The rea-
son Of this was that sam Santiey At
tended to all these matters Of Bacchus
and Venus himself.
He sold beer to the 'grafters" and
'kinkers" and "razorbacks"-that n.
the sure thing gamblers and pickpock-
cts. grafters; the acrobats and riders.
kinkers. and the canvas men and other
employees. raS0rbacks.
But when there was hard drinking
to be done with that chow Sam SAINT.
ley did It himself and got murderously