Arizona republican., 1916-01-09

matey his death. he CBlair) may gain the dia- mond from t-e sky and the earldOm. Vivian also de- the diamond, do Durand and De Vau1. Blair dOublecrosses his former gypsy accomphce, Luke Lowell, railroads prison. Esther Is puzzled
 at Arthurs strange conduc-for the plotters convince their drug victim he Is going insane and that syp of this his hallucinations that he sees Esther Hagar. Esther's foster mother. is but slowly recovering a blow that Blair dealt her, which rendered her temporarily deranged. Meanwhie Esthers devoted friends Quabba a hunchback. and Marina duke Smythe, English lawyer seeking the heir to the Stanley earldom. her only friends. Esther learns Arthur is addicted to drugs. in disgust spurns him, understanding at last the cause of his strange behavior. She casts aside the diamond from the sky he pronered. escapes from prison and secures the diamond Luke sends the diamond to Esther and Hagar in Virginia and they return 1t by express, with prayer, to Arthur. Disheartened at the treachery Blair Vivian and the sorrow he has his gypsy mother tho devoted Esther. he resolves kill himself. But Luke Lowell. break ing in upon him. drinks the poison and being further dishgured while attred in Arthur's apparel etc, his body is supposed to be Arthur's rat CT, John PowelIs.' Arthur escapes in an aeroplane, hnds Esther. receives his dying mothers blessing and shakes of hls drug addiction Arthur marries Esther and lives with her happily among the gypses. Arthur Stanley, alias e John PowelI,' thought to be dead and buried in the body of the dshgured Luke Lowell, Blair gains all the supposed dead mans wealth and goes to England with the Diamond from the Sky and claims the Stanley Earldom, Vivian accompanying him Lady Stanley. the dreadful blow that had been dealt him W The blood trickled down his ghastly face and empurpled and smeared the snowy shirt front of his court attire and stained the ermine of his coronation robes.
 With a sickening pang at her heart Vivian realized there would be no pomp and ceremony for Blair. Earl of Stanley and Vivian, his fair countess to grace this day. George. king of Great Britain emperor of India. and ruler of dominions beyond the sea, would be crowned today surrounded by the nobles of his realm, but the American Earl of Stanley and his lady would not be there.
 Something of this must have passed through Blair's dulled aching conscious ness. Stop him, He struck me down! The diamond Is gone!" He gasped and fumbled at his blood stained inery as he spoke.
 The Gothic window had closed back in place. Seemingly the armored assailant had vanished if by magic, only the heap of old mail accouterments and helmet the floor told how the murderOus intruder had hidden. The servants stood open mouthed and helpless, as Blair rose to his feet, sisted by Vivian. and then he reused to drive them out by his fierce commands and curses.
 The struggle at the back of the house was strenuous but brief. The doughty law yer was no match for the younger and more muscular De Vaux. Throwing Smythe aside and striking and kicking him viciously De Vaux sprang to his feet and made off just the servants, followed by the earl and his lady, came around upon the scene.
 Suspicious and ever distrustful of Snythe, Blair refused to believe the lawyer had at tempted to stay the mysterious assailant who had struck him down and borne away the diamond. Forgetting his grievous wound and the blood that trickIed down his livid face. Blair screamed hoarsely in his wild frenzy of anger and chagrin. Pack your things!" he shrieked. You were in the plot, you were accomplice, and I'll have your life for it!