Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-15

Vivian Threw Her Arms Around Him.
phine and rid himself of the harpic.
who surrounded him. II would meat
the end Of the power and authorit,
that had become sweet To Blair.
Vivian laughed a. she noted Blair.
changed expression. "lon see" she
said. you may hate Durand and YOU
may despise DE VauX: but. after all
IL was a good thing for you that Du
rand was present when Arthur wa.
injured and saved his life and brought
him back. Durand has played fair via
YOU and put you in the saddle here
81 II was lucky Tor YOU that lie and 10
Naux came To find the diamond"
At these words Blair burst into /
rage. They shall never have that
lac cried tercely. The Powell NIL
lions. made In oil or mines. are just n.
any other dirty money TO me But th,
diamond from the sky belongs to III,
StanlcyS alone. IL came from no hu
man hand. but fell from the stars ia .
molten meteor. born 81 a miracle 4,
our adventurcr ancestor. III 4 hundred
lives stand in my way the diamond
shall never he the vulgar Swag oi
thieves. cut up 10 he made marketable
and hawked through the jewel mart-
of the world"
Vivian threw her arms arpund hiu
'%'I;lair." she cried. they must never
have the diamond. would suffer my.
self TO be cut to bits rather than il
should meet n shameful fate like that
And these two looked into each 9th
cr'S eyes ana understood and trusted
each other fully. Tor they both re
mcmbcred the night ~ the Iiandolpi
bali the first time III u generation tic
diamond from the sky had hlazcd upon
the breast of a fair woman. and that
woman was Vivian MarSton' In manF
things they could and would ~ the ~.
completes Of the Suavc Durand. the
king IF diamonds. and the rest of "tht
pack" Int the diamond from the ~ky
was the Stanley heritage. and. base
as Blair was. his honor. rooted IN dis
honor. stood. He would have died \
thousand deaths ere the diamond
should be partitioncd and dehased, am,
yet he would have claspcd il with q
kiss. whole and priceless. around the
neck ~ the woman he loved That
was the Stanley way.
THE hig blowof" &c Sankey's stu
penduus circus. ~ its proprietor woulC
say. was undoubtedly Ia Belle. the
Lady of Lions. Splinters. the clown.
was a big hit too. But In Relies act
with the fierce great Nubian lior
I.ancelot was the 'blowon." II was
the last act on the bin and sent tn,
crowds away thrilled and satisfied
or herself. IN Belle was new 10 the
show this scason and Splinters was
her husband. She was bold and hand
some. and ~SplinterS. the clown. was
tormcnted with many a bitter panE ~
jealousy through her coquetries T.
mildly describe II.
sam Santley. proprietor or Saniley'-
~stupendous circus. was what was
known as n working boss. Through
devious wnvs-luck at gambling AND
~ the exercise ~ sharp practiccs-ht
had gained his way from card shark
o. ownership Of a show that bore his
name Santley personally supervised
his own show from big top "a cook
tent. He acted as rinsmaster and AZ
ruuncer when the star acts We're ~.
When sam Santley published ill., cal
for show people III The amusement
journals there was one line hat al.
WAYS was III the advertising This lim,
read: "Roozcrs and chaSers 81 not
write. You will not last a minute.
Translated from circus jareon this
Delphic utterance meant that drunk
ards and male tiirts need not cndeavoT
10 join with Sankey's circus. The rea-
son of this was that Sam Santiey at.
tended 10 all these matters " Bacchus
aud Venus himself.
lie sold beer 10 the 'grafters and
~kinkers- and "razorhacks"-that L..
the sure thing gamblers and pickpock-
cts. crafters: the acrobats and riders.
kinkers. and the canvas men and other
employees. r~azorbacks-
But when there was hard drinking
20 lie done with that show Sam SAINT
ley did IL himself and got mu~rderously