The Diamond
From the Sky
By ROV L McCARDELL
Copyright, 1915. by Roy L. McCardell
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TERS. A bitter feud ha eilsted betmeen Colo
m Arthur Stanley am! Iila coualn. Judge
Xavmar Stanley. The feud has been en
'ntlered In family Jealouy over an heir
loom, tli diamond from the sky. thnt
found In a fallen meteor by an so-
sturer ancestor. Alao, the aucceaaion
the MtAnlay earldom In England may
to u American Stanley. When
daughter la born to Colonel 8tanley of
4k eldeat branch of the Blarneys in
America and the mother of the ohlld
.flea At Its birth, the chagrined colonel
,ftjys a aewborn -gypey boy and eubstl
.Wtea him aa heir. Three years later the
ssrvr mother, hartng bad no part In thla
bargain, eteala the colonel's little daugh
ter', being reared In aerret, and learea her
evwn aon undetected aa the heir. The STP
.ar mother bee alao obtained poseesalon
gf ttte diamond from the aky and a aocu
. Htcnt containing the aecret of tbe falee
.fretr. Bhe rear the little girt, Esther
Stanley, aa her own and growa to lore
fear.- When Eather la grown a beautiful
sjne girt, Hagar, now gypay queen, re
Marna to Virginia with her. Bhe haa a
erUd plan that Vr. Lee, the lata Colonel
Stanley's old friend, may now adopt
tar. aa originally Intended. Her hope alao
fm that her eon, the auppoaed Arthur Stan
ley M. may fall In love with Eather
0mA thua the Innocent girl may become
ty- marrlaae what aha la by birth mls
Wese of Stanley hall. Dr. Lee adopts
wither, but alao demanda that Hagar turn
erewr to hla cuatody the diamond from
the aky. Dr. Iee alao Informa Hagar
that her eon, the auppoeed Arthur Stan
tey id, la a profligate and not worthy of
JCsther, but llaxar hopes for the beat and
WHh her people departa. Arthur Stanley
Sloes fall In love with Knther and ao doea
Tala boon companion, Hlalr Stanley, the
oaeln who would be the rightful mala
feelr of Stanley were the Stanley secret
known. ' In ateallng the diamond Blnlr
aanaee the death of the doctor. Outalde
ts Arthur, eerenadlng Eather. Blair, escaping-,
Inaultlngly Infera to Arthur that
fee haa left Ether's room. Arthur forces
Mm to right a duel In which Arthur la
Victor and tumbles Blair Into an open
(rave. He aearrhea Blair and takes the
eUamond from the aky. Blair Is only
gttwnned and trice, with the aid of hla
'aaother, to place the blame for the mur
4Ur of Dr. Lee upon Arthur. The sheriff
Attempts to take Arthur, but after a
thrilling drive In a high powered motor
mr Arthur eludes his pursuer and la
thrown Into the river after a smashup.
ft la body la aeen floating down the river.
Arthur Is revived by Hagar, who reveala
Ida Identity and upbraids him. Needing
aaoney. he pawns the diamond In Rich
ond. Blair Is In Richmond, living riot
aaly, and he. too, la forced to visit the
pawnshop. After explanations the two '
Stare to stand by each other. At a ball,
a which Blair haa Invited Arthur and at
Which a auppoaed New Tork society belle 1
Jai the guest of honor, they are atunned to
find the diamond on the breaat of the
jnow York visitor. She la an adventuress i
k has borrowed the diamond for the ,
ewenlng. . , Hagar attends the ball as a
fortune teller, accompanied by Luke Lov
II. While Hngar Is t lllng the "belle's"
fortune the diamond Is snatched from her
breairt. Luke Lovell, lUgar's gypsy
eTuard, haa stolen the diamond and to
void detection drops It Into a mail box.
At the ball aherlff trlea to arrest Ar
thur on the murder charge. Arthur ea
empea and leavea Richmond on a freight
train. The diamond passes Into a mail
feaar, which Is condemned, loat from a
wagon and picked up by Qunbbu, sn or
gan grinder. The monkey of tha latter
teals the diamond and leaves It In a
klrd's nest In a tree. Arthur la robbed
ef hla clothes by hoboes, who leave him
la a tattered outfit. He seeks work at a
garm-
CHAPTER Xlt
The Tournament.
TJT poor Arthur Stanley won't
be here . ride thla year,"
exclaimed '.he good untured
young man when they had
H finished reading tbe annouueeu-ent
The idea of them suspecting he kill
ad old Dr. Lee!" chimi in tk iin
feneroua minded Ralph Hunter. "Why,
evrtnur for all his wild waye had the
fcest and kindest heart In tbe world.
And be loved Dr. Lee like a son. even
If they did have some Jolly old rows
About the way Arthur spent money like
water and got In debt."
"But why did Arthur run away?
Kone of us believe him guilty, and we 1
may huve our faults in Fairfax, but '
We are all kin, and we all stand to- j
getht-r wheu outsiders make trouble,' ,
ake.l Ralph Hunler. j
-Shut up. you bl? silly!" cried Bert'
Randolph impulsively. "Can't you sea !
you are making Miss Esther cry?
XMdu't you promise me we wouklu'tj
ay anything about Arthur'a troubles?
You know Miss Esther liked him best
of all of us."
Oh. pray, do forrfve nw. visa r..
ther," tried the contrite young Hunter. !
"But I Just can t keep quiet about Ar- j
thur. Keeping quiet Implies we do be-1
Ueve those awful suspicious."
-I thank you for that," said Esther
tremulously. "Let us talk about him.
We know be Is guilty df nothing ex
cept being a reckless boy. with no fa
tuer and no mother."
Ilasar spok up for the first time.!
"Yes," she said huskily, "he bad no'
mother." I
"I'll tell you something about Ar
thur," spoke up Bert Randolph. "Itj
was a secret, be had only told me. He !
was going to ride In the tournament
this year and wrest Blair's laurels as
tha best rider In Fairfax from him.
Ton know why? Well, Arthur was de
termined to win this year. It was
when Miss Esther waa at Dr. Lee's be
told me. ne was resolved to win so he
eould crown Miss Esther queen of love
nd beauty."
"Well, well do it for him." cried
j yoooiTl outer. '"All toe 1rWr Fit
1 ri are wild for the honor. Bat we"ll
wis It fr MM LXber. On of trt will
' l.loek Rlalr Stanley, and tbe the will
In the wreath." ,
"IIr chuckled yeing Randolph.
'Is that th chivalry of masked
kn1?ht In the tournament of Fairfax?
Thnt'e a trhk like Ulalr Htnnley played
almost. 1 am astonished at yon.
, ttnlpn. tie added, with mock serlou-
IICK.
All Jitnched. relieved of the tension
the mention of Arthur's flight wilder It
tirrlhle niiH n tint liroiixht ln the
little prwtp. and soon after the you lis
nun nnk n way. il lnrinir thnt Esther
Mhould le crowned at their hnnda ami;
Ihe tmehilly powei-ful fetnnle relative
from III" hnmnd should take tlie Vmimt
inixtresa of flmilcy hall tunlet the ben
efice of her esteem.
It was ahout at thla annie time, on
thla mime afternoon, thnt a glum faced
hiinchlmck organ grinder with a mon-1
key limited Info the dooiT-ard of Farm
er Smith's, Poor Qnablw! Well could '
he renllxe that tichea seldom bring .
hnpplneaa eaperlally when we lone
them almost aa quickly aa they have '
been gained.
But the Joy and glee of tha little
five-year-old daughter of tbe Smiths
cheered Qnabba. ;
"Kids are always glad to see na,
anyway. C1areppe., be Bald, and be
f i f fit Iff-' 'f V"
j 1
It Waa a Merry Group.
played hla blithest tunea and Clarence
waa prompted to his best comedy by
the appreciation of the small but select
audience
. When Arthur, working on the Smith
fcrm nnder the name of John Towell.
came across the fields nt sn.iset with
his employer It waa a merry group
they found In the dnoryard. (junhhu
nnd Clnronoe betog reiialed with the
bes from the board, as all wandering
minstrels should lie.
"I'm on my way to the tournament
at Fairfax." Quabbn said.
i The Fairfax tournament:
Arthur stir-!
ted with a sudden resolve, tie would
go! lie would win the wreath and
croHu Esther queeu of Jove laud beau
ty I It was a wild risk to take, a dar
ing thing to do, but he Joined to see
Esther, and the love of romance and
tbe inclination to the dramatic were
tb lrltage of bis gypsy blood that
ovcrcln 11 caution and discretion. '
WUU,1J ue" " a
nlum wwniueresoiuiion. t-orcjug nun-
I caimueaa He rar
trom telt- "loke 1 d said:
" 1 can tf T'ared for the day. and
J"ou will lend me Starlight. Mr.
rmllh, and If you will make me a
Aad Esther Was There ta Keep the
Tryst.
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rvJ4javaa I .-ivna SV" vr. V J -, "1 V '3
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I wj?t ... !
mask. Mrs. Urolth, and lend ma a. plum
for my hat. III rid and ehow them
bow we do It In Kentucky.
I'or It wna n n ynnnir Kentncklnn In
hard luk Arthur had uplulned hla
plight and presence in that part of the
country. Itoth the farmer and bin wife
had often discussed the stranjo-r who
had -ouie to their vdxr In the jrnlse of
a tramp, lut they rould nee by hla
wnya and niiinnera be waa no trnnip.
They judged bliu ly hla open, manly
countenance and gentle courtesy, und
whatever waa bis secret they folt It
waa no dishonorable one.
On StnrllRht. then, the fanni-ra
blended saddle horse. In hla new rhenp
iH,t clothes, and with hla Mack Milk
tuaak and ostrich plume the fiirnnt-'a
wife had furnlshwl from her 8undiiy
finery, Arthur roIe away with the lst
wishes of the farmer and hla wife and
bis little girl, "to fhow," aa Farmer
8mllh expressed It. "those stuck up
Fairfax awella a tanteof old Kentucky
quality."
Qnnbhn had leen gone since the day
before, but Arthur overtook him near
Stanley ball. They waved at each other
aa Arthur galloiied pat- And then
Arthur reined hla horse In a little t-ope
of wood near the mansion. Ild he but
know It It waa the spot where he hud
been born.
lie had last aeen Other at'Hagara
camp, but he waa not aurprlaod to
catch tbe flutter of her drcm st the
window of the balcony that overlooked
the garden at the aide of Stanley hull.
He bad well remembered Ha gar's part
Ing words that she would take Eather
to dwell at Stanley hull
Cautloua and aa quiet aa he was In
ateallng toward the house, tbe keen
ear of Luke Lovell, at Stanley hall
that day with messages to Hagar from
her gypay folk, heard his cautloua foot-
rail, and from a biding place aaw
Arthur throw a hastily scrawled note,
tied to a atone, through tbe open bal
cony to Esthera room. The note
begged her to meet him at the old utile
at the top of the Mil, back of Stanley
hall. And Esther v,-nf; there to keej:
.bo tryst.
"You mnrt not do thla!" she panted
wildly when Arthur explained hU pur
pose. But Arthur laughed and paid
her a brotherly compliment for her
bright eyea and fair cbeeka. net off all
tbe better for her agitation and the
beautiful white frock thnt she hnd
donned for the tournament
"I will ride wearing your favor, E"
tber, denr." aald Arthur, and he took
tbe silken aash she wore :md kissed
her and rode away, placing on his
maak aa he adjusted the nash aa
acarf.
At Stanley hall Hagar lmpnticnUy
waited for Esther, the carriage horse
restless at the portals of the mansion.
"Where hare you been." she asked
"gotherius flowrra. I suppose?"- For
aa an excuse Esther hod hurriedly
gathered a handful of rosea to accoun;
for ber delay,
At the Fairfax fair grounds all was
bustle and excitement The gentry
were driving In and taking their seat
In the gnyly decorated grand stand.
Already Blnlr Stanley's mother, with
" her gueHts, Mra." Burton Randolph of
. Richmond and the beautiful lady from
' New York whom Blair wns all ntten
41on to, Vlvlnu Mansion, had taken their
seats nud were amillng and nodding t
friends and acquaintances.
Sheriff Snm Swain was bustling about
and In his heavy, lumbering way teas
Ing a hunchback organ grinder who,
with a monkey, had lcen the subject
of much amusement on the tournaineut
grounds. Sheriff Swain was Jocularly
pretending he would arrest both the
musician and hla monkey, and be was
ahnklug the official handcuffs at these
coin gathering entertainers,
And now tbe master of ceremonies
made tbe announcement tbe masked
knights were to tilt In a general melee
with bamboo lances at a small wreath
suspended some twelve feet from tne
ground. Riding at full speed at this
object the masked knight wbo could
bear It off on bis spear point waa to be
adjudged the victor and as the best
horseman of all tbe khlgbta of Falrfa
would crown the maid of bla choosing
aa queen or love ana beauty, and
also by tbe presentation of great bu
,Uet ready at baud select the queen
, attendant ludles of honor.
i The bugles blew. Sheriff Swain aa
knight seneschal distributed the lances,
and the knights lined up far down the
track The bugles blew again, and on
j they came, tweuty of them abreast,
wearing tbe sashes of tbelr ladles,
masked and plumed and all Intent
upon bearing off tbe guerdon.
Blair Stanley, on a light bay hunter,
wearing the crimson sash favor
i Vivian Mnrston, was In tbe lead; close
; behind was a knight on a white horse
with a black -star on Its forehead
i strange horse to Fairfax, where every
, horse uud man of blood is known
: What Ijorse was It. and who was the
; rider? He wore a snow white scurf
and sat his horse as became a Virginia
; gentlemnn or perhaps a Kentuckluu,
i Blair In the lend swerved to block
' the oncoming knights behind him. but
the struuger seemed to be prepured for
the ruse. He spurred bis horse uroun
' and crossed lu the very front of Blalr
! The shock threw the bay hunter over.
' and Blulr fell iieadlong to the ground,
. and the strunge knight's spear poin
, uneu me wreaio iney strove for from
the wire. As Blalr fell be got a glimpse
of the horseman wbo bad unseated
him, close up. And then Blalr Stanley
knew him. It was Arthur Stanley
A surge of bate and humiliation rag
ed In the Ikwoiu of Blulr to be un
seated in the presence of Vivian Mar-
atou. to whom be bad boasted
he
would bear off the wreath and crow
ber on ber first day in. Fairfax
queen of love and beauty '
as
He limped from the scene to where
Sheriff Swain stood by the end of the
grand atandT watcnTng TEa aurpflslng r
end of the contest and ceasing from
bis clumsy Jesting with bis handcuffs
at Quabbn.
Tbe defeated knights, with the ex-
eptloti of the hnboraed Blab, who bad
limped away, ranged tbelr horses in a
semicircle and held their lances at
salute-
Arthur, bearing the queen"s crown
and the bouquets, approached the
white faced, trembling Eather and said
In ft feigned voice, "1 crown thee queen
of love and benutyr Then he present
ed the bouquets of tbe ladles of honor
to the nearest women Vivian Mara ton
and Mrs. Burton Randolph.
At the far end of the grand stand tbe
raging Blair waa pointing to the victor
and Baying. ."That Is Arthur Stanley.
the murderer of Dr. Iee. Jo and get
him!"
Hardly knowing what he waa doing.
but In anger at the clumsy. Jesting
sheriff, a wild Idea to discomfit that
official and the nnhorsed Informer for
the ake of the gallant looking victor
seized Quabba. With a deft clutch of
his quick fingers be clasped the dan
gling end of the handcuffs to the wrist
of Blair. The otber end waa around the
sheriff's wrist ami that eager fficial
and the Informer were soon wildly
pulling In opposite directions. Leaving
his organ and carrying tbe irigbtened
monkey' In his arms, tbe nimble hunch
back ran through tbe grand stand and
wbisiered bla warning to Arthur.
At thla very moment obedient to a
significant look from Blair's mother.
It Was Arthur Stanley!
Mrs. Randolph and Vivian Marstou baa
pointedly thrown dowu the bouquets
uud had turned their backs on Esther
Theyucen of love and beauty waa un
acknowledged and dethroned.
At this open and direct humiliation
of the daughter of Hnpar the whole as
sembly grew still as death and the
honrse slioujs of the haudcuffed sheriff
were heard. "Stop thut man! He Is
Arthur Stanley wanted for murder!'
A loud roar burst from the excited
throng. Men sprang to their feet and
Women screamed. Arthur, at the crj
from Esther to save himself, ran down
the aisle und. clearing the rail at a
bound, vaulted on his horse, snatching
the reins from the negro lad as he did
so. But at the brusque conmands of
the sheriff the. masked knights closed
In on Arthur and. hemming him round,
drove blm and bla horse toward tbe
grand stand, struggling, fighting for
life and liberty.
(Continued next week)
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