Show CHAPTER LVA LV A Romany Rye GE A GE irony of bite The gen gem nl STRANGE desired tin tea greut Jewel that from Crom a charm harts harm bad come to be lie it u eur curse c wis grasped u again aln Lovel H t gypsy y hands bands that strong as tiM they were WIP WH WP never pr to hold bold It John Powell sometime Art Arthur bur Stan Stan- of ley-of Stanley i unley On null flail II liar born son of larding Harding rat tort collated collapsed In III his a ha II As AM Luke uk uke Lovell the Uhe prayer of oC n Hagar flagar nr fluttered to tu tin tin- table Luke growled jn a and HUlt lure It t from Arthurs Arthur's r resisting grasp juiced lCt j ut at It U and Ind t tion fumed R el It hark back In worn You Von live lIe soft be he RII sneered soft oft In your yur luxury while I 1 ht hive hasp wi win Willi n dared like a hunted wolf in I the h But now hots' I shall live soft tort milt mid yo-i yo shill shall be bt In my ser aut nod mid my mr hanker cr Flint hIrt you yon shall 1111 feed m me mc And AncI Luke placing the diamond In his bis rasa rap KM sat down And halted bolted the tea fond t that hn t bad b peen been brought th the muster of ur the th house hour h inn nn lint thit noil mil shattered wretch had bud nut not the thc to An As a In a It daze as In a 0 dream Arthur I without fear I I stood Without nope nape ana Without hope and without fear Ye Yes he be had find reached the tho end of ot everything The prayer of or his the mother had come horn homo as no a n curse In this hour hout of ot his hla shame and humiliation I Ho no had bad b been n the sorrow and sacrifice I of ot her young motherhood and the heartbreak of ot her maturity Esther whom he be had despoiled of ot birthright and p patrimony her steadfast faith outraged out outraged raged at last Iasi had bad left him In to Corn sorn and contempt Blair for whose sake he had home borne j I re ty the brand of Cain and by his flight from Virginia had Imel accepted the onus of ot Blairs Blair's guilt for tor the tho murder of ot Dr Lee Lee Blair Blair too had bud been false and faithless to ever every trust Vivian The scales Beales had dropped from his eyes She too was false as she had always been Without fear and without hope bope Crushed dazed the so 0 called John Powell gazed at ot the poisoned glass sInES of brandy with which he be tad had ad stood to pledge a toast to death when Luke had bad burst in upon him Then his eyes turned upon Luke bolt boltIng boltIng Ing his bis food like Uke a II ravenous animal I look strange to you ron huh said Luke ruke answering tho the look and speaking with q fJ mouth full tulle They shaved ved me and they clipped cUpped me in the pen where you and Blair Stanley sent me Th The express slip sUp was all aU the proof that was WI needed against the poor ignorant gypsy They shut me up like a rat m In a n trap from the light and air In a rotten prison for tor stealing the money that you stole stol the money from the the train rob beryl Oh Oh I went back over all our tracks and anel I found the dead horse borse and andI I 1 found the empty cache There were clews plain enough when I 1 got out of prison and went back Tha Thal stolen money you yon found in the desert was the tho th start of at your fortune Mr Sir John Powell The Tho money was secretly repaid by You you but when they caught one of or the poor poor robbers robbers-as robbers robbers-a as they thought thought thought-In to me they sent me to the penI penI pen pea I dont don't look like I used to do I That's prison pallor that even the sun of the desert couldn't wholly take away Im thinner too bot but bat Ill I'll fatten on you Ill I'll spare your life Ute for you are Hagar's fingers son but hut If It f I go to prison again you will go with me for tor I havethe have havethe Ye the proofs you found and used the stolen money and I know you yon left lert Vir gluts as Arthur Stanley accused of murder Where is your so called cousin your pal and fellow crook Blair Stanley Stanle Out with the fair fall lady I suppose He nt shall feed and clothe me and be my banker too Durand who helped you two rail railroad railroad road me to prison on Is dead I hear bear All fine tine gentlemen eh cli the thc whole of ot you Well I shall be a gentleman too a Romany Rye TIye You know what a att at t tt t means means t It means gypsy gentle- gentle now that I have fed come I ING IN NC tol Y to tot t F b t tT pp T 4 Arthur Stood Without Hope and Without Without With With- out Fear and clothe me Your flunkies are art asleep so you shall be my QUIlI flunky y One Rye Hye a as valet to another her thud And Luke rose rOe from where he had bad rol urged gorged ed and Arthur followed him with without out oat a u word to his suit of or rooms and wardrobe upstairs I The storm had bad passed a few heavy trap drops f fell from tile the leafage of ot the hive 11 oak lIal and finel l hissed as they died on the cm IW helM of the smoking ruins of ot Hagar tan tun Upon the ground Esther knelt hold buld tug nig the heat head of t Ute the e dying Hagar fur fat r was dying slowly dying Since their journey westward she laid bail failed and faded slowly but surely Nothing 01 hili but her deep love lo for tor Esther and her bel strong faith that she could coull I reach her sun suit In time and aud save hiu hail lind held Hagar to life Ute I IA A harvest of heartaches through th years sorrows and alIel sacrifice had sap red oed her hea spirit and her strength Only a sweet complacent fult faith It hind halt sustained her But BUI now the shuck shock of the w stroke the burning of the van and unel tin fir to th lh storm torm had hastened th tassin of or On Hagar r. r r In Iii u their Iou long Journey westward slowly III I but hut surely purely moving onward the lied had reached within some t twenty mile mlle nf of Los An Angeles and the end of or of then thell quest for Arthur Resolute Resolute- In lu this great sorrow anti and en 11 n I Esther st Iler whispered to the eve eel lu nod and 10 loyal i to tn mount Oil on of or the nil van horses and anel hurry hack had to the slower mOvIng cavalcade of or gyp gyl ides des mid end bill bid them ba ThiN did The caravan WM was nut far fal behind b. them for tor n nearing caring Loa Los Angeles Hagar had bad given orders to W move mo through b th Uk night that they might camp the next rE 1 k i r Esther Either Sent Back to the Gypsies day on the outskirts of the city cUr that was their Journeys Journey's end cries the gypsies lashed their tired horses and soon Hagar was Inthe in inthe inthe the loving care of ot the women of her tribes tribe with Esther always beside her ber holding her hand banel and comforting the dying woman with a communion of ot silence On the outskirts of or the town driven from their open roadster to the shelter of or a roadhouse by the rain ram Blair and Vivian Vilan drank drauk and reveled little knowIn knowIng knowIng know know- In Ing John Powell waited opportunity Inthe in inthe th the departure of Luke to drink his toast to Death at nt his mansion in Los Angeles They drank and und reveled while a score of at miles a away way Hagar and Esther hand handIn In hand hanel waited for or the end cud of 01 time and the tile beginning of oC eternity for tor the elder of ot the twain Up the steps of ot the roadhouse piazza scattering the last raindrops irom from hi apparel came cama Dick Jones Joncs With i iwas was a 0 lady whom he be addressed as us Gert Gerl It was not the first roadhouse t tI these ese esl late arrived ed Joy riders rillers had bull stopped at nt Mr Jones was thick k of ot speech flushed of ot face and unsteady ady of ot gait The lady he ha called Gert was more seasoned d. d She was voicing the remark that she was wasas wasas wasas as dry ry as us a fish Osh and hungry as us a wolf At the sight of or Blair Stanley Mr Jones was somewhat abashed But nUt some recollection came to him that steadied him and be he greeted mull Blair with an assumed Indifference Blair mall gave ga the newcomers a surly super supercilious ell i ious ous oua stare Who are they asked VivianI Vivian I dont don't know the blond female with him Mm replied Blair lail carelessly but the boozy gentleman Is Dick Jones who was our shipping clerk at the Good Goo GoodHope l llope lope Hope OH on company offices until offices until I 1 fired him for coming to work after being out ow tile the nl night bt before as us you see him now You Yon didn't fire yourself for that of or sense or John Juhn Powell the boss buss I assume assume assume as as- sume remarked Vivian sar sarcastically No matter what I 1 do the nl night ht be before before fore ore my head bead Is clear and my hands bunds steady the next day Blair answered As for tor John Powell Powell Powell-my my boss as aM you call can him since him since h he hu has taken todo to do dope Ie and aud flying machines we do lIo not hot see him at the o office il-e. il And that reminds ls me I 1 am sick of this whole business I have ha got the mOlle motley money lu In m my own name I am tired of ot hanging on like n a parasite to the poor boob boub until he be do dupes dopes es himself to death When do du we make muke a 0 getaway When we get the diamond from the sky replied ed Vivian I have ha set m my heart and sou soul on ou having it It must turn up Ul again Nothing ever er happens and everything happens While Blair Jall drank dank In gloomy silence and made macJe no answer tu to VI vi vian's ans an's last remark Jones the tipsy ex shipping clerk at the next table tuble talked with the lady be he called Cert Gert Upon her ber ample bosom there hung hunga a flashy URby la lavalliere suspended by a abea bea heavy beay y chain Pretty nifty piece e of oC Junk Gert said sad Jones But you t ha have hae e seen the bl big diamond tint that aul John Powell got fot by express It came camela cameto la to a n package and our head bead sent me nie up to Mr Powells Powell's house bouse with It He De opened the package e and anel nearly threw a fit for tor there Inside was wasu wasa I u a case and In that case was waa a Ii letter I that stung him film hard bard and with It was wa wasa a it halo chain and locket about 1000 years old And lu iu that locket was wa a 0 diamond as big us as an nn English walnut I think it was wa th the same Hame diamond that hat the circus guy Aa gave Aae e the lady lion tamer lamer Then the lion Hon killed the Indy lady and finel her lIer husband the clown killed tb the c circus guy and then shot himself John Pow Powell bought the diamond athe at a atthe atthe the auction of or the busted circus then rhea some gin gink I stole It from Crom him and und Pow Powell Powell Powell ell Jot gut It back ack by hy express just n as Im I'm telling you They say Hay John Powell I Is crazy lie Ie sure acted crazy when be hi- read rend the note nute that came with the b bp bg sparkler Fie Ie give he me TO liO to keep l my mouth shut about It ft But I dont don't ha have C to 10 lt l keep my moult stint shut about anything fur for anybody nu for Cor all ull I gut got ut for the till way WilY I worked In lit hi his was wa to tu be hl thrown out nut Walt till tillI I see e Powell Ill I'll get tt m my job hack back all alt allright right and noel nobody wont won't stop ship mel |