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Show f- By ROT ,. JM CARDBLL i. yL ' . Copyright. 1913. by "Roy L. McCan all v" CJ A novollxatlon of tha photo play selectod an the bast In over 19,000 aubmlttad to tha eeennrlo department of the Chlcano Tribune In a $10,000 prUe contest during December and January. The manuscripts In thla competl-tlon competl-tlon came from many tectiona In the United Statea and Canada. Author of note aa well ae thouaanda of ama-. ama-. taura took part. " " CHAPTER XXXII. Tho Spoil of tho Pelican. I HAVING hit tii3l; of (.enrolling for the troublu In tliu mechanism of the motor. Qunbbn (dipped " nio-xiiil to tliu back of It nml pushed the little machine, with mam grunts nml straining efforts, from the dangerous spot near the set blast nml Its warning sign. Pushing nml limiting, ho shoved the heavy little machine over the water covered tracks it hundied ynrd-t or imoro down the tunnel. Then ho rushed rush-ed bnelt under tho electric lisht by the I set blast nml, seizing the blast bnttcrj I by Its leather handle nml uncoiling the loops of wire, the other ends of which . were fastened deep down In the blast' holes to the detonntor In the dynnra'to Quabbti slipped back through tho dark ness nnd cnllcd to L'sther in a tense whisper to conio nround behind the shielding bulk of the motor with hlui From the blast battery box he curried trailed the length of wire that would enrry the vital spnrlc of tho forces of destruction. Now nialr Stanley nnd Luke Lovcll had located them by tho sluglo light upon the electric motor. They pressed forward with exultant shouts; then Just ns they reached the wide space wliero tho blast wns set nt tho new heading Qunbbn, n hundred yards nwny nnd shielded, with Esther, bo hind tho motor, drove tho plunger of tho battery down swift nml hnrd. Thero wns n deafening boom nnd I crash, n burst of fire, tho sound of showering rocks, n heavy fall of earth nnd debris that seemed to heave out nnd groan nnd rnttlo nnd fettle then n choking fog of blast smoke and si lence. Whatever hod been tho matter with the motor, tho shock mid Jar of tho explosion ex-plosion had settled the loosened wire back In plnce to n proper contact, for when, slinking with fright nnd excitement. excite-ment. Qunbbn hnd dragged Esther n board the motor again mid turned the lever the little mnehlno moved forward Jlko n living thing, slowly nt first nnd then, gaining speed, glided smoothly nnd swiftly out of tho smoko ami on nnd on, swifter, faster, until tho hunch-bnck hunch-bnck nnd tho trembling girl felt n breath of fresh nlr from outside blow upon them nnd saw n gleam of daylight day-light und sped on mid out from the dark mouth of tho mlno Into God's good sunlight! Tho men called to this side of the mouutnln to the new workings were nstounded at the appearance of so strnugo u pair bursting out from the tunnel nnd speeding down tho track on tho electric motor that had bceu left nt the other un.l far off portnl of the tunnel. The tr.it Union dropped their toolo. The mine foreman and his wife Joined with tliu thtoiig of miners that b urged nround the motor und the strange pair that drove It. They told their v lid btory to sympathetic sympa-thetic ears. Turning INther over to tho mlnlsturlug attentions of tho bis hearted sharer of his Joys and sorrows, i tliu initio boss nnd boveral nssistnnts reversed the motor nnd drove back resolutely res-olutely into the mine depths to find the men whom Esther and Qunbbn told of. They returned nt nightfall, huving cleared away tho debris of tho blast, but finding no trnco of Luke Lovcll and lllnlr Stanley. Tho wicked have luck nllko with tho good. At tho edge of tho blast Hhiir Stanley had been struck down and hurt slightly, nnd Luko hnd borno him back through the choking smoko all tho weary way. whcticp they had come, until they, too, reached tho duyllght nnd snfety. ns Esther and Qunbbn had reached it, but on tho far sldo of tho mountain mine. ' That night by tho flro in tho olllce shuck of tho mlno boss Esther nnd Qunbbn told again such parts of their story as they'cared to tell to tho rough but sympathetic new found friends nround them. Esther told of her renrch for Arthur, enllliig him only by tho name that ho wns known by ns oil magnate nnd owner of theso newly nc-quired nc-quired mines. Sho snld thnt ho was a friend, n relative, nnd thnt for rensons sho wns mm bio to solve the desperate men who had tracked her wero evidently evident-ly desirous she should not meet htm. "IIo Is n Huo young man, John Tow-I Tow-I ell Is, my denr," said tho kindly wifo l of tho mlno boss. "I will tako good TA enro of you, and in tho morning my husband will bavo ono of tho boys I drlvo you to tho railroad station. Mr. I 1'owcll has gono to Snntn Ilnrbnrn. 1 They sny ho has bought n bcnutlful I now yncht, which la thero to meet him. H IIo will protect you nnd tnko euro of I you, I know nnd you know. As for 8 thoso rnscnls you got nwny from, it la B fourteen rough miles across tho moun- tnln trail from tho north portal of tho tunnel. If they csenped with their H Jives they :lil hardly, muko their way m over tho mountntns tonight." H "If they como this wny I promise flj them n warm reception," remarked tho B mlno boss gtlraly. "Tho boys nro Just 8j jiutnrnlly pining to get hold of those Sj va follows. There will bo woik fur H i!iS coroner If tho Jjpys cutch them. f5 Esther and Cuabba In tho Electric Motor. And the coroner had better bring in n verdict of 'frozen to death' too." Tho moon shone on the waters of Snntn Bnrbnrn bny. It shone down upon the broad white deck of n grout yncht thnt moved mnjesticnlly across tho waters. Hencath the moon the sensuous strains of n love song clinut-ed clinut-ed In n minor key arose. In snowy white, with flower garlands on their brensts, n Hawaiian orchestra plnjed "Tho Lovo Song of the Sky Flowers." It is beductlvely sweet In tho vernacular. vernacu-lar. In English it may bo sung: Beloved, the stars nro sky flowers In the nlRhtl Tho llowerti aro ground stars, dear, by day, And all tho air Is soft for your dolEht; Then let us love, sweetheart, whllo yet wo may Bcncnth tho moon, n chnplct of flowers flow-ers in her hnlr, n clinging whlto gown of Grecian simplicity setting off her languorous beauty, reclines Vivian Murstou. Near her Is Arthur Stanley, enthralled, enraptured under tho spell of Vivian's alluring ehnrnis, tho witchery witch-ery of tho Hnwnllan love feong of tho sky flowers, nnd tho mngic of tho moon-light moon-light over nil. Under the spell of Vivian's languorous languor-ous cy.-i Arthur Stanley, John Powell, Pow-ell, millionaire now, trends the path of peril in his turn, but tho path Is not plain to him, for it is hidden by deadly dead-ly flowers. Tho flowers on the path of peril seem sweet nnd fair to hhn. They mny be such as nro in tho chnplct chnp-lct on Vivian's dark locks, for Arthur bends over theso nnd murmurs, "I woilld givo you anything hi tho world!" An enger glow comes into Vivian's dangerous eyes, n deeper flush suffuses suf-fuses her fair cheeks. "You would clvo me anything In tho world?" sho Frank Ourand, the "Kino of Diamonds.' whispers. "Then" get mo tho diamond from tho sky." "It has disappeared utterly off the enrth," answers Arthur. "If It comes to light it mny not be mine to give." And ho leans over to clnsp her In hN arms. Hut. pouting like n child denied, de-nied, Vivian holds him aloof. "You do not enru for me," sho says with nf fected plalntiveness, "or you would promise." And Arthur, such Is the witchery of this fair woman, such Is tho magic of tho moonlight, promises her. The mngic of tho moon oasts mi spell over Frank Ourand. In faraway Now York Durnnd has no dreams or Illusions, Illu-sions, lie Is n practical person, known in the sphcic that he adorns its the "King of Diamonds." for ho Is the moving spirit of n band of luteriintlon-nl luteriintlon-nl Jewel thieves and swindlers, Mr Abe Utouni, prosperous gambling house keeper In Richmond, Is almost In despair de-spair nbout the great diamond that slipped through his fingers once. In this half despair nnd desperation Mr. Bloom 1ms written to Mr. Dtimnd. his New York ncuunlntancc of the upper underworld. Mr. Bloom's letter to the wily Durnnd Is brief nnd blunt: My Dear Durand Tho last hoard of the diamond from the sky was train robbers ttolo It In California. If you and our bunch of crooks can Ket It I havo n syndicate syn-dicate to pay you your own price. Tur-Uicr Tur-Uicr details later Our mutual friend Vivian Viv-ian Is after It Am nfrald sho will double cro us. This diamond Is worth ICW.OW, Yours. AJin I1LOOM. In his luxurious bachelor apartments tho "King of Dlnmonds" receives his dapper and nlert lieutenant. Felix de Vuux. nllns Count do Vnux. nnd shows him the letter from tho sententious Mr. nioom. "So our old friend Vivian Is nftcr tho diamond?" snys tho dapper little count ns ho turns and faces the framed photograph of Vlvlnn Mnrstou that occupies oc-cupies n plnco of honor in Durnnd's bnndsomcly furnished apartments. "VI was always clever. Itcmcuibcr she wroto nbout tliLs stone?" Tho hnndsomo Durnnd strokes his closo cropped vnudyko beard nntl muses. "I nlwnys thought thnt diamond dia-mond was n myth," ho says flnnlly. "So many of theso old nnd supposedly priceless heirlooms turn out to be Junk when nn expert gets his hands ou them." nnd Frank Durnnd plnccd n peculiar cmphnsls on tho word "expert." "ex-pert." "We have records of this so called diamond from tho sky." continued tho arch crook, "but nothing much was known of it except It was supposed to bo in the possession of an old Virginia family. But no one knows much of it, only there was un old fnmlly tradition tradi-tion glorifying some glmcrnck thnt perhaps per-haps would provo worthless oven If It really existed." "Well." Interjected tho dapper little count. "If Abe Illcom soys there Is such n stone nnd thnt It Is worth 'half n million you can be suro it is n real diamond and worth much more. Abo Bloom and his llttlo brother, Ike, tho Klchmotid pawnbroker, nro two of tho best Judges of diamonds In the country." coun-try." " "Wo should know that," nsscnts Durnnd. Du-rnnd. "Wo havo pnld them well moro than onco to como on to Now York uid apprnlso btones for us when even wo wero in doubt. And now good night. Wo start west tomorrow. Pleasant dreams nbout tho diamond from tho sky to you, Felix!" Pleasant dreams nbout tho diamond from tho sky! Vivian Mnrston, 3,000 miles nwny, drenms of tho diamond. Qunbba, n humblo hunchbnek organ grinder, sleeping by n flro in n mine shed, drcnins, too, of tho diamond. No selfish dream is Quabba's. Thero Is ono person on nil tho enrth ho loves ubovo nil others, nnd that ono is his young fair mistress, Esther. Quabbn longs and dreams of tho diamond that ho has so strangely found nnd lost twico in ids lowly life. IIo longs for tho dlnmond that ho mny glvo it to his fair young mistress ns n trlbuto from her devoted servitor. In his dreams Qunbbn beholds Clnrcncc, tho monkey, his next beloved ntid from whom ho long has been parted. And in his black nml hairy paws Clurcnce, tho monkey, extends to his master'tho diamond from tho sky. Then Qunbbn wakes and sleeps ngnln. perchnnco iigaln to dream, SInco tho wreck of tho coach down tho lilllsldo Mnrmadnko Smythc. tho English lawyer, cursing a fate that led him to lose himself hi tho wilderness whllo seeking 'the heir of Stanley for tho Warwickshire earldom, dreams, too, by n dying lire, Itut his dreams are not of dlnmonds. IIo drenms a horrid snvngo leers at him through u tnon oclo n savage who is n btlckler for tho niceties. For even In his dreams tho timid Loudon lawyer knows that it Is night, und ho is Impressed by the fact that tho savugo about to scalp him is nttlrcd in n dress com. The lawyer wakes with a shriek of fear, and on his enrs fall tho harsh croak- liigs of tho unseen enemies who constantly con-stantly alarm him. Not redskins, us ho thinks, but greeusklus. Not kiiv-ages. kiiv-ages. In uinbmdi. but flogs in the marsh Stirred by. tho frightful memory of his Ma'rmaduke Smythe's Dream. drenms imadukc Sirythe spilug- to his tei't and discharges his nliotj.u Into th marsh Then nil Is still. The silence brings back courage to the henit of the British banister lost in the wilderness. "Ila." he says. "I must hnvo Jolly well exterminated the savage Iroquois'. I will recouuolter! Itut caution, Mar-inaduko. Mar-inaduko. caution!" ho counsels himself. "Perhaps they nro endeavoring to draw me Into nu nmbtisende!" He creeps forwntd stealthily nnd pnrtx the bushes by a marsh puddle Thcic lies the corpse of his foeinan. n great gieen frog extremely defunct. Near bj. caught In the low tangle of ninrsh shrubbery. Is n curious glenin-Ing glenin-Ing object In the moonlight. Tho lawyer law-yer stoops down nnd picks it up It is the spoil the pelican despised when he shook It from the fish thnt brought It from the depths. Worthless Worth-less to fish or fowl, the eccentric London Lon-don lawyer grasps It with u startled cry of wonder und surprise. Mnrmnduke Smythc has the diamond from the skv' To Go Continued |