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Show CHAPTERR Llll. -Again at Stanley Hall. LI M K'VKLL. f&mvttinjc his re 'oi l jiiu-lH In lib Jnll Uellu-ry. tf ii I'liitiK iiu' irmp wiiuii in- i hi i.ivocmI tofntfhordr-'xul.ir hlti ' d i,it -,f the Ilttlimi boarding l'01 ml tiummii tltf diverted wine K" ith i he diamond fi'uni tlio -l hm nitor she had brought an- "H uiji to tlio ) ilmrmliitf signer Liu , loom Situoni Solarl wns In kc ' out. In niLt itlli! brotio out JtUo 0fl luu ' " - '" "AhhusbIiih!" "UoliborH!" ftnn i'i.ii, oi" mni ore ulio could bwre- 6tn , i ii 1U,S(1, t0 (Jul doorway or. i ii i (.- xV0 Kiil'don uml mndu Uu ' i"ui liMiiiiiK v. Itlt lidr cries. I ' " ''li. i'iniHii(f uudur a Iktlit '" tiui'iv m toot sonie distance off. "' ' ' -mo himself lii iiful tlio dtti-H dtti-H '"' -iiu. IiimiiI' tmr KcrwiniH nml H ' ' ii.iic'ui ii'wui )i'co mom be '" ' w i-1 . nml Hllppeil off tlirmiKli 'l I'.W . '" ' i.iu,)sii(. iiirpc'tbJii. two lilitcljK ' Pull, fiuiin MoOirtliy tlllO Polli-o man - .'iiii,. iitniMitit- tu ,vnlt for tliulp u'''i' -.t i.llor. nlKo lit;uinl 'tli si " - -i-lm Hm Wipii ilu,v ro'trlicil I tlio Solarl ostiibiUip.ionr t!i slRtiorn biul quleU'd t tho o;ins.-lst of her DioTu coiiiih ?uil daughter. TUov ox-lilnliied ox-lilnliied to tho ihiIIcv that there hml lieen n tiuarrvl lytveon twu of the l-troiis, l-troiis, n iiunnf tlntt hnd greatly ttlanued tlio rIkikhii hml her (IhurIi-or, (IhurIi-or, slaro theirs, us the Kuntletueii uf lb'-.' l Hie Know, was n mom rvieetti-tile rvieetti-tile Jilatc! They wero not regular imtrnua who had cnusi'd mich mi unsormly OiHtuVli Rtice, tho slpiora further oxplnliioil. Ilnpplly n tho Kentlewoii of tho polkv Uucw bo well, tho Cafe I.n llclla Nujiull would not tolerate custom of this kind Tho disturbers were gone. They had ) . .. !,' The Slgnora Solarl Explainod to tho Police. fled nt the first coming of the no bravo police when r,ho hnd cried out. the nl gnnrit milled. It wns midnight, and their relief wn-waiting wn-waiting for them. The police were glad to escape from n morning In court with offenders and accepted tho cs pluuatloiiM. It was fated thnt tho 111 btuijre.l Jewel would loo two guests for the Cafe Ln Ilelhi Nitpoll, for, roused to his dan"ot wete he caught anil being Irked nt hh coulliioiucnt and fooling mire tho evil repute, of tho diamond was well found cd, Do Vaux had hurriedly p.t off the clothes lie had been wearing In bldlni; for the last nevoral weeks, mid, iltuttiliis his usual nnd more plo.tslng aitlio. tin diamond thief, tho lust of "the pack." dropped from u b'l' k window of the lodging nml inndo off il-jwn a deserted alley through the night 'and registered later at a hole! that pleased him bettei than the Cafe Ln holla Nnpnll. In his Hliimbern lu the hayloft Quab ha was arous'od by' the presence of Luke, and hi the moonlight that 'streamed through the open window ol the loft I.uke s'honed him tho dhiiKmd from tho i.l;y. (jiuibba crossed himseU and made the sign that feuds off the evil eye. lie had come to bollove the gieat diamond of the Stanleys was the amulet of the evil one. perhaps the uvil eye Itself. Who knows? "You are to take It," said Luke. "Tako It to Virginia to our mistress Wish j VivMl-X"7ibViiili Rv "ItF "Wo could not be parted, could yvt, Cirenc, my eenf" napnr and our llttlo nlstrK 5tUer It beUmgs to them. I do not wont li now; I only want revenue. When 1 have that !. too. will return to Vlrsclnhi (Hid sere llagiir fulthrtilly nipitu. Til. then ynu take the dluuioud nnd lf ffoue You have imm, tihe KngHil tawjor Bvo you for your rettn'n nn' the Hlilpniont of the puny boots. Q mo the prv'f to xhlp haelt tin pony nnd hlle you niv ono 1 unit foi nwhlle lp "Implo ornnn trtttu wltb Ida monkey. n you wero. Aud who will think to look for' mo aa BuehV" "No. no! ' shuddered Qunbba. "1 dt dot wish 10 h.tvo thu gvIJ dhuuoiul.' 4 t I "It will not harm you," s.ld I.uke, as superstitious us the huuchb.ieU. "The diamond from the sky is only cll to those who 11111114 or do evil. Your heurt H good. Tnko It'." Hut, Quatilm wns loath lo do so. He wiih not-so sure poor fellow Hint his heart was' good. Itnt Luke foned the greet Jewel umii him. Then Quitblm linn further olijeitions lo the plan pro ljfod by I.uke .-"It Is well wh.it you say," ho ventured "all except Clnr- , once. We could not be parted. uuld . (v, Clarence, my mjuV Wo wcio part- I ed once for u short while and his ll'.tle heart nearly broKe by reason of It." And tho monkey, as If he Kotised hit master's words, whltnivred and clung to him. "Well, tako the monkey with you then." said Luke. "It may be all the better, for the monkey -Is knoWn at your other self, while as .for tint kiij aud the piano cart, what does It matter? mat-ter? One pony i-i'irt and mm pony ti.' tho sort Is much like another, but n monkey there It Homeihlnic thnt people peo-ple will remember!" Ro nt dawn Luke, In tho gulte of n limping Itinerant musician, diove tit.-pony tit.-pony .'ii:d tho sttvei phuio curt oa from Los Ahj-elos to u distant phi -o ' uml In tune tdil led the outfit b.iclt b;. expre s tu Qu.iblu at I'liirfaN. ncai w hero was the ; psv rcndeivous. The'i Luko hid out In tho wilds as a trump workman, known to the coiifraternltj as "a blanket stiff," and worked at such Jobs nu he could get. biding ht time till the search for hlui as an cs caped Jailbird would have ended and ho could icturu to l.oi Angeles for hl revenge. When Quablia took the, train his be lug necompaiiled by Clarence, the moil key, liece-sltated his traveling In the smoking car. l-'ato takes us separate ways, yet sometimes wo travel closely with those whoso concerns are ours, and wo never know. In the Pullman Journeyed the dapper and furtive Do Vnux,' For the most pint he kept his fnvo behind a uciyspaper and hoped to bo uiitsccn, ho he saw ubt. And for povcrnl thousand miles Do Vaux. formerly for-merly accomplice mid Jackal to Dti rand, traveled lu fear of the polite inn' tho vengeance of, John Powell and tho desperate Hlulr Stanley, and nil the while the priceless diamond for which ho and his dead master had risked so much traveled mi tho same train In tho rags of n poor hunchback with a monkey! So the months passed To keep Ar thur from thinking, to keep him en gaged that they might further onino0' Hagar Pleaded With Esther. aud despoil hlui. Hlulr and Vivian led tho so called John Powell from one dissipation and wasteful luxury to another. an-other. Ho strove to overcome his addiction ad-diction aud the other dissipations more or less successfully. Hut hit will had grown weak and hit better self silenced, all of which was beheld by his loyal lnnntorviilit," I'nrker, the ono faithful friend remaining to lilnn with much misgiving and foreboding. At Stanley Hnll. Lawyer Sinjtho gone about his affairs t lluglaud. !:;-thor !:;-thor abiide with Hiisar. Uagar never fully recovered In health from Hlalr'n tnurdurous blow, thougli her tulud was ngiih) clear and unclouded. She pleaded plead-ed day by day with leather that all Fairfax nud nil the world might It now the trnth ir last. Fulrfiu nbunued tho two lone women at Stanley Hull. They wore regarded us strangem ami Interlopers. Inter-lopers. Ululr'H mothqr hud died after a puralytk stroke, niAl thuro was none now In thnt part of Virginia who ovon luspocted the truth couceruluit K llier. .Mystery elitng around Stanley Hull a somo otll thing. The murder of Vr tee after Etither hnd beou his want. the flight of Aithur Branley. be'loed to bo the old doctor's murderer, the tflsiippeiraaiv of Hlnlr Stanley all lUe-t thlniua iuude food for the guslps and mused the ueutry of Fairfax to ,i.". iil.'irf. 'fl, mi- lorl'reil that this was n cruel tu'c.s.uc to the fnb' youuir Klrl she so i!ei.'' I ivo-1. With Ksther ostrncUod l'i a . iM.'niinlty wliori she lionlil have : ecu . i. !cd and sought after utid with i th tin tiij for Avhom she hail ue-rUlc ue-rUlc .1 ii'.l l'Kihor bud sacrltlced. n pi'u"' rnto nud it wtigtrel tuider iiuotb Ci- iit"-'o not Ids owq, the dovotod tin-rnr tin-rnr ron:c! n ImrroI of heortacUoB. until .'he it hit dofpTOjuJCtl that rs-U.'r rs-U.'r i-t- least phanjja ; opared'furUicr. ISliolllif. ' , |