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Show H r . $gV 3y. ROir L,t jvifi CARDBLL H Copyright. 1913. by "Roy L.. McCarccll H A novellrntlon of the photo play selected tha bast In over 19,000 aubmittad to tha scenario dapartmant of A tha Chicago Tribune In a $10,000 prize conteet during December and January. The manutcripta In thla compell- W tlon came from man aectiona In the United 8tataa and Canada. Authora of note aa well aa thouaanda of ama Wg taure took part. BBIB $10,000 For 1,000 I Words or Less H For an Idea For & Sequel to 1 "THE 1 DIAMOND FROM THE SKY" H The American Film Manufac- H turinrf Company's Picturizcd j Romantic Novel In Chapters. H This contest ia open to any man, H woman or child who ia not connected. H directly or indirectly, with the Film M Company or the newspapers publishes publish-es ing the continued story. No literary H ability ia necessary to qualify aa a MM contestant. M You arCadvised to aee the continued m photo play in the theatera where it will H be ahown to read the story as it runs HI every week, and then send in your HI suggestion. Contestants must con- Hj fine their contributions for the s;n.uel H to 1,000 tuord-t or less. It is HJ the idea that is wanted. I SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP- TERS. H A feud lion existed between Colonrt Ar- H thur Stanley nnd Ills cousin, JuiIko Lnmnr R Stanley, over nn heirloom, tho diamond Hj from tlio sky, found In a fallen meteor by H an ancestor Also, tho succession to the H Stanley cnrldom In Hntflnnd nmj como tu Hj an American. When a daughter Is born H to tho colonel and tho mother dies, the H colonel Iiuh n sspsy boy and nubstltuten H him Three years later the K psy mother, H havlns hail no part In this bargain, steals H tho girl, uclni? reared In secret, and leaves H, her eon undetected ns tha heir. Tho gyp- Si By has obtained possession of the diamond H from tho (iky, and a document with tho H Stanley secret. When i:sthcr Is itrown a j beautiful young girl, II agar, now gypsy H queen, returns to Virginia with her Dr. S I.ce, tho Into Colonel Stanley's friend, a ndoptfl Esther, hut demands that llagur -ij turn over to him tho diamond from the mg r.Ity Arthur Stanley, son of Ilugur, falls B In lovo ulth Ksthrr mid no does his com- H pnulou and cousin, Ulalr Stanley, rightful male heir of Stnnlcy. In stealing tha diamond dia-mond Dlalr c.vu3ea tho death of tha doctor doc-tor nnd tries liter to put tho blamo on Arthur, who tuks tho diamond from him Tho sheriff ntUmiUH to take Arthur Into custodj, but lie e.uJea h.s pursuers and Joins linear, -,ho reveals his Identity nnd upbraldH him fur liln wild life. Needing inonei, he pawns tho diamond In ltlcli-mond. ltlcli-mond. At n ball, nt which n aupposed New York belle, Vl l.m Marston, Is tho Kucat f honor, Arthur and Ulalr find tho diamond on the lnlloi Flic la an adventures adven-tures who h f. hoi rowed It. I.uK I.ovell, IIus.u'b i;psy guard, Ktcals the d aniond, and to avoid detection drops It Into a mull bo!.. Arthur leaves Richmond and goes to tho wost. T'he diamond dia-mond puses Into a "V'l liii. picked up by Qualilui, oirfun giiiidui Quubba's monkey steals tho diamond, linear takes Esther to Rtanlty hall. Tom lllakc, a detectlvo of nichmond, who Is hired by llagar, produces finger prints convicting Hlnlr. llagar proposes sllcnco to Mrs, Stanley oh tho prlco of Hngar'H nnd Hsther'H being received In Fairfax society Illalr strikes down llagar lla-gar and Hteals the linger prints, leaving tho gypsy demented. Tho diamond is found by n negro boy nnd Is taken by a tramp. Tho latter Is murdered by Hung I.I It Is stolen just as a blummlng party cntcm Hung I.l's den. Hagar Is again with Hsthcr among tho gypsies. Marma-duko Marma-duko Stnythe, lawyer, arrives to announce Arthur Is heir to tho deceased Karl of Stanley. Learning Arthur Is n fugltlvo ho Bceks Illnlr In'teud To win Vivian, Ulalr steals tho dlumond, later marrying her nnd leaving for tho west. Their trnln I robbed, Vlvlin lorhig tho diamond, which a slain train robber drops In tho debort. Tho 1100,000 ho stolo Is found by Arthur, now known ns John Powell, sheep herder Vivian deserts Illalr, telling him ho must regain tho dlnmond for her. I.uko I.ovell, driven from tho enmp after learning no-gar's no-gar's secret, leaves to seek Illalr. llagar Is under troatment nnd Esther Is In lllchmnnd nocloty, protego of Mm. Stnn-ley, Stnn-ley, who suspects lici real nnme. and of Mrs. Ilnndolph. Abo Illoom, gambler, who knows Hlalr's guilt, covets tho diamond nnd calls It tho prlcu of his secrecy. Illalr will not listen to I.ovell, nnd Arthur also Insists on his hllenen. Illalr returns to Itlchmond and, Instigated by his mother, pays unwelcomn court to Esther, Mrs Htnnlcy n6ertlnir VUlnn had been married before Tho diamond Is picked up by nn Indian woman Esther, icsolWng to find Arthur, leaves Itlchmond with CJunbba. Dr, I.e, Arthur learns, died of heart dls-i dls-i case, incoming very rich ho bu)B Stnn- ! ley hnll. sold nt nuitlon, thtotigh Illake, i nnd nlfo provldci f r Ilngar. I.uko I.ov- ell buys tho diamond from tho simnw, but I loses It In n tight on Santa Harbara bay. tho gom sinking. At tho auction Bmytho j buys n mounted deer head. J CHAPTER XXV. Tho Man In tho Mask. UNEIl thu moon iiiul with tho boom of tlio surf fnllliiB dully on his cam, spent, panting, chllliMl to tlio bono, I.uko Lov-cll Lov-cll tlrcrtv liH dripping lmlk tip on tho xnnil nml for u fuw miKUlshctl, iicIiIhk ' inoninnta felt nil tlio quitlm of iluutli i ero yt-t comos tli dulling pencoftilnesH of tll.SbOlUtloll. VtiBiioly 1m lieiirtl far olt tlio shouts of iikmi nml tho roveiltonttluns of liur-rlL'd liur-rlL'd footslopit nlong the wooden catue-f catue-f way of tho doel:. Tor a few hrlt f uioinonts of iingulx!). jrlun iiiul fatl0uo tho ice'Uli's e'l 1,J,J- crawling tip from tho son, cured little whether lie lived, tiled or fell Into the hands of Ills enemies Hut with returning re-turning lireath and life came fear. I.ovell know Hint In the murky waters wa-ters hcuenth tho moon n brine strangled stran-gled corpse heaved with the title. What nnswer had ho to ciw to his enemlen regarding this tlentl aecompllco or his living Mf? There lrtd been it Htrug-glo Htrug-glo In tho boat, n death combat In the water, a cry across the night, a gurgling, gurg-ling, hideous cry and -then silence. And now tho shouting crowd upon tho pier was searching with enger eyes ncross tho waters for the living or the (lend. And tho diamond from the sky? It was now the dlnmond beneath the seal It seemed plain now to tho terror stricken mind of the half drowned gypsy Hint no evil unnd could hold tho dlnmond. In hands alien uud evil, tho dlumond would not abide, and with nil tho terror ter-ror of the night upon him I.uke I.ovell felt relieved that this tallsmuii of woe lay nt the bottom of tho bay. ltested now, he lose to his feet nnd staggered away In the darkness, ns he rciillzjvil tho puisult wits coining in his direction; Let tho dlnmond stn with the (lend; let tho living nnswer the enU'ina of tho struggle and tries In tho night upon the waters as best they might, I.uke I.ovell resolved on flight ami distance between himself and the diamond now In the deeps. Sunrise finds him fur buck In the mountains, and six h Is the liitlucuce of the great four that has been upon him that In tho desperation of Ills acute If not chronic reformation I.uke I.ovell usks and secures work in the capacity of blacksmith's helper nt n forgo at the mountain mines. Xow while he works and works well, for all gypsies are tlnkow and smiths when they do or will work, let us see what has become of tho others whose destinies nre concerned with the gem. Arthur, known ns John I'owell, since striking oil hns become possessed of tho touch of Mldus. Ho piospeis uud wnxes in riches nnd power nnd Is Intoxicated with his own success. It Is not tlint ho has lost thought nnd hopes nnd nlTectlon for Ksthcr, but Ksther Is far away, nnd ho Is young, and tho ndtilntlou that men render nnd women, too Is sweet to him. Already In tho oil Holds of California he Is known ns "the golden man." lie dreams of empires, ns Cecil Hhodox dreamed nnd leallzed In Africa. Ills money Is not hoarded, his mind Is upon mines, fruit farms, vast cattle ranches. manufacturing plants and till forms of lluanclal and commercial activities. Tho tpilet lanes of Vlrglnli, the tur molls of his reckless jotith that enllv cued them, seem far nwny. Since he . found tho outlaws' plunder In the desert des-ert and made It the leer with which he moved poverty nnd haidshlp from his way money has become to Arthur a mighty thing. In his ambitious plans and activities At thur deems that money will do all, IIo sends money to his agents, tho secretive se-cretive Itlchmond detective, lllnke, thinking ho does well and that this money will aid Usther nnd Hngnr, while ho plays with time uud destiny at high BtnkcH in far California. And ever tho dink eyes of Vivian Marston tire on him. Hut she keeps aloof and bides her time. Hero at last Is a prey worth walling tho hoar to strike nt. Sho resolves to piny the gnmo boldly and well. Sho has need of helpful usslstnnce. Her thought turned to Itlnir. She knows that for soino strange renson, .Inexplicable to both Illnlr nnd herself, Arthur Stnnley had sncrllleod himself, borne even tho onus of murder, con fesscd bv lllght, murder ho knew him self guiltless of nnd Illalr Implicated. Hut why? This sho did not know, nor did she euro. Sho only know that Arthur would not betray Illalr and that Illalr would not betray Arthur. She knew that, Whllo Illalr secretly, yet with Intense bitterness, hated his supposed cousin Arthur had eagcily sncrlllced himself for Illalr. And now that Arthur, as John Powell, was Indeed a golden mmi, VIvIau lemenibered lib) strangi nttachtnent for Illalr and thought It well to apprlso Hlnlr of the change In tho fottuues ns well ns tho ituiiie of Arthur Stnnloy nnd have Hlnlr come out to tho west ns a willing ami vnlua bio tucomplleo In her designs to atrip tho golden man of nil his gold. In hulrfux Hlnlr was surprlsr-d to receive a brief but unliable letter from Vivian. Tho letter road : !.os Angeles, Sept. 4. My Dear Doy Am sorry wo parted In nnscr nhaut tho diamond Arthur Htnn-loy, Htnn-loy, undor tho uamo of. John Po-vcll. has struck It Hell In oil here. You nOvUr loin toe. and let bygones ho bygones. Ik -ingly. VIVIAN illnlr had crushed tho noto nnd wondered. won-dered. In tho presence of Vlvlnn Hlnlr was na n man under a toxlo spell. Hut ho remembered with Ulttoruets iier light and scornful dismissal of hlin. Sho had jnanlcd him, given heraclf to him for the diamond from (ho sky. Ite Irid rlsl.til his life foi It mid her. et when the tia .1 roVier had despoiled them of the great gem she hnd thrown him aside nnd mocked him. And now tho needed him nnd sent for hhn Illalr wns young, full blooded nnd evilly unscrupulous nnfl passionate. V-Uko Lovell Works aa a Blacksmith's Holper. Tho sweet nud beautiful development of Esther's character and person, now that he wns i dlcvcd of the Intoxicating Intoxicat-ing presence 'if Vivian, hnd roused In Hlalr's breast a longing for Esther that he thought wii3 love. Was it true, ns Abo Hloom, the gambler, gam-bler, had hinted, nud Abe Hloom hnd known tho lady of old, that Vlvlnn Mnrstou possessed several husbands nnd that her marriage, secret and hasty, to Illalr In Itlchmond pievious to their tllght with the diamond was null and void? Hlalr's mother had taunted him with this and had lightly dismissed the thoughts of Vivian and the marriage from her mind. It wns Hlalr's mother also who ci'iistantly Inspired him with thotights of Esther. The very day the letter had come fioin Vivian to Illnlr Hlalr's mother had received n letter ! ....... i -'I Vivian Marston Thinks of Blair In Pa. away Virginia. from Luwjer Hunter, the lejol atlxlsei to the StnuU's. and who as leftreo In bankruptcy li d il.t.o of the sule of Stanley hall when It went to Uetecihu Hhtko ua iilglie.t bidder fur Mmt uu kuuvv n client. In thl letter rrom lawyer Huutei. a letter In reply (" some tiuertca Mrs. Stanley hud lu.iUc, the lawyer hud written! Dear Mrs. "Htanley-ln reply to your hi quiry tho diamond from tho alty l, locally tho property of any sole heir of the tutu Colonel btiiiiki. wiiui.ivr u kon or Uuuh-tcr, Uuuh-tcr, trrcspo llu of family trudltlo.i regarding re-garding It and tho earldom of Stanley, tu. Very truly. HALPH HUNTER, SU.. Attorney ut 1-avv .Mrs Sti.nley had shown this letter to Illalr. "You kuow my suspicions," she remarked re-marked "1 hae reasons to believe that this Kin, Esther Harding, Is the real uud only heir to all that Colonel Stnnlcy died possessed of. We have no proof of this, but I belloe the j;yp-sy j;yp-sy woman, Ilnpir Hauling, possessed such proof, ami the girl now has It. "Whatever this proof Is, it can be assumed as-sumed that the ltl entries It with her, ospeelnll now that she has dlsiippvnr-cd. dlsiippvnr-cd. She would not be likely to leave so luipiiit.int a document in any hiding hid-ing place. "We inutiot move In the matter legally, le-gally, fi suspicious are not evidence," Mrs, St.inlfj went on. "Any lawsuit might n. em the return of Arthur Stanley Stan-ley to til. the truth so far as he knows It regaidlii- the death of Dr. I.ee. You would be liiuilhated, and the gambler. Abe Hloom nnd the detective, Tom lllakc, cMdeiitiv Mses.j proof of jour guilt. "l'or while the gypsy woman, Hagar, who has been nn imbecile since jou struck her, had only photographs of the lucrlmhinllm: thumb prints, It Is evident evi-dent that Illnkc anil the Hlooms have the origin iN the thumb print on the bad check .mil (he thumb prints you left tn the dm tor's study on the cuhbnx nnd olsow lure. The pi Ice of their silence si-lence Is the diamond when it comes to light. "If this u-lrl Is tho rightful heir of Stunlev. the diamond Is hers, nml If Arthur Stanley Is nn lnistor, the earl-dom earl-dom In Kn J.iml Is .vmus. "We me humid to silence owing to jour rash nud reckless nits. We must unko the must of the situation. If n stranger has bought Stanley hall the sale Is lint Ic-al. and If this girl Esther Is the teal Stanley the estates must be restoied to her. '11111 the diamond from thf sk) il'.'ht fully belongs to her What will she en re for the family tia- tilt Ions If It ever conies about that she Is able -to prove or desires to prove her claim? l'.iulitless she Is keeping slli'ilt out of rcirniil for Arthur Stanley. "There Is one simple thing to do, Itlnir: jnu must marry this girl. Then vou will have a clear claim to the title, nnd jou will also possess Stnnley hall nnd the diamond from the kv u matter where the diamond may be It must ultimately eome to light You can then ehnnse whether you will sur render It to the Hlooms as tho prlco of their silence, as Is now iirranged. or buy them off from the wealth that comes to you as the Earl of Stanley in England " To Do Continued |