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Show Copyright. 191 3. by "Roy L. McCardell J A novalliatlon of tha photo play aalactad aa tha baat In over 19,000 submitted to tha enrlo dapartmant of M Chloaoo Tribuno In a $10,000 prlta contaat durlno Dacembar and January. Tha manuacrlpta In thla eompell-tWn eompell-tWn cam from many taotlona In tha Unltad StaUa and Canada. Authora of nota aa wall aa thouaanda of ama-i ama-i taura took part. $10,000 For 1,000 Words or Less For an Idea For a Sequel to "THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY" The American Film Manufacturing Manufac-turing Company's Picturized Romantic Novel In Chapters. i This conical is open to any man, woman or child who is nol connected, directly or indirectly, with the Film Company or the newspapers publishing publish-ing the continued story. No literary ability is necessary to qualify as a contestant. You are advised to see the continued photo play in the theaters where it will be shown to read the atory as it runs every week, and then send in your suggestion. Contestants mutt confine con-fine their contributions for the sequel to 1,000 toord-t or le-t-t. It is the idea that is wanted. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. CHAP-TERS. A feud has existed between Colonel Arthur Ar-thur Stanley and his cousin, Juilgo Lamar Stanley, over nn heirloom, the diamond Irom tlio sky, found In u fallen meteor by an ancestor. Also, tlio hucccssIoii to tha Stanley earldom In EnKlnnd may como to an Amctlcan. Wlien u daughter Is born to tlio colonel und tlio mother dies, the colonel bujs a Bypsy boy and substitutes lilm: Tlirco years later the gypsy mother, having had no part In this bargain, steals tlio girl, belnu reared In secret, and leaves her son undetected us tlio heir. Tho gypsy gyp-sy has obtained possession of tho diamond from tlio sky, and a document with the Stanley secret. When Esther Is grown n beautiful young girl, linear, now gypsy . , queen, icturns to Virginia with her. Dr. -f Lee, tho late Colonel Stanley's friend. ; ? adopts Esther,. Arthur Btnnley, son of llagar. folia In lovo with Esther, and so docs Ills companion and cousin, Blair Stanley, rightful male heir of Stanley In stealing tho diamond lllalr causes tho death of tho doctor and tries later to put tho blamo on Arthur, who tukes tho gem. Arthur Stanlc eludes his pursuers and Joins llagar, who reveals his Identity nml upbraids him for his wild life. Needing money, he pawns tho diamond In Richmond. Rich-mond. At n ball, at w hlcli an adventuress. Vivian Maraton, l the guest of honor, Arthur Ar-thur and Ululr llnd tho diamond on the visitor. Sho has borrowed It Luko Lovell, Ilagar'a gypsy guard, steals tho diamond, und to avoid detection drops it Into n mill box. Althur leaves Itlchmond and goes to tho west. The diamond dia-mond p-uiscs Into n mall bag, picked up by Quabba, organ grinder Quabba's monkey sttnls tho dlnmond. llagar takes Esther to Stanley hall. Tom liluko, a detective of Itlchmond, who Is hired by Ilagur, produces linger prints convicting Ulalr. llagar proposes sllenco to Mrs. Stanley as the price of llngar's and Esthcr'n being received In Fairfax society, lllalr strikes down Iln-gar Iln-gar and steols tho linger prints, leaving tho gypsy demented. Tho diamond is found by a negro boy und Is later stolen from a Ghlncso den. Hugar Is again with EBther among tho gypsies. Marma-duko Marma-duko Smytho, lawyer, arrives to nnnounco Arthur is heir to the deceased Earl of Stanloy. Learning Arthur Is a fugltlvo ho seeks Ulalr Instead. To win Vivian, lllalr steals tho dlumond, later marrying her and leaving for tho west. Their train Is robbed, Vivian losing tho diamond, which a slain trnln robber drops In the desert. Tho $100,000 ho stole Is found by Arthur, now known ns John Powell, sheep herder Vivian deserts lllalr, telling him ho must regain tho diamond for her. Lulto Lovell, driven from tho camp after learning Ilagar'a Ila-gar'a secret, leaves to seek lllalr. llagar Is Under treatment and Esther Is In lllchmond society, protego of Mre. Stanley, Stan-ley, who suspects her real name, and of Sirs. Randolph. Abo llloom, gambler, who knows lllalr's guilt, covets the diamond nnd calls it tho prlco of his secrecy. Ulalr, at lllchmond. Instigated by his mother, pays uuuclcomo couit to Esther, Mrs. Stanley assorting Vivian had been married before Tho dlumond Is picked up by on Indian woman. Dr. Lee, Arthur learns, died of heart disease, liccomlng very rich ho buys Stanley hall, Bold at auction, through IJIake, and also provides for llagar lla-gar and has monoy left secretly In Esther's Es-ther's room. Lulto Lovell buys tho diamond dia-mond from tlio squaw, but loses It In n fight on Santa Uarbara bay. tho gem sinking. sink-ing. Vivian, desiring aid to ensnare Arthur, Ar-thur, Bends for lllalr. EBther and Quabba, n!o Ulalr, go to tho California mines' to seek Arthur. Smytho Is sont west by Illake. Lovell repairs tho coach In which Esther and Smytho rldo. Quabba catches a fish with tho diamond, but a pelican bears It off. w Tho coach rolls down tho mountain, but - 3 Esther nnd tho lawyer escapo unhurt , " 'Jl Meanwhlla Quabba returns, and he nnd ' Esther cludo Luko and lllalr. Vivian Miirston is rescued from drowning by John Powell, who falls In lovo with her. Qllllltlin lln,1a slm it I ra (11 ItM ll Smytho finds tho diamond. lllalr nnd Luko intercept n buckboard hearing Esther nnd Quabba seeking Powell. Pow-ell. Tho driver Is shot. Esther and Quabba Quab-ba escape and nro Joined by Marmaduke Bmythc, who gives Esther tho diamond to dollver to Arthur. Ulalr and Luke go to tho yacht In Arthur's absenco and find Esther with tho diamond. To escapo them sho jumps overboard. Esther und Quabba oscape while Ulalr nnd Luko battle. Powoll leaves Los Angeles An-geles and Esther Banta llarbaro, each headod for tho mines. Ulalr meanwhile lins Joined Vivian In Los Angeles. Du-ram, Du-ram, "king of diamonds," a crook known to Vivian, goes to a saloon near the mines In hopo that ho enn learn thn whereabouts of tho diamond. There he i-el T,ult Lovc'L Usthec uakn.awjD.il me pmccs cnir.-ux.ur. steps m. a nn.inn seizes her, demnndlng a dance, and In doing so discloses the diamond. Arthur appears on the scene Esther and ho embrace em-brace only for a moment. Tho diamond Is lost In a melee. Tho roof caves in Under It Is Arthur. CHAPTER XXXVII. Fire, Fury and Confusion, WIIEUi: wns tlio diamond from tho sky? It was not In the Rrnii of Frank Durnnd. erst while king of diamonds; It was not clasned In tho Urn-ess talons Df Kansas Km. tlio dance hall fury; was not lu Ksther's hands, as Quab-n, Quab-n, tho over watchful poor Italian. Irew her from tho maelstrom of the jieloo ero tlio toof had fallen on the itrusKlliiR molt In I'eto's Palace. i It vrn- In tlio flrt outbreak of Kansas Kan-sas Km's frenzied Indignation when, after she had read aloud tho prayer In the old locket n mother's prayer emtio so strangely to the light after all these years that tho diamond, with Its chain, had been knocked from the dance hall nuinzou's hand after her tlrst screaming outburst In protecting the shrinking Hither, so strangely tlttiist Into this sin stained, sordid saturnalia sat-urnalia when she sought her love. Oth ers had gathered there, moved by the spirit of gieed, swayed by the dislre for the diamond from tho sky. Hers was a higher, brighter motive. Arthur, gasping and wild eyed at Mght of Esdhcr, the center of a stnig gle for the diamond from the sky, had fought to her hide and had embraced efefSiK i w i )s!i ?-",' 7i, "- iSUZS1aawsit l, -i , i- '. Others Still Founht at Ono Another's Throats. her. Then llko n mighty wave, tho mass of stark mad and heaving humanity hu-manity had broken upon them and torn them apart. Then It was Hint Althur raged like n demon and struck out on all sides and knew no more In his luminous, oven when the wnll ir.ive way and tho roof fell upon his unconscious uncon-scious body. Kddled to the outsklrt of tho combat, Quabba had plucked Esther from the storm of blows and had led her, dazed, to safety. When tho riot had broken loose Smytho had struck out smartly, hitting every skull lu sight. Hut when the surgo of tho crowd hnd borno against the side wall and men nnd women hud turned llko boasts to rend and tear each other tho lawyer, taking advantage advan-tage of being near the doorway, had darted out into tlio night, which seemed seem-ed to promise safety. In tho excitement and the struggle ho had not noted tho diamond hnd been hurled tluough tho nlr when Luke Lovell, Lo-vell, struggling for It llko tho rest, hnd struck tho arm of Kansas Km, loosening loosen-ing her grasp upon tho chain of the locket ns sho held It high abovo tho throng. Over tho hends or tne crown It hnd Hashed nnd fastened upon the deer horn, and so tho lawyer had boiuo It from tho sceno of struggle unnoticed by any one In the struggling medley, uot even by himself. Scarcely knowing what ho did, the panic stricken lawyer darted Into the llrst lmvcu of safety ho encountered It was n barrel that I'eto's bartender hnd converted Into n kennel for a stray puppy which had been given to him Hint dny. Those who hnd not neon iiupnsom-u or crushed by tho falling roof of tho ilnnco hall dragged themselves from the debris. Some ran wildly through tho muddy streets of tho llttlo town crying for help nnd calling "l-'lro!" Others plucked at the rulus with torn nnd bleeding hands, and others still fought desperarely nt ono nuothcr's thronts. Such n group ns still fought, despite tho dentil nnd disaster all uroiiud them, wero Frank Duiand. who had couio to those wild regions for tho diamond to sec It and to lose It nnd tho bestial Ho "truck Luko a Mighty Blow. Peter Huff, the ilnnco hall man. "ilio two fought madly, still with Luke Lovell. Lo-vell. The quick eye of Duraud had seen tho blow Luko aimed at Kansas Km to gain tho diamond. iJurnud had not seen where the dlnnumd had fallen, but Instinctively ho had toiu through the little knot that fought around him nnd had struck Luke a mighty blow between tho eyes with nil his strength and skill, for Durnnd had been a boxer In his earlier cateer. lint Luko hnd shaken himself as a dog might do and had dosed In quickly on Dm ami. Luke was nearly a mat ill for the two, but finally they beat him to his knees and searched lilm near the bar rol where the hiding lawjer lay. Then, with curses of disappointment, Duraud and Huff rushed back to the dance hall Just as the roof fell, and Luke, staggering to his feet, ninile oft In the darkness. Arm now In tho belief tluit tho devil himself dwelt lu the illamoud from tho sky, oven though a mother's prayer had been nil these years hidden behind It. Tho lnwycr, peeling cautiously from his hiding place, hears a clink nnd clatter clat-ter against the side of the barrel into which ho has crept to hide. In the darkness, nnd on his hands and knees, ho clutches tho deer head closer, feels It to ascertain If it has been Injured, and his trembling hand closes upon tho diamond. The roof has crushed, maimed nnd pinioned down n score of men and women who but n moment befoie murderously mur-derously sought ono nnother's lives. Vf ' fgK J naasar i V tf n 5PCak atx ? & v w "A flypy woman bereft of reason In farolf Richmond." Some lie cnMieil to death's stllltii'ss bo nenlli the wtoc-kago. Of these there Is " one stnhxnrt young man lu auto costume cos-tume Ills face, blanched In death or llhi'oiist liiiiMiess, Is eauieo-llke. It Is Arthur Stanley. A great timber Is ncrnss his i host, ami ho Is crushed and soreb shuttered. "Are jmi hurt, dearie?"' asks Kansas Km, turning to Esther from the sickening sick-ening sight of the wreckage and the hideous cries which still rNo loudly behind them. Esther Is sick and faint. "I am not hurt." sho until tremulously, "hut where Is Arthur? Has he escaped? Is he killed "Was he your friend?" asked Kansas Em. 'Why. that's the boss, Mr. John Powell, the millionaire, who has Just bought the mines around here. He had Just arrlu-d when this broke louse. Is he your friend?" Esther could hnvesnld that the young man known as John Powell was her only friend lu all the woild, save the poor Italian, Quabba, nnd a gypsy woman wo-man bereft of reason lu farolT Itlchmond. Itlch-mond. Hut Esther said no word, but sped to the ruins and fought her way through several groups of men and women, who. coming to their senses, wore beginning the work of rescue In thu fai'e of the Humes that were now-bursting now-bursting out In several places lu the wreckage The crackling the shod its light iinioug the ruins nnd down In such In-tersthes In-tersthes as where Esther thrust herself her-self In search of Arthur. Those who were pinned In the wreckage and were conscious of the added peril of lire screamed it nil begged for aid nnd succor There was no cry from the pinioned man whom Esther souglit and whom she found. As one dead ho lay, half covered by the wreckage, but with fine uusenrred and undlsllguied. Already the red ulges of tiro weie creeping near to him. Esther grasped nt Ills shoulileis, but tho task was hc.oud her strength until Quabb.t und their ft lend, the outcast Kansas Em, Joined their efforts with hers. Together they dragged drag-ged tlie iiueouuclous man from the burning tiiliis of tho dance hall. Men were arrlxiug with stietehers from the mini, mid upon, one of thee Arthur was placed, and then Esther, her strength and lesoltitlon leaving her. feels a tie idly numbness como BWlftly over her. |
