Show SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS CHAP CHAP- A feud line lias existed ulsted between Colonel Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Stanley and ami his cousin Judo Judge Lamar Stanley over an un heirloom the tho diamond from the thc Ilk sky found oum In a n. fallen meteor b ban by byan byan an ancestor ancestor Also Abo the succession to the thu Stanley earldom Jn In n England may come toan to tn an American When a n. daughter aughter Is la born j to the colonel and the mother dies illes Jes the colonel buys a a. gypsy gyps bo boy nn and substitutes ism him years cars later the gypsy mother r I having had no part In this bargain steals I the the- girl Esther reared In secret and I leaves her son Bon undetected as the heir hell Th The gypsy has obtained 1 possession of or the diamond diamond diamond dia dia- mond from tho ho sk sky nn and a document with VItI I the Stanley secret Y Years ars later Intel gypsy queen returns to Virginia with Estber Es- Es ther Dr Leo Lee tho late Colonel Stanleys Stanley's friend adopts Esther Arthur Stanley eon Bon Bonor of or Hagar falls tails In love with Esther an and 1 so i 10 does his companion and cousin Blair male In Stanley rightful heir hell of ot Stanley Stanle Bleating tho diamond Blair causes the death eath of the tho doctor and tries later to lo put tho blame on Arthur who vho takes take tho ho gem Arthur Arthul Stanley elu eludes es his pursuers and Joins loins who reveals hi hl his Identity and upbraids s him for tor his Wild life lite Needing money he pawns tho the diamond In Rich Rich- mond At a 0 ball at which an nn adventuress d C eec ess 8 Vivian Marston wears the borrowed gem Luke Luko Lov Lovell ll t ar SP gypsy guard steals teala lie diamond Art Arthur bur leaves Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond and gOes goes to the tho we west t. t oran organ orian or- or ian gan an grinder grInd r befriends s Esther Esthel Tom Blake a n. detective e of or Richmond who Is hired tilted by Hagar produces finger anger fingerprints prints co convicting J Blair Hagar proposes silence to Mrs Mm Stanley ns nA the pi price Ice of H and Esthers Esther's being received in Fairfax society Blair mall strikes down clown Hagar Ila- Ila gar sar ar and steals tho UlO anger prints leaving leB the gypsy f fleen queen leen demented I e Smythe lawyer laWer arrives arrive to announce Arthur la heir to the deceased Earl of or Stanley Learning Arthur Is A t tu fugitive he necks Blair Blatt tl Instead jn ad To win Vivian Blair steals the th later marrying her nd end leaving tor tor the west Their Theil train Is U rubbed robbed Vivian n losing the diamond which a i slain train ti ln robber ob r drops in the dee desert It The he lie stole is found b by Arthur now known as S John Powell sheep herder hercl Luke Lo LoII II driven from the tho camp after atter learning i U r secret leave leaves to seek peek Blair U la is under treatment and Esther Esther Es Es- ther lher Is RIchmond In sO society let Abe Abc Bloom knows Blair's Blairs guilt and und covets covelli the he diamond rid I The diamond Is Ie later Inter picked up by Ly an Indian woman Dr Leo Lee Arthur learns died of heart disease very ery rich he buys Stanley Htanley Hall told sold at auction through Blake and also provides pro for Cor Hasar Ha- Ha sar lar and ana Esther leather Vivian H 6 ve from drowning b by Powell Powell Pow Pow- ell eH who Is 1 infatuated by her Smythe rinds the diamond nd and gives give It to 1 Esther r to 10 deliver dellver to Arthur I Blair joins joins' VI lan in Los LoIS Angeles Durand Duland Du- Du rand land king of diamonds diamond a crook known t to Vivian goes Koe to o ft a saloon to try tn to discover dis dis- discover cover Over the Arthur appears appeal on the I It t scene ceno Tite diamond Is lo lost t In a n melee mele j I Esther eaves Baves Arthur who is injured and J lie goes t 16 to Los Loa Angeles Angelie In care of ot the phy phy- crook rook Durt Durand The Th diamond Is Ie t found b by two one of ot whom murders the the- theother other it it for Arthur Is Ie clop t ti d al tiby by Durand De Vaux and Vivian tan Blair makes Arthur J believe he suffered suffer suffer- ed d from hallucination In thinking he 81 saw W Esther Luke lAike Is railroaded to prison by Blair Blah Arthur thur buys ys the diamond Blair I tr trying ing to take th the gem em from Durand who steals It Iron from Arthur hurls hurl Durand from tram froma 1 a d lIng him Esther Bethel and end Smythe return to Virginia tho the girl rejoining Ito Ila- gar at the The diamond Is stolen by br Do De Vaux aux He He U it later struck down and the diamond taken after Luke e by lIy escapes escape Esther will not leave and take tl tier r rightful place in hr society Smythe examines examInee an old parchment tearing bearing Hagar's Hagar pedigree The diamond I. I is I given glien b by Luke to Esther who will W not keep It It Jr but sends It back to AIthur Ar AI Arthur Arthur thur Hagar and Esther rejoining the gypsies travel wt westward Arthur repent repentant ant and nud Informed of at the treachery pt of Vivian Viv Iv tan ian and Blair mall Is about to talc take poison polson Just lust Justas as Luke Lule breaks Into hi his tom room but Luke drinks It by mt mistake talc and Is then killed bv by byan an auto autu driven by Blair Ue He H has taken some ome of or Arthurs Arthur's clothing clothing- and ami the auto him Mm so BO that he 1 Is taken for tor Arthur Aithur Blair removes lemO the diamond from his bod body Arthur now nameless flies files In j his aeroplane II with Ith which h flair Blair has hat tampered tampered tam tam- and falls fulls near Esther Bother HaiRr is J CHAPTER The Tha Passing of Hagar 1 nil all d deal td with destiny wittingly wit wit- WE Wl tingly or not He Ho who had been Arthur Stanley and John Powell Po lI alike aUke wastrel nud profligate nu and yet jet fondly beloved pad mounted the stairway of ot the wind Ind and ridden upon the wings of ot the morn mornIng fug Ing without fear feal without hope bope He had d dealt with destiny and amI had bad woo won B By some miracle of or the com corn the thc falling aeroplane ha had truck struck n a low 10 thick sturdy h tree live e and the man plunging to death had bad been thrown u up Into the canvas wing of ot the bird machine and so save that he be was wn stunned by the Jar had escaped un harmed The wondering gypsies chafed his bis hands bands and brow one put a brandy flask to his lips and forced forcell ft II few of its Oer very fiery drops between n the clinched teeth All the while Esther held beld his head beat upon her lap lat anti and nd a great eat Joy Oiled filled her being for she he be knew he lie lived and had come back to her shod of the husk of ot I sin sit and selfishness And rul so All All' when h he ht heI I opened his h C eyes i be he looked tutu into E Es t titers ther's and they both read what their I lips could not utter-forgiveness utter utter forgiveness love lun end and 1 They bore boro Arthur back lu to the tho gypsy s scamp I 1 camp near by by- by In III wondering l silence and then father Esther relic el the Ibe gypsy I Y woman watching witching by the side sille of tit Ila jar gar nl and whispered whimpered to tn the tho dying ID worn in HI Can Cau you yoo ou befit bear Jell I n a great front A smile transfigured the wan WIlli tzi fare farer r of nr f Jn nl I know the ii 10 nl news on Oll I II I S SS SY St Sw 2 Y I S I II w t b 1 t Arthur my dear son is here Hagar murmured I bring she murmured Arthur tits dear son sou is here bere I Prescient In hl the face ace of death IJa ua ar also aho knew that thai the husk of or evil hail had fallen from Art Arthur bur and that the wings of oC the morning had wn clean clein n str strength to 10 hi his soul He lIe leaned his head heul a t that luring luv- luv Ing tiled thelt lieu breast and knew full full deep and satisfying that ln that a n mothers mother's pra prayer el was In Indeed a n charm against harm unini above c all diamonds In tho those o few moments of or de deep p rap rap- I tine Hagar r realized at nt last that all nil her I sorrows and sacrifices had hall not IlOt been in vain rain a In Her lIel son parted from her since lilt his birth hour was ns In her bel arms at nt last last the man she bad had always hoped that tha t he be would grow glow to be She laid Esthers Esther's hand In his and breathed a n final blessing upon these two she lords lovi-d above e nil all else elso And so this gentle genUe yet yot strong heroic son soul pf passed to Jt Its reward This wai was the news that f sadly badly buck back to find This wits was the tho news that wrenched his bis faithful humble bumble soul nut Hut Esther and Arthur did not weep They Thoy felt that Hagar had passed assel In joy jpy beyond stun lIon and E Esther ther had had no cause for fort t tears tear nr and Arthur had bad cause too deep for them The gazed upon the tho calm free face of hand in hand band while Arthur pledged e his bis vows again to be whole of heart and amI body hody as the dead would wish After had been laid to rest res 1 the gypsies led by Arthur now callIng call callIng Ing himself by the name of ot Harding Journeyed ell ou back back to fair tall Virginia to their thelt mountain rendezvous In the tho Blue mUl Ridge The Journey was long and slow and yet a I. I happy happ one ono fjor tor tho the fond lovers t As 8 If It In truth the evil husk had bad taU fallen en from flora him In to the plunge from th the clouds louds that Blairs Blair's treacherous tam tarn poring with the aeroplane had bad caused Arthur had found the drug drog addiction and Ild Its desire pass from him If It was by a n struggle with th the flesh he did not show It ft Ills His eyes eye F The Happy Lovers Lovera Journey Across a Nations Nation's Breadth grew bri bright ht hIs bis tanned face acl glow d with happiness and ever cr through h the tre sun Bun and shade Esther his beloved rode II by his hla side her tender hand band in his So while these happy IO lovers N Journey across a n nations nation's breadth with the simple gypsy Jl y folk how fares It Aith the tho great r nt of firth oarth Row How fares tare It with Blair niall Stanley and his fair who whit wa wn was Vivian trine Mars Mare ton ton V Have they nut not e everything cl there then hearts arts have blua lon long ll dt They have O the wea wealth of ur John Tonell Ton Pow ell t for tr r Blair was nest IH of or kin Liu wh when u I it was tuns proved PIo tl It supposedly deml- deml John Powell was rt Arthur J thur Stanley fu Cu genre They hey have hoo the diamond from the sky dad antI the Stanley J earldom for tor forto forto to these things long desired Blair also Is heir as next of kin And Luke Lovell with a n face crush crushed ed cd beyond recognition lies Iles in a aest west est ten irn graveyard with the of or Ar AI Arthur Stanley on his tomb Tho The physicians who ho examined tin dead lend man know knew nothing of the dru drug addictions of oC John Powell They sou sought ht for no marks of these The The- wounds and scars on ou Lukes Luke's bolt body Crum ruin his 1118 escape from prison nn and other hard knocks be he had bUll endured were believed to bu be the marks of injuries that Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Stanley J alias John Powell PO hail bat sustained in tn the bm l brn wi and riot 1101 It it t this leis bis mines miles that had lor tor a n while incapacitated tatt him such time lime as 19 he hail had been under tinder the caie enro of the lIw dead losing hosing as his hits lr II II Blair and ind Vivian lan shunned to till the dead nor nOI looked the c unshod on ru form n again Then 1110 before Blake the lilt detective orAbe or ot Abe Bloom the gambler the first deeming justice I should U bedone be bedone done clone and the tho latter r desiring the lie dla mond from the sk sky could make mako a 1 autove move Blair lail anti Vivian lUll luul crossed ro tho lie r continent from Los Angeles and anti had bad I lcd Called for or LondonI London I Blako alted cautiously to strike i and Abo Aso Bloom hail bad been In Ili too inn mauJ I shady batly transactions to be Jc In lu any uny post I ion Uon to make an Ull open demand on Blair Blah I i for tb the diamond which had hal boon been j I promised E-cl E him In lu the thc bargain for hk hi I silence I 1 So Blair and anti Vivian Journeyed c t f London and were W received with some HO an I ill graie by Marmaduke l for III u II I lifetime solicitor and nud family lawyer tr the carls earls of Stanley But e Sm Smythe did lid his dut duty sis its he ho saw It He Ile hind bud all nU the tho tills and in due flue time Blair was in inducted dueled ducted Into tho the house hous of ot lor lords s. s This brief o and III I somewhat bald ceremony was not at nil all satisfying to the un and display loving Vivian She had bad sat lu in the peeress' peeress gallery alJer in iii ordinary afternoon attire and had seen Blair Introduced to the lord chan than by a fat Cut and stupid old of f the realm whom hour Smythe had hUll secured se sc cured to be Blairs Blair's sponsor The robes an earl wears at nt his lu tu to the house of lords nn and at ut sittings of parliament are neither graceful nor becoming It was the first Olst bitterness to Vivian who had Imagined an nn occasion of ot great greal splendor Blair wore an nn ordinary morning suit under his robes for it was WaB the custom Smythe had boll assured them and when one Is b a peer one must do t e everything r. according g to cus CUSS tom torn Then when Vivian and Blair were to be presented at court which meant something more satisfying In costume and C ceremony King Edward VII died and King Icing George V V. reigned in to his bl stead There was the usual p period of mourning anti and no royal royat drawing room until after the coronation The coronation That was worth the waiting for it meant tb the only occasion a peer and his hh noble lady may wear their coronets an and the more graceful and beautiful coronation robes Jobes Here too the diamond from Crom the sky could be worn literally as ira the adventurer en ad Sir Arthur Stanley who found m t J I lf i p 1 yr ti t. t t i c c s' s f A F 4 a tf f t s S t e-t N. N I. I H an Arthur at the Portals of Stanley Hall it in a n meteor three centuries before bad had desired When a de descendant of my boll body shall be called to the English earldom of the Stanleys R SI So while Vivian and are arl bus bos busy with court tailors and court ourt re muk ers era an and are feverishly e preparing for foi forthe the glories they are ure to be part of ot and while day by lIy day the su UI nn and distrust t between them and Marmaduke wIthe Smythe grow In Intensity let us UH retura to tu America and to the gypsy p y folk The gypsies leq bad had reached lr Virginia lnla an and the lie nel neighborhood of Fairfax The caravan car n nOnn O nn moved on under the tea ei hip of i. I Skirting around Fairfax Arthur and Lather Ether ro roe c In lu the tile twilight ht and aud stood at nt th the portals of Stanley Hall flail The place way was barred and nd bolted Jotted and fast i falling to decay Weeds rankled led on the once well veil kept lawns anti and lower flower beds I A weather stained discolored sign For Rent huns hung h by ru rusty t nails to tu one ono of the great groat A called mournfully from the shrubbery CHAPTER King Arthur Marries Quean Queen Est Esther of Stanley Hall I 1 ti Esther my wife to b be I salute y- y you yul ul said Arthur Arlhur in deep earnestness as ns ho he drew Esther to him Too lung long have ha you OU been Leon cheated of ut your birthright I 1 am not guilty of any auy wrong except to you oo and you have forgiven me Blair r Stanley la ls guilty of the death of or Dr f Lee C and andI I feel reel sure that Blake has hils the thc proofs The time ha lut has come when for you sake the truth must be bu known and you ou must take your place In lu this state stale stately ly Iy home borne of oC your people where I 1 dwelt dwell so long Ions an nn |