This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.

Episode 1: "A Heritage of Hate" Tied hand and foot to a stake, around which savage redmen danced, their war whoops piercing the stillness of the calm Virginia forest, Sir Arthur Stanley, soldier of fortune, and scion of the noble house of Stanley of Warwickshire, England, resigned himself to the fate he knew he could not escape. Suddenly the shouting ceased; the dancing halted. In the heavens, far off, as Stanley and the Indians stood in silent awe, there appeared a great ball of red. Nearer and nearer it came, leaving in its wake a great cloud of smoke. Then, with a mighty thud, the meteor struck the ground a short distance from the stake. Sir Arthur stood, free, amazed, as the savages crowded about him in various attitudes of homage. He was free, they told him, the Great Spirit having so willed, by the coming of the ball of fire. A week later, when about to depart, Sir Arthur paused to examine the meteorite that saved him. Before him, embedded in the igneous mass, was a great shining something. With his knife he quickly dug it from the rock, a diamond. The diamond from the sky; it became thereafter a charm against all harm to those of the house of Stanley who possessed it. Two centuries and a half later the Stanley family, then represented by Judge Lamar Stanley and Col. Arthur Stanley, his first cousin, held sway in Fairfax County, the first coveting power, as represented by politics and property, the latter seeking nothing more than a son and heir, that he might retain possession of the diamond from the sky and bring unto his house the earldom of England. Judge Stanley was the father of a son, to whom the diamond and the title would fall unless the Colonel's wife about to become a mother, delivered unto him a male child. At the very hour the Colonel's wife sacrificed her life bringing a daughter into the world. Hagar, wife of Harding, the nomad and gypsy who pitched his tent on the Colonel's property, became the mother of a son. Disappointed, Colonel Stanley decided he must supplant his baby daughter with a male child. Mr. Lee, a righteous man with an elastic conscience, but a friend of many years' standing, agreed to participate in the fraud. Within a few hours, Harding, for a bag of gold, had torn his son from its mother and delivered it to Dr. Lee. Thus the baby boy, son of a social outcast, became the heir of the earldom and the diamond, while Judge Lamar sought to bury his chagrin in the wine cup. Four years later, Hagar, mother of the pseudo heir, returned to Fairfax, seeking to fill her great heartache, in the recovery of her son. Silently she stole through the window into the Stanley home to behold the master of the house alone. With a cry, the Colonel leaped to his feet, faced her and then, with a gasp, fell dead at her feet. Clutching the diamond from the sky, the vengeful mother placed it in her bodice and hurried to the room where her child slept. Revenge filled her heart. In place of her son, whom she left to enjoy the wealth and position of which she deemed him worthy, she took with her the Colonel's baby girl. And in the years that followed, Esther never for a moment doubted that the gypsy woman was her mother. Dr. Lee, who kept his secret well, consented, at Hagar's request, to adopt and rear Esther, only with the understanding that the diamond from the sky be placed in his keeping. Hagar agreed, and within a few months the youths of Fairfax, were rivaling each other for the favors of this beautiful girl. Blair Stanley, son of Judge Stanley, now dead, and Arthur Stanley were her favorites, with the usurper of the diamond and title occupying the more favorable position. The enmity between them, already of long years' standing, grew apace, increased by the oft-repeated story told Blair by his mother, concerning the diamond from the sky, then held, it was generally believed, by Arthur Stanley. Blair swore the diamond would be his. Leaving the home of Dr. Lee one afternoon, Blair paused to peer through the window opening on the veranda. His eyes bulge and great beads of sweat covered his forehead as he placed his face close to the pane, riveting his gaze on the form of the white-haired doctor, seated at the table with the diamond from the sky before him.—Moving Picture World synopsis

Episode 2: "Eye for an Eye" Blair Stanley's eyes shone with a murderous gleam as he stood, peering through the curtained window at Dr. Lee, whose whole attention was centered on the diamond from the sky, sparkling on the table before him. Silently, the youth stole away, vowing that the precious gem would be his before another sunrise. And that night, as the massive clock in the hall struck the midnight hour. Blair crept from his room, stole softly down the stairs, closed the hall door behind him and hurried off into the darkness, careful to screen himself by keeping from the road. Quickly, the desperate youth pried open the window and stepped into the darkened room. All was quiet. Above, Dr. Lee, roused from his sleep by the overturning of a chair, hurriedly donned his slippers and started down the stairs. Blair, trapped, waited until the old man crossed the threshold of the library. A moment later his strong young fingers were clutching the doctor's throat. And the old man fell slowly back across the table. He was dead. Horrified, the slayer snatched the coveted jewel from the dead man's grasp and ran to the door. There he abruptly halted, for he heard the faint sounds of a guitar. It was his cousin, Arthur Stanley, serenading the beautiful maiden, who stood, silhouetted in the flicker of the light in the room above, unmindful of the tragedy. Blair, screening his features with a mask made from his handkerchief, and tightly clutching his revolver, stepped into the darkened hallway. Reaching the front door, he swung it back and started across the threshold. Before him stood his cousin Arthur. Without stopping to aim, Blair fired, the bullet grazing the head of the youth before him, momentarily stunning him and knocking off his hat. In a second, Arthur was on his feet and after his unknown assailant. Realizing that capture was certain, the fleeing youth, his features still masked, came to a halt close by a freshly opened grave. Arthur was alongside him almost immediately, but halted when he felt the muzzle of his assailant's revolver pressed tightly against his abdomen. Undaunted by the danger menacing him, he reached forth and pulled the handkerchief from the face of the man before him. Arthur was astounded to recognize Blair, who bid him to remain silent, if he wanted to keep the stigma from the girl he was serenading. Almost instantly Arthur's fist shot out. Blair staggered and fell, but gained his feet a few seconds later. The youths agreed to fight to a finish with revolvers. The surviving one to bury the other in a nearby grave hole. Without further comment they took positions at the head of the grave, their revolvers aimed at each other's heart waiting the drawing tight of the handkerchief they held between them, the signal which meant eternity for one and perhaps, both. At the signal they fired simultaneously. With a groan, Blair, clutching desperately at his breast where a crimson stain was showing, reeled toward the hollow opening, halted for a brief interval at the edge and then, with a curse, plunged downward. Realizing the seriousness of his act, Arthur rushed to the side of the grave, leaped into the opening, and kneeling at his cousin's side, tore open his shirt in a mad endeavor to learn if he still lived. Of a sudden, his staring eyes centered on an immense diamond, flashing a million colored hues, suspended from the youth's neck by a heavy golden chain. It was the diamond from the sky.—Moving Picture World synopsis

Episode 3: "The Silent Witness" [synopsis not published] Episode 4: "The Prodigal's Progress" After what seemed an age, during which the unconscious form of the fugitive was carried swiftly downstream by the current, Arthur Stanley returned to consciousness to find himself stretched out on the grassy shore. But only for a moment, for he fainted. When he opened his eyes, Arthur was conscious of a soft hand, stroking his brow. It was Esther. Quickly she told him everything, her birth, her parentage, and of how, after being ordered out of Dr. Lee's home by Blair Stanley's mother, she had returned at once to her rightful social sphere, the daughter of Hagar, the gypsy queen. Carefully Esther helped him along the beach to the camp where the fugitive threw himself on a cot in Hagar's tent and was soon fast asleep. Luke Lovell, a member of the tribe, who loved Esther, by means of the later afternoon paper, recognized in Arthur the man wanted for the murder of Dr. Lee and quickly carried the news of the supposed assassin's presence in the camp to Hagar. Arthur wakened as Hagar entered the tent. For a moment her mother love seemed to get the better of her, but the fact that her own son was a hunted murderer, roused her to a frenzy, and in her rage, she poured into the ears of the astounded youth the story of his life. Protestations of innocence had no effect, and late that afternoon, Arthur left for Richmond, determined to make a name for himself in the world. In a Richmond pawnshop, Arthur, penniless and hungry, finally bargained with the unscrupulous dealer for a loan on the diamond from the sky. The deal completed, Arthur was about to leave, when the familiar voice of his cousin, Blair Stanley, halted him. Turning, he came face to face with his cousin. For a moment his pent up wrath all but got the better of him. But Blair, realizing the seriousness of his predicament, confessed to Arthur the theft of the gem, succeeding in convincing him that Dr. Lee's death was due to shock; that he had not killed him. The wound inflicted by Arthur during the duel, Blair told him, had been a superficial one from which he quickly recovered, and reaching home, his mother had secreted him, until the wrath of the populace had cooled enough to permit him fleeing to Richmond. Believing him, Arthur agreed to accompany him to the annual ball of the Daughters of the Confederacy scheduled for that evening. As on similar occasions when among the elite of Richmond, Vivian Marston, a woman of beauty but few scruples, ruled supreme. During the evening Arthur and Blair were introduced to this woman, and they were astounded when they noted the diamond from the sky suspended from her neck. In the outer reception room, Hagar, Esther and Luke Lovell, who, through Blake, the Richmond detective seeking the slayer, had traced Arthur to Richmond, watched the cousins. But Hagar's eye centered only on Vivian and the diamond strung from her neck. Calling Luke aside, Hagar whispered to him. A moment later he stepped into the adjoining hall. Tired, Vivian, who borrowed the diamond for the occasion from the pawnbroker through the strange fascination she held over him, sought to rest in the reception room, and dropping into a great divan, partly closed her eyes. As the orchestra struck up a waltz and the guests stepped out on to the waxed floor, the heavy velvet curtains strung just behind the divan, slowly parted and the powerful hand of a man stretched forth. A moment later they had closed about the adventuress's throat, then seized and jerked the diamond from Vivian's neck. She screamed. The diamond was gone. As the curtains closed, a crouching figure made its way down the hall, then out into the darkness, his wife tells him her secret. She opens a hidden panel, and there in a secret room in the mansion is found Gwendolyn, "the millionaire baby," and her nurse. Justin and Valerie Carew are reunited and are happy in the recovery of their child. Philo, knowing that Marlon's great love prompted her deception, forgives her and the principals vow to keep the secret of "the millionaire baby."—Moving Picture World synopsis

Episode 5: "For the Sake of a False Friend" In the commotion following the theft of the diamond from the sky from the theft of Vivian Marston, Luke Lovell stole along the darkened piazza, and started across the lawn. Policemen were racing toward the Randolph home in response to the blasts of a police whistle. Lowell, reaching the street, found escape cut off and he dropped the diamond into the corner mailbox. He was captured and dragged into the Randolph drawing room. Search of his person failed to reveal the precious gem, but Blake ordered him detained on suspicion. As the gypsy was being led from the room, Sheriff Swain entered the Randolph home, with the warrant for Arthur's arrest. Blair, fearful that his cousin, to avoid arrest, might proclaim him as the murderer, urged him to flee, before it was too late. As the sheriff grabbed his arm, Arthur broke away, ran to the railroad yard, and leaped aboard an outgoing freight train. Hidden in a corner of the car were four hobos who attacked the fugitive. Arthur fought them as best he could, but they finally overcame him, and he found that his clothing had been exchanged for the one which had adorned the body of Strap McGee. Hours later, Arthur, certain that he had succeeded in eluding pursuit, dropped from the car. Farmer Morton needed a man for the harvesting and Arthur's physique quickly won him the position. Hagar and Esther, their gypsy garments supplanted by modern clothes, were temporarily domiciled at the hotel. Hagar's efforts to comfort the melancholy girl were of no avail, for she persisted, despite Hagar's declaration to the contrary. In her belief of Arthur's innocence. "He is guilty, Esther, my dear," insisted the gypsy queen, "Otherwise why should he flee? Who gave the diamond to that woman, but Arthur? I am rich. Forget him, as I have done, and we will go away, far away from it all." It had been a lean day for Quabba, and also Neuroco. By way of introduction, Quabba is an itinerant musician, who gleans a livelihood, or a near one, for himself and his monkey. Neuroco, by means of his antiquated hand-organ. Seated on a doorstep, Quabba was sharing his last piece of bread with his "collector," when a giant auto truck dashed around the corner, its jolting tossing one of the many empty mail bags into the roadway. Quabba shouted, but the driver did not hear him. Something he felt caused Quabba to turn the bag inside out. An exclamation of mingled surprise and thankfulness followed, as his hand closed over a glittering diamond, the clasp of the chain to which it was attached being fastened to the seam of the bag, one of a dozen or more, which had been condemned and was on the way to the repair shop. Placing the gem in his pocket and thrusting the mail bag into a convenient ash can, Quabba. with Neuroco unmindful of the fortune the good saint had placed in his master's hand, started down the alley headed for the next town. Noontime found Quabba tired but happy, fast asleep under a great tree. Neuroco, playing at his side, playfully put his hand in the master's pocket. A moment later the simian had climbed into the high tree and cunningly dropped the diamond from the sky into a nest.—Moving Picture World synopsis