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    Queen of the Flaming Diamond
    Queen of the Flaming Diamond
    Queen of the Flaming Diamond
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    Queen of the Flaming Diamond

    By Leroy Yerxa

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Queen of the Flaming Diamond - Leroy Yerxa

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      Title: Queen of the Flaming Diamond

      Author: Leroy Yerxa

      Release Date: May 18, 2010 [EBook #32411]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK QUEEN OF THE FLAMING DIAMOND ***

      Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      Transcriber's Note:

      This etext was produced from Amazing Stories January 1943. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

      QUEEN

      OF THE

      FLAMING DIAMOND

      by LEROY YERXA

      There it was, in a night club, the biggest diamond in the world. Why was it here when a whole race depended on it for existence?

      he Owl Limb Night Club was crowded with smoothly gowned women and paunchy men as Owner George Lardner approached the hanging mike to announce the midnight attraction. At Lardner's appearance Puffy Adams nudged his well-dressed boss in the ribs and whispered thickly.

      Come on, Jim. Let's get out of here.

      Jim Drake lifted a tousled head from the smooth linen. He gazed at his right hand man with a washed-out expression.

      Huh?

      Puffy Adams stood up slowly. His coat was wrinkled and creased across his powerful back. He pulled it down impatiently and rubbed a warm hand across his face. Looking down at the unsteady figure of Jim Drake he grunted. Three crooked teeth that seemed at odds with the world, appeared coyly against Puffy's lower lip.

      He was accustomed to this old routine. Placing both hands under Drake's armpits he lifted. Jim came to his feet with a surprised gurgle.

      Wait a minute, he protested. Wanta' see dance.

      Puffy Adams pushed a thick arm around Drake and steered him across the floor between the tables.

      Special feature tonight—diamond of mystery.... The night club owner was still talking, his voice drowning the murmur of voices and tinkle of glasses across the big room. Sylvia Fanton—girl from nowhere—!

      Puffy struggled onward under the almost dead weight of his boss. Drake was trying to hold back.

      You gave me orders to take you home at midnight, Puffy protested, and, 'Cinderella' Drake, home you go.

      He succeeded in dragging his charge up the three low steps that led toward the coat room. A silvery crash of music drowned out Puffy's voice with the suddenness of striking lightning. He dropped his arm from Drake's waist and pivoted, surprise on his broad face. Something weird and lovely about the sound turned them both toward the stage. His chin dropped in delight. This wasn't Lardner's usual nightly feature.

      She went into a weirdly sensuous dance....

      They watched with hypnotized eyes as the girl's slim body twisted and swayed from between the bright shower of curtains. It wasn't the girl that caught Puffy's gaze. Cupped in her slim hands was the biggest diamond he had ever seen. The gem was skillfully cut with the perfection of a Tiffany. From its multi-faceted sides a million sparks of rainbow fire quivered and danced through the room. The shadows seemed to come alive and burn under its presence.

      Puffy gasped loudly.

      Shhhhh!

      It ain't true, Puffy said. A paste if I ever stole one.

      Blake leaned on the low rail that bordered the dining room. His legs were spread wide, body balanced unsteadily with firm-gripped hands. George Lardner had picked a winner this time. Clothed in ankle-length silver cloth, she wafted across the floor lightly as a breeze. Sylvia Fanton was a light, floating angel of beauty. Her hair was raven-black drifting to her waist and the eyes, dark as her hair, seemed caught in worship for the precious stone in her hands. She hardly danced yet the smooth torso, the swaying hips held her admirers fixed.

      A sigh of longing escaped Drake's lips.

      Wunnerful, he breathed.

      Yea! Puffy was still watching the great gem. Not real though.

      Perfect as a dream, Jim Drake went on, not hearing.

      Perfect phony, Puffy insisted.

      Drake swung around unsteadily.

      Who you calling phony, he lisped angrily. That's girl's wunnerful.

      He staggered and collapsed against Puffy's barrel chest.

      Home for you, Puffy decided.

      e retrieved Drake like a sack of spuds and placed him carefully on his feet.

      We're going out. He took a last look toward the dance floor and pushed his boss through the curtains toward the outer lobby.

      The music behind them stopped. The lights in the dining room blinked out and a woman screamed somewhere in the darkness. Adams didn't

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