- Episode 1: "Fate and Death" Arthur and Esther Stanley and son, little Arthur, en route from Virginia to England, are victims of a train wreck. Father and mother are killed but the child escapes death. Quabba, the gypsy, now the king of the band, learns of the accident from his followers. He hastens to the wreck and finds the bodies of Arthur and Esther Stanley but finds no trace of their son. De Vaux, the conspirator, who has been shadowing the Stanleys, is also present at the wreck. He finds little Arthur and discovers The Diamond From the Sky suspended from his neck. He transfers the jewel to his pocket and disappears into the night carrying off little Arthur. Later Quabba sees De Vaux carrying the child into an orphanage, temporarily used as a hospital. Quabba awaits his chance and steals the child.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Episode 2: "Under Oath" Quabba journeys back to Fairfax, Virginia, and places the child in the care of Louise Grafton, who comes to attend the funeral of her friends. Blair Stanley returns to Virginia from England, and upon meeting his coworker, De Vaux, Blair secures possession of The Diamond from the Sky. Quabba, bent upon getting possession of the diamond for the child, enters Blair's room at night and is discovered. A terrible fight follows in which both Quabba and Blair fall from the window to the ground. Quabba makes off with The Diamond from the Sky.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Episode 3: "Sealed Lips" Robert Holgate, upon returning from a long journey, calls on his fiancée, Louise Grafton. By chance he sees little Arthur in company with a negro nurse. Robert questions Louise as to the identity of the child. His queries are met with evasive answers and he jumps to the conclusion that the boy is the illegitimate son of Louise. He is furious. Blair Stanley is passing as a wealthy Englishman interested in coal lands. He meets Louise by design and is seen in conversation with her by Robert, who instantly assumes him to be the father of the boy. He vows revenge on Blair. Vivian, wife of Blair, follows her husband to America to revenge herself for having been deserted. She also is in quest of The Diamond from the Sky. Learning of its whereabouts she visits the gypsy van. She finds the diamond just as Blair and De Vaux approach, bent on the same mission. She is not seen, but Quabba discovers the others. They set upon him and bind him and then make their escape. Vivian has slipped away unseen by any, and has possession of the diamond.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Episode 4: "The Climax" In making her escape Vivian falls over an embankment and is rendered semi-delirious. She wanders far and is found on the Crafton estate by Chloe, the negro maid. Louise takes her in hand and Vivian gives her the chamois bag for safe keeping. Not knowing its contents Louise tosses the bag in a table drawer in her room. Robert, having taken to drink to drown his fancied troubles, becomes intoxicated and wanders about the Stanley home in the absence of its members. He finds the diamond in Louise's room. Enraged, he thinks Blair has given the jewel to Louise. He rushes off with the diamond and meets Smythe who has just arrived from England. He invites Smythe to drink with him and they then play cards. Robert loses all his money and the jewel, too. Later Smythe is recognized by Blair and De Vaux and kidnapped. The diamond is found and taken by Blair. That night Blair meets his wife. They are caught in a storm and struck by lightning and killed. De Vaux in a struggle with Quabba falls down stairs and is also killed. Robert and Louise, now reconciled, finds the bodies of Blair and Vivian. The Diamond from the Sky, which has been a curse so long, is shattered into a million fragments.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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