The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-08-17

Hagar to reason, Esther de-
parted that night with Hagar from
Stanley hall.
She was accompanied by Quabba,
now her faithful attendant, and the
sullenly insistent Luke Lowell. 1t was
a sad return of their stricken queen to
the grieving Romany people.
Hagar recognized the gypsies as gyp-
sizes, but she called on the names of
those long departed, including the name
of her dead husband, Matt Harding,
whom she evidently deemed was alive
and threatening her.. For when she
spoke his name 1t was in grim revolt
and with bitter maledictlons.
That night Quabba slept with his
monkey beside him at the threshold of
Hagar's van. Inside Esther had sunk
In exhausted slumbcr on her cot beside
the fever dream afflicted Hagar Quab-
ba's light slumber was broken by the
crunching of pebble beneath heavy
foot. Quabba reused and drew his
knife, and the menacing figure of Luke
Lowell skunk back from the accusatlve
moonlight into the shadows and was
seen no more.
Stanley, fugitive and wanderer, a
stranger in strange land, by his
smoldering campfire In n far western
desert, dreamed wild dream that
reused him with shrek. He saw the
fear struck face of Esther and near
her the sinister Luke Lowell, with
his great gnarled hands stretched as
though to clutch and crush her.
One who Is I'm society in Richmond
may forget unpleasant things in o
ceaseless round of new frivolities.
Mrs. Burton Randolph returned from
her stay in Fairfax to find her friends
In an attitude Of delighted commisera-
ton toward her. She confided to her
dearest friends that her life seemed
fated to be one of turmoil and tragedy.
But instead of finding herself pitied
I'm society In Richmond Mrs. Randolph
found herself envied as n social hero
ine In these DELIGHTFULLY."- dreadful az
fairs"
So as the beautiful wistaria was en-
purpling her house and grounds Mrs.
Burton Randolph announced vista
ria fete. and all Richmond society was
nervously expectant of more delight
fully dreadful occurrences.
But, although the wistaria fete was
wondrously brilliant affair." accord
ing to the society columns of the Rich
mond papers. no untoward event oc-
cured to mar the pleasure of the day,
somewhat to the disappointment of so
ciety.
Blair Stanley. with plenty of money,
but keeping sedulously away from Mr..
Abe Blooms temple OF chance, turned
up In Richmond In pursuit Of Vivian
Marston, with whom he was still in
fatuated. He knew the risk he took,
for 1t was evident some one In Rich.
mond had secured from Abe Bloom the
check that, besides being worthless,
had the fatal print of his thumb upon
It. For the photograph of this check
and thumb print, together with photo.
graphs of his thumb prints taken from
DR.. Lees study, had been In the pos
session of Hagar Harding when he had
struck her down.
But such wag his fierce passion fol-
the luxurious and beautiful vivian
Marston that Blair walked In the shad
ow of death for her sake.
He intimated as much to her when
he had led her aside beneath the bow
er OF the purple blossoms at his cous-
in's wistaria fete. 81 have gone to the
foot of the galows for you. Vivian!'
he whispered to her.
For he realized that this beautiful
dangerous woman was one to whom an
INSCRIPTIONS and desperate deed would
appeal. He felt that she, too had a
past and that In wickedness they were
we'll matched, and for that the desper'
ate Blair loved her all the more.
For herself, Vivian Marston had lin
gered In Richmond. leading an exist
ence that was puritanical and CALLING
TO her In the vapid restraints, MS she
deemed them, OF conventional southern
social restrictions Her one strong, ca
ger, compelling desire, a desire tina
held her In provincial Richmond, wa
her desire for star--her desire for tn
diamond from the sky.
Once In oil it's blazing magnifcenc
II had shone upon her breast. Viva
Marston longed to again hold and POI
sess the diamond. Her thoughts wer
upon It by day, and at night he
dreams were bright like gold and re
like blood
She had heard It's story and kne'
that, after Arthur. Blair was next l
claim for its possession.
Vivian sank her head upon Blair
breast beneath the wistaria bough. 81
tempted him with languorous glanc
and allurlng lips. Get and give m