The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-07
By ROY L. Me CARDELL

But the deeper shame that had driv.
en- him to this desperate course was
the shame ut the thought that his life
had been living lie. He was not
Stanley Of Stanley hall, proud heir of
an English earldom and the diamond
from the sky.
He was a gypsy changeling. an impos-
tor. This had been through no fault
Of his. but it was his fault that he
had wasted the fair heritage of Stanley
hall. heritage not his. and had left
1t bankrupt. He had stood and he still
stood usurping Blair's heirship to all
these things.
1t was perhaps vanity, and q natural
one. that inspired Arthurs resolve to
return to Virginia rich in his own right,
tell the truth. the whole truth. sparing
Blair from the consequences OF being
responsible for the sudden death of DIR.
Lee.
For Blair had assured him this had
been the effect of sudden excitement
on an old mans weakened heart.
when the kind but irascible doctor,
alone with Blair in his study, had quar-.
relied with the younger man over the
diamond from the sky.
The impulses of youth are generous.
Laying aside even his plans for his fu-
ture realization of power and justif.
cation. Arthurs first thought was to
employ the means he had at hand in
the finding of the train robbers stolen
plumber, to aid Esther and his gypsy
mother. bitter and cruel as the latter
had been to him.
Then he would save Stanley hall. the
proud old place his prodigality had i'm.
periled, from the hands of greedy
strangers.
Whom should he employ as his trust
ed agent I'm these matters? He thought
of the taclturn and inscrutable Ton
Blake, the Richmond detective. Ar
thur remembered wildly how, at q
look from Hagar, Blake had deftly
aided him in escaping from the sheriff
of Fairfax and the police of Richmond
in the exciting encounter at Mrs. Ran
dolph's ball.
Arthur resolved to trust Blake
Reaching Los Angeles with the OUTLAW
loot, the first thing Arthur did was t.
wire the Richmond detective in {
guarded message. He received reply
in a few hours, which read:
"Know you are all right. VIII ac
for you in confidence. Trust me fully.
Then 1t was that Arthur wired ampl,
| funds and instructed Blake to secretly
guarantee all expenses for Hagar''
treatment at the sanitarium, irrespec
tive of what Mrs. Stanley might do
for Arthur had all particulars in brie
| by wire from Blake.
| From Blake he also learned that Els
Their was seemingly in good hands will
Mrs. Stanley at Mrs. Randophs man
sion in Richmond, and from the sam,
source he learned that Stanley hall
In the due course of the bankruptc,
| proceedings against the missing Ar
thur Stanley, was to be sold TO tn
highest bidder.
OF the money. some hundred thou
| sulu uoliulS' He huu lOuhu ulueI III
skeleton Of the horse in the desert
Arthur placed $4,000 by wire at tn
disposal of Blake In Richmond witt
instructions to bid In Stanley hall n
all hazards, and If more money wer
necessary more would be Forthcoming
He could save Stanley hail iron
strangers and aid Esther and his gyps,
mother. both penniless and on tn
bounty of strangers, since Hagar, Il
her mental inhrmity from the bloy
that none knew Blair had dealt bel
had no means of telling where he
supposed wealth was hidden.
But 1t was bitter thought to Al
thur that even In this he was usin
means not rightfully his. AS tn
spendthrift heir of Stanley hall he ha
unwittingly been an impostor and
cheat. And now, even in secretly con
ing to the rescue to save Stanley ha
from strangers or to aid Esther an
Hagar, he was using stolen money
An awakening TO higher ideals ha
come to Arthur, and these reflection
We're bitter ones. He hoped good Nigh
come out of evil and resolved to max
every effort to found his own forum
and refund with interest.
With Esther the impulses of her fai
young womanhood were more tina
generous; they were loving and SCI
sacrificing. She knew she was RICH
full heir Of Stanley hall, even thong
by accident OF sex no titled honol
abroad could come to her. But ht