Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-12-02

the excited visitor that Clarence. the
monkey. was not ut all wild beast OF
the Virginia jungle. but simply an itin.
Grant organ grinders friend. cOlnpan
ion and collector of external revenue
Then the stranger made known his
name and errand.
IL am Marmaduke Smythe barrister
Of London. England. solicitor and agent
of the estate of the earls of Stanley OF
Stanley castle. Warwickshire." he said
Lord Stanley died there a month ago
from The intirmities of old age Leaving
no heir in England. the succession fall
ing to the eldest son OF the elder
branch of Stanleys OF this place. stan
ley hall.
81 remember II well for | was here
TO verify the American heir nearly
twenty years ago And a beastly ex
perience had my dear young lady
was ambushed by croaking sayages
and fell off horse and was thrown
not of the horse. but .tiguratively
thrown into the midst of IA terrific and
bloodthirsty feud between Colonel
Stanley and Judge Stanley. both rip
snorting. bally fire eaters. as you Yam
KEGS way down east in Virginia say.
80 my errand. young lady. in these
wild parts of the American border Is
to notify young Arthur Stanley. both
Colonel Stanley and the Judge being
dead. that he IS the Earl of Stanley.
and the title and estates await him in
Warwickshire"
And then It was Esther's painful task
to tell the strange caller Of the accusa-
tons against the young man he sought.
of his wild fight and disappearance.
my word"' exclaimed the embar-
raised London lawyer. What a dread
full way you wild Yankees have of
tomaha viking each other. don't you
know! II the American earl is a Grim
inal In hiding ] must notify the next
OF kin. the late judges son. whom /
distinctly remember as a vicious little
beggar who bit me severely.
"In case his lordship. as | must call
him. the fugitive. Is captured by your
white cap chaps lie will undoubtedly
be lynched. as Is your invariable GUS
tom on the American frontiers here.
believe. Hence the son of the late
judge will be the Earl of Stanley.
THAT Is. provided. OF course" the
London lawyer added. that this Hon.
Blair Stanley. as he would be called
with us. has not outgrown his vicious
propensities as a child For | assume
II he bites your prominent border ruff
fans he will be toma ha wked or lynch
ed or put an end to I'm some unpleasant
manner. So you must excuse my TAX
Ing leave. as | must notify the next of
kim
And he raised his tropic helmet DO
litely and walked In a wide circle
around the chattering monkey. Clar-
ence. as though he rather doubted the
alleged harmlessness of the animal be
deemed denizen Of the local jungle.
AT the gloomy threshold of Mrs. La
mar Stanley's house the London law
yer received further confirmation of
his personal belief that Blair Stanley.
whose vicious propensities he remem-
bered. would never outgrow the san
culinary propensities of his childhood.
In the bitter mood that now obsessed
her Blair's mother informed the star
tied lawyer that her son. now next In
line for the proud Stanley earldom. had
fed. no one knew whittier. and she
hoped to never see his lace again.
All she would say in reply to the
barrister's nervous pIeadings-for he
dreaded a long search for the heirs of
Stanley in barbarous America was
that Blair might be found at the home
Of Mrs. Burton Randolph. his cousin.
In Richmond. And for that place the
lawyer took the first train from Fair
fax.