The Springdale news., 1915-08-27

away than even distant Warwick shire?
 The diamond from the sky and tue eafI,lem were not for her, They Wefe never to be the possessions of her S9n either, it would seam
 Dead men lay between and Il living man. wanderer and q fugitive. al4 She earl, old and feeble. q helpless zl- vail for years. still liHeerel on -iad Arthur Stanley prescribed as q nnrs 6eter though he Wis. bore charmed fife that stood between her son ml the earldom and the diamond from lhe skr.
 The diamond from the sky itself was gone. vanished from the sight ef fssIl .fs for her s0n, that son was iafat9i- ated with q worthless woman Vivian Marston would make it mate for Blair stanley. son she had borne and rearcl,
 But bitter as all these rcaeefi#H@ were. the stanley pride was stfoHs 48 tae breast of Rlair,s mother Ba4taz te was, she thought, t were better lH. never possess the diamond from f## sky or the stanley caridom with S1g. woman to share these great rass s.6Hs
 .Aal then tie Zildge,s widow saa coming toward her Hasar Hafdiaz. She present mistress of stanley hail
 Al the sight of uagar Mrs. Stantex. stffseHed and instfnrtivcly all the old hopes and all the aId Hatrcds leaPe5I again within her Withered breast ZSle rese as if to enter her house and ignore IIagar, but Hagar stayed her With 2 gesture.
 Do not go, Mrs. Stanley" said la gar in even tones. T have with me the proofs that your son and not Ar- thur Stanley is guilty of the murder of Dr. Henry Lee And she indicated with q meaning gesture the flat black portfolio she carried, the same portfe- lio Detective Blake had brought from Richmond.
 "Hush." whispered the judges wid- ow tensely. Come inside," And she led her strange guest within the DOT tals of her home and up to the living room.
 Here Hagar without further word showed her the photographs of the thumb prints left by the murderer in Dr. Lees study and the photograph Of the returned dishonored check, with the fatal inky thumb print of Blair Stanley resting against his signature, ha l. Il tN
 'sI will get my son. He is some where about the .honse~ cried Mrs Judge Stanley What is the price you ask for your silence? I cannot think you would come here except te bargain"
 My price is m easy one,' replied Haear q ask that you and all yonr friends receive daughter Esther and myself in Fairfax. have oHix this to say: Deem he who you may my daughter Esther is of as high birth and blood as the proudest families of Fairfax"
 What you ask can be arranged. ] feel sure, said the judges widow, re- gaining her cold composure "Wait here till find my son
 Mrs. stanley bowed and hurried down to the porch, where she called loudly Tor Blair. thinking perhaps he WIS IF tAe garden or tAeStable
 Meanwhile fatr fH the Tory bidHs place behind tle chimney had le8#I eFey word t.Ht had bau uttaet f#= fHa Yoa.4. II A3s IaH ha c'a6.3= 4f harlzHaHas= 41rg Sins t#=s=#= Fl Hs raee5t, Ha ###aI The HF 4 paa4 asHH He sHineag riac1 Hoi9e.e.s
 Hagar staod fy fho tlbIc, her 6a z to tle Fireplace, watching thc door E Hef hands were the discriminating aha= tasrapAs If tf.e t4zea5 prints of Ets5E Stanley
 .ts siIo turned 5zt Inc sauHj of El8H=4 advance ha struck aar wu with fha heayF mon poker. and saa fall t1 f6e tla4 Hs t.aa ff. aa fFma HeaP
 ts Blair sta5fe4 . axe lte Isazs= graphs f Us saE .us a#a# H e1. .Glc te ise"i4H
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 e7ad he HIu. I.# tae hallway
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 Picking her aR he gHasJ nor a Eda forys adiug naee ml m-H sAAlts the NAL IF "A a-..aa. teHF iHg the uncoa and GH lel form Of H@~ar tHHEt md by tbe BFoIea open chest in the=aaraeaea ujeho
 At tllis instant he heard his metAef oH the threshold and turned and aeI with the nlota ranhs aad the stolen money b2 the adar th4t fed to the inner rooms an.l was gone