The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-07-29


tor had ueea distant aHL ools-raIiar .
for yc4a-. yet the i-T-a-- widow was
next 90 sin with tle usual ge.ag
charac-eri~ri. 81 the er-T SONG g..rur.
he had delayed masking ,ut .ra .e-a.
adoption papers for esther l.a lad
only insisted that she De- called esther
Lee. What her TgH. nance seas rl- H..
lite Yir-iu.aus bad lGl asked. ult 10
was whispered tEIt 8. was I1rliE-
When quest .o.al bg the puzzled
sheriff as 10 what procedure be should
follow after the i-eafrE.s. don 81 the
broken guitar. found Ly The footprints
in the flower beds. the judges widow
had coIdIy replied. DO your dury."
and the sheriff. with his deputy. set
out for Stanley hall tp aprrelend
Arthur Stanley u on suspicion 81 tire
murder OF Hr. Henry Lee.
At their parting there had been one
gift OF Ha-sr's that Esther had since
lovingly cherished Ii was a pair Of
carrier pigeons
Take these. my dear daughter
Hacar had said II you are ever in
trouble and need me send a message
by the birds. Their hominE place j.
our gypsy rendezvous in the Blue
ridge. Even If ! am not there VIXEN
the message comes, some Of our tribe
viii be They will know where am
and fetch me the word
80 Esther. under the open espionage
Of Bair's mother. had taken one of
the pigeons from its cage on the porch
AM had hastily written the message
TO send 10y this aerial carrier 90 Hagar.
The message read briefly. Come ut
once. dear mother: I need YOU" She
simply signed il Esther"
From her lattice window she relcas-
ell her feathered messenger Ii flew
swiftly TO the west straight rs the
arrow flies.
Tie sheriff and his deputy were not
| long in reaching Stanley hall They
/ alightcd with busineSslike clatter
and the sheriff dumped up the steps
| and across the wide. hos itable portico
and made the great iron knocller wake
| the echoes Of the silent mansion. With
an Indicative gesture OF his thumb he
had sent his deputy to guard the rear.
Joe. the uatty and worldly wise col
ored man servant OF the until recently
! wild young master of Stanley hall, was
wondering at the impudent urgency of
the clamOr that had aroused him as lie
! reached the bottom Of the staircase.
| when he stood stock still. shaken for
once out of his usual superior airs and
self possession. to behold his young
master. wild eyed and disheyeled, rush
from the library and seize him, ex-
claiming as he did 50: Don't open that
door. / have killed n man. and they
are after me-
With chattering teeth and shaking
knees the eTstwhile dandy darby chung
for support ia the weakness Of his
fright TO the pedestal of the balustrade
at the foot OF the old colonial stair
case.
Still the sheriff hammered at the
door. crying s.entoriOusly, open in the
name OF the lawr' and still the fright
ened darby chung to the balustrade, di-
vided i'm his terror between the awful
authority of the law that he was dis
obeying and I'm fear of the fate this till
now sophisticated servitOr had felt for
his young master.
One glance from the low French win
dows that looked from the library upon
the grounds ut the back OF Stanley hall
|
deputy, with drawn pistol
At this juncture the automobile
agent from Richmond came with honk-
ing horn up the driveway with one OF
the first automobiles that had ever es-
Sayed the roads of Fairfax. With the
agent, who proudly drove the red
| French racer, was an oily and grimy
garage mechanic driving a low, old but
powerful one seated garage handy cal
battered and SCARED from much hard
service, but still strong. speedy and
dependable.
The sheriff hammered and kicked
unavailingly at the stout. great white
door as these "newfangled contrap
TONS" as he called them, drove up Il
the Dortico steps. Il am the sheriff,
he explained to the wondering auto
mobile man. Il am after man FOL
murder and summon you to aid me-
The taciturn garage mechanic brought
a heavy iron jack from his battered OlC
car. and he and the sheriff soon had
the stout oak door SCATTERING beneath
the battering ram blows they dealt
with this heavy instrument Of iron
AS the door gave way Arthur darteC
from the library. past the still quakini
negro in the hallway and into the din
ing room. He passed through the din
ing room into the conservatory at il
back that overlooked, as did the libra
~. the grounds at the rear Of Star
ley hall. But here his way was block
ed by iron and glass, there was n
egress from the conservatory saw
through the dining room
As he turned to retrace his steps tn
sheriff. with the frightened autOmobil
man ut his back. appeared ut the doc
Of the conservatory with leveled n
Volver and demanded ArthuI's SUI
render. Arthur's reply was TO seiz
4 a heavy rustic chair and with on
Z swinging. sweeping blow thrust asid
I the leveled revolver and then smas
i the heavy glass and tho metal frame
Z Of the rear wall Of the CONSERVATION!
He Ieaped unhurt through the ape
: ture thus made and 1ed around th
= corner Of the house. followed by
fusiIlade of shots from the sheriff an
his deputy.
At the front Of the house stood a
~ two automobiles deserted. The ne
= Z E-a,ah r-gga- stood rnrofhfnrr rruFt