The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-31
By ROY" L. Me CARDELL

Idling on the outside and waiting for
his mistress, Hagar. the gypsy queen,
and Esther. Luke had glanced through
the low window only to have his gaze
fall upon the blazing jewel.
Never prescriptions, he always re-
membered the whispered gypsy gossip
that Matt Harding, the dead husband
of Hagar, had made mis- fortune. now
possessed by Hagar, by some bold co"n
And here. thought the desperate
Luke. was his chance for fortune. He
was quick to follow out the evil i'm
pulse.
He gained the street with the wild
idea TO hide the diamond in the first
safe nook or Granny, and then to return
as quickly as he could to bear the
brunt OF suspicion and Of search.
Inside the ballroom all was confu.
sion and alarm. Women screamed and
tainted. and the men, foremost among
rncm ATrnur ana pmr, soon surround
ed the hysterical Vivian Marston, lis
tening to her broken story of being
strangled and robbed by two strong
hands belonging to an unseen thug in
the twinkling of an eye.
On the doorstep the frightened funky
blew the police whistle again oud
again.
One policeman who had been Mt the
portals for some time, but had saun-
tered away to give an eye to his beat,
was heard returning with rapid foot
steps in the dark. Far Off In the other
direction another policeman could be
heard rapidly approaching and sound
ing his night stick on the sidewalk.
Luke saw the CLEAN of brass buttons
under gas lamp not a hundred yards
away. He turned, his booty clasped In
his strong bronzed right hand, to dee
In the opposite direction. But coming
In this direction was the other accursed
with the pounding of his club on the
pavement. Luke realized he was trap
ped. To throw the diamond into the
street might mean its finding and his
subsequent conviction for its theft
His hand struck something cold. 1t
Beneath the lamppost was circle OF
shade that masked his action. Quick
as thought he dropped the jewel, with
its locket and chain, into the mail box
and ran toward the policeman pound
Ing the sidewalk, crying excitedly, HE
crossed over here and went through
that hedge and lawn
"Oh, no, he didn't" said the putting
policeman, giving the sinister looking
Luke glance of quick suspicion. HE
ran right into my arms. / got him
Brady" he added to the other officer.
Together they hailed the protesting
Luke to the portals of the Randolph
mansion on the front street, and they
dragged him In.
Here Luke told his story with many
vehement asseverations rs to his Owl
| honesty. He said he had strolled tC
the corner of the house from the from
| doorstep and had been astounded tC
see tall, dark man leap from the
ground floor balcony of II side window
dart across the street and through {
hedge and across the lawn on the op
posite side and disappear In the dark
He was making after this fleeing ma
rauder when the policeman grabbed
him, he added sullenly.
Hagar vouched for her man, an'
Luke insisted or being searched. Thi!
being only fair, the search was made
and the missing jewel was not found
But the police insisted on holding thu
gypsy, and he was being led ava.
when, as fate would have 1t, an ever
greater contretcmps was to occur, al
even more unenviable notoriety wa
to attend Richmond's most Fashionable
function, Mrs. Burton Randolph's an
nual ball.
Sheriff Sam Swain Of Fairfax ap
peared In the doorway, accompanied
by Detective Tom Blake.
81 want Arthur Stanley over Their
for the murder of Dr. Henry Lee o
FairfaX" cried the sheriff.
The face of Blair Stanley blanched
Remember your promise, Arthur h
whispered. "You cannot go to the gal
lows for me. You must tell the trutl
II you are tried. But you can save IN
" you escape"
Arthur nodded and broke loose iron
the grasp of Sheriff Swain. Blai
fought as best he could to aid his sup
posed cousin, but his now hysterica
relative, the chagrined Mrs. Randolph
threw her arms wildly about him ant
so held and hampered him as sh
shrieked. "They will kill you, Blair!
that he could do but little. Then, toe
Vivian Marston added her efforts L
restrain him. 1t was no time for Ha
gar to speak. She realized that
were better that Arthur escape IL h
could even under the onus of unJus
suspicion.
One of the policemen released hi
hold on Luke Lowell and came to tn
aid OF the sheriff. Arthur fought Xix
mailman, and the struggle surge,
from the ballroom to the hall and on
down the steps TO the sidewalk. Arthu
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