Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-30

borne away. And the breach is wi,ler
yet between Fairfax and MoHticelio'ii
consequence. +'i 4'#-" Y
The next day Hagar has a visitor at
Stanley hall. 1t is Detective Tom
Blake of Richmond, and he bears with
him a curious fiat portfolio Of curious
photographs. 1Ie anl Hagar examine
these curious photographs in the libra
rysat Stanley hail. leaving Esther upon
the broad piazza, innocent Of any
knowledge Of what passes between the
gypsy woman and the astute private
detective Hagar employs.
But the Photographs are vital things,
vital especially to Blair Stanley, for
they hold the evidence, that proves him
guilty Of the murder Of Dr.. Ice!
For the photographsaarc the telltale
reproductions of BlairiS tanley's finger
prints. Some were made by Blake
from impressions lie found on the ri
fed cash box and the dead doctors
throat, and one other is the r%eproduc-
ton Of the plain mark Of his ink stain
ed thumb, stained by a leaky fountain
pen, made on the bad check he passed
on Abe Bloom, gambling den keeper Of
Richmond. 4
The check has come back to the vim.
dictive, angry gambler marked no
funds" and When Abe Bloom has call
ed upon the Blake Detective agency to
aid him recover the amount of the
check the willy Tom Blake has in his
possession the convincing Identification
be- has been sceking-the duplicate
thumb print Of the murderer of DR..
Lee, tile thumb print of Blair Stanley!
The astute If not oyerscrupu!ots de-
'~tective is working only for his client,
'Hagar Harding, who pays him Well.
There is no reward offered for the APP
prehension Of Blair Stanley or any.oth-
er! man save the innocent Arthur Stan.
ley. &&
Detective Blake knows that Hagar
will use the evidenceshe brings her In
her own time and in her own way.
1t concerns him no further, for the
present at, least, and he takes his fee
and returns to Richmond, strangely
enough, on the same train that bears
Mis-. Burton Randolph and Vivian
Marston. -
Blair and his mother have returned
from the little station at Fairfax after
seeing their late guests to the train.
Blair and his mother are ut daggers
drawn. He asks that she give him
money and let him so upon his way in
the world. as he wishes to leave Fair.
fax and never return.
""You have been under enough evil
influences IN following the promptings
of your own unfortunate Ways says
his mother coldly. ''This Vivian Mars
ton cannot deceive me for a moment.
And as she seems to have also COM
pletely deceived and infatuated you,
you shall have no money OF my saw
ing to waste upon an adventures"
Blair made no reply. but iilyvardly he
felt wild curses mounting to his lips.
and he flung himself iii the house.
leaving his mother alone OIL the porch
ere he might utter them.
But he was resolved to leave Fair.
fax, and he vas resolted to again see
and regain the favorsof Vivian.
There was no time like the present.
was his thought. Blair went rapidly
up the steps ard into the living. room
on the second floor. while his mother
remained in bitter contemplation on
the piazza. /.
HeSnerved to his desperate u:dertak-
ing. He closed the door of the living
room behind him. he pressed the
spring, and the Tory hiding place"
behind the chimney opened.
xssSt .+ss-@-- $40.