The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-26


doctors gate, The footprints were Of
well shod men of small and shapely
feet. II was reported No passing rough
mnrnudcrs, no outlaw negro dosper
ADDE'S had part In the murder aud rob.
berry IN the doctors study, nor had any
such struggled In Ge'dly combat In bis
garden, 10 was whispered The natter
was mystery ~ well as murder, and
the morbid neighbors gathered In aud
around the cottage Of the dead man
and whispered greclly.
Meanwhile the dnzed and bleeding
Blair Stanley had n strange home com
lng IN Tie night His mother, that
proud, cold woman, worthy mnte of
the grim Judge who bad persisted
strangely In % viii mountain pass
nearly a generation ngonc. loved her
son seemingly only through her cold
ambitions.
you do not know when day may
come that you may be- In position To-
save the life Of the heir of Stanley"
she had said often significantly. Blair
understood his mother we'll
Il was known by all the sanleys
that the diamond from the sky had
vanished strangely the night Colonel
Stanley had expired alone In his H.
lrary, this preceding by few days
only the trucic death Of Judge Stanley
In the mountain pass. also. It was
thought, alone
Tits was eighteen years ago, but the
Stanley fcud was not dead with H.
proiagonlsts. those elder men of that
elder day II slumbered IN the bosom
" the younger generation. II smolder
cd hidden, yet burning not the less, In
the hosom " the judges taciturn wild
ow, lilair's mother She had always
believed with bitter suspicion that
encompAsssd all N thV long dead Colo
mel siuncys friends that Dr. Lee had
taken the diamond from tho sky IN
the confusion attending the coloners
sudden demise
Dr. Ire was a relative " Judge
Smnlcya widow. Tor an the better
families VI Fairfax were Of klth aud
Kin The judges widow believed the
doctor held the great diamond In hi.
secret custody II Tor nothing else than
TO kecp it from The hands Of the judges
family through amy legal process they
might attempt during the minority OF
Arthur Stanley I'd
Hence e wns lhnt when thc nerve
shattered Hl,ir, with ashcn face and
bloody brow. confessed ~ his waiting
mother iast be- hrd seen the diamond
Ia pr leei aged hands she was not
surprised Whra be- hs'; iucohcrently
admitted - her That The oll loetor h'l
lIri lu tho struggle Tor the diamond
she expressed mo- conjunction for the
doctors death or rcvulsiou no the deed
oi h,r son that caused o..
Hut when be- toll her that Arthur
Stanley, tho one lie that stood be-
tween them aud 900 their ambitious
desires, had been On the rrasp OF Blair
did her mop-i " ansicre Interest change
TO cold fury
"You need not add your rcpruachcs
to my own painted her con. "But Il
was luck, The devils luck. that an al
stanley ball possess wouli have
Killed hin. q was IN my mind. Ia my
heart
Tut no vrrsic-i the pistol ffpm my
hand - ihou-h FROM the hand Of
child. snd he dragged me out u The
yard. down Tire deserted VILLAGE street
TO the graveyard 70 till m. and rob M,
u IN. dismunI win the ease ~
Giant
Well --id DO. mother we iausi
ion, for sno,hsr i-itlr chlncc. Mean
WIN, v yoa afr sure ih,t your strur
rle. we're nai seen ron had better lilo
hidden urili Z s-n l-srn What susri-
tlons are srr7-sd n rsu sr- missed
VII sv ysu srs rrss 10 Richmssd-
Rvsn n Arthur STANLEY hsars no ners
of 80 - VIII thlst stili III, ~ -
ulnh ysu " WI keep aient."