The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-12-10

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Stanley Of Stanley HALL"
admitted Flushed with wine and en-
livened with drugs, Arthur is wild and
boastful. Smythe produces newspa-
per and speaks Of the circus tragedy
and recovery of the great diamond.
Suddenly Arthur dashed down his
wine glass and stood erect
1T is the diamond from the sky!'
he cried. II will buy it at the auction.
If you are the lawyer of the Earls Of
Stanley, listen: am the earl! am not
John Powell. but Arthur Stanley of
| Stanley hall!'
Blair and Durand and De Vaux, who
were present, started in surprise at
| this announcement. The lawyers jaw
dropped, he stepped back pace an
| fell backward over his chair.
Just then the servant announced that
a rough fellow was at the door who
| demanded to see Mr. Powell and Mr..
Blair Stanley.
| The party left the library and cross
| ed to the door Luke had followed the
butler in. and Blair and Durand with
| out ado seized the gypsy and thrust
him out
A policeman was waiting. and Luke
struggling and protesting. was thrown
into an automobile and taken to the
station house, the others going along
as complaining witnesses.
At the station house Luke, strangely
silent now, was searched.
A claspknife and some silver coin
were all that was found upon him. an |
then the policeman fished from an oh
scure pocket small, creased, stained
slip of paper. 1t was broken manila
band. such as are put around packages
of banknotes. Printed on it were the
words:
WELLS FARGO EXPRESS
$500
Over the heads of those closest TO
him Luke glanced fiXedly at Arthur.
who banched and trembled. 1t was a
slip of paper such as had been around
the train robber treasure Arthur had
come upon in the desert, funds upon
Powell fortune.
1t had been among the bank notes
Arthur had given to Luke. 1t had been
hidden among them and Luke had held
to it. when the money was gone. as evi-
dence against Arthur for Luke had
suspicious where the money had come
from.
This looks like train robbery stuff"
said the desk sergeant.
And then Durand spoke up. II re-
member this fellow" he said. pointing
to Luke. II met him at place said
to be a train robbers hangout at the
mining town of Mammoth. where Mr.
Powell here was injured some weeks
ago."
"We'll hold him till we find out" sa
the sergeant Lock him upv'
And Luke was taken away.
By the aid of the police station
messenger Luke got word Of his plight
to Quabba and asked that Esther he
brought to see him.
Quabba apprised Esther by tele
phone. She had just received telc
gram from the convalescing Hagar ask
ing her to return to Richmond. and
Esther had just wired Inf reply that she
would come guardedly adding that Ar
thur seemed to be under evil influences
here and that she was discouraged re
garding him.
At the station house Esther briefly
explained that Luke had been sery
ant Of her mother in Virginia for years
and that she knew him to be honest.
Quabba waited for Esther. More
strange company. thought the sergeant
But Esther spoke of Tom Blake. the
famous Richmond detective. and The
sergeant absolved her from suspicion
especially when she winsomely smiled
and admitted she was Of gypsy blood.
At the cell bars Luke Lowell seizei