The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-30

believed that Blair still lay dead by
his hand in the grave dug for another,
and with him the last male Stanley
save the old earl in England had per-
ished
As Arthur passed from the van he
saw Esther come toward him from
Hagar's side and was glad to note his
fierce. stern mother made no attempt
to stay her. And Esther bad evident
ly been told as much as Hagar cared
to tell her.
She called him brother and walk
ed with him to the woods at the edge
Of the camp. and there they paused
and made their farewells
'Be a good man. Arthur. my broth
err, and let me be proud of your Els
Their whispered tenderly. And Arthur
folded her to his heart and kissed her
and strobe away.
He looked back once and saw her
leaning against great tree and weep
ing. But neither he nor the weeping
Esther beheld the dark face of Luke
Lowell peering at them through the
shrubbery.
1t was not until next morning that
Hagar sought for the diamond and
found it missing. Again her rage at
Arthur burned high. Hagar hated the
Stanley name and despised every Stan.
ley possession, but she was resolved
since all the Stanley line was near at
end that Esther, defrauded of every
other birthright, should have the dia-
mond from the sky.
Hagar had not wholly believed Ar.
thur guilty of DR.. Lees murder even
when she had first learned of his being
suspected from Esthel's lips when she
had come for Esther to Fairfax the
day before. Hagar resolved to go to
Richmond, the nearest big city. feel
ing sure Arthur would be there in hid
ing, in the hope of finding him and Sc
curing the diamond from the sky for
Esther, even if it were necessary to
give Arthur her own son. up to the
law.
She telegraphed from the nearest
railroad station, from which they took
" l. lis ltitSI dll1 WAS
to the Blake agency, and it was sent
to recall Tom Blake, the head of the
concern, from Fairfax to Richmond.
No suspicion in the slightest had been
directed at Blair in connection with
the doctors murder nor did any living
soul in Fairfax, save Blair and his
mother, know of the encounter Blair
had had with Arthur in the doctors
dooryard nor of the grewsome duel
across the open grave at midnight that
had followed Blair's wild ruse to de,
fame Esthers good name that Arthur
might not suspect him of murder and
robbery, the real guilt Blair felt the
burden of.
But in order to be safe, and at his
mothers suggestion, Blair Stanley had
gone to Richmond, his mother giving
the excuse that he went to attend to
urgent matters brought about by the
doctors sudden and tragic death.
Esther too, was gone from Fairfax
now, ana this, with the fight of Ar
thur and the presence of the Rich
monl detective, made the countryside
of old aristocratic Fairfax county ring
with rumors and the revival of old,
long forgotten tragic and mysterious
happenings among the Stanleys.
In Richmond Arthur Stanley, giving
himself the name of John Powell,
found humble lodgings awaiting oppor.
tunity to slip from Richmond when the
hue and cry after him had died down.
1t was necessary for him to have
funds To obtain these he resolved to
pawn the diamond from the sky, be
lieving that no living person save Ha-
gar knew of its existence.
In eighteen years the diamond from
the sky had almost come to be regard
ed as a myth in Fairfax county. Some
there were who claimed it had never