The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-23


give all the millions he has made as
John Powell to keep suppressed. Es
Their has the Stanley document" and
Is he said this Blair stopped over tn
seemingly unconscious girl.
Don't you touch her! Don't you lay
hand on herr cried Luke. II will
carry her. She isn't dead. thank Cod
Esther stirred and sat up and gazed
resolutely at them both. Luke picked
her up as though she were n child
you bring her baggage" he said
roughly to Blair. and he nodded his
head indicating the dress suit case that
had fallen from the crushed and shat
tered coach.
In this way Esther was borne to the
blacksmith shop. She knew the docu
ment was safe from these evil hands.
under the rock by the coach. and bad
as she knew Luke Lowell was. she felt
no great harm would befall her while
he was by.
This proved to be the case. for when
Esther declared to them that the Stan.
ley docrment-and she professed to
know nothing of such a, document
was not upon her person Luke believed
her and Blair Stanley was constrained
to do likewise.
Look in her suit case. then" said
Luke. and Blair. picking up n chisel.
forced the lock. As desperate as was
the situation. Esther could hardly re.
strain a smile when Blair. with an ex.
preston Of disgust. brought forth from
the suit case pair of striped pajamas
flask. some shirts and collars and 9th
err male belongings. more than evident
ly the property OF the precise English
lawyer, Marmaduka Smytht
1--WE have got the wrong baggage"
snarled Blair to Luke. You go back
to the coach and find hers, and ! will
guard her here"
81 would as soon trust her with a
WOLF" growled Luke. Then he turned
to Esther and held his arms out to her.
You say the word. Esther" he said.
land | will kill this BLACKBOARD for
your
! But Esther shrank from the fierce,
passionate gypsy. II hate you as
| hate him. she said. you will get no
document, you will get nothing. and
! do not fear either or both of you.
Arthur Stanley will repay you well
and tittingly for even daring to lay a
hand upon me"'
We'll tie you up then, missy" said
Luke, Struggling his shoulders. IF
| can't have the lady | will take the
| gold. Matt Harding. your dead father.
II he was your father, made his for
| tune out of the Stanley secret. and
will make mine. AS for Arthur Stan
ley. lie can't help you! We know
enough TO disgrace him If we expose
him here in California and show he Is
not John Powell. the millionaire. but
| Arthur Stanley, wanted for murder in
| Virginia.
| Esther scorned 10 answer. The two
worthless. neither trusting the other.
| tied her securely and went together
back to the wrecked coach to find her
suit case and, as they hoped, the Stan
ley document. But at the coach. I'm
| their absence. Marmaduke Smythe had
| revived before the driver had secured
his horses and. bruised and dazed.
had recovered sufficiently to revive his
comrade and then seek for his passen-
| gers. When the driver had limped
down the hill to the wrecked coach
and inquired of the recovering Smythe
where the young woman passenger
was, Smythe had replied, 81 do not
know where she is gone, but ! jolly
well know l am going myself!" And
| gathering up the suit case he thought
was his, and taking his gun and the
mounted deer head, the trophy that he
priced beyond all his possessions, the
English lawyer tottered Off into the
wildc in the direction of the Lady
Veronica mines, as he thought.
When Luke and Blair arrived upon
the scene they told the driver his
young lady passenger was safe at the
blacksmith shop and they had come
for her belongings. None could be
found. however, and Luke and Blair
returned reviling each other.
| Darkness was f0lling at the time
the accident occurred. 1t was dark In
the blacksmith shop, but Esther felt
the Drawer nt the absence of the two
men. She struggled and freed herself
from the ropes that had bound her
and beat upon the great heavy door
Of the shop, crying for help.
Quabba, mourning his young mis-
tress and bewailing his fate that he
had 50 strangely found and so strange
ly lost the diamond from the sky
again, had set out on foot for the
mines to find Arthur. but especially to
find Esther his young mistress. II
was just al nightfGll that he reached
the forge, some three miles yet from
the mines. II was locked, gloomy and
deserted in the darkness, But from
within he heard n voice he recognized,
the voice of his young mistress APP
pealingly crying for help. A sledge
stood by the door Quabba seized Il
and shattered down the door and soon
he was shedding tears OF Joy as he