Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-10-28

Wasting MS substance n Hiotous
Living.
turned to see the judge on horseback
down below. his army pistol ltveled AT
her
Hagar held up the child. noI - much
10 shield herself as that i'll pretty in
nocence might soften the hard heart Of
the relentless pursuer But whether
by accident or design will never be
known. the heavy explosion Of the pis-
toll echoed among the rocks. The bull
let whistled past the iinching Hagar
and the terrified child The horse rear
ed at the crack Of the pistol throwing
his rider. breaking the neck OF the
vengeful judge and dashing his brains
against jagged rock.
Raising the child 10 her shoulder and
supporting her there with her strong
right hand. Hagar looked down upon
her dead prosecutor and called upon
him. with d gypsy's curse. the death OF
the vultures she had predicted for him
when first they met. Then she climb
ed over the summit of the ridge with
her precious burden and was gone
Eighteen years have passed. since
Judge Stanley's shattered body was
found In the mountains. the seal Of
death upon his lips.
Behold Arthur Stanley ID master OF
Stanley hall and wasting his sub
stance In riotous living.
Behold DR.. Henry Lee. pressed with
the weight Of years. guardian OF the
heir of Stanley and wondering what
will the harvest be?
The old colored nurse is dead. as Is
also the old colored factotum, Ned
There Is none alive that knows what
really happened on that tragic night
and In the tragic time that followed
save the venerable old doctor and the
gypsy woman whom he has sought for
secretly. but In vain. through all these
years.
While Arthur Stanley % carouses
with his cousin and other wild cOmpan-
ions at Stanley hall and while old DR.
Lee muses. In his study and wonders
close at hand Fate weaver of desti-
nies. IN the shape OF Hagar comes
upon the scene.
II the doctor has wondered II in his
hate of one dead man and his love for
another he has not done wrong Hagar.
queen Of the gypsies, wonders. too, II
her vengeance has not gone all awry
mr. q a 10 L.
Esther Harding. is beautiful and
sweetly dispositioned young woman
now. The wild mother love Hagar
bore for the son that was sold from her
has passed to sweet Esther. So 1t IL
that Hagar returns to Virginia. re-
solved again to sacrifice her very heart
wild gypsy camp Is no abiding place
for fair young girl of gentle blood.
Hagar knows all the documents she
took from Stanley hall when she alb
Quoted Esther. knows them by heart.
as she knows every facet on the dia-
mond from the sky, which she wrung
that night from tho dead hand Of Colo
mel Stanley. She would see her boy
again In his manhood. The wild hope
possesses her that he may fall in love
with Esther and that the secret that
only two living people know shall rest
lightly with the dead when Esther is
mistress by marriage. II not by right
Of Stanley hall
Her message for Dr. Lee is a written
one. 1t reads:
have come back after eighteen years
| have had my revenge. but I love the
girl. What shall be done with her?
HAGAR HARDING.
Esther only learns from the kindly
lips OF the doctor and the tremulous
ones Of her supposed mother that a
new life has opened for her: that she
must take her place In the society of
the countryside as the adopted daugh-
ter OF DR. Lee. as long arranged. This
Is all she knows; this is all she is told.
as with her belongings she bids a