Arizona republican., 1915-10-17

men in the west but there's nothing wrong with the fighting strain they raise in old Virginia!'
 Luke gained deserted part of the beach unobserved, shook the water from him as a great dog might have done and strode off. Luke Lowell had no use for the town. Far away in the Sierras the Lady Veronica mines and other prosperous and busy dg- gings called him. By train and on foot he made his way. and by another day Santa Barbara was far behind him. But though he went for work, and to get away from his very hate of Blair Stanley. Luke Lowell had not deviated one iota from his set, sU1- len purpose.
 He had seen the paper that Blair Stan ley had pursued and prosecuted Esther to obtain. Then. too. Luke Lowell had beheld the diamond from the sky. Luke clenched his hand and looked down. though he had expected to see the great gem he had thrice grasped as his own, only to lose. still burning balefully in his bronzed and brawny grasp. But the diamond was gone and he clutched at the empty air. and trudged on, resolved that the purpose of his life would be to have it. But he would have no more of Blair Stanley; that he resolved.
 Esther after being thrown upon the beach from the overturned boat with Quabba, thanked those who rushed up to assist her and her companion. and assured them it had been just an accident of small consequence. He- spirits rose again in thanlfulness. and. followed by poor Quab- ba who half hysterically accused himself of every crime under the calendar. in his humiliation at having imperiled his young mistress Esther reached quiet part of the beach, and from there had Quabba sum mon a conveyance which took her to the quiet hotel on side street, where she had secured quarters for herself and her want.
 Esther knew she was safe enough in Santa Barbara. any other city She would fight Blair Stanley fearessly. along the lines the Stanleys had always fought in their feuds-among themselves. True. the Stan1eys, even in their feuds. had sell dom fourht women. But Esther knowing she had the protection of Arthur's love. and having every confidence in the strength. wit and courage of this handsomest of ali heroes. in her eyes felt though Blair was overnatched. when all was said and done. Had she met Blair in the streets of Santa Barbara, she fight even have bowed to him with a mockinG smile. She knew that he was so circumstanced that in the open places of a great city he could say or do nothing to hurt or harm her.
 It is a practical age. so the young woman who had been pursued through the wilder ness by two desperate ruffians in the most melodraratic manner. a day or so aSone, and who this very morning had 1eaped from a yacht ts gain escape them. walked p1osaicaIly to the telegraph office and sent a message to John Powell. president of the Good Hope Oil company, Los Angeles. The message seemed one of a dozen matter of fact communications the pretty, dark eyed young woman telegraph clerk in the office at Santa. Barbara handled every day. It read:
 Game here tc see you urgent. Wire in structions. ESTHER"
 You will probably have an answer in an hour or so." said the clerk, and Esther murmured her thanks and said she would be back, and went shopping in the in terim. while Quabba 1urlled at a respectful distance.
 In the woods and in the wilderness. on the dangerous waters, he could come close to cherish and protect his beloved young mistress. But in the built up town. where romance and devotion seem strange and out place. convention required the pa thetic yet faithful Quab must keep aiocs. Esther asked this. but she knew the proximity ol the queer looking follower who served he4 so faithfully would. in Q ng Pictures. Sul