The Springdale news., 1915-08-20

with bamboo lances at small wreath suspedded some twelve feet from the ground Riding at full speed Tt th.@ object. the masked knight who could bear it off on his spear point was to br aladeed the victor and as the hest
 er,ei.4..n ot all the Knights of EairtaN H3F.tl crown the mtil af his eho9~la- .s Iacea ot love and beauty. aut ats, ay the presentation of great bpd elats ready at haill select the qeeeH attendant ta ies of honor.
 The b0g.eS blew. ss6efif SWata o5 tai2ht seneschal distributed the la1a@-. 3Gl the knights lined Hp far down tl- rack The bugles blew again. anu tney came, twenty ol them abre;ss,. wearing the sashes of their Iadie-, masked and plumed and al tHtens upon bearing off the guerdon.
 n.air stanley, on a light bay hUrter, wearing the crimson sash favor Q Vivian Marston, was in tie lead; ct=.=.s behind WaS q knight on Il white het.s with q black star on it's forehead \ strange horse to Fairfax, where every horse and man of blood is known What horse was it, and who was the rider? He wore a snow white scarf and sat his horse as became Ntrgipil gentleman-or perhaps q Kentucliai.
 Blair in the lead swerved to block tae oncoming knights behind him. but the stranger seemed to be prepared fog ftfe ruse. He spurred his horse arouul aliA crossed in the very front of Blair The shock threw the bay hunter over, and E1atr fell headlong to the eraiHld and the strange knights spear point lifted the wreath they stfove from flie wire As Blair fell he got a glimpse of the horScman who had unseatot i5im, close up AHd then Blair Sian ~ tnew him. It WIS Arthur Stanlef'
 \ surge of hate and humiliation ra@- eI in the bosem of Blair to le Hn- seated hi#the presence ef Vivian Alay- ston, to whom he had -hoastea he would bear oH Gle wreath and crown Ter on her first day in Fairfax a~ queen of 1oye and beauty
 He iimaed from the scene ta where Sheriff swain stood hy the end of the grand stand watching the surprising end Of the contest and ecasins from his clumsy testing witlrhis hanaeHfs slt QHakBa
 The defeated knights. with the cX= eeptioa af the aHhofSed Blair vho haa t.mped away ranged their horses in Il semlcirele and held their laHee~ at salUte
 Arthur. fearfn9 the queens crown and the bouquets. approached inc white faced. trembling Esther and sai.l fH a fei4Hel voice. sI crown thee queen =af }oyeand heaufyf' Then he present. ea the bouquets of the Indies of honor ta tAe nearest women Vivian Mansfpu and Mrs Burton Randolph
 At the far eHa of the grand staHd the raging BHair WAS pointing 10 the victor md saHiHg, That is Arthur Stanley, the murderer ef I1r Lee Go aud get him..
 Hardly knowing what he WAS doing, but in anger II the clumsy testing sheriff wild idea to dfscomft ttIt official and the nnhorsed informer for the sake of the gallant looking victor seized Quabba. With | deft clutch of his quict fingers he elasped the d1n- giing end nf the handcuffs to the wrist of Blair. The other end WIS around the Sheriff's wrist and that eager official and the informer were soon wildly pulling in opposite directions. Leaving his organ and carrying the frightened monkey in his arms, the nimbe hunch- back ran through the grand stand and whispered his warning to Arthur
 At this very moment, obedient to q significant look from Blairs mother.