The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-10-01

In hands alien and evil. the diamond
would not abide. and with all the ter
ror OF the night upon him Luke Lowell
felt relieved that this talisman of woe
lay at the bottom of the bay.
Rested now. he rose to his feet and
staggered away in the darkness. as he
realized the pursuit was coming in
his direction Let the diamond stay
p;ith the dead; LEI the living answer
the enigma of the struggle and cries
in the night upon the waters as best
they might. Luke Lowell resolved on
Hight and distance between himself
and the diamond now in the deeps.
Sunrise fluids him far back in the
mountains, and such is the influence
him that in the desperation of his
acute if not chronic reformation Luke
Lowell asks and secures work in the
capacity of blacksmith's helper at a
forge at the mountain mines.
| Now while he works and works we'll
for all sypsies are thinkers and smiths
when they do or will work, let us see
! Whit IuS DcCoIuc vi lUe btutlS "uOSe
destinies are concerned with the gem.
| Arthur. known as John Powell.
since striking oil has become possessed
| of the touch of Midas, He prospers
and wakes in riches and power and is
| intoxicated with his own success. 1t
| is not that he has lost thought and
| hopes and affection for Esther, but
| Esther is far away, and he is young.
and the adulation that men render
and women, tools sweet to him.
| Already in the oil fields of California
| he is known as the golden man" He
| dreams of empires, as Cecil Rhodes
| dreamed and realized iii Africa. His
| money is not boarded, his mind is upon
| mines, fruit farms. vast cattle ranches,
| manufacturing plants and all forms of
| financial and commercial activities
| The quiet lanes of Virginia. the tur.
| moils of his reckless youth that enliv-
| ened them, seem far away. Since he
| found the outlaws plumber in the DIES.
| ert and made it the lever with which
he moved poverty and hardship from
his way money has become to Arthur
a mighty thing.
| In his ambitious plans and activities
| Arthur deems that money will do all
| He sends money to his agents. the Sc.
cretve Richmond detective, Blake.
| thinking he does well and that this
money will aid Esther and Hagar
while he plays with time and destiny
at high stakes in far California.
|
| Marston are on him. But she keeps
aloof and bides her time. Here at last
is prey worth waiting the hour to
strike at. She resolves to play the
game boldly and well.
She has need of helpful assistance.
Her thought turned to Blair. She
| knows that for some strange reason
1 inexplicable to both Blair and herself
! Arthur Stanley had sacrificed himself
| borne even the onuS of murder, con.
| fessed by fight, murder he knew him
self suiltless of and Blair implicated
/ But why? This she did not know nor
! did she care.
I she only Knew that Arthur would
| not betray Blair and that Blair would
not betray Arthur She ku-v that.
| while Blair secretly. yet with intense
bitterness, hated his supposed cousin.
| Arthur had eagerly sacrificed himself
| for Blair And now that Arthur, as
John Powell, was indeed Il golden
man. Vivian remembered his strange
attachment for Blair and thought it
well TO appriSe Blair of the change in
A.
Arthur Stanley and have Blair come