Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25

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away than even distant was. 'ner
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The diamond from the sky ana a.,
earldom We're not for her. Thav n
never to be the possessions OF no,
either. 1t would seem. 'Ou
Dead men lay between and uv,.
man. a wanderer and fugitive aas
the earl, old and feeble, helplss, a.,
valid for years. still fingered on .as
Arthur Stanley. prescribed as n nv
derer though he was. bore a cbarma,
life that stood between her son ga
the earldom and the diamond from ,na
sky.
The diamond from the sky ITSELF ma
gone vanished from the sight Of man
AS for her son. that son WIS ,nts,,
ated with worthless woman. v,v,.n
Marston would make a III mats tor
Blair Stanley, son she had lorna ana
reared
But bitter as all these Reflection.
were. the Stanley pride was stronv ,n
the breast OF Blair's mother Rad a.
he was. she thought. II were better no
never possess the diamond from the
sky or the Stanley earldom with such
woman TO share these great posses.
sions
And then the judges widow SAW
coming toward her Halar Harding
the present mistress OF Stanley hall
AT the sight OF Hagar Mrs Stanley
stifrened. and instinctiyely all the old
hopes and all the old hatreds leaned
again within her withered breast She
rUse AS II TO enter her house and Ignore
Hagar. but Hagar stayed her with
gesture.
do not go, Mrs. Stanley said Ha.
gar Ia even tones. 81 have with me
the proofs that your son and not Ar
thur Stanley Is guilty OF the murder
OF DR.. Henry Lee" And she indicated
with meaning gesture the Hat black
portfolio she carried. the same porto.
Ito Detective Blake had brought from
Richmond.
Hush whispered the judges wild.
ow tensely. Come inside" And She
led her strange guest within the Dor.
tails OF her home and up to the living
room.
Here Hagar without further word
showed her the photographs Of the
thumb prints left by the murderer In
DR. Lees study and the photograph OF
the returned dishonored check. With
the fatal inky thumb print Of Blair
Stanley resting against his signature.
as though he had attested TO II
Il will get my son. He IS some
Judge Stanley. What Il the price
you ask for your silencel canuot
think you would come here except to
bargain"
My price II an easy one. replied
Hagar. 81 ask that you and all your
friends receive my daughter Esther
and myself In Fairfax have ouy
this TO say: Deem me who you may.
my daughter Esther Is OF as high birth
and blood as the proudest families Of
Fairfax"
What you ask can be arranged. |
feel sure" said the judges widow, re-
gaining her cold composure. Wait
here till nnd my son"
Mrs. Stanley bowed and hurried down
TO the porch. where she called loudly
for Blair. thinking perhaps he was In
the garden or ut the stable.
Meanwhile Blair In the Tory hiding
place" behind the chimney had heard
every word that had been uttered In
the room. In his hands he clutched a
mass OF bank notes. Thrusting them
In his pocket, he touched the spring
and pushed aside the swinging nre-
place noiselessly.
Hagar stood by the table. her back
to the fireplace. watching the door In
her hands were the discriminating pho
tographs OF the thumb prints OF Blair
Stanley.
AS she turned Mt the sound OF Blair's
advance he struck her down with the
heavy Iron poker, and she fell to the
door as though lifeless. In n crumpled
heap.
AZ Blair stopped to seize the photo
graphs OF his guilty thumb prints that
had fallen to the floor a CLEAN Of steel
ON the table caught his eye. 1t was
the sherin"s handouts that Vivian
Marston had brought to the house with
her and left for Blair. as she said
mockingly. "as souvenir of the white
knights leap"
Hagar moaned and stirred. Blnil
could bear his mother calling him II
the hallway now. He seized the hand
Guns and clasped them on the unre
sisting wrists OF Hagar.
Picking her up. he thrust her in the
Tory's hiding place" and hastily
swung the wall back In position, leav
ing the unconscious and manncled form
OF Hagar imprisoned by the broken
open chest I'm the darkened niche
At this instant he heard his mother
on the threshold and turned and fed
with the photographs and the stoleI
money by the door that led to the innei