Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-09

Haaar Tells Arthur Of His Parentase.
from the river bank. 2 The unconscious
form Of Arthur was tenderly borne to
Hagar's luxurious van. But ere they
bore him there. Hagar's hand, feeling
for his faint heart beats in the dusk,
had c~1oselabout the, dia mond from the
sky @.xt.s,s .sPps w. ssg sr,ragi
II istracting Esther's agopizeds atten-
ton, .Hagar had unclasped the great
Jewel and hidden it; In her ,breastsiun-
seen, scarcesknoYing Why she did sol
When Arthur recovered, conscious
ness Sheriff Swain and his deputy had
reached the camp in their search and
inquired for the fugitive. No corpse
had been found when the wrecked and
overturned, auto had been draggedfrom
the river bed, and the, sheriff kpe,W5that
Arthur. Stanley, dead Of; alive, had float
ed unseen down, the river. The sheriff
failed to find Arthur at the camp.
It was with blazing eyes that Haear
confronted Arthur when he was strong
enough to bear her fierce reproaches:
my sacrifice las been all in yain,"'.
she cried bitterly. "A"ruined man and
a murderer, you have wasted every
chance in life for which I bowed my
head in bitterness and sorrow. Better
had you been bred the poor gypsy you
were born, rather than to be a fugitive
impostor who has squandered a herit-
age that was not his!!" .r
Arthur regarded her as though she
were, what she seemed to him, an in
sane harridan, who ragged at him in
half incoherent frenzy. Then Hagar
drew a brass bound box from it's hid
ing place, and, opening it with a key
from her bosom, handed him a sealed
document, yellow and musty with age,
on the outside Of which were the
words:
"To be opened only after my death
in case my son, Arthur Stanley I'd,
should prove unworthy of the name Of
Stanley"
With trembling hands he broke the
seal ana realized the woman before
him had spoken the dreadful truth.
For there. affixed, was the signature of
Colonel Stanley, which he knew well,
and also DR.. Lees, also known to him,
as witness.
Nothing belongs to you, not ever
your name, and much less this for
which you stained your hands with
blood" cried Hagar historically. And
she threw down into the open brass
box with a gesture of disdain the dia-
mond from the sky.
,"But I am not guilty Of the death
Of DR.. Lee; he was my friend" re-
piled Arthur hoarsely. II did kill my
supposed cousin Blair, and he now
lies in a grave dug for another, but not
for this" and he pointed to the baleful
jewel. II killed Blair Stanley because
he spoke ill of Esther. Why have you
driven her out to reproach me with
what l am not guilty? Tell me, if l
am not Arthur Stanley, who is she!
Is she my sister,? + ask this, for by
..-H H --r
every wild deed of my reckless life in
the past and for every good deed
hope to achieve L love. her!"
mo matter who she is, you are not
good enough to breathe the same all
with her" replied Hagar fiercely.
make the better man pf yourself that
you boast you will. Make a name fol
yourself in place of the one you have
lost and then return to me for a moth.
er's blessing and to learn who Els.
Their Isl"
So saying Hagar, for she felt he,
fortitude giving way, walked with dry
eyes and head erect from the van.
Arthur picked up the diamond from
the sky. In her agitation Hagar had
forgotten it, and Arthur was of the
belief that his Spartan mother had lefl
It there that he might take It and
make some temporary use Of it tc
build his fortunes with. For Arthur