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

sclupulous ancestor. the first
Arthur Stanley, who had found
the diamond from the sky in
the fallen meteor 800 years agone. had
Il worthy descendant in the equally
reckless, desperate and INSCRIPTIONS
Blair Stanley.
1t Is to be doubted If Blair Stanley
gave any thought of the great wrong
he might do the gentle Esther in the
furtherance of the cold ambitious
schemes of his mother and his own i'm
pulsive lawless ones He cared not Il
whit whether if he should marry Els.
Their such an alliance would be biga'
nous and shameful in case his mar.
rage with Vivian should prove subse
quently legal and binding.
To get Esther and to get the diamond
by such means. not to speak of the
Stanley ealldom III England, appealed
to Blair. The thought of Vivian fight
ing for her rights as the consort of an
earl appealed to Blair's cynical sense
of humor.
With a meekness almost puritanical
in its sleek hypocrisy he had answer
ed his mother to the effect that he
would do as she desired. He prepared
| himself, at his mothers suggestion. to
| return to Richmond and make amends
| with the disgruntled relative and so
ciety leader, Mrs. Burton Randolph,
! for Mrs. Randolph had developed an
| unseliish foudness for Esther.
Meanwhile Esther had been received
| with open arms by the gypsy people
\ when she had returned with Quabha
when first setting out in search of Ar
thur with the loyal hunchback. An
| other search of Hagar's van at the
camp had been fruitless. There was
no trace or evidence of any wealth
| that it had always been supposed that
Hagar possessed.
Esther announced TO the gypsies
that, while Hagar gave evidence of
| eventually recovering, ii was necessary
that she esther must journey far to
seek friend who could aid her in
these days of trial. The generous
| Romanys of the tribe pressed their lit.
tie boards of money upon Esther,
whom they acknowledged their prin.
cess. But Esther refused to accept
The more canny and practical Qunb-
ba, however. accepted all tributes of
this kind, unknown to Esther, and Sc
creted them against coming days OF
need
Followed far from the camp by the
kindly @ypsies. and even the little gyp,
sy children who loved Esther with the
loyal devotion of their elders, Quabba
and Esther set out upon their way
Quabba was further gladdened by q
royal gift of a large street piano and
cart and pony to haul it.
Starting west and north upon theil
quest for Arthur, Esther and Quabba
with their quaint equipage took theil
way. They halted NJ the farm OF
Farmer Smith. where Arthur hat
worked, and proceeded on. intending t.
skirt through Richmond to ascertain
Hagars condition ere going west.
; Journeying to Richmond. Blair Stan
ley beheld Quabba and Esther and th,
pony and organ cart as his train pass
ed by them. The reckless Blair hat
no patience to wait till the train reach
, ed the next station. lie pulled the air
brake cord, alighted andfas the trail
: pulled out he hid by the roadside b.
) the track. and after Esther and Quabb
had toiled past him on foot by thei
pony organ cart. he stealthily traile'
them to the outskirts of Richmond.
From here he FASTENED to Mrs. Ran
dolph'S. and made his peace and ell
listed her sympathy and co-operatio