Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-30

that had disappeared-the famond
from the sky-and an earldom farther
away than even distant Warwick
shire?
The diamond from the sky and the.
earldom were not for her. They. were
never to be tile possessions OF her son
either, 1t Would'seem.
Dead men lay between and a living
man, a wandcrcr and a fugitive, and
the earl, old and feeble, q helpless in
valid fol, years, Still fingered on. And
Arthur Stanley, prescribed as a mur,
lerer though lie was, bore d charmed
life that stood between her son and
the eailrldomn and the diamond from the
Sky. - nv
The diamond from the sky itself was
gone, vanished from the sight Of man,
As for hesr: son, 'thaat son was infatu-
ated with5a worthless woman. Vivian
Marstoh would make a fit mate Tor
Blair Stanley, soit she had borne and
reared! JH.IEf Z
But. bitter as all these reflections
were, the. Stanley pride vas strong in
the breast Of Blairss mother. Bad as
he was, she thought, it were better he
never possess the diamond from the
sky Or the Stanley earldom with such
q woman to- share these great posses
sions. rf tTs nfa +s@t
And .tbe fsrs tie Judges widow saw
coming toward her Hagar Harding,
the present mistress of Stanley, hail.
At the sight Of Hagar Mrs. Stanley
stiffened, and i%nstinctively all the old
hopes and all the old hatreds leaped
again within her withered breast. She
rose as II to enter her house and ignore
Hagar, but Hagar stayed her With a
gesture, i
do not go, Mrs. Stanley" said Ha-
gar IN even tones. "Ishave with me
the proofs that your son and not Ar.
thur Stanley Is guilty Of the murder
Of M. Henry Lee" And she indicated
with,,a meaning gesture the fiat black
portfolio she carried. the same portfo-
lilo Detective Blake had brought from
Richmond. ~
"HusIi!" whispered the Judges wid-
ow tensely. Come inside!'1 And she
led her strange guest within the por-
tails Of her home and up to the living
room.
Here Hagar without a 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 iattested to it.
~ will get my son He is some
where about the house," cried Mrs.
Judge Stanley. what is the price
you ask for your silence? l cannot
think you would come here except to
bargain"
""My price IS an easy one." replied
Hagar. II ask that you and all your
friends receive my daughter Esther
and myself in Fairfax. I have only
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, I
feel sure" said the judges widow, re-
gaining her cold composure. "Wait
here till l find 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 at 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 be clutched a
mass of bank notes. Thrusting them
in his pocket, he touched the spring
and pushed aside the swinging fire.
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 at the sound Of Blair's
advance he struck her down with the
heavy iron poker, and she fell to the
floor as though l~ifeless, In a crumpled
heap.
As Blair stopped to seize the photo
graphs Of his guilty thumb prints that
had fallen to the floor a CLEAN OF steel
Oh the table caught his eye. 1t was
the sheriff's handouts that Vivian
Marston had brought to the house with
her and left for. Blair, as she said
mockingly, las a souvenir Of the white
knights leap"
Hagar moaned and stirred. Blair
could heir his mother calling him in
the hallway now. He seized the hand
cuffs 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. lcav-
ing the unconscious and manacled form
of tHagar imprisoned by the broken
open chest in the darkened niche. Vs.
At this instant he Heard his mother
on the threshold and turned and fed
with the photographs and the stolen
money by the door that led to the inner
rooms and was gone.
Far away n colored hov who had