Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-27
CHATTER I.
a Heritage of Hate.

Il Is June in Virginia. June in the
year OF our ord 1882. The fields
are green. the early b~lossoming
OF the honey suckle gives a fra
gTnnce TO the air. At such Il time. III
such a scene and such surroundings.
two horsemen meet. Both are men Of
striking appearance and proud pres
ence and are In the maturity ~ their
middle manhood They are StanleyS.
cousins ia blood. The one on the bay
hunter, Judge Lamar Stanley. Is
smooth OF. face. that Is marked with
cruel and heavy lines. Ills face IS
harsh and set. and the grim lines NJ
his countenance set the -riulmcr ~ the
approach of his kinSmau, Colonel Ar
thur Stanley. The latter rides his
chestnut saddler like u soldier Judge
Stanley's seat is that IF a hnutsnan
Even as they ride they differ. Colonel
Stanley's face IL kinder. A white mus
tache and imperial add a. his ~oldirrly
appearance.
In Richmond during thc war judge
lamar Stanley had l',n Ai-h HI th,
~ ~ Ft NNNF hNhfANA' 't fN
Jefferson Davis. ~ ih- ic'l hi-
cousin. Arthur stanley followed tt'
fortunes Of The Confederate aru,- l~
member Of the siaT nf General -.
Crossing each other iu lowe. vrl~~i .
each other IN martial. civic au,l Sn iai
ambitions. their mutual hntrrl -c~
with their growing ycH~~ Fi w.fr
deep causes r'J li rf. in fh. fnNlr
ed social am ifion~ mi thn iud so Ns
the scion of thr c''"- hrfr II of tlo
American Stanicvs ringing rr,iH
their common ancestor. sin Arthur
Stanley. q gentleman a'%vonturer. who
came 20 Aweri y ~ 1915. Coirno' sem
lev held possession M ,ha prrNouS ram
lily heirloom the diamond from the
sky.
The family tradition ran TINT thi
great gem had fallc- w \ hlazing me-
teor AZ the feet ~ Sir Arthur stanley
three centuries a=o iUsf a. h. WIS
about ~ ~ burned ut Tho stake ~ tha
lndAns. whom hp hal in some way
aTronted and aroused
The legend was that the Indians lad
deemed the falling meteor wv omen
from the Great Spirit that the Willie
man al,out g. BE- tor urcd was under
the favor ~ hi> prrtatfi ton. This le--
end further Stated that Sir Arthur
Stanley himself hal ~ accepted ~,
diamond from the >kA as 4 token ~
supernatural favor. rsleciaily a. he
Indians had called il THE fallen star
and as The Fallen star sir Arthur
Stanley himself had beer called after
his banishment from the court Of King
James of England fer some Wild esca
pade Of eallantrv when he was hui
turned OF twenty two.
In the age stained family archives
kept In the strong box M Stanley hell
the great mansion home ~ Colonel
Stanley. there was the VIII I'll th. wild
Sir Arthur. and AZ its enl the~e was q
strange prophetic clause tbs clause
read that when the noble Tine NJ Stan
leys became extinct in England and an
heir ~ the old Stanley earliom was
sought among the elder sons ~ the
American family OF ~Stanleys I'm yir
ginia the diamond from the sky. the
heritage OF the elder son ~ this elder
branch. should be- borne and worn hack
10 England hv the American earl when
he came into his English earldom.
At the time we write-that Is. IN
June. ~1SS2-the last Of the earls Of
Stanley was a bachelor invalid and
recluSe. without hope or desire of an
heir.
Colonel Stanley had no son TO sue
coed 10 the earldom In England. He
was married TO n fair yokng wife. who
expected shortly TO become a mother
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