The Springdale news., 1915-10-15

Ne nave Spl tue NEOuS luggage, snarled Blair to Luke. You go back 10 the coach and find hers. and I will guard her here"
 "f would as soon trust her with a wolf" growled Luke. Then he turned 10 Esther and held his arms out to her. You say the word, Esther" he said. and will kill this blackguard for your
 But Esther shrank from the fierce. passionate gypsy. II hate you as hate him. she said You will get no document, you will get nothing, and do not fear either or both of you. Arthur Stanley will repay you well and fttingly for even daring to lay hand upon mep'
 Well tie you up then. missy" said Luke, struggling his shoulders. If can't have the lady I will take the gold. Matt Harding. your dead father. if he was your father, made his for Sune out of the Stanley secret, and l will make mine. As for Arthur Stan ley. he can't help you! We know enough to disgrace him if we expose him here in California and show he is not John Powell, the millionaire, but Arthur Stanley, wanted for murder in Virginiai''
 Esther seorned to answer The two worthies. neither trusting the other, tied her securely and went together back to the wrecked coach to find her suit ease and, as they hoped, the Stan. ley document But at the coach, in their absence, Marmaduke Smythe had revived before the driver had secured his horses and, bruised and dazed had recovered sufficiently to revive his comrade and then seek for his passen- gers. When the driver had limped down the hill to the wrecked coach and inquired of the recovering Smythe where the young woman passenger was. Smythe had replied. "l do not know where she is gone, but l jolly well know l am going mEsef,' And gathering Up the suit case he thought was his, and taking his gun and the mounted deer head. the trophy that he
  English lawyer tottered off into the wilds in the direction of the Lady Veronica mines, as he thought
 When Luke and Blair arrived upon the scene they told the driver his young lady passenger was safe at the blacksmith shop and they had come for her belongings. None could be found, however, and Luke and Blair returned reyiling each other,
 Darkness was falling at the time the accident occurred. It was dark in the blacksmith shop, but Esther felt the braver at the absence of the two men. She struggled and freed herself from the ropes that had bound her and beat upon the great heavy door of the shop. crying for help.
 Quabba. mourning his young mis= tress and bewaiIing his fate that he had so strangely found and so strange ly lost the diamond from the sky again, had set out on foot for the mines to find Arthur but especially to find Esther, his young mistress. II N G the forge. some three miles yet from the mines. It was locked, gloomy and deserted in the darkness. But from within he heard a voice he recognized. the voice of his young mistress ap= pealingly crying for help. A sledge stood by the door Quabba seized if and shattered down the door and soon he was shedding tears of joy as he clasped the hands of Esther.
 There was no time for explanation now A look from Esther and the two sped off through the darkness, to be followed q few moments later by Blair and Luke returning to find their fair prisoner had been freed and was gone over the mountains, through the dark ness went pursuers and pursued, while by log near a marsh Lawyer Marma= duke Smythe gathered up some dry trash and 1t his fire to camp for the night He had lost his way. but philo sophically he accepted the situation
 T am q lucky. began that | thought 10 bring a tin of biscuit and flask of bi 4lIAIA III AllN iAi~-st--ts iit- i'Alsst4 tNN{ half aloud And he opened the sui case he had borne so far together with his other impedimenta of gun and deer head "AIF word. the wrong portman teaut' he exclaimed as in the fire li@hi hc brought forth womans dainty nightrobe and boudoir cap. Well, no matter" he added resignedly; they will protect me from the drafts ill this jungle NOW, if l only had a night light in case my fire goes out. l am used to having a night light, and if l had that and my portable bathtub 1 could stand the wilderness. But if the late Lord Cecil Stanley could only see me nowH he added feryently as he surveyed him self in his strange night attire. "Bg love. this is roughing it with venge ance,"
 Tie moon came up, and as if waiting for it as q signal the harsh. discordant chorus of eroaking marsh frogs sound ed on all sides.