The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-08-27

er. The sound came from near the
floor. behind the fireplace.
Mrs. Stanley pressed the spring. and
the wall with the fireplace turned out.
and there in the semidnrkness of the
'Tory's hiding place. lay the uncon-
scious figure of Hagar. 1t was man,
acled with the sheriff's handouts that
Vivian Marston had brought to the
house after the tournament in mockery
Of Blair.
The form OF Hagar lay half reclining
against the rified family strong box.
Mrs. Stanley picked up the key Of the
handouts. lying near, and unfastened
the manacles on the wrists OF the
dazed and unresisting Hagar.
Then the judges widow realized that
here was the elimination of the wick
ed deeds of the son she had inculcated
with lawless desire for things that
were not his
She raised Hagar. dragged her out
into the room and closed the hiding
place. She was not surprised to note
that the photographs of the thumb
prints were gone. She revived Hagar
and regarded her stricken visitor, pre-
pared for a harsh defiance with no
thought of compromise.
But the whole expression OF Hagar
had softened to pathetic, .cowed visit
fulness, Her face seemed younger, her
eyes moist and pleading
She turned to Mrs. Stanley with out
stretched arms and murmured. Give
me my child.' And then Blair's moth
er saw that the blow her son had dealt
the strange visitor had deprived her of
all realization Of the present.
The stricken brain of Hagar Hard
| ing was cognizant of no recent hap.
pening Her mind was In the past.
But the judges widow was not aware
| that the disordered intellect OF the wo-
man before her dwelt only on the great
| tragedy Of Hagar Harding's life. the
| sale Of her son to be foisted as the
| male heir to the earldom and the dia
| mond from the sky, nearly twenty
years ago.
Mrs. Stanley had no suspicion Of the
| import of Hagar's words. but she real
| lied the craZed woman was no menace
| to either herself or her son. and she
| led her downstairs and to the door,
| where she set her onsher way to Stan
| ley hail.
| At Stanley hall in the gathering twi
| light Esther waited for Hagar. 1t was
| a sad homecoming. The duh eyes OF
To .rIo WITH of W
| portals OF Stanley hall But the face
of Esther the gentle. loving Esther,
| was the face Of a stranger to her.
Alarmed and weeping, Esther led the
| moaning woman she deemed to be her
| mother up the broad steps and into
the wide hallway of Stanley hall,
Here fierce, wild change came over
| Hagar. She sprang TO the door Of the
| library and threw it open.
| "See. he is in herer' she cried. They
have him in there, the child they stole
and sold from me. See the diamond
that bazes on his little breast! Take
off the diamond! There is curse on
1t for all our race! Take off the fine
raiment! Give him back his rags! He
1 is my Son!
AS 1t had been with Blair Stanley's
austere mother, the wistful Esther
| sensed no Importance in the wild
| pleadings of Hagar.
Now, too. even the crazed mind of
| Hagar seemed to realize the library
| was empty and unoccupied, for she
! gave a wild cry and fell sobbing on
the breast of Esther.
Summoning the servants, Esther had
Hagar carried to her chamber. The