The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-19

Living.
turned to see the judge on horseback
down below, his army pistol leveled at
her.
Hngnr held up the child, not 80 much
to shield herself as that its pretty In
nocence might soften the hard heart OF
the relentless pursuer But, whether
by accident or design will never be
known, the heavy explosion OF the pts.
toll echoed among the rocks. The bul'
let whistled pnst the fllnching IIagar
and the terrified child The horse rear
ed nt the crack NJ the pistol, throwing
his rider, breaking the neck Of the
vsngefu Judge and dashing his brains
against II jagged rock.
Raising the child To her shoulder and
supporting her there with her strong
right hand. Hagar looked down upon
her dend prosecutor and called upon
him, with II ryIsy's curse. the death OF
the vultures she Ind predicted for him
when first they met Then she climb
ed over the summit of the ridge with
her precious burden and was gone.
Eighteen years have passed since
Judge stanleys shattered body was
found In the mountains, INC seal Of
death upon his lips.
Behold Arthur Stanley %. master NJ
Stanley hall and wasting his SUI
stance In riotous living
Behold Dr Henry lee, pressed with
the weight Of years, guardian OF the
heir Of Stanley and wondering what
will the harvest heY
The old colorcd nurse Is dead, Ms Il
also the old colorcd fact0lum, Ned.
There Is none alive that knows what
really happened on that tragic might
and In the tragic time that followed
save the venerable old doctor and the
gypsy woman whom he has sought Tor
secretly. but In vain. through all these
years
Whilt Arthur Stanley I'd cnr0uses
with BE- rn-r'l and Other wild cnmp1n'
Ions 90 sur hail aud White old Dr.
Lee muses. In his study nnl wonders
what win tho harvest hc. the harvest IL
close M hard Fate. weaver Of destl-
nles. In the shape " IIagnr comes
upon the scene.
II the doctor has wondered n In his
hate N one dead man and his love for
another he has not done wrong Hagar,
queen " the gypslcs, wonders. too, n
her vengeance has not gone all avry.
Esther Stanley. or. ms she IL known.
Esther Harding, Is a beautiful and
sweotiy dlspositioned young woman
now. The Wild mother love IIagar
bore for the son that was sold from her
hns passed 10 sweet Esther 10 II l.
TINT ITagnr returns to Yirgfna. N
solved again to sacrifice her veg heart
A Wild gypsy camp Is no abiding place
for a fair young girl Of gentle blood
Hagnr knows all the documents she
took from stanley hall when she ab.
Quoted Esther. knows thcm by heart.
as she knows every facet on ihr dla.
Iinond from the sky. which she wrunr
that night from the deaf hand Of Colo
mel Stanley. She would SEQ her 10y
again IN his manhood. The wild hope
possesses her that he msy fnll In love
with Esther ani that the secret that
only two living people know shall rest
lightly with the dead when Esther Il
mistress by marriage. II not by right.
Of Stanley hall
Her message for Dr. lee IL a written
one. Il reads:
I have come bach after eighteen years
! have had my revenge but love the
girl What shah Be- done with herf
HA0AR HARDING.
Esther only learns from the kindiy
lips n the doctor and the trcmulous
ones Of her supposed mother that q
new We has opened Tor Der: that abe
must take her place 10 the society q
the countryside a. the adopted dangh-
ter Of Dr. lee ne long aTanged This
h an she known; this y an rhs \ -.
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