Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-12-23

"lf you have any secret to sell take It
to some other markell"
Ihere was no one at Stanley hall 10
pay him for keeping or telling the Stan
ley secret. but Luke Lowell knew
enough Of the Stanleys and their feuds
to realize his best market would he
with Blair Stanley's mother II Arthur
Stanley. So called. was Hagar's son, II
gypsy changeling then Blair STANLEY
waSthe real heir to the STANLEY ear
dom. 10 which. according To the Old
family tradition, the heir WAS com
manded to carry the diamond from the
sky.
But at the portals or the home OF
Blair SANKEY'S mOther the proud. cold
widow would hold nU traffic with the
sinister gypsy who clamured AZ her
threshold with II secret to sell She or
dered him to be gone and protested no
interest In the wure he hinied he had
for sale
Ellen Stanley was. In her austere
way, as INSCRIPTIONS In her family am.
oition as even her husband. the grim.
cold Judge Lamar Stanley. had been
But she would have no traffic with such
as Luke Lowell. She realized only too
We'll That once such u creature had her
In his power. even as a coufidant his
dominion would be. Us Is ALWAYS the
dominion Of the ignorant. brutal and
intolerable
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grined gypsy in cold disdain. She would
De no confederate and yet the victim OF
the exactions that she instinctively
knew would follow any association
with any secret with him
III you have any secret to sell toke II
to some other market" said the Widow
Stanley with cold hauteur Unless
you leave my premises this instant |
shall have you arrested and committed
for attempted blackmail! Shout your
secret from the housetops II you please.
| am not concerned"
But Luke Lowell. thwarted and dis
couraged though he was In his first
bold bid for the fortune he had be-
lieved was within his grasp. had no In.
iention of shouting his secret from the
housetops. He realized its only value
was In his keeping 1t and being paid
and heavily. to keep It.
He must find some one who would
pay-this some one would be Blai,
Stanley. he did not doubt
But If Blair Stanley's mother had re
| fused to traffic with the sinister gypsy
she was shrewd enough to surmise the
secret that had become a living thing
again after lying dormant for eighteen
years.
Why had her husband set Off alone &c
meet his death In the mountains the
day after Colonel Stanley had died
eighteen years agof Why had DR.. Lee
adopted the gypsy woman's daughter q
few months sincei Why had this gypsy
woman returned after all these years
In the guise of woman of means. and
taken Stanley hall?
Why had she come with proofs OF
Blair's guilt of the murder OF DR. Lee
and proffered her silence In exchange
for social recognition by the proud fam
lilies OF Fairfax for this girlf
And now that this gypsy woman was
crazed and NIL fear of her sons gull
being known had vanished for the time
being at least. Mrs. Stanley resolved tC
take advantage of these situations a,
she suspicioned them. II this girl was
the real heir. the missing heir Of Stan
ley hall. OF which there had been vague
whispers for years, why not prepare
for and fortify against any possible
disgrace that might threaten through
her sons rash and dreadful deed-ths
murder of DR.. Leef