The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-08-12

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and he flung himself in the house.
leaving his mother alone on the porch
ere he might utter them.
But he was resolved to leave Fair.
fax, and he was resolved to again see
and regain the favor of Vivian.
There was no time like the present
was his thought. Blair went rapidly
up the steps and into the living room
on the second floor. while his mother
remained in bitter contemplation on
the piazza.
He nerved to his desperate undertake
room behind him. He pressed the
spring, and the "Tory hiding place
behind the chimney opened.
Taking the heavy poker from the
fireplace that now was swung outward
into the room, Blair stepped into the
recess and closed the hiding place aft
er him.
Here he lit candle and furiously
pried ut the old iron bound chest
where, among his fathers papers, his
mother kept the ready money which
she, like her husband had before her.
lent out at heavy interest to such un.
fortunates as fell into her meshes-
when theiy security was good.
At Stanley hall, after the departure
Of Detective Blake. Hagar ordered her
carriage. 81 am going to pay call.
will not be long" was all the informa.
ton she vouchsafed to Esther. But
Esther knew that, whatever was the
errand that called Hagar away, al.
though secret, It was one that was
for Esthers good.
Luke Lowell, who spent his time at
| Stanley hall partly and partly as head
man under Hagar at the gypsy rendez-
| vous some dozen miles away In a hid.
| len fastness Of the Blue Ridge. brought
around the horse and buggy to the
front of Stanley hall. At this instant
| a diversion was caused by the appear
ance. Of hunchback organ grinder
hurrying up the driveway.
1t was Quabba, his monkey, Shrek
ing with fright, clinging closely to his
masters breast Behind them came
Sheriff Sam Swain on horseback, lash.
Ing the unfortunate Quabba.
Hagar and Esther both few to the
rescue of the poor hunchback.
Hes lucky l am not chasing him
out of the countyr explained the irate
sheriff But for the trick he played
upon me yesterday | would have caught
Arthur Stanley. Do you know what
this organ grinding monkey toting imp
of Satan did?
"Why, he handcuffed me to Blair
Stanley, and Arthur Stanley, the muir.
derer, who had the nerve to come rid
Ing at the mask tournament, got away!
| could have this organ grinding scoun-
drel sent up for a year for interfering
with an officer in the discharge Of his
dutyr'
~ didn't mean any HARM" whined
Quabba. "You were teasing and jok
ing with me, saying you were going to
put the handouts OH me, and l only
joked with you and the other gentle
man In putting them on you and him.
"Young Teller" Gald the sheriff i'm
pressively, "never joke with an Officer
of the law. 1t is against the peace and
dignity of the commonwealth of Wiz
ginia and the law and the statutes that
therein applyr' And, having delivered
himself of this pseudo legal dictum
the sheriff touched his hat to Haga
and Esther and cantered Off.
Quabba was wandering, solitar.
, gypsy of Italian stock. A word II
Romany fell on his astonished ca
, from the rps of the grande dame n
the portals OF this grand house, wit
, gave orders TO Luke that Quabba b.
, hall.
. This done, Hagar was prepared I,
go upon her mysterious errand with
ms Esther noticed the black Hat port
folio the strange man from Richmon
had brought that day, when her keel
gypsy eye noticed that the horse wa
slightly lame,
Half angrlly she ordered Lowell +
return It TO the stable and after Low
| ell, with the equipnge and Quabba, tn
4 latter uttering expressions OF his graf
itude, had turned the corner OF tn
G great house, 81 am not going so yer
far so it doesn't matter If walk,
said Hagar and kissed Esther agal
and went upon her way.
u Little did Esther dream Of the strnng
return this secretlve yet kind woman
! whom she deemed her mother, was {
make to Stanley hall.
AT Mrs, Lamar SANKEY'S house tina
: austere woman sat upon her pazz,
rocking and waiting for Blair to r.
i turn from inside the house She ha
: more 10 say 20 her son, and as she re
Elected upon the bitter phraslng of Ia
u words she would speak her heart ache,
5 duly.
= What was the use? she kept sayin
= TO herself What was the use, VIVA
use the ambition, the cold, calculatln
ambition that had darkened her III
and had caused the trngic death of he