The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Here are tho proofs that your son
murdered Or, Leol"
borne away And tho breach Is wider
yet between Falrry and Monticello m
consequence.
The next day llagar has q visitor at
Stanley hail It Is Detective Tom
Blake Of Richmond, and he bears with
him n curious Hat portfolio Of curious
photographs. lie and liagar examine
these curious photographs In the libra.
ry at Stanley hall, leaving Esther upon
the broad piazza, innocent Of any
knowledge of what passes between the
gypsy woman aud the ustute private
detective Ilagar employs.
But the photographs ARE vital things.
vital especially to Hair Stanley, for
they hold the evidence that proves him
guilty OF the murder Of Dr. Lee!
For the photographs are the telltale
reproductions OF Blair Stanley's finger
prints. Some were made by Blake
from Impressions he found on the ri.
lcl cash box and the dead doctors
throat, and one other is the reproduc.
ton Of the plain mark OF his ink stain.
ed thumb, stained by lcaky fountain
pen, made on the bad check he passed
on Abe Bloom. gambling den keeper Of
Richmond.
The check has come back to the win
elective, angry gambler marked mo
funds" and when Abe Bloom has call.
ed upon the Blake Detective agency To
aid him recover the amount Of the
check the willy Tom Blake has In his
possession the convincing Identification
he has been sceking-the duplicate
thumb print Of the murderer OF DR..
Lee. the thumb print OF Blair Stanley
The astute II not prescriptions de.
tectiye Is working only for his client
llagar Harding, who pays him well.
There is no reward offered for the ap.
prehcnslon Of Blair Stanley or any 9th.
er man save the innocent Arthur Stan.
ley.
Detective Blake knows that Hagar
win use the evidence he brings her In
her own time and In her own way.
II concerns him no further for the
present at least, and he takes his fee
and returns to Richmond, strangely
enough, on the same train that bears
Mrs. Burton Randolph and Vivian
Marston.
Blair and his mother have returned
from the little station at Fairfax after
seeing their late guests to the train.
Blair and his mother are at daggers
drawn. lie asks that she give him
money and let him go upon his way In
the world, as he wishes to leave Fair.
fax and never return.
You have been under enough evil
influences In following the promptings
OF your own unfortunate ways" says
his mother coldly. This Vivian Mars.
ton cannot deceive me for a moment
Anu rs she seems TO have also com.
plctcly deceived aud infatuated you.
you shall have no money Of my say.
ing to waste upon an adventures"
Blair made no reply. but inwardly be
felt wild curses mounting to his lips.
and he nung himself In the house.
leaving his mother alone on the porch |
IRE he might utter them.
But he was resolved TO leave Fair. |
'nx. md he was resolved TO again see
md regain the favor Of Vivian
There was no time like the present.
was bis thought Blair went rapidly |
~ fhe steps and into the living room
M the second floor. while his mother
'cmalncd IN bitter contemplation on
pc piazza
Tie nervel to his desperate undcrtak.
ug he closed the door Of the living
Dom hchlud him lie pressed The
rrilr. and the TORY hiding place"
ehirl the rhiwncr onencd