The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
By ROY l.. Me CARDELL


at his far distant mining properties in
another part of the state. But | shall
follow him and knock over some big
game in the interim he added.
There amt no big game in the In
terim." vouchsafed the office boy at
the headquarters of the Good Hope Oil
company. But there's big game in
the mountains. mister
"Quite SO! Quite so!'' replied Mar.
maduke Smythe and took his departure.
Where passengers for the Lady We
ronica mines alighted from the train
Mt small and desolate way station
daily stage conveyed them to the
rnines. thirty miles away up the rocky
mountain passes.
There was another passenger be.
sides Smythe, who still carried his gun
and the deer head trophy as well as
his dress suit case. This passenger was
a very pretty young woman in neat
dark blue travelirs suit Had Mar
maduke Smythc good memory for
faces he might have rccollected his fell
low passenger as young girl he had
seen at Stanley hall upon his present
visit TO America, some six months ago.
But Marmauuke Smythe was shy with
the ladies'. He had hardly looked at
the pretty girl who had answered his
questions When ne had called at stan
icy hau 10 huu Arthur STANLEY gone,
no one knew whittier, upon the occa-
sion when thp In Nyvpr had rpnp ia lriyn
hollce thNt the on earl OF STANLEY was
dead ana the English line OF "tanIeyS
was extinct with MIN.
but Esther recognized the lawyer
ana shranN back INTO her corner of the
seat III the somewhat dim interior OF
the rRttletfAp ana battered old stage
coach. Lsthcl alone IN the world ana
soreiy trleu' suspected every one AFTER
her experience with Bar ana his
mother ana even the friendly though
wlshy washy Mrs. Randolph. Her
nope her desire was to see Arthur.
NOW that be was rich and powerful
she determined to be guided IN her ac-
IONS ny Arthurs reception OF her
was he much changedF Had success
turned MS head ana made him selhshE
Dld he sun love her as sister or sweet
heart!
Lonely, apprehensive, even disheart-
ehed, Esther felt that to he coolly re-
celVed by Arthur would be the last
straw. Inc secret JOY she had felt TO
realize that she was the rightful heir
OF Stanley had passed. She had been
denied her Dirthright so long that she
could feel no gladness Mt the thought
or being accepted as Esther Stanley
rather than Esther Harding, the poor
gypsy girl.
Only Arthur, only the love she bore
for him, made her steadfast. She felt
she could 30 away and die Of broken
heart If he had changed and with his
millions had grown arrogant, selfish
and cold toward her. She regretted
she had gone into the wilderness to
seek him. Might she not have better
stayed in Los Angeles till Arthur re-
turned and met him there! But then
there was Blair. Blair was seeking
Arthur too.
Arthur had been Blair's comrade In
their Wild boyhood and even wilder
young manhood. Blair might poison
Arthur's mind against her.
Blair was despicable enough for such
an action. No, she would keep on. she
would see Arthur If his eyes lit up
with love and joy at the sight of her
she would tell him all and beg his pro
lection from Blair.
And so Esther unused as the stage
rocked and creaked on its way up the
mountain passes TO the mines.
Meanwhile Blair is making his way
nurpose MS hest he can over the rough
roads through the mountains that he
curses continually.
II is prophetic of his curses and fore
holdings that the front axle of his car
snaps, and II is disabled on the noun
tain side. He walks afoot and arrives
at the blacksmith shop near the mines,
to encounter an old acquaintance
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