The Springdale news., 1915-10-29

strong as bIood's more Eintllior .,a. a"d stronger, That Glair vas in her thoughts, more in contempt than fear " ''iir of his gypsy ampasiau and ac. ,"ihPIlDc, Luke leHt.l3. tiIarst,l r,t at all. may not be < eaa4t. il faoaIn- 4u'ty has the subtle 6aHaFarr !, is supposed lo have As gAe blackboard sped along toward tae base of the mountain Blair Stallfes aHd Luke Low. ell had gained the mountain summit ih their long and arduo1> trafnp from the mine portal to tile other side of inc ran@c
 hiilr'S teldslasses #efr focused upon Esther it would seem. at the very mo- m"nt her minds eye vas focused upon him
 There goes Esther cried Blair. putting down the Geldslasscs ana pointing to the buclboar1 that mor fd. mere speck to the naked eve. along tue road far down below. We can intercept her yet by dropping straight down this eursedlY steep mountain" Blair added
 Luke grunted Il surty assent and the two desperate aaqeHtufers he gentleman, so called, and the ggpsl- started down the rough, straight noun tain trail at as brisk i faee as they dared attempt That Arthur Stanley Mas or was not what he seemed was of little moment to Luke He was be ~iidcrcd on the edge of great secret 9f which he had but the fantcsi glimpse and grasp He oiax remem- bercd that Matt Harding, Hagar's long dead husband, had traffiekea with the senuefolk of stanley hall and had mude his gypsy fortune thereby
 Luke also knew that Esther had thc document that was the essence of thi, Stanley secret II also concerned th. diamond from the sky. Luke knew Luke had no love for Rlaif stanley. Hc determined upon two things One Was that no harm should befaIl Esther. fos hon Luke had long held wild atf"c tlon The other resolve concerned the diamond Seemingly tue aeeamplil.ea Blair Stanley in his desperate schemes to regain and possess it, yet Tn the back Of his mind Luke Lowell felt his deep est Joy would be when he tAraen1 Blair Stanley and tore fhe diamond from hls weakening grasp
 As Blair and Luke speed down tap mountain over rocky and half obiif erated tral to intercept Esther, Marina duke Smythe, guiding himself by thc sun, plods along the roaa at the basa of the mountain Mafmadake Smythr k imbued with oue iaea Ihe ide.t j5 hat England. home and beauty. a> h. expresses il to himself, Lie to the cast So at sunrise he has faced the east and plo1ded from his eampfir" carrying tlie suit case. his sHn and the deer head, which aefe and mofe he hat come to believe is a=boha .tde tfepbs If his pruwess as hunter h thu Amer jean Jungle be diamond rom 1hr skt means IiJt1e of nothing ta Narma duke Smythe
 "IIoW it came oil the yeldI l eanpo. rar the life ot me imagine, Ae 4n,ls T only know. Marmadeiee SalIthe yoe are bally asS te have - er Left Eaa land fo find the Yankee heir to thr stanley carldom
 1 These reveriea were ended abruptly by q succession of pistol shots Tht startled lawyer next heard a pouadiu- clatIcr of hoofs and the rattle of Hhee}- coming behind him
 The savage Iroqaots have tracked me down" he cried and stood >Joc, still. too frightened to move. And thrH hr felt himself boWled over and ~.r tered with his belongings in the dust.
 Smythe picking htmself ap ~a~ tAa' the wagon WIS Grt1en hy the pretty girl who had shared fhr coach wtfh