Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1916-02-03

l strong as bluods more kindlier tie
| and stronger That Blair WAS In he
| thoughts. more in contempt than fear
| while OF his gypsy companion and &C
complete. Luke Lowell. she thought no
| at all. may not be strange II propin
guilty has the subtle influence 1t Il
supposed TO have. As the blackboard
sped along toward the base OF the
mountain Blair Stanley and Luke Low
ell had gained the mountain summit
In their long and arduous tramp from
the mine portal to the other side OF the
range
Blair's fieldglasses were focused upon
Esther, IT would seem, at the very mo-
ment her minds eye was focused upon
aim.
There goes EstherI' cried Blair.
putting down the heldglasses and
pointing to the blackboard that NOV
ed, mere speck to the naked eye.
along the road far down below I'VE
can intercept her yet by dropping
straight down this cursedly steep
mountain" Blair added
Luke grunted surly assent, and
the two desperate adventurers-the
gentleman, so called, and the gypsy
started down the rough, straight noun
tain trail at as brisk pace as they
dared attempt. That Arthur Stanley
was or was not what he seemed was
OF little moment TO Luke. He was be-
xyflIaraH rho aHp.a nf n
Of which he had but the faintest
glimpse and grasp. He only remem
bered that Matt Harding Hagar's long
dead husband, had tratficked with the
gentlefolk OF Stanley hall and had
made his gypsy fortune thereby.
Luke also knew that Esther had the
document that was the essence OF this
Stanley secret. 1t also concerned the
diamond from the sky. Luke knew
Luke had no love for Blair Stanley. BE
determined upon two things. One was
that no harm should befall Esther for
whom Luke had long held wild affec-
tion. The other resolve concerned the
diamond. Seemingly the accompllce OF
Blair Stanley in his desperate schemes
to regain and possess ii. yet in the back
OF his mind Luke Lowell felt his deep
est joy would be when he throttled
Blair Stanley and tore the diamond
from his weakening grasp
As Blair and Luke speed down the
mountain over rocky and half oblit-
Grated trail to intercept Esther. Marina
duke Smythe, guiding himself bv the
sun, plods along the road at the base
or the mountain. Marmaduke Smythe
Is imbued with one idea The idea is
that England, home and beauty" as
he expresses 1t to himself. lie to the
east. So at sunrise he has faced the
east and plodded from his campfire,
carrying the suit case, his gun and the
deer head, which more and more he has
come to believe is bona fde trophy
Of his prowess as a hunter In the Amer.
lean jungle. The diamond from the
sky means little or nothing 10 Marina
duke Smythe
HOW II came on the veldt cannot
for the life OF me imagine" he muses.
i only know. Marmaduke Smythe. You
are bally ass to have ever left Eng.
land to find the Yankee heir TO the
Stanley earldom."
These reveries were ended abruptly
by succession OF pistol shots. The
startled lawyer next heard a pounding
clatter Of hoofs and the rattle OF wheels
coming behind him
THE savage Iroquols have tracked
me down." he cried, and stood stock
still. too frightened to move. And then
he felt himself bowled over and scat
tered with his belongings In the dust.
Smythe, picking himself up, saw that
the wagon was driven by the pretty
girl who had shared the coach with