The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-02-04

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would not abba aud With al The tor
ror Of the night upon him Luke Loyei
felt relieved that Ibis taIlsman Of vo'
lay At the bottom OF The bay.
Tested now. be rose 10 his feet and
staggered away IN the clfkncss' as h
realized the pursuit was coming II
bis direction. Let the diamond stay
with the dead; let the living answer
tho enigma Of the struggle and cries
In the night upon the writer's as best
they might. Luke Lowell resolved on
flight and distance between himself
and the diamond now 10 the deops.
Sunrise finds him far back In tho
mountains and such Is tho influence
OF the great fear that has been upon
him that In The desperation OF his
acute n not chronic reformation Luke
Lowell asks and secures work In thu
capacity Of blacksmlth's helper at .
forge at the mountain mines.
Now while he works and works well
for nil gypslcs are thinkers and smiths
when they do or viii work, let us see
what has become Of the others whose
dcsilnlcs arc concerned with the gem.
Arthur. known rs John Powell
since striking oil has become possessed
Of the touch Of Midas. lie prospers
aud WAKES In riches and power aud i
intoxicated with his own success II
"a not that he has lost thought and
hopes and affection for Esther, but
Esther ~ far away, aud he Is young
and the adulailon that mon render
and women, tools sweet to him.
Already In the oil fields Of California
he Is known rs "the golden man" lie
dreams Of empires, as Cecil Rhodes
dreamed and realized In Africa. Ill
money ~ not boarded. bis mind Is upon
mines. fruit farms, vast cattle ranches
manufacturing plants and nll forms Of
financial and commercial acilvlticA
The qnlet lanes Of Virginia, the tur
molls Of bis reckless youth that emily
encd them, seem far away. Since ht
found the outlaws plumber In the des
crt md made II the lever with which
he moved poverty and hardship from
his way money has become to Arthur
a mighty thing
In his ambitious plans and activities
Arthur deems that money will do all
lie sends money to his agents, the SO
cretlvc llichmond detective, Blake,
thinking he does well and that this
money will aid Esther and Iagar,
while he plays with time and destiny
at high stakes in far California.
And ever the dark eyes Of Vivian
Mnrsion are on him. But she keops
aloof and bldes her time. Here ut last
Is a prey worth waiting the hour tc
strike ut. She resolves TO play the
game boldly and well.
She has need OF helpful assistance
Her thought turned to Blair She
knows that for some strange reason
lnexpllcablc to both Blair and herself
Arthur Stanley had sacrificed himself
borne even the onus Of murder, con
fcsscd by flight, murder he knew him
self gulltloss Of and Blair implicated
But whyf This she did not know. nor
did she care.
She only knew that Arthur would
not bolrny Blair and that blair would
not hctrny Arthur She know that
while MAR secretly, yet with Intense
bitterness hated hls supposed cousin
Arthur had eagerly sacrificed himself
Tor BlnIr and now that Arthur d.
John Powell was indeed golden
man. Vivian remembered hIs ungs
attachment for Blair and thought M
woll to anpHso Blair OF ihc chaur lul
thc fortunes aa well aa Ono name ol
Arthur stanley fnd hovn ninir come