The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-02-18

Planning 10 Win a Millionaire.
w Ay broke on the other side Of
III tho mountain at the Lady We
w ronlcu mines. The honrso wills
de NJ The power plant wosc
.hr echoes Of tile mountain gorge
The miners tumhlod from their hunks
aud siomcd the greasy cookhouse ln
the boss shack the telephone rang and
"a sleepy assistant foreman took q
message from John Powell. chief en-
gineer 90 the workings ON the ulhci
side. 10 which from the Lady Veronica
mines tunnel was driven four miles
through the muuutaln The message
called Tor NIL hands to quit the job aud
come through to The new workings on
the other side. The message Is dellv
cred % miners outside men the cook
house help. even to the ore sirlppors
who have Just begun to load the ore
carrying cable cradle that carries ihc
ore from The hillside ouicrop ncross The
gorge TO the tlpple ON the o,aer side of
the ravinc,
The whistle woke Es'aer aud Quabha
from where they hfL fallen exhausted
IN their flight on the rugged mountain
side mile or more away. It reused to
their evil purposes ln their waking
hours Luke Lowell and Blair Stanley as
well
"rhat IS the mine whistle" exclaim
cd Quahha IN we can reach the mine
we will find Arthur Stanley, and wo
viii Doe snfo."
Neither Quahba nor Esther knew, ns
Blair aud Luke dId. that Arthur had
lefi the Lady Veronica mines and had
crossed the mountain TO his new work
lngs nut Arthur Stanley, or John
Powell. an California knew him, had
now ridden away from the new work
lngs In company with one Of his fore.
men and WIS well on his journey
across the great mountain range 10 dis
tnnt Santa barbara. where he mad ~.
ranged to take over the palatial steam
yacht that was 10 be delivered 10 him
there.
Vivian Marston. In Los Angeles, had
kept herself posted as regards Arthurs
comlngs aud golngs
Experienced and world wise, Vivian
Marston laid her plans well She knew
how telling and cffectunl n romantic or
dramatic first meeting with the youth
ful aud high spirited type Of young
man always Is. She had met Arthur II
Is true. Twice she had seen him. The
meeting had been but passing intro
ductlon at Mrs. Randolph's bail In
Richmond In the excitement that foi.
lowed so swiftly when the diamond
bad been torn from her own fair neck
by an unseen hand. an excitement
heightened by the further climax Of
Arthur's arrest on the charge Of hay
ing murdered pr Lee and his desncr
ate fight md digit. the passing intro
Iuctlon had lot no impression other
than perhaps the slightest upon Ar
thur, Vivian was sure
After this she had briefly seen him at
the tournament ut Fairfax. But these
brief contacts. Vivian realized. were as
nothing. She felt that to Impress Ar
thur she must throw herself In his way
In somc impressive manner. at time
when there would be no distraction to
mitigate against the dramatic Intensity
Of the meeting as she planned It,
The reckless daring Of Arthur had In.
tercstcd her. but as u bankrupt young
Virginia gentleman or rs fugitive
from Justice she had not deemed him
worth exercising her siren spells upon
even had opportunity presented l.solf
But here In California II was a FAR cry
from the situation as II had been In
sinld Virginia. The fugitive young
prodlgnl Of Virginia was John Pow