Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-28

There was no one at Stanley hall 10
pay him for keeping or telling the Stan
ley secret. but Luke Lowell knew
enough Of the S~tanleys and their feuds
10 realize his best market would be
with Blair Stanley's mother. In Arthur
Stanley. SO called. Was Iiagar's son. "A
gypsy changeling. then Blair Stanley
was the real heir TO the Stanley earl
dom, 10 which. according 10 the old
family tradition, the heir was COM
handed TO carry the diamond from the
sky.
But nj the portals OF the home OF
Blair SANKEY'S mother the proud. cold
widow would hold no traffic with the
sinister gypsy who clamored AZ her
threshold with "A secret 10 sell. She or
dered him 20 be gone and prUfeSSed no
interest IN the ware he limited he hal
for sale.
Ellen Stanley was. In her austcre
way. as INSCRIPTIONS In her family am
bition as even her husband. the grim.
cold Judge Lamar Stanley. had been.
But she would have no traffic with such
a. Luke Lowell. She realized only too
well that once such "A creature had her
In hi~ lruwcr. even as !; contidant. his
dominion would he. ~ N always the
dominion of the ignorant. brutal and
intolcrabie.
So Blair's mother dismissed the cha
grined gypsy In cold diSdain. She would
be no confederate and yet the victim al
the exacrionS that she inStinctively
knew would follow any association
with any secret with him.
IF you have any secret 10 sell take II
10 some other market" said the Widow
Stanley with cold hauteur. Unless
you leave my premises this instant |
shall have You arrested and committed
for attempted blackmail. Shout your
secret from the housetops II you please.
am not concerned"
But Luke Lowell. fhwarted and dis
couraged though he was In his first
bold bid for the fortune he had be
Iievcd was within his grasp. had no in
IGNITION ~ shouting his secret from the
housetops- lie realized it, only value
was In his keeping II and being paid.
and hea willy. 10 keep II.
lie must find some one who would
pay-this some one would be Blair
Stanley. he did not doubt.
But III Blair Stnnley's mother had re-
fused 70 traffic with the sinister gypsy
she was shrewd enough "a Surmi~e the
secret that had become A living thing
again after lying dormant for eighteen
years.
Why bad her husband set OF alone ~
meet his death In the mountains the
day after Colonel Stanley had died.
eighteen years ago. Why had nr. Lee
adopted the gypsy woman's daughter n
few months sincef Why bad this \
w0man returned after aIl these Years.
In the cuise Of 4 Of means. and
taken Stanley halle
Why bad she come with Proofs Of
Blair's guilt 81 the murder az Dr. Lee
and ~profercd her silence IN exchange
for social recognition by the proud fam
lilies ~ Fairfax for this girlf
And now that this gypsy woman was
crazcd and all fear ~ her sons guilt
being known had vanished for the time
being nj least. Mrs. Stanley resolved ~
take advantage Of these situations as
she suspicioned them IL this girl was
the real heir. the missing heir of stan
lev hall. OF which there had been Z
whispers for years. why not prepare
for and fortify against any possible
disgrace that might threaten through
her sons rash and dreadful deed-the
murder Of DR.. Leef