Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-17

sud stronger. That Blair was ID her
Thoughts. more la contempt than fear.
While II his gypsy companion and &C
compile. Like Lowell. she thought not
at all. may not be strange IL pr6pin-
guilty has the subtle influence Ii is
: supposed 10 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 otser side OF the
range
Biair's 6eldglasses were focused upon
Esther. Ii would SEEM. at the very mo-
ment her minds eye was focused upon
him.
There goes Esther" cried Blair,
putting down the ieldglasses and
pointing TO the blackboard that NOV
ed. q mere speck to the naked eye.
along the road far down below. We
can intercept her yet by dropping
straight down this cursedly steep
mountain" Blair added.
Luke grunted a surly assent. and
the two desperate adventurers-the
gentleman. SD called. and the gypsy
started down the rough. straight noun
tain trail at as brisk a pace as they
dared attempt. That Arthur Stanley
was or was not what he seemed was
Of little momen TO Luke. He was be-
wildered on the edge If n great secret
Of which he had but the faintesf
glimpse and grasp. He only remem-
bered that Matt Harding. Hagar's long
dead husband. had traficked with the
gentlefolk Of STANLEY hall and had
made his gypsy fortune thereby.
Luke also knew that Esther had TN.
document that was the essence Of this
Stanley secret. II also concerned the
diamond from the sky. Luke knew.
Luke had no love for blair Stanley. He
determined upon two things. one was
that no harm should lefall Esther, for
whom luke had long held n wild affec-
tion. The other resolve concerned the
diamond. Seemingly the accomplish ~
Blair Stanley in his desperate schemes
10 regain and possess it. vet I'm the back
~ his mind Luke Lowell felt his deep
est Joy would he when he throttlel
Blair Stanley and tore the diamond
from his weakening grasp.
As Blair and Luke speed down the
mountain over n rocky and half oblif-
Grated trail 10 intercept Esther. Marina.
duke SnIythe. guiding himself by the
sun. plods along the road at the base
Of rlIe mountain. Marmaduke Smythe
Is imhued with one idea. The idea il
that England. home and beauty." as
he expresses II TO himself. lie to the
east. So ~ sunrise he has faced the
east and plolded from his campfire,
carrying the suit case. his gun and the
deer head. which more and more he hal
come To believe Is a bona fidc trophy
OF his prowess as n hunter in the Amer.
lean jungle. The diamond from the
sky means little or nothing 10 Na<ma
duke Smythe.
How il came on the vei,lt | cannot
fur The life Of me imagine" he muses..
II only know. Marmadnkc Smythe. Won
are q ballv ass 10 have ever left Eng
land 10 end the Yankee heir 10 the
Stanley earldom."
These reveries We're ended abruptly
by u succession ~ pistol shots. The
startled lawyer next heard u poundin.
clatter Of hoofs and the rattle of wheels
coming behind him.
The savage Iroauois have tracked
me down" he cried. ana stood stock
still. too frightened To move. And thea
u. felt himself BOWED over and seat
tered with his belongings in the dust.
Snrthe. picking himself M. saw that
the ago was driven by the pretty
girl who had shared the coach with