The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-01-21


'hccp hcrdcr In the next month and
axe the stolen treasure with him and
make II the capital on which To found
great fortune IN the bustllng west.
lie salvcd his conscience with the
bought That when he had built M
Ohm powelrs vast fortune he would
etun the stolen money To the express
ompiny anonymously.
Meanwhile Luke Lowell JOURNEYS
nsiword again. hut he cannot travel
= Blair Stanley aud other fortunates
'lih money travel. Luke Lowell re
irns by freight. Hut In the desert the
Hlnmen throw him from his place on
ne bumpers and mock him M. bruised
nd sore, he rises In the desert dust
I curse them MS the freight train bears
lem On.
Down the endless miles Of rnilrond
dck, ncru1s the dusty desert. he stag.
'rs. blinded by the sun. choking and
Irning with thirst and half delirlous
stumbles from the track and makes
= way. fcyered with dclirlum. across
e tracklcss desert
Then by n low growing mass OF
III something CLEANS before Ids ach
G eyes CLEANS and dazzlcs him. III
n vagnry Of his thirst mndness. or IA
the diamond from the sky. for
ne within his graspl
lie lurches forward and snatches ~
, diamond from where the train rob.
? In his death agony from the pur
ng posses rifle bullets had cast H. !
t just as his grlmy hand closes
IN the great Jewel u brown lance
iRes him. In the ringing NJ the fc. |
In his brain he has not heard the
trning rattle Of death guarding the |
emond. But even In hts dellrium |
fcycrcd brain II Luke Lowell knows |
thrust ~ the brown lance
ratllesnake has bitten him! with
loarse scream Of despair he con.
'slvoly throws up his hands. The
lmond flies from hls ncryeless grasp
d settles again In the dust Of the
rrt twenty feet away. aud Luke
icll pitches forward on his face In
agony giving himself up ms dead.
>, half conscious. John Powell.
ep hcrder, finds him. and 80 John
swell bears him to his lonely camp
and succors and restores him
lowell is able TO moan his plight
rtunntely his rcscuer has Task of
Iisky and canteen NJ water lie
'es the half conscious Luke. and
ether the whisky or whether the
rdy constitution Of the gypsy Is to
credited Luke Lowell Is brought
X from the Jaws Of death.
n n strange fate, the gypsy thinks.
en- he can think cohcrently. that II
been his destiny To meet the real
] the usurping heir ~ Stanley md
clutch again the Priceless Stanley
rloom, the diamond from the sky
laughs sardonlcally aud then tells
hur, whom he now recognizes ns
recognized Blair Stanley. that just
ew days since he has met up with
latter In Los Angeles
don't know what he had run away
y growlcd Luke but whatever Il
r II haa been squared. Tor | found
he was going back to Richmond
now that you have saved my life
Ibis God forsakcn desert IN do you
avor-a big favor | know some.
~ that the other stanleys would
Q MI they have to know. Whnt'wlll
give me II don't tell them what /
now; You didn't kin that Old doc. ,
aud ! know that some day you ARE
lg back. What will you give me to s
p my mouth shuty" a
,hn Powell regards with cold !
m the wretch vino thus requltcs 4
b lie knows what Luke would tell y
b Just at this time John Power o
res 10 buy the silence OF the treach
Is and ungrateful gypsy. r
have $500 that ! have saved Is [
n Powell'S reply. II never de o
to be known again as Arthur Stan. v
But ] have reasons why do not Il