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A bitter feud has existed between Colonel
Arthur Stanley and Ids cousin, Judge
lamar Stanley. The feud has boon engendered
i:i family jealousy over an heir- ,
loom, the diamond lrom tho sky, that
was found in a fallen meteor by an adventurer
ancestor. Also, the succession
to tho Stanley earldom in KnglaTid may
__? o:'ie to a;j lean Stanley. When
n daughter is hoi n tv^. C' u j < : ; 1 c 1 ? t 1 e y of,
the oddest Tnanch of the S'ajileye in
A: .erica and the 1.".other of tho child
dies at its birth, the chagrined colonel
buys a newborn gypsy boy and substl- 1
tules hint as heir. Throe years later the
gypsy motlu-r, having had no part in thjs ,
bargain, steals the colonel's liiuc duugTf- '
tor, being i^nred in secret, and leaves her
"d\n tun 'umli tcc-ied as the^ie'r. The gyp*Vy
mother has also obtained possession
of the diamond from tho skv and a docuc^ntaininir
the secret oC ^he^fj'J^e
heir. She rears the little girl, i-lstnor'
Stanley, as lyr o.y:\ and grows to love
her. \\hcn list her is grown a be .utiful (
young girl, llagar, npw gypsy quVen, returns
to Virginia with her. Slu- lias a
w wu iniui mat im . i,ec, me laie voioiiei
Stanley's old friend, may now adopt Ids- ,
thev, as originally intended. Her hope also
is that her son, the supposed Arthur Stanley
2d, may fall in lovo with Kstlu v
an<l^ thus the innocent girl may become
Jhy iairo what she is by birth'
tre?S of Sicinlcy hall. Dr. I.e ad
Esther, T>ut Jilso d mis that Ilagar turn
over to his custody the di .no:. 1 from
the sky. Dr. Doc also informs I lay.or
that lit r son, the rvprost ! Arthur Stanley
2d, is a pro!! and r.ot worthy < '
Esther, hut llagai s for the be. t and
with In r people ih,.n,s. / : ur f-'i
Tlocs fall in io*'e with Mst" r ..?.d io '
his oomp n'bn, I>1 ;ir f'ur.'.ey, t r
cousin v. I .aid he !' " ' tf'H ^
heir of swank / \ l.a tiii. ' s< . > t
known. In stealing t'oe ok m <nd Hi ir '
VuU e!> tlTe deaifi Ca' too docl >r. O'M ! '
1s Arthur, serenading K^theih Blair, " '
enping, iusvdtiii'.ly info : t , Arthur ; t
he has left lather's room. Arliuir fo ; i
him to light a dv.el Y;':h:h Aitkin i.? ,
victor flii'J. \^mbTcs Blair Into an op Oh
tjniTv e. He searches Bjalr and taltos the
diamond from the sky. IJIair is omy
stunned and trier, wit'.i the id of his
tiiother, l ? place Ike ' ' _n 1 for the murder
of Dr. Lee upon Arthur. The . lu-. i :
Attempts to tnkq Arth.ar, but after a
thrilling drive in a high pav. r< d motorcar
Arthur eludes his pursm ns and is
thrown into the river after a smuskiip.
His body is seen floating dowti the river.
Arthur is revived by Ilasur, v. h > reveals
his identity and upbraids him. Needing
money, he pawns the diamond in K;ehmond.
Blair is in Dieiunoad, living riotously,
and lie, too, is furred to visit .<
paw nsliop. After explanations tDo two
agree to stand by mob other. At a ball,
to which Blair lias invited Arthur and at
which a supposed New York society be'
is 1 ho guent of honor, they are stunned to
find the diamond on the. breast ? f the.
rsew i oi\< v:s.io;\ ,Mi.- is mi adventureswho
has 1>oito\v?<1 the diamond for the
evening. Hagar attends (lie h.il! as a
fortune toller, accompanied hy Lnho l.ovell.
While I la'vU' is t'U'ng (' e "belle's"
fortune tlie diamond is snatc.n 1 from her 1
breast. Luke Lovoll, Hugar's gypsy
guard, has stolen tie- diamond and to
avoid detection drops it into a mail box
At the ball a sheriff trios to arrest Arthur
on the murder charge. Arthur escapes
and leaves Richmond on a frou'l t
train. The diamond passes into a mail
bag. which is condemned, lost from a
wagon nnd picked up by tpmbbn. an or- t
gan grinder. Tl:e monkey < f the latter
steals the diamond and loaves it in a
bird's nest in a tree. Arthur in robbed
of his clothes bv hoboc ., who leave birn
in a tattered outfit, i lo seeks work at a
farm.
CHAPTER XI.
"Shadows at Sunrise."
DAWN breaks upon a waking
world in summer. The ftinuer
rouses for his early tusks, the
poor sluggard and the rich,
Idler sleep on In hard beds and soft.
At Stanley hall there Is still a notice
In bankruptcy tacked upon the battered
mid padlocked door. The window shut- j
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tors are closed, tlie weeds rankle 011 the
lawn, and already the proud mansion
of Stanley hall seems going to ruin and
decay.
A carriage drives up and stops at its
portals. From it alights a gentleman
of half legal, half real estate agent appearance.
lie assists two ladies from
the carriage. One is a woman of middle
age. in rich and matronly black
silk, and the other a fair young girl,
modisldy attired.
And yet these two, the elder woman
and the younger, are gypsies, for it is
Ilagar Harding and Ksther, her (laughter.
rMuce i uac oxpiiiiik mj;iir :u .Mrs. i11dolph's
ball In Richmond linear has
had ono resolve. With her son a
fugitive ami the diamond from the sky
vanishod as lnystoriously as it had
conio, Itairar has oontorod all her hopes
and all lior dosiros on Fstlicr. linear
lias wealth, what need to hoard it
further now? So she has conic to
Fairfax, not as a trypsv woman, but as
a dt -wager of means, and rented the
idle mansion from the trustee in bankruptcy.
If tin* i?lin to rehabilitate
Esther as a Stanley has failed, pre yet
it was begun, lliiough the death of L>i*
I.ce, supposedly at the hands of the
fugitive yo:in;* master of tliis very j
mansion, II agar will lease it and see i
that Fsther enters upon the position
in life to which she belongs by right
of birth.
The formalities are soon over and
linear has ! 1: tailed herself and Fsther
in Stanley hall.
So eventful have been the last few
years of her life that Fsther ha ? ? eased
lo v.oiuhr. In tile death of Fr. I.ee. I
Fsther realised sin.' lost a friend, and
one xv'><? !en| something to loll l:.?r. If ;
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1 hey Arc hc/^i' Hurdmfj s.nci cL icii_.. 1
Her Daughter.
n?'-- 1 c lof H i li-ir .l ??y lliiernr. \v11;?
sho SM])pO-?('.-? is lu'i* lnof Iu?r. I 'sihr
! - '1 iv vs it \vJU 1." t<>;? 1 li,?j" in tiso Hi!; I
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no- , ol oirnv^ .
1m Hlclfinoml Vivian Marstoii, f. ;
whose lair bosom the dinuv from.,
the sky had boon smite! i ho n!p't
of 1 ho ball. hud oanh: ho uiimpso ,
the bi'v of llto 1 i ! .. of the 111i 1' an v!
straa;ler. So r.-ii hail not revealed i'.
and so !/.'.? box*- 1 11a> 1 boon roloa e'
At Farmer Smell's. a do/on Hideaway
frovi Stanley hall, \v!k ro. tin
known to him. linear and Fsther ar
now domii ilod, Artinir. the fugitive. i
labored for his daily broad. The win
some little tivc-yoar-old daughter ol
the farmer had twined li*.?rscif around
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Arthur's heart.
Ilappx and hardy and healthy xx'or i
his days, lie followed tile plow and
fae'd the sun and santt. lie was rraiu
i11lt no fortune in the world's jroods.
hit he (flair* happy in the clean. open!
air life id* a farmer's helper. Only dhl
a sha low come to Ids face when he
thought of list her and his I>i11* r moth
or. linear. Was l ist her his sister oi i
was she. too, a chaimeHn*; V No matte! ,
which. Arthur's love for her was deoi '
and pure as a brother's. lie wonla !
i
make a name for himself for her sake, j
and so In.' faced the morning sun and
saw;, and so he faced the shadows ol
t wiliirht and mused of her.
One day when little Nellie Smith
brought him 11i < luncheon to the tiehl a
turn scrap Of newspaper that covered
portion of it caiipht his eye. !i was n
front i*:itf<? "scam la-ad" of a Kiehniond
pai?or that in hip type hysterics told of
the robbery at Mrs. Kandolph's l>all
and the subsequent added excitement
of his lliiibt and light when arrested
on a charge of murder. Then Arthur
wondered again if be had done right in
protecting Illair. An impulse seized
him to go to Fairfax and give liiinself
up to the authorities and let the whole
truth be known.
Jhit then he remembered the score*
THE HORRY- HER.
I whs ii agar's and that slu? had suffered
1 much. So far neither 1 in gar nor KhHe
Followed tho Plow and Sang.
titer's 'joinlect ion with hint was known.
No one hut he and Ilagar knew he was
not the heir of Stanley, for, though
Ksther had ended him brother, it was
plain t?> Arthur that the sweet girl had j
said the word to comfort him.
Then also he realised that much in
expiation must be endured b.v him. lie
felt that when tiie time came Hagar
would speak, and until then lie was
hound to sileta o.
At Stanley hall and nil throughout
i'airfax the news of Esther's return
had anm> abroad. The mystery of hot
coming as Dr. Doe's adopted daughtc'.
and the mystery of her sudden departure
at his d?ath added fuel (<* the
trussip that went through the country
side when it was known that with a
handsome dark woman, who gave the
name of linear Harding and said thr.t
she was KstIter's mother. Dr. Lee's
erstwhile ward had returned to Stanley
bit II.
But with the young men of Fairfax
county KstIter's gentle ways and pi
quantry had gone far in the few short ;
months she haul lived beneath the doc- j
tor's roof as his adopted daughter 1
And now, when it was known Fsther
had returned to Fairfax and dwelt at
Stanley hall, the young men of the j
community again came Hocking toi
seek her favor.
First ami most constant of the callers
upon the new occupnnts-of Stanley
iial! was Bert Randolph.
Few. except those who understand
the ramifications of kith and consanguinity
in the old south, can comprehend
the strong ti"s (''"it blood and
marriage make in Virginia.
The Stanleys, the Randolphs, tin' <
Loos, the Beverlys, the Hunters an1'
the other famous old families loved j
iiml h"4 1 "orcidv. but sfri< 11 v imwvn' I
, . '
tholllSeiVOS. 1
Both 1*1:;it* Stanley's mother. who
was a seeoml cousin, and Bert Kandolph's
mother. who was a first eottsin,
had invift.nl the chagrined Mrs. Kurtoi!
itand >iph t <? Fairfax and forget fulness
But Blair Stanley, heing in Kirhmond
and infatuated with his kinsweman's
vivacious y^ si. Vivian Marston. h ;d s ?
warmly seconded his mother's invitation
that Mrs. Burton Kan lo!plt audi
her est were greatly ideased to :ic I
Copt It.
"My aunt is n stunner!" Bert Kan
t-olph b!u?".e.l boyishly to Ha gar a.ml
Ks titer. "Ralph. here, knows what a
p id sort site is, and she'll be w Id
a! toil I ;< ;h Miss Father, won't she,
Ralph V"
/ \ 1 Ralph 11 it titer, also smitten of
Kdhcr, nodded eager assent, fop t'n
two y( una: men had ridden over to call
upon II-a her every day since she and
hot' supposed mother; .Mrs. I lagan
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Had Ridden to Call Upon Estnei.
! Harding, had occupied Stanley ball.
The generous minded younfc men *eiv
&LD, CONWAY, S. O.
keen to realize there was a veiled hostility
against the strangers who now
had taken up their abode al Stanley
hall.
"Yes," Bert Randolph rattled on.
"Aunt is a stunner she's broad minded,
too. not stilt and narrow like our
Fairfax women folks. 1 do not know
why she is going to visit Blair Stanley's
mother instead of mine, but anyway.
Aunt Burton Randolph will be
here to attend the Fairfax tournament,
which comes off in a eottple of days.
I have a bill of it with me. It's the
biggest event we have in Fairfax, and
poor Arthur Stanley was set on winning
the wreath this year. How he
praetieed for it. lie would have won
it last year. but. Blair Stanley, who is
older and much heavier than he. beat
him out by a nasty bit of interference.
Didn't he. RalphV"
Ralph was quick to say he thought
Blair had ridden unfairly, and Bert
went on with Ids chatter concerning
his stunning aunt and the coming tour- 1
nameiit.
"I would surprised if Aunt Burton
didn't go wild about Fsthor." Bert
continued. "She loves to have pretty
girls around her. and any girl she
chaperons is made a belle of Richmond,
for Aunt Burton Randolph surely
does queen it mightily in Richmond
society."
While he was speaking the young
Randolph of Fairfax produced a handbill
printed in old English text, which
read:
Yl'l OT.DE TIME
T O U R N A M K X T !
YE CAT.I, A NT CAVA I.TERR AND
SQUIRES AND KMC. I ITS OF
FAIRFAX COl "N'TY
AVI 1.1. HORD AN
OI.DK TIM 10 TOURNAMENT
AT YE FAIRFAX C ROUNDS
NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
AT.!. RIDERS MUST BE MASKED.
YE VICTORIOUS KNICIIT S1IAT.T.
CROWN HIS J.ADYK FAYRE
AS
QUEEN OF T OVE AND BI5AUTIE!
CHAPTER XII.
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" T"T poo- Arthur St anicy won't
he hero to ride this your,"
law J9 exclaimed the hood naturod
youiih man when they luiil
aii finished roauinh the announcement.
"The idea <?t* them suspe* tina he killeil
old l>r. Lee!" ehimed in * lie equally
generous minded Ralph Hunter. "Why.
Artlr.tr for all his wild ways had the
best and kindest heart in the world.
And he loved l)r. Lee like a son. even
if they did have some jo'ly old rows
about the way Artliur spent money like
water and hot in debt."*
"But why did Artliur run awny?
None of us believe him guilty. and wo
may have our faults in Fairfax, but
we are ail kin. and we all stand together
when outsiders make trouble."
asked Ralph Hinder.
"Shut up. you bih silly!" cried Bert
Randolph impulsively, "t'an't yon see
you are making Miss Ms t her cry 7
Didn't you promise me we wouldn't
say anything about Arthur's troubles7
Von know .Miss H-tiier liked him best
of :M1 of ps."
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l-r.t.*. do forgive inc. Miss Hi '
ther," cried the contrite young 111:nt< r.
"Rut I just can't keep quiet about A'
tlmr. Keeping quiet imp ies we do believe
tlicse awful suspicj
"I thank you l'or that," sail ILt'ior
tremulously. "Let us talk about b :a
We know ho is guilty of nothing except
being a reckless boy, with no fa 1
t her and no mot her."
Ilagar spoke up Tor the first time.
"Yes," she said huskily, "lie had no
mother."
"i'll tell you scan thin ; rTout Arthur."
spoke Up l'ert Randolph. "it
was a secret. he lrai only told me. lie
was going to rid - in the bmrn
this year and wrest 'Hair's laurels ;s
the best rid'r hi Fa in': 1' >r? h!"i.
You know why': Well. Ari!n;r w.n delerinine
1 to win ibis year. It was;
when .Miss Ksther was at la*. Lee's he
told me. lie was re-olved to win so In;
could crown .Miss Ksther queen oi' love
and beauty."
"Ydell, we'll do i! for liim." cried
young Hunter. "All the girls of Fairfax
are wild for the honor. Hut we'll
win it for .Miss list her. t >ne ol' us will
block Llair Stanley, and the other will
win the wreath."
"Ho!" chuckled voting Randolph.
"Is tii.it the chivalry of a masked ?
knight in the tournament of Fairfax?
That's a trick like P?!ait Stanley played
almost. I am astonished at you,
Ralph." he added, with mock seriousness.
All laughed, relieved of the tension
the; mention of Arthur's High! under i's
terrible suspicion had brought upon the
little group, atnl soon after the young
men rode away, dc daring that Ksther
should be crowned at their hands ami j
the socially powerful female relative
from Richmond should take the young"'
mistress of Stanley ball under the benefice
of her esteem. v
It. was about at this same time, on
tills same afternoon, 111:1 L :i glum fared
hunchback organ grimier i! 11 ji monkey
limped into llio dooryard of Karn;
or Smith's. Poor Quadbit! Well r<>u',d
he realize thai riches seldom bring
happiness especially when wo lose
I hern almost as quickly as i hey have
been {rained
I>l)l 5 lie joy iitol glee of the 1 itf!t?
live-y oar-old daughter of the Smiths
cheered Ouanhu
"Kids are always glad to see us,
anyway, Clarence," he said, anil he
piuyed his blithest tunes and Clarence
was prompted to his best comedy by
| the appreciation of tha small but select
i audience.
j When Arthur, working on the Smith
; farm under the name of John Powell,
I 'Mine across the fluids at sunset with
i
his employer It was a merry croup
they fouiul In the dooryard. tjuubba
ami Clarence being re&nicd with the
: best froiu the board, as all wander I a?
minstrels should be.
'Tin on my way to the tournament
at Fairfax." Quubba said.
The Fairfax tournament! Arthur stirJ
with bamboo lama'.-, at a small wreuth
suspended some twelve feet l'roiu the
! ground. Hiding at full speed at this
i object, the masked knight who could
bear it off on liis spear point was to be
adjudged the victor and as the best
I horseman of all the knights ?>f Fairfax
! would crown the maid ot his choos.ng
! as queen of love and beauty, and
also by the presentation of great bouquets
ready at hand select the queen s
attendant ladles of honor.
The bugles blew. Shei Swain as
knight seneschal distributed the lunccs.
ami the knights lined up far down tlie
track. The bugles blew again, and on
they came, twenty of tbein abreast,
wearing the sashes of their ladies,
masked ami plumed and all intent
upon bearing off the guerdon.
lilair Stanley, on a light bay hunter,
wearing the crimson sash favor of
Vivian Marston. was in the lead; close
behind \uis a knight 011 a white horse
with a black star on its forehead. A
strange horse to Fairl'ax.^where every
horse and man of blood is known.
What horse was it. and who was the
rider? Ite wore a snow white scarf
ami sat his horse as became a Virginia
gentSeiv.an?or perhaps a Kentuekian.
I'.lair la the lead swerved t?> block
the oncoming knights behind him. hut
the sfranger fceeined t<> be M-enared for
the rase. Mo spurred his horse around
ml crossed in the very front <>!' Ulair.
Tin* shook t hrow the buy liunlor ovor,
a:. I Idktir foil lioMillontr to tlio around,
and tho stranae knight's spear point
lifted tho wreath they strove for from
t!i< wire. As I'.hiir fell lie pot a glimpse
of the horseman who had aureate.I
him. close itp And then r.lair Stanley
knew hint. It we.s Arthur Stanley!
A surjxe of hate and humiliation tarred
in the bosom of r.lair to he unsealed
in the presence of Vivian Mansion.
to whom he had hoasted he
wo:;!d hear off the wreath and crown
her on Iter first day in fail-fax as
otteen of love and heantv!
Me limped from the scene to where
Sheriff Swain stood hv the end of the
jjraiid stand, watching the surprising
end of the contest and ceasing from
his clumsy jesting with his handcuffs
at Quahha.
The defeated kniu'hts. with the exception
of the unhorsed r.lair. who had
limped away, ranged their horses in a
semicircle and held their lanc-es at
salute.
Arthur, hearing the queen's crown
and the bouquets, approached the
white faced, trembling list her and said
in a feigned voice. "I crown thee queen
of love and beauty!" Then he presented
the bouquets of tin* ladles of honor
to the nearest women?Vivian Ma est on
and Mrs. I'.urton Randolph.
At the far end of the strand stand the
raainir Iilair was pointim; to the victor
uiid s:iyin;r. "That is Arthur Stanley,
t'? toiinJerer of Dr. l*oo. Do and tfot
Hardly kno vim; what ho was doiny.
but in attirer at tin* elumsy. jesting
sherilV. a wild idea to disoomlit that
ol'ieial and the tmhorsod informer for
t hi; sake of the gallant lookinir victor
mixed Quabha. \\itli a dolt elnteh of
his <111iol{ lingers lie clasped tho date
jjlimv ? 'ul of tho handeuh's to tho an ri<1
of ltlair. Tito other on I was ai'ottnd tho
shori.'i s wrist. and that eayor o!ii ial
at: I l!io iiilornior were soon v.a.uly
j?iiliv; in opposite diro ? lotw. Leaving 1
his or.yan .an.I carrying tin- frighten d j
monkey it: his arms, tho nimble ili j
btok ran throu;h tho pf.atid ml and]
will in ;t>I his warning to" A ri! ar J
At this very moment. obciioi.t to a ]
: iytiih ant look from Bi.air's in at her.
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It Was Arthur Stanley!
Mrs. Randolph and Vivian Marston had
pointedly thrown down the bouquets
and had turned their backs ou Ksther.
The queen of love and beauty was unacknowledged
and dethroned.
At this open and direct humiliation
| of the (laughter of llagar the whole assembly
grew still as death and the
hoarse shouts of the handcuffed sheriff
were heard. "Stop that man! He is
| Arthur Stanley, wanted for murder!"
; A loud roar burst from the excited
throng. Men sprang to their feet and
.omen Arthur. at the <r> I
.( m INther to save Iiimxelf. ran down I
ho aisle and. learltij: tli?* rail at :i I
Hitntil. vaulted <?ii his horse. su:it< hii:^ I
the ii tin* from thi' nemo luil ax ho dhl I
>;?? liar at iho brusque enmmmtds ^ I
t!i?? sheriff the masked knlirhts elosed I
in oil Arthur and. llOUiniitiK him rmim], I
drove him ami Ills horse toward the H
grand stand. Ktruggliiig. Holiday: Tor I
life and liberty. I
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go! Ilo would win the wreath aiur
crown l ist her ?ii of love and beauty!
It was a wild risl; to talcc. a daring
thing to do. but lie longed b. see
Ksthor. and t!ie love <?t" romance and
the inclination to (lie dramatic were
the heritage of liis g.vpsy blood that
overcame all can:ion and discretion.
11^ would go! Ills lu-art beat like a
drum with the resointion. forcing IWnself
to speak with a cainines* lie far:
from felt, he spoke tip ami s:id:
"If 1 can be spared for the day. and
if you will lend me Starlight. Mr.
Smith, and if you will make me a
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mask. Mrs. Smith. ami lend mo a |> 111::i<>
l'or my liat, I'll rid and show ilnia
how wo do il in Kentucky!"
For It was as a youn^ KentucUian ia
hard luck Arthur had on planum! liis
plight mihI presence in I lint part Of the
country. I>v>< ii tin* rai nier and his wife
had often discussed the stranger who
had come to their door in the guise of ? ^
a tramp, lait. they 1<I see hy his
Ways and lnanners lu? was no tramp.
They judged him hy hi* open, manly
countenance and gentle courtesy, and
whatever was his secret they felt it
was no dishonorable one.
On Starlight, then, the farmer's
blooded saddle horse, in Ids new cheap
best, clothes, and with his bind; silk
mask and ostrich plume the farmer's
wife had furnished from her Sunday
linery, Arthur rod*? away with the best
wishes of the fanner and his wife and
his little girl, "to show," as farmer
Smith expressed if. "those stink up
Fairfax swells a taste of old Kentucky
quality/' Quabba
had heen gone since the day
before, but Arthur overtook him near
Stanley hall. They waved at each other
as Arthur galloped past. And then
Arthur reined his horse in a little copse^
of wood near the mansion. l>hl he but
know it, it was the spot where he had
been born.
lie had last seen Esther at Ilagnr's
camp, but he was not surprised to
catch the (latter of her dress at the
window of the balcony that overlooked
the garden at the side of Stanley hall,
lie had well remembered ll:q:afs parti