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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
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iimi ii.c? u.\i>ii'u ixiwern voionei Arthur
Stanley ami his cousin, Jed;.jo Lamar
Stanley, over an heirloom, the diamond
from the #!<>', found in a fallen meteor by
nn puicestor. Also, the succession t > the
Stanley earldom in Kngland may eonie (>'
tin American. IVhcd daughter is horn
to (ho colonel and the mother dies, the
^ Q-'or.r 1 Ini;, ? a trypty iiA nii.l mbstitutcs
iinrt. yi i.fc^yccrv? I t;: (he j;> p.s.v ;r.other.
having had no part ll tljle fonrgnln, ate A:*
the girl. being reared in -cere? apy] joryes I
her .1?;i undetected *v':e heir, ~ .
ay V "-4^:; , jr _ x n nf the jfamcr.'
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f^iJtanlejT sv ,. iier. IL>t!;tr is g.own a
beautiful ung girl, Hagnr, now i*yp*> J
queen, returns to Virginia with her. Dr
1-ce, the in i* C'-5i9*:.?| *' - r'tc' l ly'rnd, j
adopts Esther. but noni/iou* that tin?;;ir 1
' V 1U'? ' 5Ve:* diamond from th? i
*cy. "Arthur sCanler, son of Hairnr, fall*
ve with Kether and se doe* lbs oom- '
imaion and ejyln, Hlsh .Stanley rightful ,
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U.T" Out7a<Ts is Artl.TTT1." nsding cr
Hlair, escaping, intern that he has left
Kather's ruo:?. Arthur forces Itin. to
tight a duel in which lilnir is onl? :
riu:;ned. tries, \>mUi the aid of hh*
"niothciTto place l"lio bianfe for the nmnh >
of Dr. l.oo upon Arthur, v? no t">\v t' . '
ion d.,_^T:^?v;^ ftT^'"TT"to* T:!> ]
? vArtliuf, but ii? elude* hi* pursuers and
^ join? Ilogar, who reveals I i* Identity ami ,
upbraids him for his wild life. Needing
iridnoy, lie p^V.'uS {He diamond in T*tii
l^t^ond. Hlair is in JKichtuond. and ho, tfio.
jq fprc?d t<j Visit Tl "* iV/nshop. The two
nt*T?e~'fo^stand by . oiTter" *Xr*iT~b
at Which n BuppoF?d New York hollo is
the guest c4 honor, they are stunned to
find tlie diamond on the viwitor. She la
nn adventure*} who has harrowed it
"While Tlagar la telling the "bole's forlune
Euke i.ovell, Masai's gypsy gua:d.
steals the diamond and tb avoid detection
drops it into a /nail box. A sheriff tri:s
to arrest Arthur on the murder charge
lie escapes from Richmond on a freight
train. The diamond passes into a mail
bag, which is lost from a wagon and if
picked up b> Quabba, an organ grinder.
Quabba's mot key steals the diamond and
leaves it in a nest in a tree. Arthur is
robbed by hoboes, who leave him in tatters.
lie seeks work at a farm ilagt.r
takes Esther to live at SUr: ley ho'.l. An
old time tournament is held. Arthur h?
loads in disguise, proves hinwelf t'ae le.-si
knight, defeating lJlair, but is betrayed
by tit*; latter to the sheriff. Quabba, in
Jest, handcuffs the sheriff and Itlair.
CHAPTER XIII.
"The Fox and the Pig."
TlllO knights of the tournament,
now frenzied with excitement,
pressed on Arthur, effect tin lly
barring his way to the gate
These hot headed young Virginians
"had heon the ffielid< cunitvnlovj .nwl -1 I
mlrers of Artlnir from boyhood up. bui
tlie <Uvuth of I>r. T.ee and Arthur's illghl
had tilled them with bitter resentment
against their i'or?ner eoinjmnioM. Everybody
in Fairfax litul loved IM\ 1.00.
There was none who had been the
readout <?f his genial kindnesses more
than Artiiur. llenee. when, to shield
IJlalr because he l?oiieved he had wronged
him In being tlie usurper heir of Stan
ley,'Arthur had bjr his flight and dis
appearance accepted the onns of guilt
nil Fairfax was in auger heat against
him.
The struggle of the young horsemen
seeking to stay and capture Clio iioni
l>et rayed and uninasked Arthur tool
place directly in front of the grant
stand.
The excited crowd watched the titan
?t ruggle of the centaurs in tense si
lence for a brief moment, hut above
the sounds of struggle rose the hoarse
voice of the sheriff as lie struggled ex
cltcdly to loosen himself from tin
handcuffs with which the tricky Quao
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Vivian Insisted on Blair's Retaining the
Handcuff.
ba had bound him to Blair.
Oil his part Blair hold baok, as
though i ho stool inaiiaole on his wrist
was a prophetio stigma.
The bold eyes of Vivian Marstou
were dirccte I in frank admiral! n to*
ward the superb feats of !i >rsei.ianship
and strength of Arthur's efforts.
Fascinated also as they watched the
f.trOnP,,!o bo low thotn. Fslher and I la- !
gar ha 1 forgotten the sting of the humiliation
they had been subjected to
in being snubbed and ignored by Mrs.
Lamar Stanley, her cousin. Mm. Knndolph.
the society leader fr T.) Kiel)- ;
mond, and Vivian Marston .just at the
monicnt when Arthur as the masked'
victorious Jong hi had yonio to crown
fair Fsther. v.
A wild cry rose in unison from the ;
crowded stand, and men. women and j
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Mrs. &.ardey( Mother of Blair.
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as Arthur suddenly wheeled his horse j
ami drove it to the far end of the J
grand stand and up the lower stairs i
and right in among the spool a lor?;.
When I lie horse reached i he center,
aisle, the crowd in panic breaking tinseats
and benches as iliey gave way
before horse and rider. Arthur form d
the gallant Starlight up this central
passage, waved to list her and llagai
as he thundered by, flien. breasting his
horse at the hack rail of the stand, he
plunged with Starlight down from the
i back of the stand to the ground, some
fifteen feet below.
Never had such a wild feat of horsemanship
been beheld in Fairfax, home
of wild riders.
As with one accord the panic passed
and a tumult of curiosity succeeded
Men and women who had shrunk in
alarm from the hoofs reverberating
| through the wooden ways of the grand
Maud now rushed in one accord tip the
aisle* ami over the benches and in
| wonderment behold steed and rider,
the dizzy leap made in safety, disnp*
( peering in the distance.
Among those who had rushed tip the
' aisle were Mr*. Judge Stanley's party
j and Ha gar and Esther. As the gallant
! horse and rider disappeared in a cloud
of dust down the road Vivian Mars ton
i Mimed and, with heaving lireast and
flashing eyes, openly voiced iter ad?
miration.
? "There is a man," site cried, "who is
worth n woman's while!"
? Esther shrank back at the words.
THE HORRY HER
spoken. as it seemed, to her. She felt
1 a chill at lier heart, and from that moment
she realized that this woman had
: crossed her path in life and Arthur's
' like some baleful and yet beautiful
! serpent.
The mounted knights charged through
the gateway in pursuit. The sheriff,
tossing the key of the handcuffs to
Blair, had gained his horse and had
followed after the pursuers.
Shielding and hiding the dangling
handcuff as best he could, for in his
nervousness ho could not open the lock
i upon his wrist. Blair cursed Quubhn.
1 the grinning hunchback organ grimier.
and rejoined his mother and her
I friends.
i He had loosened the handcuff at
last, but the mocking Vivian had insisted
it be retained as a souvenir of
i what she termed "the leap of the white
knight."
So ended the last masked tournament
of the knights of Fairfax, and
the excited dowagers and maidens
were driven to their homes recounting
the exciting events of the day. while
their husbands, brothers and fathers,
who had come on horseback, were far
on their way in hot pursuit of the
fugitive.
The day had been too much for Mrs.
Burton Randolph's "poor nerves," as
she expressed it. She regarded her
Fairfax relatives with smoldering ani
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mosity.
What had the Fairfax Stanleys done
but break up her ball in Richmond with
a shameful attendant notoriety? And!
now when she had come to Fairfax to i
forgot another horrid contretemps had
occurred to further rack her already
shattered nervous system.
Site resolved to return to Richmond
and sec k seclusion and. if possible, for- 1
pet fulness there.
Some twenty miles away the Monti
cello hunt was riding to hounds. The
Monticello hunt, a rival social organization
"fcf lite next county, made it a
point to ho'.d a fox hunt always upon
the day that the elite of Fairfax comity
held their masked old time tournn
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in Monticollo you must consul or that
no Kurh tiling as the Fairfax tonrna
nun it rviT took place. In turn, the old
families of Fairfax likewise ignored
tlie Montieclio hunt with its throng c?.
fox pursuers.
Arthur's dariu"- and dramatic o^cmuv
had given him considerable lead over :
his pursuers. This lead he increased i
considerable, and bo bad quieted Star- I
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light to a less strenuous pace 011 an 1111
frequented road some lifteen miles j
from Fairfax when he beheld the Mon- ,
tlcoilo limn in full cry after it war;.* 1
obi dog fox crossing the lields some
several hundred va>%ds nheiid. Starligux
was an old fox hunter. r
Roused to renewed life ami his fa- i
tigue passing from liini at the bavin* '
of the hounds find the crying of the;
huntsmen. Arthur's no longer jaded i
horse turned briskly from the road and .
made after the chase.
Arthur let Starlight follow his lieut. |
not in a: that 1 ha wur wnjL uniu? !
aeroM Ili fl?ld? was a shorter r*?ut?
to the ?af?ty and shelter of tlie Smith i
farm.
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A Hftwll colored boy driving n fr*c- j
thins pig beheld with much liitor<*d j
and some a la mii the travel stained mat*
;\nd the bores join In the fox ehuse as
he lyul driwn to the aide of the rowd
1 o lei Arm at* pa**.
Tho coin pad lad had been r.eurly 1
howled oTPf by the hunt stirred St*rlight
when that eager animal's It*?*
had encountered the ro|>c which wau
attached vo tha hind leg of ?he fractions
pig. . w - /
?tup?t nlYead of him, in ji hollow at the
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bottom of tho field h.v a sunken l'onco,
Arthur heboid the last of the hunts
men make a leap upon'his horse, only
to come a nasty cropper and to lay in
a huddled heap, strangely still, again*!
a storm l'elled ohl trep. I
Tk. hunter's horse stopped with an
abrupt jerk as the fallen reins caught
and held him tightly by one of its
gnarled branches, \
Arthur rode over and dismounted
The hunter was dead, his face bruised
and disfigured whore it h:id struck tlie
log. breaking his nook.
Then Arthur remembered the colored
boy with the pig and the pursuit that
he had outdistanced. The colored boy
would tell which way he had gone
He had boon a fool to leave the hi^li
wsiy.
Then a wild idea seized Arthur. Tills
man wan dead anil beyond ail ai<l. lie
hurriedly changed his coat, with its
j while scald', and Ids plumed hat for
; the red limiting jacket and velvet cap
| of the dead fox hunter.
Then, engaging the laddie of Star j
i light to the gnarled limb from which
f lie hud released the dead hunter's
' horse, he changed his mount and cantered
away.
When Sheriff Swain and ids posse of
tournament riders reached the scene,
directed hy the colored boy with the
fractious pig, they saw n fox hunter
in his red coat riding away far off, but
at their feet lay, as it seemed to them,
the body of Arthur Stanley, killed by
a fall from the horse lie had ridden ho
gallantly at the thrilling Fairfax tour
name tit.
Cropping the grass near by the log
against whic h seemingly his rider had
fallen, the bridle rein caught in a
! gnarled branch of tlie fatal tree, was
ttie horse that they all recognized as
tlie very steed that had made the leap
from the grand stand, a leap long to
bo remembered in Fairfax.
That night while Arthur, who lias
told all hie story to Farmer Smith, is
being sent upon his way with hearty
yet and farewells and expressions of
I godspeed by the farmer and his family
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Arthur Finds the Doad Fox Hunter.
the body of the do;\<l huntmnan with
the bruised face is borne inlo Stanley
ball.
With a wild cry ftsthor reeotrnizcs it
is not Arthur, but the silencing hand
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"A Jiypsy irick." murmurs Havar.
She ycnrns for t ?n? sen whom she has
disowned, but :il! of whose secrets she
will hold. "Let them tind out his ruse
in Mil goal time," 11:?ti:ir mutters to
her-elf. "It will give him t!te hotL?r
Vl^inco to be f.tr and safely on Ids
way."
CHAPTER XIV.
"Hero Aro tee Proofed"
ND Mrs. Burton Bundolph ret
Vj\ turns to Richmond. Vivian
and Blair have quarreled. Viviau
realizes I'airf. x will be
de.ll wiiiie it leasts apt a gossip that
will not interest her. She \y:'l return
to Richmond with her fiiend.
With a woman's prescience she realf
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UIUI I H.tll > UMHUVt it. ? it \ i*l%\
i)eets her. So Vivian Marslon thinks
it best to return to Richmond t(?o.
That night the Monticollo hunt is minus
a member. Inquiry and investigation
bring some of the huntsmen to
Stanley hall. The dead man is identified
for fIim man !>e really is and ie
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"Here are the proofs that your son
murdered Dr. Leo!"
borne away. And the breach is wJUer
yet between Fairfax ami Xlontioello in
consequence.
The next day ilagar has .1 visitor at
Stanley hall. It is Detective Tom
Blake of Itichniond. and he boars with
hint n curious ilnt portfolio of curious
photographs, lie and 11 amir exnndnc
these cttrious photographs in the library
at Stanley ball, leaving Fstiler upon
the broad phi ///a, innocent of any
knowledge of what passes hot woen the
gypsy woman and the astute private
detective I la gar employs.
Hnt the photographs are vital things,
t vital especially to Blair Stanley, for
j they hold the evidence that proves him
guilty of the murder of Dr. i>ecl
For the photographs are the Kdihtlc
reproductions of Hlalr Stanley'* fin get
prints. Some were made by Blakt
from impressions lie found on the ri
f1<Ml cash box and the dead doetor'i
threat, and one other is the re product
tieti of the plain mark of his ink stain
cd thumb, stained by a leaky t'oHntnii
pen, made on the laid cheek he pas sec
on Abe Bloom, gambling den keoi>t?r ol
UichmoHd.
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uir i nrv a una wuic uuuk r? i lie t
dictlve, angry gambler marked ">h
funds," and when Abe Bloom has call
ed the Blake Detective agency U
aid him recover the amount of tb
check the wily Torn Blake has In hi
possession the convincing identifieatioi
he lias boon seeking?the duplicat
I thumb print of the murderer of l)i
Lee. the thumb print ef Blair Stanley!
Tlie astute if not overscrupulous detective
is working ? nly for his client.
Hagar Harding. who pays him well.
There is no reward offered lor the ?p
prehension of Blair Stanley or any other
man save the innocent Arthur Stanley.
Detective Blake knows that Hagar
will use the evidence lie brings her in
her .own time and in her own way
It concerns him no further, for the
present at least, aad he takes ills tor
and returns to Richmond. strangely
enough. on tho same train that bears
Mrs. Burton Randolph ar.d Vivian
Murstou.
Blair and his mother have returned
from the little station at Fairfax after
seeing their late guests to the train.
Blair and his mother are at daggers
drawn. He asks that she give him
money and let him go upon his way in
the world, as he wishes to leave Fairfax
and never return.
"You have been under enough evil
I Influences in following the promptings
of your own unfortunate ways." says
Ids mother coldly. "This Vivian Marston
cannot deceive me for a moment.
And as site seems to have also completely
deceived and infiltrated you.
you shall have no money of my saving
to waste upon tin adventuress."
Blair made no reply, hut inwardly he
j felt wild curses mounting to his lips,
ami ho Cut tig himself in the house. I
I Umivliii; Ids mot7km* alone on the porch
i ore* he mivht utIor them.
Hut lie was resolve:! lo leave Fair
fax. am! lie was rosolvo?l t?? again see
ami regain the favor of Vivian.
The e was uo time !I!. ? t!ie present, i
w his thought. I'lair went riiph.lly J
en the stops ami into the living re.en !
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on t tie second t'oor. while liis mother
rear1 inod in hitter contemplation on
the phmKn
ITe nerve 1 to 1 is desperate undertaking.
He closed the door of the living
i ro m behind him lie pressed the j
j spring, and the "Tory hilling place" i
behind the chimney opened.
Taking t lie heavy poker from the j
fireplace 'hut now was swung outward I
into the room, llialr stepped into the
i te< "-s an.I closed t'.ie hiding place alt
or him.
Here ho lit a candle and furiously
pried at the old Iran he. #,1 ch.wt
! whete. among his father's papers, h i
mother h.ept the ready i;:? i"?y which
! she. like her husband liai'.f? 'fore her.
lent out at heavy interest m swell tin
fortunates as fell Into her mesheswhen
their security was good.
At Stanley hall, alter the departure
Detective Make. I lagar ordered her
i carriage. "1 am going to pay a call. I
will not 1h? long," wan all the information
she roucliHti fed to Ktfther. Hut
Esther knew that. whatever w.u the
errand that called Hagar away, alI
tbou"h a secret, it wa* one that was
I for Esther's good.
I.tike Ta>v?ll. who spent his tUne at
i Stanley hall partly and partly aw liond;
man Minler Hug*!* at th* gypsy reudw.
i vow* wvme iloxeu mi'ioa a v. ay in at hid
den faatii?*k* of tiiv kiln# Kidge. brought
, around th# hum# and huggy to iite
front ??" Stanley haW. At iltw iuatayt
a diversion was #nus#d br tbt? appear1
nn#e of a hiiaehhack orgsu grinder
hip-v/n^ ap di'iytvrs/
IT vv?u> vjunC'o#. hi* lii.'.nkcy. Uwiokiu;;
with fright. cklu^ing ciootsly te hi*
master* bluest. Kahind iboui cam a
Slier iff lulu Hwaiu on korcebuok. lashing
tU? mm fori imi u > ijuaUhu.
llugar eod ki?! her both tl#vr la tbo
i rvNcae of the poor hunchback.
"Me'a lucky I aut sot chasing hint
out ef the oounty!" explained the Vrase
sheriff "Hut for the trick he p;u\od
upon uu* yorfterdxy I v\on!d ha\w caught
I Arthur #t?n!ey. l>e you know what
llik-: organ grin Ung won Key tot I ay 1:np
I of i^hnt did?
"\? ujf. lie Imiudcuffed use ts? I'.UiW
Stanley. and Art bill' Stanley, the rat'.-r
I dcrer, who had tlie nerve to conic lid'
triyc wt the uia.sk tournament. got away!
i I could have this organ grinding scoiin.
dud sent up for a year lor interfering
I with at; officer in the disclwrge of Ida
duty!"
i "I didn't mean any harm." whined
i Qunbbn. "Vou wore teasing sind Joki
ing with nn>. saying you were going to
: put the handcuffs on mc. and 1 only
joked with you and the other gentleI
man in putting tlicm on you and hiiri."
"Young feller." said the sheriff imI
prewslvely, "never joke with an oMieer
' of the law. It is against the peace and
i dignity of the commonwealth of Virginia
and the law and the statutes that
therein apply!" And. having delivered
! himself of this pscudo legal dictum,
tile sheriff touched Ids hat to Hagar
j and Esther and cantered off.
Qiuthba was a wandering, solitary
gypsy of Italian stock. A word in
liomatiy foil on Ins astonished ear
from the lips of the grnnde dame at
the portals of tli'.s grand house, who
gave orders to Luke ihnt Qutthbit be
, cared for at. the kitchen of Stanley
hail.
} Thl* done, Iiagar was prepared to
. go a 110:1 her mysterious errand with.
,! as Esther noticed, the black flat port.
j folio the strange uiau from Iticbmaud
4 do41 oroognt mat (toy. w 11011 ner kcou
- gypsy eye noticed that the horse was
. slightly lame.
! Half angrily she ordered Tx?veil to
i return it te the stable, and after Loyr
ell, with the equipage and Qoubba, the
latter uttering expressions of his gratitude,
had turned the corner of the
0 great house. "I ?m not going mo very
- far, iw> *t doesn't matter if I walk,"
? sntd Hagft'r and kissed Esther again
e and went upon her way.
b Eittledid Esther dream of the strange
a return this secretive yet kind woman,
e whom she deemed her mother, was to
r. make to Stanley bnM.
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Qunbba Appears at Stanley Hall.
At Mrs. Lamar Stanley's house th:/fl
austere \v(i';i:i!i sai upon her piuv.za,
roekiuir att ! wait tvz lor lilalr to return
from isisido the house She had
noro to say to I km* son. and as she roHo
tod upon tin* Litter plnasiipr of tlto j
words she would spunk Iter heart ached jA
dully. vWhat
was tho uso? she kept saying
to herself. Wliat was the uso. what' a
uso tho ambition. tho uold. calculating
audition that had darkened her lifo
and had c:um"I t!m* tragic death of hot*
husband eighteen loiii: voars nvto?
What was tho use to scheme and
plot and hopo and lotto for a handle
that had disappeared?the diamond
from tho sky?ami an earldom farther
away than oven distant Warwickshire?
i iu? diatdoa i from ilie sU\ rind ihe.
earldom wise not for lui;\ They i.cif
novcr to ho tlio possessions of her son
either, it would seem
bead men lay hot ween and a living
man, a wanderer and a fugitive, and
the earl, old and foehle, a helpless invalid
for years, still lingered on And
Arthur Stanley, prosrrlhe.J as a murderer
though he was. bore a i harmed
life that stood between her son and
the earldom and the diamond from llio*
sky.
The Uk:niorul from thw sky itself was
goue. vanlshe! from the sight of man.
As for live son. that sou ?as infatuated*
with y worthUiss woman. Vivian
kittisteu would ma Ue a fa mate for
ilUtlr SWiuiey, Mm she had home and
rearedI
feint hitter a\. aW t hese re (1 ee 1 to us
were. the Stanley pride was strong i'.t^
i We krenat of I'.lair s met her. Ilini ;ih^
l?e was. ?>ie Ihovrght. it wore hetter lie
never possess tile diamond horn the
aky er the Stanley earldom with such
a \ve.unu to share these great possesaio.
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A ud ilivu the judge's widow saw
eomtog toward her I hi gar Harding,
the present mistress ?f Plan ley hall
At the sign; of Magui Mrs. Stanley
stiffened. and Wist fueli\e'y all the eld ^t
IkAlims Ml) 1 ii 11 ! I 4.II l.ilf Vuilu l.til Iwnl
agai* within her v.ilhered lirwist. She!xii?
ikM if u* enter her house uud ignore
Hagur. I > u i ilttgar stayed Lvr with a
iiest we.
"I)o not go. Mrs. Xtanle.v." said Half
ur tai own tones. "I Iiiivv with mo
tliv proofs flait your sou and not Arthur
Stanley is guilty of the murder
of Dr. H< ?iry Lee." Ami she indicated 4
with a meaning gesture the flat black"
portfolio she carried. the same portfolio
Detectho Blake had brought from
Richmond.
"Hush!" whispered I he judge's widow
tensely. "Come Inside!" And she
led her strange guest within the portals
of her home and up to the living
room. .
Here 11 agar without a further wor/n
showed het the photographs of the
thumb prints left by the murderer in
Dr. Leo's study and the photograph of
the returned dishonored ebeek. with
| the fatal Inky thumb print of Itluir
Dtn.,1/... ..--..I ?-l
oi.nuir.t hmiii>; ?!*; ( mini ills sign;il ll
as though Ivi* had attested to it.
"I will get Ili.V son. II? is SOIM?"
wkere about the lions?!" cried Mrs. .
Judge Stanley. "Wlint in the price'^
you ask for your silence? 1 cannot
tliink you would com? l>ere except to
bargain."
"My price Is nil easy one." replied
Flagar. "I ask that you and all your
friends receive my daughter Kstlier
and myself In Fairfax. I have only
this te say: Deem me who you may*,
my daughter Kstlier is of as high birth
end bloed as the proudest families ef
Fairfax." v
^T
I "What yoa wan l>e arranged. I
fool aero," Mild the Judge's widow. re? .
gaining her e*M composure. "Wait
hore till I find my won." {
Mrs. Stanley bowed and hurried down j
to the porch, where she called loudly j
for Rlftir, thinking norhans lu> wan ii*
the garden or at the triable.
Meanwhile Bloir In the "Tory hklln/r;
place" behind the chimney had hour<?
e?ery word that had been uttered In.
the ream. In his hands he clutched ft
mass of bnuk notes. Thrusting them
In his pocket, he touched the spring
j and pushed aside the swinging tire
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