The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16

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IL dontknow, and 7 guess it dom
concern us what it was about Lett
get this chan in the wagon and hau
him to town. lie needs some sort OF at
teniieis''
They raised Pearson mp to put him in
the wagon, and he opened his eyes and
looked @0gut h'm.
Where TN I, and what has hap
pened2' be sed inn weak voice.
"four right here, said one Of the
men, "-hdtt looks as though that chan
who hit you come nigh taking vour
head oi. lie gave you a terribly blael,
eve, sure
SLOW Pearson began to recall what
had hnfpenea TO him, and he grew an
gry and tried to spring up But no
funsAthathe Lad sustained a greater
injury than he had thought. One Of his
limbs had caught under him when he
fell, and had been thrown out of posi-.
tion. With a cry Of pain he sank baelo
to the ground.
Curse Paul Markham" he muttered
He has put me in a nice pickle, and
laid me up for week, perhaps, when
there is not a day to lose"
The men got him in the wagon, and
within an hour left him in bed in his
room, at Magic City.
CHAPTER XIV.
BROKEN LIMB
Or. Bascom had not forgotten his
promiseto aid Green in getting some
money if possible. He had tried every
Aineans in his power, visited all the
money lenders and everyone else from
whom it seemed probable the money
might be obtained. He paid several
visits to Soraggs' office, before. Scraggs'
return, and again he went there on the
day that Pearson received his injuries
at Paul's harkls. On this last occasion
he found Scraggs at home, and at once
made lSnownto him his errand
"Yes," said dScraggs, in reply to the
old doctors stAtement, 81 will let Green
have some motley. lie might have had
it before this i'll had known he was in
such desperate straits. Have you been
out to Green's withinthe last few daysg'
mo, not since nearly week.
81 asked because wished little
information on a certain point, Ihave
understood since my return that young
Pearson has beepgoing out there fire.
quently Of late, and Thought perhaps
you might know if it wasfrue.
4 sknow nothing OF I'll / have never
met him there on the occasion Of any Of
my SfSits'
II suppose such is'the case, however,
and some steps ought to be taken to,
break it up. He has devilish designs
on Green's girl, and I'm afraid he has
Green in his power, and If he Is PERI
mitted to 60 on in his own waglhe viii
bring the girl to ruin, Something outffit
to be done at once to thwaFt him il pds
siblen
That's true, said the doctor, s'tlEst's,
true. But this is all news to me. Il have
had no intination of anything Of that
sort, and never dreamed Of such a
thing orr certainly should have taken
some steps to stop it. But how has
Pearson managed to get Green IN his
powefsa
'lsasg enongh, replied Scraggs, and
he went on to tell about Mills loan. and
Johns sale Of the wagon and team. Il
have Kept watch on this affair, and by
the aid Of my clerk have kept posted on
the proceedings from first to last
Green has laid himself liable to a term
in state prison, and as / l1aye just to
day discovered, Pearson * al that
between him and the law. II
Green's girl viii submit to Pearson's de- |
sires Green can go free, but if she does
not then Green is to be prosecuted. So
you see how the matter stands, and
how necessary it is to take immediate
steps to thwart Pearson"
Eyes, / see. The good-for-nothing
rascal has got the whole Green family |
IN his clutches, and the girl must sac
ritice herself to save her father and I
mother, and she'll do it, too. Shell do .
anything and suffer anything to spare |
hem. Itmust be prevented soraggs." "
1t must If it is possible, but am at 4
! loss how to get at it, Of course we .
.ould pay OF Mills Tor rather Pear. !
ion's) note, but that won't let Green
nut. He would stiIl be as open to pros
'eution as ever. | don't know what we
an DO"
II know one thing can do, +" said the
I'D doctor as he arose and angrily
'aced the floor 81 can cane Pearson,
onfound his impudent picture, and
wouldn't take me long to doitcither
I'm afraid that wouldn't help mat
ers much, though, laughed Scraggs
Perhaps not, but it would do me
OTIS OF good. But have you no plan,
mo, haven't. Ihave thought how
ver, that it might be good idea to
ind out who and where Green's friends
re, and to write to them stating his
and asking them for soine as
is,ance. don't know that that would
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