The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-10

carried to the Sidewalk. 4 a mustard -colOr1u
handkerchief was tied over her dark heau,
her white facs stared mp at the sun, tho
nsctarnr hooin gone. It was Zio!a! And
hc.h zsnlas kgs were broken. This was the
pst sirzw. Sstvstor began to scfeam, and
EsrsreaDsd Wildly until Michael 0 F'anni-
gan inSatsd portion Of his fat into his
mouth II was ~ effective as gas;plus.
Eut that vsa not I'm es;d, it was only the
b:S;rning; :tnv vrrp Gned twenty do.lsrs
each frr basssfrs ttn speed lava and Jim
~as hnld 10 suua shs rs,llts Of Ziola's in
tujSs. sa...tar ysA .hs piper. 1ha wad
wss aow ruch reAGed; only fifty dollars
rernsSneA -nd ssay wvrc fifty burning COILS
10 tha Scohlcr. he could neither eat Ior
Jwp. lie haunted the hospital until eve.y
attsrdant k.-w Inc little dried-r.isin face
ap6 7is- aull bead eyes, swollen how with
slnpascs,,e.s. lie haunted them like bad
cnnsriryre and he spent hours OF the night
Walking to and fro outside.
INSIDE poor Ziola lay with her legs IN
pl,st5 casts They would be seed, but
how she had suffered! She rav.G il her
fever. Sv,ctimes Al Leo and their hop:less
plight, Sometimes abe thought that She was
stAn9b,g on the stew Of the old P~tecto-
rate, looking down on the lovely vs)isy Of
the Quinnipiac- felt her long mushroom
sritr il her hand, She saw the white sails of
s.s oystw b,iats th- whirling Wings Of the
sea-guls, the smoke Of autumn foliage CT
the b-csst o' .lic Sleeping Giant, sad she.
fancicd tnat mushrooms were springing oai.
Of the red sandstone 81 the old quarry ARD.
turning into silver iollsrs to take her to her
loverl For may NOT true love even grow
mushroom out oi saa1stooe'
1t was long six weeks besors shey ,er
Salvador see her, Then she was propped lp
cn her pillows, very white and vefy pretiy.
By contast sa,ator, who was yacked b.
conscience booked more like evaposs;2t
fruit than ever. Ziola had been cryiag
abou. Leo They had just allowed her &,
have Ms lst,er with its old cry: Could she
oomef Could she get the money ios he
tic6e.' Shs mad TO money and the frost haG
Eleu ne mushrooms
Saiv@tor dropped on his knees and lad :
dizzy wad 0. bills en- the bed. "Ziola, Il:
sohbsi, Il am one big thief-send ms 10
js;l.'
2;o,S thought she had .he delirium aga,n
"'HS,at ails you, SalvatoF? Aseycu crazy
Then lie told ner brokenly the story OF the
advertisement and his sudden determine
t;oa 10 get ihe jewel from her and obtain the
reward himself He told her OF the Pile OF
hi;is. 0. the automobile and Of Jim Grady.
Hc kept nothing back; ne groveIled in bis
ansie:y to tell her all AL There were only
6fty collars lett
Z;o.a listened, amazement and incredulity
.. her face Then she snatched wildly at
.bc bills and counted them. Her fingers
trsniblcd; her look was strange Salvador
sank Ewer, his heart in his boots, SO
Il 80 to jail, ne said weakly, all resist
ance gene, and when come out III work
till r i get yop back the other fifty,
Zio]a.s
But Ziola was dssf; she had Just counted
the bills the sa:rJ time 'Nladonnal" she
murmurcd, lifting her cycs tnrard heaven
I've neea tco bad Of 10 yIk mucn
walled Salvato,, "hui en- gre y5u thres
dollars mole :s-you won't nskc it toe
hara. IL know IN thei, l,ut / -'
With suddc. wt.d csy l.osa threw he