The Springdale news., 1915-11-12
CHAPTER XxxVfii. To Be Near Her Love.

S %T AM MOI Il ls a IaWleSS com s@A munity, and Peter Hun, the
 M den keeper k one of its most
 laWlcss arbiters. But he has fhe -a'abler.s temperament The de strGeuoa of his gambling hall is the adverse turn Of card to him, The diamond from the sky since Durand aa~ taia him of it now tiits rhe mind of Peter Hun
 Jont neepers luck he calls II. 'I.asF come and easy go. In gamble tnr a fortune, ill a plag for a stake "prla Aatf a million, lose a dump tofta five thousand. rf he odds were "3rth II eFe; ID lose.9 says Mir fluff Then Ha tafu~ Q the Idtc iasurgeut in. mat ot hts dcH ana saES gradiy, Well. Lln. .soa pa4ied d hlte bohe for yoQs boss Whci you started this scrap over r,4r young lady friend tAere,-
 Here I.ete looked kee4Iz mto the Winic tace of the faiutiue Esther Pete Ha, not altogether lost To the higher uuMaIities "Why. shes only kid, 1r ~sId and shes all ia Take her to your place and fix her uB We've sent for lhe doctor. We'll need the cor. oIef. teo=and the undertaken" lie added
 T am | doctor said DQrand. who had been stooping over Arthur and turuStins aside several of the rough group who had gathered around the stretehef- There are other people to help besides this one, remarked Du. rand to these. Hustle I'll take care Di Alr Powell"
 You think he'll liye:7 asked uuf Are you really doctorta
 lie is badly injured internally" re piled Durand Several ribs are bro- ken and oae of his arms He should be tahtn ta Il hospital ;ts think all operation is necessary les, 1 am a doctor. have d Heidelberg degree to prove it. but you must excuse me if haven't t With me to clear up your doubts.
 ''Oh. don De sore II me. retorted Mir Huff@..I don't care whether you're q h0sa doctor human doctor or no doctor But as Mir Powell. death may mean the stopping of these works you nSe your own judgment as tp whether Me will try to take care Of him here CT get tim to Los Angeles You had better attend To him. aud Fl stick around here and search every body, lir- ing or dead. and dig ih those ruins when they're cool enough for that big stone you sav is called the diamond from the sky. Don't worry about me I'll be on the square
 Of course you'n be on tht square, replied Dafahd testify How could you dispose Of il without getting into the penitentiary unless you handed it over to me If you find IT. Don't worry about being square with me Worry about me being square with yoa"'
 And thas.= having thoroughly subio- gated Peter Huff, Durand turned to minister te tue uneeHsfteHs Arthur again
 II was ao idle boast of burand $ that he was physician and tue p0SsesSor of a Heidelberg degree His skill had been marked in his profession. and had he chosen to devote himself to 1t Du rand would have been famous both as T physician and a surgeon Mixed in several scandals. he had been forced 10 hy from New York, Paris and Nien na. Bnt of recent years he had wholly abandoned the dealing in illicit drugs for the more exciting and desperate profession Of international gem crook sensational success in this line having secured for him the pseudonym Of the king of diamonds "
 Arthur was badly injured, how bad ly Durand had surmised at his first su perticial examination But Duraud had also snrmised that his patients youth and strong constitution would enable him to stand Il hurried iourhey to Los Angeles ere the reaction from shock set i'll. Then, too. daring scheme was already formulating in