Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-06-25
FIRST lNSTkLLMENT
CHAPTER


Taking her lttle collecion q COY
p1pes from the desk With TIE Frivi-
leEe Of loag terEfe in o-zcs she walked
10 TIE Gesk of the city editor. Who. al
thcurh himself married -nEa- had a.
this tine without saocess tried to
lock a. tie WoTk before him and not
AZ TIE uiz 1gare q Kitty Gray max
ing re8dy fer her lu1checn journey.
When Vill yoa deir 70 return.-
asked Re with a certain lapse In sour-
uAlisiie 6iE1iiy.
Whez ] have q bstfe- stoFy than
this guG-sz the ver1AcElA-.T
Kfsfy's fRvorite launching place Was
iz one a the great department stores.
where women we're made welcome R16
comfortable, and sAe beat tAither her
steps; b1i midway IN her Journey she
pA1sed. as often she cid. 20 gaze izio
TIE window q the little antique shop
which oocuFsed space In ole o. the
uziz rortRlt SIDE streets
Kitty Gray's eyes were arrested hy
something that she ssE-4n oosee;
vhsoh she cid Dot recall ever before
70 have noted IN The window II lay
close 70 tAe glass. .ust Tilted hack 50
that il might Re The better seen il
apparently Vas Al olo coin or part
ot o1s- cur5c1sly done n some dark
metal probably silver hzdly oxi6iDed
As Kitty bent down 10 sxSni1e i
more closely. she saw that The col.
t,Ore al inscription. OF Vhzt appeared
70 be such-zn Inscription broken
across sy TIE fracture Ehich had L.
vided the CON Itself
Her curiosity excited. Kitty GRAY
stsTpe5 TITO tie ttgle sao1. whose
proprietor she knew veTy well
Good morning Mr. Mzi1z she szSd
with TIE Customary newspaper in
Ts-sic1 Of TIE order q tie 6zy, -hou's
hasiness' Aay rev tA1s. i3lsls-
coins
Gems. Vet. sure. ! got sonesTag
rev tot Is olt choost t1nk q hin
he iss only = part q hinsslluf Should
show hin 10 youy
oh nay be saw IL in The window
sad Kitty. sinlinE -Yca mean the
hroks1 colny"
Sure Wait III ! got him
she took Up the r-sn aoE troz the
ease and some strange son q thrill
cane over her zs she did 50. SIZE
could aoi tel Why What v1s iis zss-
sage hAlti1E- broksa. Incomplete.
Did il bold a sto-ys What WAE the
EturTt
-lts odd. isat NJ said ste. and
laid Il down again ozrelessly-Eith
czrslessnsss wen feiE,ea. .o- kitty
Gray had honEhi antiques before DOW.
and knew vel enough when 10 sup
press interest
: -O5is ] should say II vas ooi-- re
soizsd The cd dealer Kitty had PICKED
- Al inlAio rsoihsr a pearl fan ard
Was srudio1sly sxAzi1inE that noE-
How EEch.- ASKED shs. holding up
the fan.
For The sroksa coia.-
No the tEa--
! rzzt tEelf tcIla- tor Aiz-
For TIE coin
NO. for the fan FCr Tire ooi,-vzs
yoa Eif ae.-
WY. whzi earthly use would
hare fu- 3 broken Eleoa ot metal Ike
hat DIR. MEi1Ef-
~Gif ne for ths fa1 slersl 5ollzT.
md ! make you a present q The
hTuksn coin anyway
Eitry GrzF's heart EzFs . s1ddea IT.
ls .uDp she WCGld hare giveu tWiee
sleraa dollars for ire coin itssi. bu1
shs made q good prels1ss-
EsFsl dcllsrE is a good deal ot
rnc1sF.~ SAID sts i wuuld have 70
20 u1thc-f lunch for Quile 8 EAlleT
-Tol are & Ecos sIcgT- Mlss Cray
sad TIE ca dealer. i dzlk Fcl FerF
Dooch- should Nrzp tbs4a upg
The fzn-Fes- Let ne see the coin
again She pnshed across The ecuntsr
almost The Easg q tke tightly foi5ed
tllls In hsr purse
Read the inscripdicz for ne, ard
knock o9 Two tOllzrs from the fan
Ezi6 MzinE -'VUi is IL II Is .1t Cher
Kan. n is rot Frza1oesiseh. j. Is not
English Is= al those Bus could
not read airn--
Kitty held before her the euTiOEE
ohseet- 4 slight froEa yueksrlng her
broWs
Wei. ron see s8iS she II Is
broken night across On the raght hz.d
side-4ln0si a third O. the writing -
gone Il EzFs something about look
ing for something under the 1ooT. IN
der the pavement Of some Place of
torture or tornSDt~
-Und vO9 neKts-
-Tkes11r-shzt words hroken
across. but Il mast mean -theERurls'
that means a oOllecliOn'--A 'cOllec-
ton of value don't FO1 kDowf
The next nne is one word. it'E al
there-'Regis. she vent On That's
plain Rex'-resis'-it means Kings
or of the king The kings treasures
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