The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-11-16
CHAPTER kxxvili.
To Be Near Her Love.


den keeper, is one of its most
lawless arbiters. But he has
the gamblers temperament. The de-
struction of his gambling hall Is the
adverse turn of a card to him. The
diamond from the sky, since Durand
has told him of it. now fills the mind
OF Peter HUFF.
Joint Keepers luck" he calls it.
Easy come and easy go! In gamble
for fortune, in play for stake
worth half Il million, l lose dump
worth five thousand. The odds were
worth it even to lose!" says Mr.. Hut.
Then he turns to the late insurgent In
mate Of his den and says grutfiy, We'll,
EN-, you pulled fine bone for your
boss when you started this scrap over
your young lady friend there
Here Pete looked keenly into the
white face of the fainting Esther. Pete
was not altogether lost to the higher
humanities. why, she's only kid"
he said, and she's all in. Take her
to your place and fix her up. We've
sent for the doctor. Well need the cor.
oner, toO-and the undertaken" he
added
Il am DOCTOR said Durand, who
had been STOPPING over Arthur and
thrusting aside several of the rough
group who had gathered around the
stretcher. There are other people to
help besides this one,' remarked Du-
rand to these. Hustle; I'll take care
of Mr.. Powell"
You think he'll live?" asked Huff.
Are you really doctor?"
He is badly injured internally" re-
Piled Durand Several ribs are bro
ken and one of his arms. He should
be taken to hospital, as | think an
operation is necessary. Yes, l am
| doctor | have a Heidelberg degree to
prove it, but you must excuse me il l
haven't it with me to clear up your
| doubts"
"Oh. don't be sore at me" retorted
Mr.. HUFF. II don't care whether you're
Il boss doctor. a human doctor or no
| doctor. But as Mr.. Powells death may
mean the stopping of these works you
use your own judgment as to whether
| we will try to take care of him here
or get him to Los Angeles. You had
better attend to him. and III stick
| around here and search everybody, liv-
| ing or dead. and dig in those ruins
| when they're cool enough for that big
| stone you say is called the diamond
from the sky. Don't worry about me-
| I'll be on the square.
''Of course you'll be on the square, =
replied Durand testify. How could
you dispose of it without getting into
| the penitentiary unless you handed it
over to me il you find it? Don't worry
about being square with me. Worry
about me being square with you
And thus, having thoroughly subju-
| gated Peter Huff, Durand turned to
minister to the unconscious Arthur
| again.
| 1t was no idle boast of Durand's that
| he was Il physician and the possessor
OF Heidelberg degree. His skill had
| been marked in his profession. and had
he chosen to devote himself to it Du-
rand would have been famous both as
a physician and a surgeon. Mixed In
| several scandals, he had been forced
to fly from New York. Paris and Wen
ma. But 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 SUI
perticial examination. But Durand
had also surmised that his patients
youth and strong constitution would
enable him to stand Il hurried journey
to Los Angeles ere the reaction from
shock set in. Then. too. daring
scheme was already formulating in