Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-05-28

Tiu You sh
Hes been unconscious an the
tine. Quest reminded her
Might have expected 70 find Us
there when he came 20. anyway.
I Laura insisted
Lenora smiled family as she caught
Stance from Quest
~LAura's got heart somewhere.
she muttered. only it takes an awful
lot Of getting at"
They found French. already conva-
lescent comfortably installed IN the
/ private ward OF a small hospital In the
! picturesque New Mexico town Laura
almost az once established herself by
I his side.
can you remember anything about
the wreck, Frenoh?" Quest inquired
The inspector passed his hand
wearily over his forehead.
1t seems more Ike q dreamer
7 rather a nightmare-thau anything. r.
he admitted. Il was sitting opposite
I Craig when the crash came. I was
/ unconscious for time When | came
20. was simply pinned down by the
side Of the car. / could see a man
I working hard 20 release me. tuEgine
and straining with all his might Every
T now and then got a glimpse OF his
face. II seemed queer. but ! could
have sworn IL was Craig. Then other
I people passed by. / heard the shrek
1 OF a locomotive. ! could see q doctor
1 bending over some bodies. Then u
all faded away and came back again
/ The second time ! was nearly free
/ The man who had been working 50
hard was Just smashing the last bit
/ Of timber away. and again saw his
I face and that time ! vas sure that 4
was Craig Anyway. be finished the
Job. suddenly felt could move my
limbs The man stood up as though
I exhausted. looked al me. called 70 the
I doctor. and then he seemed 20 fade
away Il might have been because I
was unconscious myself. for ! don't
/ remember ANYTHING else until I found
myself in bed"
II would indeed The professor re
J marked be an interesting oircum.
staoce-an interesting psychological
! circumstance. Il ! might put il that
Vay-if Craig. the arch-cr.minal. the
man who has seemed 10 Us 50 utterly
I devoid of al human feeling should
Z really have toiled in this manner to
set free his oaDtor."
Interesting or not" Quest Oh.
served, Ia ike 20 know whether II
was Craig OF not understand there
i were about a dozen unrecOgnizable
! bodies found.
The nurse, who had left the room
I for a few minutes. returned with a
small package in her hand, which she
handed 10 French. He looked at Il IN
q puzzled manner
say. what can that be- he nut.
tered turning IL over Addressed -
ne all right. bat there isn't a soul
( knows I'm here except you folks. Wll
! you open il. Miss Laura?T
She took Il from him and united the
I strings A little hreathless CRY es
{ cape1 FROM her lips a. she tore opCl
+ the paper A small black box was dis,
closed she opened the lid with trem,
/ bling fingers and drew out a scrap OF
I paper They all leaned over and read
/ together
You have all lost again. Why nc;
give up7 You can never ~in.
THE HANDS,
Lencra was perhaps the calrlest
/ she simply nodded with the me.an
choly air OF satisfaction OF one who
dncs her preoonceived ideas con
! armed.
q knew it, she exclaimed softly
- knew Il al the depot Craigs tins
has not come yet He may De some
where near US. sven nov
she glanced uneasily around the
ward Quest who had been exsriin,
ing the postmarks on the package,
threw the paper down.
The postmarks all blurred out,
he remarked There's no doubt abou,
II. that fellow Craig has the devils
own luck. but we'll get him-well get
him yet III just take a stroll up 70
police headquarters and make a few
inquiries You might come with me
Lenora. and Laura can get busy with
her amateur nursing"
I shall make inquiries" the profes-
sor announced briskly. concerning
the local museum There should be
interesting relics hereabOuts OF the
prehistoric Indians"
CHAPTER XVII.