Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-25

Tiles been unconscious all tire
time Quest reminded her.
might have expected to find us
there when he came to, anyway"
Laura insisted.
Lenora smiled family as she caught
Q glance from Quest.
"Laura's got a heart somewhere
she muttered, "only it takes an awful
lot Of getting att"
They found French, already conva.
lescent. comfortably installed in the
private ward Of a small hospital in the
picturesque New Mexico town. Laura
almost at once established herself by
his side. .
Can you remember anything about
the wreck, French" Quest inquired.
The inspector passed his hand
YEARLY owe his forehead.
TT seems more like a dreamer
rather a nightmare-than anything"
he admitted. II was sitting opposite
Craig when the crash came. | was
unconscious for a time. When | came
to, l was simply pinned down by the
side Of the car. ! could see a man
working hard to release me, tugsins
and straining with all his might. Every
now and then I got a glimpse of his
face. It seemed queer, but | could
have sworn it was Craig. Then other
people passed by. | heard the shrek
of a locomotive. I could see a doctor
bending over some bodies. Then it
all faded away and came back again.
The second time l was nearly free.
The man who had been working so
hard was just smashing the last bit
of timber away, and again l saw his
face and that time | was sure that it
was Craig. Anyway, he finished the
job. l suddenly felt l could move my
limbs. The man stood up as though
exhausted, looked at me, called to the
doctor, and then he seemed to fade
away. 1t might have been because
was unconscious myself, for | don't
remember anything else until l found
myself in bed"
1T would indeed" the professor re
marked, "be an interesting circum.
stance-an interesting psychological
circumstance, If might put it that
way--if Craig, the arch-crim:nal, the
man who has seemed to us SO utterly
devoid Of all human feeling, should
really have toiled in this manner to
set free his captor." ,
Interesting or not" Quest oh.
served, I'D like to know whether 1t
was Craig or not. ! understand there
were about a dozen unrecognizable
bodies found
The nurse, who had left the room
for a few minutes, returned with a
small package in her hand, which she
handed to French. He looked at it in
a puzzled name
. Say, what can that be-" he NUT
tered, turning it over. Addressed to
me all right. but there isn't a soul
knows I'm here except you folks viii
you open it, Miss Laura?"
She took. it from him amounted the
strings. A little GREATNESS cry es-
capped from her lips as She tore open
the paper A small black box was dis
closed. She opened the lid with trem!
bling fingers and drew out a scrap Of
paper aTheycall leaned over and read
together Il! in9I&5 TloE 9:lj1a'DA
-, You haYe. ali. lost AGAIN. ,Why. not
GIVE up? You can win. -
=. wf3a ag" 1.-THE HANDS,"
Lenora was perhaps the calmest
She simply nodded with the melan.
choly air OF satisfaction of n who
finds her preconceiyed ideas cop
tirmed. q ~ MIN hsg gga--. +
Il knew it," she exclaimed softly.
"T knew it at the depot. Craig's time
has not come yet. He may be some
where near us, even now" ~,
She glanced u~neasily around the
ward. Quest, who had been exa.nin-