Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-06-04


Craig nodded gratefully.
"Au the same" he said. rear matt
must go"
The professor coughed,
Il am sure. Craig" be deolareu''
chat YOU have decided wisely
Craig looked gloomily away.
There Is nothing else for me 70.
40 he said. THE child must be met
ana looked after. Besides. am SICK
Of Il all. You may as wen know the
truth"
why not nOwf" Quest suggested
softly.
In New York." Craig replied and
not before"
Quest and the professor exchanged
meaning glances.
Very we'll" the former decided
turning away: "in week from TO-DAY
Craig. shall expect you to report at
the professors house"
They left the room together. Long
Jim fingered by Craig's side
Those guys have been soaring you
some. 1 guess he remarked. FOR
get EN-. cookie. They cant touch you
here. or course. II YOU so TO New
York sits your own show.
Il know that" Craig replied gloom
iiy
one OF the girls passed her arm
through Long Jim's.
I "fust one dance she whispered.
He hesitated. looking out OF the
window. Then he shrugged his shoul-
ders
/ I'm tired Of those guys he re-
marked to Craig. with a grin. Guess
| I'll stay here for a Bit
/ Craig was left alone for few min
utes. Suddenly Marta glided in and
sat by his side. Her eyes were Hash
| ing with anger.
you know what they said, those
two. as they passed out?" she whis-
pered. hoarsely Il heard them.
I They are going to board the $3.50
I train tomorrow morning. The dark
man turned and said TO the other;
] III he is not on that, Wen wait till we
/ find him. Once We get him In New
| York. he's our man.
A little exclamation OF anger broke
from Craigs lips. The girl caught at
his arm.
Don't 60" she begged. Don't go.
There are plenty OF places near here
where you can hide. where we could
go together and live quite simply. I'd
work for you. Take me away from
this. somewhere over the hills Don't
go to New York They are cruel, those
men They are hunting you'll can
see 1t in their faces
, Craig shook his head sadly.
Little girl" he said, Il should like
to go with you along that valley and,
over the hills and forget that I had
ever lived in any other world. But
/ can't do it. There's a child there,
now, on the ocean, nearer to New
York every day, my sisters own clsld
and no one to meet her. And-there
are the other things. | have sinned
and must pay. My Cod"
/ The room suddenly rang with Mar
tas shrek. Through the open win
dow by which they were sitting. an
arm wrapped in a serape had suddenly
hovered over them. Craig, in starting
back, had Just escaped the downward
blow OF the knife. which had buried
itself in Marta's arm. She fell back.
screaming.
Its Josef" she cried. "The brute!t
The beastl"
Craig swung to his feet, furious.
Long Jim, cursing fiercely, drew his
gun. At that moment the door Of the
saloon was thrown open. Jose came
reeling in. his serape over his shoul-i
der a drunken grin on his face. He.
staggered towards them.
Jose, you beastl" the girl called
out and fell back, fainting.
There was the sound OF a revolver
shot and Jose reeled backwards and
fell with a cry across the sanded floor.
Jim thrust his smoking gun into this
belt and caught Craig by the arm.
Say, we'd better get out OF this,
cookie!" he muttered.
They hustled out Apparently Jose
was unpopular, for everyone seemed
only anxious to have them clear away.
'Tll get you into the camp quietly
Long Jim muttered. You'll be safer
there for the night. Then you can
make that $50 in the morning"
Lenora. with her bed dragged to
the opening OF the tent greeted the
litt!i party, on their return, eagerly.
Guess at once came and sat by her
side.
Where's Laura" he asked. "and the
Inspector"
She smiled and pointed TO the ris-
ing ground behind them In the faint
moonlight two forms were just visi-
BILE.
Quest smiled.
French has got it bad" he de-
clared, almost as badly as / have,
Lenora."
She laughed at him. Her face was