The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-11-17
Copyright 1915 BY hs Aatnsn


Lund was taken at once to Il HOSPITAL
where the discovery was made t!al
the bullet from the revolver Of Chock.
rO's henchman had made only a Sigh,
wound. He quickly recovered under
treatment and was able to leave tn,
hospital the next morning.
Mrs. Lund was In a highly excited
and nervous state when Chochro called
upon her the morning after his failure
to dispose of Peg in the Mexican's
shack. The mn saw him only for
q moment after he had been admitted
by the maid.
you must ONE back again" said
Mrs. Lund. Il cannot take the time
now to talk with you, for Doctor Lund
Is very low and l must be at his bed
side. At any moment he may be so
weakened by his heart attacks that
his death may be easily fastened. Go
now, and come back later"
Utterly heartless, to begin with,
Mrs. Lund's avarice had entirely un-
settled her judgment. She had so
many times been thwarted in her main
purpose to be rid Of Peg through
Chockro's endeavors, that she decided
the time was approaching for her to
do something herself to speed the is
sue and bring matters to a definite
climax.
Ever since his arrival in California
Doctor Lund had steadily failed. His
o had consulted with the best physl-
clans on the coast, with but n ex-
preston Of opinion prevailing-Doc-
tor Lund's death was q question only
Of weeks.
It was not known. however. that
Mrs. Lund was fastening the end. by
administering drugs Of a nature to
further weaken his heart action. At
the time Chockro had called upon her
that morning, she had been interrupt
ed In the very act Of drugging her
husbands medicine. And when the
Hindu had departed, the woman has
tened to Doctor Lund's bedside.
ITS time to take your medicine, my
dear" said the heartless woman. Doc
tor Lund's suspicious had long before
been aroused, but the woman had
previously been careful to avoid de-
lection. This time, through either
nervousness or excitement, she
dropped q small vial upon the door.
Doctor Lund was attracted by the
incident and watched her closely, rs
she recovered the bottle and began
dropping q part OF Its contents into
the medicine that had been prescribed
to be given regularly to the afflicted
man.
When Mrs. Lund brought the glass
containing the potion to her husbands
bedside, Doctor Lund struck 1t from
her hand, at the same time struggling
to his feet and graphing with the
woman. He flung her against the
wall, where she cringed under the vi
~tuperations her husband heaped upon
her.
mot confer. with trying to ruin
me by your extravaganza, you would
poison me-" said the man. pointing an
accusing finger. II have known your
black heart for years, but l never pre-
sumcd you would try to murder me-
The weak old man supported him
self by grasping the brass rail that
formed the end Of his bed. His sud
den exertion aggravated his heart
trouble and when he again lunged for
word to grapple with his wife, his
strength abruptly failed him.
Stiled by the violent pain In his
heart. Doctor Lund wavered for an In
slant, clutched with both hands at his
throat as II by this means to secure
his breath, and then crumpled In a
heap upon the floor. The woman
turned him over on his back, and lis
tened with her q against his heart.
Doctor Lund was dead. There was
q cold smile Of satisfaction on the
woman's face as she knelt there for
an instant beside the body Of her hus-
band. Then Mrs. Lund rose to her
feet. her eyes steeled to a look OF re-
lentless hate, and dragged the body
around until It was lying dat upon the
door.
Proceeding as compfacently as
though she wcre alone In the room,
the heartless oma began a search
Of her late husbands belongings. Fin
ally after opening several drawers and
looking into various bags and bun
dies Of papers. Mrs. Lund discovered
the document for which she was
searching-ths will Of the dead mii-
lionaire.
In nervous haste she scanned its
contents. The mercenary woman's
fears had been Justified. Doctor Lund
had left Ill Of his wealth, save only
enough for Nrs. Lund to satisfy the
law concerning the widows share, to
his only child" And Mrs. Lund was
aware that La Belle L. Sieur's letter
would speedily establish Peg O. the
Ring a. the legal claimant for the
Lund millions.
Leaving her husbands body rs she
had arranged It upon the door, Mrs.
Lund. attracted BY the sound Of voices
in another room. fastened to ~investi-
gate. Young Lund, accompanied by
Peg and Flip had u to the Lund
homo to accuse the woman and ex-
pose her In the presence Of her hus-