El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06

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under its influence slckened him. Say
Vile was not long in finding that out
Somewhere there was something.
Somewhere in Dougherty's life there
was a hidden wrong, real or fancied,
that was eating into the mans very
soul. that was arousng all of the re-
belliOuS obstinacy, all Of the uncon-
trollable fury, all of the smouldering
revolt of a passionate nature.
Yet there was no way Of finding 1t
out Two Fisted FRANK wore a mask
Of unfriendliness that was impenetra
bic. Through long association and the
opportunity of seeing the dire cOnse-
duences that followed one or two at
tempts to make light of his desire to
be left alone, the men had come to shun
him in all but the strictly business re
lations of the hangers and the work
about the field. They paid unquestion-
ing respect to his prowess with his
fists and his skill about machine, but
there their favorable attitude ended
and they learned to avoid him as much
as he avoided them.
His DRINKS were not Of the compan
ionable kind. He went away by him
self and the more he drank. the more
bitter grew his hatred OF his fellow
men and the more dangerous any move
toward companiOnship. They happened
regularly on his monthly leave when
he had leave. But as he did not wait
FOR official permission 10 leave the sta
tion but went without notice or au-
thority, the punishments melted out 10
him were so designed as to FORBID
freedom on the dates when it would
regularly nave been granted WITHOUT
asking.
Those who knew him best could fore
cast his sprees for two or three days
in advance When they were approach
ing, he had a habit of locking himself
in a hangar for hours at a time and
curious ones. listening at safe points,
had found that he spent this time IN
violent cursing, in feverish pacing up
and down the floor, in hurting about
anvthinp that came to hand and acting
like a man totally bereft Of his senses.
And one man, more patient than the
others swore that the fit he watched,
ended in a pitiful collapse OF the big
man upon the bench, and an outburst
OF passionate weeping that was SO
tragic as to lose all hint of the ludi-
These things Sayyille learned and
they served to convince him that his
suspicious were wei founded Some
where there was something wrong.
Somewhere Two Fisted Frank nursed
a secret that was rousing all the baser
instincts of his nature in protest
against his own unconquerable obsti-
macy in facing it,
His DRINKS became more and more
frequent and. with each his violence
became harder to curb. How he man
q aged to get away from the station, no
! one knew. Yet the messages continued
. to come from the distraught constable
/ at Edgewater Beach, appealing for
/ helm in handling a thirty-third degree
| demon who was wrecking the resort.
In desperation, the commandment H.
nalIv called into consultation the most
/ trusted of the nOn-coms and together
they perfected a system by which Two
Fisted Frank should be watched by
| someone every moment Of the night
/ and day.
1t worked for a week Then one
! afternoon Frank went into a hangar
! for some tools and the man assigned TO
/ watch him waited in vain for his reap
/ pearance. Investigation showed the en-