Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-01

munity. and Peter HUI. ia
IN den keeper. Is u OF it> D>st
lawless arbiters. But he Las
he gamblers temperament The de
sfruction or his gambling hall j. the
adverse turn Of a card 10 him. The
Diamond from the sky. since Durani
has told him or ID. now ills the mind
Of Peter HUI.
joint keepers lnck~ he calls IL,
Easy come and easy 70. III a gamble
for a fortune. III a play for 4 stake
worth half a million. | lose a dumn
worth five thousand. The odds We're
worth IL even 10 lose says Mr.. HUI
Then he turns 10 the late insurgenl In.
mate 81 his den ami says gFuIiy. "Ne.a.
Fan. y0u pulled i the bone for your
boss when you started this scrap over
your young lady friend tAere.
Here Pete looked keenly into the
white face Of the fainIing Esther. Pete
MAS not altogether lost 10 the higher
T-iuinaniJies. Why. shes only a sid.
hc said. and shes al ia Take her
IL your place ami Tx her III. We've
sent Tor the doctor. Wen need the or
ouer. too-and the undertaken. If
added.
Il am a Doctor. said DHrand. who
had bten stOolin. Oye Arthur ami
thruSting aside several If the rough
-rrup who had gathered around the
s~trttlher. There are other people 10
help besides this one remarked Du-
rand 10 these. Hustle; Ill take care
Ui Mr.. Powell"
You think he'll live:" asked HUFF.
Are you really A doctor:"
lie Is badly injured internally" re
piled Durand. Several ribs are bro
ken and one Of his arms. lie should
be taken To a hospital. as | think an
operation il necessary. Yes. | am a
doctor. | have a Heidelberg degree Ia
prove il. hut yor must excus me If |
haven't ii with ms 10 clear ~ your
doubts"
"Oh. don't Nc sore ut me- retortcd
Mr.. IIuff. Il don't care whether you're
a boss doctor. a human doctor ~ no
doctor. But ms Mr.. PoWe.l'S death may
mean the stopping If these works YOU
use your " judgment a "a whether
we will try To take care Of him here
pr get him III Los Angeles. You had
better attend to him. and III stick
around here and search everybody. liv-
ing or dead. and dig IN those ruins
when they re COO enough for that biz
stone you say i called the diamond
\ F.a.,, st-. H. IAA,s x-nrr- nLAKs tza.
Illbc ~ the square"
'Of course you1l he on the square. 70
replied Durand testify. How could
you dispose Of II without gettin: into
the penitentiary unless you handed il
over 10 me if you find il? Don't worry
about being square with me. Worry
about me being square with YOU.
And thus. having thoroughly Subju-
gated Peter Hun. Dnrand turned To
minister 10 the unconscious Arthur
again.
II was no idle boast Of nurand'> that
he was n physician and the possessor
of "a Heidelberg degree. Ills skill had
hccn marked in his profession. aud had
he chosen To devote himself TO IL Du
rand would have beer famous both as
a physician ami a surgeon. Mixed in
several scandals. he had been forced
10 fly from New York. Paris ana Wen
na. But Of recent years he had wholly
abandoned the dealing IN Illicit drugs
for the more exciting and desperate
profession Of International gem crook.
sensational success In this line having
secured for him the pseudonym of the
king Of diamonds"
Arthur VAS badly injured. 10Y bad
ly Durand bad SurmiSed ~ his first ~
pcrficial examination. But Durand
had also surmised that his patients
youth and strong constitution would
enable him 70 stand a hurried journey
10 Los Angeles ere the reaction FROM
shock SGT in. Then. too. n daring
scheme was already formulating w