The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-10-27

their way back to the show. Young
Lund was taken at once to a hospital,
where the discovery was made that
the bullet from the revolver Of Chock-
ro's henchman had made only a slight
wound. He quickly recovered under
treatment and was able to leave the
hospital the next morning.
Mrs. Lund was in a highly excited
and nervous state when Chockro called
upon her the. morning after his failure
to dispose Of Peg In the Mexican's
shack. The woman saw him only for
moment after he had been admitted
by the maid.
You must come back again." said
Mrs. Lund. II 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 I'M
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
son had consulted with the best physi-
clans on the coast, with but one ex-
preston Of opinion prevailing-Doc-
tor Lund's death was question only
of weeks.
1t 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.
It's 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 a small vial upon the floor.
Doctor Lund was attracted by the
incident and watched her closely, as
she recovered the bottle and began
dropping a 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.
Not content 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-
sumed 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.
Stifled 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 ear against his heart.
Doctor Lund was dead. There was
a 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
rect her eyes steeled to look Of re-
lentless hate, and dragged the body
around until 1t was lying fat upon the
floor.
Proceeding as complacently as
lHouSu she were alone In the room,
the heartless woman 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 wns
will Of the dead mil
lionaire.
In nervous haste she scanned its
The mercenary woman's
fears had been justified Doctor Lund
had left all OF his wealth, save only
enough for Mrs. Lund to satisfy the
law concerning the Widows share, to
his only child" And Mrs. Lund was
aware that La Belle lie Sieur's letter
would speedily establish Peg o. the
Ring as the legal claimant for the
Lund millions.
Leaving her husbands body as she
had arranged 1t upon the floor. Mrs.
Lund, attracted by the sound Of voices
In another room, FASTENED to investi-
gate. Young Lund, accompanied by
Peg and Flip had come to the Lund
hnna RI