Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-28
CHAPTER VII.
The Show. Down.


Garrison carelessly.
"All right" said Lund. "Win you do
that, Rainey? Now2" And Rainey
had fleeing fancy that the giant
winked one of his blind eyes at him,
though the black lenses were deceiv.
ing.
He went below Immediately and
raped on the door, a little surprised
to see the girl appear In the opening.
The drawn expression Of her face, the
strained faint smile with which she
greeted him, the hopeless look In her
eyes, startled him.
Il wanted to see your father" he
said In low voice.
She told him to enter.
He is In q stupor," she said. HE
has been that way since last night, fol-
lowing collapse. l can barely find
his pulse, but his breath shows on
this"
She produced small mirror, little
larger than dollar, and held it before
her fathers lips. When she took 1t
away Rainey saw a trace Of moisture.
"Carlsen cannot rouse him?" he
asked.
"Cannot-or will not" she answered
In voice that held hard quality for
all Its despondency.
Lately the doctor has seemed un-
certain. He talks Of perverted nerve
functions, and he has obtained q tre-
mendous influence over father.
you heard what he said when-the
night he tried to shoot you? You see,
/ am trusting you In all this Mr..
Rainey. l must trust some one. If
don't can't stand it. think shall
60 mad, sometimes. The doctor has
changed. 1t is as If he was a dual
personality-like Jekyll and Hyde
and now he is always Hyde. He said
last night that he could save father or
-or-that he would let father die.
told hiLl II was sheer murder! He
laughed. He said he would save him
for a price"
She stopped, and Rainey supplied
the gap. sure that he was right.
IF you would marry him?"
The girl nodded. Father will do
anything he tells him. i sometimes
think he tortures father and only re-
ueves him when father promises what
he wants. Otherwise could not un-
derstand. Last night father asked me
to do this thing. He told me he looked
upon the doctor as son, that 1t would
make him happy for me to marry him
now. That he would perform the
ceremony. That he did not think he
would live long and he wanted to see
me with protector.
ut was horrible. What shall dor"
Miss Simms," said Rainey, "your
father is not in his right mind or he
would see Carlsen as you do, as l do.
Carlsen's brain is turned with the lure
of the gold. If he marrles you, be.
what you will get from your father. II
cannot be right to do wrong thing.
No good could come from It, But
something may happen this morning
I cannot tell you what. do not know.
except that Lund is to face Carlson. It
may change matters"
"Lund." she said scornfully. "What
can he do? And he accused my father
OF deserving him. L"
A knock came at the door, and Il
started TO open. Carlsen entered.
"Ah," he said. n trust have not
disturbed you. had no idea | sl"NiA
iuIcrrrpt tctv..,.t". AT" ynn >"'.'.
fled as 10 ihc cNp1in'S condition, Mr..
Raincy?'
Rn,ncy went on G"rk. raging hui i'm
poter;. He todd Lund briefly of The
talk hc'wcrn Lin and Peggy SiininS,
and described III" general symptoms "i
the Skilpcr's strong" mHIahy. 1t was
nine o'clock, All huu- to the meeting.
lie went down tu his own ruum and
sat on the bunk, smoking, trying Il"
piece up the puzzle. If Carlson Was Il
potential murderer if he intended 20
let S!mns die. why siuuld he want 10
marry the girl? lie thought Ia" solved
that issue.
A. his wife Garrison would retain h"r
share. II h" gave her up, it would ="
into the common purse. But. If Ii" "N-
pected 10 trick III" men out IF II all,
that Wuuld lr unnecessary, I'lG hr
really love tie g.rl: or WIS hj> iu>t
for gold mingicG with II passion Tor
possession OF her: He might Know
that III, -lrl would Kill herself h"i"re
She would >Hluli, 10 disllunOr Ter
hapS he .u,.W ,lIc had tho means.
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