TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1915.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE TWO
1
EJPhlps
SHowh'at the Arcade theatre on
5 Wednesdays'
. CHAPTER IV. -
There seemed to be nothing at all
original In the methods pursued by
the great criminologist when con
fronted with this tableau of death and
robbery. His remarks to the inspec
tor were few and perfunctory. ' He
ashed only a few languid questions of
Macdougal and Lenora, who were
summoned to his presence.
Macdougal then turned to leave the
room. , Lenora was about to follow,
but Quest signed to her to remain.
"I should like to have a little con
versation with you about your mis
tress." he said to her pleasantly. "If
you don't mind. I will ask you to a
company me in my car., I will send
the man back with you."
They descended in the lift together
- and Quest handed the girl into his car.
They drove quickly through the silent
streets.
In a few minutes Lenora was In
stalled In an easy chair in Quest's sitting-room.
"Lean back arid mako yourself com
fortable," Quest Invited, as he took a
chair opposite to her. "I must just
look through these papers."
The girl did as she was told. She
opened her coat. The room was de
IlKhtfullv warm, almost overheated. A
sense of rest crept over her. She was
conscious that Quest had laid down
the letters which he had been pre
tending to read. His eyes were fixed
upon her. Them was a queer new
look In them, 'a strange new feeling
creeping through her veins.
Quest's voice broke an unnatural
Hence.
' "You are anxious to telephone some
one," he said. "You looked at both
the booths as we came through the
hotel. Then you remembered, I think,
that he would not be there yet. Tele
phone now. The telephone is at your
right hand. . You know the number."
She obeyed almost at once.
"Number 700, New York, city."
"You will ask," Quest continued,
"whether he Is all right whether the
jewels are safe."
There was a brief silence then the
girl's voice. j
"Are you there, James? . . . Yes,
I am Lenora. Are you sate? Have
you the jewels? ... Where? . . .
You are sure that you- aro safe? . . .
No, nothing fresh has happened."
. "You are at the hotel," Quest snld
softly. "You are going to him."
- "I cannot sleep," she continued. "I
am coming to you."
She set down the receiver. . Quest
leaned a little more closely over her.
. "You know where the jewels are
hidden," he said. "Tell me where?"
Her Hps quivered. She made no an
swer. "Verji good," Quest concluded. "You
need not tell me. Only remember this:
At nine o'clock tomorrow morning you
will bring those Jewels to this apart
ment. . . . Rest quietly now. I
want you to go to sleep."
. She obeyed without hesitation.
Quest watched, for a moment, her
regular breathing. Then he touched
a bell by his Bide. Laura entered al
most at once. ,
Together Ihey carried the slopping
Kir' out of the room into a larger
apartment. A single electric light was
burning on the 'op of a square'mirro,
fixed upon an easel. Towards tW
they carried tho girl and loid her In at
easy chair almost opposite to It.
. "The battery is Just on the icft,'''
Laura whispered. '
Quest nodded.
, . "Give me the bond."
She turned away for a moment and
disappeared In the shadows. When
she returned, sho carried a curved
band of flexible steel. Quest took It
from her, attached It by means of a
coll ol wire to the battery, and with
firm, soft fingers slipped It on to
Lenora's forehead. Then he Btcpped
' back.
"She's a ' subject, Laura I'm sure
of it! Now for our great experiment!" i
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They watched Lenora Intently.
"Lenora," Quest said, slowly and
firmly, "your mind is full of one sub
ject. You see your mistress in her
chair by the fireside. She is toying
with her diamonds. Look again. She
lies there dead! Who was it entered
the room, Lenora? Look! Look!
Gaze Into that mirror. What do you
see there?" .
. The girl's eyes bad opened. They
were fixed now upon the mirror dis
tended, full of unholy things.
"Try harder, Lenora," he muttered,
his own breath laboring. "It is there
in your brain! Look!" . ' .
For a single second the smooth sur
face of the mirror was obscured. A
room crept dimly like a picture into
being, a fire upon the hearth, a girl
leaning back in her chair. A door
in the background opened. A man
stole out. He crept nearer to tho girl
his eyes fixed upon the diamonds, a
thin, silken cord twisted round his
wrist. Suddenly she saw him too
late! His hand was upon her lips,
his face seemed to stmt almost from
the mirror then blackness! -. . . j
Lenora opened her eyes. She was -
still In the easy-chair before the fire, .
"Mr. Quest!" she faltered. .
He looked up from some letters
which he had been studying.
"I am so sorry," he said politely. "1
really had forgotten that you were
here: But you know that you have
been to sleep?"
"Can I go now?" she asked.
"Certainly," Quest replied. "To tell
you the truth, I find that I shall not
need to ask you those questions, after
all. A messenger from the police sta
tion has been here. He says they
have come to the conclusion- that a
very well-known gang of New York
criminals are in this thing. We know
how to track them down all right." -
"I may go now, then?" she repeated,
with immense relief.
Quest escorted the girl downstairs,
opened the front door, blew his whis
tle and his car pulled up at the door'.
. "Take this young lady," he ordered,
"wherever she wishes. Good-night!"
The girl drove off. Quest watched
the car disappear around the corner.
Then he turned slowly and made prep
arations for his adventure. ...
"Number 700, New York," he mut
tered, hulf an hour later, as he left
his house. "Heyond Fourteenth street
a lough neighborhood."
He hesitated for a moment, feeling
the articles In his overcoat pocket a
revolver in one, a Bmall piece of hard
substance In the other. Then he
stepped into his car, which bad just
returned. I
' "Where did you leave the young j
lady?" he' asked the chauffeur.
"In Broadway, Blr. She left me and '
boarded a cross-town car."
Quest nodded approvingly.
"No finesse," he sighed.
CHAPTER V.
Sanford Quest was naturally a per
son unaffected by presentiments or
nervous fears of any sort, yet, having
advanced a couple of yards along the
hallway of the house which .he hafl
just entered without difficulty, he came
to a standstill, oppressed with the
sense of impending danger, -
"Anyono here?" he asked, raising
his voice.
There was no direct response, yet
from somewhere upstairs he heard the
half-smothered cry of a woman. He
gripped his revolver in his fingers. He
took a quick step forward. The floor
gave wav beneath him. Ho was full
ing into blackness. . . ,
The fall Itself was scarcely a dozen
foot. He picked himself up, his shoul
der bruised, his head swimming a lit
tle. Suddenly n gleam ol light shone
down. A trap-door above his head
was slid a few inches back. The flare
ol an electric torch shone upon his
face, a man's voice addressed him.
"Not the great Sanford Quest? This
rurely cannot be the greatest detec-
THE VERY BEST PLANS
will not result in a good house
it the quality of the needed lum
ber is neglected. - Flooring for '
instance should be selected with
special care. If we have the or
der you'll get flooring that will ,
match perfectly, iwll not warp
or shrink and will wear for
years.
tlve In the world walking to easily 1-
to the splder'a web!" '--
"Any chance ot getting out?" Quest
asked laconically. r. . A
"None!";, waa the bitter reply.
"You've done enough mischief. You're
there to rot!" - a
"Why this animus against me, my
friend Macdougal?" Quest demanded.
"You and I have never - come up
against one another before. 1 didn't
like the life -you led in New York ten
yearB ago, or your friends, but you've
suffered nothing through me." '
.; "If 1 let you .go,", once more came
tire man's voice, "I know very well In
what chair I shall be sitting before ,
a mouth has passed, t am James Mac-1
dougal, Mr. Sanford Quest, and I have j
got the Ashlelgh diamonds, and I have
settled an old grudge, If riot of my own,
of one greater than you. .That's all.
A pleasant night to you!"
The door went down with a bang. .
."A perfect oubliette," he remarked
to himself, as he held a match over
his head a moment or two later, "built
for.the purpose. It must be the house
we failed to find which BUI Taylor
used to keep before he was shot
Smooth brick walls, smooth brick floor,
only exit twelve feet above one's head.
Human means, apparently, are useless..
Science, you have been my mistress all
my days. You must save my life now
or lose an earnest disciple."
Quest felt In hfs overcoat pocket
and drew out the small, hard pellet.
j He gripped it In his fingers, stood
I as nearly as possible underneath the
I spot from which he bad been project
ed, coolly swung his arm back, and
flung the ' black pebble against the
. sliding door. The explosion which fol
lowed shook the very ground under
his feet. For minutes afterwards
everything around him seemed to
reck. Then Sanford Quest emerged,
dusty but unhurt, and touched a con
stable on his arm.
"Arrest me," he ordered. "Iam San
ford Quest. I must be taken at once
to headquarters."
They found a cab without much dif
ficulty. It was five o'clock when they
reached the . central police station.
Inspector French happened to be just
going off duty. He recognized Quest
with a little exclamation.
"Got your man to bring me here,"
Quest explained "so as to get away
from the mob."
"Say, you've been in trouble!" the
Inspector remarked, leading the way
into his room.
"Bit of an explosion, that's all,"
Quest replied. "I shall be all right
when you've lent me a clothesbrush."
"The Ashlelgh diamonds, eh?", the
inspector asked eagerly.
"I shall have them at nine o'clock
this morning," Sanford Quest prom
ised, "and hand you over the mur
derer somewhere around midnight."
--".- -. -. ' i
Quest slept for a couple of hours,
had a bath and made a leisurely toilet.
At a quarter to nine he sat down to
breakfast in his rooms. -
"At nine o'clock," he told his serv
ant, "a young lady will call. Bring
her up." .
The door was suddenly opened. Le
nora walked in. Quest glanced In sur
prise at. the clock.
"My fault!" he exclaimed. "We are
slow. Good-morning, Miss Lenora!"
Sho came straight to the table. She
laid a little packet upon the table.
Quest opened it coolly.. The Ashlelgh
diamonds flashed up at him. He
led Lenora to a chair and rang a bell.
Prepare a bedroom upstairs," he
ordered. "Ask Miss Roche to come
here. ... Laura," he added, as his
secretary entered, "will you look after
this young lady?"
A few minutes later Inspector
French was -announced. Quest nodded
In a friendly manner.
"Some coffee. Inspector?"
"I'd rather have those diamonds!"
Quest threw them lightly across the
table.
The Inspector whistled.
"And now, French, will you be here,
please, at midnight, with three men,
armed?" -
"Here?" the Inspector repeated.
Quest nodded.
"Our friend." he said, "la going to
be mad enough to walk into hell,
even, when he finds out what . he
thinks has happened."
"It wasn't any ot. Jimmy's lot?"
Sanford Quest shook his head.
"French," he snld. "keep mum, but It
was the elderly family letainer, Mac
dougal, l reit . restless about him.
He has loBt the girl he was married
to hei, by the bye and the jewels.
No fear of his slipping away. 1 shall
have him here at the time I told
you." : ; V
"You've a way of your own of doing
these things, Mr. Quest," the Inspec
tor admitted grudgingly. '. ' .
"Mostly lucky," Quest replied. "Take
a cigar, and so long, Inspector. They
want me to talk to Chicago on an
other little piece of business." ....
It was a few minutes before mid
night when Quest parted the curtains
of a room on the ground floor of his
house in Georgia square and looked
out into the snow-white street Then
he turned around and addressed the
figure lying as though asleep upon the
sofa by the fire.
"Lenora," he said, "I am going out.
Stay here, If you please, until I re
turn." 5 i
He left the room. For a few mo
ments there was a profound silence.
Then a white face was pressed against
the window. There was a crash of
glass. A man covered with snow
sprang Into the apartment. He moved
swiftly to the sofa, and something
black and ugly swayed in his hand.
"So vou've deceived me, have you?"
he panted. "Handed over the Jewels,
chucked me, and given me the double
cross!- Anything to aayT" .-;
. Macdougal leaned forward, his
white face distorted with passion. The
life-preserver bent and quivered be
hind him, out the air with a swish
and crashed full upon the head.
The man staggered back. The
weapon fell from his fingers. For a
moment he was paralysed. There was
no blood upon his , hand, no cry
silence Inhuman, unnatural! He
looked again. Then the lights flashed
out all around him. There were two
detectives In the doorway, their re
volvers covering him Sanford Quest,
with Lenora In the background. In
the sudden Illumination Macdougal's
horror turned almost to hysterical
rage. He had wasted his fury upon a
dummy! -
"Take him, men," Quest ordered.
"Hands up, Macdougal. Your number's
UP." . ;' . ..- J:.., ';V' -
The handcuffs were upon him. be
fore he could move.
"What about the young woman?"
. the Inspector asked.
V Lenora stood In an attitude of de
spair, her head downcast. She bad
turned a little away from Macdougal.
Her bands were outstretched. It was
as. though she were expecting the
handcuffs; . . -
"You can let her alone," Sanford
Quest said quietly. "A wife cannot
give evidence against her husband,
and besides, J need her, She is going
to worn ror me.";
. Macdougal was already at the door,
between the two detectives. He swung
around. His voice was calm, almost
clear calm with concentration of
hatred.
"You are a wonderful man, Mr.
Sanford Quest," he said. "Make the
most of your triumph. Your time is
nearly up, there Is one coming whose
wit and cunning, science and skill are
all-conquering. He will brush you
omiiuiu vuesi, use a ny. wait
a few weeks."
"You . interest me," Quest mur
mured. "Tell me some more about
this great master?"
"I shall tell you nothing,' Macdoug
al replied. "You will hear nothinir.
you will know nothing. Suddenly you
will find yourself opposed. You will
struggle and then the end. It Is cer
tain." . ..." .
They led him away. Only Lenora
remained, sobbing. Quest went up
to her.
"You've had a rough time, Lenora,"
he said, with strange . gentleness.
"Perhaps the brighter days are com-
Ing."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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