La Grande evening observer., May 24, 1915, Image 2

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
MONDAY, MAY 24, 1915
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8VNOP8I8.
Stanford Oufit. maatar crlmlnolofflat of
Mi world, finds that In bringing to jua-i-W
Macdouaal. the murderer of Urd
VAhlelgh'a daughter, he has but Just Be-
iun a me-ana-aeain struggle wiin a wiya
Irloua mauler criminal, In a hidden nut
Frnfasaor Asnlelgna garden lie naa
n an anthropoid ape skeleton and a llv-
inhuman creature, naif monKcy, nan
, destroyed by nre. in mi room nave
eared from nowhere black boxea. one
fintalnlns dlamonda torn from a lovely
hroat by a pair of armleaa, threatening
anas, com wnn aarcnKiic, inreaieninv
Stea signed by the lnacrutable hands. He
arrested for the murder or hK valet,
pa Brown, . and a Miaa vwgg-, in nia
oral. taura and Lenora. hla aanlatanta.
aspect Craig, the profriaor'a valet. be-'
pre is . anaueiaa - oy ' me mreaienrna
anda.-tmt la rpii'itwl. Oueat clears him
ijf of the murder charge, but falls to
P' craiv. in nis rooms anoinrr awn
X nnnnn In lh rfflftA mt and. 'return-
Pf the dlamonda a second time, the ac-
gympanylng note tella him he naa no
nuance aaainai uw innemea cunnuia ui
mftm.
SEVENTH INSTALLMENT
THC H0U8E OF MYSTERY.
... CHAPTER XVI.
Something In the nature of a con
ference was proceeding In Qneit'i
fetudy.' The professor was there, seat
ed in the most comfortable easy-
halr, smoking without relish one of
ibis hoBt's best cigars, watching with
Hervoua Impatience the closed door.
Ilatara and Lenora were seated at the
tftble, dressed for the street. They
fead the air . of being prepared ' for
iome excursion. Quest, realising the
jwofessor's highly strung state, had
ift him alone for a few moments
id was studying a map or New Torn,
tie latter, however, was too 111 at
e to keep silent for long.
"Our friend French," he remarked,
iteave you no clue. I suppose, as to the
direction In which his investigations
are leading him?"
; Quest glanced up from the map.
! "None at all. I know, however, that
ithe bouse in which Lenora here was
Confined Is being watched closely."
! The professor glanced across to
Iftrd the table before which lenora
Ps seated.
"It seems strange," he continued,
.?that the young lady should have so
lllttle to tell us about her incarcera
tion." ,:
Lenora shivered for a moment.
"What could there be to tell," she
jtsked, "except that it was all horrible,
jftnd that I felt things felt dangers
(Which I couldn't describe."
The professor gave vent to an im
jpatlcnt little exclamation.
. "I am not speaking for fancies," he
persisted. "You had food brought to
j6u, for Instance. Could you never.
He the hand which placed it Inside
iour room? Could you hear nothing
jM the footsteps of the person who
ibfought It? Could you not even sur
itptee whether It were a man or a
$man?"
Lenora answered, him .with an evi
dent effort. She had barely, as yet,
(recovered from the shock of those
ikwftil hours.
"The person who brought me the
(food." she Bald, "came at night never
Hp the daytime. I never heard any
jthlng. The most I ever saw was once
V-l happened to be looking toward
the door and I saw a pair of hands
nothing more setting down a tray. I
shrieked and called out I think that
I almost fainted. When I found cour
age enough to look, there was nothing
there but the tray upon the floor."
The professor sighed as he turned
way.
"It Is evldont. l am afraid," he said,
"that Miss Lenora's evidence will help
no one. As an expert In these affairs,
Mr. Quest, does It not Beem to you
that her imprisonment was just a lit
tle purposeless? There seemB to have
been no attempt to harm her In any
way."
"Whoever took the risk of abduct
ing her," Quest pointed out grimly,
"did It for a purpose. That purpose
rwould probably have been devel
oped In course of time. However wo
look at It, Mr. Ashlelgh, there was
only one man who must have been
anxious to get her out of the way, and
fchat man was Craig. Here comes our
E1end French. I have an idea that he
as something to tell us."
"i They glanced expectantly towards
the door as French entered. The in
spector, who was looking very spruce
and well brushed, wished them a gen
eral good-morning. His eyes rested
last and longest upon Laura, who
eeemed, however, unconscious of hts
presence.
"Now, then, French," Quest begao,
as he returned bis greeting, "take a
cigar, make yourself comfortable in
that chair and let us have your news.
As you see, we have obeyed orders.
We are all ready to follow you any
where." "It won't be to the end of the world,
anyway," the Inspector remarked, at
fa. Jit his cigar. " am going to pro-
i
pose a Tittle excursion down Oayson
avenue way."
"Back to that house?" Lenora ex
claimed with a grimace.
- The Inspector nodded.
"We have had those boys at the
station," be went on, "and we have
questioned them carefully. It seems
that after they had picked up the ball,
a man came out of the side entrance
of the house, saw them reading Miss
: Lenora's message, and shouted after
'them. The boys had sense enough
to;tot. , The man ran after them,
but had to give it up. Here is their
description of Mm."
i The inspector took a piece of pa-
per'from bis pocket. They all waited
breathlessly,
"Had to drag this out of the boys,
bit by bit," the Inspector proceeded,
"but boiled down and put into reason
able language, this Is what It comes
to: A man of medium height, rather
thin, pale, and after - running a
short distance he put" his hand to
hla heart, as though out of breath.
One of the boys thought his nose was
a little hooked, and they both re
marked upon the fact that although
be shouted after them, he used no
swear words, but simply tried to In
duce them to stop.' This description
suggest anything to you, gentlemen?"
"Craig," Lenora said firmly.
"It is a' very accurate discretion of
Craig," Sanford Quest agreed.
, The professor looked troubled, also
a little perplexed. He said nothing,
however, ' ' .
"Under, these circumstances," the
Inspector continued, "I have had the
house watched, and I propose that we
now search it systematically. It is
very possible that something may
transpire to help us. Of course, my
men went through It roughly when
we brought Miss Lenora away, but
that: wasn't anything of a search to
count, if the place really has become
.a haunt of criminals."
"What about the ownership of the
house?" Quest asked, as he took up
his hat. i . -
- The Inspector nodded approvingly.
"I am making a few Inquiries In
that direction," he announced. "I ex
pect to have something to report very
shortly."
The professor , stood drawing on
his gloves. The vague look of trouble
still lingered In his face.
VTell me again," be begged, "the
name of the avenue In which this res
idence is situated?"
"Gayson avenue," the Inspector re
plied. "It's a bit out of the way, but
It's not a bad neighborhood." v ,
The professor repeated the address
to himself softly. For a moment he
stood quite still. His manner showed
slgnB of growing anxiety. He seemed
to be trying to remember something.
"The name," he admitted finally, as
they moved towards the door, "sug
gests to me, I must confess we are
going to see, the house inspector?"
"We are on our way there now, sir
that Is If the young ladles are will
Ing?" he added, glancing at Laura.
"We've been waiting here with our
hats on for the last half hour," Laura
Pi ,'5
The Whole Staircase Suddenly Began
to Revolve.
replied promptly. "You've stretched
your ten minutes out tome, Mr.
French." '
The Inspector maneuvered to let the
others pass on, and descended tue
stairs by Laura's side. ;.
"Couldn't help it," be - confided,
lowering bis tone a little; "Had some
information in about that house I
couldn't quite size up. Tou're looking
well this morning, Miss Laura."
: "Bay, who are you guying!" she re
plied. - ;.!:.
"I mean It," the Inspector persisted.
"That hat seems to suit you."
. Laura laughed at the top of her
' tolce. " . .. -..
I '. "stay, hid," she exclaimed to : Le
nora, "the Inspector here's setting up
as a judge of-millinery!"
I . Lenora turned and looked at them
I both with an air of blank astonish
1 ment. The Inspector was a little em
barrassed.'
"No need to give me away like that,"
be muttered, as they reached the hall.
"Now then, ladies and gentlemen. If
you are ready."
They took their places In the au
- tomoblie and drove off. - As they
Beared the vicinity of Gayson avenue
the professor began to show signs of
renewed uneasiness. When they drew
up at last outside the house he gave
a little exclamation. . His face was
grave, almost haggard. .
"Mr. Quest," be said, "Inspector
French, I deeply regret that I have
a statement to make.";
, Tbey both turned quickly toward
I him. The Inspector smiled In a con
fidential maaner at Laura. , It -wee
obvious that he knew what was com
ing. "Bomt years ago," the professor
continued. "I bought this house and
made a present of it to"
"To whom?" Quest asked quickly.
"To my servant Craig," the profes
sor admitted with a groan. .
Lenora gave a little cry. She turned
triumphantly towards the Inspector.
"All recollection as to Its locality
bad-escaped me," the professor eon-'
tlnued sorrowfully. "I remember that
It was on the anniversary of his bar
ing been with me for some fifteen
years that I decided to show him
some substantial mark of my appre
ciation.; I knew that he was looking
ror a domicile for his father and
mother, who are since both dead,'
and I requested a house agent to send
me in a list of suitable residences.
This, alas! was the one I purchased."1
. Quest glanced around the place. ' :
VI think," he said, "that the profes
sor's statement now removes any
doubt as to Craig's guilt. You are
sure the house has been closely
watched, inspector?" -
"Since I received certain informa
tion," French replied, "I - have had;
half a dozen of my best men In the
vicinity. ' I can asBtire you that no
one has entered or left it during the
last twenty-four hours."
They made their way to the plasza
steps and entered by the front door.
The house was an ordinary frame
work one of moderate size, In poor re
pair, and showing. signs of great neg
lect -The rooms were barely fur
nished and their first cursory search
revealed no traces of habitation.
There was still the broken skylight
In the room which Lenora had occu
pied, and the bed upon which she bad
slept was still crumpled. French,
who had been tapping the walls down
stairs, called to them. They trooped
down into the hall. The inspector
was standing before what appeared to
be an ordinary panel.
"Look here," he said, glancing out
of the corner of his eye to be sure
that Laura was there, "let me show
you what I have just discovered."'
He felt with his thumb for a spring.
In a moment or two a portion of the
wall, about two feet In extent, slowly
revolved, disclosing a small cup
board fitted with a telephone Instru
ment "A telephone," the Inspector re
marked, pointing to It, "in an unoccu
pied bouse and a concealed cup
board. What do you think of that?"
The professor shook his head.
"Don't ask me," he groaned.
French took the receiver from Its
rest and called up the exchange.
"Inspector French speaking," he
announced. "Kindly tell me what is
the number of the telephone from
which I am speaking, and who Is the
subscriber?"
He listened to the reply and asked
another question.
"Can you tell me when this Instru
ment was laBt used? . . . When?
.... Thank you!"
The Inspector hung up the receiver.
"The subscriber's name," he told
them dryly, "Is Brown. The number
la not entered In the book, by re
quest. The telephone was-used an
hour ago from a call office and con
nection was established. That is to
say, that someone spoke' from this
telephoue."
"Then If your men have maintained
their search properly, that someone,"
Quest Bald slowly, "must be In the
house at the present moment."
"Without a doubt," the inspector
agreed.
"I am going to soarch the front
room on the first floor before we do
anything else," said Quest. "I think
that if you. wait here I may be able to
Bhow you something directly."
Quest ascended the stairs and en
tered a wholly unfurnished room on
the left-hand side. He looked for a
minute contemplatively at a large but
rather shallow cupboard, the door of
which stood open, and tapped lightly
with his forefinger upon the back part
of It. Then he withdrew a few feet
and, drawing out his revolver, delib
erately fired into the floor, a few
Inches Inside. There was a half
stifled cry. The false back suddenly
swung open and a mtn rushed ot
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