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EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XVill.
THE INHERITED 61N.
Getting kind of need to these eourt
hou6e "thowa, aren't you, Lienora?"
Quest remarked, aa tbty tpped from
the automobile and entered the house
In Georgia square.
-"Could anyone feel much sympa
thy." the aeked, "with tboee' men?
JUtd GaJlug.bw, a they all called him.
It more like a great brutal animal
than a human being.. I think that vn
if they Lad sentenced iiim to death I
should have felt that It was' quite the
proper tiling to have done.'"
Too much sentiment about, those
Ibinps," Que.Bt a?rd, clipping the end
Off a cigar. "Men like that are bet
ter off the face of the earth. They
did their best to send me there."
"Here's a cablegram for you," Je
nora exclaimed, bringing 5t over to Mm.
"Mr. Quest, I wonder if Jt'a from Soot
land Yard:" '
Quest lore It open. They read St to
gether, Lenora standing on tiptoe to
peer over bis shoulder:
"Stowaway anaerJng in every re
spect your description of Craig found
oii VuiiMUx. Has li! arref ted, as
desired, and will be takes to Hamblin
bouse for identification by Lord Ash
leigh. Reply whether you are coming
over, and full details as to charge."
"Good for Scotland Yardl" Quest de
clared. "Bo they've got him, en? All
the ame, that fellow's as slippery as
an Lenora, bow should yoa like
a trip across tie ooeaa, eh?"
"I fcbould love it," lKra replied.
"Do you mean it, really T
Quest nodded. ,
"That fellow fooled me pretty well,"
he coEliiued, ""but somehow 3 feel that
If I get my bands on blm this lime,
tueyTi stay ihere till be stat-du where
Red Gallagher did today. ! don't fel
content 10 let anyone else fiDiisb off
ihe Job. Got any relatives over there?"
"I have an aunt la London," Lenora
told bim. "th Jeret old lady you
ever saw. Bbe'd give anything to
have me make her a visit." .
Quest moved across to bis desk
and took up a sailing list lie stud
led it for a few moments and turned
back to Leuora.
''Bend a cable off at once to Scotland
Yard," be directed. "Say 'Am sail
ing on Lueitanla tomorrow. Hold pris
oner. Charge very serious. Have full
warrants.' "
lienors wrote down the roesnage and
went to the telephone to send It off.
At soon as she bad Mulshed Quest took
up his bat again.
"Come on," he Invtted. "The ma
chine's outside. We'll Just go and look
in on the professor and tell him the
news. Poor old chap. I'm afraid he'll
never be the same man again."
They found the professor on his
bands and knees upon a duisty floor.
Carefully arranged before him were
the bones of a skeleton, each laid In
some Appointed place.
"What about that unhappy man,
Craig?" the professor asked, gloomily.
"Isn't the Durham almost due now?"
Quest took out the cablegram from
his pocket and passed It over. The
professor's fingers trembled a little as
be read It. He passed It back, how
ever VithCUt IrjiEiCdiwto COI.'l t.
"You see, they have been cleverer
over there than we were," Quest re
marked. '
"Perhaps," the professor assented.
"They teem, at least, to have arrested
the man. Even now I can scarcely
believe that It Is Craig my servant
Craig who Is lying in an English
prison. Do yon know that bis peoP,B
have been servauts In the Ashloigh
family for some hundreds of years?"
Quest was clearly Interested. "Say,
I'd like to hear about that'." he ex
claimed. "You know I'm rather great
on heredity, prdfessor. What class
did he como from then? Were his
people Just domestic servants at
WttVS?"
jit troubled. He moved to his desk,
rummaged about lor a time, and final-
f Jiroduoed an ancient relume. -
. .KMiru- v., Tf.iRtnd.
13 Abtiie-gU, Itt ipililDX- tic
fcroerfit H over with "fai in to snow me
interepted. It wjduubb a liiKtory of
w '
Cromwell, and here in the back, you
see, Is a list of our farmers, bailiffs
and1 domestic servants. There was a
Craig who was a tenant of the rst
Lord Asbleigb and fought with bim in
the Cromwellias wars as a trooper
and since those days, so far as 1 can
see, there hut never been a time when
there 4iaBn't been a Craig In the aeVv
ice of our family. A Coe race they
seem to have been, until
Tntil when?" Quest demanded.
The look of trouble bad once more.
clouded the professor's face, lie
shrugged bis shoulders slightly.
.-CiitJl Craig's father." be admitted.
"I am afraid I must admit that we
come upon a bad piece of family his
tory bere. Silas Craig entered the
service of my father in 3 as tinder
gamekeeper. Here we come upon the
first black , mark againet the name,
lie appears to have lived reputably j
fcr some years, and tbea, after a quar
rel with a neighbor about some trivial
mattr, he (deliberately murdered biiu, i
a crime for which be was tried and
executed in 1KC7. John Craig, his otQy
son. entered our service in 1 KSQ, and,
when I left England, accompanied me
as my valet." , " i
' There , was a moment's silence,'
"Lenora and i are sailing tomor-'
row," Quest said. "We are taking i
over the necessary warrants and shall !
brinf Craig back here for trial" j
The professor smoked thoughtfully i
for some moments. Then be rose de-!
liberately to bis feet He bad come
to a decision. He announced It calm-:
ly, but Irrevocably.
. "I shali come with you," be an
nounced. "I shall be glad to visit
England, but apart from that I feel It
to be my duty. I owe It to Craig to
aee that be has a fair chance, and 1
pwe it to the law to see that be pays
the penalty, if, indeed, be Is guilty of
(these crimes. Is Miss Laura accom
panying you, too?"
Quest shook his bead
"From wbat the surgeons tel! us,"
be said, "it will be some weeks before
she is able to travel. At the same
time, 1 must tell you that 1 am-glad of
your decision, professor ."
fit is my duty." the latter declared
"I cannot rest In ibis state of uncer
tainty. If Craig is lost to me, tbe
sooner I face, the fact the better. At
the same time 1 will be frank with
you. Notwithstanding all the accumu
lated pile of evidence I feel In my
heart the urgent necessity of seeing
him face to face., of holding him by
the shoulders and asking him whether
the things are true. We have faced
death together, Craig and I. We have
done more than that we have court
ed it There Is nothing about blm I
can accept from hearsay. I shall go
with you to England, Mr. Quest"
CHAPTER. XIX.
The professor rose from his seat In
some excitement as tbe carriage
passed through the great gates of
Hambiin park. He acknowledged
with a smile tbe respectful curtsy of
the woman who held it open,
.'"You have now an opportunity, my
dear Mr. Quest" be said, "of appre
ciating one feature of English life not
entirely reproducible In your own
wonderful country. I mean tbe home
life and surroundings of our aristoc
racy. You see these oak' trees?" he
went on, with a little wave of bis
band. "They were planted by my an
cestors In tbe days of Henry Mil. I
have been a student of tree life In
South America and In tbe dense for
ests of central Africa, but for real
character, for splendor of growth and
hardiness, there Is nothing in the
world to touch the ABhlelgh oaks."
'.'They're some trees," tbe criminol
ogist admitted. .
I'y nnitu norhaps. tbe small
ones, which seem dwarfed. Their
tops were cut off by the lord of Ash
lelgh on the day that Lady Jane Grey
was beheaded. Queen Ellr-abetb heard
of It and threatened to confiscate the
estate. Look at the turr, my menu.
Ages have gone to the making of that
mossy, velvet carpet"
"Where's the house?" Quest In
quired. "A mile farther on yet. . The woods
part and make a natural avenue past
the bend of the river there," the pro
fessor pointed out. "Full of trout, that
river, Quest How I used to whip that
stream when I was a boy!"
Tbey swept presently round a bend
in the avenue. Before them on the
hfllBide iurrmmaed by irtes And with
j great walleu garden behind, was
Eumhliu house. Quest save ent to a toe stnoae xrom to gypsy m
Bttle elaniniloB f umir i,i . : caniiuneiit. On their left-hand side
looked a it , . -
. This 3 where yoBVe got s beat
sure," he admitted. Our country
jdaoes are like ge saw palaces oom-
jared to ' Makes me kibd til
I aorry he went on regretfully, "that
I I didn't bring Lenara along."
The professor' .shook bis bead,
"Ton were very wise," he said. "My
brother and Lady AtMeigh have reeov
ered from the boek f poor Lena
4eatb In marvelous manner, 1 fce-
Ueve, but the eight of the Shi might
have brought it lck them. Von
iiave ieft ber with friends, I hope, Mr,
Quest?" .
"be lias an aunt in Bamjjetead."
lie latter explained. '1 should fcaTe
jt!t but w should bare been an
sour or two later oown bere,' and I
tell you," he went on. bis roioe gather
ing a note almost of ferocity. "I'm
wasting to eet my bands on that fel
low Craig: J wonder where tleyr
holding binu" , ;
"At tie local police station. I ex
pect," tbe professor repbed. "My
brother Is a magistrate, of course, and
Joe would see lbat proper, arrange
ments were made. There be it at tbe
ball door."
Tbe carriage drew p before tbe
kniv a-ue
reat front a moment or two later.
Lord Aahleigb came forward with out-
stretched hands, tbe genial smile of
the welcoming host upon his lips. In
his manner, however,, there was a dis
tinct note of anxiety, .
- "Edgar, my dear fellow" be. ex
claimed. I am delighteS! , Welcome
back to your home! Mr. Quest, I am
very happy to see yon here. You have
heard tbe news, of course?" "
. "We have heard nothing! the pro
fessor replied.. " -
"You didnt go to Scotland Tard?
Lord Ashleigh asked,
'- "We haven't been to London at aH,"
Quest jexplained. "We got on tbe boat
train at Plymouth, and your brother
managed to induce one of the directors
whom he saw on the platform to top
tbe train for us at Hamblin road. We
only left the boat two boars ago.
There's nothing wron with Craig, is
there?" ,.
Lord Ashleigh motioned them to fol
low him. , v
"Please come this way," be invited.
He led tbem across tbe ball which,
dimly lit and with its ' stained-glass
windows, was almost like the nave of
a cathedral Into the library beyond.
He closed the door and turned arouDd.
"I have bad news'for you both," he
announced. "Craig has escaped."
Neither tbe professor nor Quest be
trayed any unusual surprise. So far
as tbe latter was concerned, bis first
glimpse at Lord Ashleigh 's face had
warned bim of wbat was coming.
"Dear me!" tbe professor mur
mured,' sicking into an easy chair.
"This is most nnexTjeeted!"
Well get him again," Quest de-
elared quickly. "Can you let us have
tbe particulars of his escape. Lord
AshleU? Th ner we et the ban
Ashleigh? The sooner we get the hang
of things tbe better."
"You know, of course." be began,
"that Craig was arrested at Liverpool
in consequence of communications
from the New York police. 1 under
stand that it was with great diEicultr
be was discovered, and St is quite clear
that someone on the ship had been
heavily bribed. ; However, he was ar
rested, brought to London, and then
down bere for purposes of identifies-
tion, I would have gone to London
myself, and, in fact offered to do so,
but on the other hand, as there are
many others on tbe estate to whom be
was well known, I thought that it
would be better to have more evi
dence than mine alone. Accordingly,
hr afi 1 .nnftnn. ert fiftprnrmn. and I
sent a dogcart to tbe station to meet
tbem. They arrived quite safely and
started for here, Craig handcuffed to
one of tbe Scotland Yard men on the
back seat and the other iu front with
the driver. About half a mile from tbe
south entrance to the park the road
runs across a rather desolate strip of
country with a lot of low undergrowth
on one side. We have bad a little
trouble with poachers there, as there "Not a day older. Middleton!" he
Is a sort of gypsy camp on some com- exclaimed. "So you are the man who
mon land a little way away. My bead hag given us all this trouble, eh? This
keeper, to whom the very Idea of a 'gentleman and I have come over from
poacher Is Intolerable, was patrolling fjew york on purpose to lay hands on
this ground himself that afternoon and Craig."
caught sight of one of these gypsy j t am Tery sorry, sir." the man re
fellows setting a trap. He chased him, " p)!ed j wouian t naTe nrea my gun
and more, I em sure, to frighten him u j known wnat tne cc.nse
than anything else, when be saw that ere g0-ng t0 be, but them
the fellow was getting away, he fired ( pg dpTlg that come round here
bis gun. Just as the. dogcart was pass : nbmiog tiirly send me furious, and
lag. The horse shied, the wheel ! that's a fact It ain't that one grudges
caught a great stone by the side of them a few rabbits, but my tame
the road, and all four men were ' pheasants all run ont here from the
thrown out The man to whom Craig borne wood, and Tve seen feathers at
was handcuffed was stunned, but Craig " the side of the road there that no fox
himself appears to have been unhurt
lie stumuied up, looa ine aey ui iu-: me b, m
handcuffs from the pocket of the offl- added, "to have been the cause of any
cer, undid them and slipped off Into -: InconVenience."
the undergrowth before either the j "It is rather worse than lnconven
groom or the other Scotland Yard man , fence. Middleton," the professor said,
had recovered their senses. To cut ; gravely. "The man who has escaped
a long story short, this was last Thurs-! is one of he w orst criminals of these
day. and up till now not a single trace days."
of the fellow has been discovered." J "He won't get far, sir." the game
Quest rose BbrupUy to his feet j keeper remarked, with a little smile.
"Say, I'd like to take this matter up ' "It's a wild bit of country, this, and I
right on the spot where Craig dlsap- admit that men might search it for
pearea, ne SUggesiea. rtuuiuui
do that?" j those gentlemen from Scotland Yard,
"By all means." Lord Ashleigh j sir. if you'll excise my making the
agreed, touching a bell. "We have ; remark, and hoping that this gentle
several hours before we change fori man," b? artded. looking at Quest, "is
dinner. I w ill have a car round and ; in no way connected with them well,
take you to the spot" j tbey dont know everything, and that's
" Tbe professor acquiesced readily.' a fact"
and very soon they stepped out of the "This gentleman is from the l'nite-1
automobile on to the side of a narrow j . ; .
i described. - Farther cm, beyond a,
! sfetcn in common, wey owo
' waB a stretch of absolutely -wild eouu- j
: bonoo to tbe far distance by tie
! raT tw, 'llfl tte I1- Lei
' Ashleigh led the way through the ;
' thicket, talking as lie went . j
t Vnae came alone through litre," ':
j lie explained. The groom and thei
j Scotland Yard man who had been ,
' sitting by W lne, followed him. They j
wwehed tor an hour, but fcnrod do j
rf ilul at Thel1
to the house to make a re-;
Prt d WP-
ho CralB " duflt,fl tiem" 4
He led lbe way along a tangled path.
doubled back, plunged Into a little
spinney and came suddenly to a small
abed.. .
"This Is an ancient gamekeeper's
shelter," he explained: "built a long
time ago and almost forgotten sow.
What Craig did, without doubt, was to
bide in this. The Scotland Yard mas
who took tbe affair in hand found
distinct traces bere of recent occupa
tion. That is bow he made his first
escape," " - i
Quest nodded.
"Sure!" be murmured. "Well, now,
wbat about your . more extended j
search T- " j
"1 am coming to that" Lord Ash-1
.Jeigh replied. "As Edgar m-01 re-
. , , . - , , . j,
mf "'' w
tev Woodhounds to my kennels, and
as soon as we could get together one
or two of the keepers and a few of
the local constabulary, we started
oS again from here. Tbe dogs brought
as without a cbeck to this abed, and
started off again this way."
Tbey walked another half mile
across a reedy swamp. Every now :
and then they had to jump across a '
email dyke, and once they had to ;
make a detour to avoid an osier bed.
Tbey came at last to tbe .river.' '
"Now, 1 can show you exactly how :
that fellow put us off the scent here." ',
.their guide proceeded. "He seems to j
have picked up something, Edgar, In
those South American trips of yours, .i
for a cleverer thing I never saw.
You see all these bulrushes every-1
where clouds of them all along the
river?" . - , ' . !
"We call tbem tules," Quest mut-::
tered. Well?" : ';.:":.
. "When Craig arrived bere," Lord
Ashleigh continued, "he must bavei
heard the baying of the dogs in the '
distance and be knew that tbe game j
was up unless be could put tbem off i
the scent. He cut a quantity of these ,
bulrushes from a place a little farther j
behind those trees, then stepped bold- j
ly into tbe middle of tbe water, wad- j
ed down to that spot where, as you
see, the trees hang over, stood stock I
still and leaned tbem all around bim. -i
It was dusk when the chase reached
the river bank, and I have so" doubt
tbe bulrushes presented quite a natur
al appearance. At any rate, althous 1
the dogs came without a check to tbe
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We trM tiem t0t f0W f fiI? hWT I
before we took tbem home, l ne nexi
morning, while tbe place was being
thoroughly searched, we came upon
tbe spot where these bulrushes bad i
been cut down, and we found 4bem i
caught In the low boughs of a tree, J
drifting down the river."
Quest bad lit a fresh cigar and was I
smoking vigorously. - - 1
;, "What astonishes me more than
anything," he pronounced, as he stood
looking over the desolate expanse of
countrv. "Is that when one comes
face to face with the fellow he pre-
sents all the appearance of a nerve
less and broken-down coward. . Then i
all of a sudden there spring up these j
evidences of the most amazing, the.,
most diabolical resource. . . . Who's
this. Lonl Asbleigb?"
The latter turned his head. An j
elderly man In a brown velveteen i
suit "w-ith gaiters and tblck boots, I
raised his bat respectfully. ' I
"This Is my head keeper. Middle-!
ton," his master explained. "He was i
with us on the chase"
The professor shook bands heartily
with the newcomer.
j nor stoat had nothing to do with. All j
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