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SYNOPSIS.
ora, "the lniprtif hare's Mllni
a Jud.e u( Biilliuarrl
The construction of elxroom ex
lrnlnB to the high achool building end
the enlargement of the udltorlum In
Increase tho sealing capacity by nuirn
than CO r rent la planned tiy the
Wrd of education, which dlnrunaed
the various pham-a of the situation t
epeclal mating ThuraJay nghl.
The enactment by the teat leglala.
ture of a la providing that county
rourte must make general levy to
rare for the tuition of pupil realdlng
In dlatrlcte where there are no hlKh
frhoola la expected to result In large,
ly Inrreaaed attendance at the OreKon
City high achool next September.
There are stwit 0 tuition atudents
attending school here at the preeen'
time, and their tuition If paid out of
the pockrta of their own parent!, but
under the lav the tuition muat be
paid by a general tax levy upon alt
property In the county, with the excep
tlon of property located in dlalrlrta
having high schools. The amount of
the tuition la based upon tho actual
coat of educating the atudenta. which
will be more than double the prt-M-nt
rate chanted.
C. W. Vonderahe baa been employed
by the achool board to draft a plan and
specifications for the extension, whit b
it la estimated, will cost approximately
$I5,0OO. It ll proposed to derray tbla
expense by a apecial lax levy of about
five mills which must be authorized by
the taxpayers at a meeting to be held
for that purpose.
The returns from Increase attend
ance will rover the total coat of the
Improvement with four years, it is es
timated, and It Is argued that more
than 100 additional students will come
to Oregon City from various points in
Clackamas county to attend school.
W MORE SCHOOLS
ARE IDE STANDARD
Two Clackamas county schools
were standardized Friday night:
Clairmont by Superintendent Calavan
and Whiskey Hill by Supervisor Ved
der. An all-day program was given at the
Whiskey Hill school. A baseball
game and several other athletic con
tests occupied the forenoon and the
standardization rally in the afternoon
made the day a busy one. A basket
lunch was served at noon. May Vo
der Is the teacher of the Whiskey Hill
school which is located in the south
ern part of the county. Rev. Troyer
talked on "The Child, the Chief Ob
ject of the School," and Mr. Vedder
made a short address when he pre
sented the pennant.
A large crowd attended the rally at
Clairmont Friday night. Mr. Calavan
talked on standardization and a pro
gram of 16 numbers was given by the
school. Ice cream and cake were
served.
anfotj (Jurat. maalr rrtmlmiWal "t
tha worT.I IWxIa thai In hrlnfina l )
r lira alariloucal, tha mur-lrraf f lira
Ahlcit, tUuihlrr. ha h bul Jul W
fun a lif-nil-lraih atruol wuh a m
Wrua maaiar rrtmlnaL In a hj.l-n hut
la Ifuftwir AaMctah laMrt he I
aaaa an anthrwp.ilil aia aa.lrtun anl a liv
ing Inhuman rrvnlur. halt monk-?, half
man. tWair.l bjr lira. In rua nx-m hava
arprarv4 fnm nowhara blarh ho i r una
rnialnin( diamond torn from a kxrrlv
thna' tr ptr at armlaan, lhracnin
hanJa. both with aarraatk-. Ihrrai'nli
nolra aurnrd hjr I ha Inavrutable hamla. Ha
la arreatad rr lha inuriler ef hia nl.
Hoaa Hnn. and a Mim Quite. In Ma
room. iJiura and Ianor. hia aalatania.
ruapvrt fraia. tha profaaaoca val I
Dora la atJueiad br lha IhrMlrnlnc
hand, but la rmcuad. Quaat rlrara Mm
lf of lha murdar ehataa, but falla to
trap Oraic In Ma rooma anoihrr biark
hoi apprata In lha rtfWd aafa and. r)uto
tnc lha dlamonda a arcond lima, lha ao-eomnanvina-
noia la 11a him ba baa P
rhanc afalnat tb Inhafltad runnlnc of
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SEVENTH INSTALLMENT
THE HOUSE OP MYSTERY.
CHAPTER XVI.
Something In the nature of a eon
ferenre was proceeding In Queat s
study- The professor was there, seat
ed In the moat comfortable easy
chair, smoking without rellah one of
his host's best cigars, watching with
nervous Impatience the closed door.
Laura and Lenorm were seated at the
table, dressed for the street. They
bad the air of being prepared for
some excursion. Quest, resitting the
professor's highly strung state, had
left him alone for a few moments
and was studying a map of New Tork.
The latter, howerer. was too ill at
ease to keep silent for long.
Our friend French," he remarked.
but had to give It up. Here Is their
deacrlptlon of him."
The Impector took a pier of pa
per from bis pocket They all waited
breatbleasly.
"Had to drag thla out of the boys.
bit by bit," the Inspector proceeded.
"but boiled down and put Into reaaon-
able language, this la what It comes
to: A man of medium height, rather
thin. pale, and after runsting a
short distance be put bis band to
his heart, as though out of breath.
One of the boys thought bis ooae was
little booked, and they both re
marked upon the fact tbat although
he shouted after them, ba uaed no
swear words, but simply tried to In
duce them to stop. This description
suggest anything to you, gentlemen?"
"Craig." Lenora aald firmly.
"It Is a very accurate dlscrlptlon of
Craig," San ford Quest agreed.
The profraaor looked troubled, alao
a little perplexed. He said nothing,
however.
"Under these circumstances," the
Inspector continued, "I have had the
houae 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
tbat wasn't anything of a search to
count. If the plai'e really has become
a haunt nf rrlmlnala "
gave you no clue. I suppose, as to the .v.,., th. own,hiD of tht.
direction In which his Investigations jh0UI.r QuMt Mked he toot up
am Inadlnr him" . .
nis nai.
Tbey took their places la the au
tomoblle aad drove off. As Iber
Beared lbs vicinity of Catena avenue
the profeaaor began to show signs of
renewed uueaalnraa When they drew
up al laal outilda the bouae be gave
a little exclamation Ills fare was
! grave, almost haggard.
i "Mr (Jural " ha aald "lnnectiir
rrench. I deeply regret that 1 have
siauon. ne went on, -ana we nevw t alatcmont to make
questioned tnem carefully, it seems t Thy (urBe(J qul l,r ,OBtrd
mai i.irr mr, nan I'lcaro p ,. B,m yj, ngpe,or aiQ)lM ,
a man csme out of the side entrance I icntta manner at Laura. It ass
or the houae. saw then reading Ml.s cbvoue that ha knew what was com
Inora'a mraaage, and shouted after ; Dg.
them. The boys bad senae enough j -'6omt ,Mr M0 b, pror,r
to scoot. The man ran after them, , continued. -I hnu.hi ihia hnuan and
a ,i . m . i..a.aaaw u ; m, ' -p r-r j-B
Lenora turned and looked at lhm I . U H J ' " J "T '
With with an air of blaiik atonus -,fS, f --v .JJ
ant Tb. In.ptor wa a Utile sut I V t ' ! ,k : .. VV
barraad. VS Jf "V S- O ' )
-Noneedo,,,rn.i,ksthat.- YCf ' .-t , ) ,.
ha muttered, as they r..hrd the ball P-1 . t J r v" V wJ"
-Now then, Udla. and Heo..a. II I V i V ' ' 'i 11?
Xou at. ready." U d " V V ' ! M4Y'?-V,
U M rTA i Nil U
: ' x J "As
made a preaent of It to1
"To whomr Queat aiked quickly.
"To my aervant Craig." the profea
aor admitted with groan.
Lenora gave a little cry Hhe turned
triumphantly towards the Inspector
"AU recollection as to Its locality
had escaped me," the profeaaor con
tinued aorrowfulty. - remember that
It was on the anniversary of bis bav.
Ing been with ma for some fifteen
years that I decided to show him
some substantial mark of my appre
ciation. I knew tbat be was looking
for a domicile for bis father and
mother, who are since both dead.
Ha Wee Wearing Craig's C lathee.
hand, rrench walled In lha ball be
low, alao armed. laura gripped Ls
aora's arm In excitement
fhey got blm now I" she ex
claimed, "(lot him. sure!"
On the fourth or firth stair Craig
hesitated He suddenly saw the pro
fessor standing below. He gripped
the banisters with one hand The
other be flung out In threatening
gesture.
"You've given me away to tbeae
blnodhnunda!" ha cried "you, for
whom I have tolled and slaved, whom
I have followed all over the world,
and I requested a houae agent to send whom I hsve served faithfully with moment. French baa a doien
In a preliminary examination Tues
day by Frank K. Wells, assistant state
superintendent of public instruction,
found the Oregon City high school
slightly below the state standardiza
tion requirements. The school does
not comply with the requirements be
cause of lack of certain equipment
and through failure to comply with
other requirements.
The fact tbat the school failed to
meet the standardization require
ments at the preliminary examination,
is not considered a serious defect in
the school as another examination
will be made before the beginning of
the fall term and changes will be made
to allow the school to meet the re-
qulrements before that time.
Mr. Wells with County Superintend
ent Calavan visited Parkplace and Mil
waitkle as well as Oregon City and
found the high schools in both of those
towns below the standardization requirements.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
(By Florence Bierman.)
George Hugg, principal of Ejgene
high school, was a visitor at the Ore
gon City high school Tuesday.
Frank W. Wells, assistant state su
perintendent visited the Oregon City
high school and made a thorough in
spection of the school. The high
school Is above standard in everything
with the exception of small technical
matters. Mr. Wells spoke very com
Dllmentary of the high school.
Mr. Tooze entertained the teachers
of the high school and the special
teachers at his home Wednesday even
ing. Dainty refreshments were served
to the following: Miss Todd, Miss
Rusch, Miss Harding, Mrs. Cartlldge.
Miss Blzazza and Mr. West and Mr.
Pfingsten.
Mr. Tooze has been asked to speak
at the teachers' Institute at Molalla
next Saturday, May 1.
An assembly was held Wednesday
morning. J. E. Calavan spoke on
"Standardization."
are leading him
Quest glanced up from the map.
"None at all I know, however, that
the house In which Lenora here was
confined Is being watched closely."
The professor glanced across to
ward the table before which Lenora
was seated.
It seems strange." he continued.
"that the young lady should have so
little to tell us about her incarceration."
Lenora shivered for a moment
"What could there be to tell" she
asked, "except that It was all horrible,
and that I felt things felt dangers
which I couldn't describe."
The professor gave vent to an Im
patient little exclamation.
"I am not speaking for fancies," he
persisted. "Ton had food brought to
you, for Instance. Could you never
see the band which placed It Inside
your room? Could you bear nothing
of the footsteps of the person who
brought it? Could you not even sur
mise whether It were a man or a
woman?"
Lenora answered him with an evi
dent effort. She bad barely, as yet,
recovered from the shock of those
awful hours.
"The person who brought me the
food," she said, "came at night never
In the daytime. I never heard any
thing. The most I ever saw was once
I happened to be looking toward
the door and I saw a pair of hands
nothing mora 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 evident, I am afraid," he said,
"that MIbs Lenora'B evidence will help
no one. As an expert In these affairs,
Mr. Quest, does It not seem to you
that her Imprisonment was Just a lit
tle purposeless? There seems 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
would probably have been devel
oped In course of time. However we
look at It, Mr. Ashlelgh, there was
only one man who must have been
anxious to get her out of the way, and
that man was Craig. Here comes our
friend French. I have an Idea that he
has something to tell us."
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
seemed, however, unconscious of his
presence.
"Now, then, French," Quest began,
as he returned his 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, aa
be lit his cigar. "I am going to pro
pose a little excursion down Gayson
avenue way."
"Back to that house?" Lenora ex
claimed with a grimace.
The Inspector nodded.
-We have had those boys at the
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 bis face.
"Tell me again." he begged, "thg
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."
The profeaaor repeated the addreaa
to himself softly. For a moment be
stood qu.'te still. His manner showed
signs of growing anxiety. He seemed
to he trying to remember something.
"The name," he admitted Anally, as
they moved towards the door, "sug
gests to me, I must confess we are
going to see the bouse Inspector?"
"We are on our way there now, sir
that Is If the young ladies are will-
Ing?" he added, glancing at Laura.
"We've been waiting here with our
hats on for the last half hour," Laura
me In a list of suitable realdenres.
This, alas! was the one I pun-baaed "
Quest glanced around the place.
"I think." he said, "that the profe.
sore Statement now removes any
doubt as to Craig's guilt You are
sure tht house has been closely
watched. Inspector?"
"8lnce I received certain Informa
tion." rrench replied. "I have bad
half a doien of my beat men In the
vicinity. I can assure you that no
on has entered or left It during the
last twenty-four hours
the laat breath of my body and the
laat drop of blood In my veins! You
have brought them here tracked me
down! You!"
The profeaaor shook his bead sor
rowfully. "Craig." he said, "you have beea
the beat servant man ever bad. If
you are Innocent of these crimes you
can clear yourself. If you are guilty
a dog's death la none loo good for
you."
Craig seemed to sway for a moment
upon his feet. Only I-enora, from the
long aa I live," be declared, "I'll have
that fellow before I'm through!"
CHAPTER XVII.
The profeaaor rouaed blmaelf from
what had apparently been a very
gloomy reverie.
i "Well," be announced, "I muat go
home. K baa been very kind of you,
I Mr. Queat, to keep me hare for so
long."
Queat glanced at the clock
' "Hon't hurry, Mr. Aahlelgh." ba
said. "We msy get some news al any
men
out on the search and be has prom
ised to ring ma up Immediately he
hears anything"
The profeaaor sighed.
"A man." he declared, "who for
twenty years ran deceive bis master
aa utterly and completely as Craig
has done me, who la capable of such
diabolical outragea, and who, when
rapture stares hire In the fare. Is
reliable of an earape aurh as be made
today. Is outside the laws of prob- York.
They made their way lo the plana hall, saw that he was fitting his right
steps and entered by the front door, foot Into what seemed lo be a leath
The houae was an ordinary frame- er loop hanging from the banisters,
work os of moderate alia. In poor re- Then a wild shout of surprise broke
pair, and showing signs of great neg- from the lips of all of them, followed
lect The rooms were bsrely fur- by a moment of stupefied wonder.
Dished and their first cursory search The whole staircase suddenly began
revealed no trarea of habitation, to revolve. Craig, clinging to the
There was atlll the broken skylight banisters, disappeared. In a moment
lo the room which Lenora had oecu- or two there was a fresh click. An
pled, and the bed upon which she bad other set of stairs. Identical to the
alept was still crumpled. French, first, had taken their place,
who had been tapping the walls down- The cellar!" Queat shouted, as ha
stairs, called to them. They trooped rushed down the stairs. "Quick!"
down Into the hall. The Inspector They wrenched open the wooden
was standing before what appeared to door and hurried down the dark steps
be an ordinary panel. into the gloomy, unlit cellar. The
-Look here." he said, glancing out place was crowded with packing rases
of the corner of his eye to be sure and two large wine barrela stood In
that Laura was there, "let me show the corner. At the farther end was
you what I have just discovered. " a door. Quest rushed for It and stood
He felt with his thumb for a spring, luard. A moment later, however, he
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 ;
railed to Laura and preaaed his re
volver Into her hand.
"Stand there," be ordered. . "8hoot
him If be trie's to run out. I'll search
In the packing cases. He might be
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"A telephone," the- Inspector re- dangerous."
marked, pointing to It, "In an unoccu-' The professor, out of breath, was
pled house and a concealed cup- Waning against one of the pillars,
board. What do you think of that?" , nl rra passed around It for support.
The professor shook his head. 1 Ignore, with Quest and French,
"Don't ask me," he groaned. ' searched hastily amongst the packing
French took the receiver from Its fses. Suddenly there was a loud
rest and called up the exchange. j crack, the sound of falling masonry,
"Inspector French speaking," he followed by a scream from Ijura.
announced. "Kindly tell me what Is Trench, with a roar of anger, rushed
the number of the telephone from toward her. She was lying on her
which I am speaking, and who la the ll(Ie already half covered by falling
subscriber?"
He listened to the reply and asked
another question.
"Can you tell me when this Instru
ment was last used? . . . When?
Thank you!
WIaIi m A ... 1 T Jt I
viiiaa auu niamiiiij, no uraRBl-u lir-r
way, juai in lime.
"My God. she's fainted!" he ex
claimed. "I haven't," Laura faltered, trying
lo open her eyes, "and I'm not going
The Inspector hung up the receiver. t0. DUt ' think my arm'a broken, and
"The subscriber's name," be told mf ae hurts."
them dryly, "Is Brown. The number "The fellow's not down here, any
Is not entered In the book, by re- j ay," Quest declared. "Let'a help her
quest. The telephone was used an ' upstairs and get her out of this
hour ago from a call office and con- j devil's house."
nectlon was established. That Is to Thy supported her tip the slops
say, that someone spoke from this
telephone."
"Then If your men have maintained
their search properly, that someone"
Quest said slowly, "must be In the
house at the present moment."
"Without a doubt," the Inspector
agreed.
"I am going to search the front
room on the first floor before we do
anything else," said Quest. "I think
and found a chair for her In the hall,
The Inspector swung open the tele
phone cupbonrd and called for an am
bulance. Then Quest, who had been
examining the stalrcnse, suddenly
gave a little exclnmntlon.
"He's done us!" ha cried. "Look
here, French, this la the original stair
case. Thcre'a the leather loop. I
know It because there was a crack on
the fourth stair. When we rushed
The Whole Staircase Suddenly Began
to Revolve.
replied promptly. "You've stretched
your ten minutes out some, Mr,
French."
The Inspector maneuvered to let the
others pass on, and descended tha
stairs by Laura's side.
"Couldn't help It" he confided,
lowering his tone a little. "Had some
information In about that house I
couldn't quite size up. Tou're looking
well this morning, Miss Laura."
"Say, who are you guying!" she re
plied. "I mean It" the Inspector persisted.
"That bat seems to suit you."
Laura laughed at the top of bar
voice..
"Say Kid," she exclaimed to L';-
that If you wait here I may be able to nown the cellar after him, ho swung
show you something directly." I ,n8 thing round again and simply
Quest ascended the stairs and en-1 waed out of the front door. Damn
tered a wholly unfurnished room on rnan 'fa open!"
the left-hand side. He looked for a , Tny hurried outside. Frencti blow
minute contemplatively at a large but n,B whistle. One of the plain-clothes
rather shallow cupboard, the door of mfin came running up from the ave
Whlch stood open, and tapped lightly nuo- Ile wa looking a little sheen
with his forefinger upon the back part ,sn'
of It. Then he withdrew a few feet I "What's wrong?" French domnnd
and, drawing out his revolver, delib-, ei-
erately flrcd Into the floor, a few , "He' none off," was the unwilling
Inches inside. There was a half- reP'v- "I Kucss that chap's given us
stifled cry. The false back suddenly the slip."
swung open and a man ruBhed out "Speak up," French Insisted.
Quest's revolver covered him, but "Tne on,y Pla." the man went on,
there was no necessity for its use, "we hodn't our eyes glued on was
Craig, smothered with dust, his face tho front door IIe mU8t nave come
white as a piece of marble, even his out through that. Thero's been a
Jaw shaking with fear, was wholly motortruck with one or two queer
unarmed. He seemed, In fact, lncap- 'klnR aP In It at the corner of
able of any form of resistance ,he avenue there for the last ten mln-'
"Walk out of the room," Quest or- ' utes- rd JllHt made UD m? mlnd 10
dered, "In front of me so! Now stro11 round and 806 nnt 11 wa "P
turn to the right and go down the to whfin Jlm' who WBB on lhe olher
stairs." side, shouted out. A man Jumped up
They all gave a little cry as they 1"t0 11 and thBV mnda ott at once
saw him appear, a trembling, pitiful
creature, glancing around like a
trapped animal. He commenced to
descend the stairs, holding tightly
to the banisters. Queat remained on
the landing above, hia revolver In hia
The Inspector's rubicund counte
nance was white with fury. His head
kept turning In the direction of Laura,
to whom the professor was busy ren
dering, first aid.
"If I neer take another Job on aa
ability. Personally, I do not believe
that I shall ever again see tha fare
of my servant any more than that
you. Quest will entirely solve the
mystery of these murders and the
theft of the Rhelnholdt Jewels. Whit
can we do agslnat men who have re
volving stalrcaaes and trolley loads
of river pirates waiting for them?
You may be a scientific criminologist,
Queat. but that fellow Craig la a
scientific criminal. If ever there was
one."
Queat rroased the room towards his
rlgar rablnet, and opened It. Ills little
start was apparent to both of them.
Lenora laid down the bag which she
had Just lifted up. Tha professor
leaned forward In his chair.
"What la It, Quest r he demanded.
Queat stretched out his hand and
picked up from tha top of the cigars
a small black box! He laid It on the
table.
"t'nlens I am very much mistaken."
he said, "It Is another communication
from our mysterious friend."
"Impossible!" the profeaaor ex
claimed hoaraely.
"How ran be have been here?" Le
nora cried.
Quest removed the lid from the
box and drew out a circular card.
Around. the outside edge was a very
rlever pen and Ink sketch of a life
buoy, and Inside the margin were
several sentences of clear handwrit
ing. In the middle was the signa
ture the clenched hands! Quest
read the meaange aloud:
In tha great scheme of things, the
Supreme Ruler of the universe di
vided an Inheritance amongst hia
children. To one he gave power, to
another strength, to another beauty,
but to hia favorite he gave cunning.
They all looked at one another.
"What does It mean?" Lenora
gasped.
"A lifebuoy!" the professor mur
mured. They both stared at Quest, who re
mained silent, chewing hard at the
end of his cigar.
"Every message," ho snld, speaking
half to himself, "has had somo sig
nificance. What does this mean a
llfobuoy?"
Ho was silent for a moment Thon
ho turned suddenly to the profusaor.
"What did you call thoso men In the
motortruck, professor river pirates?
And a lifebuoy! Wnlt."
He crossed the room towards hia
desk and returned with a list In hia
hand. He ran his finger down It
stopped and glanced at tho date.
"The Durham," he muttered, "cargo
cotton, destination Southampton, stills
at high tide on the lflth. Lenora, la
that calendar right?"
"It's the 10th, Mr. Quest," she an
swered. Quest crossed the room to the tele
phone. "I want number ono, central," ha
said. "Thnnk you! Put mo through
to Mr. French's ofllco. . . . Hello,
French! l'vo got nn Idea.. Can you
como round here at once and bring
nn automobllo? I want to got down
to tho docks not whoro tho passen
ger steamers stnrt from lower down.
, . . Good! Weil wnlt"
Quest hung up the receiver.
"See here, professor," ho continued,
"that fellow wouldn't dure to send
this message If he weren't pretty sura
of gottlng off. He's mnde all his
plans beforehand, but It's my belief
we shall Just get our hands upon him,
after all."
Presently the heard tho automobile
stop outside, and French appeared.
"Anything doing?" he asked.
Quest showed him the card and the
sailing list
The Inspector glanced at the clonk.
"Then we've tot to make tracks.'
be declared, "aud pretty quirk, too.
Blieil be starting from eutnawhere
about a umber twenty-eight dix-k, a
lung way down Coma along, geiille
men "
They hurried out lo lhe auloiuuhlla
and started off for the dmka Tin
latter part of their Journey was se
rompllahed under dimcullles for lha
street was packed with drays and
heavy vehliiea. They roai hed dork
number twenty VlsM at laat, how
ever, and hurried through the shed
on to lhe wharf There were no signs
of steamsr there.
Where's the Durham T Queat
aaked one of the carters, who was Juat
getting bis team together.
The man pointed out lo the middle
of river, where small steamer was
lying.
"There she la," be replied "Kheil
be off In a few minutes. You'll hear
(he sirens directly whan they begin
to move down."
Quest led lha way quickly lo lhe
edge of tha wharf, Thar was a
small tug there, the crew of which
ware just making bar fast for the
night
"Fifty dollars If you'll lake us out
to Ibe Durham and ratrb ber before
she sails," Quest shouted to the man
who seemed to be tha captain.
They clambered down the Iron lad
der and Jumped on to the dock of the
tug, The raptaln selied the wheel.
Tha two men who formed the rrew
look oft their coata and walatcoats.
, "Give It to her, Jim," the former or
dered. "Now then, here goea! We ll
Just miss the ferry."
Tbey swung around and commenced
their Journey. Queat stood with his
watch In hia band- They were getting
up the anchor of the Durham and
from higher up tb river rams the
acreech of ateamera beginning lo
move on their outward way.
Weil make It all light" the rap
taln aaaured them.
They were within a hundred Tarda
of tha Durham when Queat gave a lit
tle exclamation. From the other aide
of the steamer another tug shot out
away, turning bark towards New
Huddled up In the stern, half
concealed In a tarpaulin, waa a man
In a plain black suit Queat, with a
little about, recognised the man at
tha helm from hta long, brown beard.
"That's one of thoae follows who
waa In tha truck." be declared, "and
that'a Craig In the stern! We've got
him this time. Bay, captain. It's that
tug I want Never mind about the
steamer. Catch It and I'll make It a
hundred dollars!"
"Wa'va got hert" he captain ex
claimed. There's tha ferry and the
first of the steamer coming down In
the middle. They'll have to rhurk It."
Right ahead of them, biasing with
lights, a huge ferry rame churning
the river up and sending waves In
their direction. On the other side,
f
Laf-VvV-'- V' XJLJc -., J
Quest 8tood on Guard.
Unnaturally large, loomed up the
great bows of an ocean going steamer.
The tug was swung round and thoy
ran up alongside. The man with the
board leaned over.
"Say, what's your trouble?" he de
manded. The Inspector stopped forward.
"I want thnt man you've got under
the tnrpnulln," he announced.
"Say, you ain't the river police?"
"I'm Inspector French from hoad
quarters," was the curt reply. "The
sooner you hand him over, the better
for you."
"Do you hoar that, O'Toolo?" the
other remarked, turning around. "Get
up, you blackguard!"
A man rose from underneath the
oilskin. Ho was wearing Craig's
clothes, but his face was the face of a
strangor. As quick as lightning Quest
swung round In his plnco.
"Ho'a fooled us again!" he ex
claimed. "Head hor round, captain
back to tho Durham!"
The sailor shook his head.
"We've lost our chance, guvnor,"
he pointed out. "Look!"
Quest set bis teeth and gripped the
Inspector's arm. The place where
the Durham had been anchored was
empty. Already, half a mile down
the river, with a trail of light behind
and her alren shrieking, the Durham
was standing out seawards.
(TO BIS CONTINUED.
The sophomore picnic will be held , UNION HIGH 8CHOOL PLANNED
Friday evening after school. The class j a
and their friends will leave Oregon At tne gpec,a, eiecton heId Saturday
City on a hayrack at 4 o'clock and n vlctory , 0rient, iMaie4 and Cottrell
will drive to Clear Creek park, where 1 ........ . ,
they will hold their picnic. j tcbol ictt, to decide on the site
The Physical Culture class will meet of the proposed union high school, the
Thursday evening after dismissal. new Pleasant Home, on the Mount
Many students attended the Swas- Hood railroad, was selected, the exact
tlka picnic held at Cedar Island. Miss i location to be made later when the
Dusch chaperoned the party. j union high school district is formed.
The students are planning their i The vote Saturday was the first step
work for the annual exhibit which will .' in the organization of the union dls
be held In the near future. trict. County School Superintendent
The seniors' play will be held at Armstrong of Multnomah county will
Shively's opera house, May 5. prepare petitions 'asking for an elec
tion to decide on the organization.
These will be circulated and placed In
the hands of the county boundary
board, and if these petitions contain
a sufficient number of signatures an
election will be called In each of the
four districts on the organization of
the proposed union high school district.
WEST tINN TEACHERS NAMEO.
Practically every teacher in the two
West Linn schools was re-elected by
the schuol board at a recent meeting.
The Instructors during the school
year 1915-10 will lie: Principal, .lo
rome W. Hovnrd; Sunset primary
prades, Rhea Benson; Sunset third
and fourth grudes, Carmen Schmldil.
Sunset, fifth and sixth grades, Mrs.
Ethel M. Tripp; Bolton, primary
grades, Ht-ss Warner; Bolton fourth,
fifth and sixth grades. Clare Sterns
Bolton seventh and eighth. L. Made
line Barlow; and music and drawing
for both schools, Miss Morelta Hick,
man. A Bus was elected Janitor for
the 8unset building and P. Christen
sen for the Bolton school.
MILWAUKIE TEACHERS NAMED
At a meeting of the directors of tho
Milwaukle school district Saturday
night Jlobert Goetz was reappointed
principal of the high and grammar
school. The other teachers of. the
high school will be as follows: Col
ton Meek, mathematics and science;
Miss Ohmert, English and history;
Miss Campbell, Germany and Latin.
Tho following teachers of the gram
mar school were appointed: Miss
Mary Hamilton. Miss Letta Tyrlder,
Miss Anna J. Young,- Miss Louise Con
nor, Miss Minnie Emmel, Miss Olah
Mickey, Miss Edna Armstrong and
Miss Kate Cnsto. Appointment of a
music teacher and drawing Instructor
was postponed until the annual meet
ing of tho taxpayers June 21, in order
to give them an opportunity to pass on
the question of substituting domestic
science fur music and drawing.
It is the testimony of the Albany
Democrat that salesday week 'is now
the best one of the month, because it
brings extra business here, without
detracting from the regular buslnesn
between times."