The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

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/ IL some ledge or fallen into the street
/ teior, 1he1 she heard the boys
voice.
Gee Here's the ball come back
again
4 rev light shone into the room
She seemed 20 be breathing different
mosphere-the atmosphere Of hope.
She listened no longer With horror
FOR = crea.irg upon the stairs. She
walked backwards and forwards until
she vas exhausted Curously
enough. when the end came she vas
/ asleep. crouched upon the bed and
! dreaming wildly She sprang up 10
| hnd Inspector French. virh a police
man behind him, standing upon the
threshold
! Inspector" che cried. rushing to-
| wards him Mr. French, oh thank
Cod"
Her feelings carried her svay. She
threw herself at his feet She was
laughing and crying and talking Inco-
| herently. all al the same time. The
inspector assisted her 10 a chair.
Say. what's all this mean" he de
manded.
She told him her story, incoherent-
| ". in broken phrases. French listened
with puzzled frown.
Then he realized that she was on
the point Of a nervous breakdown
and in no condition for interrogations
'-Thatll do he said I'll take care
ask you few questions later on. My
men are searching the house. You
and will be getting on, if you can
tear yourself away"
The plsin-clothes man who was
loulslng in Quests most comfortable
easy chair and smoking one Of his
best cigars suddenly laid down his
| paper He moved to the window. A
large. empty automobile stood in the
street outside. from which the occu-
pants had presumably just descend
ed. He hastened towards the door
which vas opened, however, before be
was halfway across the room. The
cigar slipped from his fingers II was
! Sanford Quest. who stood there. fol-
lowed b. the sheriff OF Bethel. two
country policemen and Red Gallagher
and his mate, heavily handcufed.
Say. aren't you wanted down yon'
| der. Mr. Quest" the man inquired
That's all right now" Quest told
! him. I'm ringing up Inspector French
| myself You'd better stand by the
other fellows there and keep your
eye on Red Gallagher and his mate"
y guess Mr. Quest is all right" the
| sheriff interviewed. We're ringing up
! Headquarters ourselves. anyway"
The plain-clothes man did as he WAS
told Quest took up the receiver from
his telephone instrument and arranged
the phototelesme.
Police station No. !. central he
said-through to Mr. French's Of.
fee II YOU please. Mr.. Quest
wants to speak TO him Yes, San
ford Quest. No need 10 get excited!
All right I'm through. am -
Hello inspector"
A rare expression OF JOY suddenly
transigured Quests face. He was
gazing downward into the little mir
ror
You've found Lenora, then, in
spector?" he exclaimed. Bully for
you! What do | mean? What
say You forget that | am a sci
entific man French. No end of ap-
pliances here YOU haven't had time
to look at can see YOU sitting there,
and Lenora and Laura looking as
though You had them on the rack. You
can drop that, French. I've got Red
Gallagher and his mate, got them
4 -, - pf patbel ThaE