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Everything was In harmony, even the
grave precision Of the solemn-faced
butler and the powdered hair Of the
two footmen. Quest perhaps for the
first time in his life, felt almost lost,
hopelessly out Of touch with his sur.
roundings, and struggling figure.
Nevertheless, he entertained the little
party with many stories. He struggled
all the time against that queer sense
of anachronism which now and then
became almost oppressive.
The professors pleasure at finding
himself once more amongst these fa-
miliar surroundings was obvious and
intense The conversation between
him and his brother never tagged.
There were tenants and neighbors to
be asked after. matters concerning the
estate on which he demanded infor-
nation. Even the very servants
names he remembered.
ut was queer turn OF fate. George" :"
he declared, as he held out before him
q wonderfully chased glass filled with
amber wine, which sent you into the
world o few seconds before me and
made you lord of Ashleigh and me
struggling scientific man."
THE world has benefited by it,"
Lord Ashleigh remarked, with more
than fraternal courtesy. I'VE hear
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ing. The horse SHE'D, the whcc
caught a great stone by the side d
the road, and all four men wore
thrown out The man to whom Craig
was handcuffed was stunned, but Craig
! himself appears TO have been unhurt
He stumbled up. took the koy of the
handcuifs from the pocket of the Off
Ger. undid them and slipped off into
the underground before either the
! groom or the other Scotland Yard man
had recovered their senses TO cut
a long story short, this was iast Thurs.
day, and up TIL now not a single trace
Of the fellow has been discovered"
| Quest rose abruptly to his feet.
SAY, ia like to take this matter up
right on the spot where Craig disap.
peared,' he suggested. Couldn't we
do that?'
by all means Lord Ashleigh
agreed, touching bell We have
several hours before we change for
dinner, VIII have car round and
take you to the spot"
The professor acquiesced readily,
and very soon they stepped out OF the
automobile ON to the side of a narrow
road looking very much as 1t had been
described Farther on, beyond a
stretch of open common, they could
see the smoke from the gypsy en-,
campment On their icft-hend side
was stretch of absolutely wild conn-
try bounded in the far distance by the
gray stone wall Of the park. Lord
Ashleigh led the way through the
thicket, talking as he went
Craig came along through here"
he explained. The groom and the
Scotland Yard man who had been
sitting by his side, followed him. They
searched for an hour. but found no
trace of him at all. Then they re-
turned to the house to make q re-
port and get help. will now show
you how Craig first eluded them"
He led the way along tangled path,
doubled back, plunged into little
spinney and came suddenly to a small
shed.
This is an ancient gamekeeper's
shelter" he explained; built long
time ago and almost forgotten now.
What Craig did, without doubt, was to
hide in this. The Scotland Yard man
who took the affair in hand found
distinct traces here of recent occupa-
ton. That is how he made his first
escape
Quest nodded
"Sure!" he murmured. well, now,
what about your more extended
search?'
Il am coming to that" Lord Ash
leigh replied. "As Edgar will re-
member, no doubt, have always kept
a few bloodhounds in my kennels, and
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brother and Lady Ashleigk have recov
Tered from the shock cf POOR Lena
death In a marvellous manner, ! be
Ilieye, but the sight OF the girl nigh
have brought it back to them. yo,
have left her with friends, ] hope, MIR
Questw
"She has an aunt in hampstead.
the latter explained. Il should hav,
liked to see her safely there my.
lself, but we should have been an
hour or two later down here, and |
tell YOU" he went on, his voice gather.
ling note almost of ferocity. I'm
wanting to get my hands on that fel-
How Craig, wonder where they're
holding him." nt
AT the local police station. OK
lpect," the professor replied. MY
brother is a magistrate, OF course, and
he would see that proper arrange
ments were made. There he is at the
hall door"
The carriage drew up before the
great front a moment or two later.
Lord Ashleigh came forward with out
stretched hands, the 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" he ex.
claimed, q am delightedl Welcome
back TO your home! MIR. Quest, ! am
very happy to see you here. You have
heard the news. Of course"
we have heard nothing," the pro
fessor replied.
you didn't go to Scotland Yard?"
Lord Ashleigh asked.
we haven't been to London at all,n
Quest explained. 1--WE got on the boat
train at Plymouth, and your brother
managed to induce one Of the directors
whom he saw on the platform to stop
the train for us at Hamblin road. We
only left the boat two hours ago.
There's nothing wrong with Craig, is
there?"
Lord Ashleigh motioned them to fol-
low him.
Please come this way he invited
He led them across the hall-which,
dimly lit and with its stained-glass
windows, was almost like the nave Of
a cathedrai-into the library beyond.
He closed the door and turned around.
Il have bad news for you BOTH" he
announced Craig has escaped"
Neither The professor nor Quest be-
trayed any unusual surprise So far
as the latter was concerned, his first
glimpse at Lord Ashleigh's face had
warned him of what was coming.
Dear mel" the professor mur-
INJURED sinking into an easy chair.
This is most unexpected.
Wen get him again. Quest de-
flared quickly Can you let us have
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CHAPTER XIX.

The professor rose from his seat in
some excitement as the carriage
passed through the great gates OF
Hamblin park He acknowledged
with a smile the respectful curtsy Of
the woman who held it open.
"You have now an opportunity, my
dear Mr. Quest" he said, "of appre
ciating one feature of English life not
entirely reproducible in your own
wonderful country. l mean the home
life and surroundings of our aristoc-
racy. You see these oak trees2" he
went on. with little wave of his
hand. They we're planted by my an
cestors in the days OF Henry VIII.
have been a student of tree life in
South America and in the dense for
ests OF central Africa, but for real
character. for splendor Of growth and
hardness, there is nothing in the
world TO touch the Ashleigh oaks"
They're some trees" the criminol-
ogist admitted
You notice. perhaps, the small
ones. which seem dwarfed Their
tops were cut of by the lord of Ash
leigh on the day that Lady Jane Grey
was beheaded. Queen Elizabeth heard
OF it and threatened TO confiscate the
estate. Look at the turf, my friend.
Ages have gone to the making OF that
messy, velvet carpet"
Where's the house?" Quest in
quired.
"A mile farther on yet. The woods
part and make natural avenue past
the bend OF the river there" the pro-
fessor pointed out. Full of trout, that
river. Quest. How used to whip that
stream when / was a boy!"
They swept presently round bend
in the avenue. Before them on the
hillside surrounded by trees and with
great walled garden behind. WIS
Hamblln house Quest gave vent to a
little exclamation Of wonder as he
looked at it,
This is where you've got US beat,
sure" he admitted Our country
places are like gewgaw palaces COM
pared 10 this. Makes me kind Of
sorry," be went on resretfully, "tha,
] didn't bring Lenora along"
The professor shook his head.
You were very WISE" he said. NY
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the particulars of his escape, Lord
Ashleigh? The sooner we get the hang
of things the better"
You know, of COURSE" he began,
that Craig was arrested at Liverpool
in consequence Of communications
from the New York police | under
stand that it was with great difficulty
he was discovered, and it is quite clear
that someone on the ship had been
heavily bribed. However, he was ar
rested. brought TO London, and then
down here for purposes of identified
tion. ! would have gone to London
myself, and. in fact, offered to do so,
but on the other hand, as there are
many others on the estate to whom he
was well known, ! thought that 1t
would be better to have more evil
dence than mine alone. Accordingly,
they left London one afternoon, and
sent dogcart to the station to meet
them They arrived quite safely and
started for here. Craig handcuffed to
one Of the Scotland Yard men on the
back seat, and the other In front with
the driver. About half mile from the
south entrance to the park the road
runs across a rather desolate strip OF
country with lot OF low underground
on one side. We have had little
trouble with poachers there. as there
is a sort OF gypsy camp on some com
mon land little way away. My head
keeper, TO whom the very idea of a
poacher is intolerable, was patrolling
this ground himself that afternoon and
caught sight Of one Of these gypsy
fellows setting trap. He chased him,
and more. am sure. TO frighten him
than anything else. when he saw that
the fellow was getting away, he fired
his gun, just as the dogcart was pass
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as soon as we could get together on,
or two Of the keepers and few o
the local constabulary. we started
off again from here The dogs brought
Us without check to this shed, ant
started off again this way"
They walked another half mile
across reedy swamp. Every now
and then they had to jump across a
mall dyke, and once they had to
make a detour to avoid an osier bed
They came at last to the river.
Nov, ! can show you exactly how
that fellow put US off the scent here,
their guide proceeded. "He seems to
have picked up something. Edgar, in
those South American trips of yours,
for cleverer thing never saw.
You see all these bulrushes every
Whereabouts of them all along the
riyer?"
We call them tules,' Quest NUT
tered Well?"
I" When Craig arrived here" Lord
Ashleigh continued, "he must have
heard the baying of the dogs in the
distance and he knew that the game
was up unless he could put them off
TIE scent He cut a quantity of these
bulrushes from place a little farther
behind those trees. then stepped bold
ly into the middle of the water, wad-
ed down TO that spot where. as you
see. the trees hang over. stood stock
still and leaned them all around him.
IT was dask when the chase reached
The river bank. and ! have no doubt
the bulrushes presented quite natur-
al appearance. At any rate. although
tae dogs came without a check to the
edge Of the river. where he stepped
on. they never picked the scent up
again either on this side or the other.
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SYNOPSIS.

Sanford Quest. master criminologlst OF
the world dnSs that IN bringing to JUS
tice macdosgal. the murderer Of Lord
Ashlegh's daughter. he has but just be-
gun a ilfe-and-death struggle with a
mysterious master criminal. In hidden
hut in Professor Ashleigh's garden he has
Fecn an antlHOpoid ape skeleton ana a
living inhuman creature half monkey.
half man destroyed By ere. In his rooms
have appeared from nowhere black boxes.
one containing diamonds torn from a
lovely throat by pair OF armless, threat
ching hands, roth with sarcastic threat
eFlHr notes. signed by the inscrutable
hands His valet. Ross Brown, and O
caller. Miss Quigg are murdered ia his
rooms Laura ana Lenora. lbs ASSISTANTS,
suspect Cfaig the professors valet. Lee
nora abducted by the Threatening hands.
ts rescued. Quest traps Craig logcs him.
traps him again in The house where Lee
nora was Imprisoned, and loses him yet
again after a thrilling chHsc The black
boxes continue 70 appear in uncanny
fashion with their notes Of sarcasm, warn
ing and suggestions OF clues, all signed
by the inhunan arulssE hands.
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some entries concerning which was
interested It contains history Of
the Hamblin estate since the days oi
Cromwell, and here in the back. you
see, Is "a list of our farmers, bailiffs
| and domestic servants. There was a
| Craig who was tenant of the first
Lord Ashlegh and fought with him in
the Cromwellian wars as a trooper
and since those days, so far as ! can
see, there has never been time when
there hasn't been Craig in the sery-
ice Of cur family A fine race they
seem to have been, until
Until when?" Quest demanded.
The look of trouble had once more
couded the professors face. He
shrugged his shoulders slightly.
Until Craig's father" he admitted.
Il am afraid must admit that we
come lpon bad piece OF family his
tory here. Silas Craig entered the
service OF my father in 1858 as under
gamekeeper Here we come upon the
ia oA DAANh lidt "A 6EdluGN lIt fidllts
He appears to have lived reputably
for some years, and then. after a quar
rel with a neighbor about some trivial
matter. he deliberately murdered him,
a crime for which he was tried and
executed in 1867. John Craig his only
son, entered our service in 1880. and,
when | left England, accompanied me
as my valet"
There was moments silence,
Lenora and are sailing tomor-
row. Quest said. I'VE are taking
over the necessary warrants and shall
bring Craig back here for trial.
The professor smoked thoughtfully
for some moments. Then he rose de-
liberately to his feet. He had come
to decision. He announced it calm
ly, but irrevocably.
Il shall come with you he an
nounced Il shall be glad to visit
England, but apart from that | feel it
to be my duty. l owe it to Craig to
see that he has fair chance, and |
owe 1t to the law to see that he pays
the penalty, If, indeed. he is guilty of
these crimes. Is Miss Laura accom-
panying you. too?"
Quest shook his head.
From what the surgeons tell u.s."
he said, ct will be some weeks before
she is able to travel At the same
time must tell you that am glad OF
your decision, professor"
cit is my duty" the latter declared
II cannot rest in this state OF uncer-i
tainty. If Craig is lost to me, the
sooner / face the fact the better At
the same time / will be frank with
you. Notwithstanding all the accumu-
lated pile of evidence l feel in my
heart the urgent necessity IF seeing
him face to face, of holding him by
the shoulders and asking him whether
these things are true. We have faced
death together. Craig and l. We have
done more than that-we have court
ed It. There is nothing about him
can accept from hearsay. ! shall go
with you to England. Mr.. Quest"
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There Is more Catarrh IN this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
together,o and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For greal
many years doctors pronounced It local
by constantly falling to cure with local
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ence has proven Cctarrh 10 be eonsti-
tutional disease, a-d therefore requires
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Fold hy Dr7irgis.s, &c.
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Milford chronicle., 1915-01-29
SLEET STORM.

The first sleet storm of the season
struck Milford last Sunday, and when
night set in the trees and shrubbery
were mass of ice. The pavements were
coated with the same material and a
number of bad falls were reported. At
intervals during the day snow replaced
the cold rain. The day was by far the
worse of the present year. During the
night, however, the weather moderated
and all signs of the sleet storm had dis
appeared by morning. Fruit tree own
ers state that no material damage was
done to their trees by the sleet, although
they had grave fears for their young
trees Sunday before the change in the
weather came. The roads, according to
the farmers, are next to impossible and
very few rural persons are coming to
town. The theory that roads can be
built in lower Delaware from materials
to be found near at hand has surely been
exploded by the miserable conditions of
the ''good road" between Milford and
Frederica which was built from material
found near at hand.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-29
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BENEFIT.

The members of the Milford High
School Alumni Association have made
arrangements with the Palace Theatre
in Milford to give benefit for the as
sociatiOn on Tuesday evening, February
End. The proceeds of the affair will be
placed to the credit of the Scholarship
Fund of the association. Since the in
auguration of the practice of sending a
student, a graduate of the Milford High
School to college in 1908, the association
has not failed one year to raise the needed
money. Each year the amount gets
larger. so it is quite task to raise the
amount. The Alumni Association gives
the scholarship to the college which the
student chooses, and no provisions are
made for the re- payment of the money
in the future. Later on in the spring
it is more than likely that a local talent
will be given to raise
more money for the fund.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-29
FREE BIBLE PICTURES.

The world famous "Photo Drama of
Creation, given under the auspices of
the international Bible Students As
sociation, will be shown at the Armory
Hall tonight and tomorrow evening,
January 29th, and Both. 1t consists Of
stereoptican slides, with lectures given
by a real talking machine. This drama,
with the addition of a few films, has
been shown in all the principal cities
of the world, and has run now over a
year in the New York Temple on Sixty
third Street, with good attendance. 1t
is being shown in this section wherever
citizens will provide a suitable hall.
These interesting pictures show how
the earth was prepared for the abode
of man, the creation of Adam and Eve.
their fall into sin, many of the Old
Testament narratives, the story of
Christ, history of the Church, including
the prosecutions of the dark ages, and
Bible prophecy. All are invited to at
tend. Children should be accompanied
by parents. Seats free and no collec-
tiOnS
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-29
INSTITUTE AT
MILFORD GRANGE HALL

The program of the Farmers Institute
to be held in Milford Grange Hall next
Tuesday, February End, will begin at
ten O'Clock in the morning with a full
discussion of Sweet Potatoes by W.
B. Gordy, of Laurel. Mr.. Gordy read
a paper on the subject at the Horticul-
tural meeting in Wilmington recently,
that was pronounced by sweet potato
growers to be the best they ever heard.
A. E. Rodgers, of Maine, noted as an
expert on white potato growing, will
also speak. Mr.. Rodgers has written
bulletins that have been widely dis
tributed, and one of our largest Della
ware growers who has come in personal
contract with Mr.. Rodgers says that his
success is due to Rodgers advice. There
will be three morning, after
noon and night.
Professor Hayward will be among the
speakers as well as other men from the
college, and Dean Robinson of the
Women's College will deliver an ad-
dress. The evening lectures will be
Illustrated with lantern slides. Music
will be furnished at night by the Mil
ford Orchestra.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-29
CONDENSED news ITEMS
Paragraphs of a Local Nature
for Rapid Readers

Come to the Palace Theatre February
End.
Alumni Association Benefit at Palace
Theatre February End.
Buy tickets now for Alumni Associa-
tion Benefit February End.
Do not fail to see .'The Locked Door,
at the Palace Theatre February End.
A Bake and Lunches served at Grange
Hall on Tuesday, February End, by the
ladies of Milford Grange.
Samuel c. Evans, Jr., is in Whining
ton attending a meeting of the State
Broad of Optometry Examiners. of
which he is secretary.
The Ladies Aid of New Market Church
will meet at the home of Mrs. David
Lofand, Friday evening, January 10Th.
A good attendance is desired.
Professor Varney of the Milford High
School will address the scholars of the
Presbyterian Sunday School on Sunday
afternoon. Special exercises. All are
invited.
A Box Social will be held at Redman's
School near Staytonsville, Friday, Feb
ruary 9th. If that night should be stormy
it will be held the next clear night. Pro-
ceeds for school.
The monthly meeting of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Avenue M. E. Church
will be held at the Chapel on Wednes-
day, February 3rd. All ladies of the
church are invited.
All music lovers will reserve the even
ing of February 9Th, when Ralph Walker,
tenor, will give recital in the Presby-
terian Church. This will be an evening
of rare enjoyment.
Don't forget the Social and Kitchen
shower to be given this evening January
29th, in the lecture room of the Pres
byterian Church by the Christian En-
1eavor Society, all are invited admission
free.
There willlbe Box and Shadow Social
leld at Postles School on Friday even
ng, February 9Th, for the benefit of
the school picnic. Before the sale of
The boxes there will be a short play
rendered entitled, 1.-The Little Angles.
All are invited to attend.
The ladies of Millwood Aid Society |
will render a play entitled 'Parson |
ooor's Donation Party" on FRIDAY even
ng. February 5th, in the Millwood Hall.
After the play ice cream and cake and |
lome made candy will be offered for
iale. Admission Is cents children under
2 years free. Proceeds for benefit of
he hall. Everybody come out and en-
oy an evenings pleasure.
Milford chronicle., 1915-01-29
CHURCH OFFICERS ELECTED.

The Congregational Meeting held in
the Presbyterian Church of Milford on
Thursday evening, January 21st. was
for the purpose of considering the af-
fairs of the church and electing trustees.
In the Board of Trustees there was two
vacancies caused by death of James B.
Gilchrist and Robert C. Hall. The new
men chosen to fill their places, are
Charles D. Abbott and Garrett Vreland.
The others were reflections, and they
are William A. Humes, Samuel c.
Evans, Jr.. and Charles j. Holzmueller.
The reports from the treasurer and
other boards were not read, and the
meeting adjourned to meet again pro-
badly in February, when the Ways and
Means Committee will ask that gen
eral attendance of all members be given.