Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-04-23
SEVENTH lNSTALLMENT
7sE HOUSE OF MYSTERY



So-sfhinr Il ths nature q q CO..
ference Vas proceeding IL o1es,s
study. TIE professor vas there. seat
&C IN the -os; comfortable easy
chssr. smoking withcut relish c-e of
RS hosts oss. ciEaTs. watching With
nervous sz,qatie1ce the closed dooT.
Laura and Le-ora were seated a. the
tAhle. dressed for the street They
hA6 the air q beng prepared tor
some excursic1. Quest realizing ne
V,tcessors hiEhly strunE state, Asa
len sln alone tor 8 few moments
Aad Was studying NAP o. New York
The latter. Acwerer. was TOO ID az
ease q keep silent for lcnE
oar trse76 French he remarked
gave you 10 clue. suppose. as 70 the
direction IL which his invest gztiozs
sre leading hiIl.-
Q1esi glAlced Up from the map
None al al. J know. however, list
the house n which LelcrA here vas
confined IS being Watched closely-"
he professor glanced across 10
ward the table before which LenorA
was seated
It seems strange he continued
that the you-g lady should have 50
little 10 ten rs about her l1carce-a-
t5oa"
Lsnora shiTe-ea tor a moment
What could there Re 70 tell she
asked. except that il vas al horrible,
and hat ] felt thinEs-fslt ealgeTs-
which ! coul5l't describe
The professor Esve vent TO an in
patent little eTclA-rzrica.
Y an ncf speaking for tz1cses' hs
persisted. "To1 hzd food brought n
rcu. tcr instance Could you never
see the hand which placed Il inside
vour rocnt Gould yea hear nothing
. of the footsteps q the person Who
brought its C0uld yon 1ot even SUI
mise whether Il we've a uA1 CT .
EczE1e"
Ls-o-a answered him with a. evi-
T dent sEorr- she had barely, as yet
. recovered 1r-u he shock o.. those
awful hours
The .perso- vho brought ne The
/ food she said, came ai night-never
q TIE daytime ] -ETC- heard Any
thl-r TIE most ! ever saw vas once
- happened 10 be looking toward
4 TIE door ard ! saw = Vhir ut hands
1 nothing -c-e-se-ti-F down tray J
sh-.eked and called cut think shat
4 7 almost tainted The- 7 fcu-i c1-r-
are enough 70 look there vas nothing
there hut the tray uPca the 1o1r-
Ire professor sighed as BE- t-r-et
away
Ii fs evident : an zfrzi1 he sz-1
-rhat Mss Lero-a's eTl5elce Nh be 3
no cas As az expert IN these Affairs.
III Qlesi- dos .t -cf seen 10 Tc-
tEzi her 1nrrsso-Es1t vas t-st q Ill
tie r-r1ossless- There seems 70 have
bee- 10 attempt 10 harm he- 4 any
way"
W-huerer took The rlsE q. ab5uci'
inE har.~ Quest pointed ont gTi-ly
-did ii tor a purpose That rurposa
would probably have been derel
crad il course e time. However ws
lock AZ H. Mr.. AEAleiEh. there was
cnlv che ma1 who must have beE-
auriaus 70 Eet her cut cf Tire waT. and
shzt usn was Craig Here comes CDi
sTsend Frslch- ] hare az idsz LAat h'
has so-ethilE u ten Us"
they g,aaced sTpecta-iiy towards
the door as French entered Tie n
Epector. who was booking very Epr-c'
. and vel brushed. wished them q gen
erzl good ucrzl1E- BIS eyes rsstsi
last ard longest upon Laura. WI
seemed. however. unconscious ot II
presence
Nov. then. Frelcs.' Quest began
as he returned HIS greeting. take
cigar, make yoursen couforfable q
that chair and Jet ns have Fo1E news
As you see, re have obeyed orders
We are all ready 10 follow you any
who're
1t won't be 20 the end of the weird
anyway" the inspector remarked, a
he lii his cigar. I an going 70 prc
pose q little excursion down GAysol
. ayenue way"
Pack 70 that houssg~ Lsncra e.
claimed with 4 grinAee-
The inspector nodded.
! We have had those huys Al II