Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-06-04
CHAPTER XII.

1eSSOr b mouse OIL tue lolloWihs noi
ing and found Lenora standing on the
threshold
Lenora smiled pleasantly.
81 came to this door" she said, be
cause wanted little talk with you"
Craigs attitude was perfect. He was
mystified but he remained respectful.
"Will you come inside?" he invited
She shook her head
Il am afraid" she contided, of what
l am going to say being overheard
Come with me down to the garage
for a moment"
He opened the doors Of the garage,
leaving the keys in the lock, and they
both passed inside
You can say what you please here
without the slightest fear of being
overheard, miss" Craig remarked.
Lenora nodded, and breathed q
prayer to herself. She was nearer
the door than Craig by about half
dozen PAGES Her hand CROPPED in the
little bag she was carrying and
gripped something hard She clenched
her teeth for moment Then the
automatic pistol flashed out through
the gloom,
Craig she threatened, III you
move shall shoot you"
Ii seemed as though the man were
coward He began to tremble, his
lips twitChed, his eyes grew larger
and rounder
What is it," he fsltersd. What
do you want?"
Just this" Lenors said firmly. Il
suspect you to be guilty Of the crime
for which Sanford Quest 10 in prison
am going to have you questioned
If you are innocent you have nothing
to fear II you are guilty there will
be someone here before long VINO will
extract the truth from you"
The mans face was an eptome Of
terror Even his knees shook LenoTa
felt herself grow calmer with every
moment
Il am going outside to send mes
cage" she told him Il shall return
presently,
Don't Co." he begged suddenly.
Don't leave me! am innocent.
have done nothing wrong If you keep
me here, you will do more harm than
you can dream OF"
1T Is for other people to decide
about your Innocence" Lenora said
calmly Il have nothing to do with
that II you are wise you will stop
here quietly"
Have you said anything to MFR
Ashleigh mss?" the man asked pite-
ously,
Not word"
A expression of relief shone for a
moment upon his face. Lenora point.
ed to stool
sit down there and wal. quietly"
she ordered.
He obeyed without a word She
left the place, locked the door Sc
curely and made her way round to the
other side of the garage-the side
hidden from the house. Here, at the
far corner, she drew little pocket
wireless from her bag and set it on
the window sill Very slowly she sent
her message:
have Craig here In the professors
garage, locked up. II our plan has
succeeded, come at once ! am wait.
Ing for you.
There was no reply She sent the
message again and again. Suddenly,
during pause, there was little flash
upon the plate A message was com,
ing to her, She Transcribed 1t with
beating heart;
o. X. Coming
The guard swung open the wicket
in front of Quests cell
Young woman to see you, Quest,
he announced Ten minutes, and no
loud talking, please"
Quest moved to the bars 1t was
Laura who stood there She wasted
very little time in preliminares Hav
ing satisfied herself that the guard
was out of hearing, she leaned as close
as she could to Quest
LOOK here she said, Lenoras
crazy with the idea that Craig has
done these jobs-Craig, the profess
sor's servant, you know We used the
phototelesme yesterday afternoon and
saw him burn something In the pro-
fessors study. Lenora went up
straight away and got hold Of the
ashes"
Smart girl" Quest murmured, nod
ding approvingly "Well?"
There are distinct fragments"
Laura continued, of embroidered stuff
such as the Salvation Army girl might
have been wearing. We put them on
one side, but they amt enough evi
dence, Lenora's idea Is that you
should get hold of Craig and hypnotic
him into confession"
That's all right" Quest replied,
but how am to get hold Of him?"
Laura glanced once more carelessly
around to where the guard stood.
'I.enora's gone up to the professors
again this afternoon She is going to
try and get hold of Craig and lock him
In the garage II she succeeds, she
win send a message by wireless at
three o'clock, 1t is half-past two
now"
"Well?" Quest exclaimed. "Wsll?"