Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-05-28

house which he had appoihted FOL
his rendezvous with Laura She had
apparently seen their approach, and
she came out TO meet them ut once, NC.
cOmpanled by short, thlckset man
whom she introduced as Mr., Horan.
This Is Mr. floran. the section
boss" she explained
MIR Koran shook hands
Say. I've heard Of you, Mr. Quest, -
he ANNOUNCED. The Young lady tells
me YOU are some Interested Ia that
prisoner they lost on the cara near
here
That's SO, Quest admitted Wed
like to 80 TO the spot II we could"
That's dead easy. the boss re.
piled III tahe. you along on the
haAdcar"
The section boss turned round aud
shistled From little. side track two
men Jumped Oh to handoar and
brought II around To where they We're
standing few yards away the man
who Was propelling- TIA great red
headed lrtshman suddenly ceased bis
efforts Leaning over his pole he
gazed al Quest A sudden teroclty
darkened his coarse face hs gripped
his mate BY the am
See that bloke there" he asked
pointing al Quest
The guy with the linen collar" the
other answered \ see him
That's Quest, the detective" the
irtshman went Oh hoaTseiy That
the man who got me five years Ia the
ZEN the beast That's the man I've
been looking for You're my mate
Jim, Ell X
Il guess SO The other gTuntsd
Are you gong 10 try and do him III
Now then you fellows, Koran
shouted Whist are YOU hanging about
there for Red Gallagher Bring the
carriage up You fellows can have a
smoke for an hour I'm going to take
her down the line toI BIT
The two men obeyed and disap
peared In the direction OF the section
house quest looked after Them curl
ously.
That's big fellow, he remarked
What did YOU call him? Red Gala
CHER? | seem to have seen him be
fore
he vas the most troublesome fel
low on The line once, although he was
the biggest worker the boss replied
He got n'e years In the penitentiar,
and that seems to have taken the
spirit cut OF him
Il believe | vas IL the case, Quest
observed cafelessly
That's sol Nov then, young la
dies Mr. horah advised, hold tight
and here goes 7"
They ambled down the line for
about half mile Then Koran
brought them to standstili
This Is the spot he declared
Nov II you want ny impressions you
are welcome TO them All the search
has been made on the right hand side
here and In New York I've had ny
eye on that hill Tor long time My
impression Is that he hid there
I'm take your advice. Quest de
clded Wen spread out and take
little exercise In hill climbing
Good luck TO YOU" the boss ex
claimed
They searched carefully ana DELFT
erately ror more than half al hour
Then Laura suddenly called out They
looked around to find only her head
visible She scrambled up. muddy and
with wet leaves clinging to her skirt
Say. that guy OF section boss
told me to look out for caves I've
been IN one sure enough Only Just
saved myself
They hurried 10 where she was
<u'oN ptVdVu uCtllNItN uON II
which she had slipped Suddenly he
gave vent to little exclamation At
the same time Laura called out An
inch or two Of tweed WAS clearly Wis.
ible through the strewn leaves Quest
fiat on his stomach crawled little
way down took out his electric torch
from his pocket and brushed the stun
away Then he .clambered to his feet
Our search is over" he declared
sravely and your troubles, Lenora
hat Ia Macdougals body "
Lenorss. face sank into her hands
for moment Quest stood On one
side while Laura passed her arm
around the other girls waist
Quest glanced at his watch
III have TO get he said but III
send someone along Cheer up, lie
nora h. added kindly Look after
her. Laura
Quest FASTENED along the road to
the spot where he had left the car
The chauffeur, who saw him comiNs
stsEted ny and climbed to his seat
Quest took his place e.
Drive TO the office" he ordered
The man slipped III his clutch They
we're in the act OF gliding of WHEEL
there was tremendous report. They
stopped short The man jumped down
and looked at the back tire
Blowout he remarked laconically
Quest frOWned
How long will II take?"
-Four minutes" the man replied
I've got another wheel ready That's
the Queerest blowout ever saw.
though"
The two men leaned over the tire.
Suddenly quests expression changed
His hand stole into hts hip pocket,
TON" he explained, that wasn't
blowout at all Look here!"
He pointed TO the small level hole
Almost at once he stood back ana the
flashed upon the revolver
clutched In his right hand
That WAS bullet" he continued,
Someone fired at that tire Tom,
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