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Easy Money.

Burglar-Come. now. l just beat up
the janitor and got upstairs here and
l want your purse quick.
Flatdweller-You beat up the jani-
tor?
Burglar-Yes. Here, where are you
going?
Flatdweller-It's all right. / haven't
any purse myself. but I'm sure l can
raise one among the tenants in few
minutes.
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Jury to Try zaneanneIn Secured.

Trinidad three and one-half
days of examination. a jury was Sc
lected Saturday for the trial of Louis
Zancannelli, who is charged with the
murder in this Gity Nov. 90, 1913, OF
George w. Belcher, Baidwin-Feltz de-
tective. This is the second trial OF
the accused man, the former resulting
IN a disagreement of the jury after
a trial lasting ten days.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-04-08
Mexican Badly Gu, at Monument.

Colorado Springs.-Gabin Truz, a
Mexican. walked barefoot a mile and
a half into Monument. and dropped un-
conscious on the porch of a friends $
home. When revived. he said Mex
lean with whom he was walking to
Denver, had cut him with razor
while he slept, He was badly cut on
the face and neck.
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Hurt in Motor Cycle Clash.

Pueblo.-Harold Bowers, twenty
one. is at St Mary's hospital with a
fractured skull as the result of mo-
tor cycle collision.
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Improved Service on Great Western.

Denver-People in and about Johns
town will have two trains day over
the Great Western road to and from
Milliken, where close connection is
made to and from Denver over the
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern.
under an order made by the State
Utilities Commission.
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Inflammation Of
the bladder. La
ter I became so
much worse that
l consulted a
doctor, who said
that 1 had Dia-
betes and that
my heart was af-
fected. l suffer
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An Insinuation.

They tell me, Mrs. Comeup. your
daughter went through that recep-
ton in her honor without any faux
pas"
NO such thing. She had as much
Of It as anybody that was there"
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Man Killed Under Pile of Flour.

Montrose.-Edward Dunnegan, fif-
ty-four, was killed at the Montrose
flour mills when a large pile of flour
fell upon him.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-04-08

Chickens come home to roost, and a
promissory note always displays the
same tendency.
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RroofS of IL.

THE author of that work hasn't
leg to stand on
How about his footnotes?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-04-08
Keeping a mans nose to the grind
stone doesn't sharpen his wits.

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes, winter than SHOW.
All good grocers. ADV.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-04-08
OF Two Evils.

Sillicus-Some men are sorry they
are married, and some are sorry they
are not.
Cynicus-Well, it's better to be
sorry you are not than sorry you
are.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-04-08

Many man burns his bridges be-
hind him without carrying any fire in
surance.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-04-08
WESTER
MINING NEWS
IN REF
tern Sewspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
IN q r I E F

ST Louis.-Spelter, $s.75@9.25.
New York.-Bar silver, soc.
Lead--s4.17@4.22; London, e22, Is.
Cd.
Spelter-London, G43.
Copper-Electrolyti $1,000; cast
ing, s15.5O@15.75.
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SUFFERED FOR FOUR YEARS.

Mr.. ]. M. Sinclair of Olivehill.
Tenn. writes: II strained my back.
which weakened my kidneys and
caused an awful bad backache and
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room. Ella pointed In the door.

room. Ella pointed to the door.
"Lenora, look outside. See If any.
one is on that landing. / fancied that
the door opened"
Lenora crossed the room and tried
the handle. Then she turned towards
her mistress in triumph.
1T is locked, my lady" she re-
ported.
60 down and ask Macdougal to
come up. l am going to have this
thing explained"
Something of her mistress agita-
ton seemed to have become commu-
nicated to Lenora.
She walked quickly to the back part
of the hotel and assembled to the wing
in which the servants quarters were
situated. Here she made her way
along a corridor until she reached
Macdougal's room. She knocked, and
knocked again. There was NJ answer.
She tried the door and found it was
locked. Then she returned to the lift
and descended nee more to h fioor
upon which her mistress apartments
were situated, She opened the door
of the suite without knocking and
turned at once to the sitting room.
81 am sorry, my lady" she began
Then she stopped short. The lift
boy, who had had a little trouble with
his starting apparatus and had not as
yet descended. heard the scream
uuhtah hrplxn frnn hnr line and a fire.
man in an adjacent corridor came run
ming up almost at the same moment.
Lenora was On her knees by her mis-
tress' side. Ella was still lying In the
easy-chair in which she had been
seated, but her head was thrown back
in an unnatural fashion. There was
a red mark just across her throat.
Lenora shrieked, "She's tainted!
And the diamonds-the diamonds have
gone!"
A doctor, hurriedly summoned, had
just completed a hasty examination
when a police inspector, followed by a
detective, entered.
This is your affair, gentlemen. not
mine," the doctor said gravely. "The
young lady is dead. She has been
cruelty strangled within the last five
or ten minutes"
The inspector made a careful exam
ination of the room.
"Tell me-" he inquired, us this the
young lady who owned the wonderful
Ashleigh diamonds?"
They've gone!" Lenora shrieked.
They've been stolen! She was wear
ing them when / left the room!"
The inspector turned to the .tele-
phone.
"Mr. Marsham." he said, 81 am
afraid this will be a diff affair.
am going to take the liberty of calling
in an expert. That you. exchanged? l
want number one, New York city
Mr.. Sanford Quest"
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Together they carried the sleeping
girl out of the room into a larger
apartment. A single electric light was
burning on the top of a square mirror
fixed upon an easel. Towards this
they carried the girl and laid her in an
easy chair almost opposite to 1t.
"The battery is just on the left"
Laura whispered.
Quest nodded.
Give me the band"
She turned away for a moment and
disappeared in the shadows. When
she returned, she carried a curved
band of flexible steel. Quest took it
from her, attached it by means of a
coil of wire to the battery. and with
firm, soft fingers slipped it on to
Lenora's forehead. Then he stepped
back.
She's a subject, Laura-Fm sure
OF it! Now for our great experiment."
They watched Lenora intently.
"Lenora," Quest said, slowly and
firmly, your mind is full of one sub
ject. You see your mistress in her
chair by the fireside. She is toying
with her diamonds. Look again. She
lies there dead! Who was it entered
the room, Lenora? Look! Look!
Gaze into that mirror. What do you
see there?"
The girls eyes had opened. They
were fixed now upon the mirror-dis
tended, full Of unholy things
"Try harder, Lenora,' he muttered
his own breath laboring. 1T is there
in your brain! Look!"
For q single second the smooth sur
face Of the mirror was obscured. A
room crept dimly like a picture int
being, a fire upon the hearth, a cir
leaning back in her chair. A dool
In the background opened. A maj
stole out. He crept nearer to the cir
his eyes fixed upon the diamonds, ;
thin, silken cord twisted round hi
wrist. Suddenly she saw him-tot
late! His hand was upon her lips
his face seemed to start almost from
the mirror-then blackness!
Lenora opened her eyes. She wal
still in the ~easy-chair before the fire.
"Mr. Quest!" she faltered.
He looked up from some letters
which he had been studying.
Il am so sorry" he said politely. Z"
really had forgotten that you were
here. But you know-that you hav'
been to sleep?"
Can l go now?" she asked.
'"Certainly," Quest replied. ITO tel
you the truth, l find that i shall no
need to ask you those questions, afte
all. A messenger from the police sta
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der bruised, his head swimming q nc
tie. Suddenly a CLEAN of light shond
down. A trap-door above his head
was slid a few inches back. The fare
of an electric torch shone upon his
face, a mans voice addressed HIM
mot the great Sanford Quest? Thia
surely cannot be the greatest detect
tive in the world walking 80 easily in
to the spiders web!"
ANY chance o. getting out?" Quest
asked laconically.
Monet" was the bitter reply
you've done enough mischief. You're
there to 'rot!"
why this animus against me, my
friend Macdougal?" Quest demanded
You and / have ley come ur|
against one another before. ! didn't
like the life o led in New York ten
years ago, or your friends, but you've
suffered nothing through me-"
IF let you co." once more came
the mans voice, Il know very well In
what chair l shall be sitting before
a month has passed. am James Mac
dougal, Mr.. Sanford Quest, and have
got the Ashleigh diamonds, and ! have
settled an old grudge, If not of my own
OF one greater than you. That's all
A pleasant night to you!"
The door went down with a bang.
"A perfect oubliette," he remarked
to himself, as he held a match over
his head q moment or two later, built
for the purpose. 1t must be the house
we failed to find which Bill Taylor
used to keep before he was shot
Smooth brick walls, smooth brick floor
only exit twelve feet above ones head
human means, apparently, are useless
Science, you have been my mistress all
my days. You must save my life now
or lose an earnest disciple"
Quest felt in his overcoat poke,
and drew out the small, hard pellet
He gripped 1t in his fingers, stood
as nearly as possible underneath the
spot from which he had been project
ed, coolly swung his arm back, and
flung the black pebble against the
sliding door. The explosion which fol
lowed shook the very ground under
his feet. For minutes afterwards
everything around him seemed Il
rock. Then Sanford Quest emerged
dusty but unhurt, and touched a con
stable on his arm.
ARREST me-" he ordered. II am San
ford Quest. must be taken at once
to headquarters"
They found a cab without much diff
ficulty. 1t was five o'clock when they
reached the central police station
Inspector French happened to be JUS
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"You will take your own maid with
ued. "Lenora is a good girl and | am
sure she will look after you quite we'll,
but have decided to supplement lie,
nora's surveillance over your comfort
by sending with you, also, a sort OF
courier and general standardization
do you think? Well, Macdougal. He
has lived in New York for some years,
and you will doubtless find this a
great advantage, Ella"
Ella glanced over her shoulder 8!
the two servants who were standing
discreetly in the background. Her
eyes rested upon the pale, expression
less face of the man who during the
last few years had enjoyed her IA
theirs confidence.
For a moment a queer sense OF ap-
pre- ension troubled her. Was it true,
she wondered, that she did not like the
man? She banished the thought al
most as soon as 1t was conceived.
"You are spelling me, daddy" Ella
sighed.
eff you think so now" he remarked,
u do not know what you will say to
me presently"
He laid upon the table a very ia.
miliar morocco case, stamped with q
coronet.
Our diamonds" Ella exclaimed.
''The Ashleigh diamonds!"
The necklace lay exposed to view,
the wonderful stones flashing in the
subdued light.
In New York." Lord Ashleigh con.
tinued, 1T is the custom to wear jew.
elry in public more, even, than in this
country. Allow mel"
He leaned forward. With Tong, capa.
BILE fingers he fastened tbs necklace
around his daughters neck.
1T Is our farewell present to you,'
Lord Ashleigh declared.
Ella, impelled by some curious i'm
pulse which she could not quite u
derstand, glanced quickly around to
where the manservant was standing,
For once she saw something besides
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FIRST INSTALLMENT
stanford QUEST, CRIMiNOLO.
GST."

The young man from the West had
arrived in New York only that after
noon, and his cousin, town born and
bred, had already embarked upon the
task of showing him the great city.
They occupied a table in a somewhat
insignificant corner Of one of New
York's most famous roof garden res
t%aurants. The place was crowded
with diners. There we're many nota.
bilities to be pointed out. The town
young man was very busy.
Tell me-" the country cousin in.
quired, who is the man at a table by
himself? The walters speak to him
as though he were a little god. Is he
a millionaire, or a Judge, or what?"
You're in luck, Alfred" the New
Yorker declared. That's the most in.
teresting mar in New York-one of
the most interesting in the world.
That's Sanford Quest"
who's hep.
Sanford Quest is the greatest mas
ter in c~riminology the world has ever
known. He is a magician, a scientist,
the Pierpont Morgan Of his profess
sion"
Say, do you mean that he is a de-
tective?"
Yes" he. said simply, "you can call
him that-just in the same way that
you could call Napoleon a soldier or
Lincoln a statesman. He is a detec,
tive, if you like to call him that, the
master detective in the world"
When Sanford Quest entered his
house an hour later he glanced into
two of the room on the ground floor,
in which telegraph and telephone OPP
orators sat at their instruments.
Then, by means of a small lift, he as
cended to the top story and entered
a large apartment wrapped in gloom
until, as he crossed the threshold, he
touched the switches of the electric
lights. One realized then that this
was a man of taste. Quest drew up
an easy chair to the wide-iung win
dow, touching a bell as he crossed the
room. In a few moments the door was
opened and closed no~iselessly. A
young woman entered with a bundle
of papers.
The criminologist glanced through
the papers quickly. mo further in
q%uiries, Laura"
She left the room almost noiselessly
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ton has been here. He says they
have come to the conclusion that a
very well-known gang of New York
criminals are in this thing. We know
how to track them down all right"
II may go now, them" she repeated,
with immense relief.
Quest escorted the girl downstairs,
opened the front door, blew his whis-
tie and his car pulled up at the door.
Take this young lady" he ordered.
wherever she wishes. Goodnight"
The girl drove of. Quest watched
the car disappear around the corner.
Then he turned slowly and made prep
arations for his adventure. &.
Number 700. New York." he NUT
tered, half an hour later, as he left
his house" Beyond Fourteenth street
"a tough neighborhood."
He hesitated for a moment. feeling
the articles in his overcoat pocket-a
revolver In one. a small piece of hard
substance In the other. Then he
stepped into his car, which had just
returned.
where did you leave the young
iady?' he asked the chauffeur.
I'm Broadway. sir. She left me and
boarded a cross-town car"
Quest nodded approvingly.
mo f1nesse." he sighed.
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CHAPTER ~.

The streets of New York were COW
cred with a thin, powdery snow as the
very luxurious car of Mrs. Delarey
drew up outside the front Of the Le-
land hotel, a little after midnight. Ella
leaned over and kissed her hostess.
Thank you. dear, ever SO much,
for your delightful dinner" she ex-
claimed, land for bringing me home.
AS for the music, well, l can't talk
about 1t. I am just going upstairs
into my room to sit and think"
The al rolled of. Ella. a large
umbrella held v q her head by the
doorkeeper. stepped up the little strip
of drugget which led into the softly
warmed hall Of the Leland. Behind
her came her maid, Lenora, and Mac
dougal. who had been riding on the
box with the chauffeur. He paused
for a moment to wipe the snow from
his clothes as Ella crossed the hall to
the left. Lenora turned toward him.
He whispered something In her ear.
For q moment she shook. Then she
turned away and followed her mis-
tress upstairs.
Arrived In her apartment, Ella
threw herself with a little sigh Of con.
tent into a big easy-chair before the
fire and gave herself up for a few mo
ments to reverie.
A log stirred upon the fire. She
leaned forward lazily to replace 1t and
then stopped short. Exactly opposite
to her wits q door which opened on
to q back hall. It vas used only BY
the servants. Just as she was In the
act Of leaning forward Ella became
conscious Of q curious hallucination.
Tenora, come here at once"
The maid hurried In from the nexl
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1.-THE TENEMENT HOUSE MYS
Terry"
p I.

This habit of becoming late for
breakfast" Lady Ashleigh remarked,
as she sat down the coffee pot, rs
growing upon your father. Any news,
dear?"
Ella glanced up from a pile Of cor
respondence through which she had
been looking a little negligently.
None at all, mother. My CORE
spondence is just the usual sort Of rub.
DETERMINATIONS and gossip. Such a
lot of invitations, by the bye"
eat your age" Lady Ashleigh de-
clared, that is the sort Of correspond.
ence which you should find interest
ing"
"You know I am not like that, moth
err" she protested. my music is really
the only part Of life which absolutely
appeals to me. Oh, why doesn't Della
reg make up his mind and let father
know, as he promised! Here
comes daddy, num-"
LORD Ashleigh loitered for a mo-
ment to raise the cover from the
oAohCo upOu q oluS IdulO. AlICI NC
he seated himself at the table.
II heard this morning." he said
from your friend Delarey, Ella. He
went into the matter very fully. The
substance of 1t Is that for the first
year of your musical training he ad'
vises New York.
81 have not finished yet. This cable.
gram" he went on, drawing a little
slip of blue paper from his pocket
was brought to me this morning"
He smoothed 1t out before him and
read:
To Lord Ashleigh, Hamblin House, Dor
set, England: I find a magnificent pro-
gram arranged for at Metropolitan Opera
house this year. Have taken box fol-
your daughter. engaged the best profes-
sor In the world, and secured an apart
ment at the Leland, our most select and
comfortable residential hotel. Understand
your brother Is still in South America, re-
turning early spring. but will do our best
to make YOU daughters year Of study as
pleasant as possible. Advise her sail on
Saturday by Mauretania.
"On Saturday." Ella almost
screamed.
81 shall now" Lord Ashleigh said
leave you to talk over and discuss
this matter for the rest of the day
At dinner time tonight you can tell me
your decision, or rather we will dis
cuss 1t together"
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CHAPTER v.

Sanford Quest was naturally a per.
son unaffected by presentiments or
nervous fears OF any sort. yet. having
advanced a couple OF yards along the
hallway of the house which he had
Just entered without diff Guilty, he came
to a standstill, oppressed with the
sense Of impending danger.
Anyone here?" he asked. raising
his voice.
There was no direct response, yet
from somewhere upstairs he heard the
half-snothered cry of q woman. He
gripped his revolver In his fingers. He
took a quick step forward The door
gave way beneath him. He was fall
ing into blackness. .
The fall itself was scarcely q dozen
feet. He picked himself up. his shout
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going of duty. He recognized Quest
with a little exclamation.
Got your man to bring me here"
Quest explained so as to get away
from the mob"
Say, you've been in troubled" the
inspector remarked, leading the way
into his room.
"Bit of an explosion, that's ALL"
Quest replied. 81 shall be all right
when you've lent me a clothesbrush."
"The Ashleigh diamonds. chi" the
inspector asked eagerly.
Il shall have them at nine o'clock
this morning." Sanford Quest prom
ised, "and hand you over the muir
derer somewhere around midnight"
Quest slept for a couple Of hours,
had a bath and made a leisurely toilet.
At a quarter to nine he sat down to
breakfast in his rooms.
AT nine o'clock" he told his serv.
ant. "a young lady will call. Bring
her up"
The door was suddenly opened. Lee
nora walked in. Quest glanced In sur.
prise at the clock.
my fault" he exclaimed. I'VE are
slow. Good-morning. Miss Lenora!"
She came straight to the table. She
laid a little packet upon the table.
Quest opened 1t coolly. The Ashleigh
diamonds flashed up at him. He
led Lenora to a chair and rang a bell.
Prepare a bedroom upstairs" he
ordered. ASK Miss Roche to come
here. Laura" he added, as his
secretary entered. will you look after
this young LADY,"
A few minutes later Inspector
French was announced. Quest nodded
In a friendly manner
Some coffee, INSPECTOR"
I'D rather have those diamondsi"
Quest threw them lightly ACROSS the
table.
The inspector whistled.
"And now. French. will you BE- here
please. at midnight. with three meas
armed?"
"Heref" the inspector repeated.
Quest nodded.
W|.f
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CHAPTER w.

There seemed to be nothing at all
original in the methods pursued by
the great criminologist when con
fronted with this tableau of death and
robbery. His remarks to the inspec-
tor were few and ~perfunctory. He
asked only a few languid questions Of
Macdougal and Lenora, who were
summoned to his presence.
Macdougal then turned to leave the
room. Lenora was about to follow,
but Quest signed to her to remain.
81 should like to have a little con-
%versation with you about your mis-
tress," he said to her pleasantly. III
you don't mind, l will ask you to &C.
company me in my car. ] will send
the man back with you"
They descended in the lift together
and Quest handed the girl into his car.
They drove quickly through the silent
streets.
In a few minutes Lenora was in
stalled in an easy chair in Quests sit
ting-room.
Lean back and make yourself COM
Portable" Quest invited, as he took a
chair opposite to her. 81 must just
look through these papers"
The girl did as she was told. She
opened her coat. The room was de-
lightfully warm. almost overheated. A
sense OF rest crept over her. She was
conscious that Quest had laid down
the letters which he had been pre-
tending to read. His eyes were fixed
upon her. There was a queer new
look in them, a strange new feeling
creeping through her veins.
Quests voice broke an unnatural
silence.
you are anxious to telephone some
one," he said. you looked at both
the booths as we came through the
hotel. Then you remembered. ! think,
that he would not be there yet. Tele-
phone now. The telephone is at your
right hand. You know the number"
She obeyed almost at nce
Number 700, New York city"
"You will ask" Quest continued.
whether he is all right whether the
Jewels are SAFE"
There was a brief silence then the
girls voice.
Are you there, James? . Yes,
l am Lenora. Are you safe? Have
you the jewels? Where? . . &.
You are sure that you are safe? . :.
No. nothing fresh has happened"
you are at the hotel" Quest said
softly. you are going to him."
81 cannot Sleep" she continued. Il
am coming to you"
She set down the receiver. Quest
leaned a little more closely over her.
"You know where the Jewels are
hidden" he said. Tell me where?"
Her lips quivered. She made no an.
swer.
VERY good" Quest concluded. you
need not tell me. Only remember this:
At nine o'clock tomorrow morning you
will bring those jewels to this apart
ment. . Rest quietly now. ]
want you to go to sleep"
She obeyed without hesitation.
Quest watched. for a moment, her
regular breathing. Then he touched
a bell by his side. Laura entered al.
most at once.
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n.

Il am to take It, / believe" Lord
Ashleigh began after dinner that eve
ming. that you have finally decided,
Ella, to embrace our friend Delarey's
suggestion and to leave us Saturday,"
III you please" Ella murmured,
with glowing eyes.