The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01

sought the ball which had come crash.
ing into the room. There was life
once more in her pulses. She found
a scrap of paper and pencil in her
pocket. With trembling fingers she
wrote few words.
/ Police headquarters. am Sanford
Quests assistant, abducted and i'm
prisoned here In the room where the
ball has fallen Help | am going
mad,"
She twisted the paper, looked
around the room vainly for string. and
finally tore thin piece of ribbon
from her bosom. She tied the mes
sage round the ball, set her teeth and
threw it at the empty skylight. The
first time she was not successful and
the bali came back The second time
it passed through the center of the
opening. She heard it strike the sound
portion of the glass outside. heard it
rumble down the roof A few seconds
of breathless silence! Her heart al:
most stopped beating. Had it rested
in some ledge or fallen into the street
below? Then she heard the boys
voice:
Gee! Here's the ball come back
again"
A new light shone into the room.
She seemed to be breathing different
atmosphere-the atmosphere of hope.
She listened no longer with horror
for creaking upon the stairs. She
walked backwards and forwards until
she vas exhausted. Curiously
enough wien the end came she was
asleep, crouched upon the bed and
dreaming wildly. She sprang up to
find Inspector French, with a police
man behind him, standing upon the
Inspector" she cried, rushing to-
wards him. Mr. French! oh, thank
God!"
Her feelings carried her away. She
threw herself at his feet. She was
laughing and crying and talking inco-
all at the same time, The
inspector assisted her to a chair.
Say, what's all this mean?" he de-
She told him her story incoherent-
ly, in broken phrases. French listened |
with puzzled frown.
Then he realized that she was on |
the point of a nervous breakdown !
and in no condition for interrogations. i
"Thatll do" he said. TN take care
If you for a time, young lady, and III !
ask you few questions later on. My |
nen are searching the house. You I
md | will be getting on, if you can
car yourself away"
The plain-clothes man, who was
ounging in Quests most comfortable /
Easy chair and smoking one of his
,est cigars, suddenly laid down his
,aper. He moved to the windox A
arge. empty automobile stood in the
treet outside, from which the occu-
lants had presumably just descend
ID. He fastened towards the door,
which was opened, however, before he !
vas halfway across the room. The
igar slipped from his fingers. 1t was
sanford Quest, who stood there, fol-
owed by the sheriff of Bethel, two
ountry policemen and Red Gallagher
nd his mate, heavily handcuffed.
"Say, aren't you wanted down yon-
er, Mr.. Quest?" the man inquired.
That's all right now" Quest told
i'm. I'm ringing up Inspector French
lyself. You'd better stand by the
ther fellows there and keep your
ye on Red Gallagher and his mate"
'T guess Mr.. Quest is all right the
neriff lntervened. Were ringing up
ourselves, anyway"
The plain-clothes man did as he was
I'D. Quest took up the receiver from
is telephone instrument and arranged
ie phototelesme.
Police station No. 1, central" he
d-"through to Mr.. French's Of
&C, If you please. Mr.. Quest
ants to speak to him. Yes, San /.
'rd Quest No need to get excited
All right I'm through, am 1?
Hello, Inspector
A rare expression of joy suddenly
ansfgured Quests face. He was
szing downward into the little mir $
II.
You've found Lenora, then, in
,ector?" he exclaimed. Bully for !
", What do mean? What
say. You forget that am sci 9
tiflc man, French. No end of ap-
iances here you haven't had time Il
look at. can sec you sitting there,
I'd LenOra and Laura looking as .
ough you had them on the rack. You u
n drop that, French. I've got Red
lllagher and his mate, got them .
re with the sheriff OF Bethel. They Il
mt off with my auto and sold il. .
eve got that. Also. IN less than d
q minutes my chauffeur will be II
re- He's been lying in farmhouse u
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