The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-10

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Trsls eprans In, no longer the self
contained, perfect nafl.seryant but
\ xith the faca ol sonts Wild creature
tiis shout Nlaa one almost of agony
The Int professor! The hut il on
iire! ha cried.
His appearance on the threshold
was like Hash They heard his fly
ana feet down the nail. ana without
a moments hesitation they all fol-
loved Thc professor led the way
down narrow and concealed path.
but whea they reached the little clear
,ns ~ which the hut was situated,
they were unable to approach any
nearer The place was whirlwiad
of lame. The smell OF kerosene was
almost oserpowering. The wild yell
OF the leopard rose above the strange,
nalf-ruman gibbering OF the monkeys
and the hoarse, bass calling Of nnoth-
er voice, at the sound of which lie
nora and even Quest shuddered Then,
as they came, breathIess. to d stand
SEM, they saw strange thing. One
side of the hut fell in, and almost i'm
inediately the leopard with d mighty
spring, leaped from the place and ran
hoWling into the undergrowth. The
monkeys followed but they came
straight for the professor< wrlnging
heir hands. They fawned at his feet
ss though trying to show him their
scorchod bodies. Then for 4 single
moment they saw the form Of the apc-s
nan as he struggled to follow the
'thers His strength failed him, how
ever He fell backwards into the burn
ng chasm.
fhe professor bade them farewell,
~ hour later, on the steps of the
lousc' He seemed suddenly to have
lgcd.
You have done your best. Mr..
Guest, no said, but fate has been too
trong, Remember this, though. 1t
quite true that the cunning of Har.
90 may have made ii possible for
i'm to hayo stolen the skeleton and
have brought it back to it's hiding
lace, but II was jealousy bru- |
Y, fcus jealousy which sineared the
'alls Of lSat HIT wftl kerosene ana
ct light to its The work Of a life
me, my dreams Of scientific immor.
llity. have vanished III those flames.
tie turned slowly away from them
nd re-entered the house. Quest and
enora made their way down tile ave- I
ae and entered the automobile which
as waiting for them. almost In si-
nee. The latter glanced toward his q
,inpanion, as they drove off. II
"Say, this mas been bit tough for I,
,tA he remarked I'll hnvc to call
,raewhere and set you glass Of Z
inc /" II
She tried to smile but her strength p
IS almost gone They drove to {
staurant and sat there for some lit. \
time. l4enora soon recovered her
lor. She even had courage to speak
the events Of the afternoon when 9
ey re-enterca the automobile. 4
"Mr. Quest, Lenora murmured d
Iho do You suppose burned tle hut
wn?" !
'If don't say Craig, / suppose yon
Il, Z he remarked. i wonder wheth-
Laura's had any luck. Isl
They were greeted, as they entered p
tests room, by a familiar little tick n
(, Quest smiled with pleasure. I'll
'it's tho pocket wircleas,pi le de- re e
red. Let me take down the mes ii
ge. tcl
Ha spelled it out to Lenora, who X X
od by his side:
ave Joined Servants club disguised as ''
r butler Craig frequent visitor here
years ago. comes now occasionally. !,
lrsday evenings most likely time. Shall itt
: here on chance Of seeing him no
Good girl, that Quest remarked. po
les O rare sticker, too lscl
10 turned away from the instru-
Mt and was crossing the room to-
I'd his cigar cabinet Suddenly he -
pped He looked intentIy towards N
sideboard n
What is ft?" Lenora asked. TIL
ie did not answer. she followed pe
direction OF his gaze. Exactly in
saEie spot as before reposed an. q