The Washington times., 1915-05-02
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT.
CHAPTER XVIII.
"The Inherited Sim"

from the automobile and entered the
house in Georgia square.
| Lenora shrugged her shoulders. She
was certainly a very different looking
person from the tired. trembling girl
who had heard Macdougal sentenced not
many weeks ago.
'Could anyone feel much sympathy"
she asked. with those men? Red Gal
iagher, as they all called him, is more
like great brute animal than a human
being. / think that even If they had
sentenced him to death I should have
felt that It was quite the proper thing
to have done"
TOO much sentiment about those
things" Quest agreed, clipping the end
off a cigar. Men like that are better
of the face of the earth. They did their
best to send me there"
Here's a cablegram for you.'' Lenora
exclaimed. bringing it over to him.
Mr.. Quest, l wonder If It's from Scot
land Yard!"
Quest tore it open. They read it to-
gether, Lenora standing on tiptce to
peer over his shoulder.
''Stowaway answ ering in every respect
your description OF Craig found on Dur
ham. Has been arrested. as desired.
and will be taken TO Hamblln House for
identification by Lord Ashleigh. Reply
whether you are coming over. and full
details as TO CnaTRe.
Good for Scotland Yard" Quest de-
clared. so they've got him, eh? All
the same, that fellows as slippery as an
eel Lenora. how should you like trip
II should love it," Ienora replied
DO you mean 1t, reaily?'
Quest nodded.
''The Fellows fooled me pretty WELL"
he continued. but somehow l feel that
p if ] get my hands on him this time,
they'll stay there till he stands where
Red Gallagher did today. don't feel
content to lei anyone else finish off the
- lob Got any relatives over there"
II have an aunt in London, Lenora
told him, "the dearest old lady you ever
saw. Shed give anything to have me
make her a visit"
Quest moved across to- his desk and
took Up a sailing list. He studied 1t for
few moments and turned back to
send a cable off at once oscot-
land Yard" he directed. "say-.Am
sailing on Lus!tania tomorrow. Hold
prisoner. Charge very serious. Have
full warrants.
Lenora wrote down the message and
went to the telephone to send 1t of. AS
soon as she had finished. Quest took
Come on" he invited. THE ma
chimes outside. Well Just go and look
In on the professor and tell him the
news. Poor old chap. I'm afraid he II
never be the same man again
He must mss Craig terribly" Leo
nora observed as they took their places
in the automobile. "and yet. Mr. Quest,
it does seem to me n most amazing
thing that a man so utterly callous and
cruel as Craig must he. should have
been a devoted and faithful servant to
. anyone through all these years"
Y Quest nodded
y Il am beginning to frame theory
NCrag has lived with the professor ne
has been a sort of dabber with MIN
IN his studies Where the professor $
right thing and under
stood It, Craig. you see. hasn't man
aged to get past the first crust us
brain wasn't educated enough Tor INC
subjects into the consideration of which
the professor may have led him. See
what I'm driving att"
"You mean that he may have beer
mad" lenora suggested.
something of that sort quest as
sented. Seems to me the only feasible
explanations. The professors bit Z"
a terror. YOU know. There are some
queer stories about the way nc &"
some Of his earlier specimens in Soutf
America. Science Ia his god. What he
has gone through in Some of thos'
foreign countries no one knows. CUT
enough to unbalanCe any man or ordl
nary nerves and temperament
THE professor himself is remarkah'!
sane" Icnora observed.
"Prec 'seIy." Quest agreed. "hut then
YOU sec lis brain was big enough. t.
start with. II could hold all there VA
for it TO hold. It's Ike pouring s'ur
into the wrong receptacle When maj
like Craig tries to follow him. How
ever, that's only a theory. Here We are
and the front door wide open. | won
der'hrw our friends feeling todaN"'
They found the professor ON ms hand
and knees upon p dusty floor. CAREFUL!
arranged before him were the bones .
n skeleton. each laid in some APPOINTED
place. He had chart on either &ide @
him and a third one on an easel IL
looked up a little impatently at tn
sound of the opening " the door, bu
when hc recognized Quest and MS com
panion the annoyance passed from III
SAY. are we disturbing you. Mr.. Ash
leigh" quest inquired
The professor rose to his feet an
btushed the dust from his knees.
II shall he glad of rest ne saic
simply. you see what | am doing
am trying 10 reconstruct from nem"I y
and a little imagination, perha iIs-tI'
important part Of my missing %kelTtol
It's a wonderful problem Which mos nos
~ homes might have solved, II i HAn p,E
NaRle to place them iairIN 'S,, oTiore ,'rd.t, -,
stand much about the human frame NJ
QueseS, .,,.
Still life SCn't interest me. he d'
c,ared Bones are bones. after all, 70
know. I don't even care VINO my gran,
father was, much less who may granS
father, a million times remoI%Ha 20 mgI ntnd
for a moment, professor, II YOU don
mind" he went ON. "Lenora here is
uttIe sensitive to smell, and a spray
Lavender water on S1ne Of your bone
ttouldn't do them any harm
The professor amb,cd amably towaI
tns door.
II never notlre it myself" hc sal
VERY likely that is because see beFoI
| these Nithcrcd fragments into the p
Li>toric worlds from whence they com
sit here alone sometimes, and Il
curtain rolls up and I find n.'s"lr h?'
in one " those far corners 81 S"ui
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