The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-25
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"some yezrs ago" The professor
coat.L-et. ! fought this house and
made p-esea, O. !, to
To rhom' Quest asked quickly.
To NJ serTar. Craig" he protes-
sor admitted -i,h grDzn
Lenorz gave h',le c-y She TUNED
. trignp phsn,ly ,ovards the inspector
An recollection "a 70 .ts locality
I had esczyet ne" the professor con.
tinEed scrrozf1!ly I remember that
+, vas On the Anniversary o. his haY-
t.g been @i'h ne FOR some fifteen
years that 7 decided 70 show him
I some substantial marx o: ny appre-
r.a,.Cn knew 'ha, he Tss looking
I FOR dou.c!.@ FOR his father and
mother. who are since both dead.
and requested house agent 20 send
ne in list o' suitable res.dences
/ This alas zas ,5e one purchased d"
. Quest glanced around the place
Il think he sad that the pro'es-
s0r's statement nov removes any
[ doubt a. % Craig gull, You are
sure the house has been closely
[ watched Inspector
since received certain ir'orna.
tior," French replied ! have had
I half 3 dozen q M best men In the
vicinity ! can assure you tha, no
one has entered or LEFT It during the
[ last 'UertyfoU- hours
They made their way 20 the piazza
| steps and entered b. the front door.
The house vas an ordinary frame
work one Of moderate size. in poor re-
pair, and showing signs o' great neg
! lect. The rooms were barely fur.
I nished and their first cursory search
| revealed no traces Of hab!ta'ion.
/ There vas still the broken skylight
| in the room which Lenora had occu-
| pied, and the bed upon which she had
slept was still crumpled French.
/ who had been tapping the walls down
stairs, called to them. They trooped
down into the hall The inspector
vas standing before what appeared 10
be an ordinary panel
look here" he said glanclng out
Of the corner Of his eye 70 be sure
that Laura was there. let me show
you what | have Just discovered"
He felt with his thumb for spring
In a moment or two a portion Of the
wall. about two feet in extent. slowly
reyolyed disclosing a small cup
board fitted with telephone instru-
ment
A telephone" the inspector re.
marked, pointing to It, "in an unoccu-
pied house and a concealed cup
! board What do you think OF that
The professor shook his head
Don't ask me-" he groaned
French took the receiver from lts
rest and called up the exchange
Inspector French speaking" he
I announced Kindly tell me what IS
the number OF the telephone from
which am speaking, and who Is the
subscriber?"
He listened 10 the reply and asked
another question
"Can you tell me when this instru.
ment was last used' When
Thank you"
The Inspector hung up the receiver
THE subscribers name" he told
| them dryly. is Brown The number
Is not entered in the book. by re-
/ quest The telephone was used an
/ hour ago from call office and cor.
nection was established That IS to
say that someone spoke from this
telephone"
Then II your men have maintained
their search properly. that someone"
Quest said slowly. must be in the
house at the present moment"
Without a doubt" the inspector
agreed
i am going to search the front
room on the first floor before We do
anything else" said Quest Il think
that II you wait here | may be able 20
show you something directly"
Quest ascended the stairs and en-
tered wholly unfurnished room on
the left-hand side. He looked for a
minute contemplatively at large but
rather shallow cupboard the door OF
which stood open. and tapped lightly
with his forefnger upon the back part