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going off duty. He recognized Quest
with a little exclamation.
Got your man to bring me here"
Quest explained $50 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 clothesbrush."
"The Ashleigh diamonds, eh?" the
inspector asked eagerly.
II shall have them at nine o'clock
this morning." Sanford Quest prom
Used, land hand you over the MUIR
derer somewhere around midnight"
Quest slept for couple Of hours,
had bath and made leisurely toilet.
At quarter to nine he sat down to
breakfast in his rooms.
AT nine o'clock" he told his serv-
ant, ga 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. Eve are
slow. Good-morning, Miss Lenora!"
She came straight to the table. She
laid a little packet upon the table.
Quest opened it coolly. The Ashleigh
diamonds flashed up at him. He
led Lenora to chair and rang 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 diamonds!"
Quest threw them tightly across the
table
The inspector whistled.
"And now, French, will you be here,
please, at midnight, with three men,
armed?"
"Here?" the inspector repeated.
Quest nodded.
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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 difficulty, he came
to standstil1, 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-smothered cry Of woman. He
gripped his revolver in his fingers. He
took quick step forward. The floor
gave way beneath him. He was fall
ing into blackness.
The fall itself was scarcely a dozen
feet He picked himself up, his shout
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room. Ella pointed to- the door.
.Lenora. look outside. See if any
one is on that landing. I 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.
Go down and ask Macdougal to
come up. 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 corridor until she reached
MacdougaPs room. She knocked, and
knocked again. There was no answer.
She tried the door and found it was
locked. Then she returned to the lift
and descended once more to the floor
upon which her mistress apartments
were situated. She opened the door
VI tAO ou1LS WALuOuL hAOChAAS oAN
turned at once to the sitting room.
Il am sorry, my lady" she began.
Then she stopped short. The lift
boy, who had had little trouble with
his starting apparatus and had not as
yet descended, heard the scream
which broke from her lips, and 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 diamonds1the diamonds have
gone!"
A doctor, hurriedly summoned, had
just completed 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 careful exam
nation of the room.
"Tell me- he inquired, els this the
young lady who owned the wonderful
Ash1eigh diamonds?"
"They've gone!" Lenora shrieked.
''They've been stolen! She was wear
ing them when I left the room!"
The inspector turned to the .tele'
phone.
"Mr Marsham," he said, 81 am
afraid this will be difficult affair.
am going to take the liberty of calling
in an expert. That you, exchange?
want number one, New York city
Mr.. Sanford Quest"
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CHAPTER I.

This habit of becoming late for
breakfast" Lady Ashleigh remarked,
as she sat down the coffee pot, els
growing upon your father. Any news,
dear?"
Ella glanced up from pile of cor
respondencn through which she had
been looking little negligently.
None at all, mother. My CORE
spondence is just the usual sort of rub
bish-invitations and gossip. Such
lot Of invitations, by the bye"
cat 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
en-" she protested. "My music is really
the only part of life which absolutely
appeals to me. Oh, why doesn't Della
rey make up his mind and let father
kacw, as he promised! Here
comes daddy, num-"
LORD Ashleigh loitered for mo-
msht to raise the covers from the
dishes upon side table. Afterwards
ne seated himself at the table.
u0dEu HlOIuInS, AO 0oAos
from your friend De1arey, Ella. He
went into the matter very fully. The
substance of it 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 little
slip of blue paper from his pocket,
was brought to me this morning
He smoothed it out before him and
read:
To Lord AshIeigh, Hamblin House, Dor
set, England5 I find a magnificent pro
gram arranged for at Metropolitan opera
house this year Have taken box for
your daughter, engaged the best pro1es-
Sor in the world, and secured an apart
merit at the Leland, our most select ano
comfortable residential hotel. Understand
Eou1 brother is still in South America, re-
turring early spring, but will do our pest
10 raake your daughters year OF study as
pleasant as possible. Advise her SAIL On
saturday by Mauretania
"On Saturday." Ella almost
screamed.
i 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 it together"
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FIRST INSTALLMENT
rsANFoRD QUEST, cRIMINoLo-
GaST."

THE young man from the West had
,rrived in New York only that after
noon. and his cousin, town born and
bred, had already embarked upon the
task of showing him the grea" city.
They occupied a table in a somewhat
insignificant corner of one of New
Works. most famous roof garden res
taurants The place was crowded
with diners. There were many nota-
bilities to be pointed out. The town
Young man was very busy.
Tell me-" the country cousin in
ouired, "who is the man at table by
himself? The walters speak to him
as though he were a little god. Is he
q millionaire, or 3 judge, or fwhat?"
You're in luck, Alfred" the New
Yorker declared. "That's the most in
teresting man in New York-one of
the most interesting in the world.
That's Sanford Quest
who's he?"
Sanford Quest is the greatest mas
ter in criminology the world has ever
known. He is magician, scientist,
the Pierpont Morgan of his profess
sion"
Say, do you mean that he is de-
tectiye?"
Yes he said simply, 'you can call
him that-just in the same way that
YOU could call Napoleon a soldier or
Lincoln statesman. He is a detec-
tive if you like to call him that, the
master detective in the world
house an hour later he glanced into
two of the rooms on the ground floor,
in which telegraph and telephone OPP
orators sat at their instruments.
Then, by means of 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 man of taste. Quest drew up
an easy chair to the wide-f1ung win
dow, touching bell as he crossed the
room. In a few moments the door was
opened and closed ~noiselessly. A
young woman entered with a bundle
of papers.
The criminologist glanced through
the papers quickly. mo further in
quiries, Laura?"
She left the room almost noiselessly.
1.-THE TENEMENT HOUSE MYS-
Terry"
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CHAPTER ~.

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 we're few and perfunctory. He
asked only 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.
II should like to have little con-
versation with you about your mis-
tress,'' he said to her pleasantly. eff
you don't mind, I 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. Il 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 we're fixed
N
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 once.
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,
1 am Lenora. Are you safe? Have
you the jewels? . -. Where?
You are sure that you are safe? 3.
No, nothing fresh has happened"
"You are at the hotel" Quest said
softly "You are going to him."
'I cannot Sleep" she continued. Il
am coming to you"
She set down the receiver. Quest
leaned 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.
every 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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: Our friend" he said. se.s going Co
be mad enough to walk into hell.
even. when he finds out what he
thinks has happened
1T wasn't any of Jimmy's LOTT"
Sanford Quest shook his head.
French" he said, keep mum, but it
was the elderly family retainer, Mac
dougal l felt restless about him.
He has lost the girl-he(was married
to her, by the bye-and the Jewels
No fear of his slipping away. shall
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the perfect automaton. His eyes, in
stead of being fixed at the back of his
masters chair, were simply 'riveted
upon the stones. A queer little feeling
of uneasiness disturbed Ella for the
moment. 1t passed, however, as in
glancing away her attention was once
more attracted by the sparkle of the
jewels upon her bosom.
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CHAPTER n.

Il am to take it, I 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 2
IF you please" Ella murmured,
with glowing eyes.
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"You've Had a Rough Time, Lenora."
have him here at the time I told
you
you've a way of your own of doing
these things, Mr.. Quest" the. inspec-
tor admitted grudgingly.
MOSTLY lucky" Quest replied. "Take
a cigar, and so long, inspector. They
want me to talk to Chicago on an
other little piece of business" -.
It was a few minutes before mid
night when Quest parted the curtains
of room on the ground floor of his
house in Georgia square and looked
out into the snow-white street. Then
he turned around and addressed, the
figure lying as though asleep upon the
sofa by the fire. ~
''Lenora," he said, "I am going out.
Stay here, If you please, until I re-
turn"
He left the room. For few mo-
ments there was a profound silence.
Then white face was pressed against
the window. There was a crash of
glass. A man covered with snow
|sprang into the apartment. He moved
swiftly to the sofa, and something
black and ugly swayed in his hand.
$50 you've deceived me, have you?"
he painted. Handed over the jewels.
chucked me, and given me the double
cross! Anything to say?" /
Macdougal leaned forward, his
white face distorted with passion. The
life-preserver bent and quivered be-
hind him, cut the air with swish
and crashed full upon the head.
The man staggered back. The
weapon fell from his fingers. For a
moment he was paralyzed. There was
no blood upon his hand, no cry
silence inhuman, unnatural! He
looked again. Then the lights flashed
out all around him. There were two
detectives in the doorway, their re-
volvers covering him-Sanford Quest,
with Lenora in the background. In
the sudden illumination Macdougal's
horror turned almost to hysterical
rage. He had wasted his fury upon a
DUMMY!
"Take him, men," Quest ordered.
Hands up, Macdougal. Your numbers
up"
The handouts we're upon him be
fore he could move.
What about the young wor1an? o.
the inspector asked.
Lenora stood in an attitude Of de-
spair, her head downcaat. She had
turned little away from Macdougal.
dc
as though she were expecting the,
handouts.
"You can let her alone" Sanford
Quest said quietly. "A wife cannot
give evidence against her husband.
and besides, need her. She is going
to work for me"
Macdougal YVES already at the door.
between the two detectives. He swung
around His VOICE was calm, almosts
clear-calm with concentration OF
hatred
"You are a wonderful man, Mr..
Sanford Quest" he said. make the
most of your triumph. Your time is
nearly up, there Is one coming whose
wit and cunning, science and skill are
all-conquering. He will brush you
away, Sanford Quest, like fly. Wait
a few weeks"
You interest me-" Quest MUIR
INJURED TELL me some more about
this great master?"
II shall tell you nothing Macdoug-
al replied. you will hear nothing.
you will know nothing. Suddenly you
will find yourself opposed. You win
struggle then the end. 1t ia GER
tain"
They led him away. Only Lenora
remained, sobbing. Quest went up
to her.
You've had a rough time, Lenora."
he I. said, with strange gentleness.
Perhaps the brighter days are COM
ing"
ITO BE CONTINUED.) y
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-30
FOUR NEW CASES Of
TYPHOID ON HILL
Health Bureau Kept Busy Tracing
Causes For Spread of
Disease

-Four new cases of typhoid fever on
Allison Hill, reported to the City
Health Bureau. are keeping the Off
GERS busy in tracing the source of con-
tagion. The physicians that reported
the cases are taking a census of each
one in order to locate where the dis
ease was contracted.
This morning sediment tests were
made in the plants of local milk
wholesalers and retailers. Tomorrow
the members of the Pure Milk Cam
paign Party" will tour Susquehanna
and Lower Paxton townships inspect
ing the farms.
The regular meeting of the officers
of the City Health Bureau will be held
late this afternoon in the offices of the
department. 1t is probable that the
recent condition found on nearby
farms will be discussed, but DR.. Rau-
nick said this morning that nothing
definite will be done until more in
formation is secured.
The city health officer is preparing
to have all the reports of tests tabu-
lated for reference and information.
These will not be published before
August it is believed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-30
CAPITOL HILL NOTES

More Reductions.-Audit General
Powell to-day notified the following
employees that their services are no
longer needed: w. T. Zell and c. A.
Keffer Reading; Fred Ballet. Allen
town, and Edgar Hutchins, Harris
burg. The dismissals are effective
July 1. Reduced appropriations for
clerical work are the cause. Hutchins
was employed only on temporary
work. The others were on the perma-
nent roll.
Preparing for Appeals.-The Attor-
ney Generals department is busy
working up the final details of the
State cases which will be argued be-
fore the Supreme Court in Philadel-
phia on Friday. These cases are the
anthracite coal tax appeals, which will
be argued for the State by Second
Deputy Attorney General Hargest, and
the mandamus against Judge Heck,
OF Potter, which will be argued by
First Deputy Attorney General Keller.
The latter case involves the consti-
tutionality of an act of the recent
Legislature severing Clinton county
frcm it's former judicial district and
attaching it to Potter. The cases origi-
nally were set for July 1, but. were
postponed one day.
NotarieS Public Named.-John Bo-
zak, Olyphant, recommended by Sem
McKeesport. recommended by Senator
Mckee. justice of the peace, and r. H.
Bellman, New Kensington. vice w. r.
Reese, resigned, were to-day commits
stoned as notaries.
Capital Stock Increases. - Watt &
Shand, Lancaster, department store,
from $4,000 to 100000; Shenandoah
Abattoir Company, from $4,000 to
100000.
Many Bids for Home.-Bids for the
new State Industrial Home for Women
at Muncy were opened at the Capitol
at noon to-day by Frank Smith, of
Philadelphia, secretary of the commits
sion in charge. Between two and
three dozen proposals were submitted
for the general buildings and for
plumbing, heating, ventilating and
electrical work. The bids are being
tabulated. Secretary Smith said that
the commission will meet in Philadel-
phia, probably before the end of this
week, to make the awards, and that
work on the home will be hurried.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-30
P. R. R. CAFE CAR
HERE SHORT TIME
Similar Equipment to Be Run to
and From Harrisburg in
Near Future

Local officials of the Pennsylvania
Railroad and station attaches in
spected the new cafe car yesterday.
The car was en- route to Erie. It will
be run between Kane and Erie, start
ing tomorrow. The car was built at
the Altoona shops and has been in
Philadelphia for the inspection of off,
cials.
The new car is intended for use on
trains where a dining car is not war
ranted by the travel. The buffet oc-
cupies about eight feet of space at one
end of the car and is similar to those
installed in broiler buffet Pullman
cars, but is of an improved type,
alcohol broilers being used instead of
coal fires.
Meals will be served on tables placed
between the seats. with the outer ends
resting on the arms. No extra fare will
be charged for riding in the coach cafe
car: in fact. it will be in the regular
service as an ordinary day coach.
The car has a seating capacity of
seventy, and except for the buffet it is
exactly like the heavy modern steel
day coaches used by the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
A supplementary use for the coach
cafe car will be to serve breakfasts in
sleeping cars on the same train where
no buffets or dining cars are provided.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-30
HARRISBURG SIDE

Philadelphia DtvisiOn-127 crew first
o, iS go s afteT s45 P pa lSs lss 11s 11 49,
V Ensineers gin for o 16i 61' 1d5 dso 1i5i2s 5y sO'
Eiremen for oS, ia, f27
Flagman for 10S.
1,a erqssmen as Ya1 for 1O1' 49, ia ttwo>.
Engineers up: shaub, supplee, Long,
Hindman, GseseYS', Kautz, Reisinger..
Welsh, streeper crissWeii. Brubaker,,
Madenford. McCauley, Seitz, Sober.
Firemen up: Hedman, Wagner,
Yentzer, Spring. Packer; Eyerhart.
vail, Bleich, Gelsinger. Bushey, Shive,
Martin, Gelberg, Arnsberger
Conductors up: Flickinger, Fesler.
Flagman up: Donohoe.
Brakemen up: Bogner. Moore, Stime-
son, Campbell. Coleman. Baltozer. Col
Middle ,Division-5 crew first to go
after 4:05 p. M: s, 6, (.
Fireman for 6.
Conductors for 5, T..
Flagman for 5.
Brakeman for 6.
Engineers up: Smith, wissler, Moore,
Firemen up: Potteiger. Liebau. Zeid-
ers, Arnold.
Brakemen up: Rissinger. Marlin,
Frank. Myers. Baker, McHenry Bell.
Spahr, Reese.
Yard Crews
Engineers for fourth s, third "a, 50,
Firemen for fourth 8, 10. IS, 80.
Engineers up: Rudy. Houser Meals,
Stahl, Swab. Crist, Harvey. SALESMAN,
Kuhn. Pelton, Shaver, Lands, Hoyler,
Beck. Harter Biever, .Blosser
eriey. Maeyer. er sholter,' smell, iBSartoiet,
Getty. Barkey. Sheets, Bair, Ulsh,
Bostdorf. Schiefer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-30

IF the United States is to be finally
saved for greater things in the fu-
ture. it will come through the busi-
Inessmen of this country" said Ed
ward F. Trefz. of Chicago, to-day. Mr..
TrefZ, who, is field secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States was the speaker at the noon
day luncheon of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce at the Harris
burg Club.
Mr.. Trefz's subject was, The Old
Crisis and the New Patriotism The
speaker was introduced by Secretary
E. l.. McColgin, as the leader in Com
mercial work in the United States. Mr..
Trefz said in part:
United States is now in condi-
ton never before known. The time
is here for action on the part of busi-
nessmen. For sometime a fight has
been waged against the railroads. While
there may have been extortions and
unfairness in the policy of some rail
roads, it is a fact that the railroads
have added to the assets of this coun-
try in greater amounts than any other
industry.
Too Many Laws
There are too many laws. In Eng
land 1900 laws were enacted in ten
years. In the United States in five
years $4,000 laws were passed. Laws
have caused an increase of taxation in
Wisconsin amounting to 25 per cent.
In the last Congress there were but
5S members who ever looked a pay
roll in the face. Men of ineXperience
are debating to the businessmen who
are the sufferers. The trouble lies at
the doors of the businessmen of Amer
lea because they do not pick the men
who should represent their interests.
All over the country business is
rising to a class consciousness, not for
dominance, but for service. And that
city where business serves most pro-
fits most" +"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-30
u. 5. Submarine H-3
Ashore Of California

San Francisco. CAL. June 3O.-United
States submarine H-3 went ashore late
last night five miles south of Point Sur,
100 miles south of San Francisco, ac-
cordlng to radio dispatches received
early to-day. No information as TO the
cause of the accident was contained in
the message. but 1T was stated that the
submarine was In no danger and that
she had not sprung a leak.
The H-3 left San Diego I'm company
with submarines HI and H-2. con-
voyed by the United States coast guard
cutter McCulloh, and was proceeding
to San Francisco to participate In a
Fourth of July program at the
Panama Pacific Exposition.
The HIS was driven off her course
By stiff wind. At midnight q mes
sage received from Lieutenant Newton
gave the information that no one on
board had been injured and that the
craft had not sprung a leak.