The Green Forest tribune., 1915-05-21
SEVENTH iNSTALLMENT
TIE HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
CHAPTER XVI.

Irence was proceeding in Quests
 |ndy. The professor was there, seat
 in the most comfortable easy
 hair. smoking without relish one of
 hosts best cigars, watching with
 eryous impatience the closed door.
 bura and Lenora were seated at the Ible dressed for the street. They hd the air of being prepared for bme excursion. Quest, realizing the tofessor's highly strung state, had
 lii him alone for a few moments bd was studying a map of New York.
 he latter, however, was too i'll at lse to keep silent for long. Tour friend French" he remarked, lave you no clue, I suppose. as to the
 tecton in which his Investigations
 e leading him?''
 #Quest glanced up from the map.
 None at all I know, however, that
 e house in which Lenora here was tnfned Is being watched closely"
 ghe professor glanced across to. brd the table before which Lenora bs seated.
 'lt seems strange" he continued, hat the young lady should have so
 tle to tell us about her incarcera- bn"
 l.enora shivered for a moment. |"What could there be to tell" she (ked, except that it was all horrible,
 Id that felt things-felt dangers hich l couldn't describe"
 fhe professor gave vent to an i'm Ptient little exclamation.
 II am not speaking for fancies," he lrsisted. You had food brought to |u, for instance. Could you never E the hand which placed it inside Pur room? Could you hear nothing the footsteps of the person who ought it? Could you not even sur Pse whether it were a man or a bnan?"
 Eenora answered him with an evil |nt effort. She had barely, as yet, covered from the shock of those Pful hours.
 |Ihe person who brought me the Pd' she said, "came at night-never the daytime. I never heard any phg' The most I ever saw was once | happened to be looking toward door and l saw a pair of hands |'nihs more-setting down tray. I |rleked and called out. I think that fimost tainted. When I found cour- F enough to look, there was nothing gre but the tray upon the floor" me professor sighed as he turned lay.
 u IS evident, I am afraid" he said, faV MISS Lenora's evidence will help ohe- As an expert in these affairs, Quest, does it not seem to you ft her Imprisonment was just a lit purposeless? There seems to have Fn no attempt to harm her in any |y."
 whoever took the risk of abduct-
 ner,' Quest pointed out grimly, " IL TOT purpose. That purpose (uid probably have been devel- Eu m course of time. However we Ph at it, MT. Ashleigh, there was fy one man who must have been tious to get her out of the way, and ' man was Craig. Here comes our Pnu French. I have an idea that he
 l, something to tell us."
 ney glanced expectantly towards uoor as French entered. The in- E''of, who was looking very spruce well brushed, wished them a gen.
 sood-morning. His eyes rested
 ana longest upon Laura, who [med' however, unconscious of his esence,
 So~' then, French" Quest began, ne returned his greeting, take a (' make yourself comfortable in
 onair and let us have your news.
 'ou see, we have obeyed orders.
 are all ready to follow you any
 won be to the end of the world, ". may' the inspector remarked, as Lo HIS clgar T am going to pro-
 little excursion down Gayson enue way.o
 sack to that house?" Lenora ex- R,ned with grimace
 m ne Inspector nodded "e nave had those boyss at the