The Huttig news., 1915-07-17
EIGHTH lNSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE INHERITED SIN.

InG tN6EnI GO DIN.
 Getting kind of used to these court house shows, aren't you, Lenora?s Quest remarked, as they stepped from the automobile and entered the house in Georgia square.
 Could anyone feel much sympa- thy she asked, with those men? Red Gallagher, as they all called him, is more like a great brutal animal than human being. I think that even if they had sentenced him to death 1 should have felt that 1t 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 bet. ter off the face of the earth. They did their best to send me there.'
 Here's a cablegram for you" Le- nora exclaimed, bringing 1t over to him. Mir. Quest, 1 wonder if it's from Scot land Yard,"
 Quest tore it open. They read it to- gether, Lenora standing on tiPtoe to peer over his shoulder:
 "Stowaway answering in every re- spect your description of Craig found on Durham. Has been arrested, as desired, and will be taken to Hamblin house for Identification by Lord Ash leigh. Reply whether you are coming over, and full details as to charge.'s
 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 a trip across the ocean, eh?"
 q should love it." Lenora replied. Do you mean it, really?'
 Quest nodded.
 "That fellow fooled me pretty well, he continued, "but somehow l feel that If I get my hands on him this time, they'll stay there till he stands where Red Gallagher did today. l don't feel content to let anyone else finish on the job. Got any relatives over there?'
 "I have an aunt in London" Lenora told him, "the dearest old lady you ever saw. She'd give anything to have me make her visit"
 Quest moved across to his desk and took up sailing list He stud fed 1t for a few moments and turned back to Lenora.
 Send a cable of at once to Scotland Yard" he directed. "Say-'Am sail ing on Lusitania tomorrow. Hold pris- oner. Charge very serious. Have full warrants
 Lenora wrote down the message and went to the telephone to send It on As soon as she had finished Quest took up his hat again.
 Come on" he invited. "The ma chimes outside. We'll just go and look in on the professor and tell him the news. Poor old chap. I'm afraid he'll never be the same man again.
 They found the professor on his hands and knees upon dusty floor. Carefully arranged before him were the bones of a skeleton, each laid m some appointed place.
 What about that unhappy man, Craig?" the professor asked, gloomily. Isn't the Durham almost due now?
 Quest took out the cablegram from his pocket and passed 1t over. Ihe professors fingers trembled little as he read 1t. He passed it back, how ever, without immediate comment.
 "You see, they have been cleyerer over there than we were,' Quest re- marked.
 Perhaps" the professor assented. "They seem, at least, to have arrested the man. Even now I can scarcely believe that it is Craig servant Craig-who is lying in an English prison. Do you know that his people have been servants fin the Ashleigh family for some hundreds of years
 Quest was clearly interested. Say, I'd like to hear about that!' he ex- claimed. You know I'm rather great on heredity, professor. What class lid he come from then? Were hls n sople just domestic servants al wa ys?"
 T he professors face was for a mo- men, ' troubled. He moved to his desk, rumm aged about for time. and fnai- lv pro, ,uced an ancient volume.
 .aThis really belongs to my brother Lord As,hleigh." he explained. He brought 1t over with him to show me