The Holly chieftain., 1915-06-18
Oopyright. 1918. BY otis 2. Wood
EIGHTH lNsTALLMENT
CHAPTER XVII.
THE INHERITED sin.

sss- @S CIV.
Getting kind of used to these court
house shows. aren't you. Lenora?'
Quest remarked, as they stepped from
the automobile and entered the house
in Georgia square.
Gould anyone feel much sympa
thy she asked, with those men?
Red Gallagher. as they all called him.
is more like great brutal animal
than a human being. think that even
If they had sentenced him to death
should have felt that it was quite the
proper thing to have done"
Too MUCK sentiment about those
things" Quest agreed. clipping the end
of 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 it over to him.
"'Mr. Quest. wonder IL 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"
Good for Scotland Yard!" Quest de-
clared so they've got him, Ell? All
the same. that fellows as slippery as
an eel. Lenora, how should you like
a trip across the ocean, eh?''
81 should love It," Lenora replied.
DO you mean it, really?"
Quest nodded.
That fellow fooled me pretty WE'LL"
he continued. "but somehow feel that
II get my hands on him this time,
they'll stay there till he stands where
Red Gallagher did today don't feel
content to let anyone else finish off
the job. Got any relatives over there?"
Il 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
led it for few moments and turned
back to Lenora.
Send cable off at once to Scotland
Yard" he directed. "Say-tAm 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 1t off.
As soon as she had finished Quest took
up his hat again.
Come on" he invited. 1.-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'll
never be the same man again."
They found the professor on his
hands and knees upon a dusty floor
Carefully arranged before him were
the bones of skeleton. each laid in
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. The
professors fingers trembled little as
he read it. He passed 1t back, how.
ever. without immediate comment. a
you see, they have been cleverer
over there than we were." Quest re-
marked.
Perhaps" tho professor assented.
They seem, at Inast, to have arrested
the man. Evsa now l can scarcely
believe that u is Craig-my servant
Craig-whe is lying In a English
prison. 10 you know that his people
have hsen servants In the Ashleigh
family for some hundreds of years?"
Quest was clearly interested Say
I'd like to hear about that!" he ex-
claimed.
The professors face was for a mo-
nent troubled He moved to his desk,
rummaged about for time, and final
ly produced an ancient volume.
This really belongs to my brother,
Lord Ashleigh," he explained HE
brought 1t over with him to show me
some entries concerning which was
Interested. 1t contains history of
the Hamblin estate since the days of
Cromwell. and here in the back, you
see, Is a list of our farmers, bailiffs
and domestic servants. There was
Craig who was tenant of the first
Lord Ashleigh and fought with him in
tie Cromwellfan wars as a trooper