The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 177, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 2, 1915 Page: 3 of 12
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T'Ardjnore Sunday May 2 1915.
THE DAILY ARDMOREITE
PAGE THREE
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lug. The horse shied the wheel
caught a great stone by the side ot
the road and all four men were
thrown out. The man to whom Craig
was handcufted was stunned but Craig
himself appears to have been unhurt.
He stumbled up took the key of the
handcuffs from the pocket of the offi-
cer undid them and slipped off into
the undergrowth before either the
groom or the other Scotland Yard man
had recovered their senses. To cut
a long story short this was last Thurs-
day and up till now not a single trace
of the fellow has been discovered.'
Quest rose abruptly to his feet
"Say I'd like to take this matter up
right on the spot where Craig disap-
peared." he suggested. "Couldn't we
do that?"
"l'.y all means" Lord Ashlelgh
agreed touching a bell. "We have
several hours before we change for
dinner. I will have a car round and
take you to the spot."
The professor acquiesced readily
and very soon they stepped out of the
automobile on to the side of a narrow-
road; looking very much as it had been
described. Farther on beyond u
stretch of open common they could
see the smoke from the gypsy en
campment. On their left-hand side
was a stretch of absolutely wild coun-
try bounded in the far distance by the
gray stone wall of the park. Lord
Ashlelgh led the way through the
thicket talking lis he went.
"Craig came along through here"
he explained. "The groom and the
Scotland Yard man who had been
sitting by his side followed him. They
searched for an hour but found no
trace of him at all. Then they re-
turned to the house to make a re-
port and get help. I will now show
you how Craig first eluded them."
lie led the way along a tangled path
doubled back plunged into a little
spinney and came suddenly to a small
shed.
"This is an ancient gamekeeper's
shelter" he explained; "built a long
time ago and almost forgotten now.
What Craig did. without doubt was to
hide in this. The Scotland Yard man
who took the affair In hand found
distinct traces here of recent occupa-
tion. That is how he made his first
escape."
Quest nodded.
"Sure!" he murmured. "Well now
what about your more extended
search?" '
"I am corftvR to that" Lord Ash-
leigh replia. "As Edgar will re-
member no i?oubt I have always kept
a few bloodhouuds in my kennels and
as soon as we could get together one
or two of the keepers and a few of
the local constabulary we started
off again from here. The dogs brought
us without a check to this shed and
started off again this way."
They walked another half mile
across a reedy swamp. Every now
and then they had to jump across a
small dyke and once they had to
make a detour to avoid an osier bed.
They came at last to the river.
"Now I can show you exactly how
that fellow put us off the scent here"
their guide proceeded. "He seems to
have picked up something Edgar In
those South American trips of yours
for a cleverer thing I never saw.
You see all these bulrushes every-
where clouds of them all along the
river?"
"We call them tules" Quest mut-
tered. Well?"
''When Craig arrived here" Lora
Ashleigh continued "he must have
heard the baying of the dogs In the
distance and he knew that the game
was up unless he could put them off
the scent. He cut a quantity of these
bulrushes from a place a little farther
behind those trees then stepped bold-
ly into the middle of the water wad-
ed down to that spot where as you
see the trees hang over stood stock
still anJ leaned them all around him.
It was dusk when the chase reached
the river bank and I have no doubt
the bulrushes presented quite a natur-
al appearance. At any rate although
the dogs came without a check to the
edge of the river where hf stepped
off they never picked the scent up
again either on this side or the other
the Western Union Telegraph com-
pany and that company will help
convicts to obtain positions if
are deserving.
they
$100 REWARD $100
We tried them for four or five hours
before we took them home. The next
morning while the place was being
thoroughly searched we came upon
the spot where these bulrushes had
been cut down and we found them
caught in the low boughs of a tree
drifting down the river."
Quest had lit a fresh cigar and was
smoking vigorously.
"What astonishes me more than
anything" he pronounced as he stood
looking over the desolate expanse of
country "is that when one comes
face to face with the fellow he pre-
sents all the appearance of a nerve-
less and broken-down coward. Then
all of a sudden there spring up these
evidences of t lie most amazing the
most diabolical resource. . . . Who's
this. Lord Ashleigh?"
The latter turned his head. An
elderly man in a brown velveteen
suit with gaiters and thick boots
raised his hat respectfully.
"This Is my head keeper Middle-
Ion" his muster explained "lie was
w ith us on the chase."
The professor shook hands heartily
witli the newcomer.
"Not a day older Middleton'" he
exclaimed. "So you are the man who
has given us all this trouble eh? This
gentleman and I have come over from
New York on purpose to lay hands on
Craig."
"I am very sorry sir" the man re-
plied. 1 wouldn't have fired my gun
if I had known what the conse-
quences were going to bo but them
poaching devils that come round here
rabbiting fairly send me furious and
that's a fact. It ain't that one grudges
them a few rabbits but my tame
pheasants all run out here from the
home wood and I've seen feathers at
the side of the road there that no fox
nor stoat had nothing to do with. All
the same sir I'm very sorrv" h
lidded "to have been the cause of any
inconvenience."
"It is rather worse than Inconven
lenco Middleton" the professor said
gravely. "The man who has escaped
is one of the worst criminals of these
days."
"He won't get far sir" the game
keeper remarked with a little smile
"It's a wild bit of country this and I
lidmlt that men might search it for
weeks without finding anvthing. but
those gentlemen from Scotland Yard
sir if you'll excuse my making the
remark and hoping that this gentle
man ne aimed looking at Quest is
In no way connected with them well
they don't know everything and that's
a fact." "
"This gentleman is from the United
States." Lord Ashleigh reminded him
"so your criticism doesn't affect him.
Hy the bye Middleton. I heard this
morning that you'd been airing your
opinion down In the village. You seem
to rather fancy yourself as a thief-
catcher."
i wouiunt go so rar as that mv
lord" the man replied respectfully
"but still I hope I may say that I've
as much common sense as most peo
ple. You see sir" he went on turn
ing to Quest "the spots where he
could emerge from the tract of coun
try are pretty well guarded and he'll
be In a fine mess when he does put
In an appearance to show himself
upon a public road. Yet by this time
I should say he must be nigh starved
Sooner or later he'll have to come out
Tor food. I've a little scheme of my
own sir f don't mind admitting" the
man concluded with a twinkle in his
keen brown eyes. "I'm not giving
It away. If I catch him for you that's
all that's wanted I imagine and we
shan't be any the nearer to It for let-
ting anyone into my little secret."
His master nodded.
"You Rhall have your rise out of the
police If you can Middleton" he ob-
served. "It seems queer though to
believe that the fellow's still In hid-
ing round here."
They made their way single file to
the road and up to the house. Lord
Ashleigh did his best to dispel a queer
little sensation of uneasiness which
seemed to have arisen in the minds of
all of them.
"Come" he said "we must put aside
our disappointment for the present
and remember that after all the
chances are that Craig will never make
his escape alive. Let us forget him
for a little while. . . . Mr. Quest." he
' added a few minutes later as they
reached the hall "Moreton here will
how you your room and look after
you. Please let me know if you will
take an aperitif. I can recommend my
sherry. We dine at eight o'clock. Ed-
gar you know your way. The blue
room of course. I am coming up
with you myself. Her ladyship back
yet Moreton?"
"Not yet my lord."
"Lady Ashleigh" her husband ex-
plained "has gone to the other side of
the county to open a bazaar. She is
looking forward to the pleasure of wel-
coming you at dinner time."
Everything was In harmony even the
grave precision of the solemn-faced
butler and the powdered hair of the
two footmen. Quest perhaps for the
first time In his life felt almoHt lost
hopelessly out of touch with bis sur-
roundings and a struggling figure.
Nevertheless he entertained the little
partywith many stories. He struggled
all tlie time against that queer sense
of anachronism which now and then
became almost oppressive.
The professor's pleasure at finding
himself once more amongst these fa-
miliar surroundings was obvious and
intense. The conversation between
him and his brother never flagged.
There were tenants and neighbors to
be asked al'tef matters concerning the
estate on which he demanded infor-
mation. Even the very servants'
names he remembered.
"It was a queer turn of fate George"
ho declared as he held out. before him
a wonderfully chased glass filled with
amber wine "which sent you into the
world a few seconds before me and
nimle you lord of Ashleigh and me a
struggling scientific man."
"The world has benefited by It"
Iord Ashleigh remarked with more
than fraternal courtesy. "We hear
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls Ca-
tarrh Cure Is taken intern-ally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist-
ing nature In doing its work. The pro-
Pinner served out of compliment to
their transatlantic visitor in the great
banqueting hall was to Quest espe-
cially a most impressive meal. They
sat at a small round table lit by
shaded lights in the center of an
apartment which was large In reality
and which seemed vast by reason of
the shadow s which hovered around the
unlit spaces. Prom the walls frowned
down a long succession of family por-
traits Ashleighs in the queer Tudor
costume of Henry VII; Ashleighs in
chain armor sword In hand a charger
waiting regardless of perspective in
Showing the Guest Through
blin House.
Ham-
1. 1 f.ifl. In i t j mtrn.l
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dred Hollars for anv'case tiiat it fails and hewlgged; Ashleighs in the court
to cure. Send for list of testimonials j dress of the Georges judges sailors.
Address: F.J. CHENEY & CO.. To- statesmen and soldiers. A collection
ledo. Ohio. i of armor which woulu have gladdened
Sold by all Druggist. ?'c. (the eye of mar.y an antiquarian was
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti- ranged along the black paneled walla.
pation.
great things of you over here Edgar.
We hear that you have been on the
point of proving most unpleasant
things with regard to our origin."
'Oh! there is no doubt about that"
the professor observed. 'Where we
came from and where we are going to
are questions which no longer afford
room for the slightest doubt to the
really scientific mind. What sometimes
does elude ub Is the nature of our
tendencies while we are hereon earth."
There was a brief silence. The port
had been placed upon the table und cof-
fee served. The servants according
to the custom of the house had de-
parted. The great apartment was
empty. Even Quest was Impressed
by some peculiar significance in the
long-drawn-out silence. He looked
around him uneasily. The growing re-
gard of that long line of painted war-
riors seemed somehow to be full of
menace. There was something grim
too in the sight of those empty suits
of armor.
"I may be superstitious" Lord Ash-
lelgh said "but there are times espe-
cially just lately when I seem to find
a new and hateful quality In silence.
What is it I wonder? I ask you but I
think I know. It is the conviction that
there is some alien presence some-
thing disturbing lurking close at
hand."
Ho suddenly rose to his feet pushed
his chair back and walked to the wlf
dow which opened level with tht
ground. He threw it up and listened.
The others came over and Joined him.
There was nothing to be heard but the
distant hooting of an owl and farther
away the barking of some farmhouse
dog. Lord Ashleigh stood there with
straining eyes gazing out across the
park.
"There wns something here" he
muttered; "something which has gone.
What's that? Quest your eyes are
younger than mine. Can you see any-
thing underneath that tree?"
Quest peered out Into the gray dark
ness. .
"1 fancied I saw something moving
in the shadow of that oak" he mut
tered. Wait."
He crossed the terrace swung down
on to the path across the lawn over
a wire fence and Into the park itself.
All the time he kept his eyes fixed on
a certain spot. When at last he
reached the tree there was nothing
there. He looked all around him. He
stood and listened for several mo
ments. A more utterly peaceful night
or more utter peace It would be hard
to imagine. Slowly he made hia way
back to the house.
"1 Imagine we are all a little nervy
tonight" he remarked. There's nofi-
ing doing out there."
They strolled about for a hour or
more looking Into different rooms
showing their guest the finest pictures.
even taking him down into the wonder-
ful cellars. They parted early but
Quest stood for a few moments before
retiring gazing about him with an air
almost of awe. His great room as
large as an Italian palace was lit by a
dozen wax candles In silver candle-
sticks. His four-poster was supported
by pillars of black oak carved into
strange forms and surmounted by the
Ashleigh coronet and coat-of-arms. He
threw Ms windows open wide and
stood for a moment looking out across
the park more clearly visible now by
the light of the slowly rising moon.
There was scarcely a breeze stirring
scarcely a sound even from the animal
world. Nevertheless. Quest too as re-
luctantly he made his preiwrations for
retiring for the night was conscious
of that quer sensation of unimagined
and impalpable danger.
(TO liE CONTINUED.)
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