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riUxtd from tb* l'h?te Piety o? the BJ ;- i ?Un Manufect SYNOP8I8. Eftntosrd DMOJrt. on In? Tioi ?ci, t.tidd tins M?M5dou*ai, t\r,h rn {?I* ? caughter. ho Ufo-*nd-(iMih Birt* *u??or criminafc Ii Ztvwr ARKle!g}j'*,|pu. ?PVf sceteten and a H.. monkey. h*jr mao, ?Jest, hs* rcoma have fcppei?r?-<l t?Jnlnj nat*,, signed hy Aande. Livtm^Ana Xxw .uapvet Outer. Uw-wf' A*W*?Sli Li m irci IjC ia car-tur. h prc Ouiit'naHi TWELFTH ?NSTAU.MENT. ! CHAPTER XXV. .N EAT H IRO N W H SE t *. ide by ?dde they beaned over too of thc steamer and g&sed shore ds at tho blow ly yrifoldlnic scene ire thew. For nome time they ?cd preset-red an alcacst ecstatic ai . ~1 ?.. T . i copvTirtoritr ?vier on? r wc ip . tm? *?a?ie.f Produced by th i T?nlvorsaS wring Conipfrijr. j slips UH again. I'm goln? m ?day bera with the auueh." . t Tba Infector sighed. H Iii face bad grown h?g and the buo liney had passed fjfcm bia manner. They ?uSd the others tatting for them at lie end of tho gr at wooden ?bed. Oftest turned to Fr och. "Lookltore, l^onch," he ?aid, ?fryoo know I pal want to tur j you off, but'I do|t/ <?now what we'i a going to do with pl? fellow about ir Sen Fran cisco, wo don't want to lodge two ehtigcH.ltnd we should h xa to put him in Jtjl tonight. Why don't you? take bi*pa right ?way? ?Ssere's a HzaitedJ|c|a by the souther j route tn. *3pbbci?assented gfoomllj "TbaiTplU mo," he agree L -TYou'IT be glad,h get rid of thoTerto'w, loo," bo add dd. Thor ??rovo straight to ; jo depot, found tir> vacant seats In' the train, and Qudjg, with ? little sig! of relief, handed oror his charge. "Now^r a little holiday," Quest de-" Cared, fcssing Lenora's an i through lija. "\SV11 just hayo n lui; around; the citj| and then' get dow s to San Diego ali' lake a look at tl ? exposi tion theft.' No responsibillti t, no ono to look Vter, nothing to do lut enjoy. oureelveV? e wir#b% of the hotel? out they h?d been gaxlag for ? quarter.^ an hour. enora turned nany from fit which tho last; snort aigheC. kfltakii it th? Tanner, as apparently sort \> peoplo. lodari?. "Aa ?lt tl?. a T?lr,? faintly a* ene caught got a heart somewhere, ' "IJO'B i Wime,1: Que "Might 11i'>re whi Lenora i glance J "La?ra'? ehe muttered, "only lt takes an awful ! |lct of getting at!1** . . , 4 tffiffl They found French, already conva loso*n?, comfortably Installed In the private ward of a smell hospital In the picturesque Kew Morice town. Laura almost at once established herself by his olde. f:M "Can-yon remember anything about the wreck:,. F^nch?"-Qu<sat Inqul/ed. j The Inspector passed his hand wearily over his forehead. It scorns more like a .dream-or rather a nightmare-than ?hything,-' ho admitted. "I was sitting opposite Craig when the crash came. I was unconscious ?or a time. When'I came? to, I was simply pinned down by the fide ;of tho car, I could seo. a mau working hard to release me, taging and straining with ali his might. Every now and thon I got a glimpse of his face. It seemed queer, but I could hare sworn lt was Craig. Then other people passed by. I heard the shriek of a focomotive. I could nee a doctor bonding o?or some bodies. Thon it nil faded away and came back again. The oec^nd time I waa oecrly free. The man who had been working; no hurd' was just smacking ?be last blt of Umber away, and agata; I saw his face and that;time I waa sure thur. H was Craig. . Anyway, he finished tho Job. I.suddenly felt I could move my limbs. The man stood up os though exhausted, looked at me, called to tho doctor, and then he seemed to fade uway. It might havp been because I whs unconscious myself, for I don't remember anything else until I found myself In bcd." "lt would indeed/' tb? professor re marked, "bo an Interesting olrcunv stance-an Interesting psychological cipor?astaacc, if I might put it that way-T-if Craig, the arch-erl minn V .the maa.who bas see?oed to us so utterly devoid of all haman feeling, should ; '-^fttercstlni? or not," Quest ob r??rv??V'Td Uko to know whether it lhftiupt? Von cerTn^va? win. ? I iv?erful Civ??li*d at This ( tili ; You ?ho* Shelter from the burning'eua. He rheW bei ??fe him a newspaper," a cer-. tain paragraph ot which be was ?ager if devouring. In the distance the mall boy was slraMy disappearing in a cl?cd of dual. FAMOUS CRIMINOLOGIST IN ALL Sanford O'Ait? and his assistante, ac companied by Prof. Lord Ashleigh, ar rived In AHguez a few days ?flo to le?vk fer John Craig, formerly servant to the scientist fcrahj ha? not beon seen el noa the accident; to the limited, a -fortnight ?oe, and by many le sup posed to have perished In the wreck. He was In the charge of inspector Franeh, and wai on bis Way to New York to etand hi? ?rial for homicide. French waa tnk*h to the hospital, auf ferino/ from concussion of the brain, but ls now convalescent ? The man read- the paraferaph twice prairie land. > There was a oueer. bit Zamp, but You Den't Get Our i Coote i f m Warrant." . 1 There waa so one in sight. Scrtly? almost stealthily, he crept up to the wagon, tot cb'e4 out from its wooden case a small violin, cat down with his back to the wheel and began to pay. Suddenly the bow rested motlonlesa. A look of fear came Into hts face. He sprang up. The cowboys were all Stealing from the other sida of the wagon. They had arrived and dis mounted without bia hearing them. He sprang to his feet and began to stammer apologies. I#opg'Jhr.;?, hand waa laid firmly upon his shoulders, "Sr*, cookie, you don't need to? look so acared. You ?*ln't done tooth ing wrong. 'Me and the boya, WQ Uko your music. Sing us another tuna on that Addle!" Tbs cook looked at hint for a mo ment incredulously. Then he real ised that the cowboy wa? In earnest Ko picked up the bow and commenced to play again. They sat around him, wondering, absolutely absorbed. No oap even made a move toward?; tho food. It was Craig who lei them there at last himself, still playing. Lone? Jina threw bia arm almost caress ! ingiy around his shoulder. : "Say, cookie/';-he began, "there ain't tiona asked concerning y of the men who find here, Just no lone aa ? the game yellow. May-, d np & nice Uttle hall ?] ?mew hero, but we ain't ? Bnkering to know tho tot the ll s furniture never no the past their wa; they doa' j-whe i cons ero?-* Tfast'e where the eridge te That ether eros* to theeeap." "1 ; Bho pointed away southward*. "That's the Hoe,- ehe fjonUnued. "Laure, where'? the professor!" "? don't know," Laura replied. "'He rode off come time and be was go ing to meet Mr. Quest" "if only he were bese!*' Lenora mut tered. "I feel sure Craig means tb .scape. There he goes." Tbsy asw him ride off into the dark? aita*. Lenora ran to where her horse waa tethered. "I'M going after him." abe an nounced. "Listen. Leura. It they ar rive soon, send them after me." ' Shs galloped off ? while Laura was still undecided. Almost at th?t mo ment sb* beard from behind the wel come sound of horses' Seat in the oppo site, direction and Quest galloped np. Ladra laid ber baud upon his rein. "Don't get off,'* Laura continued ?julckly. "Craig has escaped, riding towards the Mexican frontier. Lenora ls following him. He's gone in that direction." she added pointing. "When you, ?orne to tbs river you'll he*"8 to hunt fer the bridge." Quest frowned .es bo gathered up his reine. "I was afraid they'd try oomethiag of the sort." he. muttered. "Tell the others where TV? gone, Laura." ' He galloped Off Into the darkness; Behind, thara were tome growls from the little group of cowboys, none of whom, however, attempted to inter fere with bim. Lory Jim stood up sad gazed sullenly southwards. "CookleU malia tba bridge all right,** he remarked. "It thc girl catcbes him, ehe can't do anything. And that guy'!! never make it. Vrbo?n! Here comes the rest ot th tau" The inspector, with the two depu ties, rode suddenly into tba camp. The inspector paused to speak to Laura. Long Jim'? eye? sparkled as ha saw them approach. "Ifs old Harris and fat ?tsdy,' he whispered. "We'll bare come fun v/itk them." The older of tho two deputies ap proached them, frowning. "Been at your games aga/t'ti. long Jim?" be bega=. "I hear you dc to hand .over a criminal who'd been sheltering on. your raacftt You'll get Into trouble bf/oro you've .finished;*" .X?ot the war* aatT" Jim asked, s , The deputy produced it Lang Jim looked at lt curiously and handed it back. : "Guee*'tho only thing you ??nt, '.ben, 1? the man." ' Hotter produce nina* quickly,'* the ?eputy advised. A. r*0