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WILL answer it myself,” the professor declared, bustling off. ‘The professor took up the receiver from the His “Hello!” was mild pall was from some admiring dis- The change in his face as he wai him blankly. he repeated. gleton of my anthropold ape,” thé professor continued, his bY ronda alike in sadness and “Tt is the ‘curator of the Mauseum who is speaking. They have Just opened the box. It hasJain for me days in an anteroom. It is empty!” edeord Ashleigh muttered something Ewe litle vague. The theft of skeleton teely appeared to his unscientific otalnd to be a realizable thing. The be a turned back to the tele- Francis,” he said, “I cannot jo You. I can say nothing. I @hall come to you at once. I am on point eee starting. Your news has el me, fe Jala down the receiver. He around bim like a man in a taxicab Is waiting, Craig 4. him. jat is most fortunate,” the pro- jounced. “I remember now No change with which to him T must go back. Look after ir," at the museum in twenty 1 bita that nothing must ‘the way. Do you hear?” xicab man drove off, glad ete ve a return fare, In hour’s time the pro- fessor strode up the steps of the mu- @eum and hurried into the office. -*There was a little crowd of oMicials ~ there, whom the curator at once dis- He to his feet. and be- redm behind his office. f¢seent was unfurnished except for on or two chairs. In the middle of th ‘uncarpeted a was a aor woodel Lea from which the lid had just been pried “Yesterday, as you know from my the curator proceeded, “I was way. I gave orders that your case should be placed here that I.myself should enjoy the distinction of open- ing it. An hour ago I commenced the task. That is what I found.” The professor gased blankly the empty box, thing left except the smell,” a woies from the open doorway re- marked. und. Quest was id behind him Le- nora. The professor welcomed them eagerly. Quest, the great crim- Ques the room, glancing out of each of the windows in turn. He kept close to the wall, and when he had finished he drew out a magnifying glass from his pocket and made a brief e::amination of the box. Then he asked a few questions of the curator, pointed out one of the windows to Lenora and whispered a few directions to her. She at once produced what seemed to be a foot rule from the bag which she was carrying, and hurried into the garden. “A little invention of e ae for big laa footprints,” ex- pia! “Not much use cae Tam afral Guest stood pyer the box for a mo- ment or two ahd looked once mote @ window. Presently Lenora She carried in her hand a ema! ject, which she brought si- lently to Quest. He glanced at it in perplexity. over his shoul “It is the little finger “the little finger of my apo!’ Quest held it away from bim sriti- cally. “From which “The right han Quest examined the fastenings of the window before which she had paused during his previous examina tion, He turned away with a shru; of the shoulders. “See you later, Mr. Ashleigh,” hi concluded laconically. A newsboy thrust a paper at them. Sart lanced at the beadiines. Le- 7 he asked. aaa Box TO-NIGHT AT THE FOLLOWING UNIVERSAL THEATRES » he Most Fascinating Serial Ever Produced =aamarg SBL-MONDAY, March 8 nTyatre—25 Lee Are. Opere ‘House—125th e400 Borinaticld Ave. on 1B Sth Ave. City. 7 . ih St, City, i Festive ibe “Grand iy tte—26 Grabam Av. fy rere ™., ‘ot Fulton SUNDAY, March 14. The professor peered | KNICKERBOCKER =REnTae NEXT MATINEE SATURDAY “THE SEASOWS GREATERT THRATRICAL PRODUCTION “AN ELABORATE AND COLORFUL ENTERTAINMENT."— |) “A SWIFT REVIEW, BRIMFUL OF FUN AND orp tgs nm. CHAPTER VII. 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