Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-30

"Ot course you're puzslcd," he said.
note? But what could his object be:
Above all. why should he SO expose
himself? He smiled again as lie caught
my glance.
'Of course you're puzzled" he said.
well. I'll make a clean breast Of the
matter at once wanted to talk
with you about this. Holiday case.
and decided that a dinner at the
Studio would he just the ticket
nodded. The Soup was thing to
marvel at.
"You were right" assented 1.-The
idea was a stroke Of genius"
1T knew you'd think SO. You see,
since this morning I've been making
rather study Of you. That coup Of
yours at the coroner's court this after
noon was admirable. one of the best
things I ever saws
bowed my Acknowledgements.
"You We're .here them" I asked.
ooh, yes. ] couldn't afford to miss
IT,"
1.-THE colcr blind theory was a simple
one"
so simple that it never occurred to
any one else. | think we're too apt
to overlook the simple explanations,
which are, after all, nearly always
the true ones. It's only in books that
we meet the reverse. You remember
| it's Gaboriau who advises one always
to distrust the probable:'
Eyes. don't agree with him."
"Nor |. Now take this case, for in
stance. I think it's safe to state that
murder, where it's not the result of
sudden passion, is always committed
for one of two objects-revenge or
gain. But Mr.. Holidays past life has
been pretty thoroughly prObed by the
reporters, and nothing has been found
to indicate that he had ever made a
deadly enemy, at least among the class
Of people who resort to murder so that
does away with revenge. On the other
hand, no one will gain by his death
many will lose by tin fact. the whole
circle Of his associates will lose by It.
1t might seem. at first glance, that his
daughter would gain. but think she
loses most of all She already had al
the money she could possibly need, and
she's lost her father, whom. it's quite
certain, she loved dearly. So what re
mains?"
"Only one thing" said. deeply inter
ested in this exposition. Sudden pas
sion"
He nodded exultantly.
'That's it. Now. who was the won
an? From the first was certain Il
could not be his daughter-the very
thought was preposterOus. 1t seems
almost equally absurd. however, t.
suppose that Holiday could be mixel
up with any other woman. He Ger
tainiy has not been for the last quarter
Of a century-but before that-well. it,
not 80 certain. And there's one strik
ing point which seems to Indicate hi
guilt"
"Yss-you mean. of course, her re
semblance to his daughter
Precisely. Such resemblance mus
exist-a resemblance unusual, evel
striklng-Or it would not for momen
have deceived Rogers. We must re
member, however, that Rogers offir
was not brilliantly lighted ana that ~
merely glanced az her. Still. whateve
minor differences there may have been
she had the air, the general appearance
the look. Of Miss Holiday. Mere facis
resemblance may happen in a hundre'
ways by chance, but the air, the looA
tie altogether 10 very di6erent-'t ID
dicatss q blood relationship. MY tht
ory 10 that she Is an illegitimats chic
. perhaps four or 1--WE years older tina
: Miss Holiday"
p'9ased to consider. The theos'