The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-12-08
Yes. I dom, agree with hlm."

murder, where It's not the result OF
sudden passion, is always committed
for one OF two objects-r >venge or
gain. Eut Mr.. Holidays p: t life has
been pretty thoroughly probci by the
reporters, and not. ing has been found
to indicate that lIo 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 it-in fact. the whole
circle Of his associates will lose by 1t.
1t might seem. ut first glance. that Ills
daughter would gain, but I think she
loses most Of all She already had all
the money she could possibly need. and
she's lost her father. whom. it's quite
certain. she loved dearly. So what ro-
mainsT'
'Only one thing" said, deeply Inter
ested In this exposition. Sudden pas
slon"
He nodded exultantly.
That's it. Now. who was the WON
AMI From the first was certain II
could not be his daughter-the very
thought was preposterous. 1t seems
almost equally absurd. however. to
suppose that Holiday could be mlxel
up with any other woman He GER
tainly has not been for the last quarter
Of century-but before that-well, It's
not 30 certain. And there's one strik-
Ing point which seems to indicate his
guilt"
"Yes-you mean, Of course. her re-
semblancc to his daughter"
Precisely. Such q resemblance must
exlst-a resemblance unusual, even
striking-Or IL would not for moment
have deceived Rogers. We must re
member. however. that Rogers office
was not brilliantly lighted and that he
merely glanced Mt her. Still. whataver
minor differences there may have been.
size had tho air. the general appearance
the look, Of Miss Holladay. Mere facial
resemblance may happen In hundred
ways by chance, but the aIr the look
the altogether Is very diffcrent-it In
dicatss a blood relationship. My the-
ory Is that she Is ON illesitimato child
perhaps four or Ave years older than
Miss Holladny."
l paused to consider. Tho theory
was reasonable. and yet it had Its
faults.
Now, let's see where this leads u.s."
he continued. LET us assume that
Holiday has been providing for this
illegitmate daughter for years. At
last, for some reason. he is induced to
withdraw this support, or. perhaps, the
girl thinks her allowance insufficient
At any rate. after. let US suppose. In
sfectual appeals by letter. abe does
the desperate thing Of calling at his
Office to protest IN person. She flnds
him ine1orable-we know his reputa-
ton for sbstinacy when he had once
made up bis mind. She reproaches
hfn-she In already desperate, remen-
ber-and he answers with that stinging
sarcasm for which he was noted. In
an ocstasy Of anger she snatches UP
the knife and stabs him; then, In nm
agony Of rsmorse. endeavors to check
the blood She sees at last that 1t 10
useless. that she cannot save him, and
leaves the Office. All this L. plausible,
isn't itf'
"Very plauSibls," asssnted, look
Ing at him In some aStontshment You
forget one thing however. Rogers tcs-
tilted that he was intimately acgunint-
cd with tho affairs Of his employer
and that he would inevitably have
known Of any intrigue such as you
suggest"
Ny companion paused for mo-
N.ent's thought.
II don't believe that Rogers would
SO inevitably have known Of It," he
said at last. But admit that-thcn
there Is another theory. Holiday has
not been supporting his illeSitmate
child, who learns Of her parentage and
goes to him to demand her rights That
fits the case, doesn't itf''
Eyes" admitted. 1T also is plausi-
ble,"
1T is more than plausible" he said
quietly. whatever the details may
be, the body of the theory itself Is IN
lmpeachable-it's the only one which
fits the facts. believe it capable Of
proof. Don't You see how the note
helps to prove it?'
"Thc noteY'
! started ut the word, and my suspi-
cions sprang into life again. looked
at him quickly, but his eyes were on
the cloth and he was rolling up innu-
merabie little pellets Of bread
"That note" he added. proved two
things. One was that the writer was
deeply interested in Miss Holidays
welfare; the other was that he or she
knew Rogers, the clerk, intimately
more than intimately: almost rs we'll
as physician knows an old patient"
II admit the first" I said you'll
have to explain the second"
"Thc second Is self evident. How
did the writer Of the note know Of Rog-
ers' infirmityT'
"His infirmityF1
"Qertainly-his color blindness. con-