Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-06-01

'HArTEE. l. The law firm Of Graham \
Royce. by which MN employed, L. called ou
To nd Miss Frances iiolladAy. accused of the
murder of her fahcr. Late In the preceding;
lIouaire. has been found by his Secretary. Eog-
err. stabbed To death in has private uiiice Roy
trs telling of visIi paid by Mir liolladay few
minutes before. Mr. Royce, who is in love with
Miss IIuilaisy. takes charge of her case. with
my self a. assistant. We visit Miss Holiday at
thu Coroncr's Office. where she is detained She
refuses to testify. ll-Rogcrs r. certain that no
one but Miss Holiday entered her fathers
ROOM the visitor being dressed in a red gown.
Mis- Holidays maid testites to her absence
from home and tells of her wearing a red dress
III During IA recess am accostcd by French
man. who attempts TO discuss the liolladay case.
Miss llolla'iay refuses 10 account for her where
sbouts on the fatal day. The coachman tells of
having driven her 10 the French quarter and
tell OF her return after long absence. He also
tcstiies 10 the red gown. l receive an unsigned
mote saying that Rogers is lyng-that the wo
mrn who visited MIR. Holiday wore a gown OF
green. w prove that Rogers il color blind
and show that he has mistaken green for red.
Hiss Holiday is discharged. the Coroncrs YER
dict being that her father was killed by "a per
son or persons unknown" and VII am
dined by a stranger, VINO discusses the murder
with me. We decide that the crime was com
mittcd by an illegtimate daughter Of the dead
man resembling Miss Frances, her motive being
unknown. The stranger is shown to have been
reporter. VII Miss Holidays maid is dis
charg, Il without cause, an elderly stranger TAX
ing her place. Miss Holiday refuses to see Mr..
Royce. lie is told that she has decided TO leave
for the country. Mr.. Graham calls upon Miss
Holiday at her request. and she asks him for
$l00,0uU in cash from her property. Nlll-Mr.
Royce and l deliver the bank notes TO Miss
Holiday. We see her III a very dim lg II. and
she seems to be very ill. We call on hr ianiiy
physician, who tells us that he has 10 beca
called in the case. The doctor calls on M,ss
Holiday, but she begs TO be excused. He be-
leves her to be suffering from dementia. There
has never been any illness i'll her family, save
that her father had an attack of apCplexy just
before the trip abroad during which Els dau III
ter was born. Royce writes to Miss Ho today.
receiving no reply. The 100000 are converted
into gold. lX-1he Frencbman, NJ. Martigny.
whom NET during the hearing, takes lodgings
in my toardinS house. He takes great interest
In the Holiday affair. lie suffers from weak
heart. Miss Holladay's butler tells us that mis-
new maid. They have been gone ten days. X
Ny employers commission me to find Miss
Holiday. Mr.. Royce collapses. 1 tell Mar
tigny Of Miss Holladay's disappearance. Nj
search for the supposed sister of Frances liol-
laday, who. believe, killed their father and is
connected with her disappearance. 1 am fol-
lowed by Martigny. To elude him board an
elevated train and see him fall the train pulls
out. From the papers l learn that Martigny
carried in his pocket at the time of his attack OF
heart disease the address of a French cafe. MI
Il discover that Martigny has kept Miss lola-
day imprisoned in the cafe. learn tnat q wO-
man with two daughters, one an invalid, sailed
FOR France the preceding week and decide Tat
the invalid is Miss Holiday. l decide to follow
them 10 France. KILL learn that Mr.. Holla.
tat. Mr.. Royce is to accompany me. On boa d
ship meet q charming Miss kemball:,and ner
mother. We are followed on board by Martigny.
who has risen from sickbed to do SO. NV
confde TO Miss Kendall. Martigny attempts to
drop heavy spar on Mrs. Kendall and Royce