Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-05-18
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Holiday
Case

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER The law firm Of Graham y
Royce by which | am employed, is caIle'i on
Ia def, nd Miss Frances lioladay. accused OF the
murder of her father. Late In The preceding
afternoon Mr.. Iiolladsv. widowed multImil-
iIonairc has been found by his Secretary EoE-
er-, stabbed To death in his private .iiIce. kos
ers telling OF visit paid 10y Mi-s lioiiaday lew
minutes before. Mr.. Royce, who Is in love with
Miss Iiulladay. takes charge of her ease. with
my-elf a. assistant. We visit Miss Holiday at
tn, CoronCrs office. where she IL detained. she
refuses TO testify. lI-Rogers Is certain that no
one but Miss Holiday entered her fathers
ROOM the visitor being dressed in red gown
Miss Holidays maid testites TO her absence
from home and tells of her wearing red dress
II-During Il recess am accosted by French
man. who attempts to discuss the ioliaday case
Miss Holiday refuses to account for her where.
abnuts on th, fatal day. The coachman tells OF
having driven her to the French quarter and
tells OF her return after long absence lie also
note saving that Rogers is lying-that the wo.
IuGn who visited Mr.. 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 Coroner's YER
diet being that her father was killed by "a per
son or persons unknown. ana vi am
dned by a stranger, who discusses the murder
with me- We decide that the crime was com
mitted by an Legitimate daughter. of the dead
man resembling Miss Frances, her motive being
unknown. The stranger is shown to have been a
reporter. VII Miss Holladay's maid is dis
charged without cause. an elderly stranger tax
ill.,: her place. Miss Holiday refuses to see Mr..
Joyce. He 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
10000 in cash from her property. NllI-Mr
Royce and / deliver the bank notes to Miss
Holiday. We see her i'll very dim light. and
she seems to be very ill., We call on her family
physician. who tells US that he has not been
called in the case. The doctor calls on Miss
Holiday, but she begs TO be excused. He be-
lieves her to be suffering from dementla- There
has never been any illness i'll her family, save
that her father lad an attack of apoplexy just
before the trip abroad during which his daush
ter was born. Royce writes to Miss Holiday,
receiving no reply. The 100000 are converted
into gold. lX-1he FreDchman, n. Msrtigny.
whom met during the hearing, takes lodgings
in my boarding house. He takes a great interest
IN the Holiday affair. lie suffers from a weak
heart. Miss Holladay's butler tells us that his
mistress has disappeared, accompanied by her
new maid. They have been gone ten days. X
Ny employers commission me to lind Miss
Holiday. Mr.. Royce cOllapses. l tell Mar.
tigny of Miss Holladay's disappearance. XII
search for the supposed sister Of Frances Hol-
laday, who, l believe, killed their father and is
connected with her disappearance. am fol-
elevated train and see him fall as the train pulls
out. From the papers ! learn that Martigny
carried in his pocket at the time of his attack Of
heart disease the address of q French cafe. XII
Il discover that Martigny has kept Miss Holla-
day imprisoned in the cafe. learn tnat . wO-
man with two daughters, one an invalid, sailed
for France the preceding week and decide that
the invalid Is Miss Holiday. decide to follow
them to France.