Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-05-25
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

CHAPTER 1.-The law firm Of Graham
Royce 10y which | am employed, is called on
10 defend Mics Frances Holiday. accused of the
murder of her father. Late In the preceding
afternoon Mr.. Holiday. widowed multml-
lionaire. has been found by his Secretary. RoE-
ers. stabbed to death in his private office. Ros-
ers telling of a visit paid by Mrs Holiday few
minutes before. Mr.. Royce who is in love with
Miss HolIadsy, takes charge Of her case. with
myself a. assistant. We visit Miss Holiday at
refuses TO testify. ll-Rosers Is certain that no
one but Miss Holiday entered her fathers
room, the visitor being dressed in red gown.
Mrs Holidays maid testifics to her absence
from home and tells of her wearing a red dress
III-During Il recess am accosted by French
man. who attempts TO discuss the Holiday case.
abouts on the fatal day The coachman tells OF
having driven her TO the French quarter and
tell of her return after long absence. lie also
testiiics to the red gown. receive an unsigned
note saying that Rogers is lying-that the wo-
Mil who visited MIR. Holiday wore a gown of
green; W. prove that Rogers Is color blind
Hiss Holiday is discharged the Coroners YER
dict being that her father was killed by "a per-
son or persons unknown. anu vi am
dined by a stranger, who discusses the murder
with me We decide that the crime was com
mittcd by an illegitmate daughter OF the dead
man resembling Mise Frances, het motive S w h neIng
reporter. VII Miss Holadays maid is dis
chare' d without cause an elderly stranger tax
IN, itvr place. MISS uOliduay 10 Bee MT.
Royce. 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
100000 in cash from her property. Nll1-Mr.
Royce and l deliver the bank notes TO Miss
Holiday. We see her III very dim light. and
she seems to be very i'll. 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 dementia. There
has never been any illness i'll her family, save
that her father had 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. IX-1he Frenchman, III. MsrtiSny,
whom met during the hearing, takes lodgings
in my Loarding house. He takes great interest
in the Holiday affair. He suffers from 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
MY employers commission me to find Miss
tigny of Miss Holladay's disappearance. XII
search for the supposed sister of Frances Hol-
laday, who, believe. killed their father and is
connected with her disappearance. / am fol-
lowed by Martgny. 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 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. l decide to follow
them to France. KILL learn that Mr.. Holla-
tat. MIR. Royce is to accompany me. On board
chip meet q charming Miss kemballsand her
mother. We are followed on board by Martigny
who has risen from sickbed to do SO.