New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-04-25
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oh, yes. / couldn't afford to miss

You were there, then n asked.
oh, yes. couldn't afford to miss
it,
The color blind theory was simple
one
so simple that It never occurred to
any one else think we're too apt
to overlook the simple explanat lions,
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 %
Yes. I don't agree with him. =
Nor I. Now take this case, for In
stance 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
i 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
1 many will lose by tin fact, the whole
circle of his associates will lose by it.
It might seem, at first glance, that his
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 re
j mains?'
"Only one thing" said, deeply inter
ested in this exposition. Sudden pas
sion.''
He nodded exultantly.
That's it Now, who was the wom-
an? From the first was certain it
could not be his daughter-the very
thought was preposterous. 1t seems
almost equally absurd, however, to
suppose that Holiday could be mixed
up with any other woman. He Ger
tainly has not been for the last quarter
Of century but before that-well, it's
not so certain. And there's one strik-
i ing point which seems to indicate his
guilt"
"Yes-you mean, of course, her re-
semblance to his daughter
Precisely. Such resemblance must
exist-a resemblance unusual, even
Istriking-or it would not for moment
have deceived Rogers. We must re-
member, however, that Rogers Office
was not brilliantly lighted and that he
merely glanced at her Still, whatever
minor differences there may have been,
she had the air, the general appearance,
the look, of Miss Holiday. Mere facial
resemblance may happen in a hundred
ways by chance, but the air, the look,
the altogether is very different-it in
dicates a blood relationship. My the
Dry is that she Is an illegitimate child,
perhaps four or five years older than
z Miss Holiday
1 paused to consider. The theory
was reasonable, and yet it had it's
faults.
"Now, let's see where this leads u.s.
Holiday has been providing for this
illegitimate 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
efectual appeals by letter, she does
the desperate thing of calling at his
office to protest in person. She finds
him inexorable-we know his reputa-
ton for obstinacy when he had once
made up his mind. She reproaches
him-she is already desperate, remem-
ber-and he answers with that stinging
sarcasm for which he was noted. In
an ecstasy Of anger she snatches up
the knife and stabs him; then, in an
i agony Of remorse, endeavors to check
the blood. She sees at last that it is
useless, that she cannot save him, and
leaves the Office. All this is plausible,
isn't it?''
Every plausible" I assented, look
ing at him in some establishment. 6 GU
forget one thing, however. Rogers tes-
tilted that he was intimately acquaint-
ed with the affairs Of his employer
and that he would inevitably have
known Of any intrigue such as you
suggest"
My companion paused for mo-
ment's thought.
II don't believe that Rogers would
so inevitably have known Of it." he
said at last. But, admit that-then
there is another theory. Holiday has
not been supporting his illegitimate
q child, who learns Of her parentage and
goes to him to demand her rights. That
q fits the case, doesn't it q
EYES," l admitted. ut also is plausi
ble.'''
ut is more than plausible" he said
quietly. Whatever the details may
4 be, the body Of the theory itself is I'M
Itmpeachabl e-it's the only one which
fits the facts. / believe 1t capable of
proof. Don't you see how the note
E helps to prove it?"
.The note ~
I started at the word, and my suspi.
cions sprang into life again. looked
Z at him quickly, but his eyes were on
& the cloth and he was rolling up innu-
merable little pellets of bread
ssThat note, he added, proved two
4, things. One was that the writer was
u fnnn1vs infornctod n, Miss Hnllo dousc