Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-06-08
SYNOPSIS OF rEEcEni>" CHAPTERS.

CHAPTER /. Ih- law firm # Graham n
Ioycr. 10y which nm employed, j. called "a
I" def nj Mis- Frances II"lladay. accused of tho
murder Of her father. Late IN the preceding
afternoon Mr.. Hollads:. wIdow'd }nuliiinIl-
lionairr. has been found by his Secretary. Eog-
ers, stabbed 10 death III hIs priv ate "i'". EoS-
,rs telln. OF yIsil paid 10y Nils liollaGay Il few
minutes before. Mr. Royce who l. III love with
Miss ll"lia!sy. takes charS, OF her cn-e. with
myself a assistant. We 'lsit Miss Holiday AT
IN" toron.r'- office, where she il detained. She
refuses 10 testify. ll-ior"rs l. certain that no
but Miss Holiday entered her fathers
ROOM the visitor beng dressed in rcd gown
Mir Ho!,ada,'s maid testihes to her absence
from home and tells of her wearing IA red dress
III During II recess am accostcd by French
man. who attempts 10 discuss the li"l!adav case
Miss ilolla!ay rrfus,e To account for ftr where.
ahuut- ON the fatal day. The coac'msn tells OF
hnvIr., driven her TO the French quarter and
tell of her return after a Ion. absence lie also
ttstII-s To The red gown. receive an unsigned
not" saving that Rogers IL lying-that the wo-
in.Ii vino visited Mr.. IIolladay wore gown Of
green. w prove that Rogers j. color blind
and show that he has mistaken green for red
His Holiday is discharged, ihe Coroners YER
diet being that her father WAS killed by "A per
son or persons unknown and VII am
dlned by stranger, vi o discusses the murder
with me. We decide that the crime was com
miitcd by an illegi,imae 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
charged without cause. an elderly stranger lax
Royce. He is told that she has decided to leave
Tor the country. Mr.. Graham calls upon Miss
Holiday at her req uest and she asks him Tor
$l0p.UU in cash from her property. Nlll-Nr.
Royce and deliver the bank notes TO Miss
Holiday. We see her III very dim light, and
she seems to be very ill. We call on her famil
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 in her family, save
that her father had an attack of apoplexy just
before the trip abroad during which his daugh-
ter was born. Royce writes to Miss Holiday:
receiving no reply. The 100000 are converted
into gold. lX-lhe Freuchman, NJ. Msrtisny,
whom Net during the hearing. takes lodgings
in my boarding house. lie takes great interest
heart Miss IiOlladay's butler tells us that his
mistress has disappeared, accompanied by her
new maid. They have been gone ten days. Il
Ny employers commission me to find Miss
HOftsday. Mr. kOyce cOtfapses. tell Mar.
tigny Of Miss Holidays disappearance. XII
laday, who. believe. killed their father and is
connected with her disappearance am fol-
lowed by Martigny. To elude him board an
elevated tram ana see MN isi az tne 'rsin Ru,,s
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.. Hola.
day and his wife once lived in the town of Etre-
tat. Mr.. Royce is to accompany me. On board
ship meet a charming Miss Kendall and her
mother. We are followed on board by Msrtigny.
who has risen from a sickbed to do 30. XIV
cOniide to Miss Kendall. Martigny attempts to
drop heavy spar on Mrs Kendall and Royce
XIV and XVI Miss Kendall tries to unravel the
mystery. Her theory is that Miss Holiday has
been iinpersonated by another for some time
and il how prisoner in France. / seek Mar
tisny in his cabin, but learn nothing from him
Royce aud arrive at Etretat.