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Harding Kset calls On Louise Parrish TO
eroposs marriage and ands the houss n
eids Of her sister K.tharins Kent starts
a. Investigation and hnds that Hugh
Csandall. suitor fos Katharine. who had
sish. had talked With Katharins ever the
tsls0hons Just before she shot hsfsAif.
CHAPTER i.-(contiRve1.)
The namo meant nothing to me and
I turned to Louise for explanation.
Though there were many callers At the
FarrisA home, l never haA met Mr..
Crandall. nor had ! even heard the
name mentioned.
1T must have been Hugh Crandall.
said Louise. Il was afraid that 1t was
hs.'
Her remark pazzled me. The only
Hugh Crandall knew anything about
vas . prosperous young broker whom
I never had nst personally. though
had seen his name occasionally In con-
nection with exchange and club Affairs.
DO you mean Hugh Crandall. the
broker?" asked.
Louise nodded. and leaning against
my shoulder. told me of = chapter OF
the family history with which was
wholly unfamiliar. This man. 1t
seemed. had met her sister two years
before ON . steamer on which they
were returning from Europe. After
that he had been frequent visitor at
the Farrish home. katharine was very
fond Of him, and he had been In high
favor both with the general and Lou
iss. Though no formal announcement
Of an engagement had 'been made,
Crandall was looked on by every one
a. Miss Farrish's most favored suitor.
About three months ago. Just prior to
the time when | frst met Louise. his
visits to the house had suddenly
ceased.
I'm sure" Louise explained. that
Katharine cared for him very much.
She and father had bitter quarrel
about him. though why, never could
understand, for father had always
seemed to like him. There was some
thing strange about the way his visits
ended. Father came home one day at
noon looking worried. He called Kath-
arine into the library and shut the
door. I could hear Katharine pleading
with him and once or twice heard
both their voices raised as II In anger.
When my sister came out her eyes
were red as II she had been weeping.
She went at once to her room and did
not come down to dinner. When Mr..
Crandall called that night she came
down to see him. but he stayed only
about ten minutes. He demanded an
interview with father. and father re-
fused to see him. He left the house In
heat an, never has been here since.
For several days Katharine seemed
much depressed but she volunteered
no condolences and hesitated to ask
her any questions. She seemed after
a while wholly to have recovered her
spirits, and was convinced that she
had made up her mind to let Mr.. Gran
dali go out Of her life."
What effect did this have on the re-
lations between your father and sis
ter" asked. seeking in vain for mo-
tive that would have caused Katharine
to attempt her life.
None whatever that / could see,
Through 1t all. except for that one aft.
srnoon, Katharine's attitude toward IA
ther has been most lovable II any.
thing, 1t seemed to me that she was
tenderer toward him afterward than
before"
DO you suppose she has been meet
ing CrAndall surreptitiously?"
Louise quickly and Indignantly drew
herself away from me.
You don't know Katharine ~ do, :"
she said reprovingly. "or you never
would have said that. She is the soul
Of honor. II she was going to see Hugh
she would have done so openly"
But he telephoned her today" per-
sisted.
That's so." admitted Louise. And
think he must have done 80 day be-
fore yesterday, too. Some one called
her. and she went out just as she did
today Generally We tell each other
where We are going. and l thought 1t
peculiar at the time that she said moth.
ing to me-"
In deep perplexity We both sat, si.
iently pondering the mystery of Katha-
rins's action. What could have made
her do It? Was 1t, l wondered, because
her father had learned something dis
creditable about her suitor and had
forbidden him the house? Had Gran
dali been trying to persuade her to
continue to see him despite her ia
ihers wishes? Was the conflict in her
heart between love and duty too much
for herf Louise turned to me and laid
her hand gently on my arm.
Harding" she said, there IL some
deep mystery behind all this that has
been creeping like a black shadow
scross the lives Of both Katharine and
ny father. In some way Hugh Gran
aall 10 concerned in it. 1 know It I
eel 1t. 1t Is something more than mere
~ the refusal Of my father to permit
her to marry Crandall. have watched
them hnfh md kpn- haze .--.