Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-24

answered the telephone, whoever It
was must have given his name"
StuDidly she shook her head again.
"Was it Mr.. Crandall?" asked Lou
Use.
Light came into Hilda's face at once
"Now / remember" she exclaimed
Dot was him. 1t was Mr.. Crandall.
The name meant nothing to me and
turned to Louise for explanation
Though there were many callers at the
Parrish home, never had met Mr.
Crandan, nor had | even heard the
name mentioned.
1T must have been Hugh Crandall,'
said Louise. Il was afraid that 1t was
me-"
Her remark puzzled me. The only
Hugh Crandan / knew anything about
was a prosperous young broker whom
( never had met personally. though
had seen his name occasionally IN con
ncction with exchange and club affairs.
DO YOU mean Hugh Crandall, the
oroker?" | asked.
Louise nodded, and leaning against
nv shoulder. told me of chapter o.
he family history with which | was
yhoIly unfamiliar. This man, it
seemed. had met her sister two years
before on a steamer on which they
we're returning from Europe. After
hat he had been a frequent visitor al
he Parrish home. katharine was very
| 'ord of him. and he had been in high
|! 'avor both with the general and Lou
Sc. Though no formal announcement
IF an engagement had been made,
Crandall was looked on by every one
s Miss Farrish's most favored srlitor
I lbout three months ago, just prior TO
he time when I first met Louise. his
visits to the house had suddenly
i ceased.
I'm sure" Louise explained, that
| Katharine cared for him very much.
She and father had bitter quarrel
|. about him. though why, I never could
understand. for father had always
seemed 10 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-
lrine into the library and shut the
door. I could hear Katharine pleading
with him and once or twice heard
both their voices raised as if in anger.
|. When my sister came out her eyes
we're red as If 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-
i;fused 10 see him. He left the house in
heat anu 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 l 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
teri" asked, seeking in vain for mo-
tive that would have caused Katharine
to attempt her life.
None whatever that I could see.
Bhrough it all, except for that one aft
crnoon. Katharine's attitude toward IA
Their has been most lovable. II any.
thing it seemed q 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 as do,
she said reprovingly. "oT you never
would have said that She 10 the SOU