The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1912-08-03
exactions. It is this evil spirit that
kills kings, burns witches, destroys
property and lynches negroes. The

kills kings, burns witches DESTROYS
property and lynches negroes. The
Parrish mystery. however. is OF the
second class-the crime of the pair.
| am certain of it."
.The important thing then for us
to do" said l. trying to bring him
from the abstract TO the concrete, rs
to find Hugh Crandall and also TO dis
cover who was his closest associate
RAN C. woman"
do you think so?" he asked eng
matically, adding second later,
Cant you take me to see Miss Far
IRISH?
Hardly another word passed be-
tween us rs the taXicab whirled us up
Madison avenue to the generals home.
] was thinking about Davis strange
theories of crime and his opinion that
this was a crime of the pair. felt
sure that he, as well az l, must be
convinced of Crandsll's connection
with the matter and surely his fight
did not argue innocence. But If this
was a crime of the pair, who was the
other guilty person? Whom did Davis
suspect? He had said that 1t might be
either two men or man and wom-
an. A woman? Could 1t be that he
suspected Katharine Parrish OF Star
ing Crandall's guilt?
No, no 1t was impossible, too alb
surd. Yet certainly the yellow letter
seemed link between her and EIser.
1t was she who for a long time had
been Crandall's closest associate. That
association apparently had been re-
Gently renewed in secret Was it pos
sible that back of the mystery there
was some crime and that Katharine
was guilty?
For moment l was tempted to or
der the chauffeur to stop. 1t seemed
almost Dissertation TO take this heart
less analyzer of crime into the home
where death stalked so close. Sun
post Katharine was-No, / had pleG 3ed
my word to Louise that | would
solve the mystery and ! would keep
my promise. no matter where 1t led
me- After all, the important thing
was my beloved ones peace of mind.
AS long as the shadow hung over her
father and sister, her happiness must
be marred. Better the knowledge of
evil than the terror of mystery.
Davis wasted little time in cere-
mony. As soon as ] had introduced
him to Louise, he said abruptly:
I'D like to see the room where it
happened-alone."
As Louise called one of the serv-
ants TO escort him upstairs | was re-
joicing at the opportunity to be alol
with her. The cold formality of h.
greeting would have troubled me h:
l not attributed 1t to the inspector j
presence. AS soon as he had left ug.
with the memories of the evening I =
fore glowing in my mind, l turned 10
embrace her.
Don't, please DON'T" she said CO.. :
ly.
why, dearest,. l stammered IN
amazement
She offered no explanation but ST [
In the most matter-of-fact tenes-t. /,
matter-of-fact to be natural, | thoue +
Tell me, Mr.. Kent, what v /
learned at the place where Mr.. Els !.
lived
| was dumfounded. What ha1
come over her? What could ha
happened to make this sudden chan
in her attitude toward me? Cou
this cool, distant young woman be Il
same girl who only few hours befo
had chung so desperately to me ar
had wept out her sorrows in my arm
Had she overnight forgotten the klss
with which We pledged our joint eff
forts to solve the mystery?
Tell me. Mr.. Kent" she persisted
quietly, is there yellow letter in
that case, too? Do you believe there
can be any connection between Mr.
Elser and-and what Katharine did,
Greatly perturbed, yet trying TO con-
vince myself that her attitude WAS
only girls natural reaction as she
recollected the events of the evening
before, was just beginning to rehearse
what little we had learned in the
boarding house when Davis came run
ming down the stairs
Tell me-" he said abruptly to Lou
Use, what color are Mr.. Crandall's
eyes?"
Blue said Louise, "gray-blue." &
"Humph," /
l could see she was as much puzzled
at his question as had been. but he
offered no explanation and made no
comment.
Was Crandall left-handed?" he
snapped.
Il don't think so,' said Louise after
minutes thought 81 never noticed
that he was"
"Humphi" he repeated. his eyes row.
ing about the room. Take me in to,
see General Parrish"
The young doctor whom Doctor WE
cox had left in charge happened to he.
passing through the hall, and stopped
as he heard the request
at can do no harm" he said, In re-
ply TO Louise's look of inquiry.
The four of us-the doctor, Davis.
Louise and myself, in the order named,
tiptoed into the generals room. Twas
nd fpr .,aa