Evening star., 1912-03-17
THE GOLD BAG
CAROLYN WELLS.
Copyright, 1910, by J. B. Lippincott
Company
Copyright, 1911. BY J. B. Lippincott
Company
CHAPTER III-Continued.

Mr. OrVliIe seems TO possess the de-
tective instinct himself observed Mr.
Parmalee, with what seemed like note
| of jealousy in his tone
1.-The true detective mind,'' returned Mr..
| Monroe, with his slow pomposity. 'is not
dependent on instinct or intuition
"Oh, think it is largely dependent on
that" I said, cor where does it differ
from the ordinary inquiring mind?'
I'm sure you will agree with me. Mr..
Burroughs the coroner went on almost
as if 1 had not spoken, that it depends
upon nicely adjusted mentality that is
quick to see the cause back of an eff
feet"
To me this seemed a fair definition of
intuition, but there was something in the
unctuous roll of Mr.. Monroe's words that
made me positive he was quoting his
somewhat erudite speech, and had not
himself a perfectly clear comprehension
of its meaning.
Its guessing declared Parmalee
that's all it is, guessing If you guess
guess wrong, you're dub. That's all
there is about it.
NO, no. Mr.. Parmaee." and Mr.. Mon
roe slowly shook his finger at the rash
youth, what you call guessing is really
| dvination. Yes, my dear sir, it is actual
divination.
ITO my mind.'' l put in, detective divi-
nation is merely minute observation. But
why do We bubble over words and detini-
| tiOns when there is much work to be
| done? When is the formal inquest to be
| held, Mr.. Monroe?'
This afternoon at o'clock he re-
piled
"Then I'll go away now" 1 said, 'for
I must find an abiding place for myself
| in West Sedgwick. There is an inn, l
suppose
They'll probably ask you to stay here
observed Coroner Monroe, but | advise
you not to do so. I think you'll be freer
and less hampered in your work if you go
to the inn
II quite agree with you" l replied.
But l see little chance Of being invited
to stay here. Where is the family? Who
| are in it?''
Not many. There is Miss Florence
Lloyd, niece of Mr.. Crawford. That is,
she is the niece of his wife. Mrs. Craw-
ford has been dead many years. and Miss
Lloyd has kept house for her uncle all
elderly lady and distant relative of
Mr.. Crawford's. That is all, except the
secretary, Gregory Hall, who lives here
much of the time. That is. he has
room here, but often he is in New York
or elsewhere on Mr.. Crawford's business"
"Mr. Crawford had an office both here
and in New York; / asked
"Yes, and of late years he has stayed
at home as much as possible. He went to
New York only about three or four days
from here the rest Of the time. Young
Hall is a clever fellow, and has been Mr..
Crawford's rght-hand man for years
Where is he now?
haven't yet been able to locate him at
Mr.. Crawford's office there or at hts club.
He is engaged to Miss Lloyd, though i
understand that the engagement Is con-
trary to Mr.. Crawford's wishes"
And where is Miss Lloyd and Mrs.
Pierce?'
"They are both in their rooms. Mrs.
Pierce is prostrated at the tragedy. and
Miss Lloyd simply refuses to make her
appearance.
But she'll have to attend the inquest
"Oh, yes. of course. She'll be with us
then. l think 1 won't say anything about
her to you, as I'd rather you'd see her
first with entirely unprejudiced eyes"
$50 you, too, think Miss Lloyd is inn
plicated?'
Il don't think anything about it, Mr..
Burroughs. AS coroner it Is not my place
to think along such lines
well everybody else thinks so" broke
in Parmalee. And why? Because there's
no one else for suspicion to light on. No
one else who by any possibility could nave
done the deed"
"Oh, come now, Mr.. Parmalee.' said I.
"there must be others. They may not
yet have come to our notice, but surely
you must admit an intruder could have
come into the room by way of those long,
open windows"
"These speculations are useless, gen.
tlemen," said Mr.. Monroe. with his usual
air of settling the matter. Cease then,
I beg, or, at least, postpone them IL you
are walking down the avenue, Mr.. Far
malee perhaps you'll be good enough to
conduct Mr.. Burroughs to the SedgW1ck
Arms, where he doubtless can find COM
Portable accommodations.
l thanked Mr.. Monroe for the sugges-
ton, but said. straightforwardly enough,
that / was not yet quite ready to leave
the Crawford house, but that l would not
detain Mr. Parmalee for I could myself
find my way to the inn, having noticed 1t
on my drive from the train.
So Parmalee went away, and L was
about to return to Mr.. Crawford's office,
| where / hoped to pursue little unlnter-
rupted investigation.
But Mr. Monroe detained me moment
to present me to a tall, fine-looking man
who had just come In.
He proved to be Philip Crawford,
| brother of Joseph. and l at once observed
strong resemblance between their two
faces.
81 am glad to meet you, Mr. Bur-
roughs.'' he said. Mr.. Monroe tells me
you are a clever and experienced detec-
tive, and I trust you can help US to
avenge this dastardly crime. l am busy
with some important matters just now,
but later shall be glad to confer with
you and be Of any help l can in your
I looked at Mr. Philip Crawford curl
ously. OF course l didn't expect him to
give way to emotional grief, but it Jared
on me to hear him refer to his brothers
tragic death in such cold tones and with
such a businesslike demeanor.
However, l realized l did not know the
man at ALL and this attitude might be due
to his effort in concealng his real feel
ings.
and I gathered from the appearance OF
both men and the manner of Philip that
the Crawford nature was one of repres-
sion and self-control. Moreover, l knew
nothing Of the sentiments of the two
brothers, and 1t might easily be that they
were not entirely in sympathy.
I thanked him for his offer of help, and
then, as he volunteered no further OBJ
seryations, l excused myself and proceed
ed alone to the library.
AS / entered the great room and closed
| the door behind me I was again Impress
| ed by the beauty and luxury of the ap-
pointments. Surely Joseph Crawford
| must have been man of fine caliber and
refined tastes to enjoy working In such
an atmosphere. But had only two short
hours before the inquest, and had many
| things to do, SO for the moment set my
| self assiduously to work examining the
room again. AS in my first examination,
| l did no microscopic scrutiniZing; but I
| looked over the papers on and In the desk.
I noted conditions in the desk of Mr.. Hall,
the secretary, and paid special attention
| to the position of the furniture and win
dows, my thoughts all directed to an in
truder from outside on Mr.. CrawfOrd's
midnight solitude.
1 stepped through the long French win
dow on to the veranda. and after a thor