The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1912-10-19

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LEf BOBRMLReZL CQlz24Y III
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Harding Kent calls on
Louise Parrish to propose marriage and
hnds the house in great excitement over
the attempted suicide Of her sister Kath-
arine. Kent starts an investigation and
hnds that Hugh Grandall sutton for
katharine, who had been forbidden the
house BY General Parrish. had talked with
Katharine over the telephone just before
she shot herself 4 torn piece of yellow
paper is found, at sight of which Cen
sral Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
CHAPTER H-Kent discovers that
Crandali has left town hurriedly. An
arcw Elser. an aged banker. commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life.
CHAPTER ITT-A yellow envelope Is
round in Elser's room. Postoffice 1nspec-
tor Davis, Kent's friend. takes up the
case.
CHAPTER Iv-Kent IS convinced that
Cfahdali Is at the bottom of the mystery.
-CHAPTER v-Kent mad Davis search
aTandalIs room and find an address,
Lock Box II Ardwav. N J." Kent
goes to Ardway to investigate and be-
comes suspicious of a "Henry Cook"
eide at the Ardway Hotel A yellow let
ter also figures in this case.
CHAPTER VIT-Kent calls Louise on
Che long distance telephone and finds that
she had just been called by Crandall from
the same booth Cook" disappears The
ArdwaY postmaster Is missing.
CHAPTER VTIT-Tnspector Davis ar
r'ves at Ardwav and takes up the inves-
tg7tion. He discovers that the dead
woman is Sarah SaeEett of Bridgeport.
Louise telephones Kent imploring him to
drop the investigation.
CHAPTER Ix-Kent returns to New
He finds the body of woman in Cen
tral ParS and more yellow letters. He
SECS sees c.andall whom he recognizes as
Cook enter the Parrish home.
CHAPTER X-Louise again fnpiores
K"nt to drep the Investigation and re
f'Ses TO gle any explanation. Later
Kent sees Gsandall and Louise in an au-
tomobiie.
CHAPTER XT-Zent returns to Ardwav
b9Vis announces that he has planned to
arrest the missing postmaster and also
die master criminal.
CHAPTER XIT-while seeking the
criminals. Kent comes across Louise and
CrandaIl. Pursued by Davis the postmas-
tor iumns off pfeeiniee and Is Killed
Aleck Young. the master criminal. Is
found in a hut in morphine stnpor.
She's shot! She's killed." cried.
81 shot herl"
Il tell you she has only tainted" he
cried angrily. Help me carry her over
there by the window
Together we lifted her and bore her
gently to the side of the cottage,
where we laid her on the ground JOY
surged in my heart as | saw and heard
that she was still breathing, joy that
was not even ahated when I saw by
the window light that my compa MON
was none other than Hugh Crandall
But just then all other thoughts
We're driven out of my head by the
sight of a thin streAm of blood trick
ling down the sleeve of Louise's auto
mobile coat
81 tell you she is shot. See" I
cried, all my anguish coming back
anew.
With trembling hands helped Gran
dali cut away her sleeve. dreadfng all
the time to see and know the worst
It's only a scratch" said Crandall.
with a sigh of relief.
Across her rounded arm was a red
dening cash where the bullet had cut
its way through the tender flesh
While my head told me that Crandall
was right, that it was only a flesh
wound and not in the least dangerous,
in my heart I still felt little better
than murderer. Three inches to the
right, and the bullet from my revolver
would have stilled her heart for ever
She opened her eyes and stared at
us in a puzzled way.
why. Harding, DEAR" she said in
feeble surprise, ARE you here-here
with Mr.. Cranda1l?"
For answer | bent and kissed her.
What mattered 1t if Hugh Crandall
was the criminal? What mattered it
if the chain of mystery was still I'M
solved? What mattered it if the au-
thor of the yellow letters had escaped
from the inspector? Louise lived! She
loved mel
Davis and the constable came rum
ming up the path, painting from their
chase, but empty-handed
Is she hurt ?" asked Davis as he
saw the three of us grouped under the
"a flesh wound, not at all danger
Gus" Crandall answered, while kneIt
there caressing Louise's hair and Whis-
pering softly to her.
How about your" asked Davis.
"F1e didn't hit me-" Crandall an
swered with a short laugh. Il tupnbled
over the bucket of milk he was carry
ng and dropped when he saw me.
Didn't you get him? ?"
Hes safe" answeredtthe inspector.
He ran plump over the edgea of a
2recipiee in the dark. We heard the
hud of his body on the rocks below.
'e must have been Instantly killed.
Ven get the body in the morning. He
must have fallen two hundred fAet."
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