The Springdale news., 1912-12-06


 prison bars in Ardway, the docu- mentary evidence against him in our possession reinforced by his full con fession signed and witnessed, Inspee- tor Davis and l that same afternoon hastened back to New York, where, 1t can be imagined. I lost no time in reaching the Parrish home.
 As we waited for the train I had telephoned Louise and she was ex- pecting me She met me in the lower hall One glance at my radiant face told her that our mission had been successful and she flung herself into my arms while rained happy kisses on her lips, her cheeks, her glorious hair. But thoughtful ever of others. even in such a moment of ecstasy, she gently unclasped my arms and whispered The papers-did you get them" ?"
 A little cry of joy came from her lips as l handed her the envelope.
 Come, she cried jubilantly, let's take 1t to Katharine at once, The sight Of 1t will do more to cure her taan all the doctors in the world"
 Together We hastened to Kath- arine's room. where We found her sit ting e1 in bed, much stronger than when ] had last seen her, though a nQrae Was still in attendance. Hugh GeandaH Was seated iu chair beside the betl EAe joy read in the faces ef Katharine and gfanaall as Louise handed her sister the envelope Was FeHlFa ene#sB fef all had gone through sirEe i hzt set out to solve the sterY
 FraaficallY Katharine tore open the envelope and inspected three doeu. Heut5 il contained
 They are all here. she exclaimed with si4b of relief as she pazsed Elem tn CHeadalI
 Yes echoed trandall happily, they are ell here
 Burn then. Hugh; burn them at once, she demanded.
 CraHdall gathering them up with the envelope in which they had been encased. crossed to the grate where
 
 by one led the documents to the flames, watching carefully to See that every fragment was destroyed
 Tint was fhree months ago. Louise and I are married HOW and Katharine and Hugh are on their honeymoon, tae tsHlHg six months European trip Though We never mention the mystery og the yellow letters in the presence of our wives, for it recalls Loo many sad memories unnecessarily my neW bfetherin-law and 1 had q good laugh the night before I mar ried Louise As I at first suspected him of being one of the conspifatorss 90 it seems h. had suspected ne. It was he who peered into the post of fee that night as was examining the books By the light of my electric lantern He knew tn, Young had an associate and was trying to find him. had to admit that ny con- duet ia Ardway fully justified Gran dall's sHsTieions of me. and he real izes that l Vas justified in saspecting hila
 The mystery of the disappearance Of the yellow fragments that had giY- eff us the first clew is mystery no longer. It merely had slipped behind the drawer in which Louise had put it. Aleek Young is serving we'll deserved sentence of fourteen years, as nonehalantly, l presume, as he un- derwent his trial So long as prison keepers can be bribed to keep him supplied with his beloved drug. doubt if he bothers over his lack of freedom. Sometimes l think his pun ishment falls far short when I recall all the misery and suffering he caused, yet my new-found happiness has softened my view of life I find myself wondering whether after all Inspector Davis Is not right when he says that criminals. even the worst of them, should be treated as sick children, to be cured. rather than as bad children, to be punished. can not help but feel that the parents of Young were far more to blame for his crime than he.
 
 three weeks after Young's arrest. Before the end he regained his faeui- ties sufficiently to understand that the papers that had menaced his peace and reputation had been destroyed Ill his last hour he put Katharine $ hand into Hugh Crandallis.
 What was in the documents that Katharine and Hugh Crandall burned What was the secret with which Young threatened him fer months and months?
 1 do not know
 Louise does not know.
 We never discuss fl even among ourselves. + is better so. Only Katharine and Hugh CrandaH and a teor drug sut in distant cell know what those papers We're. 1 might conjecture if l cared, and what would he the use2 After General Parrish $ death if came out that his vast estate had shrHnk to almost nothing In fortunate investments in his old age | T., ;-