Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-06-19
answered the telephone, whoever it
was must have given his name"

answered the telephone, whoever it
was must have given his name"
Stupidity she shook her head again.
"Was it Mr.. Crandall?' asked Lou-
Use. ~.p-"
Light came into Hi1da's face at once.
"Now I remember" she exclaimed.
"Dot was him. It was Mr.. Crandall."
The name meant nothing to me and
I turned to Louise for explanation.
Though there were many callers at the
Parrish home, I never had met Mr..
Crandall, nor had I even heard the
name mentioned.
"It must have been Hugh Crandall,' -
said Louise. IT was afraid that it was
he"
Her remark puzzled me. The only
Hugh Crandall | knew anything about
was a prosperous young broker whom
l never had met personally, though |
had seen his name occasionally in con-
nection with exchange and club affairs.
"Do you mean Hugh Crandall, the
broker?" 1 asked.
Louise nodded, and leaning against
the family history with which I was
wholly unfamiliar. This man, it
seemed, had met her sister two years
before on a steamer on which they
were returning from Europe. After
that he had been a frequent visitor at
the Parrish home. Katharine was very
fond of him, and he had been in high
+
Use. Though no formal announcement
of an engagement had been made,
Crandall was looked on by every one
as Miss Farrish's most favored sutton.
About three months ago, just prior to
the time when 1 first met Louise, his
visits to the house had suddenly
ceased
''I'm sure" Louise explained, that
Katharine cared for him very much.
She and father Had a bitter quarrel
about him, though why, never could
understand, for father had always
seemed to 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-
arine into the library and shut the
door. I could hear Katharine pleading
with him and once or twice I heard
both their voices raised as if in anger.
When my sister came out her eyes
were 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-
fused to 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 1 hesitated to ask
her any questions. She seemed after
a while wholly to have recovered her
spirits, and I 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
ter?" asked, seeking in vain for mo-
tive that would have caused Katharine
to attempt her life.
''None whatever that I could see.
Through it all, except for that one aft
ernoon, Katharine's attitude toward f.
Their has been most Iovable. If any
thing, it seemed to me that she was
tenderer toward him afterward than
before"
DO you suppose she has been meet I
ing Crandall surreptitiously?"
Louise quickly and Indignantly drew
herself away from me.
''You done know Katharine as I do
she said reproving,y, COR you never
would have said that. She is the soul