The Springdale news., 1912-08-23

l in some way Crandall was involved My theory would not account for his connection with the case and at once abandoned 1t. listening intently to one Louise advanced.
 There must have been some con- nection between his having telephoned i her and what she did this afternoon Before she shot herself she burned this letter, or most of it. Father must have known about the letter, so l am 1 certain that it concerned Crandall." l Has Crandall as sister,"
 "I do not know" said Louise. 'I know nothing about his family It seems strange, too, when for months and months We saw so much of him. I do not recollect his ever having men, toned any of his relatives.
 i My brain recorded a victory for woman's intuition over mans logic. i Her theory seemed infinitely bet, v 1 than mine. After all it was absurd to i suspect a skeleton in the life of a man l like General Parrish, who had been 1 constantly under public scrutiny for many years. IL was much more prob able that the letter referred to some 1 incident in the life of Crandall, some i thing so discreditab1e that the general i had been forced to forbid Katharine having anything to do with him. This theory would account for the quarrel E between father and daughter. for Gran dalIs retieenee about his family, for katharine's distress, and naturally the sight of the letter that had caused all the trouble would upset the gen #erai began to See a plan for action
 Louise. dear How quickly ad- yersfty strips off e6nyeHfionaf5ty and puts Us where our hearts wouid have Us. Louise. deaF. said. it 8ill probably De days before either your father OF Katherine VIII be able 10 give Us any assistance, get the knoWl. edge that everything las been cleared E ap, fhat Hhe sHecteUhas been driven away, undoubtedly would hasten the recovery of both. So l feel that We must go ahead.
 oh, Harding" she breathed. Her hand stole out and sought mine What q comfort you are te mel What would l have done this afternoon without you, You're right dear we mus solve this awful mystery at once. Ne must"
 The first thing for me to do.n went on, "is 10 find Hugh Grandall He can probably tell us all about this letter Even if he cant he can say why he telephoned Katharine and where she went this afternoon When We have learned this much We shall at least have made good start The next thing will be 10 trace the letter. If CfandaIl does not know about it. We will Try to learn from whom it came"
 That's impossible" objected Lou fse Haven't we looked everywhere in katharines room for the envelope in which it came =l am positive that she burned it. Without the envelope You can never discover where it vas mailed or to whom it was addressed.
 I'm not so sure about that The post office has wonderful ways of tracing mail One Of the inspectors Is a friend of mine and we will enlist his help. But first I must find Crandall. Probably he can tell us everything if he will. Do you know where he lives?' 2
 He has bachelor apartments some where along the avenue, don't know just where. l know his place of busi- 1 ness
 Il know that, too. but 1t is useless to try to find him there tonight"
 Katharine used to send all her notes to one of his clubs where he re- ceived his mail-I think 1t was the University"
 Come into the library" said I. we can quickly locate him.
 l stopped In the hall to examine the telephone book, hoping It might give 1 his home address, but 1t contained only the office of his firm However, 1 had no difficulty in finding in the H. brary the volume l sought-the club directory-and turning to his name l saw that he was member at both the University and the Harvard
 As was member of the Uniyer- sity myself I had no difficulty in get ting Crandalls address over the tele- ] phone. Loath as l vas 10 leave Louise alone. felt that prompt action was demanded so I took my departure at once.
 + l find Crandall will bring him back with me so that you may hear all he has to say. Whether or not l sue ceed. l will return within an hour My friend. the post office inspector. lives somewhere out in Jersey. but l will see him the first thing in the morn ing
 The grateful look Louise gave me as Jeff imbued me with new and e holly delightful sense of responsi- bility, The ten minutes it took me to reach Crandall's rooms were filled with that incoherent bliss that comes 10 every man who realizes for the first time what it means to have a wom- ans confidence entirely his.
 Crandall lived in one of those re- modelled mansions so common in that part of Fifth avenue from which the families have fled before the advance