The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-01
CHAPTER II.-(continued.)

MS nome ADDRESS, out II CoulaihSu
only the office of his firm. However,
had no difficulty in finding in the IL
brary the volume l sought-the club
Iirectory-and turning to his name
saw that he was a member Of both the
University and the Harvard.
AS l was a member Of the Univer-
sity myself I had no difficulty in get
ling Crandall's address over the tele'
phone. Loath as l was to leave Louise
alone, / felt that prompt action was
demanded, so 1 took my departure at
pnce.
IF find Crandall will bring him
back with me so that you may hear all
ne has to say. Whether or not l sue
eeed, will return within an hour. My
friend, the post office inspector, lives
somewhere out in Jersey. but / will
see him the first thing in the morn
Ing"
The grateful look Louise gave me as
left imbued me with new and
wholly delightful sense Of RESPONSE
bility. The ten minutes it took me to
reach CrandalPs rooms were filled
with that incoherent bliss that comes
to every man who realizes for the first
time what 1t means to have a WON
PMS confidence entirely his.
Crandall lived in one of those re.
modelled mansions so common in that
bart of Fifth avenue from which the
families have fed before the advance
of trade. The basement and first floor
were given over to shops and the up.
per floors to bachelor apartments.
had no difficulty in finding among the
door.plates the name 1 sought, but re-
peated ringing brought no response
Determined not to leave until / had
learned his whereabouts l gave the
janitor's bell vigorous push.
Where can find Mr.. Crandall?"
asked as soon as he appeared.
His manner made it evident that he
considered my question an imperti
hence, but had met Fifth avenue
ianitors before.
Il am a lawyer" I persisted. 81
must see Mr.. Crandall tonight on an
important u1dtlSI.
You WON'T" he replied, almost glee,
fully 1t seemed to me.
why not?" l demanded sharply
What do you mean?"
Ny manner was not without it's eff
feet.
Hes gone away" the man ex.
planned little more respectfully.
"Gone!" l exclaimed. Here was a
new mystery, or perhaps the explana.
ton of the first one. 1t may have been
his departure that had depressed Kath-
arine SO.
Where has he gone? When did he
go? How long will he be away" ]
volleyed.
Exasperatingly he delayed his reply
At last 1t seemed to occur to him that
was not making these inquiries pure.
ly for his amusement. Somewhat
more politely than at first, he an.
swered: only an hour or two ago
about three o'clock it was-he came
rushing down into my room with his
keys in his hand. Mike says he, I'm
going away tonight. I may be gone a
week and / may be gone a month. ]
don't know how long. Here are my
keys and don't let nobody into my
rooms while I'm away, on any pretext
whatever And wild that he was into
a taxicab and off before l could be
saying my thanks for the bill he left
in my hand" ID &c
Crandall suddenly gone, Katharine
dying by her own hand, General Far.
rish stricken, all within two hours. ]
knew now there must be some con.
nectioa between these events. More
than sver / was anxious to find Gran.
dali, yet l felt that the janitor had
told The all he knew. l could see in
the young brokers' departure guilty
knowledge Of the shadow descending
on the Parrish home. Surely his flight
WAS confession. IS
There was nothing to be gained by
further questioning Of the janitor
From the manner Of Crandall's depar.
ture 10 would be useless to look for
him at either Of the clubs to which he
belonged. / might try to trace him
through the taxicab, which he had
probably called from the University
Club nsar by, but that could wait until
later. Just now I felt 1t my duty to
hasten back to Louise and tell her of
this new development. .
Az / turned from the door a news
boy with sn armful of evening extras
thrust one at me. Impatiently ]
waved him away.
-All about the suicide" he bawled
as he darted of after another passer.
by.
Quickly / pursued him and fairly
snatched one Of his papers from him.
Had the reporters, after all. learned of
the tragedy in the Parrish home? Doc
tor Wilcox and I had discussed the
matter of notifying the police and the
coroner We both felt that it would
be wiser not to communicate with
them. for such course would newt
ably bring publicity.
There was enough agony in the Far
rish home without having this sorrow
full secret blazoned to a curious world
In three-inch type, without having a
horde of reporters and camera men
constantly surrounding the house. Be
sides. IL Katharine recovered. sooner
or later she would be sure to learn
what the papers had said The knoWl.