The Huttig news., 1912-09-14


house by General Parrish. had tailed with
Katharine over the telephone just before
she shot herself torn piece of yellow
paper IS found, at s~ht Of which Cen
sral Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
CHAPTER IT-Kent discovers that
randall has left town hurriedy. An
arcW. Elser. aged banker commits
suicide about tho same time Katharine
attempted her life
CHAPTER III-A yellow envelope IS
found In Elsers room. Postoflice Inspec-
lor Davis, Kent's friend takes up the
case
CHAPTER Iv-Kent is convinced that
Crandall is at the bottom of the mystery.
CHAPTER v-Kent mad Davis search
trandalPs room and find an address.
Lock Box T. Ardway. n J." Kent
soes to ArdwaY to investigate and be-
comes suspicious of a Henry Cook"
CHAPTER VIA woman commits sui
eide at the Ardway Hotel. A yellow let
Ser also figures in this case.
He dashed away to the telephone,
he landlord following. ate my sup
)er alone and waited. Just as | was
inishing he came back into the
eoom, and, seating himself, began to
eat, apparently Indifferent to the fact
that everything had grown cold In
he half-hour he was absent.
well" | said inquiringly. did you
earn anything?"
He nodded and calmly finished
drinking his cold coffee. seemingly
With a relish.
Expeetantly sat there. waiting for
aim to go on. He seemed not to no.
ice my Impotence. though it must
ave been apparent, and waited until
he had pushed back his chair and
lighted a cigarette. He always rolled
his own, and never before had | real
.zed what an irritating operation roll
ing a cigarette can be made. It
seemed to me that he WAS taking en-
tirely unnecessary pains to have the
ends twisted Just so Finally I could
brook no further delay. and burst ont
With: well, what have you discov-
cred, Mr. Inspector"
/ supposed that he might have OBJ
tanned clue to where the woman's
garments had been manufa ctured,
iome tiny thread by which he hoped
o run her identity to earth Little
i
;overies he volleyed at me. so tersely,
o concretely put that could not
,oubt the accuracy of his information
The woman was Sarah Sackett,
ipinster. She lived on little farm
.lst outside Bridgeport with her broth
Robert, = no is somewhat older than
ne. They inherited the farm from
hai,
heir lives. The brother is employed
S cashier in a little country bank
bout ten miles away. Every morning
re drives into Bridgeport and takes
he train. When his sister left, two
avs ago, he came with her to the
tation. He evidently is not aware
# her death, though he seems great
y worried over her absence. He pre-
sumably expected her to return last
night, for he waited over several
rains. This morning he was asking
he station agent if he had seen her."
The dry, matterof-fact way in which
!e recited the facts he had learned
.dded to the value OF his narrative.
More and more / marveled at tho
mans detective ability. / was over
shelmed with sense of my own In
,apacity. All day long the coroner,
he constable and l had been trying
% ferret out the mystery of the unfor-
innate woman's identity with prac-
ically the same properties to draw
,eductions from, the inspector in
cry few minutes had not only learned
Ter identity but many other impor-
ant facts about her. Nor did it oc-
ur to me to. doubt the truth of his
Information. The assurance with
which he spoke was In itself suf-
icient guarantee.
How on earth did you learn all
his so quickly?" l asked in amaze
alent.
He smiled with that grim tantaliz-
ing smile OF his that | had seen be-
'ore. His cigarette had burned itself
% stub as he spoke. He turned 1t
'arefully in his fingers, inspecting it
10 if to see whether he could extract
mother puff before throwing it away.
lie FINELY decided that he could not,
nd drew forth his cigarette papers
nd tobacco, preparatory to rolling a
aew one. Meanwhile l awaited his
answer in suspense.
Go on" l continued. "Tell me
about it. l must know how you did
it."
"The principal part of a magician's
art" he said as he lighted his new
cigarette, lies In what is called mis-
direction With glance from his
eyes, with sudden movement of his
hand he attracts your attention to
his right side. Meanwhile his left is
doing the trick. Now, misdirection, in
my business, has just the opposite ef-
feet. Amateurs, in investigating
crime. examine the evidence and see
clues pointing in some direction. They
follow those clues and find themselves
foUnderiHg. They have the right