The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1912-09-21

katharine, who had been forbidden the
house by General Parrish had talked wit
katharine over the telephone Just befero
she shot herself A torn piece of yellow
paper is found at sight of Which Gen
srai Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
CT tPTFR H-Kent discovers that
GranGall has left tom hurriedly An
afew Etser. an age9 banker. commits
attempted her life.
CHAPTER TIA yellow envelope is
found in Elser's room Postoffice Tnspec-
tor Davis, Kents friend. takes up the
case.
CHI 4PTFR IV-Kent is convinced that
Crandall is at the bottom of the mystery
CHAPTER Went mad Davis search
1 - and room and find an address,
goes to Ardway to investigate and be
comes suspicious of Henry Cook
CHAPTER VA woman commits sui
eide at the trdwav Hotel A yellow let
Ter also figures in this case.
CHAPTER vTT-Kent calls Louise on
She long distance telenhone aud finds that
she had JEST been called by Crandall from
the Same booth. Cook" disappears. The
srdway postmaster is missing.
CHAPTER VI1I-Tnspoctor Davis ar
rives at Ardwav and t1kes I'D the inves-
discovers
woman is Sarah Sac1zett OF Bridgeport.
Louise telephones Kent imporiug him to
drop the investigation.
Fer a moment was almost shaken
in my determination to do nothing un-
til had seen Louise. It seemed as IL
Davis might be right. Perhaps she
had acted only on impulse Perhaps
her love for me had made her feel
that the investigation might lead me
into danger. But I reconsidered. She
had given me her love and trust and
confidence. She surely was entitled
to full confidence from me- | could
not honerably continue the investiga-
ton without first seeing her.
II am going to town on the first
train" | said deeisively 81 shall do
nothing until ] have seen her."
And | shall go on with the inves-
tigation," said Davis with that exas.
perating smile of his.
Impatient1y l turned and left him
choked down cup of coffee and hur.
ried to the station. The journey
seemed miles and miles long, though
the train made few stops. As soon as
the ferry landed me In New York
sprang into a taxi ard ordered the
driver to take me at once to the Far
IRISH house. Not until We had turned
into their street did | realize that II
was still too early for me to try to see
Louise. even on such an urgent mis-.
son as mine. A few doors away from
the mouse | stopped the chauffeur and
babe him drive up the avenue to the
entrance of Central park.
| dismissed him there and strolled
aimlessly into the park. | would wait
until ten o'clock before l tried to see
Louise. Still bordering the situation,
| strolled along one of the park walls
and flung myself on a bench by the
little lake where the swan boats re.
There was no one about at that early
hour and | was glad of It. | wanted
o be alone and think
How long | sat there I do not know
was so deep in thought that there
vas neither sight in my eyes nor heaf-
Ing in my ears. Yet the eyes will not
3e denied their rights A feeling CANA
over me that some part of my brain
vas trying to tell me something. II
zane more and more forcefully. NJ
eyes were seeing something which
they were trying TO compel me to no.
tiee.
What was It?
pulled myself together with start
and looked about me.
With an exclamation of horror |
sprang from the bench and gazed into
the lake just in front of me Floating
on the surface, not fifty feet from
where | had been sitting, was tie
betty of a woman.
Other suicides, other suicides"-
Davis remark of two days before kept
jigging through my brain. Other sui.
cides! Katharine. Elser, the woman
at Ardway-his prophecy had been
right-and was this another In the
terrible chain?
| ran like a mailman toward the
park entrance, where | remembered
| had passed a policeman. 1t was
with relief that l found him still
there.
There's woman-drowned- the
lake!" l gasped. pointing over my
shoulder.
lie ran back to the lake with me
and together we waded out in the shall
low water where the body lay In my
horror at the unexpected sight | had
not stopped to note her appearance,
nor could | have told whether she
was young or old, dark or fair.
| Locked at her now with more than
interest-with a feeling of sorrow, of
understanding. The deed of Katha-
rine Parrish bad brought me to a
closer sympathy with unfortunate per-
sons influenced 70 seek death. As |
saw that this poor girl was young ard
fair | sadly wondered what tragedy
had driven her to drowning.
Never shall forget the impression
the picture of this suicide made on