Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-28

suits of a certain pattern which they
will sell for SO much in a certain
length of time. They figure on max
| ing so much profit on the suits. If
the cloth is all right, the pattern pop
ular and the price reasonable, they
can figure to certainty on their prof
it's, except for one decentralization
Alterations require the time of skilled
work-peOple and also correspondence
/ and frequently extra express charges.
! The aim of the manager is to reduce
alteration to a minimum For that
! reason he keeps record of every al
: teratiOn made. This particular dress
| happened to come from a store where
l know the manager well. 1t is their
busy season just now, and l took
chance on finding him in his office.
described the goods in the suit, gave
him the size and the sort of altera-
! lions that had been made on it and
asked him to have his card index
looked up. l told him in all prob
ability the woman 1 wanted to know
about came from Bridgeport, Conn,
or near there. 1t happened that only
three of the eight suits they had made
from this piece of goods-at least the
only ones entered on the alteration
carlsbad gone to Connecticut. Of
the three, two we're thirty-six coats,
SO they could be eliminated at once.
| The third one had had the sleeves
| heightened and also the skirt The
sizes correspondent, so there was very
/ 4ho+ I,
an who had bought 1t, Miss Sarah
Sackett, the woman who committed
suicide here
But even So" protested, still mar
yelling at his revelations, "how did
you get the rest of your information
about her so quickly"
'The address she had given was in
care Of the express agent at Bridge
port. Such an address in a large city
would mean nothing, but in a place
the size of Bridgeport the inference
was plain that the agent was probably
an acquaintance. If she lived in
Bridgeport, she would have given
street and number. l concluded at
once that she lived in the suburbs
near Bridgeport. called up the ex-
! press agent, and he gave me the rest
of my facts"
did he tell you why she committed
suicide?"
He doesn't dream that she has,"
the inspector replied. II put my ques-
lions in a guarded way and he hap
pened to be garrulous fellow, who
readily followed my leads. All
asked him was where a letter would
reach Miss Sarah Hackett, saying
had forgotten which rural free deliv-
cry route it was that she lived on. He
told me that she and her brother were
still living on the old Sackett place,
Route No. 1. l explained that I want
ed to make sure of an important let
ter reaching her at once. He told me
she was away, explaining that he had
seen her come down to the station
with her brother, and suggested that
it might be a good idea to send the
letter in her brothers care, and told
me the address of the bank where
her brother could be reached. So you
see it is all quite simple when you
know how"
Il don't see, though" l objected,
how anything that you have learned
in any way connects this woman with
the Parrish mystery"
Il told you there would be other
suicides, didn't II"
ct looks to me like a mere coinci-
dence."
How about the yellow letter she
was reading?"
1 started. For moment l had for
gotten the strange, tinted link that
seemed to bind the Parrish tragedy,
the Elser case and the Sarah Sackett
suicide together in the terrible chain
of mystery.
We've got to find Hugh Crandall!"
| exclaimed. Il will not be content
until we do. There is no doubt in
my mind that he is the author of those
letters. We've got to find him, Davis,
and make him explain. l promised
the girl | love | would not rest until
had cleared away the mystery, until
I had lifted the cloud that is hang
ing over her father and her sister,
Nothing, nothing shall stand in the
wayi Think what it means to me! The
one love, the one who is dearer to me
than anything else in the world, is
living in constant dread of an un-
known terror. feel that Crandall is
responsible. l am positive that he is
guilty. Help me find him, Davis! We
must find him."
AS | spoke Davis sat regarding me
with unmoved countenance. He pulled
leisurely at his cigarette two or three
times, and then, with cutting asper-
ity, without the slightest indication
Of sympathy for my anxiety. said
slowly:
Harding, told you that one of the
reasons for my success was that I
never undertake anything that l can
not accomplish. l came out here to
find the man who has been using the
mails Illegally to terrCrize people to
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