The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-03-03

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before.
II am a lawyer" | persisted Il must
see Mr.. Crandall tonight on an impor-
tant matter"
"You won't" he replied, almost glee-
fully il seemed to me.
"Why not? | demanded sharply.
What do you mean|
My manner was not without its eff
feet
"He's gone away" the man explained
little more respectfully
Gomez | exclaimed. Here was
new mystery or perhaps the explana-
ton of the first one II may have been
his departure that had depressed kath-
arine so.
where has he gomez When did he
gol How long will he be away"
volleyed.
Exasperatingly he delayed his reply.
At last it seemed to occur to him that
| was not making these inquiries purely
for his amusement. Somewhat more
b politely than at first, he answered:
Only an hour or two ago-about )
o'clock it was-he came rushing down
into my room with his keys in his hand.
Mike says he, I'm going away to-
night | may be gone week and may
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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
Crandall suddenly gone, Katharine
dying by her own hand, Gen. tarrish
stricken, all within two hours. | knew
now there must be some connection be-
tween these events. More than ever l
was anxious to find Crandall, yet felt
that the janitor had told me all he
knew II could see in the young brokers'
departure guilty knowledge Of the shad.
ow descending on the Parrish home.
Surely his fight was confession.
There was nothing to be gained by
further questioning OF the janitor From
the manner of Crandalrs departure it
would be useless to look for him at
either of the clubs to which he be-
longed | might try TO trace him
through the taxicab. which he had prob
ably called from the University Club
near by, but that could wait until later.
just now felt it my duty to hasten
back to Louise and tell her OF this new
development.
As | turned from the door a news
bOl Will dlilllul VI NNCliiub
thrust one at me. lmpatiently | waved
him away
"All about the suicide he bawled as
he darted off after another passerby.
Quickly i pursued him and fairly
snatched one of his papers from him:
Had the reporters, after all, learned OF
the tragedy in the Parrish home? DR..
Wilcox and | had discussed the matter
of notifying the police and the coroner.
We both felt that il would be wiser not
to communicate with them, for such
course would inevitably bring publicity.
There was enough agony in the Far
IRISH home without having this SORROW
ful secret blazoned to a curious world
in three-inch type, without having
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 knowledge
that her foolish crime against herself
mad been thus sensationally proclaimed
would be blow from which the sem
sitive girl-hitherto jealousy shielded
would never recover. Ii she should
not recoyer-Dr. Wilcox and l were
trusting to chance to find way of ex-
planning her death. The servants-all
VI thCH uuSiWOtkhy diiu iohB hi SCI
vice-had been cautioned not to talk
to any one about the afternoons events
The doctors aids and nurses, of course.
had been silent. That is part OF their
business. How, then, had the papers
obtained the news so quickly7 ! could
think OF but one possible way. More
than likely some telephone girl who
had heard Louise calling DR.. Wilsox
had given it to the press, Even in the
half-darkness of the middle Of the block
where stood | could read the word
"S-U-l-C-I-D-E" stretched across the
page in letters of red. l fastened to
the corner where the double globes shed
down a brilliant light, anxious yet
dreading to read what the paper said.
At the first glance | breathed a sigh Of
relief. The article was not about Kath-
arine Parrish. had not thought of
the possibility of there having been an
other suicide that day, but there it was :