The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1912-09-07
COPXRIG77T 1911
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Hafding Kent calls on
louise Parrish to propose marriage and
mas the house in great excitement over
ne attempted suicide of her sister Kath-
lrine. Kent starts an investigation and
lnds that Hugh Crandal sutton for
Satharine, who had been forbidden the
touse by General Parrish had talked with
katharine over the telephone just before
ne shot herself. a torn piece of yellow
3aper Is found. az sight of which Cen
'ral Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
CHAPTER II-Kent discovers that
randall has left town hurriedly. An
rev Elser. an aged banker. commits
licide about the same time as Katharine
tempted her life.
CHAPTER TTT-A yellow envelope is
'und in Elser's room. Postoffice Inspec-
or Davis, Kents friend. takes up the
ase.
CHAPTER Iv-Kent is convinced that
randall is at the bottom of the mystery.
CHAPTER v-Kent mad Davis search
randalEs room and find an address.
Lock Box II. Ardway4 n. J." Kent
oes to Ardway to investigate and be-
ONES suspicious of a Henry Cook"
CHAPTER VA woman commits sui
ide at the Ardway Hotel. A yellow let
or also figures in this case.
Maybe had" said iss Cox. you
30 may stay. bu~ the rest get out"
With narrow sense of duty she in
sted on sorting the mornings mail
fore she made any investigation.
aanwhile the constable and | dis
ssed the case. From him I learned
at Rouser, the postmaster. was
able young fellow of twenty-five or
< who had held the Office for two or
rec years.
The way he come to be postmaster
rs this: His father had represented
is district in Congress for twenty
ars or so before he died The old
an was an able citizen, but never
I'd accumulated much money. though
gave the boy good educa ton.
harlie, however, wasn't much good
was bright and smart enough. but
seemed to lack the git-up and git
n-do for himself. After his father
ed he lived on the little money left
m till 1t was all gone and then just
lifted around. getting meal where
could and his clothes growing shah
Ter and shabbier. The women-folks
Il liked him and was always trying to
nd something for him to do. He'd
sork If he had it, but he wasn't the
ind of fellow to be teaming or gar
ening or trucking, and it was the
ardest sort of job to find something
hat would suit him. The old postmas-
ar died and the politicians was about
qually divided as to who was entitled
the place. They didn't seem able
agree on no one. Then somebody
women-folks | guess it was, and first
thing you rknow he had it.
1T don't pay much. only six hun
bred year, but Charlie don't drink
and don't gamble, so he's been able to
get along on that well enough, and he
amt made a bad postmaster He's a
weak youngster and easily led, and If
he'd ever got into bad company | can
see his finish. Lately I've noticed he
seemed to be spending a lot of money,
though where it came from, if the
books Is all straight, is more than l
can imagine"
What's he been spending It for?'
well, | noticed him the other day
wearing big diamond in his necktie
and he bought himself gold repeater
watch and he's always hiring horses
at the livery stable and going off for
drives in the evening. One night
seen him buy 4 round of drinks that
cost a dollar and ten cents. That's
What | call spending"
Maybe he met with an accident on
lis drive"
Maybe he did, but don't believe it
likely. A fellow. that can get along
With women can get along with horses,
and while Charlie wasn't athletic or
anything like that, I never seen the
horses yet he couldn't drive.
By this time Miss Cox had her mail
sorted and turned to us with: "If you
two gentlemen want to see what's in
the safe, now is your chance. I'm 60
ing to open it"
Everything inside the safe was in
The neatest order. She removed the
iedgers and put them on the desk, in
spected the cash-drawer of the safe
and made tab of the amount She
also carefully counted the reserve sup
ply of stamps. postalcards and
stamped envelopes, and added them to
her tally.
Now for the daily cash drawer"
suggested the constable. Lets see II
he's taken any of the cash"
That's just like a man." snapped
Miss Cox. How are you going to tell
till | go over these books and see how
much there ought to be? Well open
the cash-drawer after I'm through
looking
There was nothing to do but wait,
and it was perhaps half an hour be-
fore she completed her calculations,
being often interrupted by callers for
mail.
IF the cash-drawer hasn't been
robbed" she said, well find exactly
sixteen dollars and forty-eight cents
in it."
In the presence of both Of us she
opened the drawer and carefully count