Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
cHAPTER I.-fcontinued.l

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CHAPTER I-(Continued,1
The name meant nothing to me and
Z turned to Louise for explanation.
Though there were many callers at the
Parrish home. i never had met a Mr..
grandau nor had I even heard the
name mentioned.
1t must have been Hugh CTandaII,"
said Louise II was afraid that It was
be-"
Her remark puzzled me. The only
Hugh CrandalI / knew anything about
was a prosperous young broker whom
4 never had met personally, though J.
had seen his name occasionally in con
nection with exchange and club affairs.
do you mean Hugh Crandan, the
broker" I asked.
Louise nodded, and leaning against
my shoulder. told ne Of a chapter Of
the family history with which [ was
wholly unfamiliar This man, 1t
seemed, had met her sister two years
before on I. steamer on which they
were returning from Europe. After
that he had been a frequent visitor at
the Parrish home Katharine was very
fond of him. and he had been in high
favor both with the general and Lou
Use Though no formal announcement
of an engagement had been made,
CrandaII was looked on by every one
Us Miss Farrish's most favored sutton
About three months ago, just prior to
the tim when first met Louise, his
visits 10 the house had suddenly
ceased.
Pm sure" Louise explained, that
Katharine cared for him very much.
She ana father had a bitter quarrel
about him though why I never could
understand. for father had always
seemed to like him. There was some
thins strange about the way his visits
ended Father came home one day at
noon looking worried. He called Kath-
arine into the library and shut the
door. I could hear Katharine pleading
with him and once or twice 1 heard
both their voices raised as if in anger.
When my sister came out her eyes
we're red as if she had been weeping.
She went at once to her room and did
not come down to dinner. When Mr..
Crandau called that night she came
down to see him, but he stayed only
about ten minutes He demanded an
interview with father, and father re
fused TO see him. He LETT the house in
heat an never has been here since.
F'or several days katharine seemed
much depressed but she volunteered
no condolences and I hesitated to ask
her any questions. She seemed after
while wholly to have recovered her
spirits, and I was convinced that she
had made mp her mind to let MT Gran
DAN 60 out OF her life"
"REhst effect did this have on the re
tatious between your father and sis
ter" asked. seeking in vain for a mo-
tive that would have caused Katharine
g attempt her life
None whatever that I could see.
Through it all, except for that one aft
crnooD. katharine's attitude toward ia
Their has been most IovabIe Ii any
thing. it seemed to me that she was
teuderer toward him afterward than
before
no you suppose she has been meet
ING Crandau surreDtitiously?
Louise quickly and Indignantly drew
herself away from me.
You don't know Katharine as i do"
she said reprovingly "or you never
would have said chat She is the soul
Or honor If she was going to see Hugh
she would have done so openly"
Tut he teIephoned her today" per
sisted
That's So admitted Louise And
( think he must have done 50 day be
fore yesterday. too. Some one called
her. and she went out just as She did
today Generally we tell each other
where We are going, and I thought it
peculiar at the time that she said moth
ing to me"
In deep perDleNity We both sat, 81
tently bordering the mystery Of Katha-
rine's action. What could have made
her do it, Was it, I wondered. because
her father had learned something dis
creditable about her sutton and had
forbidden him the house? Had Gran
dali been trying to persuade her to
continue to see him despite her IA
theirs wishes? Was the conflict in her
heart between love and duty too much
for her2 Louise turned to me and laid
her hand gently on my arm.
Harding, She said, there is some
deep mystery behind an this that has
been creeping like a black shadow
across the lives Of both Katharine and
my father IT some way Hugh Gran
daI Is concerned in it. I know it. /
aeeI It. Il is something more than mere
ly the refusal Of my father to permit
her 70 marry Crandau. I have watched
them both and ! know, have seen
this mysterious spacter. boyering over
mL father. graaualIv crushigg the VEN