Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-18

thing? In the rhapsody tnat ouiy tnose
who have loved can understand We
held each other in close embrace IL
a delightful silence--it may have Deen
for one minute--it may have Deen lof
ten or twenty. Time for either OF US
had lost it's power. we were 1ne
world, just we ourselves. -,
The spell was broken by a shght
twitching Of the mar across the ROOM
We came to ourselves with q start as
from a dream. J went over to his slde
and looked at him. He was still dead
to all around him.
aYou understand, Harding, dear,
don't your said Louise, as resumed
my place beside her, why asked you
to drop your search? As socn as
Katharine became conscious and toia
her that you were on the trail OF the
yellow letter, she became greatly ex
cited. She insisted that should make
YOU withdraw at once. She was deter
mined to know all about what you had
done, and / told her Of your being here
in Ardway. She, weak and i'll as she
was. made me swear that | would re-
call you by telephone. She wanted
me to telephone to Hugh Crandall, too.
but I did not know how to reach him.
/ had to promise her everything she
asked"
"Of course you did," / said. But,
dear, | loved you so that I could not
rest while this terrible mystery thai
hung over your dear ones was TN
) solved. / felt that it was nay duty t
disregard your wish. / realized tina
: you were being comnelled by some IN
y fuence you could not withstand to &c
u as YOU did. You are not angry will
: me, are you, dearest?"
! "Of course I'm rot" she said wit
L a wan smile, ratting my hand gently
But tell me-" ! asked, what Q
II HUGH Crandall? What is his ccnlet
$ ticn with this dreadful mystery?"
It 81 doa't know" she answere
. thougbtfuiiy.
81 nave thought all along that b
i. had something - CO with it, and 20
v cav lust now that he admitted know
y ing this man here whom the inspectt
u insists is at the root of everything"
"Xatharine trusts him, yet kno
y my father for some reason fofbat
% him the house."
"Im sure he is guilty." erie
"Kstharine's eyes have been blindt
~ by love to his real character"
81 think you must be mistaken
said Louise. "IIe knows about the
VI istence OF a paper that gave sof
man a strange hold en- ny fath'
ou Katharine knew OF it, too, He m
w have told her. She insisted on my
- companying him out here to try
W help recover it"
"Didn't he tell you about it on t
way out?"
J. mo. 1 asked him what it was.
told me that too many people kn
its contents now. The more thi
about it the more perpiexed |
49, about the mysterious manner in VIII
both he and Katharine acted alb
ha. this document"
.un. "Tell me everything" I insisted,
snb my suspicion against Crandall retl
for ing anew.
ITO begin with, he insisted on
lust leaving the chauffeur in New
,our though it had been my intention
,fter have MIN come with US. Gran
wing would not hear of ii. Katharine
dear you in my charge he ssid. 'aad
her wish as well as my own that
Idn,t take every %precautiol for secrecy
is better that only you and sc
lice this mission. We want ne SER
gossiping about this mater.
ro, where are we going, and Why
door asked him. Surely ! have 2 rgt
,rew know that. we r going . tr
rec ,ycr from the hands q he vic
= r. ess BLACKBOARD on earth a Gel
document that mas co.aa iato his
a,,u session. /: is q question w.etht
Eror not we sAail succeed. If We