Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-25
.But How About the Morphine
Syringe" ! Asked Again.

Ing to do the same thing. In fact, nc
had several weeks the start OF you
Every one Of his actions which you
regarded as so suspicious and damna'
tory was perfectly applicable on thia
theory"
"Yes," | ~grudgingly admitted as J
hastily reviewed them in my mind, !
suppose they could all be explained
in that way
"The question then came TO me"
continued Davis. how could Crandall
have known of tho hidden danger
that threatened General Parrish? II
was highly improbable that the gen
eral would confde a thing Of this sort
either to his daughter or to her nan
ce. He must have come on 1t in some
other way, / judged that when ne
revealed his knowledge to the general,
the latter in fear that his daughter
might learn what he had been trying
to keep from her, in rage ordered
Crandall from the house.
"The only logical way for Crandall
TO be restored to favor was for him
to clear up the mystery that was men
acing tie general. AS he had been at
work on it for some time, ! felt sure
that in his rooms we would find a clue
to the address Of the persons we were
seeking. I was confident, too. that az
fairs were approaching a crisis. Gran
dali apparently had taken Katharine
into hos confidence. 1t looked as il
some plan they might have made had
failed and that this failure had driven
Katharine to despair. With the lock
box in Ardway as a clue, with the left
handed stamp as evidence and witt
Crandalrs movements to watch, fell
certain that we could quickly solve
the whole mystery"
"But how about the morphine 81
ringe?0 | asked again.
IT hardly gave it a second thought
For all l knew. it may have come there
by accident, yet Crandall quickly sy
planned its presence in the talk tina
| have just had with him. He KEEP
this chap, Young, there in his room'
. for two weeks, trying to worm out 0
! him the secret with which Young hat
. been trying to blackmail the old gen
!, eral. When Young disappeared h
!. left the syringe'behind him."
$50" I exclaimed in excitement
!, "the mystery OF the yellow letter wa
/ a Matchmaking plot against Genera
Parrish"
. NO." said Davis, 81 don't think tn
t Parrish case had anything to do wit
t the other chain of suicides, unless
: was that both devilish plots originate
;. In the d~rug-feyered, malevolent brai
/. Of the poor fellow In yonder. 1t
true that General Parrish got yello'
u letters. Once q week for months an
e months he has found n in his ma
/. each more threatening, more menacin
than its predecessors. He has for
long, long time been living in dai
10 dread that the anonymous writer
these letters might at any nome
c. carry out his threats and expose nj
a. to public shame, and disgrace him
a. the eyes Of his beloved daughters"
"But how did you learn all this?'
ut asked.
Is young boasted to Crandall abo
ii. the weekly letters. So sure did
If feel that General Parrish would n
IL dare openly to prosecute him ttat wi
is fendish malignity he took delight
retailing to Crandall the %dread-insp
ed ing phrases he had employed and
IN dllating on the terror they undoubts
" were causing the general. 1t
~ small wonder that the sight Of y
Ill and Louise examining the scrap of 0
nj of the yellow letters. coming as it {
lis right On top of Katharine's despers
he act, brought Oh a stroke Of paraiysi
,ls "Poor old man." | said, "hoa
must have suffered.
ELF Gar more than we can iIagin
lar said Davis. II do not think any G