The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-03-14
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crimes as burglary. highway robbery,
~blackmail, you will find two persons
equally guilty. always the pair. Some
times 1t is the man and the woman.
sometimes the strong mar and the
weak man, sometimes two women,
though seldom, for women have little
or the inventive or creative faculty,
even in crime. Notorious women Grim
mails, just like all other feminine ce-
lebrities in literature or art, have
much Of the masculine In their make
up.
The third kind of evil idea, that of
the group, is responsible for the
strike. the mob, the conspiracy. 1t is
the c%ontagion of crime. The Black
Hand is a typical example. The mem
bers Of this notorious organization,
while they profit financially by their
misdeeds, care little about that end
OF it. Their greatest pleasure is in
the torture of their victims, in the
agony they suffer from the time the
nameless dread of the Black Hand
first seizes them until finally they are
puteto death for refusing the society's
eXactions. 1t is this evil spirit that
Kills kings, burns witches, destroys
property and lynches negroes. The
Parrish mystery, however, is Of the
second class-the crime Of the pair.
| am certain Of it,"
The important thing then for us
to do" said l, trying to bring him
from the abstract to the concrete, lis
to find Hugh Crandall and also to dis
cover who was his closest associate
man or woman"
ID you think so?" he asked eng
matically, adding a second later,
Cant you take me to see Miss Far
rish?"
Hardly another word passed be-
tween us as the taxicab whirled us up
Madison avenue to the generals home.
! was thinking about Davis strange
theories of crime and his opinion that
this was a crime of the pair. | felt
sure that he. as well as l, must be
convinced OF Crandall's connection
with the matter and surely his fight
did not argue innocence. But If this
was a crime OF the pair, who was the
other guilty person? Whom did Davis
suspect? He had said that it might be
either two men Or a man and a WON
an. A woman? Could it be that he
suspected Katharine Parrish of shar-
ing Cranda.ls guilt?
No, no it was impossible, too alb
surd. Yet certainly the yellow letter
seemed a link between her and Elser.
It was she who for a long time had
been Crandall's closest associate. That
association apparently had been re
Gently renewed in secret. Was it pos
sible that back Of the mystery there
was some crime and that Katharine
was guilty?
For a moment l was tempted to or
der the chauffeur to stop. 1t seemed
almost Dissertation to take this heart
less analyZer Of crime into the home
where death stalked SO close. Sup.
my word to Louise that would
solve the mystery and would keep
my promise, no matter where it led
me. After all. the important thing
was my beloved ones peace Of mind
As long as the shadow hung over her
father and sister, her happiness must
be married. Better the knowledge OF
evil than the terror of mystery.
Davis wasted little time in cere
mony. AS soon as | had introduced
him to Louise, he said abruptly:
I'D like to see the room where II
Representatives,"
AS Louise called one of the serv
t ants to escort him upstairs | was re
joicing at the opportunity to be alone
with her. The cold formality Of hel
! greeting would have troubled me hat
) | not attributed 1t to the inspectors
presence. AS soon as he had left us
with the memories of the evening be
fore glowing in my mind. I turned tt
embrace her.
Don't. please don't!" she said cold
ly.
why, ~dearest!" / stammered 1,
a~mazement.
She offered no explanation but sais
in the most matteT-of-fact tones-tot
t matter-of-fact to be natural, ! though
Tell me, Mr.. Kent, what yol
learned at the place where Mr.. Else
: lived"
/ was dumcounded. What hat
come over her? What could hav,
: happened to make this sudden chang.
in her attitude toward me? Coul'
this cool, distant young be tn
same girl who only a few hours befor'
had chung so desperately to me an,
had wept out her sorrows in my arms
. Had she overnight forgotten the kis
with which we pledged our joint 81
forts to solve the mystery?
3 Tell me, Mr.. Kent" she persiste'
quietly, lis there a yellow letter Il
that case, too? Do you believe Their
can be any connection between Nj
t Elser and-and what Katharine did ?
Greatly perturbed, yet trying to COZ
vince myself that her attitude wa
y only a girls natural reaction az sh
recollected the events Of the evenin
l. before,l was just beginning to rehears