The Forrest City times., 1913-01-24

til then. You, Mir Crandall, will take Miss Parrish home, and you, Dodds, as soon as it's daylight, had better go look for Rousers body"
 T don't have to look for It," said the constable with a shudder. q know just where it is. It's a long ways round by the road, though"
 Take the blackboard" said Davis, and when you reach the body go | through all the pockets carefully and bring me everything you find. You'd better not take the body back to Ard way yet. Is there some place else you can take it?"
 Sure" said Dobbs, T can take 1t over to Millervale. It's just about as far in the other direction. But what in the lands sake I'll tell about 1t, gets me"
 That's easy" said the inspector You can explain that you were driv- ing over there and as you came by you saw the body lying on the road. You can explain that he must have fallen over the cliff in the dark. By the time they get through talking about it and having an inquest over in Milleryale We will have had a chance to finish any more investigat- ing We want to do. You can start about dawn"
 All right" said the constable, but what will do with them warrants?" Leave them with me After you have disposed of Rousers body you can stop on your way back and we'll take this one In with us. Come on outside, Dodds. and you, too, Crandall, l want to ask you some questions about our friend over there You, Kent. stay here with Miss Parrish"
 The three of them went out leaving Louise and me alone together, a cir constance that couldn't doubt that Davis had planned. realizing that there was much we would say to each other. | Hardly were they out of the door be- fore Louise turned to me, with SUD- pliant arms, and cried out. with a sob in her voice: Harding, forgive me for | having deceived you.'
 Tt is you," I cried, you, who must forgive me for having di5obeyed your wish, for having come out here after you had asked me not to, for having almost put a bullet through your dear heart"
 You didn't know-you couldn't know that I was here," she sobbed But how can you ever pardon the lies told you?"
 Lies" I protested. Dear girl. you never lied to me Whatever these dear 1 lips have said, knew, always knew your heart was true"
 Katharine asked 1t and I had to promise her"
 You mean about Hugh Crandall"
 Yes" she breathed. 'I don't know yet what it is that is between them. It's something about-about my fla ther. Crandall knew it and Katharine found 1t out. Whatever it is, they de- termined to keep it secret between them. Katharine made me promise that l would tell no one, not even you. She swore me not to reveal to anyone that had even seen Hugh Crandall I had to promise her, you understand, don't you?"
 My answer was a kiss full on her lips, while my arms went about her and held her tight to me
 "Of course, dear girl" breathed, "I understand. l understood all the while"
 T was so afraid" she murmured afraid you would think l was deceiv- ing you. that l didn't love you"
 As our lips met in long, sweet kiss wave of joy swept over me that all but obliterated thoughts of the dread full yellow letter. l forgot for the mo ment the drug -sodden creature lying in the corner, not twenty feet away from us.
 The spell was broken by a slight twitching of the man across the room We came to ourselves with start as from a dream. 1 went over to bis side and looked at him. He was still deaC to all around him.
 You understand, Harding, dear don't you?" said Louise, as I resumed my place beside her, why I asked you to drop your search? As soon as hRlndTlDe became conscious ana tOII her that you were on the trail of the } yellow letter, she became greatly ex cited. She insisted that l 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 l would re call you by telephone She wanted me to telephone to Hugh Crandall, too but did not know how to reach him : l had to promise her everything she asked"
 of course you did" l said. But dear, loved you so that I could not rest while this terrible mystery that hung over your dear ones was un solved l felt that 1t was my duty tc disregard your wish. l realized that you were being compelled by some in, fuence you could not withstand 10 act as you did. You are not angry with me, are you. dearest?"