Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-11

NOT at al out OF the range OF possf
bility for Crandall to nave nlada away
with Rouser for fear Of betrayal. From
all / had learned about the missing
postmaster, ! was convinced that ne
was weak rather than vicioRs, ana !
felt that he probably was an innocent
party to the nefarious plot Of the yer
low letters. Davis story that it was a
crime CT two persons, after all, was
only a theory. When the mystery was
cleared up I was positive that the only
criminal who would be uncovered
would be Hugh Crandall. s~huddefed
as ! recalled that Louise even now was
somewhere with him, not exactly
alone, to be sure, for the car was
driven by her chauffeur, but stiii II
was q most disconcerting thought.
AS l approached the hotel ! saw Q
buggy stop before 1t, the occupants OF
which were Davis and the constable
AS Davis d~isnountcd heard hlm say
to the constable:
Tonight at eight"
"Ill be On hand, you bet" said the
constable as he drove oil.
j u~uickened my steps and overlook
Davis just as he started up the STAIRS
to his room. :.
"I've got some great news for YOU
7 whispered and went on up with MN.
The minute he got into the room ne
flung himself On the bed, as il utterly
worn out, ana lighted q cigarette. /
had expected that he would be eager
to question me but this did not seem
TO he the case. He lay there with eyes
half closed as il unaware Of my pres
ence.
Annoyed as i was at his seeming IN.
difference, / was sure that when toiu
him my amazing new about Crandall
and ny discoveries about the post
master he would be etfectualiY
aroused. I took it for granted that his
mood was due tc dependency over
his failure to find either Of them.
81 have e Hugh Crandall twice,
no., three times, today" said by way
!, Of beginning, "and I have found out
! how Rouser went when he left tbs
!. post Office"
!, eyes" he said absent-nindedly.
whats more" I cried impatiently
az know who had Lock Box No. II.
/. know what was done with the mai
! that came to that address,"
!, Davis, without answering NE
i reached for another cigarette, light
ing it from the butt he had been smoE
!. inc. His nonchalant indifference
. grated On ny nerves and I lost n,
@ temper.
: "Confound il, Kent" he said Wit
8 considerable asperity, 81 was SO bus
q thinking out something I really didn'
hear what you said. Sit down an
- tell me all about it."
" Modified by his apology, i sat dow
On the foot OF the bed and told hin til
i story of my day, how I had seen
Of man going into the Parrish h2Ino n
;. had recognized him later as Tug
Crandall, or at least as the nan WI
- had registered at the hotel as Coof
how I had been barred from the hou@<
"a how I had discovered another yello'
IS letter suicide in The PARK; how, Whe
I returned to the Parrish home ait
III Crandall had left, Louise had ted 4
IT of the theft CT the scrap Of yellow 2
IN per from her desk; how che had &c
me to go eff in her autcmooile ait
insisting that drop the inEestigatlo]
If how I had sec2 E:r again, crofe..
- the ferry with Craadall in the q
chine; how I had returned to Al
e. way and had learned that LocS Bcx
il. was held in the nanle CT Henry ~
l., colin Stewart; how the missing pc
master himself had been in the hal
p. of putting TIE nal taat cane to t
address into his owa pocket ana
ing off with It, ard finally, how III.
al Cox and | had determined that Th