Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-05
CHAPTER ".
katharIne Speaks.

NatndFlne opCake-
II had been alone | would have
gone directly to the Parrish home. ]
was anxious about Louise. ! had not
seen her since the night before, though
had telephoned her early In the
morning. greatly regretted having
10 leave her 80 much by herself In
such distressful circumstances.
thought 1t wiser now to prepare her
beforehand for the inspectors com
ing. l wanted him to see the Parrish
home. l felt that II he met Louise
and realized the luxury and comfort
In which the family lived he would
better appreciate the mystery and my
determination to solve 1t.
l suggested luncheon at Martins
and Davis assented. AS soon aB we
had obtained a table ! excused my.
self and FASTENED to the telephone
Louise told me that the condition OF
both her father and Katharine was
practically unchanged. briefly sum
married my mornings work and asked
II l might bring the inspector after
luncheon.
-By all means" said Louise, bring
him right over. want to meet him
and there may be some things | can
tell him which will aid him"
When returned to the cafe on the
Broadway side, where ! had left the
Inspector, found him abstractedly
rolling little pellets of bread and plac-
ing them in various positions on the
cloth. so absorbed was he in his oc'
cupation that he hardly seemed to note
my return. His flying fingers would
hastily mold three or four pellets in
as many seconds. Placing them in
q row, he would eye them intently,
Occasionally he would swoop down on
some unoffending pellet and sweep II
TO the floor. Two or three times
tried to interrupt him to learn what
| he wished to eat, but each time he
waved me impatiently away. Finally
not desiring to delay too long over
luncheon. gave the waiter the order
without consulting him. Mechanically
he ate what was put before him, ali
the while keeping up his game with
bread balls.
Knowing him as well as I did, after
studying closely his eccentric move
ments, | felt sure that the array ot
pellets was closely allied with tht
mental process by which he was seek
ing to solve the Parrish mystery. The
larger pellets, decided, must be tht
various theories about the yellow let
ter or letters and their origin. The
smaller pellets were the different per
sons connected with the case Ont
by one he pushed the larger pellets
from the table until a single pelle
remained The smaller mes he KEEP
arranging and rearra1tging until at las
he seemed satisfied. The single sur
Yiving large pellet stood directly on
crease In the cloth. On one sid,
equally distant from the crease, bu
close to each other he had place.
two Of the smaller pellets. The res
were in three groups on the other sid
OF the line. For perhaps five minute
he carefully studied their position
without shifting them, and then wit
quick motion of his hand swept Their
all to the floor.
There was some purpose distinct
criminal connected with the yelloN
; letters" he said, as If for the frs
time aware OF my presence, and b.
E coming as loquacious as he had befor
been silent. when We have run thi
mystery to earth we will find tina
there are two of the criminals--onl
two guilty"
Guilty of what3" asked in amaz,
ment.
81 haven't the slightest idea as yet
he replied with such apparent franl
ness that suspected he was not tel
| ing me all his thought Evil idea
! are of three kinds-the solitary, tn
r pair, the group. Crimes are merel
the physical expression of evil idea
and bear the same classification I'll
solitary evil idea manifests itself
a variety OF crimes. In this class b
long defslcations, poisonings, crime
? against women and generally the a
8 sassination Of private individual
These are the haEdest crimes to di
cover and punish. The evil idea is n,
communicated This sort of Grimm
seldom has confldants Often, in IA
almost always, he masks his villair
+ behind ths cloak of respectable
: Most Of these offenses are due to m
mia, TO blood-lust, to a desire for 7
venge for real or imaginary wrongs
Evil ideas of the pair are general
attributable to money-lust. In su,
crimes as burglary, highway robber
blackmail, you will find two perso,
equally guilty, always the pair. Som
0 times II is the man and the woma
" sometimes the strong man and 4
weak man. sometimes two womC
though seldom, for women have lit
Of the inventive or creative facult
even in crime. Notorious women cri
8 inals, just like all other feminine
@ lebrities in literature or art, ha
6 much of the masculine IN their NAL
up.
The third kind Of evil idea, that
the group. is responsible for t
s atrlks, tho mob. the conspiracy. 1t
J. - SoztAgiOn Of crime The Bls