The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-01-02
Johnson
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oieSAme1ls yOo VIII uo0 Two DoS0Ooo
equally guilty. always the pair. some-
times II 10 the man and the wo0sa.
sometimes The strong man and the
weak man. sometimes two womsa.
though seldom. for women have little
OF the inventive OF creative faculty.
even In crime. Notorious women erin.
inals. Just like all othsr feminine o.
lebrities in literature or art. have
much OF The masculins In their make
up.
The third kind oe svil idea, that oe
the group. 10 responsible for the
strike. the mob. tie conspiracy. II 10
the contagion OF crime. The Black
Hand 10 typical example. The mem
bers Of this notorious organization,
while they profit financially BY their
misdeeds. care little about that end
OF 1t. Their greatest pleasure u In
tho torture of their victims, In the
agony they suffer from the time the
nameless dread Of the Black Hand
hrst seises them until finally they are
put to death for refusing the society's
exacuons. It 10 this evil spirit that
kills kings. burns witches, destroys
property and lynches negroes. The
Farrish mystery. however, 10 Of the
second class-the crime OF the pair.
am certain Of IT,"
The important thing then for 10
to do." said l. trying to bring him
from the abstract to the concrete. "Is
to nnd Hugh Crandall and also to dis
cover who was his closest associate-
man or woman"
DO you think sol" he asked snig.
matically. adding . second later,
Cant you take me to 80 Miss Far.
rish?"
Hardly another word passed BE-
tween us ~ 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 q crime Of the pair. felt
sure that be. a. we'll as l, must be
convinced Of Crandall's connection
with the matter and surely his flight
did not argue innocence, But II this
was 4 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 man and a wom-
an. A woman! Could 1t be that he
suspected Katharine Parrish Of sbar.
Ing CrandaIl's guilt!
No. no 1t was impossible, too ab-
surd. Yet certainly the yellow letter
seemed link between her and Elser.
1t 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 DOS
sible that back Of the mystery there
was some crime and that Katharine
was guilty!
For . moment was tempted IN or.
der the chauffeur to stop. 1t seemed
almost desecration 10 take this heart.
less analyser of crime into the home
where death stalked 30 close. sup.
post Katharine was-No. had pledged
my word to Louise that would
solve the mystery and l would keen
my promise, no matter where 1t led
me. After all. the important thing
was my beloved ones peace of mind.
AZ long as the shadow hung over her
father and sister. her happiness must
be marred. Better the knowledge of
evil than the terror of mystery.
Davis wasted little time in oere.
mony. As soon as l had introduced
him to Louise. he said abruptly:
I'D like to see the room where It
approximations"
As Louise called one Of the sery.
ants to escort him upstairs was re-.
toicing at the opportunity to be alone
with her. The cold formality of her
greeting would have troubled me had
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, turned to
embrace her.
Don't. please don't!" she said cold.
ly.
why. dearest!" l stammered in
amazemept.
She offered no explanation but said
in the most matter-of-fact tones-too
matter-of-fact to be natural, thought
Tell me, Mr.. Kent, what you
learned at the place where Mr.. Elser
lived"
l was dumfounded What had
como over her? What could have
happened to make this sudden change
in her attitude toward me? Could
this cool. distant young woman be the
same girl who only a few hours before
had clung so desperately to me and
had wept out her sorrows in my arms! :!
Had she overnight forgotten the kiss
with which We pledged our Joint ef-
forts to solve the mystery?
Tell me, Mr. Kent" she persisted
quietly. "is there a yellow letter in
that case. too? Do you believe there
can be any connection between Mr..
Elser and-and what Katharine did ?"
Greatly perturbed, yet trying to con-
vince myself that her attitude was
only girls natural reaction az she
recollected the events of the evening
before | was inst beginninp IN rahao ron