Lower coast gazette., 1913-02-15
The
Yellow
Lets
By William Johnson.

ia the undertaking shOD | NiiiioA
vale and the other safe behind the
prison bars in Ardway, the docu-
nnentary evidence against him IN ou1
possession reinforced II his fnii cor
fession sigpcd and witnessed. lnspec-
tor Davis and that same afternoon
hastene back to New York, where,
it can ae imagined, / lost no time N
reaching the Parrish home.
AS we waited for the train 7 mao
tclepfoned Louise and she was ez-
pectins nc. She met NE in the lower
hall. One glance at my radiant iacS
told her that our mission had been
successful and she flung herself into
Ely arms while ! rained happy kisses
on her lips, her cheeks, hsr glorious
hair. But thoughtful ever Of others,
even in such a moment Of ecstasy,
she gently unc1asped my arms and
whispered: "The papers-did you SEE
them?"
A little cry Of joy came from hef
lips as I handed her the envelope.
Come she cried jubilantly, let's
take ii to Katharine at once! INC.
sight Of it will 10 more to cure ner
than ali the doctors IN the void"
Together we listened to kath-
arine's room, where we found her sit
ting I'D in led, much stronger than
when + had last seen her, though q
nurse was sti!l. in attendance. Hugh
crandaIl was seated in 8 chair beside
the bed. The joy / read in the faces
Of Katharine ard CGandall as Louise
handed her sister the envelope was
reward enough fer all ! had gone
through since / had set cut 10 solve
the mystery.
Frantically katharine tore open the
envelope and inspected three eocu-
ments it contained.
1They are all here" she exclaimed
with a sigh of relief as she passed
them to Crandall
eyes," echoed crandali happily
s'they are all here
"Burn them, Hugh; burn them al
once she demanded.
/ Crandall, gathering them up VIII
the envelope in which they had beer
encased. crossed to the CRATE where
a cheerful fire was burning and one
| by n fed the documents to TIT
flames, watching carefully to see ina
every fragment was destroyed.
That was three months ago. Louis
and | are married now and kathaiin'
and Hugh are en- their honeymoon
too, taking 4 elk E.cnths' Europeal
trip. Though we never mention tn
mystery CT the yellow letters in tn
presence Of cur wives, for it recall
too many sad memories u~nnecesSsla.
my rev hrothesiEteST and [ had
good laugh the night before r1a.
lied Louise. AS I at first s1speate
him Of being one Of the conspirator
SO it Gems he had suspected ne
was he who peered into the post 0
fee that night as / was examining e
books by the light Of my e,ectr!
81 lantern. EIa knew that Young IA
an associate and was trying to fin
q him. I had to admit that my CO.
duct ii Afdway fully justified era.
dalY's saspicions Of ne, and he ref
izos that / We justified in suspectir
q, him.
ls The mystery OF the disarpearan'
of the yellow fragments that had 81
II en- US the first cleW is a mystery J
longer. 1t merely lad slipped hehil
the drawer in which Louise hid p
ID it. AIeck Young is serving a we
deserved sentence of fourteen yeal
ae as nonchalantly, ! presume, as he L
defwent his trial. So lolg IS prise
"a keepers can be bribed to keep h:
III supplied with his beloved drug,
doubt If he EotheTs oYer his lack
y. freedom. Sometimes ! think his pr
ishmcat falls far short when ! rec
all the misery and suffering
caused, yet my new-found happine
has softcacd my view of life. / Il
myself wondering whether after
% Inspector Davis is not right Wheel
says that criminals, even the wo,
no CT them, should be treated as 81
us' children, to- be cured, rather than
:, bad children, to be punished. c
not help but feel that the parents
; . Young were far more to !. ne for
cria.e than he.
As for General Farrieh, he d
-, three weeks after Young's arr
Before The end he regained his fae
ties sufficiently to understand that
papers that had menaced his pc;
and reputation had been destroy
- IN his last hour he put Kathasir
hand into Hugh C~randall's.
u, What YVES in the documents t
,ss Katharine and Hugh Crandall burn
What was the secret with WI
70. Young threatened him for months
months?
an / do not know.
Louise does not know.
tho We never discuss it even am
ber ourselves. 1t is better so. c
10. Katharine and Hugh Crandall an
vo, poor drug sot in. distant cell h
what those papers We're. n:
conjecture if / cared, and what W
he the use? After General Farri
an death it came out that his vast es
,osa had shrunk to almost nothing
- fortunate investments in his cd
,res had swept away his fortune. Ie
,,sI; the custodian OF various trust fu
&c. 1t may be that in a sesile eIor
I" 1888, 1,;c 1ocrac no hnT mic,