Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-04

=, "nu tearing it up. The scraps OF tt
= lettef had disappeared. More like
he mad come here. just to get tn
= scrap of yellow paper lest its evidcn
u might bring home his crimes.
y VINO has been in the house?"
= NO one but the doctors and nurs
and the servants" said Louise, fus
ing ~uneasily as she spoke.
I waited, expecting her to mentic
Crantalps visit, but though she hes
tated tor a second she said nothjn
of it.
wonder who could have taken it?
she said after an anEward pause.
What motive could any one have?
l asked, determined to direct he
thoughts to Crandall. "The only De,
son who would have a reason for maxi
ing away With it would be some on
VINO feared that it might be use,
against him."
liner was a silence while we bot.
ponaered the situation.
You remember" said Louise sud
denly, the agitation my father showed
at sight Of that paper. If he we're moi
lying p~aralyzed upstairs / think he
would have tried to gain possession
of it."
How is your father, and your sis.
ter" asked, suddenly recalling that
l had asked after neither of them.
Katharine is much better" said Lou.
Use She is entirely conscious, though
very weak, but the doctor says that
she will in all probability recover
quickly. My fathers condition remains
the same, though he seems to have
regained the use of his right hand.
lie wrote some brief directions TODAY
about his business"
Are you sure of all the servants.
I asked.
All of them have been with us for
years; all but one, ever since before
my mothers death. 1 would not think
Oh dlstrustlng any OF them"
Are you certain the house has not,
been entered in the night?"
was asking these questions with .
View OF convincing her that It was
for any one but CrandaN
% have taken the yellow scrap-for
my one else to have even a motive
or taking it.
That would be impossible" she
aid. All the doors and windows are
protested by burglar alarms and I
now they are in working order or
you'd have heard about It,"
There is or there must have beenn
SAID slowly, "soMe traitor in the
ouse, some thief, so1ae one who had
n object in getting hold of that pa. i
err" :
There has been no one here" said !
oulss with a painful effort, mo one I
lswerlng that description :
How did you come to look fer the s
'per IN your desl;?" 6
4 wanted" she stopped short. a
"1ir. Kent" she said, her entire i
amer toward me %sti:ening as she q
,tldFew her hands from ~miae;
ked you last niIsilf- II you would not
ase your inquiries at oncc." Il
But-but-" I protestingly began. j.
! ASKED you to Go what I requested n
taout any questions. You kaye told t1
} that you loved me- If that is the Il
Sc ! Know you will do what | ask D.
trying to force ny confidence. Il!
II It enough for you to know thot
f1sa you to do it?" it
Louise, DEAR" Tsssx firmly. "a n,ys- e
lous trail of hidden evil in aome II
y has crossed your home. It has b
lc1en your sister and your father. &
\ yourself asked me to try to fna ~
secret and | vowed that / yo,,;,4 af
ont know wha. your motive is n q
slns this strange request. b,1t
! beileYe you are doing it Of your l-e
! Voltion. ! am certain that vor, Isl
influenced by fear-fear lest some III
atef evil will b@fall, If my esorta Nil
lnniask the criminal are success cal
Is it not so?" ma
Don't ask me, Harding" she begged ant
ously. Il can't tell you. It is not hea
secret. can tell you nothing, tia
Sc don't ask me-" has
ore thar ever now I was ccny;aced c
fear OF Crandall dominated her Vel
KY following on his telephone Q
sage he had come to the house me,
haa cast over her the same rnys. sile
us spell as had fallen on her Sis she
More than.eTer was l determined VIII
'iioW the trail Of mystery to its Doa-
no matter where it lay or what il TAa
What was LIE to me if the won- I &C
io9ea was to be for ever under Gu L
aooE, in TIE Power OF Some hid. Ecr'
criminal who might prey On her had
mad done en- Ito ether members 10 {
: Nasi1J 1 itit It my 0uty toward iiaI'
o go ca and, if I could. scoIaml On S
Q dlFulge something Of what she 1T
back from 5ae. +,
Cid you waa. that bit OF tie ::c:at
letter? What were you going foun'
with it," Ter
can't tell you. Please don't ask yillai
him
~ 10 you want me to step nv in. him
s." VI,
ant tell you. Please don't agsp that
lat was l!ug. Crandall doing feel {
his morning." ever
question, direct and blsnt as belief
Asd almost tha same effect Is icr h
ad fred q bullet At Ter. Sir. ny
Ter breath Quickly ana her | res,
-Fnsd pale. thought that slio amos
ing to faint. VITA a great Ct. and II
ne recovered, and l~oo1ing ne a5tfa
It IL the eye. she -a.svarod sost. lr{ior