The daily Alaskan., 1921-07-30
The Mystery of
 Hartley House
 By Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS CLIFFORD S RAYMOND Copyright by George
By CLIFFORD <, RAYMOND

AAAh T. .'fAAA' DO ANfA AH'A'.-'t"
 A man named SucIair-thay was as Alcott remembered the name, bu, it might, he said have been St. John or Souihgrove or Sergeant or anything else beginning with $; It was long be- fore AIcott's time ln South America, and he merely told the story because lt was a standardized episnde-rhiS man Sinclair, am Engl.shmuu or a man from the States, a fairly young man, anyway. and attractive. had fallen In love with most charming young won, an of excellent family.
 AlcOtt could not remember whether this little episode had been staged .n Rio or Valparaiso or Bueuos Aires or where.
 "It might have been in M0ntev'1oo," he said. He did moi emphasize tho re- mark, but the remark subsequently em- phasized the story for We.
 SinCair-AIcort though; We might as well agree upon Sinclair as name had come out of somewhere or no. where and had made a great deal ot uiNvey. When he fnl' tu love- ho was an udyarIu-onu~ match The parents accepted htm gladly.
 Sinclair and thc young lady wore married, huI hn d.d mol have rnn Latin genius for D>n'ortug guI guarding womau Nrrhrr d.d he have the genius for completely interesting and uhswh.ue woman. He was 'n rnp shipping business. Ur wa, a very mrac- ucol and nu>iuvss-ru'oi uau. huI. N- colt had hrarI genial and iov0al maa nevertheless.
 Lovers came. u~ lowers wt'l The lady wa~ ua charming and na1 roo much frrr#mH. Sue WAS innocent and m'rrr~s. lug her husband was uaI .le barrier uvr1rI. A'cnu said ha ,nou.n. she was or uuN'o sort and WAS ao.ragn5 by her Iaru that human beings had character
 lIr w.s nn, precise a~ To thn dInm- ma shr had r.uryL how or why she entered tr. \ mm of reputation .rr discreet -a..1ry. a hnH~wn uan u. attractive culture Ma- .uu.U~g.i hy her frank a#H uuE Hnl a1Ha'r ,o. wurl l.m rr .ry a u.~aur..r w..~u.n.
 There wa- - t,.,t-r.r- ~rrNaut 5n .He house. The lover cr~ru.ni rMa ~.rN- an, and WAS introduced .r.u -lr a..-r. The hu>nHuI wa> supposed Co hpaual on business trip. lig ramr back ahou. or r.m~ uS Ur-ha.Gs sometimes du. umd stopped 30, his club before h. went home.
 A lr.ruI of ,he lover saw h.m md. knrwu- what was being c~-ay.I a, ,hc mans home. was agnasr. llu .n- durrd other friends ot rhc lover 'n Try Go deam 'Hn husband ou our tn.a. preceyt ur another white ho cnmlua- cutr3 with tne house. IIr was ursuc. cc>>tul tu his attempt 10 u-. tar .a.e phone. The other men were uu~urer~~- lul in their attempt t0 lrta.u -a" Hus. band. The friend began d race w.,h the husband to reach the house. Tn- luckily for him. the cab he took uo- only was pulled hy the faster horse. but, ha heinz conscious that lt was u race and the husband being w."u Sc'oUs of I'. his driver had reasons given him I.r speed.
 IL was La.ur.ma,e rnr ,ae friend. because there was a tragedy later, and he was ir> y.cIim He arrived .u .mr tu warn tnr lover. The .@lE appalled, by ,he appearance of rhr lower. n-'a~. to consider that she had been r1n--a, SD unworthy as Go attract those ..ru- uou~. and suffering from a confusion which h1unred her judgment, had u.. called her servants, hur had rn.r.y- orrI with a dignity consciously sr.l- compromised to assert her sel.rnsuccj uuI recall her lovers reason.
 Iu turmoil of anastu- omot.ars she was engaged in this effort ot sr.t.eau- troI and assertion of dignity when ,la friend destroyed all compuSGre hy his announcement. The lover won, inc >uutIy out of a window. The Cr.euI having his own dignity of innocence, would uur compromise his srl.-o~Hoct in this fashion, The husband arrived upon scene which could no, ha ey- pDuucG. His wife, Iu spite of her et- forts at control. vas in hyster.1. The friends presence Was iDrNQ...au.c. Arrangements were made to satisfy honor. The friend was killed in fash ion satisfactory to the police and who'll !y satisfactory to the outraged hus- band.
 There was the situation an innocent man dead, a wron-ri husband SatS- frI. the wife ahSolvad hy tho romantic. lying statement of the man who s@cri- tscrd himscrI that in the transaction he had bcrn pre~wnptuouS and inc wife entirely gwlucss-aud the guilty lover ,rprs srrf. free. But IFp servant kuD.E-