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Rub-My-Tism will cure you.
Cid papers for sale at this office
ICO for 15 cents.
For Sale A new organ at a bar
gain. Call at News office.
T. B. Weaver and wife spent
Sunday with friends in Monroe.
Cashier F. W. Miles spent Sun
day at E! Dorado with his family.
Dr. L. F. Magee was called to
Texarkana Sunday to visit a sick
brother.
J. W. Perritt and Gus Terrell ;
spent Sunday at Strong visit'ng
relatives.
W. C. Thompson and family left
Sunday for a two weeks visit with
relatives at Wesson.
Dan Winbourn, who has been
living a Mist for several months, is
here visiting relatives.
Miss Lulu Belle Simonton of
%Ruston, La., is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. D. A Keasler.
W. H. Moore left Sunday morn
ing for a week's visit with relatives
at Nashville and Washington.
Mrs. J. H, Rogers of Bastrop.
La., was the guest of her sister.
Miss Lulu Harrington, here Sun
day. _
Conductor C. F. Bridwel1 and
family were at Camden the first of
this week visiting friends and rela
tives.
Mrs. James Russell and children
of Rochelle, La., are here visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G.
Gibson. _
E. L. Adams, commissary clerk
ti ' +7 t-eft- Friday morning'
for Pike City to enjoy a visit with
relatives.
Sawyer G. S. Farmer and wife
left Monday afternoon for Shreve
port where he will be operated on
for appendicitis.
5 or 6 doses 666 will break any
case of Chills and Fever: and if
taken then as a tonic the Fever
will not return. Price 25c.
Mrs. C. C. Campbell and children
of Hampton were the guests of her
sister, Mrs. C. A. Berry, several
days the latter part of last week.
Mrs. J. B. Taylor and children
left Monday for their home at
Electric Mills, Miss., after a visit
with friends and relatives here
and at New London.
C. S. Watkins is home from a
visit with relatives at Tyler, Texas,
and Hale. Mo. Mrs. Watkins is
enjoying a trip to Colorado before
she will return to Huttig.
Manager Ralph Benson, of the
Ritchie Grocery Co. of El Dorado.;
was here this week making the
rounds for their clever salesman, j
Sam Green, who is at Hot Springs
enjoying a needed rest.
J M. Bradshaw and wife arrived
back in Huttig Tuesday morning to
stay. They have been at Glen
wood. Clarks. Stevenson and Cros
sett since leaving here, but say
Huttig is good enough for them.
Rev. J. R. Rushing will be at
Strong next week assisting Rev.
Cason in a revival meeting. Pre
siding Elder Whaley of Camden
will occupy the pulpit at Union
church in his stead both Sunday
morning and evening.
The Womans Home Mission so
ciety met as usual at the church on
Monday afternoon. The lesson for
the day was the 5th and 6th chap
ters of Acts. The meeting was an
interesting one, especially so a
paper by Mrs. E. E. Buchanan.
Superintendent A. G. Abel of the
Louisiana division of the St. Louis,
iron Mountain and Southern rail
way. has resigned his position, ef
fective Thursday. August 8. His
uccessor will be A. R. Taylor, for
a number of years trainmaster on
th:s oi /ision.
You will find on sale at the
•Jnion Saw Mill company store,
the Union hotel and Bell’s cream
parlor four different local post card
views in colors. If these sell weli
the publisher expects to add sev
eral other views to the list. They
will be sold at two for five cen1"5.
The friends of Mrs. E(Tie West
brook will be glad to know that she
is convalescent after a seige of
typhoid fever, having been confined
to her bed at the home of her
mother, Mrs. R. E. Fulenwider, on
Jefferson street, for the past sev
eral weeks. Guachita Herald,
Camden.
On August 1 the Huttig Logging
Co. surrendered their charter as a
corporation to the state and their
business was taken over by the
Union Saw Mill Co. C. T. Thomp
son. who has been secretary-treas
urer for the logging company, will
go into the office of the saw mill
company and the work in there
will be rearranged to fit the change.
The exhibition of moving pic
tures of prize-fights in the country
is now a thing of the past. The
bill to prohibit the interstate trans
portation or importation of such
films has been approved by both
houses and the president w'll sign
it. Pictures of campaign set-tos,
hats in the ring” or candidates
being "knocked over the ropes”
politically are not mentioned.
Uncle Sam hates to see so many
of his farmers decamping for Can
ada He is has got up a book to
aid the "back-to-the-land" move
ment and interest those who want
to make a change. It is called
Agricultural Opportunities" and
it gives particulars about condi
tions in the various states. It can
be had free by addressing the De
partment of Commerce and Labor.
Washington, D. C.
All parties nominated at the pri
mary in March for either county or
township offices or roadoverseer.
should pay the fee to get their
name on the ticket for the Septem
ber election on or before the 18th
of this month. Fee should be paid
to County Treasurer and receipt
taken in duplicate, and the original
filed with C. W. Hearin, chairman
of the Democratic central commit
tee. as stated. This is the only
legal procedure and candidates
should attend to the matter at
once.
T. B. Weaver, who has been with
the Union Saw Mill Co. for the past
live years, the past three years
acting as assistant secretary, has
tendered his resignation to take
effect August 15. He has accept
ed a position with the Creamer
Lumber Co., which is putting in a!
large hardwood mill at Crossett.
We regret to lose Mr. end Mrs.
Weaver as residents here, but wish
them success in their new home
and recommend them to the good
people of Crossett as excellent
people.
All bars against the admission to
the United States of minor foreign
born children of naturalized citi
zens. whether imbeciles, idiots or
other forbidden classes, were swept
away by a far-reaching interpreta
tion of the immigration and nat
uralization laws by Secretary
Nagel, of the department of com
merce and labor. He holds that
when an alien becomes a citizen
this extends the cloak of citizen
ship over all his children, whether
here or in the old country.
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER T—Harding K*nt mbs on !
Kouist* I^arrish to propose marriage and [
finds the house in great pxc|f»TiieuF over ;
the attempted suicide of her sister Hath j
8fine. Kent starts an investigation and j
finds that Hugh Grandall. sii’tor for ■
> Hthnrino, who had b -en forbidden the j
house by General Farrish. bad tnll'ed with j
Katharine over the telephone just before !
f he shot herself. A torn plere of yellow
found, nt si^bt of v/hich Gen- i
•ra! Farrish is stricken with paralysis.
GTTAPTER IT—Tv#-*’ t d,<*^n^’,f*rs th^t
f*randall lias left town hurriedly. An- |
^rcw Elser. an ajpM banker. oomrnPs
luir-ide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life.
GIT \PTFR tii_a yellow envelope Is
found In Riser’s room. PostoffV-p ftisp^c
o>r Davife, Kent’s friend, takes up the
case.
As Louise and I approached the bed
side it appeared to me that he recog
nized us both and I could detect the j
same pleading look I had noted the !
night before. He seemed to me strug
gling with his deadened senses to ask
us something. While i d 1 not know
whether or not his hearing had been
impaired I thought he might ho worry- i
:cg about Katharine's condition, and
carefully and slowly I lH_r«n to enun
ciate something about her, hoping that
I had guessed what it was he wished
o ask. But even as 1 spoke 1 saw
that his eyes had left my face. Into
them returned the same acute terror
he had exhibited at the sight of the
yellow letter. If those eyes could have
spoken, their shrieks would have filled
the room. I followed the direction of
their glance. He was staring in ter
ror at the one strange face in the
room—the inspector’s.
Seeing how much his presence dis
turbed the invalid. Davis turned quick
ly and left the room. Louise and I
followed, leaving only the doctor and
nurse.
"I wonder what made him look so?"
breathed Louise.
“He’s afraid of something—for
some one?” I said, hurrying to over
take Davis, hoping to learn from him
his opinion as to what caused the pa
tient's fears.
“1 was right. It’s just as I thought,”
I heard him mutter as he hastened to
the hall aud reached for his hat and
coat. I saw that he was making prep
aration for instant departure and l
was in a quandary what to do. I felt
it my duty to accompany my friend, !
for from his manner 1 was convinced
’ha* he was on the track of the mys
tery. Yet 1 did not wish to leave Lou
se until I liacl gained some explana
lon of 1 he barrier that she seemed to
ave raised between us. I was con
cious of no way in which I could
lave offended her, yet there was a
•narked difference in her attiiude tow
ird me overnight. While 1 was still
iebating the question and Davis had
ill hut reached the door, seemingly in
fferent to whether or not I accom
panied him, a nurse came running to
Louise.
“Miss Parrish,” she said, “I think
our sister is recovering conscious
ness. I thought you would like to
know it and to be at her side in ease
she speaks.”
Though Davis was some distance
away his acute ear must have caught
her words. He turned and was up the
stairs in a flash. Louise convulsively
caught my band. The harrier between ■
us was swept away. I knew then it I
was only fear that she had been for- i
ward in showing tier affection. Hand j
in hand we raced up the stairs after !
the inspector, and ranged ourselves
on the other side of the bed from him.
Between us, her long hair in braids,
only the white bandage around her
"Come Along, Harding," He Said In
Authoritative Tones.
forehead to suggest her wound, lay
the silent figure of Katharine Parrish.
The pallor of her face seemed only to
enhance her beauty, and though her
eyes were closed, her long dark lashes
still gave expression. As we watched,
she began stirring restlessly and her
hands twit cited nerv< usly. Sudden
her eves opened wide, i• ■ >< with t)
light of intelligence, hut witu ihe h
liancy of hysteria or the excit-fm
of fever. She nifide an ineffectual t
tempt to rise in bed, but she was tf
weak. Sinking bark on the pillo
she shrieked: "Promise me. Hug
promise me, you'll do it at once.”
After that one sentence she relapse,
into unconsciousness. I feared for .
moment that she was dead. The dm
tor hastened ,n her side and began
feel her pulse and ]is<°n to her hea
It seemed many minutes lief ore I
•utned to us with a reassuring wh
per:
“It is nothing serious- a relapse
he expected alter that outburst. H
heart is stronger then I expert ed. S
will not likely regain consciousm ■■■
(or many hours, but there is no imti c
dlate danger.”
His mliater, rather than his word ,
invited us to go. so Louise and 1 fnt
lowed Davis fir m tiio room.
The inspector seemed to hare for
gotten his ha te to depart, lie s; *
down abruptly on a divan in the u,
per ball, with bis face re: ting in b •
hands, and gave himself up to intent
thought.
Louise and I stood a little apart, di -
missing in whispers Katharine's
strange outcry. What could she have
meant ?
“■She mean1 Crandall, of course,"
sr'd Louise. "She mentioned Hugh
did you hear it ?”
I nodded assent.
"Probably she was repeating a eon
versation site had with him just he
f: re site shot herself,” I suggested.
”\\ hat do you suppose she wanted hint
to promise her?”
Louise shook her head. I ranked
my brain in vain for some theory to
fit her words to her own despera'o
art, to Crandall's flight, to her fa
ther's terror. I Judged from Davis’
abstracted manner that he, too, wai:
similarly engaged,
“Everything,” I said to Louise. ”ev
cry single thing we have learn-. -
points to Crandall’s connection will
the mystery that lias hung over youi
father and Katharine. When we havr
found, him we shall learn what it was
I am more and more convinced that
he is guilty of some crime, sotneljiin
terrible, something that your fa. he
and sister knew.”
The inspector laughed aloud. *
We turned toward him, I in indigna
tion, Louise in astonishment, to find
him looking at us with an amused
smile.
“Don't he too sure,” he said quizr'
rally. “Crandall doesn’t seem to havj
been left-handed.”
CHAPTER V,
Two Discoveries.
“"Where are we going now?" I ask'-*
sarcastically.
I was thoroughly Indignant at the
levity with which lie inspector hart
received my then; of Crandalls
guilt. Firmly convinced of my sounfl
logtc, the thought of Davis laugbine
at me before l.ouise rankled. As 1 be
gan to expound, as forcefully as I
could, the reasons for my belief, be
cut me short.
"Come along. Harding,” he said in
authoritative tones, “we've no time'tc
lose.”
Almost before T knew It I found my
imlf by his side in the taxicab he bad
hailed. In my indignation 1 had failed
to hear 11m direction he gave th*
chauffeur.
"According to your theory, Mr. Do
tective Kent,” be said with assumed
gravity, for be was still in a eha/bni
mood, “where v . uhl be tl e best pSa./v
for ns to go next ?"
"To Hugh Crandall's apartments/’ 1
cried, determined to convince him ol
my view of the ease.
“That is exactly where we arc
bound,” he replied to my amazement
“But," I stammered, "I thought from
your manner that you disagreed will
me as to Crandall’s gu'lt.”
“1 do. 1 doubt, every man's guill
until it is definitely proved. 1 admit
there is plenty of evidence of ('van
dall’s connection with the case. 1 dr
not admit this*t any of the evidence yet
shows it to be a guilty connection."
Again I started to explain my rea
sons for thinking Crandall guilty, hut
again he refused to listen.
“My dear fellow,” lie said, "in mi
years of investigating crimes I havt
thoroughly learned one lesson, ant:
that it the unwisdom of jumping ai
conclusions There is only one rulr
that never fnilR. Collect all the evi
donee possible first and then see tc
whom it points. Most detectives, botV
professional and amateur, make tlic
fatal mistake of deciding on a theory
and then setting out to prove it. That
is the reason so many innocent men
are convicted and so many guilty onef
escape. You can prove almost any
tiling about anybody if you work hard
enough. Starting out with the theory
that no such man as Napoleon evot
lived, 1 could gather many con vim ing
prooi s—”
He stopped the taxicab at the cor
ner long enough to gather In an arm
ful of afternoon papers from a news
boy, and began spanning their first
pages and throwing them aside. From
Hie disappointment in his face 1
judged he had not found what he was
looking for.
"What did you expect to find?” 1
asked wonderingly.
“Other suicides,” he said tersely
keeping on with his hasty reading. ,
Though I have known Miller Davis
for year3 1 must confess that I con
stantlv tind myself almost dazed b>
the seeming rapidity of his mental
processes and their apparently erratic
course. Here he was rejecting mj
theory of Crandall's guilt, yet jumping
wildly to the conclusion that there
would he other suicides, possibly con
oepted with Katharine Farrisli’s ad
d Andrew Bsler’s death. It was en
cly beyond my comprehension, and
e next lack of his mind seemed even
en more puzzling.
“Do you know anything about art?’
• asked as calmly as if we were hav
g au after dinner ehat at the club
“A little, not, much.”
“If any one asked you to define
■chnique I doubt tr you could do if
do not believe there is a painter e:
n art critic who could give a satiefae
ry definition. Yet any one whe
""■■B ♦‘veil a imif anout painting
nows something of technique. W*
now that every painter has his owr
eehnlque. Show me paintings b>
enrl, F aw son and darkens and yoi
In m i have to label tin m for me tr
'11 liiem apart. I recognize the work
>f eaeii man by his technique. Ever
f Lawson painted a portrait and Henr:
i landscape, the individuality of the
artist would make his work recogniz
tile, though masked by a subject ui»
usual for him. Crime is like art ir
one respect at least— technique. Ev
'•ry criminal brain hag i s own tech
t'.lque. \ny one who has investigated
crime, v.ho has studied evil-doers un
her all conditions, who lias matched
his wits against I heirs, Inevitably
comes to recognize types of crimes
(liven any particular crime to trace
from the very nature of it he is able
'o say at once, 'This Is the work oi
So and so.’ Now In the Fairish chfc
I am confident, that a crime of some
kind has been committed or is even
now being committed. I may not know
what particular thing it was that drove
Katharine Farrish and old Kiser tc
seek death—In fact 1 do not know as
yet—but that makes no difference. 1
know the type of crime. I recognize
In the case certain Indefinable things
which convince me that behind It all
is a cunning criminal brain that has
planned some far-reaching plot. If ii
was devilishly Ingenious enough ii
drive two people to suicide, in a!
probability it will have the same effect
on others. There may be no othm
suicides, but I bclieve there will be
I shall watch every report of a sir'
clde for the next few days with par
tieular Interest. Who the criminal is
and vho hfs assocla'e is—for I an
convinced It Is a crime of the pair—
I have no Idea, investigation of mai
thefts and stamp counterfeiting nevci
has brough* me in touch with this pnT
tlcnlar sort of crime, so that as yet 1
am entirely at sea as regards th«
identify of the criminals.”
"Ail you have said." i told him. "only
convinces me that 1 am right about
Hugh Crandall. An Intelligent, edit
rated mati gone wrong, a respectably
broker with a secret proirensity foi
| crime, would fit your theory, wouldn't
I i< ?”
You saw Crandalls janitor Iasi
nfeht, didn't you?" was all the re
spouse ho rhorP to make to tnv q-.tes
tion. "What kind of a chap la ho?"
"If you can pot him to admit you to
Crandall's rooms you are a wonder,"
f replied, repeating word for word tnv
interview with the janitor the nigh,
before.
“1 generally go prepared for SUCU
fellows,” he answered, smilingly draw
ing from his pocket a blank legal <|o* -
ument on which the word "attacl •
ment” was printed boldly across tli *
1 back. Taking out a fountain pen, ho
rapidly tilled In Hugh Crandall s
name, on the outside only
Of course I saw through ills ruse.
He would represent himself as an of
ficer come to attach Crandall’s furni
ture and thus gain access to the rooms.
"Hut suppose toe janitor insists on
reading the document and secs that It
is blank inside?”
"No one ever reads legs! documents
unless necessary. Besides, a man of
the janitor type generally lias consid
erable respect for the arm nt the law
lie is probably more or less familiar
! with its workings in dispossessions
and such things, and realises imw
futile opposition would be, supposing
that we really were sheriff's depu tes,
as lie will undoubtedly take us to be."
We readied the place, and. dismiss
ing tiie taxicab half a, block away,
| marched boldly tin the steps and rang
the hell. As the janitor answered, Da
vis, carelessly (lipping back his coat
to show a badge of some sort, demand
ed admittance to Crandall's apart
ments.
"I've got an attachment, see?" ho
said, flashing the hack of the docu
ment before the janitor's eyes.
“Oh, that’s it, is It?" said the jani
tor. "That's why he heat it so quick
yesterday and told me not to let any
one into his rooms?”
"So lie has gone," exclaimed Davis
In mock surprise. “1 don't wonder at
tiiat. lias lie paid you the rent?”
“Como to think of it, he is a month
behind,” said the janitor, “thourh
often it's been that way and he always
made good.”
Even as ho was talking he began to
| lend the way upstairs. Respect for
j the law, coupled with the insidious
1 doubt of his tenant Hint Davis' remark
; had implanted, removed all obstacles
| to our purpose.
As he flung open the door to Cran
| dati’s apartment after unlocking It
I with his pass key, Davis turned, and
handing him a coin, said:
"('an you get me a hammer and a
couple of tacks till I put up a notice?’’
"Sure,” said the janitor, as he tuck' d
the coin in his pocket. ‘Til go down
stairs and got one right away.”
Tlie apartment into which he had
admitted usvvm a two-room-and bath
suite, with furnishings indicating that
its occupant was a man of comfort
able means and good taste. There
were some well-chosen pictures on the
wall and a tine lot of hooks. Titer*
was none of the display of stag' fa
! vorites and sporting pictures found in
i bachelor dens; but two framed pho'o
j graphs of Katharine Fnrrish, one w'*h
: an Inscription, smiled down from the
| walls, almost the only touch of femi
| ninity about the place.
As soon as the janitor disappear'd
Davis made a bee-line for a desk that
stood open and began a hasty sc art h
of the papers. 1 stepped into the bed
room and glanced about. Something
on the dresser eaught my eye and I
; crossed and picked it tip. I started
os l realized what it was. The small
object in my hand was to me mere
and more convincing proof of Cran
dall’s guilt.
"Come on, Kent,” called Davis from
the adjoining room; "I’ve got what I
came for.”
Still clutching the object I had
picked up, I returned to the sittiag
room to find Davis impatiently wait
ing for me at the head of the stairs.
"Quick,” he said, “let’s get out be
fore the janitor returns. There is no
use waiting to make explanations, aa
long as we have all we need.”
As we reached the front door we
heard the janitor shufiling up tl o
stairs, but we were around the core, r
and safely seated in a hotel cafe ;
most before he could have discovered
our absence from the rooms.
“See what I found,” I exclnimed <tt
triumph, drawing a silver hypodera o
syringe from my pocket and laying it
Davis Marie a Bee L.ine for the Des’-c
That Stood Open.
on the table. "Crandall’s a morphin >
fiend.”
"It does look like it,” said Daw t
unconcernedly. "See what 1 found!”
Tearing: off a corner of a menu car 1.
be wrote something on it and the v
tore it up quickly after showing i.
to me.
"Look Box No. 17, Ardway, N. J.,’*
1 repeated after reading the words.
"What does that mean?”
"That,” said Davis positively, "fs
where th» yellow letter came from—
or the yellow letters.”
“How do yon know?” I asked in as
tonishment. I had supposed that the
one thing of importance we would he
likely to find in Crandall's apartments
would be a bundle of Katharine Fai%
rish's letters. In fact I took it for
granted that they were what Davis
| had been pe»rching for in the desk.
It seemed to me such an obvious thing
1 had not suggested it to him. yet
here we wars after our visit to the
rooms with on]y two things- -the hy
podermic spring" and a post olhoe ad
dress. Surely there thus! have hten
in those rooms something more dcfl
nlte, something more damaging to
Crandall than the things we had ob
tained, and of the two 1 belie\ed that
my discovery was the more signifi
cant. Ilow could Davis possibly knew
that this was the address from which
the yellow letters emanated?
■'It is a simple problem in addition
and suhirax'tion,” said Dp.vis. "The
yellow letter connects thel'arrlsh and
Kiser cases. Many things connei t
Crandall with the Parrish case. \
criminal using the mails for Illegal
purposes naturally locates, if possible,
in another state from the sarnie of 1 «
operations, foreseeing ih*» bet!'r
chance of legal dels vs and possible
escape. A criminal working in New
York naturally seeks New Jersey as
headquarters. If Crandall was cogni
sant of the yellow letters, whether his
connection was innocent or guilty, he
naturally would have known or would
have tried to find out. whence they
came. I went Into his rooms with one
question in my mind and I soon
found the answer. ‘In Candail s ad
dress book will there not be some ad
dress In New Jersey thst may give
a clue?’ Almost the first thing I
turned to w as this one of I,o; k Bon
17. Now in the postal business one of
the first things we learn is that the
criminal always tries to get a post-office
box. For that reason two references
are always required. In spite of that
precaution, many of the h"xea are con
stantly being tispd for fraudulent pur
poses. When we find out who rented
Lock Box IT at Ardway, we shall be
close on the trail of the yellow let
| ter.”
I ilo Be Continued Next Week.j