Chapter 12

           Andthenoutofthenorthwoodsacrimesensationofthefirstmagnitude,withallofthoseintriguinglycolorful,andyetmorallyandspirituallyatrocious,elements—love,romance,wealth;poverty,death.AndatoncepicturesqueaccountsofwhereandhowClydehadlivedinLycurgus,withwhomhehadbeenconnected,howhehadmanagedtoconcealhisrelationswithonegirlwhileobviouslyplanningtoelopewithanother—beingwiredforandpublishedbythattypeofeditorsoquicktosensethenationalnewsvalueofcrimessuchasthis.AndtelegramsofinquirypouringinfromNewYork,Chicago,Boston,Philadelphia,SanFranciscoandotherlargeAmericancitieseastandwest,eithertoMasondirectortherepresentativesoftheAssociatedorUnitedPressinthisarea,askingforfurtherandmorecompletedetailsofthecrime.WhowasthisbeautifulwealthygirlwithwhomitwassaidthisGriffithswasinlove?Wheredidshelive?WhatwereClyde’sexactrelationswithher?YetMason,over-awedbythewealthoftheFinchleysandtheGriffiths,loathtopartwithSondra’sname,simplyassertingforthepresentthatshewasthedaughterofaverywealthymanufacturerinLycurgus,whosenamehedidnotcaretofurnish—yetnothesitatingtoshowthebundleofletterscarefullytiedwitharibbonbyClyde.

           ButRoberta’slettersontheotherhandbeingdescribedindetail—evenexcerptsofsomeofthem—themorepoeticandgloomybeingfurnishedthePressforuse,forwhowastheretoprotecther.

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