The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-19

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even had Miss Hunter not been standing
smiling on the doorstep
Have Won managed ft?r' asked HolnA.
A loud thaiting noise came from soma.
where downstairs.
That IS Mrs. Teller in the cellar" sais
she. :" Her husband lies snoring On the
kitchen rug. Here are his KEYS. which
are duplicates OF Mr.. Kueastie's
You have done weli. indeed - cried
Holmes. with enthusiasm. ''N0w, lead
the way and We shall soon be as the end
OF this black business"
We passed up the stair. unlocked ths
door. followed on down passage ana
found ourselves IN front 81 the baTricaas
which Miss Hunter mad desert bed Holmes
cut the cord and removed the tranver-a
bar. Then he tried the various KEYS IL
the Iock, o1t without success. No s0nnd
came from within and az the silence
Holmes face clOzded over
IL was an Oil r.cSeity door. AMI gave AZ
once before our united strength. Together
we rushed into the room. IL vas empty
There vas no furniture save q little halls.
bed, small table and 2 bsske,ful OF liner
The skylight above vas open, and the
prisoner gone.
There has bsen so1-s viilainy here.
cried Holmes. "Iais beautv has gussza9
Miss Hunters intentions, aad has carried
his victim of.
DUB now
Through the skvifght. We shall soo,
see how he managed itI'' He swung him
self UP onto the roof. +Ah. yes. he cried
there's the end Of = long. light Ladder
against the caves. That "a how be did tn
But il is mp0ssibie" SAID Miss HIM.
ter. The ladder was not there wien the
Rucast.e5 went away
He has come hack and done Il. tell
you that be il clever and dangerous ran
4 80. -.
this were he whose step | near nov urgn
the stair. think, Watson. that il would
he as vel for you 20 have your pistol
ready"
The words we're hardly OF: Of his month
before a man appeared az the door Of the
room. q very fax and bUrly man, With
heavy stick n his hand. Miss Hunter
screamed and shTunk back against the
wall az the sight Of him, but Sherlock
Holmes sprzng forward and confronted
him.
YOU william p said he. "Wnere's yoar
Gau-hter2"
The fat man cast his eyes round and then
up at the open skylight.
1T is for me - ask you that" he
shrieked. You thievssl Spies aad
thievesi IhaTe caught yog. have r. Y0a
are IN my power. III serve your He
turned and clatte-ed down stairs IS hard
as he could 90.
HES gone for the dog" cried Miss
Hunter
Il have my revolver" said I.
Better close the front door" cried
Holmes. and We ali rushed down the stairs
together We had hardly reached the
door when We heard the baying Of
hound. and then scream Of agony. with
q horrible worrying sound which il vas
dreadful TO listen To. An elderly man
with red face and shaking limbs came
staggering ont of the side door.
MY God,i he cried. some one hes
loosed the dog. It's not been ssd Tor two
days. Quick, quick or it'll be too late!n
Holmes and l rushed out and around the
angle Of the house, wiki Io!ler hgrryiny
behind rs. There vas the huge. famisaed
brute. its black nUzzIe buried IN Racas-
ties throat, lille he wrIrhed and screamed
upon the ground Running up. blew It's
brains ont and IL fell over. with It's keen.
white teeth still meeting in the great
creases Of his neck With much labor We
separated them ana carried him, living,
bur horribly mangled. into the house. We
laid him upon the draging-.Oon sofa. and,
Cispatching the sobered TOller 70 bear the
news 70 his wife, did what / could 10 re-
Eeve his pain.
We were all assembled round him, when
the door opened and 2 tall, gaunt woman
entered the room.
Mrs. ToIIer" cried Miss Hunter
YES, Miss. Nj Rucastle Lex me oat
when ne came back. before he went Up %
you An. Miss, II is pity you did not let
me know what You we're planning, for I
wo1ld have told y0u thar your pains we're
wasted
Hal said Holmes. looking keenly st
her. 1T IS clear that Mrs TOiler knows
more about this matter than any one else"
Yes. sir. l do. and | am ready enough
20 tell what I know.
Then pray sit down and let rs hear i.
for there are several points on which !
must confess that l am skill IN the DARK
Il Will soon make II clear 20 you, said
she, and I'd have done 50 before now If |
could ha' got out from the cellar. II
there's police court business over this
youH remember that I vas the one that
stood your friend. and that / vas Mss
Aljce's friend. too.
she vas never happy at home. Miss
Alice wasn't from the time that her father
married again. She was sighted ike. and
had no say in anything; but II never really
became bad for her until she met Mr..
Fowler ~ friends house. As well ss
could learn Miss Alice had rights of her
own by viii, but she was so quiet and
patient, she vas. that she never said
word about them. but lust leig
everything in Mr.. Rucascle's hands
He knew he was safe With her;
but when there was q chance for
husband coming forward who would ask
for al that the Jaw would give him. then
her father thought II time TO put stop 20
II He wanted her 20 sign paper 50 that
whether she married or not be could use
her money.
When she wouldn't do it, he kept on
worrying her until she got brain fever. and
Tor six weeks was So deaths door. Then
she got better 81 last, al worn 20 shadow,
ana with her beautiful hair cut OF; but
that didn't make no change in her young
man. and ne stuck 70 her - true IS m8a
could be.
When M Rucastie saw this he tried
new plan 20 break of The courtshIp. lie
shut he- Up II prison. Is one might say, N
room above there. where she could see
none and none could see her. and my hus-
hand had 10 take her food no every day.
sui her father couldn't bend her viii. and
she would not 81 much - look AZ che ps-
per he wanted her TO sign. Then ne
brought Miss Hunter here down from
London. and it's wonderful hOS ike those
two ladies are when they are dressed up
For days. when Mr.. Fowler used 10 CO.'S
be would see his girl. as he thought
laughing II the window. and ~ last sns
necsoned 20 him one day 20 leave her alese-
" yell. this nlga broke his hears. and ne
could make no meaning Of Il 81 SlIs pa
one day when | was out | met him N lils
ro2d-and what passed between Us =
neither here nor there-bnE il ended oy
my becoming his friend and telling hln
all | knew. He seemed TO De a good and
very klnd-he2rtei, tree-hanied geatse-
man, ard I promised him that ! wonid
serve him. L: vas from m= that %
learned that Mr.. RacastIe would be aHaFs
rs | thought. Tonight. &nd It Eas 80
made al Gear Tor him by hiding bis ladder
among the bushes and by giving mr. E9h