The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12

| ou,"iy, tno curious condition. the liEht duties,
III NJ h1lnted TO something abnormal, though
were ,phanthronist or villain i was ' dn h
Holmes observed that hs s sat fro%Scn,y foP
n nalt an hour with knitted brows and an ab-
VILLA wave OF his hand when. mentioned IL
:. Pata Data Data" h. cried mpatIcnty
ne would wind up by muttcring that no sister
o'rm bs sn2nld have accented such situation
came late ono night. Just M as f Was tGnfins S q
turning n and Holmes was sitting down to
SnG 81 those alt; chemical researches
leeayG him stopping over retort and II test tube
at at night and find him in the same position
Ing iie opened the yellow envelope and then.
g!!anqSnT al the message, threw It 70 me-,
ne and turned back to his chemical studies
nsSse at m st sS ass su at %
come 9!M;,, nm Mt my wits end, Hunter,
'% i s 'Hs ID wish to-"
lust look it np. then"
ernSh'ps Sy s ny ,o Bradshaw 1T is duo at
49,, THAT will do very nicely. Then. perhaps.
had better POSTPONE my analysis OF the ace
tones tones, as we may need 10 be at our best in the
by II o,cock thu nGxt day wo werc we'll on
had been buried in tn" morning rapers all the
way down. but after we had passed the Hamp-
shire border he threw them down and began
TO To- admire the scenery It was N ideal spring
White clouds drifting across from west to east.
HE, HE sun was shining very brightly and yet
set edge q" to an en"rs " i , ovSr the
country side. away to the rolling hills around
Adsrs,ot, the little rcd 'n.! cray roofs Of The
light green OF the new foliage. ' ~
Are they not fresh and beautiful 2" cried.
with all tho enthusiasm OF Il man fresh from
the logs OF Baker street
pvt Holmes shook his head gravely,
- Do you know Watson" said he. that II IL
one Of tho curses Of u mini like mine that
must look At everything with reference to my
tered houses and YOU arc impressed by their
beauty. look at them. and tho only thought
aa ssa to ms is Th Wnsn ' a sSa
Good HeavensH' cried. :. who would as
s social ,s crime with those dear old homo
-, They Away, All mo with certain horror.
perience, that the lowest and yilest leys in
London do not present more dreadful record
countryside"
" You horrify me ~
But the reason is very obvious. The pres
sure OF public opinion can do in the town what
the law cannot accomplsh. There is no, lane
t So We that the scream Of tortured child or
bors. and then the whole machinery Of justice
| set it going. and there is but II step between
the crime and the dock I;ut loSk at these
most part with poor ignorant FIX who know
LITTLE .. Of the lsw Think Of the deeds Of helish
the wiser Had this lady Who appeals ais to ', us
for help gone to live in Winchester l should
miles of country which makes the danger.
81 it Is clear that sho is not personally
No. II she can come to Winchester to meet
| US she can get away
| What can b. the matter. then? Can you
IT have devised seven separate explana-
far as We know them. But which of these is
correct can only be determined by the fresh
ing for us. We'll. there is the tower OF the
SME:neara; and we shp soon learn all that
The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the
hiih street at no distance from the station:
o sTa had S ' sitting "r Rom % ana our
mw so u te yo %" have
both. but. indeed. | do not know what should
DO, Your advice will be altogether invaluable
Pray tell me what has happened to YOU"
boya will 90 iso So M and must be quick fer l
ct his lsayo s , to come into town. though
Holmes thrust his long. thin legs out toward
tn. fire and composed himself to listen
'9S Whos " With Fni say en hsys
TO say that. But i cannot unIcrstand them
| ana ! am not easy in mind about them"
Their reasons for their conduct. But you
doSn S as 1t m
h hnoSto mo in his dog cart to the Cupper
atcd but it is not beautiful in itsei for s It Is
h iHrE ii SQUARE block OF house. whitewashed
ind
woods on three sides. and on the fourth a
field which sSlopes down to the Southampton
yards from tho front door. This ground in
front belongs to the house. but the woods ali
serves: clumD of coprcr ,beeches immcdi-
ntely in front Of the hall door has given its
wa; as amiahe as eyer, and wa; iptroduced
w WAT 9ysfnG to bis wife and the rhd There
which seemed to us to be probable in your
rooms at Baker street; Mrs. IRucaste is not
NOR. than thirty. Should think. whiie he can can
versa'ion have gathered that they have been
m@rrieI db9u, s hi Ysars that he WIS wii,
rhia Mr.. Ecastle told mo In private that iat1 the
reason why she had left them was that she had
A. the daughter could not have boen less than
INVENT o can quit quit imaglne that her position
hhNo WIN nBr
fathers young wife.
Mrs; kucastle seemed to me to be colorlcss
In mind "a we'll as n feature. She impressed
mo neither favorably nor the reverse. She
was noncntity. IT was easy to see that she
was passionutely devoted both to hor husband
aud to her little son: Her light gray eyes wan
noting every itto want and iorcstalling It il
I2ssibe, He wa. kind to her. also. in, his
BLUM boisterous fashion, and on the. whole
they seemed to he IA happy couple. And yet
she had some secret sorrow. this woman. She
would Often be lost in lppD thought. with La
Saddest look upon her face. More than once
have surprised her In toars. have thought
som t. mos that 1t was tho disposition OF
her rhlld which weighed uron her mind;
Tor ! have never met 50 utterly spoiled
and 50 i -natured . little crcaturc. lilo is
smai for Ms age; with head which isIuite
pears to DO spent in an alteration between
savage fits Of passion and gloomy intervals Of
sulklng: Giving pain Ia any creature weaker
than himself appears, to b" his one idea Of
amusement and he, shows unite remarkable
talent in planning the capture Of mice, little
t trds, and insects But wiu!d rather not
daed. be hna littln to do with my stnry., -