The sun., 1892-01-10

ledger, Now, then, you see this other page In
x tsd name 'GS aSst
"SSt %s,. : ostshott. lit Brinton road. a4e."
Quite Sc N9sy turn S n tha. qp M II the he, ledger"
"na Now. sSSttIy thes, saSRt wRRata the last entryi"
QUITE sS 80 So Scrs efSas Ana n
Sold & to Mrs Windigate OF the Alpha at
'Hs kSs Sc az ydsspy S
He drew q sovereign from his pocket and
With the air rot Of man man whoss disgust % Is too deer deep
r W Gra n he nsSS
fashi9sn which was peculiar to him. s''
cut and Tie k' pink % nn protraaIns out Of fs his
sSfSs s9 Dan sSais Hi@Y h%S @ pS S
nation as was drawn from him 6y the Idea
that he was doing me on a wager. Well. Wat
aSn ony wFeS hs SnG
MRS Tosss ~o Sa
that suriy fellow said that there are others bo.
sa2s ourselves who are anxious about tho
His remarks were suddenly out short by q
loud hubbub which broke out from the stall
which we had Just leit;; Turning, round. we
centre e thS SrslS q yellow iisEt Witch Nas
stall, was shaking his fists iiercey at the crins-
.hssss ws s y5s ssa ali se
ISs ny y 6E.ho k ri fss Sse 5 SSa fH rs
her; but What lave yaa TO do DO with th i !" "u'"'' = "
No, but one OF thom was mine oil the
sqnMS Ms Th!ssa Rss. ask se !,' %ss for it"
,%Wel. yo% can ask tho King Of proosia for
this,' He rushed iierccIy forward. i la and ' tho
inquirer fitted away Into tho darkness.
oad whspsre Wis sh sfS Holmes. Gsms 30 WITH Hine me
anh ,d;tI e,,wiIl SEQ what is to be made OF this
,StriiinG through the, scattered knots Of poo
Pile who lounged round tho tlaring stalls my
companion speedily overlook the little man
sprang round. and could SEQ III The saslaht
that every vestige OF color had been driven
from MS lace.
What do you you want !" he asked In a auaver-
-. You'll excuse me" said Holmes. bandly.
but could not help overhenring tn" uurs-
tions which YOU put to the salesman lust now;
You; who arc you How could you know
anything of the mnttcrY
business to know Whit other people don't
"..I.ut you can know nothing Of this"
Excuse mo. know everything OF 1t. You
were sold BY Mrs. oaEshott. T Of BrihStSn road to
turn ffs ana n BY
him to his his Club OF which Mr.. Henry Baker is
"0h. sir you are tho very man whom I
With optstre,tchsd hands and quiyerlnF an.
gers, gers, can L. haIrdiy I explain to you how inter-
Sherlock Holmes hailed four wheeler
= In that case We had better discuss It in n
cosey room rather than in this wnd-swept
market place" said he. :" but pray tell mo be-
fore e, we go iurthsr who it is that have tho
The man hssitated { for an instant
with u sidelong glance.
mo no. the rcal ma me. I" said Holiness sweet
ly ut 1T, Is always awkward doing business with
sanss4 Ysh t 1n the whG yns cheeks Of the
:" Precisely so: head assistant at the Hotel
sss toll You s1srS'h"s ss you S ~""d S"
The little man stood glancing from one to the
other Of us with half-ir:hteneh. half-hopcful
tIe verg" Of "a" q winiiai or OF a % catastpaphe. str % @
Ih Then " no st"npnd nt1 the cnh md In halt an
drive. but the high thin breathing of our new
COMPANION and the claspings and unclaspings
OF his @ hands spoke OF the nervous tension
Here we are!" snId Holmes. chccrly: and
weather. You look cold. MIR. Ryder: pray take
GSskst %s S Ills ta T nater n NJ s IS
want h to M know whut became OF those geese"
brd mnrns n Il which W St you S"os were i in" ESs
ested white. with u black bnr across the tail"
hyde! unvsred with emotion. oh. sir, lie
"Gsme Gspsy! here"
don't wonder that you should take an ns inter:
IT fa fp was hst tho
Our visitor staggered to his feet and clutched
the {, m, mIantelpiecs With h, his right hand. ,
up the blue carbuncle which shone out like q
star with nas cold LTilliant maRy-p9ntsd rad-
uncertain whether to claim or,to disown It.
gaHms He, is up Ryder snid h1mes
Watson He has nc no. H got tooa sn9nsh t" t" 70
IN Il; for felony With iHmrupty; Hr Give hin dash
Human What shrimp pit It f is to be surs!' % '''
For moment he had staggered and nearly |
into lis sa ehast he st saFx SSas %tE
-. - n !, have almost every link in my hands. and
little NAV as well be cleared up to mako tho |
case complete. You have heard. Ryder. OF this |
blue stone Of the Countess Norcurs 2"
. " 1t was Catherine Cusack who told mo OF |
It," said he in . cracking voice.
=, SEQ. her ladyship's waiting maid. Well |
the temptation OF sudden wealth SO easily ac- |
CURED was too much for you, ms 1t has been |
Tor better men before you but you were not, |
very scrupulous In the means You used. 1t |
seems to me, Ryder. that there Is tho mnkinG |
Of yery villain In you. You knew that this |
man lIorner. tho plumber had been concerned |
In some such matter before. and that suspicion |
would rest the more readily upon him. What |
did you do. then You made some small lob |
|n my lGdy,s room-you and your confederate. |
Cusack. and you managed that he should bo |
tho man sent for. Then, when he had left, you |
rliled the level case raised tho alarm. and had |
this unfortunate man arrested. You then"
Ryder threw. himself down suddenly on the |
rug and clutched at my companion's knees. |
" For Gods sake have Tncrcyl" he shrieked |
Think Of M father! OF my mother! II wonld
break their hearts. nevor went, wrong before! |
never will again. Iswearit III swear II on
gISls ssn 3h dan dSnt bring it into COURT For
Get back into your chair" said Holmes.
sternly. 1t is very well 70 cringe and crawl |
now. put you thought little enough of this
poor Horner IN the dock for crime Of which
' Il fnsE VIII "fE ~. T. Holmes. I will leave tho
90 .ountTy iii. THEN tho charge against him