The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-13


Simon alone and 50 We cane right away
roG11 20 us rooms ~ once. Nov. Eo1srt.
yol have heard - 81 and / an very
sorry Il / have gwen yoa pain and hope
that you Do not think very, very nas2aiy
Of ne
Lord 81 Simon h.9 By TO means REARED
his r-gid attitude. Dat had listened with \
froSEIng aroF and = Compressed .lp 20
this I0az narrative.
~Excase ne. as said. 's5zt = "a not ny
custom 70 discuss nv most intimate per-
soma affairs Il this pGb.Ic manner
Then T0C voa'E forgive me- YO1 won't
shaxe hands before I go2''
On, certainly. II j. roz-d give yoz
any pleasure He pgs 0a= rs hand and
coldly g-zSpe1 rhz- E5lc1 s1= extended 20
I had bored. '' suggested Holmes. that
you Eoald have lo.zed Is Il 2 friendly
Il shIak that there you ask Iitrls 200
zauch. - responded his .o-GsA.p. Il raT
be forced 70 aeqE.esce II these recent de-
velop-enE-, BIT I can hsr1sv. De expected
70 make merry over them. I s1!-E -Ez-
win Tc1r permission, I viii 1oT VISA y01
al 9 very good night He Inc.G3sd -
al II = sweeping DOW, and sEsiks1 CT OF
the room.
The case has been an interesting one. -
remarked Holmes whsa or visitors had
clearly nov simple the explanation nay
be OF II affair which ~ Ersr = gst seems
20 De almost inexp-icaole- Nothing could
De more natural than the sequence q
events IS narrated By this lady. and no-t-
ing stranger than the result viewed for
instance by Mr.. Lest-ace. Of Scotland
Yard
Yea were not yourself at faux 4; al
From the first. two facts were very
obvious % ne. the one thai the lady had
been quite willing 20 undergo the welding
ceremony. the other that she had rsps-ted
OF l. within = few minutes % returning
home Obviously something lad occurred
during tie morning. then. to cause her 70
change her mind. What coQ.d that some
thing be? She could not have spoken
TO anyone when she was out, for
she had been Is the company Of
the bridegroom. Had she seen
some one. then? II she had. = must be
some one from America. because she has
spent 50 shoKt time IL this country that
she could hardly have allowed any ore 20
acquire so deep an influence over her that
the mere sight OF him would induce her
TO change her plans so com letely. You
see We have already arrived, oy q process
OF exclusion, at the idea that she might
have seen an American Then who could
this American be, and Why should he pos
1
be a lover. Il might be 9 husband fer
young womanhooj had, knew, been spent
in rough scenes AID under strange condI-
tons. so far | had got before ever heard
Lord St SinOa's narrative. When he
told Us OF q man in 3 pew, of the change
in the bride manner. OF so trans parent a
device for obtaining note as the drop
ping Of a bouquet, of her resort TO her con-
ndential maid, and of her very significant
illusions to claim jumping, which n
miners parlance means taking possession
that which another person has 3 prior
claim to, the whole situation became sD-
solutely clear. She had gone off with q
man, and the man was either a lover or
was a previous husband, the chances
being in favor OF the latter"
And how in the world did you find
themf"
1T might have been difficult, but friend
Lestrade held information in his hands.
the value of which he did not himself
know. The initials were of course of the
still was It to know that within a week he
had settled his bill at one OF the most Sc
lee. London hotels.
How do you deduce the select2"
by the select prices Eight shillings
for bed, and eightpence for a glass of
sherry pointed 10 one Of the most expen-
sive hotels There are not many in Lon
don which charge at that rate. In the
second one which l visited in Northum-
berland avenue learned by an inspection
of the book that Francis Fl. Moulton, an
American gentleman, had only left the day
before, and on looking over the entries
against him | came upon the very items
which l had seen in the duplicate bill. His
letters were 10 be forwarded to No. 226
Gordon square. So thither | travelled, and
being fortunate enough 10 find the loving
couple az home, | ventured to give them
some paternal advice and TO point out 10
them that it would be better in every way
that they should make their position a
little clearer. both to the general public
and 20 Lord s.. SIMON in particular. in
yited them 20 meet him here. and as you
see made him keep the appointment"
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