Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-14

listened to his heart as requested,
but was unable to find anything amiss,
save indeed that he was in an ecstasy
Of fear, for he shivered from head TO
foot 1T appears to be normal,
said. You have no cause for uneasi-
ness"
"You win excuse my anxiety, Miss
Morstan," he remarked. airily. IL am
a great sufferer. and | have long had
suspicious as to that valve | am de-
lighted to hear that they are unwar-
ranted Had your father, Miss Nor
stan. refrained from throwing a strain
upon his heart he might have been
alive now"
/ could have struck the man across
the face. so hot was ! at this Gallons
and off-hand reference to so delicate
matter Miss Morstan sat down ano
her face grew white to the lips. II
knew in my heart that he was dead"
said she.
II can give You every information"
said be. and. what is more, I can do
yOu justice: and I win, too, whatever
Brother bartholomew may say am
so glad to have your friends here, not
only as an escort to you, but also as
witnesses TO what | am about to do and
say The three of us can show bold
front to Brother Bartholomew But let
ms have no outsiders-no police or Off
Cigls We can settle everything salts
factorily among ourselves. without any
interference. Nothing would annoy
Brother Bartholomew more than any
publicity" He sat down upon low
settee and blinlSed at us inquiringly
with his weak. watery blue eyes.
For my part" said Holmes, what
ever you may choose to say viii go no
further"
nodded to show my agreement.
THAT is WE'LL That is wellr' said he
May offer you glass of Chianti,
Miss Morstan? Or of Tokay? keep
no other wines. Shall open a fask2
No? Well, then, I trust that you have
no objection to tobacco smoke, to the
n I'D balsamic odor of the eastern to-
bacco. am little nervous. and find
my hookah an invaluable sedative."
He applied taper TO the great bowl,
and the smoke bubbled merrily through
the rose water. We sat all three in
semicircle, with our heads advanced,
and our chins upon our hands, while
the strange, jerky little fellow, with
his high, shining head, puffed uneasily
in the center.
when | first determined to make
this communication to YOU" said he,
81 might have given you my address,
but feared that you might disregard
my request and bring unpleasant peo-
pie with you. I took the liberty, there
fore, of making an appointment in such
a way that my man Williams might be
able to see you first. | have complete
confidence in his discretion, and he had
orders, if he were dissatisfied, to pro-
ceed no further in the matter. You
will excuse these precautions, but | am
a man of somewhat retiring, and /
might even say refined, tastes, and
there is nothing more un9sthetic than
q policeman. | have a natural shrink
ing from all forms of rough material
ism. | seldom come in contact with
the rough crowd. | live, as you see,
with some little atmosphere of ele-
gance around rue. | may call myself a
pdJTOH VI Iile dTlS. IL IL III NcdhHGSS.
The landscape is genuine Carrot, and,
though a connoisseur might perhaps
throw doubt upon that Salvador Rosa,
there cannot be the least question about
the Bouguereau. | am partial to the
modern French school"
You viii excuse me, Mr.. Sholto,"
said Miss Morstan, "'but I am here at
your request to learn something which |
you desire to tell me. 1t is very late,
and should desire the interview to be
as short as possible"
he anstMRerGbes tbs Gbest it to must take some time,
have to go to Norwood and see Brother
Bartholomew We shall all go and try
if we can get the better of Brother
Bartholomew. He is very angry with
me for taking the course which has
seemed right to me. | had quite high
words with him last night. You can
not imagine what terrible fellow he
is when he is angry"
''If we are to go to Norwood it would
perhaps be as well to start at once" |
ventured to remark.
He laughed until his ears were quite
red.
THAT would hardly do" he cried. II
don't know what he would say if |