Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-06-20

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little lieutenant. Virgins, and expect
that he and his gang viii be with us
before we have finished our breakfast !"
It was between eight and nine o'clock
now, and was conscious of a strong
reaction after the successive excite
ments OF the night. / was limp and
weary, befogged in mind and fatigued
n body. had not the professional en-
thusiasm which carried my companion
on, nor could ] look at the matter as q
mere abstract intellectual problem. AS
far as the death of Bartholomew Sholto
went, I had heard little good of him,
and could feel no intense antipathy to
his murderers. The treasure, however,
was different matter. That, or part
| OF it, belonged rightfully to Miss
Morstan. While there was a chance
of recovering il, l was ready to
devote my life to the one object
True, if L found it, it would prob
ably put her forever beyond my
reach Yet it would be a petty and
selfish love which would be Influenced
by such a thought as that. If Holmes
could work to find the criminals, I had
a tenfold stronger reason to urge.me
on to find the treasure.
| A bath at Baker street and com.
plete change freshened me up wonder
| fully. When l came down to our room
| 1 found the breakfast laid and Holmes
pouring out the coffee.
Here it is said he, laughing and
| pointing to an open newspaper. 1.-The
energetic Jones and the ubiquitous re-
porter have fixed it up between them.
But you have had enough of the case.
Better have your ham and eggs first"
l L. -
the short notice, which was headed:
mysterious Business at Upper Nor
wood
About twelve o'clock last night, Is
said the Standard, ''Nr. Bartholomew
Sho1to, of Pondicherry lodge. Upper
Norwood, was found dead in his room
under circumstances which point to
foul play. As far as we can learn, no
actual traces of violence were found
upon Mr.. Sholto's person, but a
valuable collection of Indian gems
which the deceased gentleman had
inherited from his father has
been carried off. The discovery
was first made by Mr.. Sherlock Holmes
and DIR. Watson, who had called at the
| house with Mr.. Thaddeus Shalto,
| brother of the deceased By singular
piece of good fortune Mr.. Athe1ney
Jones, the well-known member of the
detective police force, happened to be
at the Norwood police station, and
was on the ground within half an hour
OF the first alarm. His trained and ex-
perienced faculties were at once direct
ed towards the detection of the GRIM
inals, with the gratifying result that
the brother, Thaddeus Sholto, has al
ready been arrested, together with the
housekeeper; Mrs Bernstone, an In
dian butler named Lal Rao, and a por-
ter, OF gatekeeper, named McMurdo. 1t
is quite certain that the thief or
thieves We're well acquainted with the
house, for Mr.. Jones well-known
technical knowledge and his powers
of minute observation have en-
abled him to prove cOnclusively that
the miscreants could not have entered
by the door or by the window, but must
have made their way across the roof OF
the building, and SO through a trap
door into a room which communicated
with that IN which the body was found.
This fact. which has been very clearly
made out, proves conclusively that it
was no mere haphazard burglary. The
prompt and energetic action of the Off
GERS of the law shows the great advau-
jdg0 OF the presence Oh SuCn Occasions
Of a single vigorous and masterful
mind. We cannot but think that il
supplies an argument to those who
would wish to see our detectives more
decentralized. and brought into closer
and more effective touch with the
cases which it is their duty to investi
gate"
Isn't it gorgeous" said Holmes
grinning over his coffee cup. ''What
do you think OF it?''
Il think that we have had close
shave ourselves of being arrested fol
the crime"
$50 do I. Iwouldn't answer for ON
safety now, if he should happen to have
another OF his attacks of energy
At this moment there was leuc
ring at the bell, and I could hear Mrs
Hudson, our landlady, raising hel
voice in wall of expostulation and dis
may.
by heaven, Holiness I said, hal
rising, 81 believe that they are really
} after u.s.
mo, it's not quite so bad as that L
is the unofficial force-the Baker stree
: irregulars-"
( As he spoke. there came a swift pat
: tering of naked feet upon the stairs,
chatter of high voices, and in rushed
, a dozen dirty and ragged little street
: Arabs There was some show of disci
pline among them. despite their tn
| l.