Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-04
pe of the slightest Importance to you.
If you do, they will instantly shut up

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''TM SORRY, MRS. SMITH, FOR I WANTED
A STEAM LAUNCH"
like an oyster. If you listen to them
under protest, as it were you are very
likely to get what you want"
Our course now seems pretty clear"
said l.
What would you do, then?"
II would engage a launch and go
] down the track of the Aurora"
MY dear fellow, it would be colos-
sal task. She may have touched at
any wharf on either side of the stream
/ between here and Greenwich. Below
the bridge there is a perfect labyrinth
! of landing places for miles. 1t would
take you days and days to exhaust
! them, if you set about it alone"
/ Employ the police, then"
! NO. | shall probably call Athelney
Jones in at the last moment. He is
not bad fellow, and should not like
to do anything which would injure
him professionally. But have fancy
i for working it out myself, now that we
have gone so far"
Gould we advertise, then. asking
for information from wharfngers?'
Worse and worsel Our men would
know that the chase was hot at their
heels. and they would be off out of the
country. As it is, they ase likely
enough to leave, but as long as they
fhinl- fhnt- ,Narfna+lr- f. {har- III
be in no hurry. Jones' energy win be
of use to us there, for his view of the
case is sure to push itself into the daily
press, and the runaways will think
that everyone is off on the wrong
scent"
What are we to do, then?'' l asked,
as we landed near Millbank peniten-
tiary.
Take this hanson, drive home,
have some breakfast and get an hours
sleep. 1t is quite on the cards that we
may be afoot tonight again. Stop at
the telegraph office, cabby! We will
keep Toby, for he may be of use to us
yet"
! street post Office. and Holmes dis
patched his wire. ''Whom do you
think that is to?" he asked, as we re-
sumed our journey.
Il am sure don't know"
''You remember the Baker street di-
vision of the detective police force
whom | employed in the Jefferson
Hope case?"
WELL" said l. laughing.
"This is just the case where they
| might be invaluable. If they fail, /
have other resources; but l shall try
them first. That wire was to my dirty
little lieutenant, Virgins, and expect
that he and his gang will be with us
before we have finished our breakfast"
1t was between eight and nine o'clock
now, and l was conscious Of a strong
reaction after the successive excite
ments of the night. l was limp ana
weary, befogged in mind and fatigued
| In body. had not the professional en-
thusiasm which carried my companion
on, nor could look at the matter as
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 chance
of recovering it, 1 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 thought as that. If Holmes
| could work to find the criminals, l 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 | came down to our room
l found the breakfast laid and Holmes
| pouring out the coffee.
| Here it is" said he, laughing and
| pointing to an open newspaper. 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"
/ took the paper from him and read
the short notice, which was headed:
Mysterious Business at Upper Nor
| wood"
| About twelve o'clock last night"
said the Standard, "Mr. Bartholomew
Sholto, 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
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 Dr. Watson, who had called at the
house with Mr. Thaddeus Shalto,
brother of the deceased. By a singular
piece of good fortune Mr.. Athelney
| 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 por-
ter, or gatekeeper, named McMurdo. III
is quite certain that the thief or
thieves were 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 q room which communicated
with that in which the body was found.
This fact, which has been very clearly
made out, proves conclusively that 1t
was no mere haphazard burglary. The
prompt and energetic action of the off,
GERS of the law shows the great advan-
tage Of the presence on-sufh occasions