The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-05

ti6 lcApr 50 asked NM 20 meet HlC-
But why at such an hour2"
Because had only just learned that
he was going 20 London next day and
might be away for months. There
were reasons why / could not get there
earlier"
But why a rendezvous in the garden
instead OF a visit TO the house?"
DO you think a woman could go
alone at that hour to bachelors
house?"
wei. what happened when you did
get there?"
Il never went"
Mrs. Lyonsi"
NO. I swear it to you on all I hold
sacred. / never went Something IN
tervened to prevent my going"
What was that?"
THAT Is a private matter. I cannot
tell st."
You acknowledge, then. that you
made an appointment with Sir Charles
at the very hour and place at which
he met his death. but you deny that
you kept the appointment"
THAT is the truth
Again and again I crosse questioned
her, but I could never get past that
point.
Mrs. Lyons" said I, as rose from
this long and inconclusive interview,
You are taking a very great RESPONSE
bility and putting yourself in a very
false position by not making an abso-
lutely clean breast OF all that you
know. II I have 10 call in the aid
OF the police you will find how seriously
you are compromised. II your posi-
tion is innocent. why did you in the
frst instance deny having written 10
Sir Charles upon that date7"
Because I feared that some false
conclusion might be drawn from It,
and that I might find myself involved
IN scandal"
And why were you so pressing that
Sir Charles should destroy your let
ter?'
1T you have read the letter you win
know"
L did not say that I had read all
the letter"
you quoted some of IT,"
II quoted the postscript The letter
had, as / said. been burned and it was
not all legible. ] ask you once again
why Ii was that you were so pressing
that Sir Charles should destroy this let
ter which he received on the day OF his
death"
The matter is very private one
'rhe more reason why you avoid a
public investigation"
II will tell you. then. If you have
heard anything o. my unhappy history
you viii know that made a rash mar
riage and had reason to regret it,
Il have heard SO much"
MY life has been one ineessant per
secution from a husband whom | alb
hor. The law is upon his side. and
every day / am faced by the possibility
that he may force me to live with him
At the time that / wrote this letter
10 Sir Charles I had learned that
there was prospect Of my regaining
my freedom II certain expenses could
be met. It meant everything TO me-
peace OF mind. happiness. self-respect,
everything. I knew Sir Charles
generosity, and / thought that if he
heard the story from my own lips he
would help me-
Then how is 1t that you did not go?"
Because I received help in the in
terval from another source
why, then. did you not write to Sir
Charles and explain this?"
$50 / should have done had not
seen his death in the paper next morn
ing"
The woman's story hung coherently
together, and all my questions were
unable TO shake it, l could only check
Il by finding II she had, indeed. insti-
tuted divorce proceedings against her
husband AT or about the time of the
tragedy.
II was unlikely that she would dare
TO say that she had not been to Bas-
kerville Hall If she really had been, for
a trap would be necessary TO take her
there, and could not have returned 10
Coombe Tracey until the early hours
or the morning. Such an excursion
could not be kept secret. The proba-
oility was, therefore, that she was tell
Ing the truth. or. at least. part Of the
truth. / came away baffied and dis
heartened. Once again / had reached
that dead wall which seemed to be
built across every path by which /
tried 20 get at the object OF my mis-
sion. And yet the more 1 thought of
the lady's face and of her manner the
more ] felt that something was being
held back from me. Why should she
turn so pale? Why should she fight
against every admission until ii was
forced from her? Why should she have
been so reticent at the time of the
tragedy? Surely the explanation of all
this could not be as innocent as she
would have me believe. For the mo-
ment could proceed no farther In that
direction, but must turn back to that
other clue which was 10 be sought for
among the stone huts upon the moor.
And that was a most vague direc-
ton ] realized IL as ] drove back and
noted how hill after hill showed traces
OF the ancient people. Barrymore's
only indication had been that the
stranger lived in one Of these aban-
doned huts. and many hundreds Of
them are scattered throughout the
length and bradth Of the moor. But l
had my own experience for q guide
since IL had shown me the man himself
standing upon the summit of the Black
Tor That then should be the center
OF my search. From there should ex-
piore every hut upon the moor until /
lighted upon the right one. II this man
were inside II l should ind out from
his own lips. at the point of my re-
VolVer II necessary. who he was and
why he had dogged us SO long. He
might slip away from US in the crowd
of Regent street. but Il would puzzle
him TO do so upon the lonely moor.
On the other hand, II should find
the hut ard its tenant should not be
within ii / must remain there, however
long the vigil, until he returned.
Holmes had missed him In London. II
would, indeed. be triumph for me il
run him 10 earth. where my master had
failed.
Luck had been against US again and
again in this inquiry. but now at last
II came 20 my aid And the messenger
OF good fortune was none other than
Mr.. FARMLAND. who WAS standing.
gray-whiskered and red-faced. outside
the gate of his garden. which opened
on TO the high road along which trav-
eied.
"Good-day, DR.. Watson" cried he,
with unwonted good humor. you must
really give your horses a rest, and
come IN to have a glass OF wine and 20
congratulate me"