The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-07


was too great. and already the cab |
was out Of sight.
There. now!" said Holmes. bitter
", as he emerged painting and white
with vexation from the tide Of vehicles.
Was ever such bad luck and such bad
management. toog. Watson. Watson. II
you are an honest man you will record
this also and set 1t against my sue
eesses!
who was the mann
Il have not an idea.
a spy"
well. II was evident from what We
have heard that Baskerville has been
very closely Swallowed by some one
since he has been IN town. How else
could Ii be known so quickly that II
was the Northumberland hotel which
he had chosen? II they had followed
him the f1rst day / argued that they
would follow him also the second You
may have observed that twice strolled
over TO the window while DR.. Mortimer
was reading his legend"
Yes, | remember"
Il was locking out for loiterers in
the street, but l saw none. We are
dealing with a clever man, Watson.
This matter cuts very deep, and though
/ have not finally made up my mind
| whether il is a benevolent or malevo-
| lent agency which is in touch with as.
1 am conscious always OF power ana
design. When our friends left / at
once followed them In the hopes OF
marking down their invisible attend
ant SO willy was he that he had not
trusted himself upon foot, but he had
awaited himself a cab, so that he could
loiter behind or dash past them and
so escape their notice. His method had
the additional advantage that IL they
were TO take a cab he was all ready
to follow them. 1t has. however one
obvious disadvantage"
at puts him in the power of the cab
man"
Exactly"
What a pity we did not get the
number!"
My dear Watson. clumsy as have
been. you surely do rot seriously mag
inc that ! neglected TO get the num-
berry 2704 is our man. But that is no
use to us for the moment"
II fail TO see how you could have
done more"
"On observing the cab l should have
/ instantly turned and walked in the
| OtHNA diANNNtOAlsH NANA OF AhS
/ leisure have hired q second cab and
followed the first at a respectful dis
lance, or, better still, have driven 10
the northumberland hotel and waited
there. When our unknown had fol-
lowed Baskerville home we should have
had the opportunity of playing his own
game upon himself, and seeing where
! he made for. AS IL is, by an indiscreet
! eagerness, which was taken advantage
of with extraordinary quickness and
energy by our opponent, we have be-
trayed ourselves and lost our man."
We had been sauntering slowly down
| Regent street during this conversation,
and DIR. Mortimer, with his companion.
had long vanished in front of US.
There is no object in our following
them" said Holmes The shadow has
departed and will not return. We must
see what further cards we have in our
hands and play them with decision
Could you swear to that mans face
within the cab?"
IT could swear only TO the beard"
"And so could from which l gather
that in all probability il was a false
one A clever man upon So delicate
! an errand has no use for heard ex-
Leept to conceal his features. Come in
here Watson.
He turned into one of the district
messenger offices. where he was warm
ly greeted by the manager.
| All, Wilson. I see you have not for
gotten the little case in which had
the good fortune to help yon?"
NO sir, indeed | have not. You
SAVED my good name, and perhaps my
lifeP 49,
My, dear fellow. you exagserate. ]
have some recollection, Wilson. that
you had among your boys lad named
Cartwright. who showed some ability
during the investigation"
Yes. sir; he is still with us"
Gould you ring him up?-thank youl
And / should be glad 10 have change
of this five-pound note"
A lad of IA, with a bright, keen face,
had obeyed the summons of the man
ager. He stood now gazing with great
reverence at the famous detective.
Let me have the hotel directory.
said Holmes. 1-"Thank youl Now, Cart
wright. there are the names of tWen-
ty-three hotels here. all in the immedi-
ate neighborhood Of Charing Cross. Do
you see?"
Yes. sir"
You will visit each of these in
turn"
Yes, SIR
You will begin in each case by CIV
ing the outside porter 1 shilling. Here
are % shillings."
Yes. SIR
You will tell him that you want TO
see the waste paper of yesterday. You
will say that an important telegram
has miScarried and that you are look
ing for it, You understand"
yes, sir"
But what you are really looking for
is the center page of the Times with
some holes cut in It with scissors. Here
is a copy of the Times II is this page
You could easily recognize il, could you
not?"
Yes. SIR
In each case the outside porter will
send for the hall porter. TO whom also
you viii give a shilling. Here are ,;
shillings. You will then learn in pos
sibly twenty cases out of the twenty
three that the waste of the day before
has been burned or removed. In the
three other cases you Will be shown
heap Of paper and you will look for
this page OF the Times among il. The
odds are enormously against your find
ing IL. There are 10 shillings over in
case Of emergencies. Let me have a
report by wire at Baker street before
evening. And now, Watson ii only
remains for us 10 find out by wire the
identity Of the cabman. No. 2704 and
then we will drop into one of the BOND
street picture galleries and fill in tbs
time until We are due at the hotel"
(To Be Continued Next SundayD
Copyright, 1902, by A. Conan Doyle)