The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

...rfrz f1r the sleep which would not
Far away a Ginning clock
.r.e ONT The quarters OF the hours,
s-r otherwise "a deathly silence lay up
-a,4.l house. And then suddenly.
Il rb. very dead or the night. there
~- sound 10 my ears. clear. res
-srr and uumistakablc II was the
Ea+s woman. the mufled, strangling
I'd. of one who Is torn by an uncOn-
s.r4H|- sorrow. / sat up In bed and
listened utrutly. The l.Oiss could not
have been Tar away and was certainly
-r the house. For half an hour I
garad with every nerve on the alert,
trr There came no other sound save
t1s Ginning clock and the rustic Of the
Ey ou the wall
The stapletons of Marripit House.
Tho fresh beauty of the following
morning did something 10 efface from
m- minds the grim and gray impress
SION which had been left upon both OF
Us by our first experience OF Basker-
vile hail. AS Sir Henry and ] sat at
breakfast the sunlight flooded in
through the high mullioned windows,
throwing watery patches Of color from
Tho coats az arms which covered them.
The dark paneling glowed like bronze
ia th. golden rays and 10 was hard to
realize that this was indeed the cham
Dor which had struck such "a gloom
into our souls upon the evening before.
"f guess 10 is ourselves ana not the
house that We have TO blame!' said
The har1nct We were tired with our
Journey and chilled by opr drive. so
We took "a gray view Of the place Now
We are fresh and We'll, so IL Is all
chrfiui once more.
And yrt 10 was not entirely a ques-
t0u 0f imagination / answered. Did
y0u. for example, happen 10 hear some
one. a woman ! think, sobbing IN the
night
That is curious. for ! did when I
vas half asleep fancy that / heard
something of the sort. / waited quite
ume. but there was no more Of IT, so
] concluded that it was all dream.
81 heard % distinctly. and | am sure
that 10 was really the sob Of "A woman
We must ask about this right
away" Tie rang the bell and asked
Barrymore whether he could account
for our experience. 1t seemed 10 me
that the palld features of the butler
turned a shade paler stlll as he listened
t1 his masters question.
There are only two women In the
house Sir Henry" he answered. zone
iS the sCuIlery maid. who sleeps in the
other wing The other Is my wife. and
I can answer for IL that the sound
could not have come from her
And Vet he he'd as he said il, for IL
CHANGED that after breakfast l met
Mrs Barrymore In the long corridor
with the sun fun upon her face. she
was a large implssive heavy-featured
woman with q stern set expression OF
mouth But her trll-tale eyes were
red and glanced at me from between
swollen lids 10 was she, then, who
went In the night. and II she did so
her husband must know IL. Yet he had
taken the obvious risk Of discovery In
declaring that it was not so. Why had
he done this? And why did she weep
80 hiJterly2 Already round this pale
faced. handsome. black bearded man
there was gathering an atmosphere OF
mystery and OF gloom. IL was ne WI"
had been the first 20 discover thtIbodV
OF Sir Charles. and we had only his
word for all circumstances which LED
up 20 the old mans death. Was IL pos
sible that IL was Barrymore after all
whom we had seen In the cab In Re
gent street? The beard might well
have been the same. The cabman had
described a somewhat shorter man, but
such an impression might easily have
been ERRONEOUS. How could / settle
point forever? Obviously the 1rst
thing 10 do was TO see the Grlmpen
postmaster. and find whether the test
telegram had really been placed IN
Harrymore's own hands. BE the answer
what 10 might. / should at least have
something 10 report to Sherlock
Holmes.
Sir Henry had numerous papers 10
examine after breakfast. so that the
time was propitious for my excursion.
II was a pleasant walk OF four miles
along the edge OF the moor, leading me
AT last 90 a small gray hamlet IN
which two larger buildings, which
proved Co be- the inn and the house OF
DR. Mortimer stood high above the
rest The postmaster, who was also
the village grocer, had clear recollec-
ton o. the telegram.
Certainly, SIR said he. II had the
telegram delivered 20 Mr.. Barrymore
exactly AS directed"
who delivered it?"
My boy here James. YOU delivered
THAT telegram 90 Mr.. Barrymore az the
AaN last week, did you nOtf''
Yes father. delivered H."
Unto his own hauds2" ! asked.
well he was up in the loft at the
time. so that ] could not put IL into his
own hands, but / gave 10 into Mrs.
h1rymores hands. and she promised
o. deliver 30 no once"
Did You see Mr.. Rarrymore?"
lott"
IF you didn't see him. how do you
Know DE was Boz The llft?"
Wen, surely his own wife ought %
know where he Is." said the post
master. testify Didn't he get the tel
rEramt II there Is any mistake IL IL
i.r Mr. Barr3 more himself 70 COM
plain"
l' seemed hopeless to pursue the In
curry any farther. but IL was clear
'"ft .n spite of Holmes ruse we had
j. proof that EarrymOre had not been
la London an the time Suppose that
:, were so-suIpoSe that the same man
Ltl been the last who had seen Sir
'A.i.es alive. and the first to dog the
l-N heir when Do returned 10 England.
Nv hat thrH' Was be the agent OF 9TH
,.s. 1r had Dee some sinister design Of
-..s own What interest could he have
=. prosecuting the Baskerville family2
thought az the strange warning
,....l out ot The leading article OF the
Times. Was that his work or was Il
rA-F the doing OF some one who
WAS bent upon counteracting his
s'HweSr The only conceivable mo-
i've was that which had been suggest
81 Ay Sir Henry. that IL the family
could be- scared away A cOmfOrta BILE
and permanent home would be Sc
cured Tor the BarrymoreS. But surely
such an explanation as that
NHa.d be- quite inadequate 10
@'''unt for the deep and subtle schem-
iHS which seemed 20 be weaving an in
Visible net around the young baronet.
f'.mrs himself had said that no more
complex case had come 20 him in all
lIr long series Of his sensational inves-
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