The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28
The HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 88H6NlN DouE

to that long voyage which had been rec
commended for the restoration of mis- shat
tered nerves. They had called upon Us that
very afternoon. SO that II was natural that
the subject should come up for discussion.
The whole course of events. said
Holmes, from the point OF view of the
man who called himself Stapleton was
simple and direct. although to Us. who had
no means in the beginning Of knowing the
motives of his actions and could only learn
part Of the facts. il all appeared exceeding-i
" complex l have had the advantage Of
two conversations with Mrs Stapleton. and
the case has been so entirely cleared up
that ] am not aware that there is anything
which has remained a secret to US You
will find a few notes upon the matter un-
der the heading b in my indexed list OF
cases
Perhaps you would kindly give me a
sketch OF the course Of events from MEM
Dry"
Certainly. though / cannot guarantee
that l carry all the facts in my mind. In
tense mental concentration has a curious
way of bIotting out what has passed; The
barrister who has his case at his fingers
end. ard is able to argue with an expert
upon his own subject. finds that a week Or
two of the courts will drive it all out Of his
head once more. So each of my cases dis
places the last. and Nile. Carere has blurred
my recollection of Baskerville Hall To-
morrow some other little problem may be-
91tAAAtNtl u NY httACG WHICH VIII III LlrH
~dispossess the Fair French lady and the in
famous Upwosd. So far as the case of the
Hound goes. however. / will give you the
course of events as nearly as ! can. ami
YOU win suggest anything which l may a
forgotten.
My inquiries show beyond all question:
that the family portrait did not lie. andi
He was a son OF that Rorer Baskervi..s.
the younger brother Of Sir Charles, who
nsd with q sinister reputation to South
ArnEwfa0 No. No -. .oI1 ~ AnDA H.
unmarried He did, as n matter OF fact.
marry. and had one child. this feTowJ
He married BeryI Garcia. one OF the beau
ties Of Costa Rica. and. having purloined a
considerable sum OF public money. he
changed his name to Vandeieur and fed to
England. where he established a school in
the east CT Yorkshire. His reason for at
tempting this special line of business was
with a consGmptiye trtor upon the VOYAGE
home. ard that he had used this mans
Fraser. the tutor. died. however. and the
school which Rad begun web sank from dis
II convenient TO charge their name ia
s.apleton. and he brought the remains Of
his fortune his schemes for the future anil
q England learn at the Brit
ish Museum that he wa a recoS-
that the name Of yandeieur has been per
mancrtly attached 20 a certain moth which
he bad. IN his Yorkshire days. been the first
We now come TO that portion Of his life
which has proved to be Of mich Interest "a
Us The fellow had evidently made INQUIRY
and found that only two lives INTERVIEWED
between him and a valuable estate When
he went 70 Dssonshire his plans were. I
meant mischief from the first Is evident
from the way In which he took HIS rife
with Rim in the. Character Of his sitter. TVS
IRA CT using her for n decoy was cfra y
already in his mind. though he may NOT
been certain how the details az hI9
mot were to he arranged He meant II tire
end to have the estate. and he was reaiv
to rSe any tool or run any risk for that
end His first crf was TO ezfabslrt him.
self a. near 10 his ancestral home a. ~
could. end his second was to cs,ff~sfe
with the neighbours
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