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

TO consult me at all? You tell me IN
the same breath that 1t is useless to in
vestigate Sir Charles death. and that
you desire me 10 do it.
II did not say that l desired you TO
do it,"
Then, how can assist your"
by advising me as TO what / should
do with Sir Henry Baskerville. who ar
rives at Waterloo station"-Dr. Morti-
mer looked at his watch-"in exactly
one hour and a quarter"
He being the heir?'
Yes. On the death of Sir Charles we
inquired for this young gentleman, and
found that he had been farming in
Canada. From the accounts which
have reached US he is an excellent fell
low in every way. i speak now not as
a medical man, but as a trustee and
| executor of Sir Charles will"
There is no other claimant, l pre-
| sume?"
None. The only other kinsman whom
We have been able TO trace was Rodger
Baskerville. the youngest ~ the three
| brothers of whom poor Sir Charles was
I the elder. The second brother. who
died young, is the father of this lad
Henry. The third. Rodger, was the
black sheep of the family. He came OF
| the old masterful Baskerville strain.
and was the very image. they tell me.
/ of the family picture OF old Hugo. He
made England too hot TO hold him, fed
| to Central America, and died there in
| 1876 Of yellow fever. Henry is the last
| of the Baskervilles. In one hour and
| five minutes l meet him at Waterloo
/ Station. ] have had a wire that he ar
| rived at Southampton this morning.
| Now. Mr.. Holmes. what would you ad-
wise me 10 do with him?"
! why should he not go to the home
| of his fathers? ?"
1T seems natural does il rot? And
yet, consider that every Baskerville
who goes there meets with an evil fate
/ feel sure that if Sir Charles could
have spoken with me before his death
| he would have warned me against
| bringing this, the last OF the old race
and the heir to great wealth, to that
deadly place. And yet il cannot be.
| denied that the prosperity of the whole
| poor, bleak countryside depends upon
his presence. All the good work which
has been done by Sir Charles will crash
to the ground if there is no tenant of
the hall. l fear lest l should be
swayed too much by my own obvious
interest in the matter. and that is why
| bring the case before you and ask
for your advice"
Holmes considered for a little time.
Put into plain words. the matter is
this" said he. In your opinion there
is a diaboiical agency which makes
| DartmOOr an unsafe abode for a Bas-
| kerville-that is your opinion?"
AT least l might go the length OF
saying that there is some evidence
that this may be so.r
Exactly. But surely, IL your super
natural theory be correct, il could work
the young man evil in London as easily
as in Devonshire- A devil with merely
local powers like parish vestry would
be too inconceivable thing"
You put the matter more fiippantly,
Mr.. Holmes, than you would probably
| do If you were brought into personal
contact with these things. Your adj
vice, then, as / understand it, is that
the young man viii be as safe in Dew
onshire as in London. He comes in
| fifty minutes. What would you recon-
mend?"
Il recommend, sir, thar you take a
cab, call off yoar spaniel who is
scratching at my front door, and pro-
coed TO Waterloo to meet Sir Henry
Baskerville"
And them"
And then you will say nothing 70
| him at all until l have made I'D my
mind about the matter"
How long viii it take yCn 10 make
! up your m!nd?"
"Twenty-four hours. At 10 o'clock
tomorrow, DIR. Mortimer. / will be much
obliged TO you If you will GALA upon me
here. and it Will be of help to me in
my plans for the future if you will
| bring Sir Henry Baskerville with you"
Il will do so. Mr.. Holmes" he scrib-
bled the appointment on his shirt cuff
and hurried off in his strange, peerinG
/ absent minded fashion. Holmes stop
| ped him at the head of the stair.
only one more question, Dr. Nor
timer. You say that before Sir
Charles Baskerville's death several
people saw this apparition upon the
mOor?"
Three people did"
Did any see it after?"
81 have not heard of any,"
Thank you. Good morning."
Holmes returned 10 mis- seat with
that quiet look of inward satisfaction
| which meant that he had a consenial
task before him.
Going out, Watson?"
Unless l can help you
mo. my dear fellow, il is at the
hour of action that l turn to you. for
aid. But this is splendid really
unique from some points Of view.
| When you pass Bradley'S would you
ask him TO send up a pound of the
/ strongest shag tobacco? Thank you.
1t would be as well if you could make
IL convenient not 10 return before
evening. Then l should be very glad
to compare impressions as to this most
interesting problem which has been
1 knew that seclusiOn and solitude
were very necessary for my friend in
those hours Of intense mental cOncen-
tration, during which he weighed every
particle OF evidence, constructed all
tentative theories, balanced one
against the other, and made up his
mind as 70 which points were essen
tial and which immaterial. /, there
fore, spent the day at my club and did
not return 10 Baker street until even
ing. IL WAS nearly 8 o'clock when I
found myself in the sitting room once
more.
My first impression as I opened the
door was that fire had broken out,
for the room was so filed with smoke
that the light of the lamp upon the
table was blurred by it. AS l entered,
however, my fears were set al rest,
for II was the acrid fumes OF strong
coarse tobacco which took me by the
throat and set me coughing. Through
the haze / had a vague vision OF
Holmes in his dressing gown coiled up
in an arm chair with his black clay
pipe between his lips Several rolls
of paper lay around him.
Caught cold, Watson?" said he
mo: it's this poisonous atmosphere"
Il suppose il is pretty thick, now
that you mention it."
Thick 1t is intolerable."
"Open the window, thenl You have
been at your club all day, 1 perceive"
my dear Holmesi"
Am / riPht2"