The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13

which was mentioned in the narrative.
There is a house indicated here which,
RAY be the residence of the naturalist
Stapleton. if remember right. was his
name. Here are two moorland farm I
houses. High Tor and Foulmire Then |
fourteen miles away the great conyico !
prison of Princetown. Between and /
around these scattered points extends |
the desolate, lifeless moor. This. then.
is the stage upon which tragedy has been !.
played. and upon which we may help toy
play it again.
1T must be wild place.
es. the setting is worthy one. IL
the devil did desire to have q hand iu
the affairs of men,
Then you are yourself inclInng to tho}
supernatural explanation
The devils agents may be of flesh and
blood, may they not? There are twoj
questions waiting for us at the outset
The one Is whether any crime has beeu3
committed at all: the second u.s. what isAt
the crime and how was it committed.!
OF course, If DR.. Mortimer's surmisa
should be correct, and we are deaIing:a
with forces outside the ordinary iaws}
Of Nature. there is an end of our inves-9
tlgation. But are bound to exhaust
all other hypothesis before falling backI
upon this one l think we'll shut that
window again. if you don't mind It !s
a singular thing, but I find that a con-.J
centrated atmosphere helps concentra-
tion of thought I have not pushed IL
TO the length of getting into box to-
think. but that is the logical outcome oe|
my convictions. lave you turned thea
case over in your n,ind?
Yes. have thought a good deal OF ita,
in the course of the day
What do you make of it?" n
1T is very bewildering."
1T has certainly n character OF tte
! own There are points of distinctions
about it. That change in the footprints, !
for example. What do you MAKE ofH
that
Mortimer said that the man hadaI
walked on tip-toe down that portion OF /
the alley
He only repeated what some fool har,
said al the inquest Why should a mann
walk on tiptoe down the alley?''
What them
He was running, Watson-running des-
perately, running for his life, running i
until he burst his heart and fell dead !
upon his face
There lies our problem. There are
indications that the man was crazed with
fear before ever he began to run
How can you say that
Il am presuming that the cause of his
| fears came to him across the moor IL
| that We're so. and it seems most prob
able. only a man who had lost his wits
! would have run from the house instead
of towards it. If the sipsy's evidence
| HidE zltiksI as true ne ran WITH CRIES
for help in the direction where help was
| least likely TO be Them. again. whom
was he waiting for that night, and why
was he waiting for him in the Yew Alley
| rather than in his own house,?
You think that he was waiting for
some ona?
| THE man was elderly and infirm. We
| can understand his taking an evening
stroll but the ground was damp and the
! night incement. Is it natural that he
| should stand for five or ten minutes. as
| DR.. Mortimer. with more practical sense
| than T should have given him credit for.
| dediIced from the cigar ASH
But he went out every evening,
Il think it unlikely that he waited at
/! the moor gate every evening. On tha i
contrary. the evidence is, that he avoided
the moor That night he waited there.
| It was the night before he made his de-
| parture for London. The thing takes
| shape Watson. It becomes coherent
| Might I ask you to hand me my. violin
| and we postpone all further. thought
| Ipon this business until We have had.
/ the advantage of meeting DR.. Mortimer
and Sir Henry baskerville In the morn
{ ing.
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