The St. Louis Republic., 1902-10-05

4 aware that his master and mistress were
really husband and wife. This man has
| disappeared and has escaped from the coun-
| try II il suggestive that Anthony Is not a
common name IN England. while Antonio "a
80 in all Spanish or Spanish-American
countries. The man. Ike Mrs. Stapleton
herself. spoke good English. but with a
curious ,isping accent I have myself seen
this old man cross the Grimpen Mire by
the path which StapletOn had marked out
i 1t IS very probable. therefore. that in the
absence OF his master Il was he who cared
Tor the hound. though he may never have
known the purpose Tor Which the beast
'-rhe StapIetons then went down TO Dew
Onshire. whittier they were soon follower
by Sir Henry and You one word now as 70
how I stood myself al that time. II NAV
possibly recur To your memory that when
] examined the paper upon which the PRINT
ed words were fastened made close In
spcctiOn for the water-maTk- In dotng 50
held Il within a Few inches OF my eyes.
scent known as white jeSsamine. There are
seventy-fiVe perfumes. which j. - very
necessary that criminal e1pSrt snOuiI ~ ~
cases have more than oude within my own
experience depended upon their prompt IeS-
ognition. The scent suggested the presence
OF a lady. and already my thoughts be-
gan 10 turn toward the Suspicious Anu5
l had made certain Of The hounl' anu anu 'Se xss
guessed at the criminal before ever VIC
went 10 the West Country. -..-,.,.. :,
1T was my game TO watch Stap'eton. ~
was evident. however. lhaN NNN-a
this IL l were with you. since no Noula oo
keenly on his guard i deceNed ever , @ oo1S =
therefore. yourself Included. ana cdno
down directly when ! was suppOseo 20 oe
in Iontlon- Nv hardships We're not 50
great as you imagined. though such UlnlnS
details tnust never interfere Win I'm me HlNeS .
part at COOmbe Tracey. anu ouiy USED me
hun uDon th+ moor when u was necessary
10 be near the scene OF action Cartwright
had come down with me. and in his dis
guise as a country boy he was OF great as
sistancc 10 me i was depenoent upon MN
for food and clean llnen- Mnen was
watching StapletOn, Cartwright was fire.
quently watching you. 50 that was able
10 keep my hand upon all the strings
ports reached me rapidly. oeing forwarded
instantly from Baker street to COombe
Tracey They were OF great service TO me.
and especially that one incidentally truth
ful piece OF Biography OF Stapietons
was able 20 establish the Identity OF the
man and the woman. and knew at last
exactly how / stood The case has been /
complicated through the inci- /
dent OF the escaped convict and the Teia-
tons between him and the Barrymorcs. |
This also you cleared up In very effective ]
way, though l had already come to the |
same conclusions from my own observa-
by the time that you discovered me upon
the moor had complete knowledge OF 4
the whole business. but I had not a case 4
which could go to a jury. Even Staple
tons attempt upon Sir Henry that night. i
" which ended in the death Of the unfortunate !
convict. did not help much In proving 4
murder against our man There seemed 10 {
be no alternative but catch him red-haneed.' /
and to do 30 We had 10 use Sir Henry,
alone and apparently unprotected: as a bait
We did 50. and at the cost OF a severe
shock TO our client We sncceeeed in com n,
pleting our case and driving Stapleton 20
his destruction That SIR Henry should
have been exposed TO this Is. must SON
Ease. but we had no means OF foreseeinS
The terrible and paralyEing spectacle Wr1ch
the beast presented. nor could we predict
the fox which enabled him to burst upon
- al such short notice. We succeeded IN /
1ur object AT a cost which both the special
81 and Doctor Mortimer assure me VIII
De a Temporary one. A long journey may.
.nabie our friend TO recover not only nom
lis shattered nerves. but also from his
wounded feelings. His love for the lady
EEs deep and sincere. and % him the sad