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

thing tropical and exotic about her
which forms a singular contrast 10 her
cool and Unconditional brother. Yet he
also gives the idea Of hidden fires. He
has certainly a very marked influence
over her. for / have seen her cOntinu-
ally glance at him as she talked as il
seeking appreciation for what she did.
l trust that he is kind to her. There Is
dry glitter in his eyes. and a firm set
of his thin lips. which goes with a posi-
tive and possibly a harsh nature. You
would find him an interesting study.
He came over 10 call upon Basller-
vile on that first day, and the very
next morning he took us both 20 show
US the spot where the legend Of the
wicked Hugo is supposed TO have had
its origin. IL was an excursion Of some
miles across the moor 10 a place which
is so dismal that il might have sug-
gested the story We found a short
valley between rugged tors which led
to an open, grassy space fiecked over
with the white cotton grass. In the
middle OF il rose two great stones,
worn and sharpened at the upper end.
until they looked like the huge corrOd-
ing fangs of some mOnstrous beast.
In every way ii correspondent with the
scene OF the old tragedy. Sir Henry
was much interested and asked Staple
ton more than once whether he did
really believe in the possibility Of the
interference Of the supernatural In the
affairs OF men. tie spoke light
~, but IL was evident that he
was very much in earnest Sta
pleton was guarded in his replies, but IL
was easy TO see that he said less than
he might, and that he would not ex-
press his whole opinion out of consider
alton for the feelings of the baronet.
He told US Of similar cases. where fam
lies had suffered from some evil in
fluence and he left us with the i'm
preston that he shared the popular
view upon the matter.
On our way back we stayed for
lunch at Merripit House, and il was
there that Sir Henry made the ac-
quaintance Of Miss Stapleton. From
the first moment he saw her he ap-
peared to be strongly attracted by her.
and I am much mistaken If the feeling
was not mutual. He referred 10 her
again and again on our walk home,
and since then hardly a day has passed
that We have not seen something Of
the brother and sister. They dine
here tonight, and there is some talk
of our going to them next week. one
would imagine that such a match
would be welcome TO StapletOn. and
yet / have more than once caught a
look of the strongest disapprobation
in his face when Sir Henry has been
paying some attention to his sister.
He is much attached TO her no doubt.
and would lead a lonely life without
her, but il would seem the height OF
selfshness If he were 10 stand in the
way of her making so brilliant a mar
riage. Yet / am certain that he does
not wish their intimacy TO ripen into
love, and / have several times OBJ
Served that he has taken pains 10 pre-
vent them from being tete-a-tete. By
the way, your instructions to me never
TO allow Sir Henry to go out
alone will become very much
more onerous if a love affair were 10
be added to our other difficulties. My
popularity would soon suffer if I were
TO carry out your orders to the let
ter
The other day-Thursday. to be more
exact-Dr. Mortimer lUnched with US.
He has been excavating a barrow at
Long Down, and has got a prehistoric
| Skull WHICH HIS nun Win great joy
Never was there such a single minded
enthusiast as hei The Stapletons came
in afterwards. and the good doctor
took US all to the Yey alley. at Sir
Henry's request, 10 show US exactly
how everything occurred upon that
fatal night. II is a long, dismal walk,
the Yew alley, between two high
walls of clipped hedge, with a narrow
band of grass upon either side. At
the far end is an old tumble-dOwn
summer house. Halfway down is the
moor gate, where the old gentleman
[ left his cigar ash. II is a white wood
en- gate with a latch. Beyond il lies
! the wide moor. 1 remembered your
theory OF the affair and tried TO pic
ture all that had occurred. AS the old
man stood there he saw something
coming across the moor. something
which terrified him so that he lost his
wits. and ran and ran until he died of
sheer exhaustion. There was the long,
gloomy tunnel down which he fed.
And from what? A sheep dog of the
moor? or a spectral hound, black,
! silent and monstrous? Was there a
/ human agency in the matter? Did the
/ pale, watchful Barrymore know more
| than he cared to say? 1t was all dim
and vague, but always there IS the
/ dark shadow OF crime behind il.
] one other neighbor / have met since
/ wrote last. This is Mr.. FARMLAND OF
/ Latter hall, who lives some four miles
| to the south of US. He is an elderly
man, red faced, white haired. and chO-
/ leric. His passion is for the British
/ law, and he has spent a large fortune
/ in litigation. He fights for the mere
] Hlvr
ready to take up either side Of a ques-
/ ton, so that il is no wonder that he
/ has found it a costly amusement. Some
times he will shut up a right Of way
and defy the parish to make him open
/ il. AT others he will with his own hands
| tear down some other mans gate and
! declare that a path has existed there
/ from time immemOrial, defying the
| owner TO prosecute him for trespass.
He is learned in old immortal and
I communal rights, and he applies his
| knowledge sometimes IN favor Of the
] villagers of FernWOrthy and sometimes
| against them, so that he is periodically
/ either carried in triumph down the vii
] lage street or else burned In effigy, &C
{ cording to his latest exploit. He is
, said to have about seven lawsuits upon
his hands at present, which viii prob
ably swallow up the remainder Of his
| fortune and so draw his sting and
/ leave him harmless for the future.
I Apart from the law he seems a kinly,
good-natured person, and I only men
| ton him because you were particular
! that I should send some description
4 of the people who surround US.
| He is curiOusly employed at
| present. for, being an amateur astrono-
! mer. he has an excellent telescope, with
/ which he lies upon the roof OF his own
/ house and sweeps the moor all day in
| the hope of catching a glimpse Of the
| escaped convict. If he would cOnfne
| his energies to this all would b. well.
| but there are rumOrs that he intends