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

fixture. therefore. all day. He is not
man with intimate friends. Where.
then. could he have been? Is II not
obvious p"
well. Il is rather obvious"
THE world L. full OF obvious things
which nobody by any chance ever OBJ
serves. Where do you think ! have
BEEN
a fixture also"
ION the contrary. ] have been TO
Devonshire
In sDirit?'
Exactly. Ny body has remained in
this arm chair. and has. l regret TO
observe, consumed in my sbsence two
large pots OF coffee and an incredible
amount OF tobacco. After you left /
sent down To Stamf0rd's for the ord
nance man Of this portion of the moor,
and my spirit has lowered over u all
dav. 1 fiatter myself that l could nnd
my way about"
"a large scale map. / presumeE
VERY large" lie unrolled one secS
ton and held II over his knee. Here
you have the particular district which
concerns US That is Baskerville hall
In the middle"
with wood round it?''
Exactly. / fancy the Yew alley,
though not marked under that name,
must stretch along this line. with the
moor. as you perceive, upon the right
of a. This small clump or buildings
here Is the hamlet of Grimpen. where
our friend. Or. Mortimer, has his
headquarters. Within radius OF hVe
miles there are. as you see, only a
very few scattered dwellings. Here is
Latter hall, which was mentioned in
Ha
Gated here which may be the residence
OF the aturalist-StapletOn, II l re-
member right. was his name. Here are
two moorland farm houses. High Tor
and Foulmire. Then, fourteen milea
away, the great convict prison OF
PrlneetOwn. 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 20 play
Il again"
at must be a wild place"
Yes, the setting Is a worthy one.
II the devil did desire to have hand
In the affairs OF men"
'''rhen you are yourself inclining TO
the supernatural explanation"
1.-The devils agents may be Of flesh
and blood, may they notf There are
two questions waiting for us at the OUT
set. The one is whether any crime has
been committed at all; the second is,
what is the crime and how was IL COM
mitted? or course, if Dr. Mortimer
EuTmise should be correct. and We are
dealing with forces outside the ordi-
nary laws of nature. there is an end
Of our investigation. But we are bound
to exhaust all other hypothesis before
falling back upon this one. | think I'll
shut that window again. II you don't
mind. IL Is a singular thing, but | find
that a concentrated atmosphere helps
4 concentration OF thought l have not
pushed it TO the length OF getting into
4 box 10 think. but that is the logical
outcome of my convictions. Have you
turned the case over in your mind?'
Yes, / have thought a good deal of
Il IN the course Of the day"
What do you make OF it?'
1T is very bewildering."
1T has certainly a character Of its
own. There are points of distinction
about Il. That change OF the footprints,
for example. What do you make OF
that?"
Mortimer said that the man had
walked on tiptOe down that portion OF
the alley"
He only repeated what some fool
had said at the inquest. Why should
a man walk on tiptoe down the alley?"
What then?"
HE was running, Watson-running
desperately, running for his life, rum
ming until he burst his heart and fell
dead upon his face"
Running from what?"
There lies our problem. There are
indications that the man was craZed
with fear before ever he began to rum
How can you say that?"
Il am presenting that the cause OF
his fears came 10 him across the moor
II that were so. and IL seems most
probable, only a man who had lost his
wits would have run from the house
Instead OF towards IL. If the gypsy's
evidence may be taken as true, he ran
with cries for help in the direction
whore help was least likely 10 be- Then
again, whom was he waiting for that
night. and why was he waiting fol
him in the Yew alley rather than in
his own hDuse?"
You think that he was waiting fol
some One9"
THE m an was elderly and infirm. w,
can understand his taking an evening
stroll. hut the ground was damp anC
the night inclement. Is Il natural thai
he Shouts stand Tor five or ten minutes
as DR.. Mortimer. with more practical
sense than ! should have given hin
credit Tor, deduced from the clgal
ashg''
But ne went out every evening"
Il think II unlikely that he waited a
the moor gate every evening. On tn,
contrary, the evidence is that h,
avoided the moor. That night he wait
ed there. II was the night before h,
made his departure for London Tn,
thing takes shape Watson. Il becomes
coherent Might ask you to hand m,
my violin, and We will postpone al
further thought upon this business I'M
Ill We have had the advantage Of meet
Ing DR.. Mortimer and Sir Henry Bias
keryille in the morning"