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

as We can from this curious letter;
and now. Sir Henry, has anything else
OF interest happened 10 you since you
have been in London?"
why, no. Mr.. Holmes; / think not"
You have not observed anyone fol-
/ low or watch you%
II seem 10 have walked right into
I the thick OF a dime novel. said our
/ visitor. why in thunder should any
! one follow OF watch me-
we are coming 10. that You have
nothing else TO report 10 US before we
go into this natter?
We'll. il depends upon what you
/ think worth reporting"
Il think anything out OF the ordi-
nary routine OF life well worth report
ing"
Sir Henry smiled.
II don't know much OF British life
I yet. for l have spent nearly al my
( time in the States and in Canada. But
/ hope that To lose one OF your boots
4 Is not part Of the ordinary routine OF
/ life over here"
You have lost one Of your boots?"
"My dear sir" cried DR.. Mortimer
1T is only mislaid. You viii ma II
when you return 20 the hotel What
is the use Of troubling Mr. Holmes
with tribes or thls KIM
We'll. he asked me for anything OUT
/ side the ordinary routine.
Exactly" said Holmes. however
foolish the incident may seem. You
have lost one of your boots, you say?'
We'll, mislaid il. anyhow. ! put
them both outside my door last night
and there was only one IN the morn
ing. / could get no sense out or the
chap who cleans them. The worst OF
IL il that | only bought the pair last
night in the Strand, and have never
had them on"
IF you have never worn them' why
did you put them out TO be cieanedE
"They were tan boots, and had
never been vanished. That was why
/ put them ont
Then | understand that on your
arrival in London yesterday you wsnss
out at once and bought a pair OF
Fboots?"
Il did a good deal of shopping. DR..
Mortimer here went round with me-
You see, II / am TO be squire down
there. | must dress the part and II
may be that l have got a little care
less in my ways out west. Among
tother things | bought these brown
Eboots-gave $e for them-and had one
stolen before ever 1 had them on my
feet"
'Tt seems a singularly useless thing
10 steaI,p said Sherlock Holmes. i
confess that share Or. Mortimer's be-
lief that IL will not be long before the
missing boot is found"
And now. gentlemen" said the bar
/ onet, with decision, lit seems 10 me
that / have spoken quite enough about
the little that / know. II is time that
YOU kept your promise and gave me
full account of what we are all driving
at"
Your request is a very reasonable
one" Holmes answered. 'Dr. Morti-
mer, I think you could not do better
than to tell your story as you told II
to u.s."
Thus encouraged, our scientific friend
drew his papers from his pocket, and
presented the whole case as he had
done upon the morning before. Sin
Henry baskerville listened with the
deepest attention. and with an occa'
sionaI exclamation of surprise.
We'll, /. seem TO have come INTO al
inheritance with vengeance said he
when the long narrative was nnished
"Of course. I've heard of the hound
ever since / was in the nursery. Its
the pet story OF the family though
never thought OF taking IL seriously be-
fore. But as to my uncle's death
well. il all seems boiling up In my head
and can't get II clear yet You don'i
seem quite to have made up your mine
whether it's case for policeman Oh
, a clergyman" V
Precisely"
land now there's this affair OF ~
letter to me at the hotel. suppos'
that fits into its placer
I at seems to show that some ont
! knows more than we do about wha
goes on upon the moor. said DR.. Nor
, timer.
, And Also. said Holmes, that som'
one is not ill-disposed towards you
since they warn you of danger"
"Or IL may be that they wish, 70
their own purposes, to scare me away.
We'll, of course, that is possible also
l am very much indebted to you. DR.
: Mortimer, for introducing me-to a prob
. lem which presents several interesting
alternatives. But the practical poin
which we now have 10 decide, 81
! Henry, is whether IL is or is not advls
, able for you to go to Baskerville Hal.
why should / not go?"
There seems to be danger"
do you mean danger from this fam
8 ily fiend, or do you mean danger from
human beings?"
T We'll, that is what we have TO fin'
, out"
whichever IL is, my answer is fixed
There is no devil in hell. Mr.. Holmes
and there is no man upon earth VIII
can prevent me from going 70 IN
home of my own people. and you ma,
I ~ err
, dark brows knitted and his face hushe'
20 a dusky red as he spoke. II wa
evident that the fiery temper Of tn
! Baskervilles was not extinct In thi
. | their last representative. Meanwhile,
: said he. 81 have hardly had time {
! think over all that you have told mt
e It's a big thing for d man TO have I
e understand and to decide at one sit
. ting. ] should like to have quiet hou
1 oy myself to make up my mind. Now
5 look here. Mr.. Holmes, it's half-pas
: eleven now. and am going right ava
e 70 my hotel. Suppose you and you
/ ! friend, Dr. Watson, come round an
s lunch with us at 2? I'll be able to te
e you more clearly then how this thin
r strikes me-"
5 rs that convenient TO you, Wat
y SOM"
{ Perfectly
I "Then you may expect US. Shall
e have a cab called?
S "Td prefer to walk. for this affal
Y has fiurried me rather"
r IN join you in a walk. with pleas
a ure," said his companion
> Then we meet again at ? oclocl
e Au revoir and good morning."
z We heard the steps Of our visitor
d descend the stair and the bang of th
T front door, In an instant Holmes ha
changed from the languid. dreamer {
e the man OF action.
= your hat and boots. Watson. quick
Not a moment TO lose!" He rushed I'M