The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

nobody by any chance ever observes. where
do you think l have beenT'
"A fixture also"
"on the contrary. I have been to Devon
shire"
In spirit7'
Exactly. Ny body has remained IN this
armchair. and has. l regret TO observe, con-
stunned in my absence two large pots OF
coffee and an incredible amount OF tobacco.
AFTER you left ! sent down 10 Stamfori's
tor the ordnance map OF this portion OF
the moor. and my spirit has lowered over
Il all day I latter myself that 1 could aad
my way about"
"A large scale man. I presume-'
Very large" He unroIlsd one section and
held 1t over his knee. Here you have the
! particular district which concerns US. That
Is baskerville Hall in the middle
With a wood round IT."
Exactly. l fancy the Yew Alley. though
not marked under that name. must stretch
along tsls line. with the moor. "a you per-
ceINe' upon the right Of il. This small clump
OF buildings here Is the hamlet Of Grim
pen. where our friend. Doctor Mortimer.
has his headquarters. Within a radius OF
nVe miles there are. as you see, onl- a
very few scattered dwellings. Here IS Laf-
Ter Hun: which was mentioned in the mar
TauNe- lhere Is q house lu-lrEted here
which may be the residence u the nat!rll-
ist-Stapleton. If / remember right. WAS
his name. Here are two moorlauG farm
houses. High Tor and Foulmire. Then. four
teen miles away. the great convict pri.on
OF PTincetown. Between and around th,ss
scattered points extends the d~cS8lgta. life
less moor. This. then. is the stage u-aa
which tragedy has been PLAYED. and upon
which we may help TO play il again
1T must be a wild place"
Yes. the setting is a worthy one. II the
deyil did desire to have a hand in the az
fairs OF men"
Then you are yourself inclinlng TO the
supernatural explanation
The devils agents may be Of flesh and
blo'd, may they not2 ,slere are two cues
tons waiting for US at the outset. The one r
whether any crime has been committed al
all: the second is. what IS the crime and
how was It committed? or course. II Doctor
MortimeTs surmise should be correct and
we are dealing with forces outside the or
binary laws OF nature. there is an en- Of
our investigation. But we are bound 10 ex-
haust all other hypothesis before falling
back upon this one. l think we'll shut tina.
window again. II you cont mind. II Is &
singular thing. but / find that IA concen-
trated atmosphere helps q concentration o.
thought have not pushed il TO TIE length
OF getting into a box 10 think. but that is
the logical outcome Of ny convictions
Have you turned the case over in your
miDd?'
Yes. have thought a good deal Of IL in
the course OF the day."
What do you make OF itg'
1T Is very bewi.dering."
1T has certainly a character OF its own.
There are points OF distinction about 1t.
That change In 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
lie only repeated what some fool hat
said at the Inquest Why should a mar
walk on uptoe down the aIIey ?"
What theng'
He was running, wafson--unnt,z
desperately. running for HIS life. running
until he burst his heart and fell Upon his
face" ~
Running for what?'
There lies our problem. There are in
cications that the man was crazed with
FEAR before ever he began to run"
How can you say that?"
i am preSuming that the cause OF hts
fears came to him across the moor. IL
that were 50. and II seems most probable.
only q man who had lost his wits would
have run from the house instead Of toward
II IL the Eipsy's evidence may be taken
as true. he ran with cries Tor help in the
direction where help was least likely TO be.
Then. again. whom was he waiting fer that
night. and why was he waiting FOR him In
the lew Alley rather than in MS own
house?'
You think that he was waiting for some
one?"
The man was elderly and inirm. We
can understand his saking an evening stroll
but the ground was damp and the night
inciement- Is II natural that he should
stand for hye or ten minutes. as Doctor
Morumer with more practical sense than
] should have given him credit for DE-
duced from the cigar ashT'
6ut ne went out every evening"