The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-01

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And now l viii show you what is
really a very interesting study. Mr..
Windibank.D Holmes continued. Il
think of writing another little mono
graph some Of these days on the type
writer and its relation 10 crime. II is
a subject to which l have devoted some
little attention. / have here four let
tiers which purport 10 come from the
missing man. They are all typewrit-
ten. In each case, not only are the 'e's
slurred and the RS taihess. but you
will observe, if you care TO use my
magnifying lens, that the fourteen 9th
eP characteristics to which | have al
luded are there as Well"
Mr. Windibank sprang out Of his
chair and picked up his hat. Il can
not waste time over this sart of fan
tastic talk, Mr.. Holmes" he said. IF
you can catch the man, catch him,
and let me know when you have
done IT,"
Certainly" said Holmes, stepping
over and turning the key in the door.
Il let you know, then, that l have
caught him.
What! Where" shouted MIR. Wind
ibank, turning white to his lips, and
CHANGING about him like a rat in
trap.
"oh. it won't do-really. it won't"
said Holmes suaYely, There is no
possible getting. out of it, Mr.. Windi-
bank. 1t is quite too transparent. and
il was a very bad compliment when
you said that it was impossible for me
TO solve so simple a question. That's
right, Sit down and let rs talk II
over"
Our visitor collapsed into a chair
with a CHASTITY face and a glitter Of
moisture on his brow. Tits not
actionable." he stammered.
81 am very much afraid that it is
not. But between ourselves, Windi-
bank, it was as cruel and selfish and
heartless a trick in a petty way as ever
came before me. Now, let me just run
over the course of events, and you will
contradict me if / go wrong"
The man sat huddled up in his chair,
with his head sunk upon his breast.
like one who is utterly crushed. Holmes
stuck his feet up on the corner Of the
mantelpiece. and. leaning back with his
hands in his pockets, began talking.
rather TO himself, as it seemed, than
TO US. -..-.--.
THE man married a woman very
much older than himself for her
money" said he. and he enjoyed the
use of the money of the daughter as
long as she lived with them. II was
position, and the loss of it would have
made a serious difference, It was
worth an effort to preserve il. The
daughter was of a good, amiable dis
position, but affectiOnate and warm
hearted in her ways, so that it was evil
dent that. with her fair personal .ad-
vantages, and her little income, she
would not be allowed to remain single
long. Now, her marriage would men,
of course, the loss of a hundred q year,
so what does her stepfather do to pre-
vent it? He takes the obvious course
of keeping her at home, and fOTbidding
her TO seek the company of people of
her own age. But soon he found that
that would not answer forever. She
became FESTIVE, insisted upon her
rights: and finally announced her posi-
tive intention Of going 10 a certain ball
What does her clever 'stepfather do
then? He cOnceives an Idea more cred
liza bic 10 his head than to his heart.
With the cOnnivanCe and assistance OF
his wife he DISCUSSES himself, covered
those keen eyes with tinted glasses.
masked the face with a mustache and
q pair of bushy whiskers. sunk that
clear voice into'an insinuating whisper, /
and dOubly secure on account of the
girls short sight, he appeared as Mr.
HOsmer Angel, and keeps off other
lovers by making love himself"
1t was only a joke at first" gToaned
our visitor. we never thought that
she would have been so carried away"
Very likely not. However that may
be. the young lady was very decidedly
carried away, and having quite made
up her mind that her stepfather was
in France, the suspicion of treachery
never for an instant entered her mind.
She was fiattered by the gentleman'S
attentions, and the effect was increased
by the loudly expressed admiration of
her mother Then MI Angel began to
call, for it was obvious that the matter
should be pushed as far as it would
go, if a real effect were TO be pro-
duced. There we're meetings. and an
engagement, which would finally secure
the girls affections from turning to-
wards anyone else. But the deception
could not be kept up forever. These
pretended journeys to France were
rather cumbrOus. The thing TO do was
clearly 10 bring the business to an end
i'm such a dramatic manner that il
would leave permanent impression
upon the young lady's mind and pre-
vent her from looking upon any other
sutton Cor some time to come Hence
those VOWS of fidelity exacted upon a
Testament, and hence also the aIlu-
pening on the very morning of the we'd
ding. James Windibank wished Miss
Sutherland to be so bound TO HOsmer
Angel. and 50 uncertain as TO his fate.
that for ten years TO come, at any rate,
she would not listen to another man.
As far as the church door he brought
her. and then. as he could so no fur
Their, he conveniently vanished away by
the old trick of stepping in at one door
of a four wheeler and out at the other.
/ think that that was the chain of
events, Mr.. Windibanki"
Our visitor had recovered something
of his assurance while Holmes had
been talking, and he rose from his chair
now with a cold sheer upon his pale
face.
1T may be so, or it may not, Mr.
Holmes" said he, but if you are so
very sharp you ought to be sharp
enough to know that it is YOU who are
breaking the law now and not me.
have done nothing actionable from the
first, but as long as you keep that door
locked you lay yourself open 20 an ac-
ton for assault and illegal cOnstraimt"
The law cannot. as you say. touch
you said Holmes, unlocking and
throwing open the door, yet there
never was a man who deserved punish
ment more. If the young lady has "A
brother or a friend. he ought to lay a
whip across your shoulders. By Jove!
he continued, flushing up at the sight
OF the bitter sneer Tpon the mans face,
lit Is not part of my duties to my cli-
emit but here. a hunting crop handy.
and / think / shall just treat myself
to- He took two swift steps to the
whip but before he could grasp 1t there
was a wild clatter of steps upon the
stairs, the heavy hall door banged. and
from the window we could see Mr..
James Windibank running at the top
of his speed down the road.
There's a cold-blooded scoundreli'
said Holmes. laughing. as he threw