The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-20

! Our client of the morning had hurried
! forward TO meet US with a face which
spoke her Joy. Il have been waiting
so eagerly for you" she cried, shaking
hands with us warmly. "An has turned
out splendidly. DR.. RoyIott has gone
To town, and il is uplikely that he
/ viii be back before evening"
we have had the pleasure of max
! ing the doctors acquaintance said
! Holmes, and in a few words he sketch
Ell out what had occurred Miss Stoner
turned white to the lips as she listened.
! Good heavens!" she cried, he has
followed me, them"
! so it appears"
He is so cunning that / never know
! when l am safe from him. What will
he say when he returns?''
He must guard himself, for he may
/ ind that there is some one more cum
ming than himself upon his track You
/ must lock yourself up from him to-
I night If he is violent. we shall take
! you away 10 your aunt's at Harrow.
! Now, we must make the best use Of
our time, so kindly take us at once
| to the rooms which we are to exam
The building was of gray, Hchen-
biotched stone, with a high central por-
! ton, and two curVing wings, like the
! claws of crab, thrown out on each
! side. In one of these wings the win
| doWS were broken, and blocked with
wooden boards while the roof was part
| " caved in, a picture of ruin. The
/ central portion was in little better re-
pair but the right hand block was
1 comparatively modern, and the blinds
| in the windows, with the blue smoke
curling up from the chimneys, showed
that this was where the family resided.
| Some ScaffOlding had been erected
! against the end wall and the stone
| work had been broken into, but there
| were no signs of any workmen at the
moment of our visit. Holmes walked
/ slowly up and down the i'll trimmed
| lawn, and examined with deep atten-
/ tion the outsides of the windows.
This 1 take it, belongs to the room
I If which you used TO sleep. the center
/ one 70 your sisters. and the one next
! to the main building 10 Dr. Roylotts
/ chamber
Exactly so. But 1 am now sleeping
/ in the middle one"
Pending the alterations. as | under
stand. BY the way, there does not
! seem to be any very pressing need Tor
/ repairs at that end wall
J There were none. I believe il was
/ al excuse to move me from my room.
! '.Ah, that is suggestive. Now, on the
( other side of this narrow wing runs the
/ corridor from which these three rooms
I open.I There are windows in it, OF
! course2"
Yes, but very small ones Too mar
( row for any one to pass through
''As you both locked your doors at
night, your rooms were unapproachable
/ from that side. Now. would you have
| the Kindness TO go into your room and
bar your shutters
Miss Stoner did so. and Holmes, after
/ a careful examination through the open
( window. endeavored in every way to
force the shutter open, but without
Z success. There was no silt through
/ which a knife could be passed TO raise
/ the bar. Then with his lens he tested
/ the hinges. but they were of solid iron.
/ built firmly into the massive masonry.
| Hunt" said he, scratching his chin in
some perplexity: my theory certainly
presents some difficulties. NO one could
pass these shutters if they were bOlted.
/ Well. we shall see if the inside throws
any light upon the natter
A small side door led into the white
washed corridor from which the three
J bedrooms opened. Holmes refused to
/ examine the third chamber. so we
( passed at once TO the second. that in
! which Miss Stoner was now sleeping.
and in which her sister had met her
/ fate. It was a homely little room, with
l d low ceiling and a gaping fire place,
( after the fashion of old country houses
/ 4 brown chest of drawers stood III one
/ corner, a. narrow white cOunterpaned
! bed in another. and a dressing table
| on the left hand side of the window
/ These articles. with two small wicker
! work chairs, made no all the furniture
! in the room. save for square OF VIII
! ton CARPET III the centre Inc DOdIuS
round and the Danelling of the walls
1 were of brown, worm eaten oak. so old
! and discolored that il may have dated
| from the original building of the house
! Holmes drew one of the chairs into a
I corner and sat silent while his eyes
travelled round and round and uD and
! down, taking in every detail OF the
\ apartment
Where does that bell communicate
1 WITH" he asked. at last, pointing to a
-s~,I, do h
side the bed. the tassel actually lying
| upon the pillow
1T goes to the housekeeper's room -
1T looks newer than the other
things?"
Yes. it was only put there a couple
of years ago"
I No. 1 never heard of her using it..
We always used TO get what we wanted
for ourselves.
Indeed il seemed unnecessary 10 put
so nice a bell-pulI there You viii eX-
I cuse me for a few minutes while I
Z satisfy myself as to This floor He
| threw himself down upon his face with
his lens in his hand and crawled
{ swiftly backward and forward exam
ming infinitely the cracks between the
boards. Then ne did the same with The
! woodwork with which the chamber was
! panelled. Finally he walked over to
the bed and spent some time in staring
( a it. and in running his eve ~ ana
down the wall. Finally he took the bell
{ rope in his hand and gave t a brisk
! tug.
why. it's d dummy" said he.
Wont it ring2"
mo. it is not even attached to a
! wire This is very interesting Gu
can see now that il is fastened - a
hook Just above where the little open
ing for the Ventilator is"
How very absurd I never noticed
that before"
Very strange" muttered Holmes,
pulling at the rope. There are one or
two very singular points about this
room. For example, what fool a
builder must be to open a ventilator
into another room, when, with the same
I trouble. he might have communicate
with the outside airi
That is also quite modern" said the
! lady.
Done about the same time as the
bell-rope p remarked Holmes.
Yes, there were several little chan
ges carried out about that time
They seem TO have been of most
interesting character-dummy bell
ropes. and ventilators which do not
ventilate. With your permission. Miss
Stoner we shall carry our researches
into the inner apartment"
DR.. Grimesby Roylott's chamber was