The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

depth which the parsley had sunk into
the butter upon d hot day l cant at
ford, therefore, To smile at your three
broken busts. Lestrade. and | shall be
very much obliged to YOU If YOU viii
let me hear of any fresh DEVELOPMENTS
Of 80 singular d chain of events"
The development for which my friend
had asked came in a quicker and an
infinitely more tragic form than n"
could have imagined. ] was still dress
ing I'm my bedroom next morning. when
there was tap at the door and Holmes
entered. "A telegram in his hand He
read il aloud.
Come instantly. 131 Pitt street. Ken
singtOn.--Lcstrad de-
What is it. them" I asked.
Don't know-may be anything. But
] suspect il is the sequel of the story
the image breaker. has begun opera
lions in another quarter Of London
There's coffee on tho able. Watson,
and I have a cab AT the door"
in half an hour We had rca Ched Pitt
street a quiet little haCkWateT just be
side one Ct the briskest currents Of
London life. No 121 was one of A. row.
all flat-ChCSted. respectable. and most
UnTomantiC dwellings A. we drove
up, We found the ratings in front Of the
house lined by a curious crowd. Holmes
NNhistled.
BY George, it's attempted murder at
the least. Nothing less VIII hold the
London message boy. There's a deed
of violence indicated i'm that fellow
round shoulders and out-StretchCd neck.
What's this. Watson; The top steps
swilled down ond the other ones dry.
Footsteps enough, anyhow, Well. well,
there s. LeStrade at the front window.
and we shall soon know all about it,
The official received US with a very
grave face and showed rs into a sitting
room, where an exceedingly unkempt
and agltated elderly man, clad in a
flannel dressing gown, was pacing up
and down. He Was introduced 10 us as
the owner Of the hOuse-Mr. Horace
HaTker of the Central Press syndicate.
IT'S the Napoleon bust business
again said Lestrade. You seemed
interested last night, Mr.. Holmes, 50 I
thought perhaps you would bc glad to
be present now that the affair has taken
a very much Eraver turn"
What has it turned to, then:
To murder. Mr.. Harker. Will YOU tell
these gentlemen exactly what has &C
cured"
The man III the dressing gown turned
upon US with d most melancholy face.
IT'S an raCrdinary thing said he.
| that all my life I have been collecting
other peoples news. and now that a
real piece of news has come my own
way I am 50 confused and bothered
that l can't put two words together If
had come in here as n Journalist, I
should have interviewed myself and
had two columns in every evening pa
per. As II is. I am giving away vaIu-
able copy by telling my story over and
over TO string Of different people. and
I can make no use of il myself. How
ever. I've heard your name. Mr. Sher-
lock holmes, and if you'll only explain
this queer business, l shall be paid for
my trouble in telling YOU the story
Holmes sat down and listened
1t ali seems to center round that
bus Of Napoleon which l bought for
this very room about four months ago.
7 picked it up cheap from Harding
brothers two doors from the High street
station. a great deal OF my journal
istic work Is done at night, and I often
write until The early morning. So it
was today. I was sitting in my den.
which is at the back of the top of the
house. about O'Clock. when / was con
WINGED that I heard some sounds down
stairs ] listened. but they were not re-
peated. and 1 concluded that they came
from outside. Then sud denly. about
five minutes later, there came a most
horrible yeIl-the most dreadful sound.
Mr. Holmes, that ever l heard II viii