The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08
COPYRIGHT, 1904 ~ HARPER q aRorHERs.

may ,reiy upou my uoinK "a 'ha'
.UBut YOU have read the evidence.
You have formed some cohclusionf Do
you not see some loophole, some fawf
DO you not yourself think that he is
"There, now!'' she cried. throwing
back her head. and looking defantly at
Lestrade. "You hear! He gives me
hopes
81 am afraid that my colleague has
been little quick in forming his con-
clusions," he said.
'tBut he is right. Oh! I; know that
he is right. James never did it.. And
about his quarrel with his father, I
not speak about it to the coroner was
because was concerned in it,
SIN what wayF'' asked Holmes.
cit is no time for me to hide any
thing. James and his father had many
disagreements about me: Mr.. Nc
Carthy was very anxious that there
should be marriage between us.
James and I have always loved each
other as brother and sister; but of
course he is young, and has seen very
little of life yet, and-and-well, he
naturally did not wish to do anything
like that yet. So there were quarrels,
"And your fathereo asked Holmes.
"Was he in favor of such q unions"
"No, he was averse to it also. No
one but Mr.. Mccarthy was in favor of
it," A quick blush passed over: her
fresh young face as Holmes shot one of
his keen, questioning glances at her.
"Thank you for this information, -
said he. May I see your father if
ct am afraid the doctor won u allow
it." s.
"The doctors" ~...
eyes, have you not heardf Poor
father has never been strong for years
back, but this has broken him down
and DR.. Willows says that he is q wreck
and that his nervous system is shat.
tered. Mr.. Mccarthy was the only
man alive who had known dad in the
old days in Victoria.''s
ella! In Victoriai That is i'm
portant.' =. +
eyes, at the mines.''
"Quite so; at the gold mines, where
as understand, Mr.. Turner made his
| money.
"Yes, certainly
"Thank you, Miss Turner. 70,
have been of material assistance tx
me.'
"You will tell me if you have any
news tomorrow. e. No doubt you will gt
to the prison to see James. Oh, if 20,
do, Mr.. Holmes, do tell him that
know him to be innocent.''
| ~ will, Miss Turner
| 81 must go home now, for dad j
very i'll, and he misses me SO if leav
him. Goodbye, and God help you il
your undertaking. She hurried from
the room as impulsively as she had en-
tered, and we heard the wheels Of he
carriage rattle off down the street.
sid am ashamed ith Of YOU Holmes dimes
nssstess s E1e aRWHi "t shou
you raise up hopes which you are boun
to disappoint? I am not over-tender 0
heart, but I call it cruel.''
/ think that l see my way to clear
ing James McCarthy,'' said Holme
"Have you an order to see him
prison7"
eyes, but only for you and me-"
"Then 1 shall reconsider my resoll
ton about going out. We have, sti
time to take train to Hereford an
see him tonight" = -.
"Ample.
"Then let us do so. Watson, I fes
that you will find it very slow, but
walked down to the station wit
them, and then wandered thru Il
streets of the little town, finally r
turning to the hotel, where I lay upc
,, the sofa and tried to interest myse
: in a yellow-backed novel. The pun
! plot Of the story was SO thin, howeve
when compared to the deep mystel
:, thru which we were CROPPING, and
? found my attention wander so CONT
, ually from the fiction to the fact, tn
I at last flung it across the room, al
| gave myself up entirely to consider
8, tion of the events Of the day. Suppe
= story was absolutely true, then VIII
. hellish thing. what absolutely unforse
: and extraordinary calamity could ha
- occurred between the time when
:, parted from his father, and the m
: ment when, drawn back by his scream
) he rushed into the gladef It was SON
= thing terrible and deadly. What cou
i it be7 Might not the nature of the
4 juries reveal something to my medic
a instinctsi I rang the bell, and call
!. for the weekly county paper, viii
y contained a verbatim account of
q inquest. In the surgeons depositi
n |
h of the left parietal bone and the Il
:. half Of the occopital bone had be
,. shattered by heavy blow from
j blunt weapon. I marked the spot up
= my own head. Clearly such q bl
N must have been struck from behi,
That was to some extent in favor Of I
ii accused, as when seen quarreling
a was face to face with his Father. st
ii it did not 20 for very, much, for
m older man might have turned his ba
- before the blow fell. Still, it might
~ worth while to call Holmes 8 attent
is to it. Then there was the pecul
that meant II could not be deliri,
a. A man dying from sudden blow d
~ not commonly become delirious.
T it was more likely to be an attempt
ha explain how he met his fate. But w
as could it indicated [ cudgelled
f. brains to find some possible expla
n. ton. And then the incident of
nk gray cloth, seen by young McCart
be IF that we're true, the murderer m
have dropped some part of his DIR
M presumably his overcoat, in his fiji
ur and must have had the hardwood
he return and to carry it away. in
4 his back turned not dozen PAGES
90 What a tissue of mysteries and
w probabilities the whole thing wasi
-, did not wonder at Lestrade's opin
~ and vet had SO much faith in Sherl
III Holmes insight that 1 could not
u1 hope as long as every fresh fact seel
iii to strengthen his conviction of 20
Mccarthy IS innocence. i
ero 1t was late before Sherlock Holmes
ost turned. He came back alone, for ]
,as trade was staying in lodgings in the (
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