The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19

all listened intently to the young man S
words.
1T was my father who was really
concerned. Dawson had retired. l was
only 10 years of age at the time, but l
was old enough to feel the shame and
horror Of il all It has always been
said that my father stole all the Sc
Curities and fled It is not true It
was his belief that if he were given
time in which TO realize them, all
would be well and every creditor paid
In full. He started in his little yacht
for Norway just before the warrant
WAS issued for his arrest. can re-
member that last night, when he babe
farewell 60 my mother. He left US
list Of the securities he was taking. and
he swore that he would come back wIth
his honor cleared, and that none who
had trusted him would suffer. Well
40 word was ever heard from him
again. Both the yacht and he vanished
utterly We believed. my mother and
I. that he and It, with the securities
that he had taken with him, were at
the bottom Of the sea. We had Il faith
ful friend, however, who rs a business
man. and il was he who discovered
some time ago that some of the secUTi-
ties which my father had with him ma d
reappeared on the London market You
can imagine our amazement. / spent
months in trying to trace them, and at
last, after many dOubtings and difficult
ties. discovered that the original seller
had been Captain Peter Carey, the own
or OF this hut
Naturally, I made some inquiries
about the man. | found that he had
been in command of a whaler which
was due to return from the Arctic seas
at the very time when my father was
crossing to Norway. The autumn Of
that year was a stormy one, and there
was long succession of soUtherly
gales. Ny fathers yacht may we'll
have been blown to the north, and
there met by Captain Peter Carey's
% ship. If that were SO. what had become
Of my father In any case, If l could
prove from Peter CaTey's evidence how
these securities came on the market it
would be proof that my father had
not sold them, and that he had no view
TO personal profit when he took them.
"T came down 10 Sussex with the in
tentiOn of seeing the captain, but it
was at this moment that his terrible
death occurred. l read at the inquest
a description of his cabin. in which it
stated that the old lOgbOOks of his YES
sci we're preserved in IL. It struck me
that if / could see what occurred i'm the
month of August, 1888. on board the
Sea Unicorn, I might settle the mystery
Of my fathers fate. I tried last night
to get at these IOEbOoks. but was uu-
able to open the door Tonight l tried
again and succeeded. but find that the
pages which deal with that month have
been torn from the book II was at
that moment / found myself prisoner
in your hands,
Us that all?" asked Hopkins.
Yes. that is all" His eyes shifted
as he said it.
You have nothing else to tell us?"
He hesitated.
mo. there is nothing"
You have not been here before last
night?"
No"
Then how do you account for that %"
cried Hopkins, as he held up the damn
ing note book, with the initials of our
prisoner on the first leaf and the blood
stain on the cover
The wretched man collapsed He
sank his face in his hands, and trem-
bled all over.
Where did you get it, he groaned.
81 did not know. l thought 1 had lost
1t at the hotel"
THAT is enough" said Hopkins.
steTnly. Whatever else you have to
say. YOU must say in court. You Will
walk down with me now to the police
station. Well. Mr.. Holmes I am very
much obliged to you and to your friend
for coming down to help me As it
turns out your presence was unneces-
sary. and l would have brought the
case to this successful issue without
you. but. none the less. I am grateful
Rooms have been reserved for you at
the Brambletye hotel. so we can walk
down TO the village together
well. Watson, what do you think Of
it, asked Holmes. as we travelled
back next morning
Il can see that you are not satisfied ~
''Oh. yes my dear Watson. | am per
fectly satisfied At the same time,
Stanley Hopkins methods do not COM
mend themselves TO me. l am disap-
pointed in Stanley HOpkinus. / had
hoped for better things from him one
should always look for possible al
tentative. and provide against il. II is
the first rule of criminal investigation. -
What then. is the alternative2''
The line Of Investigation which 7
have myself been pursuing. It may
give US nothing. 1 cannot tell But at
least I shall follow it to the end"
Several letters were waiting for
Holmes at Baker street. He snatched
one of them up. opened it, and burst out
into a triumphant chuckie of laughter.
Excellent, Watson! The alternative
develops. Have you telegraph forms
Just write a couple of messages for me:
Sumner, Shipping Agent. Ratcliff
Highway. Send three men on, TO ar
rive ten tomorrow mOrninC-BasiI- >
That's my name i'm those parts. The
other is: Inspector Stanley Hopkins.
as. Lord Street, Brixton. Come break
fast tomorrow at uine-thirty Impor-
taut. Wire if unable to Come.-Sher-
lock Holiness There, Watson. this in
fernal case has haunted me for ten
days I hereby Danish il completely
from my presence. Tomorrow. ] trust.
that we shall hear the last of it for
ever"
Sharp at the hour named Inspector
Stanley Hopkins appeared. and we sat
down together to the excellent break
fast which Mrs. Hudson had prepared.
The young detective was in high Spir-
It's at his success.
You really think that your solution
must be correct asked Holmes.
Il could not imagine a more COM
plete case
1t did not seem TO me conclusive"
You astoniSh me, Mr.. Holmes. What
more could one ask for2'
Does your explanation cover every
point"
Undoubtedly I find that young
NcliSan arrived at the Brambletye ho-
tel on the very day OF the crime. He
came on the preJense Of playing golf.
His room was on the ground floor, and
he could get out when he liked. That
very night he went down TO WoOdman's
Lee saw Peter Carey at the hut. quar-
relied with him. and killed him with
the harpoon. Then. Mortified by what
he had done, he fled out of the hut.
dropping the notebook which he had
brought with him in order to question
Peter Carey about these different Sc
curities. You may have observed that
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