The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-03


q letter on the table waiting for him.
! had remained indoors all day, for the
weather had taken sudden turn 20
rain, with high autumnal Winds and
the jeZail bullet which ] had brought
back IN one Of my limbs as a relic of
my Afghan campaign. thrObbed with
dull PERSISTENCE With my body in one
easy chair and my legs upon another.
/ had surrounded myself with a cloud
% newspapers. until at last. saturated
with the news of the day, | tossed
them all aside and lay listless, watch
ing the huge crest and monogram up
on the envelope upon the table, and
wondering laZily who my friends noble
correspondent could be-
Here is a very fashionable epistle. p"
/ remarked as he entered. Your
morning letters. if ! remember right,
were from fish-mOnger and a tide
waiter"
Yes, my correspondence has GER
tainly the charm of variety" he an
swered, smiling, "and the humber are
usually the more interesting. This
looks like one of those unWelcOme so
cial summouses which call upon a man
either To be bored or 10 lie
He broke oDen the seal and glanced
over the contents.
"Oh. come it may prove to be some
thing of interest, after all"
Not social, them"
NO. distinctly professional"
And from a noble client2'
"One of the highest in England.
\ MY dear fellow, l congratulate you.
VI 4 assure you. Watson, without affec-
tation. that the status of my client is
a matter of less moment to me than
the interest of his case. 1t is just pos
sible. however, that that also may not
be wanting I'm this new Investigation.
You have been reading the papers dill
gently of late, have you not?"
1T looks ike IT," said /. ruefully,
pointing 10 a huge bundle i'm the cor
ner. Il have had nothing else to do.
1T is fortunate, for You win perhaps
be able TO post me up. ] read nothing
except the criminal news and the =
oHy column. The latter is always In
structive. But if you have followed
recent events so closely YOU must have
read about Lord st. Simon and his
wedding
"Oh yes with the deepest interest. 80
THAT is well. The letter which hold
IN my hand is from LOrdSJ. simon. ] viii
read il 20 YOU. and IN return you must
turn over these papers and Jet me have
whatever bears upon the matter. This
IS what he says:
My dear Mr.. Sherlock Holmes
Lord BlackWater tells me thar I may
place implicit reliance upon your judg-
ment and discretion. / have deter
mined. therefore, 10 call upon you, and
10 consult you in reference to the very
painful event which has occurred in
connection with my wedding. Mr. Les
trade, of Scotland Yard, is acting al
ready iN the matter, but he assures me
that he sees no objection to your CO.
Ii u1l-
il might be of some assistance. / Will
call at four o'clock in the afternoon,
end should you have any other engage
ment at that time. / hope that you
viii postpone it, as this matter is of
paramount Importance. Yours faith
fully. ST. SIMON
1t is dated from Grosvenor Man
sions, written With a quill pen, and the
noble lord has had the misfortune to
get a smear of ink upon the outer side
of his right little finger remarked
Holmes, as ne folded up the epistle.
He says four o'clock. II is three
now. He viii be here in an hour"
Then ] have just time with your as
sistance, TO get clear upon the subject.
Turn over those papers, and arrange
the extracts in the order OF time, While
I take a glance as TO who our client IS.
He picked a red-cOVered volume from
a line of books of reference beside the
mantel-pieCe. Here he is" said he
sitting down and fiattening it out upon
his knee. Lord Robert Walsingham
de We're st. Simon, second son of the
Duke OF Balmoral-Huml Arms; Azure,
three caltrops in chief over "a fess
sable Born in 1876 He's fOrty-one
years Of age, which is mature for mar
riage Was Under Secretary Tor the
Colonies in late administration The
Duke. his father. was at one time Sec
rotary for Foreign Affairs. They in
herit Plantagenet blood by direct des-
cent and Tudor on the distaff side Ha,
Well there is nothing very instructive
in all this. / think that / must turn TO
you. Watson. for something more
solid
Il have very little difficulty i'm find
ing what | want said 1, for the facts
are quite recent. and tie matter struck
me as remarkable. J feared To refer
them 20 you, however, as / knew that
YOU had an inquiry on hand. and that
YOU disiiked the intrusion of other
matters
oh. you mean the little problem Of
the GrOsvenOr Square furniture van.
That is quite cleared up. nOw-thOugh
indeed il was obvious from the first.
Pray give the results of your news
paper selections"
Here is the first notice which / can
md. II is in the personal column of
the Morning Post and dates. as YOU
see. some weeks back. A marriage has
been arranged il says. and viii. If
rumor is correct, very shortly take
place. between Lord ST Simon. second
son of the Duke of Balmoral. and Miss
Hatty Doran. the only daughter Of
Aloysius Doran. Esq. Of San Fran
.isco. Cal, L. 8. A That is all"
'sTerse and 10 the point" remarked
Holmes, stretching his long. thin legs
toward the fire.
There was paragraph simplifying
this in one of the society papers of the
same week All, here il is. There will
soon be a call for protection in the
marriage market. for the present free
trade principle appears to tell heavily
against our home product. One by one
the MANAGEMENT Of the noble houses OF
Great Britain Is passing into the hands
of our fair cousins from across the
Atlantic. An important addition has
been made during the last week 10 the
list Of the prizes which have been
borne away by these charming inVad-
ers. Lord st. Simon. who has shown
himself for over twenty years proof
against the little gods arrows. has now
definitely announced his approaching
marriage with Miss Hatty Doran, the
fascinating daughter OF q California
millionaire Miss Doran. whose grace
.ful figure and striking face attracted
much attention at the WestbuTy House
festivities. Is an only child. and il is
currently reported that her dOwry vim
run TO considerably over the six iig-
bres with eXpectancies for the future.
A. IL an omen secret that the Duke of
Balmoral has been compelled TO sell his