Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-30
The Adventure OF
the Second Stain
No. IL of the Series
Continued from Yesterday

"Our French friends seem to have
touched the spot this time. No doubt
it's lust as they say. She Knocked at
the door-surprlsc visit, guess, for he
kept his life In water tight compart-
mcnts-he let her in. couldn't keep her
in the street. She told him how she
had traced him, reproached him; one
thing led to another. and then with that
dagger so handy the end soon came.
II wasn't all done in an instant though.
for these chairs were all swept over
yonder, and he had one In his hand as
II he had tried to hold her off with II.
We've got II all clear as II we had seen
It,"
Holmes raised his eyebrows.
"And yet you have sent for met"
"Ah. YES. that's another matter: n
mere trifie, but the sort of thing YOU
take an interest In-oueer, you know,
and what YOU might call frcaklsh. IL
has nothing to do with the main fact
can't have. on the face Of IT,"
"What Is 1t, thenY'
"well, you know, after a crime of
this sort we are very careful to keep
things in their position. Nothing has
been moved. officer in charge here day
and night. This morning, as the man
was buried and the investigation over
50 far as this room Is Commemorative
thought we could tidy up bit. This
carpet-you see, 1t is not fastened
down, only Just laid there. We had
occasion TO raise Il. We found
"Yes? You found
Holmes face grew tense with anx.
iety.
"wcll I'm spre Won would never
GUESS I'm hundred years what we did
find. You see that stain on the car
metz We'll n great deal must have
sopked through. must II notyr
"I-ndoubtedIv n mustr
well. you will be surprised TO hear
that there Is no stain OH the white
woodwork to correspond"
mo stain! But there must
Eyes, so you would say. But the fact
remains that there isn't"
He took the corner of the carpet In
his hand. and, turning 1t over, he show
cd that II was indeed as he said.
But the underside is as stained as
the upper. 1t must have left mark"
Lestrade chuckled with delight at
havlng puzzled the famous expert.
Now, I'll show you the explanation.
There Is second stain. but 1t does not
correspond with the other. See for
yourself" As he spoke he turned over
another portion Of the carpet, and
there, sure enough. was n great Grim
son spill upon the square white facing
OF the old fashioned floor. What do
you make OF that, Nr. Holiness
why, 1t Is simple enough. The two
stains did correspond, but the carpet
has been turned round. AS 1t was
square and unfastened 1t was easily
done"
"The official police don't need you,
Mr.. Holmes, to tell them that the car
pet must nave been turned round.
| Ihats clear enough Tor the STAINS lie
ABOVE each other-i1 You lay II over
VINO sni,eeu the earPet, anu WI!
eouiu see iroih hohnes rls'u iace
mat ne was 'ipruuhs WIN ih"aru eA-
ene'hen'
LOOK mere, Lestrade' SAID ne, mas
that constable IN the passage peen IN
charge OF the place all the TIMER
les, ne mas
carefully. Don't do II before us. Well
wait here. You take him into the back
room. You'u he more likely IN GET n
confession out of him alone, Ask him
how he dared 10 admit neonIe ond leave
them alone in this room. Don't ask
him ~ be has done II Take n FOR
granted. Tell him YOU know some one
has been here. Press him. Tell him
that full confession is his only chance
OF forgiveness. Do exactly what tell
your
"By George, II he knows I'll have II
out of hImv' cried Lestrade. He darted
into the hail and n few moments later
his bullying voice sounded from the
back room,