Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-21

months ago. Theresa Wright Is ner
name, and the kind Of maid you don't
pick up nowadays. This way, MIR.
Holmes. II you pieasew
The keen interest had passed out OF
Holmes expressive face. and I knew
that with the mystery oil the charm Of
the case had departed. There still re-
NAMED an arrest to be effected, but
what were these commonplace rogues
that he should soil his hands with
them2 An abstruse ond learned spe
cialist who finds that he has been call.
ed In for a case Of measles would ex.
perience something of the annoyance
which read In my friends eyes. Yet
the scene In the dining room of the Alb
hey Grange was sufficiently strange tc
arrest his attention and to recall his
waning interest.
1t was very large and high cham.
Der, with carved oak ceiling. oakep
paneling and fine array Of deer's
heads and ancient weapons around the
walls. At the farther end from the
door was the high French window Of
which we had heard. Three smaller
windows ON the right hand side filled
the apartment with cold winter sun.
shine. On the left was n large, deep
fireplace, with a massive, overhangin9
oak mantelpiece. Beside the fireplace
was a heavy oaken chair with arms
and crossbars at the bottom. In and
out through the open woodwork was
woven crimson cord, which was Sc.
cured at each side to the crosspiece be.
low. In releasing the lady the cord
had been slipped off her, but the knots
with which II had been secured still re
NAMED. These details only struck our
attention afterward, for our thoughts
were entirely absorbed by the terrible
object which lay upon the tiger skin
hearth rug In front Of the fire.
| II was the body Of tall, well made
man about forty years of age. He
| lay upon his back, his fuce upturned
with his white teeth grinning through
| his short black beard. His two
| clinched hands were raised above his
head, and a heavy blackthorn stick
. lay across them. His dark, handsome,
/ aquiline features were convulsed inc
IA spasm of vindictive hatred, which
had set his dead face In Il terribly
liendish expression. He had evidently
been in his bed when the alarm had
broken out, for he wore foppish, ON.
broilered pishtshirt. and his bare feet
projected from his trousers. His heau
was horribly injured, and the whole
room bore witness to the savage feroc
ity of the blow which had struck him
down. Beside him lay the heavy poker
bent into curve by the conclusion
Holmes examined both 1t and the indie
scribable wreck which 1t had wrought.
"He must be powerful man, this
elder Randall" lie remarked.
YES" said Hopkins. II have some
record OF the fellow. and lie Is rougl
customer"
You should have no difficulty In get
ting him.
Not the slightest We have been OF
the lookout for him. and there was
some idea that he had got away tC
America. Now that we know that thu
gang are here l don't see how they
can escape. We have the news al
every seaport already, and a reward
will be offered before evening. Wha
beats me is how they could have don,
so mad thing knowing that the lady
could describe them and that we coult
not fail to recognize the description"
Exactly. One would have expected
that they would have silenced Lad!
Brackenstall as we'll"
"They may not have realized" sug
gested, that she had recovered from
her faint"
THAT Is likely enough. II she seen
cd TO be scnseless they would not tax,
her life. What about this poor fel
low, HOPKINS? I seem to have hear,
anna nuaar otnriac ohout him
, "He was n good hearted man whel