The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08

five years at q boarding school, what eoes
ns S 40 But sst ana mary hss 1t
registry office? No one knows word OF
the matter. but you can. imagine how
ar not aon ee 10 he wo 20
his very eyes to do. but what he knows
to be absolutely Impossible. It was sheer
frenzy Of this sort which made him throw
his hands up into the air when his father,
at their last interview. was goading him
on to propose to Miss Turner. On the
other hand: he had no means Of support
ing himself and his father who was by
all accounts very hard man, would have
thrown him over utterly had he known
the truth. 1t was with his barmaid wife
Bristol: and his father did not know
where he was. Mark that point. It Is Of
Importance. Good has come out of evil,
however, for the ba =, "a finding from
and likely to be hanged, has thrown him
over utterly. and has. written to him to
say that she has husband already in the
no tie between them. think that bit Of
! news has consoled young Mccarthy for all
that he has suffered"
it,"
"Ah! who? I would call your attention
very particularly to two points. One Is
a NTH oae az the hsp aGn
| the some one could not have been his son,
for his son y, was away. and Ae dia mo5
l know Wnen ne WOOlQ return. Inc SECOND
is that the murdered man was heard to
cry 'Cooee! before he knew that his son
had returned. Those are the crucial points
upon which the case depends: And now
please, and we shall leave all minor mat at
tiers until tomorrow"
There was no rain, as Holmes had fore
i cloudless. At 8 clock Lestrade called for
| us with the carriage, and we set Off for
Hatherley.. farm and the Boscombe pool:
nsss ssseas is th saa tha Mr.
! Turner Of the Hall, is so i'll that his life
IAN elderly man, presumed" said
! Holmes. - ....
q about sixty: but his constitution has
= been shattered by his life ABROAD, and he
4 has been in failing health for some time.
@ H. has ha aa Gid eaa of Net
Carthy's, and, may add. great bene-
factor to him, for. have learned that he
gave him Hatherley farm rent Free. w.,
/ Indeed! That Is interesting said
i Holmes.
"Oh, yes! In hundred other ways he
I has helped him. Everybody about here
Really! Does it not strike you as
little singular that this MCCARTHY, who
i appears to have had little, of his own, and
r Turner. should still talk Of marrying his
!, son to Turner's daughter, who is, pre-
sumably, heiress to the estate, and
that In such a very cocksure manner, as
ali else SeFs would ad1 follow? we It is p the more
strange, since we know that Turner him
self was averse to the idea. The daIgh.
told US f rs mqSh Do you not deduoe
1--WE have got to the deductions and the
inferences." said Lestrade, .winking al
me; 7 find it hard enough to tackle * l.
'"You are right" said Holmes demurely
r "you do not find it very hard to tackle the
, Anyhow, I have grasped one fac
which you seem to find it difficult to ge
: hold Of" replied Lestrade, with SOM
! That Me- Mccarthy. Senior, met his dealt
= from Mccarthy, junior, and that all the
;. cries to the contrary are the meres
). wei. moonshine is a, brighter thin
atm Ssyy fa mnsh upoh ths this
Eyes, that is it." 1t was a widesprea
!, comfortable looking building. two,storiet
slate rooted With great XelloT W. el 9re
blinds and smokeless chimneys, however
gave it stricken look. as tho the weigh
of this horror still lay heavy upon 1t: w
: called at the door. when the M maid: oo3
- which her master wore at the time Of hi
h DEATH and also pair of the sons. tho nc
q the pair phich he had then had Ha lawn
~ measured these very carefully from seVe
g or eight different points, Holmes desire
n to be led to the courtyard from which "
II all followed the winding track which lie
> Sherlock Holmes was transformed whe
y, he was hot upon such scent as thu
: Men who had only known the quiet think
sr and ogitian OF Baker r, street ,s w6 gu
ut flushed and darkened. His brows we
ID drawn into two hard, black lines, Will
o. his eyes shone out from beneath the
y. downward, his shoulders bowed: his III
- compressed. and his veins stood out ~
at whip-cord in his long; sinewy neck H II
ve animal lust for the chase. and his mi,
-. matter before him, that a question or r
70 mark fell UNDECIDED upon ms ears or
e. tient snarl in reply. Swiftly and silent
Ill he made his way. along the track Will
n ran thru the meadows, and so by way
al damp. marshy ground, as is all that !di
ea trict, and there were marks Of many fet
en- both upon the path and amid the she
Mseh aolmes VOLTA G e hurry sc
I'd sometimes stop dead, and once he ma
,ft quite little detour into the meadoW. L
an strade and I walked behind him, the q
. While sSei watched my friend with the int
on est which sprang from the conviction tn
DIV every one Of his actions was direct
Id. towards definite end.
ha The Boscombe pool. which Is lit
ne he reed-girt sheet Of water some fifty ya,1
.M1tS across, is situated at the boundary.
III, tween the Hatherley farm and the privs
he park of the wealthy Mr.. Turner. Abe
ok the woods which lined 1t upon the fartf
be side we could see the red, jutting pinr
on cles which marked the site Of the n
w.. landowners dwelling. On the Hather
l .si side OF the pool the woods grew W
lld thick, and there was a narrow belt OF sc
pes the edge Of the trees and the reeds VIII
No. lined the lake. Lestrade showed us
~ exact spot at which the body had bt
~ found and, indeed, so moist was
ha9 ground, that I could plainly see the ira
my which had been left by the fall Of
ma stricken man. To Holmes, as l could
the by his eager face and peering eyes, "
hy. many other things were to be read VI
nat the trampled grass. He ran round, Tx
' as' dog who is picking up q scent, and tt
.'Ss' turned upon my companion.
mt, 'swhat did you go into the pool TO
the 1T fished about with rake. thou
18th there might be some weapon or OF
~ trace. But how on earth"
i,, "Oh, tut tut! I have no time! -
I'M left foot of yours with its inward twist
l ali over the place. A mole could trace
ion, and there 1t vanishes among the rec
ock oh, how simple it would have been ha
ose been here before they came like hero
81 buffaio, and wallowed all over 1t. Her
~ where the party with the lodgekee
uhg came. and they have. covered all tracks
six or eight feet around the pody.
re- here are three separate tracks OF
as same feet" He drew out lens and
1wn. down upon his waterproof to have a
nc fnr v1aw talking al the time rather