The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-09-06

a9ppenS to squirt backward one may
ARE many shots without leaving a sign.
TiEotAu suggest that Mr.. Cubitt's body
ITis now be removed. l suppose, doc
sur, you have not recovered the bullet
which wounded the lady?"
"A serious operation will be necessa
ny before that can be done. But there
are still four cartridges in the revolver.
Iwo have been fired and two wounds
Afflicted, so that each bullet can be ac-
snnnted for
$50 it would seem" said Holmes.
perhaps you can account also for the
wallet which has so obviously struck
ME edge of the Window
He had turned suddenly, and his
aug, thin finger was pointing to a hole
which had been drilled right through
The lower window sash about an inch
above the bottom
Wy George cried the inspector.
@How ever lid you see that?"
Because looked for It,"
"Wonderful." said the country doc
bce. you are certainly right. sir Then
third shot has been fired. and there
lore third person must have been
gHsent. Vat who could that have been
.db how could he have got away?"
THAT is the problem which we are
row about to solve" said Sherlock
Holmes. You remember, Inspector
Martin, when the servants said that on
leaving their room they We're at once
soilscious of a smell of powder | re-
marked that the point was an extreme
ly important one?''
"Yes, sir; but | confess / did not
quite follow you
ut suggested that at the time of the
firing the window as we'll as the door
Ut the room had been open. Otherwise
she fumes of powder could not have
been blown SO rapidly through the
house. A draft in the room was nee
sssary for that. Both door and Win
dow were only open for very short
time, however"
How do you prove that"
because the candle was not gut
eered"
1Capital. cried the inspector. Cap
atal.'
1Teeling sure that the window had
oeen open at the time Of the tragedy.
I conceived that there might have been
a third person in the allair, who stood
outside this opening and fired through
M. Any shot directed at this person
alight hit the SASH looked, and there,
cure enough, was the bullet mark"
1But how came the window to be
3iaut and fastened?"
aThe woman's first instinct would be
~ smut and fasten the window. But,
hello! What is this?'
II was lady's hand bag which stood
upon the study table-a trim little hand
Sag of crocodile skin and silver.
Holmes opened it and turned the con-
.rnts out There We're twenty fifty
s,ound notes of the Bank of England,
held together by an india rubber band
nothing else.
~rhis must be preserved, for it will
6g,Ire in the trial." said Holmes as ne
banded the bag with its contents to the
inspector. 1T is now necessary that
me should try to throw some light upon
stlis third bullet, which has clearly,
Tram the splintering of the wood, been
Erred from inside the room. l should
Exc to see Mrs. King, the cook, again
Iou said, Mrs. King, that you We're
awakened by a loud explosion When
goa said that did you mean that ii
seemed to you to be louder than the
SECOND one?'
4sWell, sir, it Weakened me from my
aseep, and so it is hard to judge. But
L did seem very loud
nYou don't think that it might have
syann two shots fired almost at the same
I nstautr'
u am sure couldn't say, SIR
a believe that it was undoubtedly
mat we have now exhausted all that
1lsis room can teach us. ii you will
Kindly step round with me, we shall
mee. what fresh evidence the garden has
~ offer"
A flower bed extended up to the
Study window, and we all broke into
an exclamation as we approached it
KNe uOWcTS were IEaIlpleu uOWU, auu
ttse soft soil was imprinted all over
Nth footmarks. Large, masculine fee
tsaey were, with peculiarly long, SHARP
4x..s Holmes hunted about among TIL,
gass and leaves like a retriever after
W wounded bird. Then, with a cry Of
satisfaction. he bent forward and pick
Il Thought So salu At. '.Ihe liz
seelyer had an ejector, and here is thu
aAild cartridge. | really think, In
sssector Martin, that our case is almos
t,omptete."
The country inspectors face hat
shvwu his intense amazement at thu
rapid and masterful progress OF Holmes
Investigation. At first he had shown
some disposition to assert his own posi-
cinn, but now he was overcome will
admiration and ready to follow with
out question wherever Holmes led.
HWhom do you suspect?' he asked.
AI'Il go into that later. There are
several points in this problem which
have not been able to explain to you
ysS Now that I have pnt so far