The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-05

'The first flaw in my happiness was
the arrival of the redmoustached Mr.
Woodley. He came for a visit of
| week, and OH it seemed three months
to me- He was a dreadful persona
bully to everyone else, but to me some
| thing infinitely worse. He made
odious love to me, boasted of his
wealth, said that if 1 married him i
could have the finest diamonds in Lon
don, and finally when / would have
nothing to do with him. he seized me in
his arms one day after dinner-he was
hideously strong-and swore that he
would not let me go until | kissed him.
| Mr.. Carruthers came in and tore him
from me. on which he turned upon his
own host, knocking him down and cut
| ting his face open. That was the end
of his visit, as you can imagine. Mr.
CarrutherS apologized to me next day,
and assured me that I should never be
exposed to such an insult again. L
have not seen Mr.. WOodley since
And now. Mr. Holmes, 1 come at
| last TO the special thing which has
| caused me to ask your advice today
| You must know that every SATURDAY
| forenoon I ride on my bicycle 10
Farnham station in order 10 get the
II % 10 town. The road from Chiltern
| Grange is lonely one, and at one
spot it is particularly so, for it lies for
| over a mile between Charlington
Heath upon one side and the woods
which lie round Charlington hall upon
the other. You could not find more
| lonely tract Of road anywhere, and 1t
| is quite rare to meet so much as
cart, or a peasant. until you reach the
| high road near CTooksbury hill Two
| weeks ago 1 was passing this place
when I CHANGED to look back over my
shoulder and about 200 yards behind
me 1 saw a man. also on a bicycle he
( seemed to be a middle-aged man, with
a short dark beard. ] looked back De
fore reached Farnham, but the man
was gone so I thought no more ABOUT
it But YOU can imagine how surprised
l was. Mr.. Holmes, when, on my re-
turn on the Monday. L saw the same
man on the same. stretch or road ny
astouishment was increased when the
incident occurred again. exactly as pc
fore, on the following Saturday ana
Monday. He always kept his distance
and did not modest me in any way, put
still il was very odd mentioned II 70
Mr. Carruthers, who seemed interested
in what I said and told me that ne
had ordered a horse and trap, so that
in future I should not pass over these
lonely roads without some companion
THE horse and trap were to have
come this week, but for some reason
they were not delivered, and again
had to cycle to the station That was
tbis morning. You can think that
looked out when 1 came to CharlhSt ton
Heath and there, sure enough, was the
man. exactly as he had been the Two
weeks before. He always kept so far
from me that I could not clearly see
his face. but it was certainly someone
whom / did not know. He was dressed
in a dark suit with a cloth cap. me
only thing about his face that could
clearly see was his dark beard Iooay
/ was not alarmed. but l was niled Win
curiosity. and I determined 70 hnG OUT
who he was and what he wanted. /
slowed down my machine. but ne
slowed down his. Then L stopped al
together. but he stopped also Then L
laid a trap for him. There is sharp
turning OF the road, and pedalled very
quickly round this, and then stopped
aud waited I expected him TO shoot
round and pass me before he could
stop. But he never appeared. Then !
vent hack and looked round the
corner. I could see a mile of road,
but he not on it. To make it the more
extraordinary. there was no side road
at this pint down which he could have
Holm. chuclled and rubbed his
hands. This case certainly presents
some features Of its own" said he.
How much time elapsed between your
turning the road and your discovery
that the road was clesr?"
Two or three minutes"
'sThen he could not have reiterated
down the road. and you say that there
are no side roads,"
None"
ssThen he certainly took a footpath
ON one side or the other"
ut could not have been on the side
of the heath, or I should have seen
him.
$50. by the process OF exclusion. We
arrive at the fact that ne made his
way toward Charhngton hail. which.