The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-10

well tried 10 get away, but Arthur
caught him, and there was a struggle
between them. your lad tugging at one
side OF the coronet and his opponent
the other. Ia the scuffie your son
struck Sir George and cut him over
( the eye. Then something suddenly
snapped, and your son, finding that ne
/ had the coronet in his hands, rushed
back, closed the window assembled to
your room, and had just observed that
| the coronet had been twisted in the
/ struggle, and was endeavOring TO
straighten it, when you appeared upon
/ the scene.
us it possible?" gasped the banker.
You then reused his anger by call
| ing him names at a moment when he
/ felt that he had deserved your warm
est thanks He could not explain the
/ true state of affairs without betraying
one who certainly deserved little
enough consideration at his hands. He
took the more chivalrous view. how
ever. and preserved her secret"
And that was why she shrieked and
/ tainted when she saw the coronet. "
cried Mr.. Holder. "Oh, my God. What
a blind fool have been, And his ask
/ ing 10 be allowed to go Out for five min
| utes. The dear fellow wanted 10 see
]
/ Of the struggle. How cruelty / have
misiudged him!"
! When / arrived at the house." con-
tinued Holmes. 4 at once went very
carefully around it to observe if there
were any traces in the snow which
/ might help me- I knew that none had
fallen since the evening before. and
also that there had been a strong frost
TO preserve impressions. I passed
along the tradesmen's path, but founo
/ it all trampled down and indlsIinguish-
! able. Just beyond 1t, however, al the
/ far side of the kitchen door, woman
had stood and talked with a man.
whose round impressions on one side
I showed that he had wooden leg. l
could even tell that they had been
disturbed, for the woman had run back
swiftly 20 the door, as was shown by
| the deep toe and light heel marks,
while Wooden-leg had waited a little
and then had gone away. L thought
at the time that this might be the
maid and her sweetheart, OF whom you
! had already spoken to me, and inquiry
showed ii was so. passed around
the garden without seeing anything
more than random tracks, which | took
TO be the police; but when / got into
tne stable lane a very long and com
pick story was written in the snow IN
front of me.
There was a double line Of tracks
Of a booted man, and a second double
line which saw with delight belonged
10 a man with naked feet ] was al
once convinced from what you told me
that the latter was your son. The first
had walked both ways, but the other
had run swiftly, and, as his tread was
marked IN places over the depression
of the boot, it was obvious that he hao
passed after the other. ! followed him
up, and found that they led to tbe hal
window, where Boots had worn all the
snow away while waiting. Then
walked TO the other end. which was Z
hundred yards or more down the lane
I saw where Boots had faced round
where the snow was cut up as though
there had been a struggle, and, finally
where a few drops Of blood had fallen
to show me that l was not mistaken
Boots had then run down the lane, anC
another little smudge Of blood showed
that it was he who had been hurt
When he came To the high road at the