The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12

are my agents"
His grace sat very stern and upright
in his chair, and looked stenily at my
friend
ais this a joke. AIR. Holmes? 1t is
hardly a subject for plea safltry.''
Not at 80. your grace. was never
more earnest in NIX life
What do you mean, then p?
II mean that | have earned the re-
ward 1 know where your son is. and
know some, at least, OF those who are
holding him"
The dukes beard had turned more
progressively red than ever against his
CHASTITY white face.
Where is he?'' he gasped.
HE is. or was last night, at the
Fighting Cock inn. about two miles
from your park gate
The Duke fell. back IN his chair.
And whom do you accuse -
Sherlock Holmes. answer was an as
founding one. He stepped swiftly for
ward and touched the Duke upon the
shoulder
Il accuse you" said be. And now.
your grace, III trouble you for that
check
Never shall I forget the Dukes ap-
pearance as he sprang up and clawed
with his hands, like one who is sinking
into an abyss. Then, with an extraor-
binary effort of ariStocratic Self-com-
IN his hands 1t was some minutes be-
fore he spoke.
How much do you know he asked
at last, without raising his head.
Il saw you together last night
Does any one else beside your friend
know p
Il have spoken to no one"
The Duke took a pen in his quiv ering
fingers and opened his check book
shall be as good as my word, Mr..
Holmes. I am about to write your
check. however unwelcOme the infor-
nation which you have gained may be
70 me. When the offer was. first made,
/ little thought the turn which events
might take. But you and your friend
are men of discretion, Mr.. Holiness
I hardly understand your grace"
I must put IL plainly, Mr.. Holmes.
there is no reason why it should 90 any
farther. / think s12OOO is the sum
that owe you, is it not?"
But Holmes smiled and shook his
head.
II fear, your grace, that matters can
hardly be arranged so easily. There is
the death of this schoolmaster to be ac-
counted for
But James knew nothing of that
You cannot hold him responsible for
! that. 1t was the work of this brutal
ruffian whom he had the misfortune to
employ"
Il must take the view, your grace.
that when man embarks upon a
crime, he is morally guilty of any other
crime which may spring from it."
Morally, Mr.. Holmes. No doubt you
are right. But surely not in the eyes
of the law. A man cannot be con-
demned for murder at which he was
not present. and which he Ioathes and
abhorS as much as you do The instant
hfa1 of he do
confession to me, so filled was he with
| horror and remoFse. He lost not an
| hour in breaking entirely with the muir
derer- On. Mr. Holmes. you must save
him-you must save him! 1 tell you
that you must save him." The Duke
had dropped the last attempt at self
command, and was pacing the room
with a convulsed face and with his
clenched hands raving in the air. At
last he mastered himself, and sat down
once more at his desk. Il appreciate
your conduct in coming here before YOU
spoke to any one. else said he. "At
| least, we may take counsel how far we
can minimize this hideous scandal
Exactly" said Holmes. Il think.
| your grace, that this can only be done
by absolute frankness between us.
am disposed to help your grace TO the
! best of my ability. but i'm order to do
/ so, must understand to the last detail
how the matter stands realize that
your words applied to Mr.. James Will
der, and that he is not the murderer. -
mo. the murderer has escaped
sherlock Holmes smiled denureiy
Your grace can hardly have heard
! Of any small reputation which / pos
sess. o. YOU would not imagine that 1t
- so easy to escape me- Mr.. Reuben
Hayes vas arrested at ChesterfieI Id. on
my information. at II o'clock last night
I / had a telegram from the head of the
7 al hr.f~ T,.T% a.
morning.
The duke leaned back in his chair
and stared with MANAGEMENT st my
| friend.
You ssem to have powers that are
! hardly human" said he. so Reuben
| Hayes is taken: I am right glad to
| hear IL, il it will not react upon the
/ fate of James
| Your secretary
| NO. sir, my SON..
/ Ii was Holmes turn to look aston
! ished.
81 confess that this is entirely new
| TO me, your grace. l must beg you to
| be more explicit"
/ Il viii conceal nothing from you. I
| agree with you that complete frank
| ness. however painful it may be to me-
| is the best policy in this desperate
i situation to which James folly and
| jealousy have reduced us. When L
was d very young man. MT homes.
/ loved with such a love as comes only
| once in a lifetime. I offered the lady
marriage. but she refused II on the
! grounds that such a match might mar
| my career. Had she lived. I would GER
! tainly have married no one else. She
! died, ana left this one child, whom for
! her sake I have cherished and cared
| for. I could not acknowledge the pa
| ternity to the world, but ] gave him the
| Dest of Quotations, and since he came
| TO manhood I have kept him near my
! person. He surprised my secret, and
| has presumed ever since upon the claim
/ which he mas upon me. and upon his
| power of provoking a scandal which
J would be abhorrent to me- His pres
/ ence had something to do with the un-
| happy issue of my marriage Above
all. he hated my young legitimate heir
! from the first with a persistent hatred.
| You viii ask me why. under these cir
| cumStanceS. I kept James under my
4 roof I answer that it was because l
could see his mothers face in his, and
that for her dear sake there was no end
! TO my long suffering All her pretty
| ways too-there was not one of them
which he could not suggest and bring
back TO my memory. I could not send
| him away. But feared so much lest
! he should DO Arthur-that is, Lord Sal
| fIre-a mischief that I dispatched him
I for Ga fetv 70 DR. Huxtable'S school.