The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-29

and laid his hand upon the glossy neck Of
FRI me Tiors. cried both the cosone
yes, -9ths horse. And it may lessen
ruilt IL say that it was done In self.defens
and that ohm Straker was man who w;
entirely uns.srthy of your confidence. But thert-
On TIL next Me- shall defer a lengthy ex-
planaE tion sunElst more fitting time
we hAad - sosner Of Pullman car to our
seayef tnaf evening as we whirled back. to
LonueN ~ sa q 1sncy that the journey was q
self, q we listened to our companions nara
tive Of tfs events which had occurred at the
night and ne means b which he had unras.
| eled them.
osssii s .e
| import. went to Devonshire with the con-
yiction that Fitzrot. Simpson was the true
culprit. aitho. Of coafse saw that the. eyi-
we reached the trainers house, that the Inn
cured to me- You may remember that was
distract. and remained sitting after you had
how. could possibly ha1s overlooked 90 So
/ vious clue"
u confess. said the colonel ''that even now
Ut vas "a the nr.s Ink in my chain of reason
g .sa, opium Is Z
perceptible. Were it mixed with any ordinary
dish the eater would undoubtedly detect it,
euS eat wona
taste By no possible supposition could TIL.
to be served in the trainers family that night,
] and 1t Is surely too m0nstrous coincidence
| to suppose that he happened to come along with
opium upon POI the very night s sep
| guise the flavor. That is unthinkable. There
fore Simpson becomes eliminated from the case,
wife the only two people who could have chos-
| for supper with no i'll effects Which Of them,
then. had access to that dish without the maid
Before deciding that question had srapsed
True IN
! Simpson incident had shown me that dog
b bsp9 In asa stables ssa sa yet st tho
II the lott: obviously The midnight visitor vss
II was already CONVINCED. or almost COP.
vinced that John straker went down to ths
stables IN the dead Of the night and took out.
honest one. obviously, or why should ne drug ny
why Thers ays
trainers have made sure OF great sums OF money
and then preventing them from winning By fraud:
Sometimes it is a pulling Jockey. Sometimes #
here? 1 hoped that the contents of bis pockets
| might help me to form conclusion.
And they did So You cannot 9I have iessosssa
mans hand, knife which certainly no sane
man would choose for weapon. It was: q.
used for the most delicate operations known In
surgery. And it was to be used for delicate
operation that night. You must kn9wi with I your
that it is possible to make slight nick upoe
the tendons of a horse's ham, and to do 1t sub
cutaneously, so as to leave absolutely no trace.
A horse SO treated would develop slight lame
ness which would be put down to strain In ex.
ercise or q touch Of rheumatism, but never 70
william! Scoundrel!' cried the colonel. 8
1--WE have here the explanation Of why John
. moor. So spirited creature would have certain
~ reused the soundest sleepers when 1t felt the
prick Of the knife. 1t was absolutely necessary
II have been blindl'' cried the colonel: "of
course that was why he needed the candle and
struck the match"
: Undoubtedly. But in examining his belong
ings l fortunate enough to discover not
only the method of the crime, but even its ND
that men do not carry other peoples bills about
, in their pockets. We have most of quite enough
to do to settle our own at once t eoaei 1
ing second establishment. The nature of the
bill showed that there was lady in the case,
and one who had expensive tastes. Liberal 40
: you are with your servants, can hardly ex-
pect that they can buy 2O-guinea walking dresses
for their ladies', l questioned Mrs. Straker az
satisfied myself that 1t had never reached her,
made note Of the milliner's address, and felt
that by calling there with Straker's photograph
could easily dispose Of the mythical Derby
"From that time on all was plain. Sraker
had led out the horse to hollow where his light
: dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked It
: up-with some idea, perhaps that he might use
It, in securing the horses leg. Once in the hol-
8 low, he had got behind the horse and had struck
den glare u and with the strange Instinct Of AMI
q mails feeling that some mischief was intended.
had dashed out and the steel shoe had struck
Straker full on the forehead. he had already, In
to do his delicate task, and so, as he fell, hts
knife gashed his thigh. Do make it clear ~
Wonderful" cried the colonel. ''Wondee-
full! You might have been there!'
MY final shot was, I confess, very long
one. 1t struck me that 50 astute a man as Stra-
ker would not undertake this delicate tendon
) ntcking without Httlepractice. What could hs
practice on? Ny eyes fell upon the sheep, and
e l. asked a question which, rather to my sur.
e PRISE showed that my surmise was correct"
\ m1lliner who had recognized Straker as an excel
. lent customer OF the name Of Derbyshire, who
e had very dashing wife, with a strong partial.
: ity for expensive dresses. have no doubt that
. plot"
''You have explained all but one thing" cried
p the colonel. Where was the horser
: neighbors. We must have an amnesty in that
!, direction, think. This Is Chaplain Junction,
II am not mistaken, and we shall be IN Vic,
torta in less than ten minutes. II you care e
= smoke cigar in rooms. colonel, shall b
q happy to give you any other details which might
l. interest Won