The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-28

aaglon ask ~ y whose interest are You acting
I'm that Of Mr.. Percy Phelps answered
Holmes
.'Ah. my unfortunate nephew You can un-
de1stana that our kinship makes it the more Inn
possible for me to screen him in any way. l
diclal effect upon his career"
But II the document is found?" |
All, that, of course. would he different
II had one or two questions which wished to
ask you, Lord Holdhurst'
J., Il shall be happy to give you any information
WAS it in this room that you gave your in
struetions as to the copying of the document?"
Then I; you S, could Co hardly have been
Ibid you ever mention to anyone that it was
sopi sd5s. )" s''s 4D'0D' - 's''s :
:. You \ gu; are " Is, certain !, of that?"
'Well since you never said so, and Mr. Phelps
ne eS said So and and nobody else knew anything
and he took kitty It uei'at ne "a" MS enaee
The statesman smiled. "You take me out of
my province there" said he.
Holmes considered for moment: .'There is
t anti point which wish to
follow from Pe details Of this treaty becoming
the sta statesman. VERY grave, results, indeed
I'm. .Ana h nay :, they occurred =
eff the treaty had reached, let us say,
the French Or Russian n, foreign office. you would
II should,'' said Lord Holdhurst with a wry
| face.
'.since nearly ten weeks have elapsed then. and
nothing has been heard, it is not unfair to sup
pose pose, that for some reason the treaty has not
Lord Holdhurst shrugged his shoulders
tho We of gan 4oo hardly t suppose Mr. Holmes that
b w5 bs wftp s for better ct
price at at all The treaty will cease to be secret
That is most important" said Holmes. 'Of
course. it is possible superstition that the thief
mas h nad att ssGds 81 braa fever for
asked the statesman, flashing a swift glance
at him. E..| s
Il did not say So, said Holmes. imperturb-
1sady gd keR Up too much ood of valuable
! livery success to your investigation, be the
criminal who it may answered the nobleman,
H. bowed aus US out euo at the ed door,
came out into whitehall. 'But he has a
struggle to keep up his position. He is far
Of course. that his boots had been resoled
Now. Watson, 1 won't detain you from your
legitimate work any. longer: shall do moth
9Se az Ss
tremely obliged to you if you would come down
with me to Working tomorrow by the same
train which we took yesterday
| met him accordingly next morning and we
no answer to his advertisement he said, and
no fire. h light had been thrown upon the case
OF Thsp he w5sc it red the fn ttsr
| could not gather from his appearance whether
ne was satisfied or not with the position of
about the Bertillon system of measurements
and he expressed his enthusiastic admiration of
We found our client still under the charge
6e MS 5an but looking
greeted us without difficulty when we entered.
Any news?' he asked eagerly:
sa Holmes as RsTe is For5s ss"
I have your uncle, and l have set one OF
two trains 10, Of inquiry upon foot which may lead
You have not lost heart, then?"
| BY no MEANS 49,.
God bless you for saying that" cried Miss
Harrison. If we keep our courage and our
patience .1Ta , the truth must come out"
the couch. l.. :, -
Y hoped you might have something
night tr,on and one which might proved to be
to fear sprang up in his eyes. DO you know. -
| said he, that begin to believe that l an
the unconscious center Of some monstrous con
as my honor:'' ..:..
"Ah, cried Holmes.
1T sounds incredible, for have not, as far
as know an enemy in the world. Yet from
last. nights experience l can come to no other
,, Pray let me hear it,
You IL must know that last night the
that thought could dispense with one.
had night-light burning, however. Well about
sleep when l was suddenly aroused by slight
noise. 1t was like the sound which a mouse
makes ae when it lis is gnawng plank, and lay
, sion that it must come from that cause. Then
and sna aes hsrs sat
IN amazement. There could be no doubt what
the sounds were now. The first ones had been
the slit between the sashes, and the second by
the e.r catch being pressed back:
'Ihere was pause then for about ten min
Whether the e Noise were had ai'ns sw az sed
me. Then heard gentle creaking as the
it no longer, for my nerves are not what they
used to be. l spring out of bed and flung open
window: I could little of him, for he was
gone like flash. He wrapped in some
sort of cloak which came across the lower part
: of his face. One thing only l sure of, and
i that is that he had some weapon in his hand.
1t looked to me like long knife. 1 distinctly
, saw the CLEAN of it as he turned to rum
This is most interesting said Holmes
"Pray what did you do then?'
81 should have followed him thru the open
, window if had been stronger AS it was,
me some little time, for the bell rings in the
kitchen and the servants all sleep upstairs.
shouted, however, and that brought Joseph
down, and he reused the others. Joseph and the
groom found marks ON the bed outside the
window, but the weather has been so dry
, lately that they found it hopeless to follow
the trail across the grass. There's a place
/ however. on the wooden fence which skirts the
road which shows signs, they tell me- as if some
one had got over and had snapped the top of
the rail in doing so. l have said nothing to
the local police yet for I thought had best
! have your opinion first
This tale of clients appeared to have an
extraordinary effect upon Sherlock Holmes He
rose from his chair and paced about the room,
, In uncomfortable excitement
"Misfortunes never come SINGLE said PheIns
smiling, tho it was evident that his adventure
had somewhat shaken him.
''You have certainly had your share, said
Holmes DO you think you could walk around
ooh, yes, should like little sunshine.
oss Rhd I1n al son's said Miss Harrison
Il am afraid not said Holmes, shaking
) his head. ~ think | must ask you to remain
sitting exactly where you are"
Il The young lady resumed her seat with IN
air Of displeasure. Her brother, however, had
We passed around the lawn to the outside Of
the young diplomatists window. There were
as he had said, marks upon the bed, but they
!. were hopelessly blurred and vague Holmes
. stopped over them for an instant, and then
ST don't think any one could make much OF
this said he. Let US go around fine house
: and see why this particular room was chosen
by the burglar. should have thought those
, larger WINDOWS OF the drawingroom and dining.
room would have had more attractions for him
They are more visible from the road u snp.
gesstssdd Joseph asl a Harrison aP1;asa r,o-
. which he might have ATTEMPTED what 4, !,
fof?" :
'It is the side entrance for trades neonle
, Of course 1t is locked at night
! Have you ever had an alarm like this be-