The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-07
SECTION THREE.
By Conan
Doyle.

handed in. "HallOa, LeSua0e seems
( to have observed something o. inter
est Put on your hat. Watson, ana We
will stroll together to Westminster
1t was my first visit to the scene OF
the crime-a high. diugy, 7arrDW--,ileSC-
ed house. prim. formal and SOLID NE
the century which gave 1t oirJh- Les
trades bulldog features gael out at
1 us from the front window, a0d ne
/ greeted us warmly when a biz consta-
BILE had opened the door and lei Us IN
/ The room into which We were shown
was that in which the crime had oeen
/ committed. but no trace Of II now re
manned save AN ugly. Irregular STAN
upon the carpet The carpet was p
small square Grugget IN the center OF
I the room. surrounded by a broad eN-
panse Of beautiful. Old-fashiOucd wool
{ flooring In square blocks highly pol
{ ished- over the fireplace Was q mag
uificent trophy Of weapons, one %
which had been used on thar tragic
night. In the window was SuWptuous
writing desk and every detail of the
/ apartment. the pictures, the rugs and
| the hangiugs, all pointed 10 t7Ste
! which was luxurious TO the verge OF
Seen the Paris news?" asked Les
! trade.
| Holmes nodded.
Our French friends seem 10 hdvs
I touched the spot this time. No doubt
/ it's just aS they say. She knocked at
| the dpor-SurprIse visit. 7 guess, fer
he kept his life in vateT-tigFt con-
/ partmeHtS-bc let her in couldn't keep
/ her in the street she told him how she
/ had traced him reprO7ched him. one
/ thing led 10 another and -heD with
| that dagger 81 handy the end soon
/ came. II wasn't all done I'm All instant.
though for these chairs We're al SWEPT
| over yonder and he had one In lbs
! hand as if he had tried 10 hold he off
/ with it We've got it all clear ~ II We
! had seen it
| Holmes raised his eyebrows.
And yet you have sent for me-"
! "Ah. yes. that's another matter
mere trifle- but the sort Of thing YOU
! take an interest in-queeT, You know.
/ and what you might call fTeakish- It
has nothing to do with the main fact
can't have. on the face of it
| What is it, them"
well. you know. after 4 crime Of
this sort We are very careful
to keep things iu their posi-
| ton. Nothing has been moved. Of
icer in charge here day and night
/ This morning, as the man was buried
| and the investigation Over-so far IS
| this room is Commemorative thought We
| could tidy up hit This carpet You
see. it is not fastened down only just
laid there We had occasion TO raise
it We found"
Yes? You found
Holmes face grew tens with
| anxiety.
Well I'm sure YOU would never
| guess I'm n hundred years what we did
( find. You see that stain on the car
pet2 Well, a great deal must have
( soaked through, must IL not?"
! Undoubtedly IT must
We'll. you viii be surprised 70 hear
| that there is no stain on the white
| woodwork to correspond
| No stain, But there must
| Yes 80 you say But the fact re-
| mains that there isn't
/ He took the corner nf the carpet i'm
/ his hand and. turning it over. he
/ showed that IT was indeed as ne said.
! But the UUdeTside Is IS stained IS
/ the upper 1t must have left mark
] Lestrade chuckled with delight at
! having puzzled the famous expert
] Now I'll show YOU the exclamation.
/ There Il - second stain but it dCes not
! correspond with the other. SEQ for
[ yourself" As ne smoke ne turned
| over another portion of the carpet. and
I there. sure enough. was q great Grim
/ son spill upon the square white facing
/ of the oId-fashioned floor What do
J You make of that. M HoImes2"
/ Why. il Is simple enough. The two
1 stains did correspond, but the carpet
/ has been turned round As il was
/ square and unfastened it was easily
! done"
! The official police don't need YOU.
/ Mr.. Holmes. to tell them that the car
/ pet must have been turned round
/ That's clear enough, for the stains lie
/ above each OtheT-if you lay it over
! this way But what I want to know is.
[ who shifted the carpet. and Why
| I could see from Holmes rigid face
/ that ne was vibrating with inward ex-
/ element.
: Look here. Lcstrade." said he has
! that constable i'm the passage been in
/ charge Of the place all the time?"
/ Yes. he has"
We'll. take my advice Examine
/ him carefully Don't do it before us.
+ Well wait here You take him into
/ the back room. You'll be more likely
/ 20 get a confession out of him alone.
/ Ask him how he dared to admit people
and leave them alone IN this room
/ Don't ask him if he has done it. Take
/ it for granted. Tell him YOU know
someone has been here Press him.
/ Tell him that a full confession is his
/ only chance of forgiveness. Do exactly
| what ] tell YOU"
| BY George. if he knows I'll have it
J out of him. cried LeStrade- He darted
I into the hall, and a few moments later
/ his bullying voice sounded from the
! back room
Now, Watson, now" cried Holmes
/ with frenzied eageTnesS- All the de
moniacaI force Of the man masked be-
/ hind that liStIesS manner burst out IN
! a parOxySm of energy He tore the
! drugget from the floor. and i'm an in
| slant was down on his hands and
| knees ella wing at each of the squares
/ of wood beneath it. One turned side
/ ways as he dug his nails into the edge
/ of it. II hinged back like the lid of a
! box. 4 small black cavity opened
/ beneath 1t. Holmes plunged his eager
| hand into il, and drew il out with a
| bitter snarl of anger and disappOint-
ment. It was empty.
! Quick. Watson. quick, Get it back
| again." The wooden lid was replaced,
/ and the drugget had only just been
| drawn straight when Lestrade's voice
! WAS heard in the passage He found
! Holmes leaning langUidiy against the
| mantelpiece, resigned and patient, en-
| deavoring to conceal his irrepressible
| yawns.
| Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr.
| Holmes. ! can see that YOU are
| bored TO death with the whole affair
| Well. he has confessed, all right. Come
| i'm here, MACPHERSON. Let these gen
! tlemen hear of your most inexcusable
| conduct"
The big constable, very hot and peni-
tent, sided into the room
Il meant no harm, sir, I'm sure. The
| young woman came to the door last
| evening-mistoOk the house, she did.
| And then we got talking. It's lone
| some. when you're on duty here all
| day"