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

his case a trailer of ivy had given wa Y
under his weight. and we saw by the
light Of a lantern the mark on the lawn
where his heels had come down That
one dint in the short. green grass was
the only material witness left of this
ineXplicable nocturnal flight
Sherlock Holmes left the house alone.
and only returned after IL He had OBJ
tanned a large ordnance map of the
neighbOrhOOd, and this he brought into
my room, where he laid it out on the
bed, and, having balanced the lamp in
the middle of it, he began to smoke
over it, and occasionally TO point out
objects o. interest with the reeking
amber of his pipe.
This case grows upon me. Watson. 80
said he There are decidedly some
points Of interest in connection with il.
In this early stage. I want you to real
ize those geographical features which
may have a good deal to do with our
investigation.
Look at this map. This dark square
is the priOry school I'll put a pin in
it. Now. this line is the main road
You see that it runs east and west past
the school. and you see also that there
is no side road for mile either way
If these two folks passed away by
road. it was this road
Exactly"
By singular and happy chance
we are able to some extent to check
what passed along this road during the
night in question At this point, where
my pipe is now resting. q county con-
stable was on duty from L to 6. It is
as you perceive. the first crOss-rOad on
the east side. This man declares that
he was not absent from his post for
an instant, and he is positive that
neither boy nor man could have gone
that way unseen. I have spoken with
J. ,r.Hr
10 me to be perfectly reliable person.
That blocks this end. We have now to
deal with the other. There is an inn
here, the Red Bull, the landIady of
which was ILL., She had sent to MackIe-
ton for q doctor, but he did not arrive
until morning, being absent at another
case The people at the inn were alert
all night. awaiting his coming, and
one OF other of them seems to have
continually had an eye upon the road.
They declare that no one passed If
their evidence is good, then we are
fortunate enough to be able to block
the west. and also to be able to say
that the fugitives did not use the road
at all"
But the bicycIe?'' I objected.
Quite So We will come to the bicy-
Gle presently. To continue our reason
ing: If these people did not go by the
road, they must have traverSed the
country 10 the north of the house or to
the south of the house That is Ger
tain Let us weigh the one against
the other On the south of the house
is. as you perceive a large district of
arabic land, cut up into small fields.
with stone walls between them. There.
l admit that a bicycle is impossible
We can dismiss the idea We turn to
the country on the north. Here there
lies grove of trees, marked as the
Ragged Shaw and on the farther side
stretches a great rolling moor, Lower
Gill moor, extending for ten miles and
SIoping gradually upward Here, at
one side of this wilderness, is Holder
nesSe hall ten miles by road, but only
six across the moor. 1t is a peculiarly
desolate plain. a few moor farmers
have small holdings. where they rear
sheep and cattle. Except these, the
plover and curlew are the only inhab-
itantS until you come to the Chester
field high ROAD. There is a church
there, you see. a few cottages and an
inn- Beyond that the hills become pre-
cipitous- Surely it is here to the north
that our quest must lie"
But the bicycle?'' L persisted.
'.Well, we'll" said Holmes inpatient
ly- A good cyclist does not need
high road. The moor is intersected
with paths. and the moon was at the
full Halloa. what is this?"
There was an agitated knock at the