The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
SECTION TWO

found something more definite to go
upon2 OF course I should Sit down
on this bench, Watson. until train for
/ ChiSelhurSt arrives, and allow me %
lay the evidence before YOU, implorins
/ you in the first instance to dismiss from
your mind the idea that anything
which the maid or her mistress may
/ have said must necessarily be true The
I ladyS charming personality must not
| be permitted to warp our judgement
surely there are details In her story
which if we looked at in cold bleOd.
would excite our suspicion These bur
glars made a considerable haul at Sy-
/ denham a fortnight ago. Some account
: OF them and their appearance WAS in
I the papers, and would naturally occur
I to anyone who wished to invent a story
/ in which imaginary robbers should play
\ a part. AS matter of fact. burglars
/ who have done a good stroke of bust
ness are. as a rule. only too glad To
enjoy the proceeds in peace and quiet
/ without embarking on another pertlous
undertaking Again, It Is unusual for
/ burglars to operate at so early an hour,
/ it is unusual for burglars to strike q
/ lady to prevent her screaming, since
I one would imagine that was the sure
/ way TO make her scream; it is unusual
/ for them to commit murder when their
/ numbers are sufficient to OVerpOWer one
man; il is unusual for them TO be con
| tent with a limited plumber when there
was much more within their reach, and.
] finally. I should say that it was very
| unusual for such men to leave bottle
/ half empty How DO all these unususlS
| strike you, Watson
/ Their cumulative effect Is certainly
/ considerable, and yet each Of them IS
| quite possible in itself The most Un-
/ usual thing of all. as il seems to me,
/ is that the lady should be tied to the
/ chair"
well. I am not so clear about that,
/ Watson. for it is evident that they
! must either kill her or else secure her
in such u way that she could not give
! immediate notice Of their escape Bat
at any rate [ have shown. have 7 not.
that there is q certain element of i'm
probability about the Iady's stOry2 And
now. on the top of this. comes the in
. cident OF the wine glasses"
What about the wine Elasses2
can you see them in your minds
II see them clearly"
I've are told that three men drank
from them Does that strike you as
why not? There was wine in each
Exactly. but there was beeswing
only in one glass. You must have no.
ticed that fact What does that sug-
gest to your mind
The last glass filed would be most
I likely to contain beeswing-"
Not at all. The bottle was fun OF
it. and It is Uncomfortable that the first
I two glasses were clear and the third
heavily charged with it. There are
I two possible explanations. and only
two. one is that after the second glass
l was filled the bottle was violently agi-
/ tated. and so the third glass received
the beeswing- That does not appear
probable No, no, am sure that am
right"
What. then, do you SUPPOSE"
THAT only two glasses were used,
and that the dregs of both were poured
into third glass, so as TO give the
false impression that three people had
been there. Ia that way all the bees
wing would be in the last glass would
it not? Yes. am convinced that this
/ is so. But il I have hit upon the true
/ explanation of this one small phenome-
| non then in an instant the case rises
/ from the commonplace to the exceed
ingIy remarkable. for it can only mean
that Lady BrackenstaI and her maid
have deliberately lied TO us, that not
| one word OF their story is to be be
lieved. that they have some very strong
| reason for covering the real criminal,
and that we must construct our case
/ for ourselves without any help from
/ them. That is the mission which now
lies before US. and here, Watson. IS the
SydeEham train"
The household at the Abbey Grange
were much surprised at our return, but
{ Sherlock Holmes. finding that stan
7 ley Hopkins had gone of to re
port TO headquarters, took posses
- sion of the dining room, locked
/ the door upon the inside, and de
voted himself for two hours TO one of
1 those minute and labOrious lnVesJlga-
f tons which form the solid basis on
which his brilliant edihces Of deduc-
f ton were reared. Seated in a corner
I like an interested student who observes
2 the demonstration OF his professor, I
followed every step Of that remark
{ able research The window, the cur
tainS, the carpet. the chair, the rope
each in turn was minutely examined
o. and duly pOndeTed- The body Of the
/ unfortunate barOnet had been removed,
D and all else remained as we had seen
{ it in the morning Finally, TO my
3 establishment. Holmes climbed up on
o. to the massive manteipiece- Far above
e / his head hung the few inches Of red
e / cord which were still attached TO the
D I wire For long time he gaZ6d up
2 | wards at it. and then in an attempt
to get nearer to it he rested his knee
[ upon a wooden bracket on the wall
/ This brought his hand within a few
! inches of the broken end Of the rope
| but it was not this so much as the
| bracket itself which seemed to engage
! his attention. Finally, he Sprang down
/ with an ejaculation of satisfaction
It's all right, Watson" said he we
/ have got our case-One of the most re
rnarlabIe in our collection But, dear
me, how sIow-witted 1 have been, anc
how nearly 7 have committed the
! blunder of my Iifetimei Now, L thinl
| that, with a few missing links, my
| chain is almost complete"
You have got your men2"
Man Watson. man. Only one, bu
/ a very formidable person Strong as
! lion-witness the blow that bent tina
| pokerr- Six foot three in height, active
as d squirrel, dextrous with hi
| fingers; finally, remarkably quick
| witted. for this whole ingenious story
| is of his cOncOctiOn- Yes, Watson, we
have come upon the hsndiwork of
very remarkable individual And Yet
in that bell-Tope, he has given us
clue which should not have left US
doubt"
Where was the clUe2"
well. if you We're 10 pull down
bell-rOpe Watson. where would you eN
pect it TO break2 Surely at the spO
where it is attached TO the wire Wh1
should il break three Inches from tn'
| top as this one has done
Because it is frayed thereE
Exactly. This end. which We car
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