The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-20

/ heard Il metallic clang which might
/ have been caused by one of those metal
bars which secured the shutters falling
into their place, think that there Is
/ good ground to think that the mystery
may be cleared along those lines
But what. then, did the gypsies do?"
7 cannot imagine"
Il see many objections to any such
theory
And so do I. 1t is precisely for that
/ reason that we are going TO Stoke
Moran this day. I want to see whether
/ the objections are fatal. OF. if they may
be explained away. But what in the
| name of the deVili''
The ejaculation had been drawn from
/ my companion by the fact that our
/ door had been suddenly dashed open.
and that huge man had framed him
/ self in the aperture. His costume was
a peculiar mixture of the professional
and of the agricultural. having a black
! top hat, a long frOck coat. and a pair
of high CATERS, with a hunting-crop
/ swinging in his hand. So tall was he
I that his hat actually brushed the cross
I bar of the doorway, and his breadth
seemed to span it across from side to
side. large face, scared with a thou
sand wrinkles, burned yellow with the
sun. and marked with every evil pas
! sion. was turned from one to the other
of us. while his deep-set. bile-shot eyes
and his high, thin, f1eshless nose gave
1 him somewhat the resemblance TO a
| fierce old bird of prey.
Which of you is Holiness asked
/ this aDDarition-
My name, sir; but you have the ad-
| vantage of me- said my companion.
quietly.
q am DR.. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke
| Moran"
Indeed. DOCTOR" said Holmes bland
". Pray take a seat
| 7 VIII do nothing of the kind. NY
| stepdaughter has been here. ! nave
traced her What has she been saying
| to your
TT is a little cold for the time of the
J year said Holmes.
What has she been saying to you -
screamed the old man, furiousIy.
4 But 1 have heard that the crocuses
promise Well continued my com
Z panion, imperturbably.
Hal You put me off. do you?' said
your new visitor, taking a step forward
and shaking his hunting crop. Il know
/ you, you scoundrel, I have heard of
YOU before You are Holmes, the med
Fdler.''
My friend smiled
Holmes, the busybody,"
His smile brOadened
Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-
/ Officer"
/ Holmes chuclIed heartily. Your
! conversation is most entertaining
I said he. when you 90 out close the
door for there is a decided draught"
J I VIII go when I have said my say.
Don't you dare to NEEDLE with nv af-
fairs. I know that Miss Stoner has been
/ here I traced her, I am a dangerous
man to fall foul of, See here He
J stepped swiftly forward seized the
/ poker. and bent ii into a curve with
/ his iAlIge brown hands
See that you keep yourself out OF
my grip, he Snarled. and hurting the
twisted poker into the fire place. he
1 strobe out of the room
He seems very anIiable person. -
| said Holmes. laughing. II am NOT quite
so bulky, but if he had remained 1
might have shown him that my grip
! was not much more feeble than his
OWL" As he spoke he picked up The
steel poker. and with sudden effort
/ Strengthened Il out again
! Fancy his having the insolence to
confound me with the official detective
force! This incident gives zest to our
Investigation, however, and I only trust
that our little friend win not suffer from
! her impudence in allowing this brute to
( trace her. And now. Watson. we shall
order breakfast. and afterWard / shall
walk down to Doctor Commons, where
! hope to get some data which may help
us in this matter"
1t was nearly o'clock when Sherlock
Holmes returned from his excursion.
He held in his hand a sheet Of blue
paper. scrawled over with notes and
figures.
4 have seen the will of the deceased
wife said he. ITO determine its exact
meaning / have been obliged to work
out the present prices of the invest
ments with which it is concerned The
total income, which at the time of the
wife's death was little short of e1 100.
is now, through the fall in agricultural
prices. not more than 6 $50. Each
daughter can claim an income of $3.50.
in case of marriage. 1t is evident.
therefore, that if both girls had mar
ried, this beauty would have had a
mere DittanCe. while even one of them
would cripple him to a very serious eX-
/ tent. My mornings work has not been
wasted, since Il has proved that he
has the very strongest motives for
standing in the way of anything of the
. sort And now. Watson. this is too
serious for dawdling, especially as the
old man is aware that we are interest
ing ourselves in his affairs: so If YOU
are ready. we shall call cab and drive
: TO Waterloo. I should be very much
obliged II YOU would slip your revolver
into your pocket An EIy-s No . is an
excellent argument with gentlemen no
can twist steel pokers into knots That
and a tooth brush are, l think. all that
we need.
At Waterloo we We're fortunate ia
catching a train for Leatherhead. where
we hired trap at the station inn. and
drove for four or five miles through the
loVel- Surrey lanes 1t was a perfect
day, with a bright sun and a few heecy
i.ciOudS IN the heavens, The trees and
wayside hedges were just throwing out
their first green shoots. and the air
was full of the pleasant smell of the
s moist earth To me at least there was
strange contrast between the sweet
promise of the spring and this sinister
quest upon which we were engaged
My companion sat in the front of the
trap. his arms folded. his hat pulled
down over his eyes. and his chin sunk
upon his breast, buried in the deepest
thought. Suddenly. however. he started
tapped me on the shoulder. and pointed
over the meadows
Look there" said he
a heavily timbered park stretched up
IN a gentle slope. thickening into a
grove at the highest point. From amid
the branches there Jutted out the gray
gables and high roof-tree of a very
old mansion.
Stoke Moran" said he
Yes. sir, that be the house OF DR..
Grimesby RoyIott." remarked the
driver
There is some building going OF
there" said Holmes; that is where
we are going.
There's the village" said the driver
pointing to "A cluster of roofs some
distance TO the left 'but If you want
TO get to the house, you'll find it shorter
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