The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-10

private matter, but had become d
public one, since the ruined coronet
| was national property. I was deter
| mined that the law should have its
1 way in everything.
| At least, said he, you will not
| have me arrested at once. 1t would
| be to your advantage as we'll as mine
| II / might leave the house for five
| minutes
That you may get away. or per-
J haps that you may conceal what you
I have stolen, said l. And then realizing
/ the dreadful position i'm which / was
| placed, l imDlored him to remember
/ that not only my honor. but that of
! one who was far greater than I was at
! stake; and that he threatened TO raise
a scandal which would cOnvuIse the
nation. He might avert it all if he
! would but tell me what he had done
| with the three missing stones
You may as well face the matter.
/ said j; you have been caught in the
! act, and no confession could make your
/ guilt more heinOus. If you but make
such reDaratiOn as is in your power,
/ by telling us where the beryls are, all
/ shall be forgiven and forgotten.
Keep your forgiveness for those
who ask for it, he answered turning
away from me with a sheer. I saw that
/ he was too hardened for any words OF
mine to influence him. There was but
one way for it. I called i'm the in
/ spector, and gave him into custody. A
search was made at once, not only of
his person. but Of his room, and of
every portion Of the house where he
could possibly have concealed the
gems; but no trace of them could be
found, nor would the wTetched boy
open his mouth for all our persuasions
and our threats. This morning he was
removed 10 a cell. and /. after going
through all the police formalities. have
hurried round to you, 30 imulore you
TO use your skill in unravelling the
matter The police have openly con-
| fessed that they can at present make
nothing of it. You may go to any eX-
pense which you think necessary.
have already offered reward of
G 600 My God. what shall l do, I
have lost my honor. my gems and my
son in one night. Oh, what shall !
do.'
He put a hand on either side of his
mead and rocked himself TO and fro.
drOning TO himself like a child whose
grief has got beyond words
Sherlock Holmes sat silent for some
! few minutes with his brows knitted
and his eyes fixed upon the fire
DO you receive much company" he
| asked.
None, save my partner with his
family. and an occasional friend of
Arthur's. Sir George Burnwell has
1 been several times lately No one else.
| think"
DO you go out much in society?"
Arthur does Mary and / stay at
home. We neither of us care for il"
THAT is unusual in a young girl"
'She ia of a quiet nature. Besides.
| she is not SO very young. She is four
and twenty"
This matter. from what you say.
seems TO have been a shock TO her
also?"
Terrible! She is even more affected
than l."
You have neither of you any doubt
as TO your sons guilt?"
How can we have, when / saw him
with my own eyes with the cOronet in
| his hands?'
Il hardly consider that a conclusive
proof Was the remainder of the coro-
net at all injured %
Yes, it was twisted
DO you not think. then. that he
might have been trying To straighten
it?"
God bless you, You are doing what
you can for him and for me. But il is
too heavy a task. What was he doing
there at all? If his purpose was inno-
cent, why did he not say So"
Precisely. And if it We're guilty,
why did he not invent a lie2 His sil-
ence appears TO me 10 cut both Ways.