Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-29
T A STRAIGHT LEFT AGAINST sLoGGING RUFF1AN"

perfectly hateful, and I was sure that Cyril would not wish me to know such a person"
 ! .oh. Cyril is his name"' said Holmes, smiling. .
 The young lady blushed and laughed.
 "Yes. Mir Holmes. Cyril Morton. an electrical engineer. and we hope to be married at the end of the summer. Dear me. how did I get talking about him? What I wished to say was that MT. Woodley was perfectly odious, but that Mir Carruthers. who was much older man, was more agreeable. He was dark. sallow, clean shaven, silent person. but he had polite manners and a pleasant smile. He inquired how we were left, and on finding that we were very poor he suggested that I should come and teach music to his only daughter. aged ten. I said that I did not like to leave my mother, on which he suggested that I should go home 10 her every week end, and he offered me
  splendid pay. So il ended by my ac- cepting. and went down 10 Chiltern Grange, about six miles from Farm ham. Mir. Carruthers was widower. but he had engaged lady housekeep- CT. very respectable, elderly person, called Mrs. Dixon, 10 look after his es- tablishment The child was a dear. and everything promised well Mir. Car rutheFs was very kind and very music al. and we had most pleasant evenings together. Every week end went home to my mother in town.
 The first flaw in my happiness was the arrival of the red mustached NIT. Woodley. He came for visit of a week. and. oh. it seemed three months to me He was a dreadful person-a bully 10 every one else. but 10 me some thing Infinitely worse He made odiOus love 10 me. b0asted Of his wealth. said that if married him I could have the finest diamonds in London. and finally when l would have nothing 10 do with him he seized me In his arms one day after dinner-he was hideJuSly strong and swore that be would not let me gp until I had kissed him. Mr. Carruthers came in and tore him from me. on which he turned upon his own host. knocking him down and cutting his face open. That was the end of his visit. as you csn imagine Mir. CarrIIth- CTS apgl0z ze,f tO me next day and as surpd me tha. should never he ex- posed 10 such an insult again I have not seen Mir W9cdlev since.
 And now. Mr. Holmes. I come at last t0 the special thing which has caused me f9 ssk TOUT advice today You must know that every Saturday forenoon ride on my bicycle t0 Earn ham station In order to get the r. 22 to town. The road from Chltern Grange is a lonely one. and ai one spot it Is particularly sa. f1r it lies for over a mic between Darlington heath up- on one side and the woods which lie round ChsriinEton Hal upon the other. You could not md a more lonely tract of road anywhere. and it ls quite rare to meet % much ss cart or peasant uut5I vou reach the hiEhrnad near Cro8k-llurv hfIL Two weeks sgo I was passing thls place when I chanced to Iaok taek over ny shoulder. and sfzoar 2Iu yards behind me saw a nan also on a bicycle. He seemeI t0 tse a n1i1dle aEHd man with a short. dark hesri- looked bsck before I rescheif FaTIhanl. but the man was gene s1 l thought 10 more shotI; it- Bg1 you can imagine bow surprised I vas. 8Ir- Hoines when ea my return on t1e HO17ay saw the same msB on the szIe stretch of rad MF zst1Hishms1t wzs inerezse1 Ubea the Inrr1ezt oc- c-ITed again exae-iv as before a the fozieEznz SsfEr1zr and No1szv- He ziWaSs sks-t hzs dlssznre and dsd s0f mo lest ne Ia z1E -sE. bat <eil lt certain