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

door. and an instant afterwards Dr.
HuXtable was in the room I'm his
hand he held a blue cricket cap. with
q white chevron on the peak
AT last we have d clue,' he cried
Thank heaven at last we are on the
dear boys track! 1t is his cap"
Where was it found2''
In the van of the gypsfes who
camped on the moor. They left ON
tuesday Today the police traced them
uoWh and examined their caravan.
This was found
How do they account for it,"
IheY Shuit1ed and lied-Said that
they found it on the moor on Tuesd.,,-
morning They know where he is
me fascais- Thank goodness. thew
are all safe under lock and key
either the fear of law or the dulza's
Purse VIII certainly get ont Of then,
ali that they know"
50 Tar, so good" said Holmes. when
me doctor had at last left the room
1t at least bears cut the theory that
II Is on the side of the Lower Grill
Moor that we must hope for results
The police nave really done nOrhiDy
ItcaIiy- save the arrest of these eipsies
Look here, Watson, There is 4 vvaror-
course across the moor You see IL
parked here on the map. In some
Larts il wideEs into a morass- This =
particularly 50 IN The region between
HoldeTneSsc hall and the school. III
IS vain to look elsewhere for tracks i'm
this dry weather, but at that point
there Is certainly a chance of some
record being left. I Will call you early
tomorrow morning, and YOU and I will
Try II we can throw some light upon
the mystery
The day was just breaking when 7
woke to find the long, thin form OF
Holmes BY my bedside. He was fuIIy-
haiH
been out
I have done the lawn and the BIZ
cycle shed" said he. 4 have also had
A ramble through the Ragged Shaw.
Now, Watson, there is cocoa ready In
the next room I must beg you TO
hurry Tor we have q great day be-
fore us
His eyes shone and his cheek was
flushed with the exhilaration of the
master workman who sees his work lie
ready before him. A very different
Holmes, this active, alert man. from
the retrospective and paIIid dreamer
Of Baker street felt, as I looked
upon that supple figure, alive with
nervous energy, that it was indeed
strenuous day that awaited US
And yet it opened in the blacklist
disappointment. With high hopes we
struck across the peaty, russell moor.
-nterSected with a thousand sheen
paths. until we came to the broad
hight green belt which marked the mo-
rass between us and HOIderneSse. Ger
tainly, if the lad had gone homewardS
he must have passed this, and he could
not pass il without leaving his traces.
But no sign Of him or the German
could be seen With a darkening face
my friend strobe along the margin
eagerly observant of every muddy
stain upon the messy surface. Sheep
marks there were in prOfUsiOn, and i'm
one place. some miles down. COWS had
left their tracks. Nothing more.
Check number one" said Holmes,
looking gloomiIy over the rolling ex-
panse of the moor. There is another
morass down yOnder, and a narrow
neck between. HalIoal halIOaI haIIoal
what have we here2'
We had come on "A small black rib
bon Of pathway In the middle of it.
clearly marked on the sOdden soil, was
the track Of a bicycle.
'sHurrah!" I cried. I'VE have it,
But Holmes was shaking his head
and his face was puzzled and expectant
rather than joyous.
"A bicycle, certainly, but not the BIZ
cycle" said he. Il am familiar with
forty-two different impressions left by
tires This. as you perceive, is a Dun
Top. with a patch upon the outer cover.
Heidegger's tires We're PaImer's. leav-
ing longitudinal stripes Aveling the
mathematical master, was sure upon