Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-09-09

the Bayswater bus would bring me.
SO you have instructed detectiyeY
Eyes, SIR"
"And are you prepared to meet the
costy'
81 have no doubt, sir, that my friend
Godfrey, when we find him, will be
prepared to Go that"
''But il he is never found, Ell? An
swer me thatv'
'In that case no doubt his family
Nothing of the sort, sirv' screamed
the little man. Don't look to me for
a penny-not penny! You under
stand that, Mr.. Detective! am all the
family that this young man has got,
and l tell you that am not respon-
sible. If he has any expectations it is
due to the fact that have never vast
ed money, and do not propose to be-
gin to do SO now. AS to those papers
with which you are making SO free, I
may tell you that in case there should
be anything of any value among them
you will be held strictly to account for
what you do with them"
every good, SIR" said Sherlock
Holmes. MAY ask in the meanwhile
whether you have yourself any theory
to account for this young mans disap-
pearance"
''No, sir, I have not. He is big
enough and old enough to look after
himself, and if he is so foolish as to
lose himself entirely refuse to accept
the responsibility Of hunting for him."
81 quite understand your position"
said Holmes, with mischievous twin
kle in his eyes. Perhaps you don't
quite understand mine. Godfrey Staun-
ton appears to have been poor man.
If he has been kidnapped it could not
have been for anything which he him
self possesses The fame of your
wealth has gone abroad, Lord Mount
James, and it is certainly possible that
a gang of thieves have secured your
nephew in order to gain from him some
information as to your house, your
habits and your treasure"
The face Of our unpleasant little Wis
itor turned as white as his necktie.
"Heavens, sir, what an idea! l never
thought of such villainy! What inhu-
man rogues there are in the world!
But Godfrey is flaG lad-a stanch lad.
Nothing would induce him to give his
old uncle away. I'll have the plate
moved over to the bank this evening.
In the meantime spare no pains, Mr..
Detective! l beg you to leave no stone
unturned to bring him safely back. AS
to money, well, SO far as flyer or even
a tenner goes, you can always look to
me-"
Even in his chastened frame Of mind
the noble miser could give us no infor-
nation which could help us, for he
knew little of the private life of his
nephew Our only clew lay in the trun-
Gated telegram, and with copy of this
in his hand Holmes set forth to find a
second link for his chain We had shak-
en- off Lord Mount-James, and Overt0n
had gone to consult with the other
members Of his team over the misfor-
tune which had befallen them.
There was a telegraph Office at a
short distance from the hotel We halt
ed outside it.
cts worth trying, Watson" said
Holmes. 'Of course with warrant we
could demand to see she counterfoils,
but we have not rearhged that stage
yet. I don't suppose tney remember
faces in SO busy a place. Let us ven
ture it,
II am sorry to trouble you," said he
in his blandest manner to the young
woman behind the grating; ''there is
some small mistake about telegram
sent yesterday. 1 have had no answer,
and very much fear that must have
omitted to put my name at the end.
Could you tell me if this was SOP
The young woman turned over q
sheaf of counterfoils.
what o'clock was it?" she asked.
"a little after g.
"Whom was it to-?
Holmes put his finger to his lips and |
glanced at me. ''The last words in it !
were for Gods sake,'" he whispered !
confdentially. 81 am very anxious at !
getting no answer" I,
The young woman separated one of :
the forms.
''This is it. There is no name" said
she, smoothing it out upon the counter.
''Then that, Of course, accounts for
my getting no answer" said Holmes
Dear me, how very stupid Of me- to be
sure! Good morning, miss, and many
thanks for having relieved my mind"
He chuckled and rubbed his hands
when we found ourselves in the street
once more
"WeIl?" I asked.
"We progress, my dear Watson, we
progress. 1 had seven different
schemes for getting glimpse Of that
telegram, but I could hardly hope to
succeed the very first time"
"And what have you gained?"
ga starting point for our investi-
CATION" He hailed a cab. "King's
Cross station said he.
'sWe have a journey, them"
eyes 7 think we muSt rim down f0