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

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! being followed up?"
1T was entirely dropped
$50 that three days have been vast
! ed The affair has been most depIor-
ably handled"
Il feel it. and admit it
And yet the problem should be ca
! pable of ultimate solution. I shall be
! very happy TO look into it. Have YOU
been able TO trace any connection be
! tween the missing boy and this Ger
! man master?'
! Was he in the masters class p"
NO. he never exchanged a word with
! him. so far as I know"
! That is certainly very singular Had
the boy a bicycle?"
| No"
Wa. Vas any other bicycle missing"
Is that certain?"
/ quite"
"Weli, now, you do not mean to Sc
( riously suggest that this German rode
/ off upon a bicycle i'm the dead Of the
night. bearing the boy in his arms?''
| Certainly not"
Then what is the theory in your
mind?'
J THE bicycle may have been blind
/ 1t may have been hidden somewhere,
/ and the pair gone off on foot
i'Quite so, but it seems rather an alb
J Sul0 bAlllNs uOtS II not w ere there
/ other bicycles in this shed?''
! Several
Would he not have hidden a couple.
/ had he desired TO give the idea that
I they had gone off upon them"
Il suppose he would
"Of course he would The blind
] theory won't do. But the incident is
an admirable starting point for an in
NeStlgation- After all. a bicycle is not
an easy thing to conceal or to destroy.
| One other question. Did anyone call
to see the boy on the day before he dis
appeared?'
No
Did he get any Ietters?'
Yes, one letter"
From whom"
From his father"
DO you open the boys Ietters?"
How do you know it was from the
father?'
The coat OF arms was on the enveI-
ope, and it was addressed in the dukes |
peculiar stiff hand. Besides, the duke |
remembers having written"
When had he letter before that2" /
Not for several days"
Had he ever one from France?"
mo, never"
You see the point of my ques- |
tiohS' or course. Either the |
boy was carried off bv force IN. h |
H.
ter case, you would expect that some /
prompting from outside would Re I
needed to make so young a lad do such
thing If he has had no visitors. /
that prompting must have come in let
ters; hence L try to find out who were \
his correspondents"
Il fear / cannot help you much. His /
only correspondent, so fas as 1 know, !
was his own father"
who wrote to him on the very, dax,
OF his disappearance. Were the reIa-
tons between father and son very /
friendly
His grace lis never very friendly with /
anyone He Is completely Immersed in |
large public questions. and is rather in /
accessible to all ordinary emotions But /
he was always kind to the boy i'm his |
own way"
But the sympathies of the latter /
were with the mOther?''
Yes
Did he say so?"
No"
The duke. them"
Good heavens. nol''
Then how could you know"
nave had some confidential talks |
with Mr. James Wilder, his erace's |
secretary 1t was he who gave me the /
inCs''
Il see BY the way, that last letter of !
the dukes-waS it found in the boys /
room after he was gomez
No, he had taken it with him. l !
think, Mr.. Holmes. it is time that we
were leaving Euston."
4 will order fOur-wheeler. In a /
quarter OF an hour we shall be at your /
service If you are Telegram hing home |
Mr. Huxtable it would be we'll to allow !
the people in your neigh borhood to \
imagine that the inquiry is still going |
on IN Liverpool. or wherever else that |
red herring led your pack. In the |
meantime 1 VIII do little quiet work
IL nH4-ra
scent is not so cold but that two old
hounds like Watson and myself may
get a sniff OF it,
That evening found us in the cold.
bracing atmosphere of the Peak cOun-
try. in which DR.. Huxtable's famous
school Is situated. 1t was already dark
When we reached II. A card was lying
on the hall table, and the butler whis-
pered something to his master. who
turned to us with agitation in every
heavy feature.
THE duke is here" said he The
duke and Mr. Wiiker are in the study
Come, gentlemen, and 1 will intro
duce you"
1 was, of course, familiar with the
picture of the famous statesman. but
the man himself was very different |
from his representation. He was a tall
and stately person, scrupUlously
dressed, with a drawn, thin face and a |
nose which was grotesquely curved and
long. His complexion was of dead
pallor. which was more startling by 1
contrast with a long. dwindling beard !
OF vivid red, which flowed down over
his white waistcoat, with his watch
chain cleaning through it's fringe |
Such was the stately presence who |
looked stonily at US from the center
Of DR.. HuXtable's hearthrug. Beside
him stood a very young man. whom / /
understood to be Wilder, the private
secretary He was small nervous
alert. with intelligent, light blue eyes 4
and mobile features. 1t was he who 4
At once, in an incisive and positive
.ons, opened the conversation.