The citizen., 1905-08-04

bent into curve by the concussion.
Holmes examined both it and the inde-
scribable wreck which it had wrought.
He must be a powerful man, this
elder Randall" he remarked
Yes" said Hopkins. Il have some
record OF the fellow, and ne is Il rough
customer"
You should have no difficulty in get
ting him"
Not the slightest. We have been oil
the lookout for him. and there was
some idea that he had got away to
America Now that we know that the
can escape. We have the news at
every seaport already, and reward
will be offered before evening What
beats me is how they could have done
SO mad thing knowing that the lady
could describe them ana that we could
not fail to recognize the description
Exactly. one would have expected
that they would have sileuced Lady
BrackenStall as we'll"
They may not have realized" l sug-
gested. that she had recovered from
her faint"
THAT is likely enough If she seem
ed to be senSe.ess thoy would NOT take
her life What about this poor ft-
low. Hopkins: / seem TO have heard
some queer storje- about him"
"II2 was a good h.lrted rln when
he was sober, but a perfect ncnl when
he was drunk. or rather when he was
half drunk. for he seldom rrHuy W. NJ
the whole WY The devil seemed 70 Er
in him at sreh times. aud he was c,,ua-
bic Of anythIg From what | hear. in
spite Of all his wealth and h.. title he
very nenrlv came our WAY once or
twice Their WIS a scandal ah9ut hl4
drenchmg ~ do% with ao.",5-.l .!i
setting it on Gre-ler h3ySAp'S dog. to
make the matter worSe-aul that w-,s
only hGSLeI uD with G,iculv. tn
he threw ii Gcc:uter at taat mail. T'e-
resa Wright: Here was trouble a39at
that on tie whole. aul rri-tccn o--,'-
selves. it VIII D., a brighter house wt;ii-
ont him. What are you looking at
now"
Holmes WIS down on his fnoes OK
amining with great attention the knots
upon the rcd c,rl with which the lady
had been sccurei Then he carefully
scrutiniYcd the broken and favcd end
where it had snapped off when the bur
glar had dragged it down.
"When this WAS pulled down the bell
in the kitchen must have rrlug loudly"
he remarked
4 No one could hear it. The kitchen
stands right n the back of the house"
How did the burglar know no one
would hear it: How dared he pull Mt
bell rope in that reckless fashion,"
Exactly. Mr.. Holmes. exactly. You
put the very question which I have
asked myself again and again There
can be no doubt that this fellow must
have known the house and its habits.
He must have perfectly understood
that the servants would all he in bed
at that comparatively early hour and
that no one could possibly hear bell
ring in the kitchen. Therefore he must
tho sorvap+s SrroI, th.+ is evident
Rut tbero ora ai,,h+ sarv,n+s and all AZ
good character
"Otber tbinqs heing eonal" said
Holmes "ono ,z-orId s,,snoc4 +bo ono
at whose haad tho master throw a do.
contor And ret tbot wouId involve
treocherv toward tho mis+ross 70 1rbo,,,
this woman soens devotod wolI volI
the noint is = minor ono and whom
Won have Randan von will hlv
f;nd no diffcpItv in sacrring his %.
comnlice Tho Iodv,s story cor+oinlv
seems 70 no oorrohors+od q - noodo5
corrohorotion hv everv dotail u,h,oh
ua 500 hatoro ~ uo uoI.aa ill., " nlSn 4sa
French window and threw u onan
..Tbern o,o NO sions bara h,,+ 49,
ground is iron hard and ono would
not exnect tbom 600 tbat tbosa cor
dies IN the mantalniaca have haon
upb+ed
"Yes. II was nv their rgbt and +ho+
OF the Iadv,s hadroon candle tba+ tha
burglars saw their wav ohont"