Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-26

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 detail, as you may have observed, a fMd 1xxmined me hall and wal sv that the wall was clear. Thereforo had beeA aqh during the night" "ButhdG fss ts
 Very simply. When those packd were sealed up Jonas Oldacre got " Farlane to tecnre one of the seals
 putting his thumb upon the soft VI lts would ,taa done 50 quickly and
 natuSaily xhAt Y dare say the yop man himself has no recollection of Very likely it Just 50 happened, ai QMacre had himself no notion of | use he would put 1t to. Brooding ovI the case in that den of his, 1t suddeu struck him what absolutely dammit evidence he could make against N Farlane by using that thumb mar It was the simplest thing in the worI for him to take wax impression froI the seal, to moiste1 1t in as mu@ blood as he could get from pin pri( and to put the mark upon the wall du ing the night either with his own hal
 r with that of his housekeeper.
 you examine among those document which he took with him into his q treat l will lay you . wager that y< find the seal with the thumb mad upon 1t"
 "Wonderful!r' said Lestrade. 'wo5 derful. It's all as clear as crystal Z you put it. But what is the object \ this deep deception. Mir. Holmes?"
 It was amusing to me to see how tl detectives overbearing manner hs| changed suddenly to that of chi1 asking ausstiohs of It's teacher.
 Well, I don't think that Is very han to explain. A very deep, maliciouI vindictive person is the gentleman wt| is now waiting us downstairs. I'd know that he was once refused by MI Farlane's mother? You don't! I to1 you that you should go to Blackheat| q first and Norwood .afterward. Vel this Injury, .as he would consider 1 has ranked in his wicked, schemip1 brain, and all his life he has longed fe| vengeance, but never seen his chanel During the last year or two things has| gone against him-secret speculation, think-and he. finds himself .n bal way. He determines to swindle h1 creditors. and for this purpose he pay| large checks to certain Mir. Corneliu1 who Is, imagine, himself under a1 other name. I have not traced thesl checks yet. but I have no doubt tha| they were banked under that name q some provincial town, where Oldacr| from time to time led double exist ence. He intended to change his nam altogether, draw his money and van ish. starting life again elsewhere"
 'Well. that's likely enough"
 Tt would strike him that in disar bearing he might throw all pursuit of his track and at the same time have al ample and crushing revenge upon hi old sweetheart if he could give the i'm pression that he had been murdered bJ her only child. It was masterpiece q villainy, and he carried 1t out like master. The idea of the will. whic1 would give an obvious motive for th, crime. the iaecEft visit unknown to .hj| own parents. the retention of the stick the blood and the animal remains anl buttons in the wood pile--all were ad mirable. It was net from which 1 seemed to me, few hours ago, tha there was no possible escape. But h, had not that supreme gift of the artist the knowledge of when to stop. Fl, wished to improve that which was al ready perfect-to draw the rope tightel yet round the neck of his unfortunata victim-and so he ruined all. Let u descend. Lestrade. There are just ons or two questions that I would asl him" in his own parior with a policeman upon each side of him.
 Tt wasia joke. my good sir-a prac. tical joke, nothing more" he whined necessarily. .'I assure you. sir. that simply concealed myself in order to see the effect of my disappearance. and I am sure that you would not be Cd unjust as to imagine that would have allowed any harm to befall poor youne MT. McFarlane"
 That's for jury to decide" said Iestrade. "Anyhow. we shall haye you on charge of conspiracy. if pol for attempted murder" fa
 And you'll probably find that youk creditors will impound the banking ac- count of Mir. Cornelius" said Holmes.
 TheIlit man started and turned his eyes upon my friend.
 'T have to thank you for a good deal" said he. Perhaps I'll pay my debt some day"
 Holmes smiled indulgently.
 Z 1T fancy that for some few yeanG you will find your time very fully oe- cupied." said he. By the way, what was it you put into the wood pile be- sides your old trousersf A dead dog. or rabbits. or what? You won't tell :: Dear me. how very unkind of you! Well. well. I dare say that a couple of rabbits wouh account both for the blood and for the charred ashes. If ever you write an account watsun,