Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
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Holmes map of the netghborhood Of TIE
school.
school, and you see also that there L.
no side road for mile either way. Il
these two folk passed away by road. II
was this road.'
EXACTLY"
by singular and happy chance VIC
are able to some extent to check what
passed along this road during the night
In question. At this point, where my
pipe is now resting, a county constable
was on duty from IL to 9. It Is, as you
perceive. the first crossroad on the east
side This man declares that he waa
not absent from his post for an in.
slant, and he Is positive that neither
boy nor man could have gone that way
unseen. / have spoken with this police
man tonight, and he appears to me to
be perfectly reliable person. That
blocks this end. We have now to deal
with the other. There Is an inn here,
the Red Bull, the landlady of which
was Ill. She had sent to Mackleton for
q doctor, but he did not arrive until
morning, being absent at another case
The people at the inn were alert all
night, awaiting his coming, and one or
other Of them seems to have continual.
,ly had an eye upon the road. They de.
clare that no one passed. II their evil
dence is good, then we are fortunate
enough to be able to block the west and
also to be able to say that the fugitives
did not use the road at ALL"
"But the bicycleT' objected.
"Quite 80. We will come to the bicy.
Gle presently. To continue our reason.
ing. II these people did not go by the
road they must have traversed the
country to the north Of the house or to
the south of the house. That is certain
Let us weigh the one against the other
On the south Of the house is, as you
perceive, a large district of arabic land
cut up into small fields. with stone
walls between them. There admit
that bicycle is impossible. We car
dismiss the idea. We turn to the coun
Dry on the north. Here there lies q
grove Of trees marked as the Ragged
Shaw and on the farther side stretch,
es great rolling moor, Lower Gil
moor. extending for ten miles and slop
Ing gradually upward. Here, at one
side of this wilderness, is Holdernesse
Hall. ten miles by road. but only sis
across the moor. 1t is peculiarly des
olate plain. A few moor farmers have
small holdings. where they rear sheer
and cattle. Except these. the plover ant
the curlew are the only inhabitants up
til you come to the Chesterfield high
road. There is a church there. you see
as we'll as q few cottages and an Inn
Beyond that the hills become precipi
tous. Surely It is here to the north thai
our quest must lie."
"But the bicycle?' persisted.
''Well, WE'LL" said Holmes impatient
ly. "a good cyclist does not need {
highroad. The moor is intersected witt
paths, and the moon was at the full
Hellol What Is this"
There was an agitated knock at th,
door, and an instant afterward DR.
Huxtable was in the room. In his hand
he held a blue cricket cap with whit,
chevron on the peak.
"At last we have clew!" he cried
Thank heaven, at last we are on tn,
dear boys track! 1t is his capp'
Where was 1t found"
I'm the van of the gypsies who camp
ed on the moor. They left on Tuesday
Today the police traced them down ant
examined their caravan. This MaI