The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-28
very carefully, but found no outline Of any
| footmark." fE
Had it been raining all evening?'

very carefully a, but found no outline Of any
" ..IIs it been raining all evening y
'How is it, then, that the woman who came
into the room about nine left no traces with her
| II am glad you raised the point. 1t occurred
! to me at the time. The charwomen are in the
habit of taking off their. boots at the commits
THAT is very clear. There We're no marks
then tho the h night was vet one The chain
! terest. What did YOU do neXt?"
! ''We examined the room also. There is no
Of ese and he hos
them were fastened OH the inside. The carpet
= y Possibility Of and the
| will pledge my life that whoever stole my pa
pers could only have come thru the door
Mow about the freplace?'
/ 'They use none. There is stove. The bell
rope hangs from the wire just to the right of
up to the desk to do it. But why Should any
criminal wish to ring the bell? 1t is most in
I Certainly the incident was unusual. What
We're your next steps? You examined the room,
pin o. ohsr e tiey OF cropped glove or ha1f
IN ea,s WAS $, nothing of the sort"
We'll, we never thought of that
An, scent Of tobacco would have been
ton ~
, II never smoke myself. Sc 1 think Should
Of tobacco There was absolutely no clue ' Of any
kind: The only tangible fact was that the
name-had hurried out Of the place: He He's could uI
give no explanation save. that 1t was about the
policeman and agreed that our best plan would
be to seize the woman before she could get rid
The alarm had reached Scotland nd Yard Yard: by
this time, and Mr.. Forbes, the detective came
round ysn dt at once &c and took up the with
and in half hour we We're at the address
which had been given to us. A young woman
opened the door, who proved to be Mrs. Tan
geys eldest daughter. Her mother had not
come come back yet, and we were shown into the
front room to wait.
about ten minutes later knock came at
the door,, and here we made the serious
mistake for which blame myself. Instead of
Ssr f51sd the
are two men in the house waiting to see you,
ana an instant afterwards we heard the patter
Of feet rushing down the passage Forbes
flung open the door, and we both ran into
the the back D, room or kitchen, but the woman had
defiant eyes, and then, suddenly recognizing
me, an expression of absolute establishment
why, if it isn't Mr. Phelps, of the office,
she cried.
g Come, come, who did you think we were
when you ran away from U.s.? asked my com
panion -, rs.
~ thought you the brokers', said
she, we have had some trouble with a trades
s. That's not quite good enough, answered
? |
have taken paper of Importance from the
foreign office, and that you ran in here to
dispose Of it. You must come back with us to
!, Scotland Yard to be searched Nr.... y
at was in vain that she protested and re-
sSted te rd9s 6s6 m was brought and
an examination Of the kitchen, ' and especially
: of the kitchen fire, to see whether. she might
have made away with the papers during the
t signs, however, of any ashes or scraps. When
we reached Scotland Yard she was handed over
| at once to the female searcher. 1 waited in an
agony of suspense until she back with her
report. There were no signs of the papers.
Then for the first time the horror Of my
been acting and action had numbed thought
had been so confident of regaining the treaty
at once that I had not dared to think of what
But now there was nothing more to be done.
and had leisure to realize my position. 1t was
horrible Watson there would tell you that
was nervous, sensitive boy at school, It Is my
nature. thought of my uncle and Of his col
leagues in the cabinet: of the shame which
one Connected G with me- upon What ho
the ia victim of an extraordinary accident? Nc
did @ funsa .t nad DON'T a knoT
scene. 4 / have q Gin recollection Of d grou1
Ct officials who crowded round me, endeavorinl
to soothe me- One of them drove down witt
4 train: believe that he would have come at
the the way had it not been that Dr. Ferrier, wht
train The doctor most Kindly took charge d
, me- and it was we'll he did so, for had fit il
! the station, and before reached home l was
: practically a raving maniac. t.,
E you can imagine the state of things here
Doctors ringing. and found in this condi
e ton: Poor Annie here and my, mother wer.
from the detective at the station to be ablt
to give an idea Of what had happened. and hi
ali that was in for long Illness, t So JOSEPH
e vas bundled out of this CHEEKY bedroom, ant
S have lain, Mr.: Holmes, for over nine weeks
unconscious lou and raying with brain-f fever: 1
fof not be psans
: you now She has nursed by day and
e IN my mad fits 1 was capable Of Anything
Slowly my reason has cleared. but it is onii::
quite returned Sometimes wish ' that It neVe
had Ia ;,r The heirs first thing that did to wiz
came out and assured me that, ats tho eve every
. had been done no trace Of clue, had bee
= have been examined in every way without an m
il light light being thrown upon the matter. The sus
= tine tine in the office that night. His remaining
only two points which could suggest rea On
= but t., as a matter of fact. I did not begin worl
until unit he had and his people Of He
e to i M him in any way and there tn
absolutely my last hope If You fail me- o the
my my. honor as well as my position forever for
Il The INVALID sank back upon. his cushions, tire
out by this long recital while his nurse poure
hin out ca class Of seine stimulating medicine
: and his eyes closed. in an attitude whic
might seem lfstless to a stranger but whic
= knew betokened the most intense self-absorp
e ton :
:, he at last, that you have really left me YER
df aqe0ns to ASK There is Of
q one that yon had this special task to perform /?
4 Not Miss Harrison here. for example ~
= NO. had rot been back to Working betwee
getting the order and executing the commits
!, and none of your people had by chance bee
: to .. fse y9u'''
: !, DID any of them know their way about il
g .Oh, yes, all Of them had been shown owe
l. Still. Of course, if you said nothing to any
II said nothing"
II DO you know anything Of the commission
il Nothing except that he is an old SOLDIER
What regiment?'
i "0h, have heard Ccldstream Guards
details from Forbes Tie authorities at are exee
Il lent at amassing facts, tho they do not Away
' use them to advantage. What lovely thing
: rose is!'' 80 -
S He walked past the couch to the open window
' and held up the dropping stalk of "a mossrose
looking down at the dainty blend of crimso
l. and green. 1t was new phase of his cha,
j, acter to me, for had never before seen hi1
:. show any keen interest in natural objects
There is nothing in which deduction lis S
necessary as in religion said he, leaning wit
his back against the shutters. ut can b