The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-09-27

traced. but n r. undoubted that a
woman answering 20 her description
attracted much attention at Charing
Cross station on Tuesday morning by
the wildness OF her appearance n the
violence OF her gestures. IL In probable.
therefore. that the crime was either
committed when insane. or that Its I'M
mediate effect was To drive the unhap-
Ply woman out OF her mind. At pres
ent she In unable 90 give any coherent
account Of the past. and he doctors
hold out no hopes OF the re-cstablish-
ment OF her reason. There In evidence
that n woman. who might have been
Nine. Fournaye. was seen for some
hours upon Monday night watching the
house In Godolphin street"
What do you think OF that.
Holiness" had read the account
aloud 20 him. while he finished his
breakfast.
MY dear Watson" said he. rs he
rose from the table and paced up and
down the room. you are most long
suffering. but III I have told you moth
ing In the last three days. II Ii be-
n there Is nothing To tell. Even
now this report from Paris does not
help us much"
surely & Is INA, as regards the
mans death"
The mans death Is n mere incident
- NTlNlAl fINN01f-AH WIN
ou- real task. which In TO trace this
document and save a European catas-
trophe. Only one important thing has
happened In the last three days. N
hat is that nothing n happened. I
get reports almost hourly from the gov
eminent. and Il IL certain that nowhere
IN Europe IL there any sign OF trouble.
Now. n this letter were loose-no. IL
can't be loose-but II u isn't loose.
where can II be? Who has IL? Why Is
IL held back? That's the question that
heats In my brain like n hammer. Was
IL. indeed. n coincidence hat Lucas
should meet his death on the night
when the lette. disappeared? Did the
letter ever reach him? IL so. why Is
II not among his papers? Did this mad
wife OF his carry IL or with herr II
so. Ii IL In her house In Parish How
could l search for IL without the French
police having their suspicious aroused?
II Is n case. my dear Watson. where the
law r. as dangerous to Us as the crimi-
nails are. Every mans hand Is against
US. and yet the interests Mt stake are
colossal. Should I bring IL 20 n sue
cessful conclusion. Il Will certainly rep
resent the browning glory OF my career.
All. here Is my latest from the 'front.'"
He glanced hurriedly at the note which
had been handed In. 'Halloa! Les
trade seems to have observed some
hNNANAh va hANNANFN ~ asNaH ANaNs
Watson, n we Will stroll down to-
gether TO Westminster"
IL was my first visit 10 the scene
OF the crime-a high. dingy. narrow
chestcd house. prim. formal. n solid.
like the century which gave IL birth.
L~estrade's bulldog features gnzed "A
NJ US from the front window. and he
greeted US warmly when a big con-
stable had opened the door and let US
In. The room into which we were
shown was that in which the crime
had been committed. but no trace OF IL
now remained. save an ugly. Irregular
stain upon the carpet. This carpet was
n small square drugget In the center OF
the room, surrounded by n broad ex-
pansc OF beautiful. o~ld-fashioned wood
flooring In square blocks highly polish
cd. over the fireplace was n mngnin-
cent trophy OF weapons, one OF which
had been used on that tragic night. In
the window was n sumptuous writing
desk. and every detail OF the apart
hangings. all pointed to n taste which
was luxurious TO the verge or effemin-
acy.
'seen the Paris news?' asked Les
trade.
Holmes nodded.
"Our French friends seem 20 have
touched the spot this time. No oub
It's just ms they say. h knocked ut
the door-surprise visit. / guess, for he
kept his life I'm watcr-tight compart-
ments-he let her In, couldn't keep her
I'm he street. She told him how she
had traced him. ~reproached him, n
thing led TO another. and then with that
dagger so handy the end soon came.
II wasn't all done In an instant. though.
for these chairs were all swept owe
yonder. and he had one I'm his hand as
II he had tried to hold her OF with a..
We've got IL all clear as IL we had seen
a."
Holmes raised hts eyebrows.
And yet You have sent for me-"
"Ah, yes. that's another matter-a
mere trifle. but the sort OF thing you
take an interest in-quecr. o know.
and what you might call freaklsh. IL
has nothing To do with the main fact
can't have. on the lace OF H."
what is IL. them"
We'll. you know. after n crime
Of this sort we are very care
full To keep things In their POSI-
tiop. Nothing has been moved. Of
ncer I'm charge here day n night. This
morning. as the man was buried and
the Investigation over-so fnr as this
room IL Commemorative thought we
could tidy up n bit. This carpet. You
see. IL Is not fastened down. only just
laid there. We had occasion TO raise
IL. We found
Yes? You found
Holmes face grew tense with anx-
iety.
Well. I'm sure you would never
guess In "A hundred years what We did
Ind. You see that stain ON the carpet
Well. n great deal must have soaked
through, u IL not"
Undoubtedly II must"
We'll. you viii be surprised 10 hear
that there In no stain on the white
woodwork To- correspond"
mo stain! But there must"
Yes. 40 you wou say. But the
fact remains that there isn't"
He took the cornc OF the carpet In
his hand and. turning II over. he show
ed that IL was indeed as he said.
"Rut the underslde IL as stained as
the upper. II must have left n mark.
Lestrade chuckled with delight az
having puzzled the famous expert.
Now. I'll show you the explanation.
There is "A second stain, but u does
not correspond with the other. See for
yourself" As he spoke he turned over
another portion OF the carpet. and
there. sure enough. VAS n great Grim
son spill upon the square white facing
OF the old fashioned floor. What DC
you make OF that, Mr.. Holiness