Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-03-01
crawled about the lawn with an Aug
ust sun on my back. but ! got up at the

crawle6 about the lawn Win an Aug
ust sun on my back. but got up at the
end of an hour no wiser than before.
Well, after this fiasco I went into
the bed room and examined that also.
The blood stains We're very slight, mere
smears and discolorations, but un-
doubtedly fresh The stick had been
removed but there also the marks We're
slight. There is no doubt about the
stick belonging TO our client. He ad-
nits It, Footniarks of both men could
be made out on the carpet, but none
of any third person, which again is a
trick for the other side They We're
pling up their score all the time, and
We We're at standstill.
only one little CLEAN OF hope did
1 get and yet it amounted to nothing.
/ examined the contents of the safe.
most of which had been taken out and
left on the table The papers had been
made up into sealed envelopes. one or
two of when had been onened by the
police. They we're not, so far as could
Judge. of any great value, nor did the
bank book show that Mr.. Oldacre was
i'm such very affluent circumstances.
But it seemed to- me that all the papers
We're not there. There were illusions
To some deeds possibly more valuable
which | could not find. This, of
course, If we could definitely prove It,,
would turn Lestrade's argument
against himself; for who would steal
a thing If he knew that he would
shortly inherit 1T"
-, ~ -. ..,sl,
INV luck Win the house<eeper. Mrs.
Iexinrton is her narns.-a, little. dark
silent nerson with s,spicious and side
long ewes She could tell us something
if she would am convinced of H..
But she WAS as close as wax. Yes,
she had Lot Mr. Nctsarlane i'm aft half
mast nine she wished her hand had
withered before she had done SO. She
had gone ia he'd at hnlf-past ten. Her
room was at the other end of the house
and sbe cn,Id hear notbinr of what
nassed Mr. NcI.,arlanc had loft his
hat. and ia the best of her belief, his
stick in the hall She had been a,yak-
ened nv Tho alarm of iros Her moor
dear ,naetar had certainIv hoen ,nrr
dered. Had he any enemies? Wen,
every man had enemies, hut Mr. Old
acre kept himself very much to him
self, and only met people in the way
of business. She had seen the buttons
and was sure that they belonged to
the clothes which ne had worn last
night The wood pile was very dry,
,or ~ mao NOT ralhed lor a ilohtl. ~
sba rea,had no s,,,t nn,,inc ,.n,,,d ha
seen I'M, fan,as she and ali tho Gro
MO-, .n,s,,ia, ~, h,,rna,, nosl frn,, IN
s;de N She know notl,n, of fhe
,'a,,a,.s NO., az Az. nIannras ,ir;,,.,te
affairs
so, my dear Watson, there's the
report of a failure And yet-and yet
hc clenched his thin hands in par
oxysm of conviction u know it's all
wrong. leel ~ IN my bones. mere rs
suliIe.hllis 'lao mas i'ol come e., ou'. alia
'hat houseKeeper Knows ~. mere was
n sort or sulky dehance IN her eyes.
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surely. sara Inc mans appear
ahce would go 1ar WIN amy jury
That is dangerous argument, my
dear Watson. You remember that
eeTrlpie murderer, f6eft stevens VINO
Wahted us TO get MN or IN ~ was
,leie eNti d more iillta Inahiereo' ouh-
Gay school young man!
1T is true"
"Ifnless we succeed In establishing
an alternative theory this man is lost.
You can hardly find a flaw in the case
which can now he presented against
him, and all further Investigation has
served to strengthen it. By the way.
there is one curious little point about
those papers which NAV serve us as the
starting point for an inquiry. On look
ing over the bank book I found that
the low state of the balance was prin-
cipally due to large checks which have
been made out during the last year
to Mr.. Cornelius. / confess that 1
should he Interested to know who this
Mr.. Cornelius may be with whom a
retired builder has such very large