The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-03-29

person.
ooh, Cyril is his name" said Holmes,
smiling.
The young lady blushed and laughed.
Eyes, Mr.. Holmes, Cyril Morton, an
electrical engineer, and we hope to be
married at the end of the summer.
Dear me- how did get talking about
him? What I wished to say was that
Mr.. Woolley was perfectly cdious. bat
that Mr.. Carruthers, who was a much
older man, was more agreeable. tie
was a dark, s;lllow, clean shaver, silent
person, but he had polite manners and
a pleasant smile. He inquired how we
were left, and on finding that we were
very poor he suggested that should
come and teach music to his on.y
daughter, aged ten. said that did
not like to leave my mother, on which
he suggested that l should so home 10
her every week end, and he offered Inc
hundred year, which was certainly
splendid pay. So it ended by my ac-
| cepting, and went down to Chiltern
Grange. about six miles from Farm
ham, Mr.. CarrutherS was widOwer,
but he had engaged lady hOusekeep-
er, very respectable, elderly person,
called Mrs. Dixon, to look after his eS-
tablishment The child was dear. and
everything promised-.well.. Mr.-sCnr-
ruthers was very kind and very music
al. and we had most pleasant evenings
together. Every week end l went home
to my mother in town.
1.-The first flaw in my happiness was
the arrival of the red mustached Mr..
Woodley He came for visit of a
week, and, oh, it seemed three months
to me. He was a dreadful persona
bully to every one else, but to me some
thing infinitely worse. He made Odious
love to me, boosted of his wealth, said
that if l married him could have the
finest diamonds in London, aud finally
when would have nothing to do with
him he se,.ed me In his arms one day
after dinner-he was hideousiy strong
and swore that he would not let me go
until had kissed him. Mr.. Carruthers
came in and tore him from me, on
which he turned upon his own host,
knocking him down and cutting his
face open. That was the end of his
visit, as you can imagine. Mr.. Carruth-
ers apologiZed to me next day and as
sured me that I should never be ex-
posed to such an insult again. l have
not seen Mr.. Woodley since.
''And now, Mr.. Holmes, come at
last to the special thing which has
caused me to ask your advice today.
that Sof, do,
forenoon l ride on my bicycle to Farm
ham station in order to get the 1920
to town. The road from Chiltern
Grange is lonely one, and at one spot
1t is particularly so. for it lies for over
u mile between Charlington heath up
on one side and the woods which lie
round Charlington Hall upon the other
You could not find more lonely tract
of road anywhere, and it is quite rare
to meet SO much rs a cart or Il peasant
. until you reach the highroad near
Crooksbury hill. Two weeks ago
. was passing this place when CHANGED
to look back over my shoulder, and
about 200 yards behind me l saw Q
man, also on bicycle. He seemed to
be middle aged man, with a short
dark beard. looked back before
reached Farnham, but the man was
Il gone, so thought no more about it
But you can imagine how surprised
was, Mr.. Holmes, when ON my return OF
the Monday l saw the same man on the
same stretch of road. My astonishmen
was increased when the incident oc
, CURED again. exactly as before, on thu
following Saturday and Monday. HI
r always kepthis distance and did not mo
lest me in any way, but still it certain
ly was very odd. mentioned it to Mr.
: Carruthers, who seemed Interested IL
! what l said and told me that he hat
! ordered horse and trap, so that in flu
ture should not pass over these lionel,
:. roads without some companion.
THE horse and trap were to hav,
come this week, but for some reason
they We're not delivered, and again
: had to cycle to the station. That wa
this morning. You can think that
looked out when came to Charlingto
heath, and there, sure enough, was til
man, exactly as he had been the tw
weeks before. He always kept SO fa
from me that l could not clearly Sc
= his face, but 1t was certainly some on
Q whom did not know. He was dresse
in dark suit with cloth cap. TIL
. only thing about his face that coul
y clearly see 'yas his dark beard.
= To-day l was not alarmed, but wa
a filled with curiosity, and l determine
: to find out who he was and what Il
!" wanted. ! slowed down my machin,
but he slowed down his. Then I sto,
y ped altogether, but he stopped ais
!. Then laid ii trap for him. There is
y sharp turning of the road, and 1 pee
;. aled very quickly round this, and the
. stopped and waited l expected hil
:, to shoot round and pass me before L
could stop. But he never appeare'
:. Then went back and looked round I'll
- corner. could see mile of road, bl
- he was not on it. To make 1t the mo-
II, :, extraordinary, there was no side roa
at this point down which he could ha,