Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-05-10
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes
BY 4. CONAN DOYLE.
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He meets his death five miles from the
| school-not by bullet. mark YOU.
which even a lad might conceivably
dealt by a vigorous arm. The
lad, then, had companion in
his flight. And the flight was
swift one, since it took five miles be-
/, fore am expert cyclist could overtake
them. Yet we survey the ground
around the scene of the tragedy. What
do we findo \ few cattle tracks, moth
| ing more. took wide sweep around,
and there is DO path within fifty yards.
! Another cNclist could have had moth
/ ing to do with the actual murder, nor
were there amy .luman footmarks."
"Holmcs.I cried, this is impos-
sible.''
"AdmTablc" he said. "A most i'll
| Illuminating remark. 1t is impossible
as state it, and therefore / must in.
some respect have stated it wrong.
Vet YOU saw for Yourself Can YOU
Suggest any fallacy"s'
"Hc could not have fractured his
| skull in fall"
I'm a mm'ass. Watson"'
Il am ut my Wits end.
! Tut. tut, We have SOLVED; some worse
! problems. AT least we have plenty of
material if we can only use it. Come,
then. and. having exhausted the Palm
4 patched covcr has to offer us
Ne picked up the track and followed
\ it ollwartls for some distance. but soon
, tho moor rose into Il long, heather tuft-
cd carve. and we left the water course
behind MS. N"furthcr help from tracks
i could he hoped for. AT the spot whore
/ WE SAW the last of the Dunlop tire it
/ might equally have led To lioldernesse
4 liali. the stately towers of which arose
sonie miles 10 our left. or to Il low, grey
village which lay in front of us, and
marked lhe position of the Chesterfield
I hi. Il; .o;d.
rs We approached the forbidding and
I sGu;l'd inn. With the sign of Il game
cock above. the door. Holmes gave Il
! sudden groal. and clutched me- by the
& shoulder To save himself from falling.
lie. had had one of those violent strains
+ 81 the ankle which leave man help
/ less. With difficulty he lmped UP to
/ ,hs door, where Il squat, dark. elderly
man was smoking a black clay pipe.
/ How arc YOU, MIR. Reuben Hayes"
said Holmcs.
Who arc you. and how do you get
I my name so pat" the countrymnn am
s"ereti. With Il suspicious flash of u
l.;,il- OF cunning eyes.
''Mcll. it's printed on the board above
Your head. It's easy To see a man who
is ,.iasler of his OWN house. | suppose
YOU haven't such !: thing as u carriage
il. Noill stables"
Ne | have not"
y cam hardly put my foot to the
grnuna'
Dom, put it to the ground"
But ! can't walk.
Well. then. hop
Mr. Reuben HAYES manner Was far
from gracious. bat Holmes took it with
/ admirable good hu1lor.
"I.con Mere, my man." said he. This
is really nthcr an awkward fix for me.
don't mind hnM get on
a .N.ither 10 H. said the lnorose land
lord.
"-rhe ,l:.ttcr is very imnortant.
vroula offer yt,l n sovereign for the use
of a Licvele'
l'ae landlord priclSed MP his ears.
~ here do you want To co.
TO Holdernesse hail.
pals of the dock, i suppose ." said
the landlord. surveying our mud
st:.inel s;t-ments with ironcal eyes.
holmes laughed good naturcdly
He'll be glad to see us, anyhow"
why"
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Well man most men. sara ne, 10y
';t'; his head roaehman once, and ciue
Dad he treated me II was nm 'll;l'
s;icheo me Win u eli'iiiic'ef on tilt
Word ." II l!liis fh-ch;l'laler. i'ul
m Slad 7" near ihal me YOUNG ioiN
WAS hcafd "l III l-iVerNooi' ai,n ~ llcil
. sou take the news 70 the hail
lIlank you. salo lfolihes. we y
have some food first. Iheh you cal
pf1lls foulld the plcNei''
Il haven't go' a bicycle.
Holmes held up Il sovereign.
. Il tell YOU. man. chat l haven't go
Orc Ill let you have two horses as fan
as tho hail.
!, Wei, we'll" said Holmes, we'll tall
about it when we've had something Il
cat.
When We were left alone in the stor
. tagged Kitchen. it was astonishing HOY
rapidly that sprained ankle recovered
5 1t was NEARLY nightfall and we ha'
: eaten nothing since early morning. 81
, shat we spent some time over our meal
holmes was lost in thought, and Once
! nr twice he walked over To the Win
dow aud stared earnestly out. j
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