Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-12

nv HOnt'Ni, 4 / HI'Ht hl0i4t4f
to you You are only answcrrble to
yourself. but l have to answer 10 my
hupcriors. II this Abe Siancy, living ar
i-lrige's. is indeed the murderer. and il
he has made his escape while | am
seated here. I houid certainly get into
serious trouble"
You need not DE uneasy. He VIII
not try to escape"
How do You know -
TO fly would be a confession Of
guilt"
Then let US TO and arrest him
e! expect him here every instant"
But why should he come"
Because | have written and asked
him"
But this Ia incredible. Mr.. Holmes
Why should he conn because You haya
asked him.? Would not such a request
rtther arouse his suspicious and cause
him to fiy?"
Il think 1 have known how to frame
the letter." said Sherlock Holmes. IN
fact. IL l am not very much mistaken.
here is the gentleman himself coming
W the drive"
\ man was striding up tho path that
led to the door. He was a tail. hand
some swarthy fellow, clad IN a suit
OF grey flannel. with a Panama hat. a
bi!stling black beard, ana It great. sg-
tars:iive hooked nose, II lloutishing IL
cane as he walked. He swaggered up
the path as il the place belonged to
lim. and we heard his loud. confident
peal at the bell.
Il think. gentlemen" said liolmos
quietly. that we had best take III II
position behind the door. Every PEE
caution is necessary when dealing with
such n fellow. You will need your
handcuffs. inspector. You can leave
the talking to me"
We waited In silence for a minute
one OF those minutes which one can
never forget. chen the door opened
ana the man stepped in. In an in
slant Holmes clappcd a pistol To his
head and Martin slipped the handouts
oTer his wrists, 1t was all done so
swiftly n deftly that the fellow was
helpless before lie knew he was at
tackled. He glared from one to the
other of us with "A pair of blazing black
eyes. Then he burst into a bitter
laugh.
Well, gentlemen. you have the
drop on me this time. 1 seem to have
knocked up against something hard.
Rut l came here In answer to n let
ter from Mrs. Hilton Cubitt. Don't
tell me that she is in this? Don't tell
sne that she helped to set a trap for
sne?"
Mrs. Hilton Cubitt was seriously in
Jured. and Is at deaths door,"
The man gave a hoarse cry of grief.
which rang through the house.
YOU'RE crazy!" he cried. fercely. 1T
was he that was hurt. not she. Who
would have hurt little Elsie? | may
have threatened her-God forgive me.
but 1 would not have touched a hair
Of her pretty head. Take 1t back-you!
Say that she is not hurt!"
She was found, badly wounded. by
the side OF her dead husband"
He sank with q deep groan onto the
settee and buried his face in his man.
OcIad hQnhQ For Two r,ir,foS ha xr,r
silent. Then he raised his face once
more and spoke with the cold COM
posture Of despair.
Il have nothing to hide from you,
gentlemen" said he. IF l shot the
mar he had shot at me. and
there's no murder in that. But IL you
think I could have hurt that woman,
chen o know neither me or her. l
tell you. there never was a man in the
world loved a woman more than l loved
her. l had . right to her. She was
,ledged to mo a ago. Who was this
iE~nglishman that he should come be-
tween us3 l tell o hat 1 had the
-iirst right to her. and that was only
claiming my own"
She broke away from you influence
swhen found the man that YOU ere
said Holmes. sternly. "She fled from
America to avoid you. and married an
honorable gentleman In England. You
NOo0SN ASa NSSAU OAhONCA itSk atlu ldu
her life q misery to her in order to
ilncuce her to abandon the husband
HON she loved and respected in order
o fly with you. whom she feared and
hated. You have ended by bringing
about the death Of q noble man and
our record In this business. Mr.. Abe
Slaney. and you win answer for it to
1he law"
III Elsie dies. I care nothing what
becomes OF me-" said the Aneric AN
He opened n Of his hands and looked
at a note crumpled up in his palm.
'Scc hcre. mister" he cried. with a
CLEAN Of suspicion in his eyes. YOU'RE
not trying to scare me over this. are
you? IL the lady ID hurt as bad as you
say. who was It that wrote this note 2"
lie tossed H. forwards onto the table.
4 wrote It, to bring you here"
You wrote Il? There was no one
on earth outside the DIN who knew
the secret OF he dancing men. How
came you to write M?'
what n man can invent another
u discover said Holmes. There is
a cab coming to convey you to Nor
wich. Nj. Slaney. But. meanwhile. you
have time to make some small repara-
tion for b injury you have wrought.
Are YOU aware that Mrs. Hilton Cubitt
has herself lain under grave suspicion
of the murder Of her husband. and
that 1t wns only my presence here. and
the knowledge which I happened to
POSSESS. which has saved her from the
a~ccusation? The least that you owe
hefis to make clear to the whole world
hat she was In No way. directly or In
directly. responsible for his tragic end
y ask nothing BETTER" said the Am
ericau. II Guese the very best case I
can make for myself is the absolute
i:alled truth"
1t II my duty to warn you that it
will be used against you." cried The in
spect0r, With the magnificent fair play
OF the Bdtlsh criminal law.
SNney shrugged his shoulders.
IN chance that.- said he. FIRST Of
all. ! want o gentlemen to under
stand that ! have known this lady since
she was q child. There were seven of
us in a gan9 In Chicago. and Elsie's
father was the boss Of the joint. He
Was a clever . wns old Patrick. 1t
Mas he who invented tina, writing.
which would pass as u child's scrawl
Unie6s you just happened to have the
key 10 Il. Well Elsie learned some OF
our vays. but she couldn't stand the
h,,xiness. and h had a bit of honest
none Of her Own 70 she avs us all
The slip and got away to London. She
Aad been engaged to me IA she would
IL married me-. ! believe. il l had
saNrn over another profession. but she
xvuuld have nothing to do with any
u.iiisx Gsl the cross. 1t was only after her