The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-01


Two OF Whlcn had been onened by tn
ponce. IheE were not, 50 far as | coul,
Judge, OF any great value, nor did tn
oahk book snow that Mr.. Oldacre wa
IN such very a1luent circumstances
But II seemed to me that all the paper
were not there. There were ~allusioni
10 some Qeeds-possibly more valuabl,
-WhlcA could not md. This, o
SoutSS' II we CoNIu deLNltely prove II
would TURN Lestrade's argumen
against hlmseIf; for who would stea
Il th!hg II he knew that he would
S"DEttS inherit ~
FINALLY, having drawn every Other
cover ana nlSNea up no scent, trlet
~ ~ I'S MIS-
s +ISt' - ~ il"tl,e-d tIl.te, ARK
49, VIZ" GspLT1ouS diu sue
49, 'e9, SHe youIu 'e4l US something
- sIle WoA.oEI am convinced Of IT
sTa go n"S a. CIoSS as WAX: 1eS'
,,a 1s = - 81. MI aE51ile IN al 3Il-
"a. - - Sne MISiIeu net mana aad
,,aE ~ar $500 SiIG No" zone So one
800 . So 20 oSu az h@tl-Past Ten; tier
,,,5 . - - oI1ci eng oL me mouse
~. 80 TuU'G lIS"a aoIH!ng OF "nat
- ~ AlSF "tIaiie mao ieft ms
.&l, ana TO me best OF her belief, his
or r-C ~, q! ~ NJ enc HAu zen aW2k-
- " I'e .+5ilH OF Hre' Her poor,
dered. Han he 7nT. e1nI;iogo VII =
every man had amGn,ies bnt Nv 81
acre kept himself very much to him
self, and only met peonle in the wav
Of business. She had seen the buttons,
ana was sure that they belonged to
the clothes Which he had worn last
night. The wood pile WAS very dry
70" it had not raiued for a month. II
- : 4NS CtA1"et' ana DF the time
- S1CtIsu the Spot nothing could be
~ names 9he II all the fire
siSa i 'et cbo lie nu-nso nesn from m
: one hAsW nothinS or the
49, ~, LIZ . MI OIdacTes private
60 my dear Watson, there's the
'ePoIt OF a I2llufe. And yet-and yet"
ne clencAed his thin hands in a par
oAEsln OF conviction L know it's all
WRONG l teeI It in my bones. There Is
SOttt9La!!ls tNat mas not come out, and
ma u~ouseheeper knows 1t. There was
d soL or sulky defiance in her eyes.
onIy goes with guilty knowledge.
however, there's no good talking any
more ABOUT 1t, Watson; but unless
some lucky chance comes our way I
lnat lhe Norwood disappearance
C99e wiz not ngure in that chronicle
% ~ successes Wnlch toresee tina
y p3tle-lt PupNc Will sooner or later
ave TO endure,
surely said I the mans appear
lnce would so far with any urv?"
That is g dangerous aro,,n,an+ ,,v
Hear Watson. You remen,ber 49,
.arrihIa ,,Irs eLIeltlpeE mat
DantaS w. - ro Delt SteEe1s' VINO
ever . m Sc I ,1;id on IN ~ was
lay school younr mano' 00A
'It is +rue"
oT-,1os.
-, 1C 80 We succeed IN establishing
= "trtaliFG theory this MAJ is lost.
,.bioS o"ti naluly ma a flaw In the case
an u9n III now De presented against
- ~ ~ ttel inEeSLlgatlon mas
,SINeQ 10 strengthen 1t. BY the way,
hose papers w SbitIu ,,,a ne poine ABOUT
31nin : ~ 10y serve Us as me
NO ove, az 49, az liIquif%. on look
rs 49, me pahh book l found that
ipally due 10 large chaats ui%inb t
cen made out d,Irin@ 20 Lee Iast naas
0 Mr.. Cornelius confaes tba
bonId ,,a i1+nnor l CONFESS lflat l
II. Cornelius MAY. be with whom q
etlred builder has such very large
transactions. Is it possible that he has
q hand in the affair? Cornelius
light be a broker, but we have found
Q scrip to CORRESPOND with those 1arga
ayments. Failing any otheY, indic9-
my researches must now take he
OF an inquiry nj the hanl, for,
he gentleman who has cashed these
But I fear, my dear fellow,
lat our case will end inpIoriouslv Nv,
hanging orr elliott v.b;cb Iii
be a triumnh for ccot1,ra
l do not know how far sbnr,oc,,
took any sleeD that ricbt h11t ]
hen I came down to breakfast T fo,1nd
m pale and harassad, his hri>ht evas :
le brighter for the darl, shadow I
'und them. The carpet round his |
lair was Uttered with cipa retta ends
Id with the early editions - ~ 6
orning papers. An omen telaprono c
Y on the table. .
.'yyhat do ,.o,, ., ,
he q $50 +oe eIHnN o. tlis, wat
# vas frona eSsaiis ~ across. a
llovvs ~ 1oi"oou ana ran as .
hinroltanl lresh evidence to hand. j.
- -. 5iiaite sullI definitely estab- {
sstfade.
This sounds serious" said r r
1t is Lestrade's little cock-a-dood1e
victory" Holmes answered., with a
tier smile. "And yet it NAV he nre-
lture to abandon the case After oil T
Iportant fresh evidence ia q +u,n i
ged thing, and NAV possihIv cut ~ +
different direction to that which $
- 49,, 1919. ~ thdS NlIICI %