Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-19
;v-TAE ADVENTURE OF THE
SOLITARY CYCLiST.-Continued
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tll,a,, silntis y.eAe OF the case.
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fi4.4ta n, ii -ht,fi,a H. In wih fa,. and
fpgoW .sv i5tl4isonl.. Woman is no
.urhelr,i d: tf4,Fe fiif. IF he las so
litt,e asi5i4ai,4 ,l.sr ~ NOT only dared
not aa,itess 10y. but evem fled from hes
.lrproaSM ms ~ i very formidable,
nssailalit. the lu,hsl. N@odley MAS i
very dittereift Lesson hut. exoeut on
ON. occasion. ian mas not nlol,.sstna oul
client. ailii naN lie ,!ssfef tic house OF
Carrlthel.s wifhotIt i.itluding u,oii HEY
preseilre. The iM5ri On thc bic yee was
DOUBTLESS . member -. HOS. Weekend
parties al TN, hll, 81 which the publ
can h.i6! spoken, bat who he was, or
what he wanted, was rs obscure a,
eyer /, wis tle severity of Holmes
manner. as,i H.. fact that he slipped
a r4v9ive!, into his DO, kat. before leav-
ing or, ,no,ns witch Impressed mo
With tn. te5liag that tragedy might
prove ID Turk behind this curious trail,
of events
a y1iay .ligNt Mad been followed BY
n glorious morning. and tlt. heath cox
cred country si,Ia with Inc pIo,yius
elunips of fuwerlne gorse. seemed an
the NOR. Beautiful! to eyes which were
weary OF HE 6iuns ana ,lrabs and slate
greys OF l.omlion. Holmes and walked
along the .lrna4i sand, road inhalinp
The fresh morning air, and rejoicing
In the music OF the birds and the fresh
breath oil spri:lg. From "a ris.. Of the
road on the shoulder of C,rooksiury
Hill. we could sac the grim hall bristling
out from amidst The ancient oaks
which, Oh as they were, We're still
younger tinu the building which they
surrounded Holmes pointed down
th. long tract o. road which wound. "A
reddish yellow band, between th,.
brown OF The heath and the budding
green OF the woods. Far away. n black
dot. We. could see a vehicle moving in
our direction. Holmes gave am ex-
clan,a;ion or ;i,,paticnre
II have giy..,, 4 margin of half an
hour said he. ~If that is her trap.
she mus, b. making for the earlier
Train faa,. 1N.,tson tbat sj,a ,v;ll no
past Char,inston before we can pos
sibly meet her
From the instant ,hat we nassod the
rise, W. coul,i no longer see the We
hicle. but We fastened EDWARDS ut such
a pace maj nv sen,lentnrv life began
to fan behind, Holmes howevar was
always in training. for he had inex-
haustibla stores of nervous energy upon
which to draw. His springy step never
~ 80 ''i' ''tf7.' - 4 ~ -
slowed until suddenly, when he was a
hundred yards in front OF me, he halt
With n eesii,l,. of erief and destai,, a.,
the sam. instant IN empty dog cart.
the horse cantering The reins trailing,
appeared around the curve of the road
and rattled swiftly toward us
Too late, Watson. too late cried
Holmes, as | ran painting 10 his side.
Fool that / was NOT TO allow for that
earlier train, It's abduction. Watson
-'ibduetion Murder, Heaven knows
what, Block the road Stop the
horse, That's right Now. jump in.
and let lis see il can repair the conse-
Quences OF my own bllrnder.'
We had sprung into the dog cart and
Holmes, after turning the horse. gave
1t sharp cut with the whip, and we
flew back dong the road. AS we