The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-12
lV-T3E ADVENTURE OF The
SOLITARY CYCLlST.-Contiaued
Copyright 1893.
by A. Conan Doy.e and Golfers Weekly.

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"Ihc first flaw in my happiness vas
the arrival of the rcd muStachcd Mr..
Woodley, lie am for a visit Of Il
week, and oh, 1t seemed three months
10 me. He W"S a dreadful persona
bully TO everybody, but to me
something Infinitely worse. lie
made OdiOus Owe 10 mo boast
ed OF his wealth, said that If /
married him / could have the finest
diamonds in London. aud finally MHen
l would ha,G nothing to do with him.
he seized mr in his arms one day after
dinncr-hc WIS h~lGaOu&i% strong ana
sWore that he would not let me go until
had kissed him. Mr.. Carruthcrs came
in and tore him from me, on which he
turned upon his o"n host. knocking
him down and cutting his face open,
That was the end of his visit, as You
can imagine. MT. Carruthr"s apollo
gized to me next day, and assured me
that I should never be exposed to such
insult again. have not seen Mr.. Wood
ley since.
And now. Mr.. Holmes, | come at
last to the special thing which has
caused me to ask your advice today.
You must know that ovcry Saturday
forenoon l ride on my bicycle to Farm
ham station i'm order tn o.t thr poo IN
town. The road from CIhiItcrn Grunge
IS a lonely one, and at one spot it is
particularly so. for II lies for over n
mile between Charlington Heath unon
one side ana the woods which lie
around Charlinrton han upon the otbar.
You could not find 4 more lonely tract
OF roau anywherc, and it is quite rare
to meet 50 much as a cart, or a peas
ant. until YOU reach thn hich road near
Crooksbury hjII. Two ',yra,4 ago 7
was passing this place, when CHANGED
to look back over my shoulder, and
about two hundred yards behind me |
saw a man. also on a bicycle. He
seemed to be Il middle aged man. With
81 short. dark beard. | looked back be-
fore | reached I'arnham, but the man
was gone, SO | thought no more about
1t. But you a Imagine how sur
prised vas Mr.. Holmes, when, on my
return on the Monday, / saw the same
man on the same stretch Of road. My
establishment was increased when the
incident occurred again, exactly as be-
fore, on the following Saturday and
Monday. He always kept his distance
and did not MODEST me in any Wav, but
stu it certainly was very odd. l men
toned it to Mr.. Carruthers, who seemed
interested in what | said, and told me
that lie had ordered a horse and trap,
so that in the future I should not pass
over these lonely roads without some
companion.
"Tho roreo ara .r,o w
come his wccl h,,t fo,. cnT,o nooo
thev were MOI dniivarad ana ,aoin T
had IN cycIn 70 49, W, ~ III ~, hS".n /
this moTninr Van can ,bint +b, "
O ont Whom T came to C ~ 81 in 90
ueofh ana thcra a,,,in ono,ah = ~
man, exactly as he had haSen tho t tne
r uo haCGoro - I1o ~ imnu pGel me Two
from me- maj T comiG NO" nG+ 49, n,p ~ iad
his face b,It If WAC cartoi,I, 9no
whom 7 did moi know Ne Vac dra.nnd
in a darl, s,it win , nioth ~
only thing about his r,ra tbo IpI orId
clearly see was his dorl, banrd r, toh,u
7 was NOT alarmed INT VIC ana U,"untSS
curiosity, and 7 Determined 10 Gn 49, az 80
who he was and What ha antea -
eIov,ad do,y,, -, N"i'Cu' l
slowed down his. Then r tonn D"I n ne
together. hut he stonned aI9o oll lrp,r
laid y tran fo, hi,o Thora T.. = !
turning or tho road and nadnuo5 |rnatn
quickly around this. and then 7 stonned
and waited. | expected him 70 shoot
around and pass me before he could
stop. But he never appeared. Then 7
went back and looked around the cor
ner. | could see a mile of road. but
he was not on it. TO make If the moro
extraordinary. there was no side road