Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-07-26

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Of wha. passes between us. We can h.
perfectly frank with each other. We wan:
TO know, Mr.. Gilchrist. how you, an hon
durable man. ever carnc to commit such
am action as that of yesterday?"
The unfortunate young man staggered
back. and cast a look tull OF horror and
rcproach at Hannistcr.
NO. no. NJ. Gilchrist, sir. never said
a w~ord-never one world" cried the ser
want.
NO, but you have now" said Holmes.
Now. sir, you must see that after Ban
istcr's words Your position is hopeless, and
that your only chance lies IN n frank con-
fession."
For Il moment Gflchrist, with appraised
hand, tried to control his writhin. feat
urcs. The next h. had thrown himself on
his knees beside the table. and burying
his face in his hands, he had burst into d
storm Of passionate sobD.ng.
Come, come SAID Holmes. kindly, lit
Is human to err. and al. least no one can
accuse you of being "A callous criminal.
Perhaps it would be easier for You II l
wore TO tell Mr.. Soames wha. occurred.
and YOU can check mo whore | am wrong.
Shall do so? We'll. well. don't trouble To
answer. Listen, aad see that | do you no
Injustice
From tho momont Mr.. Soames. thu.
you said 10 me that no orc. not ovcn Ran
mister, could have told that the papers
were in your room, the case began to ,ake
a definite shape in my mind. The printer
one could. OF course. dismiss. He cu,,i1
cxarlino the Inpors IN h.s own ornco ,rha
Indian | also thought nothing of. If tho
proofs We're In roll. he could not possibly
know what they were. On tho other hard
it seemed an unthinkahlc coincidence Tint
a man should dare to enter the yoom
and that by chaHco on that very d.y ~.
pa rc,s We're on the table. d.srciesed
that. The man who entered ,S,nw .ba,
the papers We're there. How did he know,
when | approached your room. I csam-
incd the window. You amused mo hy, .,r,
posing thai I was contomnl,+t,, ~ sas
sibiiity OF someone having il, broad d,y-
light, under the eyes or ali these opYosjt Ia
rooms. forced himself through 1t. S,,rh an
idea was absurd | was nncas,rinsr how,
tan n man would need to be IN order to
see. as he passed, what papers were an
the central table. l am six Zee, biy, ~,
I could do it with an effort. No ono icss
than that would ha,e a chance. Alrea5y
you see l. had reason to think that ir ora
of your three students WAS , u.n -
usual height. he was the mos, uor,h
watching of the three. '
II entered, and | took Won into ~,
fdence as to the snggcst,N,s of tho .,na
table. OF the center table I co,,,d ,na,o
nothing. until in your descrtnt;on or on.
christ you mentioned that he was n ,onn-
distance jumper, Then the whola .htn,.
came to me in an instant and 7 o,Iv
needed certain corroborative proofs WIZ
l speedily obtained.
What happened was this. This yo,,n,
fellow mad employed his nrterpoon -. .ue
athletic grounds. where he had been mac
ticing the jump. He returned carrying his
jumping shoes. which are provided os
you are aware, with several sharp snikcs
As he passed YOU window I've saw. Inv
means of his great height. these proots
upon your table. and coniccturn5
what they were. No harm would have
been done had It not been that MS he
passed your door. he perceived the hey
which had been left by the carelessness of
your servant A sudden impulse came over
him to enter. and see If they were indeed
the proofs. 1t was not a dangerous exploit.
for he could always pretend thai he had
simply looked in to ask a question.
We'll. when he saw that they were I'm.
deed the proofs. 1t was then thai he Weld.
ed to temptation. He nut his shoes on tho
table. What was it you put on that chair
near the Window"
Gloves said the young man.
Holmes looked ~triumphantly at Ban
mister. HE put his g.oves on the chair.
and took the proofs, sheet by sheet To
copy them. He thought the tutor must
return by the main gate. and that he
would see him. AS we know, he came
back by the side gate. Suddenly he heard
him at the very door. There was no pos
sib!e escape. He forgot his gloves. hut he ,
up his shoes and darted into the
bedroom. You observe that the scratch |
on that table is slight at one side. but
deercns in the direction of the bedroom !
door. That in itself Is enough to show us
that the shoe had been drawn In that dt. |
%rection. and that the culprit had takenl
refuge there. The earth round the spike
had been left on the table. and a second
sample was loosercd and fell in the bed
room. l may add that ] walked out to the |
athletic grounds this morning. saw that
tenacious black clay is used in the jump |
Ing pit. and carried away a specimen Of
1t, together with some of the fine tan
or sawdust which Is strewn over 1t to pre-
vent the athlete from shipping. Have j
told the truth. Mr. Gflchrist?"
The student had drawn himself erect.