The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-05

the moor, bronze-colored from the fad
ing ferns, stretched away TO the sky
line. broken only by the steeples of
Tavistock, and by a cluster of houses
away TO the westward which marked
the Napoleon stables. We all sprang
out with the exception of Holmes, who
continued to lean back with his eyes
i fixed upon the sky in front of him.
entirely absorbed in his own thoughts.
1t was only when l touched his arm
that he reused himself with a violent
start and stepped out of the carriage.
Excuse me- said he. turning to
Colonel Ross, who had looked at him
in some surprise. AZ was day-dream-
ing" There was a CLEAN in his eyes
and a suppressed excitement in his
manner which convinced me, used as
| was to his ways. that his hand was
upon a clue. though I could not mag
inc where he had found 1t.
Perhaps you would prefer at once
TO go on to the scene of the crime,
Mr.. Holiness" said Gregory.
Il think that l should prefer to stay
here a little and go into one or WI
| questions of detail. Straker was
brought back here. / presumed"
YES; he lies upstairs. The inquest
is tomorrow
HE has been in your service SOM
years, Colonel Ross?"
81 have always found him an excel
lent servant"
II presume that you made an inven-
tory Of what he had in his pockets at
tho time of his death, Inspector"
Il have the things themselves in the
sitting room, il you would care to see
them"
II should be very glad" We all filed
into the front room and sat round the
central table while the Inspector UNI
locked a square tin box and laid a
small heap of things before us. There
was a box of Vestas. two inches Of
tallow candle, an A d p brierroot pipe,
q pouch of sealskin with half IN ounce
Of longcut Cavendish, a silver watch
with a gold chain, fly sovereigns in
gold, an aluminium pencilcase, a few
papers and an i~vory-handled knife with
a very delicate. infexible blade marked
Weiss & Co., London.
This is a very singular Knife said
Holmes, lifting it up and examining It
infinitely. II presume, as l see blood
stains upon 1t, that 1t is the one which
was found in the dead mans grasp.
Watson, this knife is surely In your
1T is what we call a cataract knife"
said l.
II thought so. A very delicate blade
devised for very delicate work. a
strange thing for a man to carry with
him upon a rough expedition, especially
as 1t would not shut in his pocket"
The tip was guarded by a disk of
cork which we found beside his body"
Bald tlte Inspector. His wife tells us
the knife had lain upon the dress
ing-table. and that he had picked 1t
up as he left the room. 1t was a poor
weapon. but perhaps the best that he
could lay his hands on at the moment"
VERY possibly. How about these
papers?'
Three of them are receipted hay
dealers accounts. One of them is a
of Instructions from Colonel Ross.
This other is a milliner's cou for
thirty-scven pounds fifteen made out
by Madame Lesurier, of Bond street, to
William Derbyshire. Mrs. Straker tells
us that DerbYshire was q friend of her
husbands, and that occasionally his
letters were addressed here"
Madame Derbyshire had somewhat
expensive tastes" remarked Holmes,
slanclng down the account. Twenty
two guineas is rather heavy for a sin |
gle costume. However, there appears
to be nothing more to learn, and we
may nov go down to the scene of the
AS we emerged from the sitting-room
woman. who had been waiting in the
passage. took a step forward and laid
hand upon the Inspectors sleeve.
Her face was haggard and thin and
stamped with the print of a
recent horror.
Have you got them? Have you
found them?" she painted.
mo, Mrs. Straker. But Mr.. Holmes
here has come from London to help us,
and we shall do all that is possible"
Surely I met you in Plymouth at Il
party Some little time ago, Mrs.
Straker?' said Holmes.
mo, sir; you are mistaken"
(To DC Continued TomOrruT) !