The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05
"reminiscences of Sherlock
Holmes
Continued from Page Twelve,

rs we drive
A minute later We were all seated
in a comfortable landau, and were
rafting through the quaint
DRY was full of his case, and poured
out a stream Of remarks while
Holmes threw in an occasional CUES.
ton or intersection. Colonel Ross
leaned back with his arms folded
and his hat tilted over his eyes, while
/ listened with interest to the dia.
1ogue Of the two detectives. Gregor,
was formulating his theory, which
was almost exactly what Holmes haC
f~oretold i'll the train
The net is drawn pretty close
round Fitzroy Simpson," he remark
ed, land l believe myself that he is
our man. AT the same time I recog-
nize that the evidence is purely cir
cu~rnstantial, and that some new de.
vol0pment nay upset it."
How about Straker's knife?"'
" have quite come to the con-
2lusion that he wounded himself il
his fall"
M friend, DR.. Watson, made tina,
suggestion to me as we came down.
If so, it would tell against this mar
Simpson,"
Undoubtedly. He has neither a
knife nor any sign Of II wound. HI
evidence against him is certainly very
-NA C%5 = SLA " lCdk l4lLtlCSL Ala Tic
disappearance Of the fayorite. He
lies under suspicion Of having pois-
oned the stable boy, he was undoubt-
eddy out in the storm, he was armed
with a heavy stick. and his cravat was
found in the dead mans hand. 1 real
~ think we have enough to go before
a jury"
Holmes shook his head. ga clever
counsel would tear it all to rags
said he. why should he take the
horse out Of the stable? If he wished
to iDjure it. why could he not do it
there? Has a duplicate key beer
found in his possession? What chem
Above all, where could he, q stranger
10 the district, hide a horse, and such
a horse as this? What Is his " ex-
PLANTATION as to the paper which he
wished the maid to give TO the stable
boy?"
"1Ic says hat 1t was q ~ten-pouna
note. One was found in his purse.
But . II other difficulties are not SO
Formidable as they seem. He is not
q stranger to the district. He has
twice lodged at Tavistocs IN the sum-
mer. The opium was probably
brought from London. The key, hav-
ing served its purpose. would be
hurled away. The horse may be at
the bottom Of one Of the pits or old
mines upon the moor"
What does he say shout the era
vat?'
"FIe acknowledges that 1t is his, and
declares that he had lost 1t. But a
new element has been in
the case which nay account for his
leading the horse from the stable"
Holmes nricked up his ears.
W. have found traces which show
Mondav night within Il mile Of the
spot where h murder took place. On
Tuesday they were gone. Now, pre-
Stunning that there was some under
standing between Simpson and these
gypsies, might he not have been
leading the horse to them when he
was over taken. and ma they not
have him now?"
1T is certainly possible"
The moor is being scoured for
these gypSies. I have also examined
every stable and clubhouse in Tav1-
sstoci, and for O radius OF ten miles,
Their is another training stable
stable quite close, I understand"
Yes, and that is a factor which we
must certainly not neglect. AS Des-
borough, their horse, was second IN
h betting, they have an interest IN
the disappearance OF the favorite. 81
las Brown, the %trainter, is known to
have had large bets upon the event,
and he was no friend to poor Straker.
We have, however, examined n sta
Dles, and there is nothing TO coHnecs
him with the affair
And nothing to connect this man
Simpson with the interests OF the
Maplcton stables?"
Nothing at all"
Holmes leaned back in the carriage.
and the conversation ceased. a few
HinUteS later our driver pulled up at
a neat little red brick villa with over
hanging caves which stood by the
road. Some distance OF, across q
paddock, lay a long gray-tlied out
building. In every other dlrection.
the low curves Of the moor. bronze
colorea from the fading ferns,
stretched away to the skyline, broken
only by the steeples Of Tavistock. n
by g cluster OF houses away 70 the
westward which marked the Maple
son stables. We all sprang out with
h exception Of Holmes, who con1lh,