The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

may he some immediate connection. VIII
you ien me. Sir Arnold the cilcum-
stances of that affair."
There is nothing to tell hcyo;G Wna'
| the papers said. answered the Ems lsh-
| man testify. "On" OF the rugs. FER
sian textile Of great antiquity. had a
| corner cut away with a pair Of scissors
I leaving Il Jagged tear. The act was per-
| pctratcd some time after midnight on
| Wednesday. and The pcrpetrator suc-
/ ccedcd in making his escape undetected,
THE police have discovered no clCc2
so far. none, They have searched
| II seems evident that the criminal has
succeeded In making good his escape.
! But YOU said the police hold out every
| hope OF discovering him"
Yes of course. sooner or later the
mutiIated fragments will reappear some
peddler But to como back to the
dog
az have here a photograph cr uIe rug. -,
persisted Crewe. drawing sheet Of
newspaper from his breast pocket The
matter Interested me exceedingly lie
handed Il TO Sir Arnold. What are
| those arabcsuucs Immediately above the
tear" he asked.
Meaningless and conventional Persian
borders answered the Englishman.
"They are a feature or all rugs OF a
certain century. That border was cut
off by the marauder, apparently aim
lcssly. But now; sir, ! insist upon dis
Gus cussIng this affair Of the dog. What do
Let me see him and his blanket
Crewe answered When would il be
convenient for us to CALI?
You can come back With me at once,
Sir Arnold answered. And II YOU can
solve the mystery I shall be most crate
ful. and Mr.. Boone will"
Crewe waved away the suggestion OF
Are YOU ready. Langton?" he asked.
rose and we two followed Sir Arnold
out Of my office: We descended to the
TO the millionaire's town house. which
was temporarily occupied by the English
man and his wife. Once inside Crewc
asked TO be taken to the collection OF
textiles.
Sir Arnold led us into The chamber in
which they were spread out for classi-
fication The mutllatcd rug was not ut
much slighter than we had supposed.
Only one extreme corner had been re-
moved. having been cut out In zig
gag fashion with pair Of blunt scissors.
and the WOODEN threads were curled and
warped over tho texture. Crewe studied
the rug long and earnestly.
moved?" he asked. Then why was
there no similar border woven into the
fabric upon the other corners?''
Here Sir Arnold felt himself upon safe
turned unon Crewc somewhat pompously.
my good man. he said. "the craze
for eVcnnesS of design did not. most for
tunately afflict the Persians OF the date
when this fabric was made. The weaver
chose TO place a border upon one corner
OF the rug alone, and that fact IN it.
self. fixes the date of Il beyond all doubt
And now if YOU have quite satisfied
your curiosity. will YOU look al my dog
or uot?"
Before Crcwe could answer there came
n scamperin- of feet along tho passage
and the animal bounded Into the room
with many demonstrations Of affection
for its new master. II was a curly mon
erel. OF no particular breed, and worth
perhaps fifty cents in the open market.
Trailing from its back was tho dog blank
ct. Crewe stopped. unfastened il. and
placed il upon the table.
And this. you say. is OF modern work :
manship?" no asked What do those
Persian words signify?''
That" replied Sir Arnold. Literally
and the treasures Of Mulilts castle go
10 the possessor. 1T is a purely con-
ventonal expression, woven into their
blankets by the modern Syrians in imita-
tion OF the ancientS, and wishes prosper
ity to the owner"
And the blanket cannot possibly be OF
the same date the rug?" asked Crewe.
Sir Arnold smiled In patronizing
way.
"You can take it from me-" he
said. that there is no possible connec-
ton between the rug and the blanket.
They were made several hundred yea RS
apart. Do YOU mean to suggest that the