The farmer and mechanic., 1911-07-11

dome
Wait a bit. Mrs WARES. -, noth-
inS rash | begin 10 th.nk thst this
affair may h. very much norr import
art than appeared Al FIRST ,t@hi Il =
clear nov shat Son, danger = threat
ening your lo6ger. L ls eQullN Clepr
that his enemies ls1nS lis nat far him
near your door. mL>top6 Your husband
fpr him in the foSsv morato- tight
On discovering their mtstakr th-> re-
Il sod him What the, Woald have
dome had il not been a mistake. Sc an
only conjecture
Well. What am II d. Mr
Holmes
Il tase a great fancy = Sc thus
iodger 81 yours. Mrs Warren
u don't see hos that : II hc man
aged unless You break Ia the door I
always hear him unlock il a. 20
down the stair fter / leave the tray
lie has To take the tray ia surely
~ could conceal ourselves anI SEQ
him do it.
The Iandlady thought Tor \ moment.
W. ell. sir. there's the boN-roam on
posite- could arrange a looking
glass, maybe. and il YOU wrre behind
the door"
"E>ceilent," sail Holmes Wien
does he lunch ?"
A bout one sir
Then Or watson ana l vill come
round in time For the present Mrs
Warren. good bye"
Al half-poSt twelve w found our
selves upon the steps Of Mrs Warren's
houSe-a high. thin. yellow brick eli-
hce in Great orme street a narrow
| thoroughfare at the northeast side OF
! the British NJ useum standing as il
/ does near the corner OF the street il
commands view down Howe street.
/ With its more pTetentious houses.
| Holmes pointed with A chuckl, u one
/ of these. row Of residential flats
! which projected 80 that dies could not
I fail to catch the eye
See Watson" said he High red
house with stone facfnss Thcre is the
Sl2ndl station all right. We know the
! place, and We know the code. surely
our task should be simple There's
a TO Let card in that window Ii il
| evidently empty flat To which the
/ confederate has access Well. Mrs.
! Warren. what now? 20
4 have il all ready for you If You
/ viii both come up and leave your
boots below on the landing. III put You
! there now.
1t VAS an excellent hiding-pIace
/ which she had arranged The mirror
was so placed that seated in the dark.
We could Very plainly see the door op-
posite We had hardly settled down
in it. and Mrs Warren left Us, whom q
diStant tinkle announced that our
mysterious neigh bor had runG. Pre-
ScntlN the landladv appeared with the
tray. laid it down upon a chair beside
the closed door. and then. treading
heavily departed. Crouchine togeth-
ct in the angle Of the door We kept
our eyes fixed upon the mirror. sud
denly. as the iandladN's footsteps died
away. there was the cre4k and two
! thin hands darted out and lifted the.
! - 4 2. for
T it was hurriedly replaced and ]
s caught a glimpse of dark. beautiful.
j Mortified face glaring at the narrow
opening of the box-room. Then the
door crashed to. the key turned once
more, and all was silence. Holmes
tWitched my sleeve. and together we
stole down the stair,
! Il will call again in the evening :
said he to the expectant landladY. r
think Watson. we can discuss this
business better in our own quarters" F"
My surmise as YOU saw proved
to be correct" said he speaking from
the depths Of his easy-chair. There
has been a substitution of dodgers.
What I did not foresee IS that we
should find a woman. and no ordinary
woman. Watson
She saw us.
We'll She saw something to alarm
her That Is certain. The general Sc
, auence Of events is pretty clear. is il
not \ COUPLE seek refuge n London
from a very terrible and instant dan
: ger The measure Of that danger is the
rigour of their precautOn. The man.
who has some work which he must
do, desires to leave the woman in alb
! solutr safety while he does it. 1t il not
an easy problem. but h" solved ii in
an original fashion. and 50 effectively
, that her presence was not even known
10 the landlady who supplies her with
: food. The printed mess geS. a. is no "
: evident. Wer" to prevent her sex being
I discovered by her writing. The man
} canrot come near the woman. or he
4 viii guide their enemies to her. Since
| he cannot communicate with her di-
rect he has recourse to the agony
column of a paper. So far all iS clear.
But what is At the root Of it