The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-05

o,,oS+.nS ana 90 into one or two
bues.IphS OF detail. Straker was
iousht pack here, L presume?"
is tomorrow" i4ues'
lie has been in your service some
years, Coloner Ross?"
nave always found him an ex-
ceilent servant"
Il "~Asurne you made an inventory
OF what he had in his pockets at the
l,Ine or his death, Inspector?"
+. ! nave the things themselves in
me sitting room, il you would care
10 See them"
81 should be very glad We all
nled INTO the front room and sat
round the central table while the In
spector unlocked a square tin box and
ialo q small heap of things before US.
mere was q box Of vestas, " inches
OF talloW candle, an A D. 2 briar-root
! a pouch Of seal-skin with half
an unce Of long-cut Cavendish, a sill
YER watch with a gold chain. five SOW
erelgns in gold, an aluminium pencil
case, a few papers. and an ivory
handled knife with a very delicate.
~1nflexible blade marked Weiss & Co.,
London.
This is a very singular knife" aid
homes, lifting 1t up and examining
blood stains on it, that it is the one
which was found in the dead mans
grasp. Watson, this knife is surely
in your line?"
ct is what we call a cataract
knife" said /.
:! thought 80. A very delicate
blade devised for very delicate work.
A strange thing for q man to carry
with him upon a rough expedition.
especially as It would not shut in his
pocket"
"The tip was<guarded by a disk Of
cork which we found beside his
body said the ~InsDector. His wife
the dressing table, and that he had
picked it up as he left the room. It
was q poor weapon, but perhaps the
best that he could lay his hands on
at the moment"
Every possibly. How about these
papers?"
"Three Of them are receipted hay
dealers accounts. One Of them is q
letter Of instructions from Colonel
Ross. This other Is a milliner's &C
count for thirty-seven pounds, fifteen
made out by Madame I1esurier, Of
Mrs. traker tells US that Derbyshtre
was q friend Of her husbands, and
that occasionally his letters were ad-
dressed here" 81
MADAME Derhyshire had some
what expensive tastes" remarked
tonnes, Pld11C1uS uOWu LIcs dCCOOuL.
"TWenty-tWo guineas is rather heavy
for a single costume. However. there
appears to be nothing more to learn,
and we may now go down to the
scene Of the crime"
AS we emerged from the sitting
roou q roman who had been waiting
in the passage, took a step forward,
and laid her hand upon the inspect
or's sleeve Her face vas haggard.
and thin and eager, stamped with the
print Of q recent horror.
Have you got them? Have you
found them? '' she painted.
mo, Mrs. Straker, but MI. Holmes
here has come from London to help
us, and we shall do ali that is posi-
BILE"
Surely I met you in Plymouth at 8
garden-party some little time ago,
Mrs. straker." said Holmes.
mo, sir; you are mistaken
Dear me! Why, / could lave sworn
to it. You wore a costume OF dove
colored silk with ostrich-feather
trimming"
81 never had such q dress. sir" an
sWered the lady.
"Ah, that quite settles it." said
Holmes. And with an apology he fol-
lowed the Inspector outside. A short
walk across the moor took US to the
hollow IN which h body had been
found. At the brink Of it was the
furZe-buSh. upon winch the coat mao
hung.
s'There was no wind that night, ]
understand" said Holmes.
"None: but very heavy RAIN"
.In hat case the overcoat was not
blown against the fu~rze-bushes, but
placed there"
YES, it vas laid across the bush"
"You fill me with interest. I per-
ceiyo that the ground has been ram
pied up a good deal. No doubt many
feet have beer here since Monday
night" -
IA piece OF mating has been laid
at the side, and we have al
upon that
Excellent"
''In this bag [ have one Of the boots
which Straker wore, n or t1tzroy
Simpsons shoes, and d cast horsehoe
OF Silver Blaze"
my dear Inspector, you surpss
yz,, T1oy-,1 t-o;- tho ne q nd