The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-15

rising to his feet Il have only to ra,ss a.,
could call my servants and have you arys,sNH y voH
I will make allowance For your natural snesled
the room at once as you came, and / gn
more. n llI
The woman stood with her hand hn-
bosom, and the same deadly smile on her bea tbsesa
"You will ruin no more lives as vo, bn ba ~
mine You will wiring no more hearts =, lava u
mine. I will free the world Of a poiso,yuNs ua yN "
hat t6at!--and that "'''-and taaNS
She had drawn little cleaning ,.u.,
emptied barrel after barrel into MilvartsoosTna
the muzzle within two feet of his shift ~
shrank away and then fell forward nnor 'tCat aSat
coughing furiousy and clawing among y. us
Then he staggered to his feet; received ansis.9 moi
cried and lay still. The woman looked a. /; H9
". and ground her heel into his upturpad nin tI II
looked again, but there was sound or morse ssss
beard sharp rustic, the night air blew irto w.
room. and the aveneer was gone. '" "s
No interference upon our part could h.
the, man from % his fate but, as the goms.
was about to spring out. when felt HON., y
strong grasp upon my wrist I understonSS' ss
argument of that firm, restraining erip-thsIts wa
no affair of ours, that justice had overfakssud uds
that we had our own duties and onr zen . ~
which were not to be lost sight Of Bnt ~ Ia eSI
the woman rushed from the room when E0Eag E0asag
turned the key in the lock At the sas Usus' sss
heard voices in the house and tho sound sound ass ~
ing feet. The revolver shots had reused u. y e
hold With fI, perfect h; coolness Holmes slipped a.
Al tl|
and poured them all into the fire. Again y. S.i
he did it. until the safe was empty. Someoanusa aua
the, handle, and beat upon the outside Of g.
Holmes looked swiftly round The letter VIVA s
been the messenger of death for Mivsrto, IT,
notified with his blood, upon the table HoIM..a
it in. among the blazing papers, Then hs drs
locked it on the outside. ''This way, WatsanI =
he, 'twe scale the garden wall in this d;r..ss
J could not have believed that an aIs1~ !
have spread so rapidly, Looking back. Ns
house was one blaze of light The front door M W.,
the figures were rushing down the drive ~. ss Y
garden was alive with people, and one fellow y
followed hard at our heels. Holmes seemed 5asa =
the grounds perfectly, and he threaded bis WY :
ly among plantation of small trees, cluI n
heels and our foremost REM pIrsper painting bsii
sprang TO the top and over. As I did esLs' y. =.
felt the hand of the behind grab at NV snis.
/ kicked myself free and scrambled over Y
bushes but Holmes had me on my feet ia An ~.
and together we dashed away across tbs bas.' sA
panse of Hampstead Heath, We had run two Z;
intently. All was absolute silence behind us vi
shaken off our pursuers and were safe y"
We had hreakfasted and were smoking our I,
ing pipe on the day after the remarkable sYnsis
which I have recorded when Mr.. Lestrads ssii's X
land Yard, very solemn and impressive, was rss
into modest sitting-room
Good morning Mr.. Holmes said Ia. %,
morning May I ask if you are very busy v, iu !,
Not too busy to listen to you.'' -
''T thought that, perhaps if you had uotbir,
ticular on hand, You mis- ght to assist ua in
Hampstead. - s@
GA murder--a most dramatic and remarkable
der, ! know how keen You are upon these thinA
I would take it as Il great favor if Won wonId
down to Appledore Towers and give us tbs M'
OF your advice It is no ordinary crime Wa
had our eyes upon this Mr., Milverton for soma
and, between ourselves, he was bit of villain
is known to have held papers which be used for N
mailing purposes. These papers have all been by
by the murderers. No article of vaue was tais1
it is probable that the criminals were men cf
exposure.
"Criminals'' said Holmes 'sPlurali"
Yes, there were two of them. They were as
ly possible captured red handed Wa bsys
footmarks, have their description it's tss
one that We can trace them. The first fellow was
too active. but the second was caught by The u
was middle sized, strongly built man~squsrs
thick neck, moustache, mask over his eyes" I
Th9t's rather vague, said Sherlock Hd
WHY. it might be description of Watsoni"
EIt S true, said the inspector with auuses
Sc 1t might be a description of Watson"
Well. IN afraid / can t help YOU, Lestn
sad Holmes; THE fact is that I knew this h
gerous men in London, and that I think them
certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and Y
therefore, to some extent, Justify private revergs
sTmpnbss @ "G aspg b have made up q md
the victim, aud ] will not handle this case"
Holmes had not said one word to me ahci
tragedy which had witnessed, but obscrs'
the morning that he was in his most thoughtful :
and he gave me the impression, from his vacant
and his abstracted manner OF a. man who is sti
to recall something to his memory. We were u
middle OF our lunch, when he suddenly sprang d
feet. ''By Jovc, Watson, We got it!'' be .
Take your hat! Come with mcl;' He harns
his top speed down Baker Street and along o.
Street, until we had almost reached Regent
Here, on the left hand, there stands shop vi
filled with photographs of the celebrities and bar
of the day. Holmes eyes fixed themselves gpas
of them, and following his gaze I the paul
a regal and stately lady in Court Dress with
diamond tiara upon her noble head, I looked Of
delicately curved nose, at the marked eyebrcm
the straight mouth, and the strong little ehin
meath it. Then I caught my breath as rsad
time -bonored title Of the great nobleman and 9
man whose wife she had been. My eyes met tAo
Holmes, and he put his finger to his lips as We q
away from the window.
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