The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-01

With stone walls between Them There admit J% tGs
We turn to tho country the north Here tnere l.ci
grove Of trees marked as the Rag Gagged ong na% mooI oe
Lower Gin Moor extending for ten miles and f 'tGbP tbP
wilderness, Is Holderucsse Hall ten mog. by road,
but only six across the moor 1t - pccn,aILE Gao
Where they rear sheep and cattle Except these the
povcr and the cuTew are the only lnhan1Sn,s Gn' az
church there You sec, few cottages, and inn Be.
yond that the hills become preepto"s @ Surely it is
But the bisySle'''I ! persisted =. aoo,
cycHs docs not need high road The moor Dr. is ,1l in
tesscted E Eh paths and the moon was at 0' "
There was an agitated knock at the door and an
instant afterwards Dr. Huxtable was in me room IN
ht" @At last s we we have have cue' cried "Thsnk
Heaven! at last the dear boy track IL
"Where was it foundi"
They left Tuesday Today tho police traced . them
sRd do 6eT eoST for was
"Thcy shuTled and lied-said that they found it
Se s H' the 'G rascss Thank goodness they ali safe
under lock and key Either the fear of the law or me
Duke purse will certainly get out of them all that
$50 far so good'' said Holmes, when the doctor to-
theory that it is the side of the Lower Gill Moor
that we must hope for results The police have really
Look here. Watson There is watercourse across
the moor You see it marked here IN mt the map t;c In
lary in the region between Holdernesse Hall and
in this dry weather but at that point there is GER
tanIy chance of some record being loft will call
If we can throw some little light upon the mystery"
The day just breaking when woke to lind the
fully dressed and had apparently already been out
81 have done the lawn and the bicycle she'd, sal1
Shaw. Now. Watson, there is cocoa ready in the
next next room. @ ! must beg you to hurry for we nave
His eyes shone and his cheek flushed with the
e1haration of the master workman who sees his work
Jyeamcr So' Of Baker Street fell as looked upon
that supple figure alive with energy, that 1T
indeed a strenuous day that awaited us.
vn And yet it opened in the b
moor nterseGed I with she sheep Paths ,d TRs
the %orass between rs and oIdernosse Certainly, #
the lad had gone homeward be must have passed b
traces But no sign Of him or the German could be
With darEening face my friend strobe along
upon the mossy surface. sheep-marks there were in
Profu,s9n , and at one one Place some miles down. cows
nag Check Ss % NUMBER cns said Holmes, looking gloom
lily over the rolling expanse of the There is
tween tween Hsoa haloa haioa! what have we here9''
We had come, small black ribbon of pathway;
In the middle of It, clearly marked on the sodden soil
''Hurrah!'' cried. 'We have it,
But Holmes shaking his head, and his face
puzzled and expectant rather than joyous,
"a bicycle, certainly, but not the bicycle said
he. ''I am familiar with fortytwo different mpres
sions left by tires. This you perceive. is Dun
op with patch upon the outer cover Heidegger 3
Aveling the mathematical master, was sure upon the
0o@ THE TSsFssoFsS 5sT sSea, it is not Heidess'' track
Possibly, if we could prove bicycle to have been
tn o s s' as a en Ss1 @ad
rider who was going from the direction OF the school
ono no my dear Watson The more deeply sunk
Impression is, Of course, the hind wheel upon which
it has passed across and obliteraed the more shallow
mark Of the front one. 1t was undoubtedly heading
nected with our inquiry but we viii follow it back
wards before we go any farther -
of the moor Following the path backwards, we
It. Here, once again, was the mark of the bicycle
though nearly obterated by the hoofs Of cows After
Ragged Shaw, the wood which backed on to the
school From this wood the cycle must have emerged
IN his hands, had smoked two cigarettes before be
stWel we'll, said he. at last cit is. of course
possible that cunning might change the tire
Of his bicycle in order TO leave unfamiliar tracks,
criminal who capable OF such thought is
whom | should be proud to do business with. We
will leave this question undecided and hsrk back to
morass again, for have left good deal
We continued our systematic survey of the edge of
the sodden portion Of the moor and persever
glorously rewarded Right the lower
Of e 5 IT, G%ss saHS ike
fine bundle Of telegraph wires down the center of
it, IT the Palmer tire.
o Here is Herr Heidegger, sure enough cried
been pretty sound, Watson -
''I congratulate you
@ But have a long way still to go. Kindly walk
clear of the path. Now let follow the trail, /
fear that it will not lead very far
We found, however, as we advanced that this pOr-
ton of the is ntersected with soft patches and
though frequently lost sight of the track we al
ways succeeded in picking it up more.
@ Do you OBSERVE said Holmes, that the rider is
undoubtedly forcing the pace? There can be no
doubt Of it. Look at this impression, where you get
both tires clear, The one is as deep as the other.
That can only mean that the rider is throwing his
weight the handle'bar does when he is