The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-27
Return of Sherlock Holmes ss,,'s s, .'''s" s''' :
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cI"ar to me. ! lid it, Mr., Holmes ~ toot %efs osb
sou Of his key. This man. Lucas furnished q ~
eonveved il 10 Godophn street, papu,
What happened there, madam!';
''l tsppcd at the door as agreed. I.uea.
/ followed him into his room, LEAVING iIs 9Ma,/
aar behind me, FOR feared to he alone ,i,, ,J. nan
I remember that there was woman ont.;a Hi.h taa
tered .Qur business vas soon done. He 'ius baa
me the letter At this instant there wa. hs
The door. There were steps in the pass,aIo so'l
quickly turned back the 3rngget, thrust the l..
What happened after that is like IN somtt ~ oye
dream, | have y'sIon OF dark. frantic a. ie
woman = voice. which screamed in French IVA
ing is not in vain. AT last. at last have faJ
with her There was a savage strnopIn i'uad
with chain in mis- hand, knife CLEANED !. Saas
rushed from the horrible scene. from Il H. y;
dreadful result That night | was hapnv fsar
my letter, and had not seen yet what tSs iu
would bring.
.'Tt was the next morning that rea;,.,
had only exchanged one trouble for ,ye snoss. "
husband s anguish az the loss of his paper wsrs
heart. | could hardly prevent MYSELF from" III. ~.
then knecng down at his feet and tena tsseIe (
| had done. But that again would mean !. sas a1
of the past. came TO YOU that morning in s'ss rs
understand the fnl enormity of my oifeuuss~ ~es
the instant that | grasped il my whole mira
turned to the one thought Of getting back Inn ~
band paper. II must still be where Lucas hi ~
il. for il concealed before this dreadful y
/ should not have known where mis- hidiun n,oa soa9
How was 10 get into the rooml For two l.
watched the place but the door was never lef, NJ y
Last night ] made last attempt What ! ~ ~
how succeeded. vou have already learned w.
The paper back with me. and thought Of des,o,<
since could way of returning II wtbcn,H
Tossing my guilt 10 my husband, Heavens, I hs,,I
step upon the star,
The European secretary burst cxctedy int
Any news, Mr.. Holmes. any nows'' he as
buv
''Ab thank hcaven.' His face became ,,nI
'The prime minister is lunching with me- M
| know that he has hardly slept since this n
event Jacobs. will You ask the prime mipir+
como up? As to you. dear fear that this IL ! }
Ter Of politics We will Join YOU in few ui1|
in the dining room
The prime minister 5 manner was subdued n
could see by the CLEAN of his eyes and the tTaH
Of his bony hands that be shared the excitsns1
his young colleague.
81 understand that YOU have something 10 I'd,
Mr.. Holmeso''
''Purely negative vet, my frcud au,,r
81 have inquired al every poIut where il my.
and am sure that there is no danger to be b
hended.'
q But that is not enough Mr. Holmes We 81
live forever on such volcano. We must have :
II am in hopes of getting ii. That is uby Il
here. The more think of the matter the mc, /
WINGED d, am that the letter has never left this
eff it had it would certainly have been mss|
now
but why should anyone take it in order 10 ]
it in this house?'
''I am not convinced that anyone did take N
"Thcn how could it leave the dispatch boxl'|
81 am moi convinced that it ever did lau
dispatch box,
HMr Holmes, this Joking is very hLtimed
have my assurance that il left the box
Have you examined the box since Tuesday \
ng?'
No. 1t was not necessary.'
''You NAV conceivably have overlooked il
Impossible, I say
But am not convinced OF y. | have Id
such things to happen. presume there are oibtI
pers there Well 1t may have got mixed with tA1l
u was the top
Someone may have shaken the box and difr
''No. TO- / had everything out"
Surely it is easily decided, Hope said %.
mier 81 Let us have the dispatch box brought nj
The secretary rang the bell
Jacobs, bring down my dispatch box, Thl 1
farclcal waste of time. but still. if nothing els
satisfy you il shall be done, Thank you, Jacobs
it here, | have always had the key on nv "
chain Here are the papers you see, Letter 4
Lord Morrow, report from Sir Charles HARDY =:
randum from Belgrade, note on the kustos,a
grain taxes letter from Madrid, note from Lord h
crs-Good heavens what is this? Lord Bsll1
Lord Bellinger!
The premier suatched the blue envelope frs|
eyes, it is it-amd the letter is intact HH
0Thauk YOU, Thank youl What weigh
my heart But this is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, ,s
Holmes, You wizard, sorcerer. HOW dN I
know il thcrc?'
50 Because | knew il was nowhere else ,rI
81 cannot believe ms cvesi He ran Wloe|
the door, %'Whcrc is my wife? ! must tel ny /
all is we'll Hilda Hilds,' we heard bis 'aa'
the stairs.
The premier looked at Holmes with tWlnkhnl
Come, sir, said he S'There is more IN tn ~
meets the eve. How came the letter back IN .ns -
Holmes turned away smiling from tne AssA 4
tiny of those wonderful ewes. ;, ,I
''We also have diplomatic secrets. ~
and, picking up his hat, he turned TO the oou'
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