The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-27

[,range' to be the last of those exploits of my
|fiepd Mr. Sherlock Holmes which ! should ever
.o,umunicate to the public. This resolution of
MAS not due 10 any lack of material since
rotes of MANY hundreds Of cases to which have
alluded. nor was it caused by any waning in.
\ On the part Of my readers in the singular per
|fy and unique methods Of this remarkable man.
cai reason lay in the reluctance which Mr. Holmes
hown to the continued publication Of bis exper-
So long as he was in actual professional prac-
VIC records of his successes of some pract
N1uc 10 him but since he has definitely retired
ILondon and bctakcn himself to study and bee
ug on tho Sussex Downs notoricty has become
|nly to him. and he has peremptory requested
bis wishes i'll this matter should he strictly OBJ
III 1t was only upon my representing TO him
had given a promise that ''The Adventure of
erond Stain - should be published when the times
|Fipe. and pointing out to him that il is only ap
Inte that this long series of episodes should cu
|e in the most important international case which
'Ns ever been called upon TO handle that / at last
kded in obtaining his consent that carefully
Ned account OF the incident should at last be laid
- The public. If In telling the story ] seem to
/mewbut vague in certain Details the public will
.|r understand that there is excellent reason
IA retlccncc.
Was, then, in year and even in Il decade that
be paneless, that upon one Tuesday morning in
IA re found two visitors of European fame with
walls Of our humble room in Baker street. The
austere high noscd. eagle eyed, aud dominant
pcpe other iban the illustrous Lord Beliuger
premier of Britain. The other dark clear cut
legaut hardly Vet OF middle age. and endowed
very beauty of body aud Of mind, was the Right
able Trclawuey Hope, secretary for European
and the most rising statesman in the country.
aat side by side upou paper Uttered settoc
was easy to SEQ from their worn and anxious
that i was business of the most pressing i'm
nee which ha6 brought them. The premier
blucvened hands were elasped tightly over the
bea, Of his umbrella, and his gaunt: ascetic face
4 gloomily from Holmes to me- The European
/ary pulled nervously at his mustache and tdg
nth the seals of his watch chain.
When I discovered my loss. Mr.. Holmes which
"a o clock this morning. | at Informed the
minister 1t was at bis suggestion that we have
fpme 10 YOU.
|[sve YOU informed the policeg'
<o sir, said the prime minister, with the quick
re manner for which he famous 'Wc have
eae So, nor is it possible that we should DO So
form the police must. in the long run. mean to
the public. This is what we particularly de-
{nd why. sir?''
8ccansc tbe document in question is of such i'm
ImportaDce that ITS publication might very
might almost say probably-lead TO Euro
eenplicstious of the utmost moment 1t is not
pch TO that peace may hang upon
spe. Unless its recovery ne attended with
most sccrecy, then it may as well not be recov
all. for all that is aimed al by those who have
y is that its contents should be generally
be much Obliged if YOU would tell me exactly
|renmstacces under which this document djsap
Thai can be done in a very few words Mr.
ms, The letter--for it was a letter from for
opfen'ate-ras received six days ago. 1t was
y Importance that have never left it in my
put have taken 1t across each evening to my
IN whitehall terrace, and kept it in my bedroom
Veked dispatch box II was there last night OF
an certain, l actually opened the box while,
fessing for dinner, and saw the document Inside.
nernIng il was gone. The 1ispatch-box had stood
tse '.lass upon my dressing table all night, I
Hgbf sleeper, and so is my wife. We both
that COuld he
!nring the night. And vet l rcpeat that the
E gone
Fhat time did YOU diue?"
Ialf past seven
low long was it before you went to beds!
g'y wife had gone TO the thcater. ! waited up
"a II was halfpast eleven before went to
|hen for four hours the dispatch box had lain
10 one is cvcr permitted to enter that room save
pnsemald III the morning, and my valet; or my
scq%a" hr rest Of hca the Day Te n are
Besides, neither Of them could possibly have
that there was anything more valuable than
tl,narX departmental papers in my dispatch box. -
Ehp did know of the existence of that lctter7'
no ono in tho house
Surely Nonr wife knew
Eo., sir; I had said nothing TO my wife until
inc paper this morning.
p premier nodded approyinely.
wa have long known. sir, how high is your sense
Pic duty, said he. 90 convinced that in
Pse OF a secret of this Importance it would rise
Pr to the most intimate domestic ties. -
.sH European secretary bowed
hstou do mo no more than Justice. sir. Until this
aNE bavc never hrcatbel Que word to my wife
:, 4hs natter
y NonId she have euessed!N
,.s 70, Mr., holmes. she could not have guessed
W Uhd anyone have guessed. y
%lnave YOU lost any documents bcforef'
pVo. sir
D yho Is there in England who did know Of the
b. nee of this etter?''
Eaeh member Of the cabinet WAS informed Of if
~|Pay but the pledge of secrecy which attends
,Lpablnet meeting increased by the solemn
c01VR wblcb Was given by the prime minister Good
Hs, to think that within few hours | should
VIII Pave lost it, His handsome face was dis
with sPasm of despair, and his bands tore at
j lWf- Tor q moment VIC caught a glimpse of the
II man. jmpulsivc ardent, keeuly sensitive. The
N pe ar1stocratic mask was replaced, and the gen
w pce had returned. 'Resides the members OF the
E there arc two, possibly three. departmental
nc Rfs who know Of the letter. No else in Eng
s>&<nr. Holmes, | assure you.
"Y't abrosd?'
lbeiiere that no one abroad has seen it save
Hn who wrote it. | we'll convinced that
u srnisters--that the usual official channels have
ecn employed. -
mes considered for some little time
Nv Low, SIT. must ask you particularly what
" 1cament is, and why its disappearance should
p'fpen momeptous consegueuces7 -
Two statesmen exchanged A quick glance and
Fmier shaggy eyebrows gathered IN a frowu