The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-29

cast look full of horror and reproach at B.n,,.
'fNo, no. Mr., Gilchrst, sir never 81 sai5 iS5Aaans
never one word!' cried the servant. N'4 word
''No but yOu have now, ~ said HoIr.
sir, you must sec that after Baunister,s wn.s Ec<
position is hopeless, and that your only cbouceo es ye
For moment Gchrist with upraisoa !,
70 control his writing features The next fAI T. s
thrown himself on his knees beside the tah1ss %
storm of passionate sobblng. '' Into
'Come, come, - said Holmes, kindly, s.it :.
callous criminal Perhaps It would So SSOu Of bsHo
YOU if were to tell Mr. Soames what occussn ussies
{9u { can & GnecR d me t where am wrong Shall i,
that | do you no injustice. sn ana &
''From the moment, Mr., soames, that var -,
me that no one, not even Bannster could Sssad sad
that the papers we're in your room the case ive Eve
take definite shape in my mind The rs nSrsvgan Osgan
could, of course, dismiss He could examra printer
pers in his own office. The Indian a,pns aIs. The
nothing Of If the proofs in roll he so.s
dare to enter the room, and that by chaness sa shea
Ss{ DAY bs the papers Pn we're nsrs6 on the table &
were there. How did he knowi 'ne papu|
When ] approached your room I examined /,
window. You an amused me by supposing that !,
contemplating the possibility Of someone having
rooms forced himself through it. Such snsa' sn ssg
absurd ] was measuring, how tall man would is' ~
the central table. six feet high. sns W.
do it with an effort. No less tsan thai soo sou
nave g. chance ALREADY you see had reason "a az
that, if of Your three students was nav " - taI
usual height, he was the most worth WATCHING - 81
three. :" Y
''I entered. and ! took you into my eonad.,..
TO the suggestions of the side table OF tbs s
table could make nothing, until in your dssesSttis ist
of GlIchriSt you mentioned that he was longdistss
jumper Then the whole thing came to me h -s,sG ss
stant and only needed certain eorroboratiys Sn
which speedily obtained, p''0'
"What happened this This youuo fsu. !,
employed his afternoon at the athletic grounds -
he had been practicing the jump he sss1ys1 ~ua'
carrying his jumping shoes, which are provided =, 70
your window he saw BY sp'i e lis Aa sasas Il FL
these proofs upon your table, and coniectursd T' ~
they @ we're ,. No harm would have been done lad /
the key which had been left by the careessnsss \
your servant. a sudden impulse came over isa hin
dangerous exploit, for he could ALWAYS pretsnS ~
he had simply looked in TO ask question 'D ~
We'll, when he saw that they we're indeed n
proofs, 1T was then that he yielded to Temptation
put his shoes on the table. What was it Won M.
that chair near the wndow7'' put
'Gloves," said the young man.
Holmes looked triumphantly at Bauuister "Hs d
his gloves ON the chair and he took the proofs SID
by sheet, to copy them. He thought the tutor must
turn by the main gate, and that he would see BIZ
denly he heard him at the very door There was d
possible escape. lie forgot his gloves, but he csug>
up his shoes and darted into the bedroom You h
serve that the scratch on the table is slight at .,
side but deepens in the direction of the bedroom du
That in itself is enough TO show us that the shoe
had taken refuge there. The earth round the sp1
had been left on the table, and second anl
Was looseqed and md fell in the bedroom may
ing, that tenacious black clay is used in the jnn
ing pit and carried away specimen Of il, togeh'
it to prevent the athlete from slipping. Haye
told the truth, Mr.. Gilchrist'"
The student had drawn himself erect.
SO Yes, sir it is true, - said he
Good heavens! have you nothing to addi" es
Soames
exposure has bewiidered me I have Letter ID
Mr.. Soames, which / wrote to you early this md
ing in the middle. of restless night Il was befa
I knew that my sin had found me ont Here it is 4
You will that l have said, I have determined d
to go in for the examination. have been Osss
commission in the Rhodesian police, and am soi
out to South Africa at once "
81 indeed pleased to hear that you did not i
tend to profit by yo9r unfair M advantage 2
Gilchrist pointed 10 Bannister.
There is the man who set me in the right patti,
said he,
''Come now, Bannister,'' said Holmes "It TiI
clear to YOU, from what have said, that only y
could have let this young out since you ID
left in the room, and must have locked the d
dow, 1t incredible. Can you not clear up ths q
point in this mystery, and tell US the reasons for y
actiop7''
cit was simple enough sir if you only had kncx
but, with all your ceverness, it was impossbs e
You could know. Time was, sir, when was ou,'
70 old Sir Ia6ez GilchIst this Young hs ss0Sa eaas
:.
servant, but + never forgot my old employer oeea9
he down in the world. watched his son e. g.
could for the sake of the old days. Well, yf, w
7 came into this yesterday, when the alarn M
given. the very first thing ] saw was Nj Glcnna1
tan gloves aydng in that chair snsE tSa' Ma
saw them, the game up. ] flopped down y y
that chair, and nothing would bulge me unl E.
Soames he went for you. Then out came my y
Young master, whom I had dandled on my knes x Y
confessed it al to Wasn't it natural, az y y
should save him and wasn't y natural aso s
should try to speak TO him as his dead rather .s1
have done, and make him understand that 40 ~
not profit by such deedf Could you 0'aA'
sr2F
''No indeed,'' said Holmes, heartily, SprinpAs
his feet. -. I'D
"Well Soames think have cleared VOW yt m,
problem up and our breakfast awaits Us. Us as hT1 III
Come, Watson AS to you, sir trust Una snss you 81
fallen low. Let MS see in the future, how ns' Z
can rise,
Next week-''The Adventure OF Sne S
Pince -Nez.'