The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13


eight years ago, and gave Mr. Sherlock
Holmes a puzzled quarter Of an hour. 1t was ad.
dresscd to him, and thus:
please await me Terrible misfortune Right
wing three quarter missing Indispensable tomorrow
OVERTON.'
fStrand postmark, and dispatched ten thirty-six,
said Holmes. reading it and over ''Mr. Over
ton was evidently considerably excited when he sent
it, and somewhat incoherent in consequence Well,
we'll he will be here, dare say, by the time have
looked through the Times, and then shall know
all about it. Even the most insignificant problem
would be welcome in these stagnant days.
Things had indeed been very slow with us, and
had learned to dread such periods of inaction, for
knew by experience that my companion Is brain was
so abnormally active that it dangerous to leave
it without material upon which to work. For years
I had gradually weancd him from that drug mania
which had threatened once to check his remarkable
career Now I knew that under ordinary conditions
he longer craved for this artificial stimulus,
but I was well aware that the feud not dead
but sleeping, and / have known that the sleep was
light and the waking when in periods of
ideness I have the drawn look upon Holmes ss
ascec face and the brooding of his deepset and in
scrutable eyes Therefore blessed this Mr. Overton
whoever he might be, since he had with his
enigmatic message to break that dangerous calm,
which brought peril to my friend than all the
storms Of his tempestuous life.
AS we had expected, the telegram fol-
lowed by its sender, and the card of Mr. Cyril Over
ton, Trinity college, Cambridge, announced the
rival of enormous young man, sixteen stone of
solid bone and muscle. who spanned the doorway
with his broad shoulders, and looked from of
to the other with comey face which haggard
with anxiety.
'fNIr. Sherlock Holmes?''
My companion bowed
s'I've been down to Scotland Yard Mr. Holmes. ]
saw Inspector Stanley Hopkins He advised me to
you. He said the case, far he could
in line than in that of the regular
police
t<Pray sit down and tell what is the matter"
"'It's awful Mr. Holmes-simp1y awful ]
der my hair ISM gray. Godfrey Staunton-you We
hcar~of him. OF course? He s simply the hinge that
the whole team turns on. I'd rather spare from
the pack, and have Godfrey for nv three-quarter
line Whether its passing tackling dribbliug,
there's to touch him. and then he s got the
head, and hold all together. What am | TO
do? That's what ! ask you Mr.. Holmes. There s
Moorbouse, first reserve. but ne is trained half,
and he always edges right in to the in
stead of keeping out the touchline. He's fine
place-kick. its true, but then he has judgment,
and he can t sprint for nuts Why, Morton John
son. the Oxford fiers, could romp round him Steven
is fast enough, but he couldn' drop from the
twenty-five line. and three quarter who can't either
punt or drop isn't worth place for pace alone. No,
Mr.. Holmes are done unless you help to
find Godfrey Stanton
My friend had listened with amused surprise 10
this long speech which poured forth with
traordinary vigor and earnestness every point being
driven home by the slapPing of brawny hand upon
the speaker S knee. When visitor silent Holmes
stretched out his hand and took down letter ''S''
of his commonplace book, For he dug in vain
into that mine of varied information.
There is Arthur Staunton, the rising young
forger,'' said he, ''and there Henry Staunton,
whom l helped to hang but Godfrey Staunton is a
10 me. -
1t visitor S turn to look surprised
'Why, Mr. Holmes, | thought you knew things,
said he 81 suppose, then, if YOU have heard
of Godfrey Staunton, you don It know Cyril Overton
either?''
Holmes shook his head good humoredly.
''Great scot.'' cried the athlete ''Why, was
first reserve for England against Wales, and We
didn't know Godfrcy, stapntop, the crack three
tiona!s, Good Lord, Mr. Holmes where have you
Holmes laughed at the young giants naive
You live in different world to me, Mr.. soverton
stretch out into many sections Of society but never,
J. am happy to say, into amateur sport, which is
the best and soundest thing in England. How
ever your expected visit this morning shows that
eTsn eIsro in that h & world Of fresh air and fair play
sir, beg you to sit down and to tell me, slowly and
quietly exactly what It is that has occurred and how
Young Overtons face assumed the bothered look
muscles than his, wits but by degrees, with many
repettions and obscnrties which ! may omit from
way M n omas sTase lssY 'sa9re fage ssd
am the skipper Of the Rugger team OF Cambridge
varsity and Godfrey Staunton is nv best man TO.
morrow we play, Oxford. Yesterday we all came
up and we settled at Bentcy's private hotel At 10
O'Clock went round and that all the fellows
had gone to roost, for believe in strict training and
plenty OF sleep to keep team fit. had a word
TO a me fb to be pale and bothered asked him
touch Of headache. bade him good might and left
hm llalf an hour later the porter rcs me that
roughookIng man with beard called with a note
for Godfrey He had not gone to bed and the note
was taken to his room Godfrey read it, and fell
t oach IN chalr as II be had been poleaxe1 The
porter was so scared that he was going TO fetch me-
ouf Godfrey stopped him, had drink of wate- and
pu1ed ni'nself togetner Then he went downstairs,
sad a few words to the who was waiting in
Inc nall and the two of them went off together The
last that The porter Of fhpv .yoro ,t,,art