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


he had gone back TO his father but nothing had been
heard Of him The duke is greatly sgitatcd snd as to
prostration which the suspense and the rcsponsi
bility have reduced me Mr. Holmes. if ever you put
for never in your life could you have which is
more worthy Of them -
teutness TO the statement of the unhappy school
master @ His bro bg9Ts Is and the deep qrrow BE- ~
concentrate al his attention upon problem which
appeal ec to his o of ss complex and the
unusual He now drew out his note book aud jotted
down one or two memoranda.
You have been very remiss in not coming to
sooner, said he, severely. 'You start me on my in
conceivable, for example, that this ivy and this lawn
would have Welded nothing to an expert Observer
extremely desirous to avoid all public scandal. He
was afraid Of his family unhappipess being dragged
before the world. He has deep horror of anything
of the kind
But there has been some official investigation'"
eyes sir. and it has proved most disappointing,
An apparent clue was at once obtained, since boy
and Young man were reported to have been seer, seen
last night we had news that t. the couple had been
hunted down in Liverpool and they prove to have
it that in my despair and disappointment after
sleepess night came straight to you by the early
81 suppose the local investigation was relaxed
while this false clue was being followed up7"
1t was entirely dropped
so that three days have been wasted. The affair
has been most doporaby handled
81 feel it, and admit it. -
And yet the problem should be capable Of u1ti-
mate solution shall be very happy to look into it,
Have you been able to trace any connection between
the missing ml g boy H and this German maSter'"
''was he in the mastor's CLASSIFY
'.No. he never exchanged word with him, far
''That is certainly very singular. Had the boy
bieTySle'I' TSe :,
Was any other bicycle missing??'
''Is that ccrtsins'
s. mWs now, you DO not mean to seriously suggest
of the night, bearing the boy in his arms'"
'Then what is the theory in your mindY,
''The bicycle may have been blind. 1t may have
been hidden somewhere, and the pair gone of
'Quite so, but il seems rather an absurd blind,
does it no' Were there other bicycles in this shed7'
''Would he not have hidden couple had he de-
sired to give the idea that they had gone off upon
~ suppose he would
''of course he would, The blind theory won't do,
investigation: After all, bicycle not an easy
thing to conceal to destroy, One other question.
he disappeared7'
"Pid ,Psi he S,d get ,s+s5! any j1etteTs''
From whom7"
''From his father
q Do you open the boys letters9''
',Tbe coat Of was the envelope. and it was
addressed in the Duke peculiar. stiff hand Besides,
when had be q letter before that'"
Not for several days"
.s tHad he ever one from Francef'
'..You see the point of my questions of course
of his own frecwill In the latter case, you would
expect that some prompting from outside would be
he has had no Visitors that o prompnr ptGn nt
come IN letters; hence I try to find out who were
sponasnt 50 far know; was his own father
son very frendly'"
He is completely immersed in large public questions
and is rather inaccessible to all ordinary emotions
But the sympathes OF the latter were with the
motRer',' 9tTa. ,,
,.Rid .R he say so''
''The Duke, tbena"
90 Good Heavens, nol''
''Then how. could you knowf"
~ have had confidential talks with Mr. James
wider tns his Grases secretary It he who gave
L see By the way, that last letter of the Dukes
was it found in the boys after he was gomez
Hon., b BE had tme tabsp tbst it with him
~ will order, four-wheeler. In quarter of an
pis home M H1Sabe would y0T be aTs well es to-
aSw st tbs the il in . to
wherever else red herring led % your pas n tSe Se
meantime viii do little quiet work at your own
sniff of it, ' ss'
That evening found in the cold, bracing atmo
sphere of the Penk country. in which Dr. HuStabIe;s
famous school is situated 1t already dark when
we reached it. A card lying on the hall table
and the butler whispered something to his master
who turned to us with agitation in every heavy
feature. ''
.. nThe Duke is bere,' said he. ''Thc Duke and Mr.
Wilder are in the study Come, gentlemen and will
introduce you.' "
was, OF course, familiar with the pictures of fhe
famous statesman, but the himself was very diff
ierent from his representation. He was a tall end
stately person, scupuously dressed. with drawn
thin face, and nose which grotesquey curved
and long His complexion was OF dead pallor
which was more startling by contrast with a LONG
dwinding beard Of vivid red, which flowed down over
ms white waistcoat, with his watch.chain cleaning