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

native commissioner to reSoyer tx ihi' yo" %
meuselv important paper, must therefore ask fEo";
ma!smc to be kind cnoueh to plarc IT IN my nr ali
dashed in an instant from her beautiful ,age % uonJ
faint Then with grand effort she rallied Iro ioe
shock and supreme asonlshmen' and
s'YouNvou nsnIt me, Mr.. Holmes - ~.
Come, madam. II Is useless. "''' "P '"'
letter.
She darted to the bell
bo nS S"'fp 4pg ." Lady yDHT Ga G1" ? t@s al
earnest efforts 20 avoid "a scandal can al vi" M Tgb Ge + To
viii work with me j can arrange everything II 70"
work against me must e%pose you. you., ,;,,,e her
ewes fixed upon his if she would read his very soul
Her hand was on the bell bat abe had fofoor"e 10
'.You trying to frgbten me II is not very
manly thing, Mr. Holmes to come here ana broWPess
woman, You that you know something "ha'
is il that YOU know" ,.. ,r.o1,
here if YOU fall. ] will not speak until you sit down"
II give YOU five minutes. Mr.. Holmes.
Que is enough, Lady Hds know of your visit
TO Eduardo Lucas of your giving him this document
of the in which took the letter from 'ne
hiding place under the carpet L.,
She stared AT him with ashon face and guiped
twice before she could speak
''Yon mad, Mr. Homcs-you are mad! she
He drew small piece of cardboard from his pock-
ct 1t was the face Of cut out of a portrait
Il have carried ths because thought it might ne
useful said he Tho policemen has TesosnLei E1 T. ~ o
She gave gasp and her head dropped back IN inc
''Comc, Lady Hilda, You have the letter. Ihe
bring trouble TO YOU. Niy duty ends when ! have re
turned the lost letter to your husband Take my ad
vice and he frank with me 1t is your only chance
Her courage admirable. Even now she would
~ tell YOU again. MIR. Holmes, that You are under
absurd illusion.
II sorry for YOU Lady Hida, have done my
best for YOU ! can can see tbat it., it is all IN VAIN
-; Mr., ,Trcl1wncv Hope at home'.
- He VIII bc home, SIR al quarter to one -
Holmes glanced at his watch,
Still quarter Of an hour said he Very good,
The butler had hardly closed the door behind him
when Lady Hilda down her knees at Holiness
turned ptp and a' "e with 5sr "S' 'sA
oh spare me Mr. Holmes sparG en- me-, she
sake. don tell him. ! love him 50. / would not
bring one shadow his life, and this know would
Holmes raised the lady. - I thankful madam,
that You have come to senses even at this last
the lettcr?''
She darcd across TO a writing desk, unlocked it,
and drew out long blue envelope,
" Here il is, Mr. Holmes. Would to heaven had
How can we return it?' Holmes !nuttercd
Quick; auisi We 5%,gst think Of some way Where
What stroke of luck! Quick, madam, bring it
moment later she had appeared with red fat
box in her hand -
cate EeT Yes Of course se Vo" have Open
From out Of her bosom Lady Hilda had drawn a
papers. Holmes thrust the blue envelope deep down
into the heart of them between the leaves of some
other document. The box was shut, locked and re-
turned to the bedroom.
'' Now we arc ready for him - said Holmes, 'We
have still ten minutes. ! going far to YOU.
Lady Hda In return YOU will spend the time III
telling me frankly the real meaning of this eXtraordi
nary affair. -
''Mr. Holmes. I will tell you everything, cried
the lady ''Oh Mr. Holmes | would cut off my right
hand before / gave him moment of sorrowl There
is all London who loves her husband as
do and vet If he knew how have acted-how ! have
been compelled to act-he would forgive
For his honor stands high that he could not
Holiness NV happiness, his happiness. lives
at stakel'
''Quick. madam the time grows short. -
cit letter of mine. Mr.. Holmes iuds
Greet letter written before my marriage foolish
letter. letter of impulsive. loving girl meant
harm and vet he would have thought il criminal.
Had he read that letter his confidence would have
been forever destroyed II is years since wrote il.
had thought that the whole matter forgotten.
Then last heard from this man, Lucas that it had
passed his hands and that he would lay it before
my husband / implorel his mercy. He said that he
would my letter if ! would bring him certain
box He had spy in tho office who had told him
of IT'S existence. He assured that harm could
to my husband. Put yourself in my position,
Mr. Holmes What I to dof'f
"Takc your husband into your confidence. -
81 could not, Mr.. Holmes, | could not On the
side seemed certain the other, terrible
IT seemed take my husband s paper still in a mat
ter of politics could not understand the consequences