The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-06

wont face his lunch after all tho cigarettes sHG
':Weil, You re out there. sir, it happens for 2
ate remarkable big breakfast this morning ] don
he IS ordered good dish of outlets for his lunch n
ns saw for yon m mh ptD snas tsee
tho floor, | couldn Z bear TO look at food. Well,
takes all sorts & to ~, make world and the profess
We loitered the morning away in the garden. St4}$
ley Hopkins had gone down 10 the village, to looss
into some rumors of strange woman who had ba9f1
by some children on the atham road the pria
seemed to have deserted him. I had never know
him handle case in such haf-hearted fashion
found the children, and that they had undoubtedI
woman exactly corresponding with Homes|9
description, and wearing either spectacles eyts
Tie was more attentive when Susan, who waited up&
us. at lunch, volunteered the information that az,
believed Mr.. Smith had been out for walk yestei
day morning and that he had only returned half g
hour before the tragedy occurred could not myssr
ceived that Holmes weaving it into the genelt
scheme which he had formed in his brain. SUDDEN
he sprang from his chair and glanced at his watcE
''Two o'clock, gentlemen said he. eve must 4
up and have it out with our friend the professor''
The old man had Just finished his lunch and ce
ainly his empty dish bore evidence to the good apr
tite with which his housekeeper had credited hiii
He was, indeed weird figure as he turned his Will
name and his glowing eyes towards us. The eteYn
cigarette smoldered in his mouth. He had be-
dressed, and was seated in armchair by the az
We'll: Mr.; Holmes, have you solved this myste}:
YETI, He showed the large tin of cigarettes whI$,
stood table beside him towards my companio3;
Holmes stretched out his hand at the same nomea
aud between them they tipped the box over the edo
For minute or two we were all on our knees ~
treving stray cigarettes from impossible places VIA
rose again, observed Holmes's eyes were shinis
and his cheeks tinged with color. Only at crisis hn1
l seen those battle signals flying.
'FYes," said he. .fI have solved it,
Stanley Hopkins and stared in amazemeut Sam
thing like snneer qnivercd the gaunt featuS1
of the old professor.
...Indesd! I'M ed In the sardenP'
'.Herel Whenl'
This instant -
You are surely joking, Mr.: Sherlock Holmes "a
compel me to tell you that this is too serious md
ter to be treated in such fashion,
81 have forged and tested every link of nv ehai
PROFESSOR Coram, and am sure that it is sound WI,
your motives are or what exact part you play in
minutes shall probably hear it from your own lin
MeanWhile will reconstruct what is past for 70
peneht, so that you may know the nforma ton Will
] still require.
"a lady yesterday entered your study. She csu
documents which were in your bureau. She had
key OF her own. have had an opportunity of d
tion which the scratch made upon the varnish won
have produced. You were not an accessory thereto,
@ ona Sn9 came So far as can read the evidence vii
The professor blew cloud from his lips ssT1
you no to add' Surely. having traced tbi, is1
so far, you can also say what has become of her,
was sSlnd % erdeayor nd to do So In the first Pacs
order 10 escape. This catastrophe I am inclined
LADY bdd'Roy o of fG5 fn 's19
Gus an injury An assassin does not come unarra1
norrlneu ny what she had done, she rushed wild
away from the scene OF the tragedy Unfortunat~
Tor her, she had lost her glasses in the seutfle
as she was extremely short.sighted she was rss
helpless without them. She ran down corridor, whI
she, imagined to be that by which she had COM ~
both were lined with cocoanut matting-and it \
only when it was too late that she understood III
she had taken the wrong passage and that her rers
was was cut off behind her. What was she to dol
was. She must 90 on. She went on She movrs
stair; pushed open door, and found herself in yc
The old man sat with bis r,o,,,h . .x; ;,s
at Holmes. Amazement and fear were stamped up
ms expressive features. Now, with an effort, &
shrugged his shoulders and burst into insncere laus
can very fine. Mr.. Holiness said he "But th,
Is one little haw in your splendid theory. 7 was a
self IN my room, and never left II during the day
am aware Of that Professor Coram -
And You mean to say that I could lie upou 81
, bed End not be aware that woman bad entered
Il never said so. You were aware OF IT, You sno
with he,, You recognized her. You aided her
Again the professor burst into hirhkeyed Iaugbt
he had risen to his feet, and his eyes glowed Il
''You are madl'' he cried .'You arc tarino
sanely; helped her to escapef Where is
She is there, said Holmes, and he pointed q
high bookcase in the of the room
saw the old man throw up his arms terri
conygsiGn passed over his grim face and be fell 81
IN ms chair A the same instant the bookcase
which Holmes pointed swung round upon hinge I
a woman rushed out into the room '|You are light
right am here
She was brown with the dust, and draped with
cobwebs, which had come from the walls of her
lng-paee. Her face. too, was streaked with griz
and at the best she could never have been handsoI
for she bad the exact physical characteristics VIII
Holmes had OWNED with, in addition, long
obstinate chin. What with her natural blindness 4
what with the change from dark to light, she ste
as one dazed, blinking about her 10 see where 3
who we We're. And yet, in spite of all these dis
yantages, there was certain nobility in the womsl
bearing-s gallantry in the defiant chin and in
, upraised head. which compelled something of resp
and admiration.
, STANLEY Hopkins had laid his hand upon her q
and claimed her his prisoner, but she waved
, aside gently, and vet with overmastering dgn
which compelled obedience. The old man lay back
his chair with twtching face, and stared at
with brooding eyes
''Yes, sir. | your prisoner she said "Fr
where / stood I could hear everything, and ! kn
that YOU have learned the truth. confess 10
1t was | who killed the young But you
rlght-you who say ~ accident / did
LnnE- that N l.nifn which T held In