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

back e Can you see those tracks upon the pathi'
'Can you recall that the tracks sometimes
like that, Watson he arranged number of bread
crumbs in this fashion,: :-'and sometimes
like this''-: -'taud occasionally like
this .. 'ECan you remember thata'
But can. I could swear to it. However,
viii back at our leisure and verify it. What q
blind beetle s have been to d9w my
''only that it is remarkable cow which walks,
Of bs Sous out snb
blind as that. The coast to be clear, for
that lad in the smithy Let us slip out and see what
There two rough haired, unkemPt horses in the
de @ M stable Holmes d raised the hind leg OF
Stold shoes, but newly sGod-old shoes, but new
nails This case deserves to be classic Let us
The lad continued his. work without regarding US
say Holmes In eye darling to right aud left among
the floor. Suddenly. however. we heard step behind
us and there was the landlord his heavy eyebrows
nres convulsed with passion He held short metal
% II his bs la as a o feel % Se
revolver in my pocket
why, Mr. Reuben Hayes said Holmes. cooy,
one might think that you were afraid of our finding
The. man mastered himself with "a violent effort,
and his grim mouth looseDed into false laugh which
was more menacing than his frown.
Eoure ~, Welcome 70 "a all & you can find out i? Am my
care for folk pokiug about my place without my
leave, the you pay your score and get out
Of this the better shall be pleased
Holmes 1--WE have been having look at your
horses but I think L II walk, after ALL It's not far,
believe"
mot more than two miles to the Hall gates. That's
eyes until we had left his premises
We did not very far along the road, for Holmes
stopped the instant that the curve hid us from the
we warm. the children say, at that inn, -
said he ''G seem TO grow colder every step that
take away from it. No. no can possibly leave il, !"
knows all about it, A more self'cvidcnt villain
sob! he impressed You in that way; did he' There
tcrcstng place, this Fighting Cock, I think we shall
have another look at il in unohtrusive way
long, slopng hillside dotted with gray limestone
bouders. stretched behind us We had turned off the
q road, and were making our way up the hill. when
looking in the direction Of HoIdernesse Hall, saw
n cyclist coming swiftly along.
N "Get down, Watson' cried Holmes, with heavy
view when the man flew past us on the road. Amid
rolling cloud Of dust. caught glimpse Of pale,
agtated facea face with horror in every neam9ut,
the mouth open, the eyes staring wildly in front, Vt
was like strange carcature Of the dapper James
Wilder whom we had seen the night before.
4 -, The Dukes secretnry!'' cried Holmes "Come,
Watson, let what he does y
We scrambled from rock to rock, until 10 few
moments we had made way to point from which
We could see the front door Of tho inn. Wilder S
bicycle leaning against the wall beside IL. No
one was moving about the house nor could VIC catch
glimpse OF any faces at the windows. Slowly the
twilight crept down the sun sank behind the high
Z saw the two side.lamps of trap light up in the
stabcyard of the inn and shortly afterwards heard
the rattle of the hoofs wheeled out into the
Il Of Chesterfield.
4 'what do you make of that watson'" Holmes
whispered