Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-12

Inn 0oAf your door, MJotook your huS.
band for him in the fcggy morning
light. On diseovi1taG y1hAir mistake
they rsleassd him. What they would
have done had t. 1oestssa1a 1listaho.
We can only ooa3scture."
well, what an ! 10 do, Mr..
Holmasfs
Il have . srsat fancy to SO this
lodger q yours. Mr.. WArren."
II don't So how that 10 to b man
ased. unlsss you break IN the door.
] always hear him unlock 1t 40 I 70
down the stair SITTER leave the tray"
"He has to take the tray In. Surely
" could conceal ourselves and 80
him do It"
The landlady thought for a moment.
''WeN. cir, there's the bedroom OPP
posits. could arrange looking
glass. maybe. and II you were behind
the door"
Excellent" said Holmes. when
does he lunch?"
about one. SIR
Then DR.. Watson and will come
round In time. For the present. Mrs.
warren, Xoodby.
At half-past twelve We found our.
selves upon the steps Of Mrs. War
ren's house-a high, thin, yellow.
brick ediflce in Great Orme street,
. narrow thoroughfare at the north
east side Of the British museum.
Standing 40 It does near the corner
Of the street, it commands a view
down Howe street. with its more pre-
tentious houses. Holmes pointed
with q chuckle to one Of these, a row
,of residential fats. which projected
90 that they could not fail to catch the
eye.
"see, watson!" said he. "'High
house with stone facings' There is
the signal station all right. We know
the place, and we know the code; SO
surely our task should be simple.
There's To Let card in that won
dow. 1t Is evidently an empty fiat
to which the confederate has access.
Well, Mrs. Warren, what now"
f Il have 1t all ready for you. II you
will both come up and leave your
boots below on the landing. Ill put
you there now"
1t was an excellent hiding-place
which she had arranged. The mirror
was 80 placed that, seated in the dark,
We could very plainly see the door op-
posite. We had hardly settled down
In 1t, and Mrs. Warren left us, when
= distant tinkle announced that cur
mysterious neighbor had runS. Pres
emily the landlady appeared with the
tray, laid it down upon a chair beside
the closed door, and then. treading
heavily, departed. Crouching toseth-
er in the anglo Of the door. We kept
our eyes fixed upon the mirror. Sud-
denly, as the lahdladys footsteps died
away, there was the treak of a turn.
ing key, the handle revolved, and two;
thin hands darted out and lifted the
tray from the chair. An instant later
Il was hurrsedly replaced, and I caught
. glimpse Of . dark, beautiful. horri-.
ned face glaring at the narrow open.
ing Of the boxroom. Then the door
crashed to. the key turned once more.
and all was silence. Holmes twitched
my sleave. and together We stole down
the stair. III; ~ "a
II will call again In the evening""
said he to the expectant landiady. SCI
think. Watson. We can discuss thls
business better in our own quarters"
my surmise. as you saw. proved to
be correct" said he, speaking from
the depths Of his ealNehair. There
has been substitution Of dodgers.
What did. not foresee is that We
should Ind q woman, and no ordinary
woman, Watson"
"She saw U.S." ST |:
''Well, she saw something to alarm
her. That is certain The general
sequence Of events is pretty clear, 10
It not? A couple seek refug%Ah Lon
don from very terrible andinstant
danger. The measure Of that danger
10 the rtgor Of their precautions. The
man. who has some work which he
must do. desires to leave the woman
In absolu6s safety while he does it. It
- not An easy problem, but he solved
1t In an original fashion. and 20 e1ec-
lively that her presence was not even
known to- the landlady, who supplies
her with food. The printed messages.
as 10 now evident, were to prevent
her sex being discovered BY her writ
Ing. The man cannot come near the
woman. or he will guide their enemies
to her. Since he cannot communicate
with her direct, no has recourse to the
agony column OF q paper. So far all
IL clear"
But what 10 at the root Of it?'
"Ah, Yes. Watson-sevsrely practi.
cal, as usual! What IL at tho root
of It ant Mrs. Warren's Whimsical
problem enlarges somewhat and rs.
sumss . more sinister aspect ~ we
proceed. This much we can say:
that 1t IL no ordinary love escapade.
You saw the woman's face at the sign