The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-25
The Adventure Of the
Solitary Cyc1ist

camo in and tore him from me- on which he turned
upon his host, knocking him down and cutting his
face open That the end of his visit you
imagine. Mr.. Carrutbers apologizcd to next day,
and assured that | should be exposed to
such insult again, l have not Mr. Woodcy
since.
And now, Mr.. Holmes, at last to the spe-
cal thing which has caused to ask your ad
vice today You must know that every Saturday fore
L ride my bicycle TO Farnham station i'll
order TO get the 1922 to town. The road from
Chtern Grange is lonely one, and at spot it
is particularly for it lies for mile between
Charington Heath side and the woods
which lie round Charngton Hall upon the other. You
could not find lonely tract Of road anywhere
and it is quite TO meet much cart, or a
peasant, until you reach the high road Crooks
bury Hill. Two weeks ago 7 passing this place
when / chapced TO look back my shoulder, and
about two hundred yards behind ] a man, also
bicycle. He seemed to he mddle-aged man.
with short, dark beard, I looked back before
reached Farnham but the gone, so thought
no more about it, But YOU imagine how
prised l was Mr.. Holmes, when, my return
Monday ] the the stretch of road
My establishment increased when the incident
Cured again, exactly before, the following
Saturday and Monday. He always kept his distance
and did not modest in any way, but still it
certainly was very odd. 7 mentioned it TO Mr.. Car
ruthers. who seemed interested in what I said, and
told that be had ordered horse and trap, that
in future [ should not pass those lonely roads
without companion
''The horse and trap TO have come this week,
but for they not delivered, and
again I had to cycle to the station That was this
morning You think that J. looked out when
to Charlington Heath, and there, enough,
the man, exactly as he had been the two weeks
before. He always kept far from me that L
could not clearly his face. but it certainly
whom did not know He was dressed in
dark suit with cloth cap, The only thing about his
face that could clearly was his dark beard To
wanted. slowed down my machine, but he slowed
also Then laid a trap for him There is sharp
turning Of the road and pedaed very quickly
him to shoot round and pass before he could stop
But he me & hen went % back osn apd b0 a
not it. To make it the extraordinary,
there no side road at this point down which he
Holmes chuckIed and rubbed his hands This case
certainly presents features of its own said he.
GLOW much time elapsed between your turning the
corner and your discovery that The road was cear'
''Then he could not have retreated down the road,
and you say that there are no side roadsf'
''Then he certainly took footpath side
's1t could not have been the side of the heath,
should have seen him.
so by the process of exclusion, we arrive at the
fact that he made his way toward Charlington Hall,
which, understand is situated it's own grounds
on one side of the 70 road ANYTHING elsef"
''Nothing, Mr. Holmes save that / per
picked that I felt / should not be happy until I
had and had your advice,''
Holmes sat in silence for little time.
Where is the gentleman to whom you are en-
E"ffa He is I in '' the Midland Electrical company, at
Coventry.
os 2qf M ho%e S g?y Gs sgods ns not know m
ays ssTsray You Se4nTa had fny EnsW oS1eE v
s'There was this dreadful man, woodley, if you
call him an adm,rer,'
Our fair client seemed little confused
'Who was be?'' asked Holmes.
ooh, it may be fancy of mine; but it had
seemed to me sometimes that my employer, M Car
thrown rather together. I play his aeeompanments
in the evening; He has never said anything. He is
l'Ha!" Holm Holmes looked grave. "What does he do
''He is rich man.
No carriages horses?''
"Well, at least he is fairly weltodo: But he goes
into the city two or three times week HI is deeply
interested in South African gold shares"
ME- Ye will let me kpoT Es any dt fresh
find time to make some Inquiries into your case.
know Goodbye, and trust that we shall hstek have noth
ing but good news from you"
a girl should have followers said Holmes, as he
pulled at his meditative pipe "bnt for choice not
beyond all doubt. But there are curious and sugges
tive -, details about the case, Watson
''That he should appear only at that point9''
Exactly. Our first effort must be to find who arc
the tenants of Charlington Hall Then, again how
ley, since they appear to be men of such different
type7 How came they both to be so keen upon
looking up Ralph Smiths relations? One more
point, What sort Of menage is it which pays double
the market price for governess, but does not keep
horse. although six miles from the stations Odd Wat
son-very oddi''
'tYou will go downs'
"No, my dear fellow, you will go down This may
be trfing intrigue and cannot break my other
important research for the sake of it, On Monday
you will arrive early at Faruham; you will conceal
these facts for yourself. and act as your own udg
ment advises. Then, having inquired to the occ1-
pants of the Hall, You will come back to ME and re-
port. And now: Watson, not another word of the
matter until we have few solid stepping stones on
which may hope to get across to our solution"
We had ascertained from the lady that she went
down upon the Monday by the train which leaves
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