The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-20

less, they would not take her life. What about this
queer stories about him.
,'Ho was goOd;hesrted ;mau when he was sober,
when he half drunk, for be seldom really wen.
the whole Ed he The dy Ssmsq S to Pc IN mn "A,
what bear, in spite Of all his wealth aud his title,
was scandal about bis drenehDg a dog with, petro,
lcum and setting il on fre,her ladysbip,s dog 70
up with difficulty Then he threw dseantsr at that
maid Theresa Wright there was trouble about that.
brighter house without him. What you looking
at HGIw. nSwa ,. dowr or hi. .ro.. examining with
great attention the knots upon the red cord with
which the lady had been secured Then he carefully
snapped OF when the burglar had dragged it down
when this pulled down, the bell in the kitchen
''No one could hear it, The kitchen stands right
at the back of the house -
How did the burglar know would hear II!
How dared he pull at bellrope in that reckless
question which have asked myself again and again.
Fns S be S its h @u p
fectly understood that the servants would all be in
sss Sss s % po.Sy b S s
Therefore he must have been in close league with one
are eight servants, and all Of good charaeter.'
2her things being equal S sad a., Holmes thIs
the dccaner And yet that would involve treaehery
towards the mistress to whom this woman seems de,
when You have Randall you will probably find
difficulty in uring his acc9mpllcs The lady story
roboration, by every detail which see before us
lie walked to the French window and threw it open
"There signs here but the ground is iron hard
and one would not expect them. see that these
candles in the mantepteee have been lighted
eyes, il by their light, and that of the lady
bedroom candle, that the burglars saw their way
about
and what did they take'"
articles of plate off the sdeboard. Lady Brackenstau
thinks that they were themselves disturbed by the
death of Sir Eustace that they did not rausack the
house, as they would otherwise have done"
''No doubt that is true, and yet they drank some
wine. | understand
''To steady their nerves.
Exactly These three glasses upon the sideboard
have been untouched. ! suppose'
eyes, and the bottle stands as they left it,
The three glasses were grouped together, all of
them tinged with wine, and one Of them containing
twothirds full and beside it lay long deeply stained
cork. Its appearance and the dust upon the bottle
4 change had' come over Holiness manner. He
had lost his listless expression, aud again saw an
alert light of interest in his keen, deePset eyes He
raised the, cork and examined it minute mnutey
How did they draw i'll he asked = :.
lay some table linen and a large corkscrew. ,,,
''Did Lady Brackenstall say that screw was usedi
'No, you remember that. she was senseless at the
moment when the bottle was opened
not used. This bottle opened by pocket, screw,
probably contained in knife, and not more than au
o 54'h the s'G cork As5 du 8 that the ' Tss
driven in three times before the cork was extracted
II has never been trausaxed. This long screw would
have transfxed it and drawn 1t up with single
pull. When you catch tins fellow, YOU Will md that
session.
Excellent said Hopkins,
But these glasses do puzzle me, | confess Lady
Brackensts actually saw the three men drinking, did
she not?"
''Then there is an end of it. What is to be
sad And yet you must admit that the three glasses
ing remarkabIe' Well, well. let it pass. Perhaps
when has special knowledge and special powers
like my own, it rather encourages him TO seek com
pex explanation when simpler one is at hand. or
course it must be mere chance about the glasses
can be of any use to you, and you appear TO have
your, case very clear You will let me know when
which may I trust that l shall soon have TO
GSngratu'ate you upon successful concuslon Come
pro6taby at home
During our return journey, could sec by Holiness
face that he was much puzzled by something which
he had observed. Every now and then, by effort
he would throw off the impression, and talk as if
settle down upou him again and his knitted brows
ard abstraeted eyes would show that his thoughts
OF the Abbey, Grange. in which this midnight tragedy
bad been enacted At last by sudden impulse,
station, he sprang on to the platform and pulled
out after him.
excuse me- my dear fellow said he as We
round curve, q am to make YOU the victim
Of what NAV mere whim. but on my life. Wat.
son, simply can leave that in this condition.
Every instinct that possess cries against il.
It's wrong-its all wrong-I II swear that il 5 wrong.
And Vet the ady's story complete, the maid
roboratioD sufficient the detail fairly exact.
What have 70 put up against that? Three wine.
glasses. that is all But if had not taken things for
granted. If ] had examined everything with care
which | should have shown had approached The
de novo aud had no cut and dried story to warp
my mind, should / not then have found something
more definite TO go upon' OF course should sit
down this bench Watson. until train for Chiscl.
hurst arrives and allow Law the evidence before
you imporing YOU in the first instance to dismiss
from your mind the idea that ANYTHING which the
maid or her mistress have said must necessarily
be true The lady charming personality must not be
permitted TO warp Judgment.
''Surely there details in her story which If We
looked at in cold blood, would excite our suspicion
These burglars made considerable haul at Svden.
ham, fortnight ago. Some account OF them and OF
their appearance in the papers and would ns,u.