The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-30
The Adventure Of the BerI Corone,
BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Copyright 1921 Published by special arrangement
with The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate


ran down the lane, where he could see
a dark figure in the moonlight Sir
George Burnwell tried to get away,
but Arthur caught him, and there was
a struggle between them, your lad
tugging at one side of the coronet, aud
his opponent at the other. In the
scuffle, your son struck Sir George,
and cut him over the eye. Then
something suddenly snapped, and youf
son, finding that he had the coronet
in his hands, rushed back, closed the
window, assembled to your room, and
had just observed that the coronet
was endeavoring to straighten it when
as 1t possible?" gasped the banker
"You then reused his anged by call
| ing him names at moment when no
| felt that he had deserved your warm
est thanks. He could not explain the
true state of affairs without betray-
| ing one who certainly deserved little
| enough consideration at his hands.
He took the more chivalrous view,
however, and preserved her secret"
And that was why she shrieked
/, and tainted when she saw the coro-
net" cried Mr.. Holder. ooh, my Godi
what blind fool l have been! And
his asking to be allowed to go Oh.
for five minutes The dear fellow
wanted to see if the missing pieces
were at the scene of the struggle.
How cruelty l have misjudged him.
when | arrived at the house,
continued Holmes, Il at once went
very carefully round it to observe ii
there were any traces in the snow
which might help me. | knew that
none had fallen since the evening
before, and also that there had been
strong frost to preserve impressions
: ! passed along the tradesmen's path
| but found it all trampled down ana
indistinguishable. Just beyond it, how
ever, at the far side of the kitchen
: door, woman had stood and talked
with a man, whose round impression:
on one side showed that he had 6
wooden leg. l could even tell tina
; they had been disturbed, for the wo
man had run back swiftly to the door
: as was shown by the deep toe am
light heel marks, while Wooden-les
had waited little, and then had gone
: away. l thought at the time that Thu
; might be the maid and her sweet
: heart, of whom you had already spok
] en- to me, and inquiry showed it wa
. so. | passed round the garden with
4 out seeing anything more than rar
5 dom tracks, which l took to be III
i police; but when l got into the stabl
t lane a very long and complex stor
t was written in the snow in front c
u me.
e There was a double line of track
:, of booted man, and second doubl
= lint which l saw with delight belon.
d ed to man with naked feet. l was g
|. once convinced from what you ha
l. told me that the latter was your sol
: The first had walked both ways, bl
it the other had run swiftly, and, as h
4. tread was marked in places over tn
d depression of the boot it was obvioI
that he had passed after the other.
e followed them up, and found that the
1t led to the hall window, where Boo
II had worn all the snow away viii
1T waiting Then | walked to the oth'
h. end, which was hundred yards
II more down the lane. | saw whel
10 Boots had faced round, where the sno
is was cut up as though there had bee
le a struggle, and finally, where fe
III drops of blood had fallen, to show n