The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-13
The Adventure Of the Second Stain
BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
xht 1921 by Harper Bros Published by special arran
with The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.

I called you down over such a petty
business, Mr.. Holmes, but I thought
! the point of the second stain not cor
responding with the first would inter-
est you.
Certainly, it was most interesting.
Has this woman only been here once
!yconstable?"
Yes sir, only once"
who was she?"
Don't know her name, sir. Was
answering an advertisement about
typewriting, and came to the wrong
| number very pleasant. genteel young
woman, sir"
Tall? Handsome"
Yes, sir, she was a wel-grown
young woman. / suppose you might
would say she was very handsome
| oh, officer, do let me have a peep!
says she. She had pretty, coaxing
ways, as you might say, and thought
there was no harm in letting her just
put her head through the door"
How was she dressed"
Quiet, SRA long mantle down to
her feet
| What time was it,"
1T was just growing dusk at the
time. They were lighting the lamps
| as | came back with the brandy"
VERY good" said Holmes. Come,
Watson, l think that we have more
| important work elsewhere"
AS We left the house, Lestrade re-
| NAMED in the front room, while the
repentant constable opened the door
| TO let US out. Holmes turned on the
step and held UP something in his
| hand. The constable stared intently
! Good Lord, sir!" he cried, with
amazement on his fact. Holmes put
his finger on his lips, replaced his
hand in his breast pocket and burst
out laughing as We turned down the
. street. EXCELLENT" said he. Come
! friend Watson, the curtain rings up for
the last act. You will be relieved to
| hear that there will be no war, that
the Right Honorable Trelawney Hope
will suffer no setback in his brilliant
career, that the indiscreet Sovereign
| will receive no punishment for his in,
discretion, that the Prime Minister
will have no European complication
to deal with, and that with a little
tact and management upon our part
nobody will be a penny the worse for
!
| incident
You have solved it," l cried =
,, Hardly that, Watson There are
some points which are as dark as ever.
But we have so much that it will be
our own fault if we cannot get the
rest. We will go straight to White
hall Terrace and bring the matter to a
; head"
When we arrived at the residence
of the European Secretary it was for
Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope that Sher-
lock Holmes inquired. We were
| shown into the morning room
| Mr.. Holmes!" said the lady, and
her face was pink with her indigna-
ton, this is surely most unfair and
| ungenerous upon your part. / desired,
| as have explained, to Keep my visit
! to you a secret lest my husband
| should think that I was intruding into
his affairs. And yet you compromise
me by coming here and so showing
that there are business relations be-
! tween US
| Unfortunately. madam. had no
possible alternative. | have been com
missioned to recover this immensely
| important paper. l must therefore
| ask you, madam, to be kind enough to
place it in my hands"
! The lady sprang to her feet with
the color all dashed in an instant from
! her beautiful face. Her eyes glazed
| she tottered-I thought that she would
| faint. Then with "a grand effort she
rallied from the shock. and supreme
establishment and indignation chased
| every other expression from her fea-
! lures.
Otl---VDII Holmes