The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-29
PART THREE.

PART THREE.
Sherlock Holmes face showed that
he was thoroughly taken aback by
this new development.
az must admit both your points,
said he. 81 confess that this note
book, which did not appear at the IN
quest, modifies any views wnlch l
may have formed. | had come 10 a
theory OF the crime in which | can
find no place for this. Have you en-
deavored TO trace any OF the securl-
ties here mentioned?
Inquiries are now being made at
the offices, but l fear that the com
plete register of the stockholders OF
these South American concerns is IN
South America, and that some weeks
must elapse before we can trace the
shares"
Holmes had been examining the
cover of the notebook with the mag
nifying lens.
@Surely there is some discoloration
here" said he.
Eyes, sir it is blood stain. l told
you that picked the book OH the
floor"
was the blood-stain above or be-
low"
con the side next the boards"
(Which proves, of course, that the
book was dropped after lne crlnle
was committed"
"Fxactlv. Mr.. Holmes. I appreciat-
ed that point, and l conjectured that
II was dropped by the murderer in his
hurried flight. 1t lay near the door.
81 suppose that none of these secur-
tiles have been found among the prop
erty of the dead man..
NO, sir"
"Have YOU any reason to suspect
robbery"
mo, sir. Nothing seemed to have
been touched"
"Dear me, it is certainly very in
.eresting case. Then there was a
knife, was there not?"
"a sheath knife, still in its sheath.
It lay at the feet of the dead man
Mrs. Carey has identified it as being
her husbands property"
Holmes was lost in thought for
some time.
WELL said he, at last, II suppose
7 shall have to come out and have
look at it."
Stanley Hopkins gave cry of Joy
Thank you, sir. That will, indeed,
be weight off my mind.
Holmes shook his finger at the IN
spector.
ut would have been an easier task
a week ago." said he. But even now
nv visit may not be entirely fruitless
Watson, if you can spare the time,
should be very glad of your company
If YOU will call a four-wheller, Hop
kins, we shall be ready to start for
Forest Row in quarter or an hour'
Alighting at the small wayside sta
ton, we drove for some miles through
the remains of widespread woods
which were once part of that great
forest which for so long held the sax
on invaders at bay-the impenetrable
'Aweald." for sixty years the bulwari
of Britain. Vast sections of it have
been cleared, for this is the seat o.
the first ironworks of the country
and the trees have been felled u
smelt the ore. Now the richer field!
of the North have absorbed the trade
and nothing save these raVaget
groves and great scars in the eartf
show the work of the past. Here, IL
clearing upon the green slope or
hill, stood a long, low, stone house
approached by a curving drive run
ming through the fields. Nearer thu
road, and surrounded on three side
by bushes. was a small clubhouse, on
window and the door facing in our al
rection. 1t was the scene OF the mur
der.
Stanley Hopkins led us first to tn
house, where he introduced US to
haggard, gray-haired woman, the wild
ow of the murdered man, whose gaun
and deeplined face, with the furtlv
look of terror in the depths of he
red-rimmed eyes, told of the years o
hardship and ill-usage which she ha
endured With her was her daughter
a pale, fair-haired girl, whose eye
blazed defiantly at us as she told u
that she was glad that her father wa
dead, and that she blessed the han
which had struck him down. 1t wa
a terrible household that Black Pete
Carey had made for himself and
was with a sense of relief that W
found ourselves in the sunlight agar
and making our way along a pat
which had been worn across the field
by the feet of the dead man.
The clubhouse was the simplest G
dwellings, wooden walled, shinglt
rooted, one window beside the doc
and one on the farther side. Star
ley Hopkins drew the key from hi
pocket and had stopped to the loci
when he paused with a look of after
ton and surprise upon his face.
Someone has been tampering wit
it." he said.
There could be no doubt of the fac
The woodwork was cut, and tn
scratces showed white through tn
paint, as if they had been that instar
done. Holmes had been examinin
the window.
Someone has tried to force thi
also. Whoever il was has failed I
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