The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-13

picked up with this cast padre here.
l found that they had set up house
keeping together at this place and
that she had to pass for the station.
/ kept my eye on her after that, for
| knew there was some devilry in
the wind. l saw them from time to
time, for was anxious to know what
they were after Two days ago Wood
ley came up TO ny house with this
cable which showed that Ralph Smith
was dead. He asked me if l would
stand by the bargain. I said I would
not. He asked me if I would mary
the girl myself, and give him a share.
l said l would willingly do so, bu;
that she would not have me. He said,
Let us get her married first, and
after week or two she may see things
bit different l said l would have
nothing to do with violence So he
went off cursing, like the foul-mouthed
BLACKBOARD that he was, and swear
ing that he would have her yet. She
was leaving me this week end, AMI
I had got trap to take her to the
station, but l was so uneasy in my
mind that l followed her on my BIZ
cycle. She had got a start, however,
and before l could catch her the mis-
chief was done. The first thing
knew about it was when I saw you
two gentlemen driving back in her
dog cart"
Holmes rose and tossed the end of
his cigarette into the CRATE. Il have
been very obtuse, Watson said he.
When in your report you said that
you had seen the cyclist as you
thought arrange his necktie in the
shrubbery, that alone should have
| told me all. However, we may con-
graduate ourselves upon curious,
and in some respects. unique case.
| / perceive three of the county con-
stabulary in the drive, and | am glad
| to see that the little ostler is able to
/ keep pace with them, so it is likely
that neither he nor the interesting
bridegroom will be permanently dam
aged by their mornings adventures.
think, Watson, in your medical ca
pacity, you might wait upon Miss
! Smith, and tell her that if she is suf-
| ficiently recovered, we shall be happy
| to escort her to her mothers home.
| If she is not quite convalescent, you
will find that a hint that we We're
about to telegraph to a young cleo
I trician in the Midlands probably would
complete the cure. AS to you, Mr.. Car
/ ruthers, l think that you have done
what you could to make amends for
your share in an evil plot. There is
my card, sir, and if my evidence can
| be of help to you in your trial, it
| shall he vnlr 6iSnOSa1
| In the whirl of our incessant activ.
| ity it has often been difficult for me,
| as the reader probably has observed,
/ to round off my narratives, and to give
those final details which the curious
! might expect Each case has been the
prelude to another, and the crisis once
| over the actors have passed out OF
our busy lives. l find, however, =
short note at the end of the manuscript
dealing with the case, in which have
! put it upon record that Miss Violet
| Smith did indeed inherit large for
tune, and that she is now the wife
of Cyril Morton, the senior partner OF
Morton & Kennedy, the famous West.
minister electricians Williamson and
Woodley were both tried for abduc.
ton and assault, the former getting
seven years and the latter ten. OF
the fate of Carruthers, ! have no rec
ord, but | am sure that his assault
was not viewed very gravely by the
i court, since Woodley bad the repu.
tation of being most dangerous ruff
fan, and l think few months were
sufficient to satisfy the demands OF
| justice.
Monday-A Scandal in Bohemia.