Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-18

This matter, from what you say,
seems to have been shock to her
also"
Terrible! She is even more affected
than |"
"You have neither of you any doubt
as TO your sons guilt?
Chow can we have, when / saw him
with my own eyes with the coronet
in his hands.
81 hardly consider that a conclusive
proof Was the remainder OF the
coronet at all injured2''
YES, it was twisted
"Do you not think, then, that he
might have been trying to stralghten IT.
God bless you! You are doing what
you can for him and for me. But it is
too heavy task What was he doing
there at ALP If his purpose were inno-
cent, why did he not say so?"
Precisely. And if it were guilty,
why did he not invent lie2 His silence
appears to me to cut both ways. There
are several singular points about the
case. What did the police think of the
noise which awoke you from your
sleep?"''
They considered that it might be
caused by Arthur's closing his bedroom
| door"
"A likely storyl As if a man bent
on felony would slam his door so MS to
wake household. What did they say,
then, of the disappearance OF these
gems2"
"They are still sounding the plank
ing and probing the furniture in the
| lo,>o g tkn,,, ~
| "Have they thought of looking out
side the house,"
Yes, they have shown extraordinary
energy The whole garden has already
been infinitely examined"
Now, my dear sir" said Holmes,
lis it not obvious TO you now that
this matter really strikes very much
deeper than either you or the police
were at first inclined TO think? IL
appeared to you to be n simple case
to me it seems exceedingly complex.
Consider what is involved by your
theory You suppose that your sor
came down from his bed, went, al
great risk, to your dressing-room
opened your bureau, took out YOU
coronet broke of by main force q small
portion of it, went off to some Other
place. concealed three gems out Of The
thirtv-nine, with such skill that nobody
can find them. and then returned will
the other thirty-six into the room II
which he exposed himself to the creates
danger of being discovered. | ask yo,
now, is such theory tenable2'
"But what other is thereY' crieC
the banker, with a gesture Of despair
| ~ ,nnAnCnf urhXr don
he not explain them?'>
ut is our task to find that out,
replied Holmes; so now, if you please
Mr.. Holder, we will set off for Streathar
together, and devote an hour TO glancin
little more closely into details"
My friend insisted upon my accom-
, panying them in their expedition, whic
. ! was eager enough TO do, for my cur
, osity and sympathy were deeply stirre'
; by the story 10 which we had listened.
confess that the guilt of the bankers 50
, appeared TO me to be as obvious 8
, it did to his unhappy father, but stl
| had such faith in Holmes iudgmer
that felt that there must be som
grounds for hope as long as he was di'
{ satisfied with the accepted explanation
!, He hardly spoke word the whole wa
, out to the southern suburb, but 81
! with his chin upon his breas- and his hc
! drawn over his eyes, sunk in the deepc:
thought. Our client appeared to hay
taken fresh heart at the little Gimp:
. of hope which had been presented 20 hin
. and he even broke into a desultory chs
with me over his business affairs.
; short railway journey and short'
walk brought us to Fairbank, the mode:
= residence of the great hnancier.
:, Tomorrow-The Adventure Of Il
e Beryl Coronet, continued.