Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-14

The story thus far:
Mias Violet Smith, tall, beautiful
and a,,ccnly, presented herself at Baker
Street late one evening. She lived at
farnham with her widowed mother,
and was musician. Her only relation
was an uncle who had gone to Africa
twenty-five years ago, from whom they
had never heard. She was engaged to
Cyril Morton, a young electrical eng',,
necr. One day a young man named
Woodley. and an older man named
Cnrruthcrs wen, 10 Violet and told her
that her uncle was dead, that he had
left no money, but that he had asked
them To sec that no harm came to Violet.
The older. man asked her to come TO
his house, Chiltern Grange to teach
music TO his small daughter So she
went. Chil,crn Grange was about
siy miles from her home, which she was
permitted To visit cvesy weekend.
Young Woodlcy, a repulsive man, made
violent love 10 Violet, but Carruthers
in,crroscd
She rode home each Saturday on &
bicycle over lonely road. Always
shc noticed n man with dark beard
following her, never ovcrtaking her.
lie was there again Monday morn
ings when she returned to Chiffon
Grange from her home. She was
worried about the situation, and more
over wa. afraid Mr.. Carruthcrs was
becoming interested IN her. Holmes
asked Watson To 90 down and find on,
about the case. and he arrived Monday
morning at the spot where she had
usually seen the strange cylist. near a
ncighboring house called Charlington
Hall.
Watson hid behind clump of gorse
and presently saw cychst behind the
hedge Of Charling,on Hall. and later
saw him emerge aud follow Violet,
always keeping an even distance from
her Hc found that tho Hall had recent
" been rented 20 Mr.. Williamson
Next day Holmes had another note from
Miss Smith saving her employer had
proposed 10 her. hut that she had re-
fused him. Holmes went down To the
country, hut only succeeded IN hnding
that Mr.. Williamson was an unirocked
clergyman of bad repute, apd tha,
Woodlcy frequently visited him. Wood.
ley overheard him asking questions
and they had h-t fight.
Then came letter to Holmes say
ing she had resigned her position a'
Woodley had again appeared at Chilterr
Grange. She said that MIR Carruther'
had bought trap. 81 that on her return
home for the last time on Saturday sh,
need not fear cycling on the lonely road
pn Saturday morning Holmes and
Watson went down To the country
Co see that no harm came to her. They
walked along the road and found Al
empty dog-cart They stopped th,
frightened horse. climbed in. and wen
along m the direction of the Hal
and the Grange They met the soil
tary cyclis,. who stopped them. an'
said he too was IN search of Violet, an'
feared she was in the grasp of 'tha
hellbound Woodley and the hlackguar,
parson." They found the groom
injured by the roadside and then s,arte,
60 Chsrling,on Hall
In secluded part of the ground
they found that Williamson had jus
married Violet TO Woodley. The soli
tsry cyclist pulled of his beard an'
turned ont TO he Carruihcrs she
my wife shouted Woodley. You
widow" said Csrruthers. firing q sho
~ him. But Woodley was only in
iurcd Holmes accused Williamson u
having no right 20 perform the ccrc
mony. which was therefore not valid
Carruthers said he had always followc,
Violet to protect her from Woodley