Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-16

return. lhe second Is tnat tHc muruerCu
man was heard to cry 'Cooccp before
he knew that his son had returned,
Those are the crucial points upon which
the case depends. And now let us talk
about George Meredith, if you please,
and We shall leave all minor matters until
tomorrow.
There was no rain rs Holmes had
forctold, and the morning broke bright
and cloudless. At nine o'clock Lestrade
called for us with the carriage, and we
set off for Hathcrley Farm and the
Boscombc Pool.
"Thcre is serious news this morning,
Iestrade observed. ut is said that
Mr.. Turner, of the Hall, is so i'll That his
life is dcspaired of"
"An elderly man, | presumeP' said
Holmes.
about sixty; but his constitution
has been shattered Ivy his life abroad,
and he has been in failing health for
some time. This business has had n very
bad effect upon him. He was an old
friend of McCarthy's, and | may add,
u great hcnefactor to him, for | have
learned that he gave him iatherley
Farm rent free"
"Indecdl That is interesting"
said Holmes.
ooh, ycsl In hundred other ways
he has helped him. Everybody about
here speaks OF his kindness to him"
"RcaIlv! Does it not strike YOU
ms n little singular that this Mccarthy
who appears to have had little ot his
own. and to have been under such Oh
legations to Turner, should still talk OF
marrying his son TO Turner's daughter,
who IS, presumably hciress to the estate,
and that in such very Cocksure manner,
rs if it were merely n case OF proposal
and all else would follow? II is the more
strange, since we know that Inrner
himself was avcrse to the idea. The
daughter told us ms much. DO YOU not
dcducc something from thatP'
"Wc have got to the deductions and
the differences" said Icstrade, winklng
Mt me. II find it hard enough To tackle
facts, Holmes, without flying away after
theories and fanCieS.'
You are right" said Holmes, dc
murclv; "vou do find 1t very hard to
tackle the facts
"Anvhow, ! have grasped ono fact
which YOU seem to find II difficult to
get hold of, replied Lcs'radc, with some
warmth
And that is
"rhat Mccarthy. senior, met his
death from Mccarthy junior and that all
theories to the contrary are the mercst
mOonshinc.'
well, moonshinc is brighter thing
than fog SAID Holmes, laughing. hut
am very much mistaken # this Is not
Ilatherlcy Farm upon the left
"IeS. that is it, Ii was wide
| spread, notwithstanding building
two-storied. slatc-roofed, with great
yellow blotchcs of hchcn upon the gray
walls. The drawn blinds and the smoke
| less chimnevs however, gave II stricken
! look as though the weight of this horror
| still Law heavy upon IT, We called at
| the door. when tho maid, nj llolme'
request. showed us tho boots which hei
master wore at the time of his death
and also pair of the sons, though not
the pair which he had then had. Having
measured these very carefully iron
seven or eight different points, Holmc'
desired TO I've led to the courtyard
from which we all followed the winding
. / kIhAh W HUH itA w AfpNNNtAfN = b'ts
Sherlock Holmes was transformed
when he was hot upon such seen
as this. Men who had only know
the quiet thinker and logiclan Of Bake
Street would have failed to recOgnlz
him. His face flushed and darkencd
His brows were drawn into two hard
black lines, while his eyes shonc on
from beneath them with a stcClv glitter
His face was bent'downward his shoulder
bowed, his lips compressed and in
veins stood out like whip-cord IN hi
long. sincwv neck. His nostrlls SCENE
to dlate with purely animal lust io
the chase, and his mind was so absC
lutely concentrated upon the matte
before him that a question or remark ie
UNDECIDED upon his cars, or, Mt the most
only provoked a quick, impatlcnti snal
in reply. Swiftly and silently he mad
his wav along the track which tn
through the meadows. and so by wa
of the woods TO the Boscombc Poo
, 1t was damp, marshv ground, rs Is a
that district, and there were marks
, many feet, both upon the path and ann
the short grass which bounded II q
, either side. Sometimes Holmes woul
! hurry on sometimes stop dead and ono
he made quite little detour into III
= meadow. Lestrade and ] walked benin
; him. the detective indifferent and col
: temptuous, while | watched my frlen
, with the interest which sprang from tt
! conviction that every one OF his actor
: was directed toward a definite end.
The Boscombe Pool, which Is
, little reed-girt sheet OF water son
= fifty wards across, Is situated at Il
boundary between the Hathcrlcy Far
, and the private park of the wealth
MIR. Turner. Above the woods whic
lined it upon the farther side we cou
see the red, iutting pinnacles wm'
, marked the site of the rich landowner
! dwelling. On the Hatherley side OF Il
a Pool the woods grew very thick, al
= there was a narrow belt of sodden gra
twenty PAGES across between the edge
trees and the reeds which lined the LAX
tLestrade showed us the exact spot :
which the body had been found, an
indeed, so moist was the ground, th'
! could plainly see the traces which hf
been left by the fall of the stricken MAJ
To Holmes, as ] could see by his eag'
face and peering eyes, very many othe
things were to be read upon the trample
grass. He ran round, like dog who
picking up a scent, and then turned upo
my companion.
What did you 60 into the Poe
1for?" he asked.
Il fished about with rake. ] though
there might he some weapon or othe
trace. But how on Garth"
"Oh, tut, tut! ] have no timel Tha
left foot of yours with its inward twis
is all over the palce A mole could trace il
and there it vanishes among the reeds
Oh, how simple it would all have bee
had been here before they came like
hnr1 of buffalo and wallowed oil owe