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Wales of Sherlock Holmes
By A. CON AN DOYLE
JLThs Sijn qf ttuzFovr
, CIIAFTEB IV(Cottiiiuid)
AT1 THIS instant a horrihUr change cans
over his expression; his eyes stared
wildly, his Jaw dropped, and he yell
ed, in a voice which I can never fowl'
Keep hhn outi For Christ's sake, keep
' him ouil' We both, stared around at
the window behind as upon which his gaze
was fixed. - A face was looking in at us out
( the darkness. We could see" the whiten
lng of the nose where it was pressed agatost
the glass. It was a bearded, hairy face,
with wild, eroel eyes and an expression at.
concentrated malevolence. My brother ana
I rushed toward the window, but the man
wsj gone. When we returned to my father,
lis head had dron pad and his pulse had ,
i ceased to beat
We earehet the- garden that night bat .
found. u atg of the intruder,, save that just
Wider the window a single footmark was
visible ta the flower-bed But for that one
trace w might havo thought that cmr
fcnaglnatlona- had conjured up that wild
Sere facev "We soon, however, had another
' and a. mere- gtrtklsc proof that there were
gecret agenctea at work all around ns; The
wiadow, of my father room was found open
In the morning-, his cupboards and boxes had
been, rtfiedV and won hit ehest was fixed a.
torn piece ef paper with the words, The slga
f the fo-sr scrawled across- it. TSTfcat tfca
phrase meant, or who our secret Tisftor may
have been, we never Knew,, as iar an wo
duced, and thei "continued tefcreea tie Ta
f his overgrowtt pipe. .
"My brother and M,"' said t he,
you may imagine, much excited .as ttv.tne
treasure which my father ba :J
For weeks and for manta we n,d,tdTr
ed in every part of the garden, without dis
covering its whereabouts. It was maddantog :
to think that the hiding-place was -cn his
verv lips at the moment that he died, we
ialdudg' th splendor . of the .missing
rfehes by the chaplet whirfi he had taken
out. Ow this ebwlet w brother f Barthol
omew and I had some little-, discussion. The
pearls wore evidently of great value, and he;
was. averse- to part with them,- for, between
friends, my. hrother wa tlntself a littlera-
rrttneii to my ratners iaun. xie muugu w,
rortanca - r.j . c. :
been , discovers J.'
.The- tr
vereJL I instantly ear?
With Misa Uorstan, and. U mlv rV
vs t drive ent ta Norwood ani dcvrZr, I0
snare, jM sriaiaei lay views last T
brother.. Bartholomew ; sor we shall h.
peeted, if not welcome -visitors.' - ex"
. jJr.- T'aeat-vShIaiedk''-- and . . 7
twitching- on. his Luxurious settee, w.
remained siieat, with our jthoughts unrm :
new development which; the mysterious w!
uesft had taken-IloOmea -waa the first
spring to his feet. "v V , ; . - Mst to v
lasV aM hew li la poasiWe that "H "
be able to make some email rtUr ri
throvrfcna some: rhrht. wnm k
BtU MAI Jit nw y . , .3. miSS Moi!ti
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that IT WA TiarieU WJIUX IU uoihvv .,i-ninrir.n ihsi HUK. II U 13.TA Old vji , "
can. judge none of my- father's. operty had : rtse tft gossipy and Anally bring us Jato .;jm ft;tte;1xi:Yttb-'-'ovt-'dei
erenuig.iuM trouble.. It was au inn. i coum. u , n,,- ' ew; aeavuftiiita .x. "
Hn Actnalrr stolen, thoaeh
been turned out. My Drotner ana a natur
ally associated this peculiar incident with;
the fear which haunted my father during his
life; but it is still a complete mystery to us."
The little man. stopped te-; relight - hi
hookah, and pulled thoughtfully for a few '
moments. We had all sat absorbed; listen
ing to his extraordinary narrative; At the
short account of her father's death Misa
Morstan had turned deathly white, and for a
moment I feared that she was about U
faint. She 'rallied, however; on drinking a
glasa of water whlclb I antetly poured out
for her from a Venetian carafe upon the. side
table. Sherlock Holmes leaned back in M
chair with an abstracted expression and the
ltds drawn over his glitterimr eyes. As r
gDaneed at him I eonld not but think hew on
that very day he had complained bitterly of
the commonplaceness of life. Here, at least
was a problem which would tax- his sagacity
to the tttmost. 1 Mr. Thaddena KJtotto looked
from one to the other ef us with an ebvicai
pride at the effect which hi, story had pro-
atfs Mal ta let me flndi out JOw Morstanfs r:0y
eJ el ,estute -
-It was a kindry thotrght, said our om-of the extreme closeness of. the, night nS
paion, earnestly. y 'It waa e a rabb t
of you,-. , - - ' r skin.cp;with.baagina lappeta whleh cover
- The littlemaix waved wasvis-
gethlr aee it. la that Hght- We ; had plenty ;, wmirUe to ,?ea;FetdlnaHan:".;
of money ourselves. I desired no ..-more.: ,s:C'Our, cabiwaa awaBtfn tis: utsidei. and our
sides, it would have been, such bad taste to program waevidentiy;:: prearranged, for
have treated a young lady in so scurry Mvwttttimc at rapid pace,
fashion, te manvais gout mene au crimTha m t
Thet Frenchi hav very neat, way of pntti : above the rattle et
thesft things. " Qw differenfie of opinion f the wheels. , r . v
this subject went so far that I thought it uv -Bartholomew is a clever fellow, said he
best to- net up roomfor myself ; so I left ' -"iiaiv ,r&Q. ygst thiafc ha found out where the
PondJcherry Lodge taWngr the old khltmut- treasnra waa? - Ke ha.d come to the conclua
gar and WiHlamsLwlth me. Yesterday, how- , jon that -It :"was somewhere indoors r so Ihe
ever I learned that, an event of extrem m- , -wocked otrt ttll tha cuhle apace ef the hou J
and. made measurement everywhere, so that
not one inch should ooi unaccounted tor.
AmmttvtbM' i. thtogSfc.? lkefoimd. that the -height
oi the. buUdtng: was seventy-four feet,
but on adding; tether - the heights of an the
separate room; -and ;.makin; every allow
ance: for the apaca btween which he as
certained by Uortngs, he could not bring the
total to ; mbre - than " seventy Jeet. Ther
were four feet, unaccounted for. These could
only .be at the top of the building. He knock
ed a h-oie, therefere, ill the lath and plaster
ceiling ot ith: highest room, and there, sure
enough,-he came -upon another garret above
it, whiicht had beett sealed ir and was known
to- no. ne. Xn the center stood the treasure
chest, resting. upon, two. rafters. He lower
ed it . through, th0; hole, and there it lies.
He computes the - value, of the- jewels at net
less than half a million sterling ?"
At the -'XOentiiea -of this gigantic sunt we
aU atared at one another open-eyed, Mi6s
Morstan, could iwe secure . her right, would
Chang from a needy governess to the richest
heiress in, England. : Surely it. 'was the place
of a toyal friend to. rejoice at such news; yet "
I ant .ashamed to ay that selfishness took
me by the sout 4amd that my heart turned
aa heavy as lead : within me. . I stammeredt
out some- few halting words of congratulations.-and
then, sat' downcast,, with my head
drooped, deaf to. jthe babble of our new ac
quaintance ; H . ; was clearly a confirmed
hypochondrlac'anil' .I was dreamily con-
scloua that he was pouring forth intermina- -bio
traina of -symptoms', and Imploring In
formation aa to ihe .composition and action
of Innumerable quack nostrums, some of
which he- bore about i a leather case in his
pocket. I trust that, he may not remember
any of the ' answers' which I gave him that.
mgne. ::. iJounea oeciarea tnat lie overneara
me caution him against the-great danger of
taking more than - two .drops of castor on,
while .1 . recommended strychnine in large
doses aa a. sedative.. . However that may be,
I was certainly relieved when our cab pulled
ttp with a jerk andr the-.eoachman sprunf
down. to. opea th doon . ; .
"This, ; Miss : Morstan, Is PondicherrF
Lodge," said Mr. Thaddeus Sholto, as he
handed; har oat;-: s ' r ;
Thafo Wby llif : Street
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caitsoid cny otter tire thatus rssiw 1 :? ;
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OurNc-Run-Cutfeaturo
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Countless blowouts are
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Tti one csisive process, costa us $450fjOOO
.cure.
loJllmCutTItt--MOar, Ccreo!
With AllAYeaiherTreadaosSmooih
j forming fa
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Th Traredjr t FenSleaeirry lodge
T WAS . nearty eteven , oclock when we
re&ChAd hii fiiratl nttumt at our nlffht'S 4a .
venturea 'We. had leit the- damp-iogLof tjie
great city hehind usV and the night was falf
ly ffnei - A warm -wtnd Wew from the west
ward, and heavy clouds moved slowly across
the sky, with, halt a moon peeping occasion
ally through the rlftav It was clear enouga
to see for some distance but Thaddeus Snoi
to took down one of the-side-ramps from tne
carriage to? glv na ' 8 Ktter light upon our
-PondlcneTry-: Xodge "f too4 ' la ' its owa
gronnds, and was, girt round with a very ,
high stone wall topped with, broken glass.
single, narrow, iron-clamped door formed
only means ef entrance On this our guwe
knocked with at peculiar postman-like rsi
tat. .,:' . .
. -Who's there cried a rough voice from
Within. .
- fit is McMurdo. 'Ton'snrely know raj
laiock by this time - ,
- There s"..was ft grumbling sound. anJ
cJantemg and Jarring ef keys. The floor ,
swung heavily bacK and a Bhortv er ;
chested man stood in the opening, witn in
yeliow light of the lantem shining 1u?,1n.fut
eyes,'-',;; - " ; . '
"ThatVoiTMr.' -Thaddeus ? But" v10
the others? 4 -I; had no orders about tnei
front the maeter.'' " m
"No, McMurdo? - .Tou tmrpriao we. i
my brother .last night that I should
Borne friends.,, ' - ; ' ;
Mt A -Kl- room io-"f''
Mr. Thaddeus, and I have no orders.
Too
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know very well. that' I must stick to regu'
tlona. I can let yo in; hut your frie"0
they must Just stop whore they are.
"This waa an. -unexpected .obstacle. Tha
dtus Bholto looked about-him In a Ptrp'-'
and helpless' manner. This Is too baa ow
McMurdo," he said. "It, I guarantee t
that is enough for you.- There a y 0
lady, too, Bh cannot wait n the p
road at this tour" ;;
Tory aorry. llr. TUftdilotis,M said the Jo,
ter, inexorably.. "Folks may bo inen
yoursi and yet no friends o the m iaty
paya me vll tcy do my duty, and mj
I'll do. t don't know bone o' youf m
(To be' coutlaucd.7 .