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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1907-05-23, Page 8',FP* 0, D. mera4gart, ht.. D. *Taggart. McTaggart Bros. ,, B4KEi8 A GENERAL BANKING BUSI- NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DISSMINTED. -DRAFTS-1SOE-0;-. ADITEraaeaST ALLOWED ON. Bea POSIT -S. SALE. _ A,SEDa WW•••••••••• a - It W. BRYTiONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, PUBLIC, ETC. OFFIVE-Slonne Block--CLINTON, ; . a • 1 . 1RIDOUT & HALE a Conveyancers, Commissioners, Real Estate and Insurance a• Agency. ' Mouey to loan. ....-.-. ?. C. B. HALE .- JOHN .1-....DOTIT DRS. GUNN. & GUNN Dr. W. Gunn L. R. 0.1'. & L.R.C.S. -Edinburgh- Dr. J. Nesbit (inn M. R C. S. Eng L. R. 0. P. London Wight calls Mahout door of residence on Rattenbury street, opposite Presbyterian church • OFFICE- Ontario street-CLINTON --DR: J. W. SHAW- -OFFICE- RATTENBURX ST. EAST, •DR. C. W. THOMPSON PHYSICIA.N AND SURGEON elp Special attention green •to ulsozuses et ye, Ear, Nose and Throat -- -Office and Residence-- CRON ST. 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Trains__ will_I-ettive--at-affol......depar -from Clinton station •as follows 13UFFALO ANf) GODERICH DIV Ching East• 7.38 a. m, it it tt Going Wcat it it tt • 6.40 p. m. " 10.47 p. LONDON, & BRUCE Going South 7.47 a. m. • • • 3.23 p. m. . 5.20 p. rn. 10.15 a. in. - 12,58 p. m. 4 4 Going North • • 4 I 4 11 4.23 p. in •10.15 m. .6.35* p., • For Soo, Port Arthur, Ft. William and Duluth. Leave " Sarnia, 3.30 p. tn. May 20, 24, 29, June 3, 7,12, Sailinga of May 24, June 4, 13, through to Duluth. For Sault Ste. Marie and Way Ports. 'Leave ColiingwoOd 1.30 p m., Owen Sound 11.30 p.rn..Tues- day, Thor/1day and -Saturday.. For Parry Sound and French . EtItter0 Lee Collingwood 10.30 p. nu Monday and Friday:. YOUR remora SOLtarEn. Mottiliod and digpaich heat, F1101,4 , TICKETS AHD INFORMATION' .4 PASSENGER AGENT'S e, • While on his Avay penitentiary Paul iVitinnarino, a Prisoner from Nel- son, E. C., attempted to escape bY jumping from the ear window. The train was traveling 40 miles; an boor and he struck the reeks and, was antly'leillocl. Chntos,. New$.11.1c4..tordi +++44444 -4 -74 -W4+4 -7W444-4:47—++++44--- - The Hound of the Baskervilles Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. ••BY A. CONAN DOYLE. , Author of "The GreenFlag" and "The Great Poo War" , "Ha, be, my by, a very much more 1 unportant matter than that! What ikbout the convict on the moor?" I started. "You don't mean that you Snow where he is?" said L "I may not knoW exactly where he is but 1 am quite sure that I vould help the police to lay their hands on hint. Has it never struck you that the way to catch that man was to find out wbere he got his food, and so trace it to him?" He certainly seemed to be getting • uncomfortably near the truth. "No doubt," said I; "but hew dray:op.:knew ' that he is anywhere upon the moor? Copyright OM A. Conan Doyle, • + I • know it because I have seen with l'aa}.44.+44+++44+ dl+++++++++++++++++++ + MY own eyes he messenger-who-akes- •,•.. • him his food." -----M-esa-onee-niatwieerwhen-inr•-eame into Ceorabe Tracey. He was a very • retiring man, and he preferred to do • good by stealth." "ButT yoU saw him so seldom and wrote so seldom, how did he know enough about your affairs to be able to help you, as yon say that he bas done?" She met my, difficulty with the lit - most readiness, • "There were several gentlemen who knew my sad history and united to help me. One was Mr. Stapleton, a neighbor and intimate friend Of Sir Charles's. He was exceedingly kind, and it was through, him that Sir Char- les learned about my affairs!" I knew that Sir Charles Baskerville had made Stapleton his almqner upon several occasions, so the lady's state- ment bore the impress of truth upon it. "Did you ever write to Sir Charles asking him to meet you?" I continued. Mrs, Lyons ' flushed with anger again. "Really, sir, this is a very extraor- dinary question," "I am sorry, Madame, but I Mild re 1 peat it" • "Then I answer, certainly not." "Not on the very day of • Sir Char. les's death?" The flush had faded in an instant and a deathly face was before me, Her dry lips could not speak Abe "No" which I saw rather than heard. "Surely your memory deceives, you," • said I. "I could 'even quote a passage is a greot dogjor nze. sin!' . . . of your letter. it • ran Please, please,' as .you are a gentleman, burn this let- ter, and be • .at •the ,gate • by ten o'clock.'" I thenght that she had fainterl, but ' she -recOveredalierself bY •a supreme effort . • -•• 15 there no such :thing ,as gentle - Maar. She .gasped.. . • . You Sir -Charles an injusttee Ile dicabarn the letter. But sometimes a Iter may be legible even when , burned. You aeknowledge. now. that you wrote it," • . "Yes, aid write it," shecried, pear- irig out: her soul in a torrent Of words. "I. did write itaWhy should I deity •I have no reason to be -ashamed Of it. wished him to • help me. 'I believed that if I had an,.interview could gain his help, eo I asked him t� meet me." "But why at stich an •hour?" "Because had only -just' learned • that he was going to London next day and might be away for 'menthe There were -reasons why could not. .get there. earlier." • • *. ' • • "But why a • rendezycies. in the -gar 'den instead. of a 'visit to the house?" , "Do you think a woman could . go 'alone, at; that hour to 'a bachelor's house?" • ' "Well, what.happened when you did ge.ta:Ihresr. eL?y"901,, "I never went."' ."No, X swear it to you On all I hold flamed. -I never went. Something in- teryeziecato •Orevett-my•goind." • "What was that?" •• "That is a: private'Matter...1: cannot tell it". • • "YOur acknOwledge then that •• you made an appointment with Sir Char- les at the very hour and • place at whiah he met his death, but you deny that you kept the: appointment." . "That 'is the truth." Again and' again I cross-questioned ber, but 1 could never get, past' that . , my freedom if certain expenses could be net. It meant everything to me - peace of mind, happiness, self-respect -everything: I knew- Sir Charles's generosity, and I thought that it he heard tae story frora' my own Ups he would help me." I• "Then how is it that you did not go?" "Because I received help in the in- terval from another source." • "Why, then, did you not write to Sir Charles and explaia this?" "So I should have done .had I not seen his. death in the paper next • morning," . The. woman's story hung coherently together, and all my questions were unable to shake it. 1 could Only cheek It by finding if she had, indeed; institu- ted divorce proceedings against' her husband at or about .the time- of the tragedy. It was unlikely that she 'would dare to say that she had not:been to Basker- ville Hall if she really had been, for a trap would be necessary to take her there, arcOuld not have returned • to . Coombe Tracey until the -early hours of the morning. Such an . excursion could not be kept secret, The probabil- ity' was, therefore, that she was tell- ing the truth, or, at leasta part of the truth. I came away baffled and die heartened. Once again 1 had reached that dead wall which seemed to be built.. across every 'path by which I • tried to get .at the object of my mis- sion. And yet the more 1 thought of the lady's fade and of her manner the more I felt that something was being held back. from '.me..Why should she • turn so pale? Why should. she • fight . against every admission. until it was forced from her? Why should she have been so reticent at the time of the tragedy? Surely the explanation of all this could. not be asInnocent as .she would have me believe. - .For the mo - Ment I could wocee • •• • a__ that .direction, but must tura back -to that other clue which was to he sought for among the stone huts upon the : 'And that was a :most vague direo 'Aim a realized it as."I drive back and • noted how.hill after hill showed traces • of the anelent .people. Barrynaore'a only indication had .been::. that, -the stranger lived . In .one of theseaban- doned huts, and many hundreds. of ' them are scattered; . throughout the . length and breadth of the moor, But X , had my own experience - for a guide ,.since it had shown me -the man hima selfstanding open the summit of the Blaek. Tor. ,That 'then should .be the centre of. my seatch. From thee I ahouldexplore every but upon :the: moor ' until .I lighted: upon the • right one. If this man were inside WI 'should find but from his own lips, at the Ooint. of my. revolver If necessary, Who he was- and whyhe. he'd dogged us . so long. He Might slip awaYfrom us in the eroysd of Regent:Street, .but; it Wobld puzzle him tb do' So •upon the lOnery -Moor, On the other hand; if I shimId find- the hut and • its tenant' -.should not be within it I must remain there, however long the vigil, until he returned. Holmes had missed him in Lomlorralt• would -indeed -b-e -a-triumph- • •for me if I &Mid run aim. to earth, where • my master had ailed Luck had been against .11d agaioand again in this inituiry;' but now at last' it-eame to my aid. And the messenger.. of good fortune was none other than Mr. Frankland; • who .was standing; grey whiskered . and. red faced outside. the gate of his garden, which peened :on to the. high doe* along which- I traveled:• Ia, , .-- • : "Good -day,- n Watson," cried, he, with unwonted 'goad humor, "you must really give your horses a rest, and come in to have a glass of Wine and to• congratulate me." •• • My feelings towards him were tan • from being friendly after what .1. had heard of. his. treatment of .his daughter, but I was anxious to send Perkins and • the waggonette home, and' the option ' tunity was 'a good. one: r alighted and sent a message to 'Sir Henry that should walk over in time. for • dinner. Then I followed Franklandinto his . "It is a great day. for me, .sir -one of the red-letter 'days ef my life " he cried, with many ;chuckles.' "Olive brought off .a •double event I mean to teach, them in these partratifiLla.-w 4s- laawaand-that-therols Man here arlio doeS not. fear to invoke it I have es- tabllahed a -right �f way through . the centre; of old •nliddleton's 'park, slap across it, sir, within.. a hundred. yards of his own front door.. What do you! think of that? We'll . teach ahese mag- nates. that they cannot • ride .rough Shod Over the rights of • the common-. -erg, confound them! 'Aocl I've closed the wood* where the Fernworthy- folk used tai picnic. These infernal .people.. Seem to think that there are no rightS, of property, and that they can swarm where they like with their papers and: their bottles. Both cases decided; Ilr. Watson, and „both ira. my favor. I haven't had such a day since I had Sir john Morland for trespass, because he shot in his own- warren." • "Hoar, on earth' did you- do that?" "Look it up. in the hooks, sir. It will repay reading-Feankland v. Morland„ Court of Queen's Bench. It cost me £200, but I got my. verdict." - "Did it do you any good?" "None, sir, oone, Lam proud to say that I had no interest in the matter. act entirely from a sense of public duty. I have no doubt, for example, that the Fernworthy people will burn me in .eflign to -night, I told the police last time they did it that they should stop these disgraceful exhibitions. The Comity Constabulary is in scandal. ous state, sir, and It has not afforded me the *proteetion to . which I am en- titled. The ease of Frankland V. Re- gina will bring the matter before the attention of the public.I told thorn that they would have occasion to regret their treatment of me, and alreadY ny wOrds have Come true," • "How °so 1" I 'asked, . The old man .put on a .Very know. "Because I could tell them what they are dying to know; but nothing any way.":, • would induce me to help. he rascals in • ./ had boon Casting rotaid for smile • excuse by whieb could get away frora his gossip, but now I began to Wish to hear mere a it. I had seen enOtIgh of the contrary nature Of the oId sinner to rinderidand that anY. strong sign of interest would be the urest way to stop his eonfitlences. "Some poaching case, no doubt?" Said 1, With an indifferent' manner. ' "Mrs. Lyons," said I, as 1 rose from • this long and inconclusive interview, "you are taking a. very great renponsi. bility and putting yourself in a very false position by not malting an abso- lutely clean breast of all that you know. If I have to call j,n the aid of the police you will find 'how seriously you are compromised. If yoUr position Is innocent, why did you in the first instanee deny having written to: Sir Charles upon that date?" "Because 1 feared that some false • conclusion naight be drawn from it, and that I might find myself involved In a scatidala . "And why were you so pressing that Sir Charles should destroy your let, ter?" • ' "If you have read the letter you Will Iniow." "/ did net say that I had read all the letter." , "You quoted some of it." "I quoted the postscript. The letter had, as I said, been burned and it was not all legible.„ aak Ynu once tagdIn' why it Was that you were so pressing that Sir Charles should dektroY thie letter which lie• received on the day Of his death," oar - "The more reason why Yea avoid a pubIle havestigation." "I Will tell you, then. If you hays heard anything of my unhappy history you will know that 1 Made a rash mar. riage and had reason to regret it." "I have heard so much." "My life has been one •incessant • persecution from a • husband whom I abhor, The law is upon his side, and every day, 1 am faced by the possi bility that he may force me to live with hire. At the thrio that I wrote this letter to Sir Charles 1 had learned that 0 --m-YL.heart-sanic-terarrymerer-rit • was a serious thing to be in the pow- • er of this spiteful old busybody. But his next remark took a weight from MY"Yriloull be surprised to hear that his food Is taken to him by a child. I see aim every day through my telescope II.Pan the s•eof. He passes along the same path at the Same hour, and to whom should he be going except to the convict?" Here was -luck indeed! And yet suppressed all appearance of interest. A. child! Barrymore had said that our unknown :was supplied by a boy. It was on his track, and not upon the con- vict's, that Frankland had stumbled, If I could get his knowledge It might save me a -hang and weary trent But • Incredulity and indifference were evidently my strongest cards. • . "1 should say that it was mo_ch more likely that it was the son of one of the moorland sbepherds taking but his father's dinner." . • • The least appearance of otiposition Struck fire out of the old autocrat. His eyes looked malignantly, at Me, and his agrney wgry nhattskers bristled like those ot .an • "Indeed, sir!" said he, pointing out over the • wide -stretching moor. Do yon see that Black Ter over yonder? Well, do you -gee -the lower hill beyond. with the thornbrush upon it? rt is the•ston- . lest part ef the whole. moor. Is that a piece where a shepherd Would be like- ly t� take his Station? Your • sugges- tion, sir, is a most absurd one." I meekly answered that had spoken without knowing all the facts. MY sub- mission pleased' him arid led 'him to :further confidences. • • "You May be sure, sir,. that I have Very good grounds before I come to on opinion. I have semi the boy again and again with his bundle. Every day; and sometimes . twice a day, I have been able -but wait a ,moment, Dr. Watson. .• Do .my eyes •deteive me, or is there at the present moment---tipmething7-7mo* ing upon that hill -side?" . • It was several miles off, but I could distinctly see a small dark dot against • the dull green and grey. • "Come, sir; come!" dried Prankland, .rushing.upstairs. '"You will see with • your own. eyes and . judge. for. your - :pelf." • •. • . • •• • • The. telescope; a.: formidable instals. ment iinimited upon. a tripod, •stock' upon the -flat leads of. the: house. Thrankland clapped his eye to •itaarid ,gave a ell of satisfaction. • "Quiek, Dr. 'Watspn; quick, -before be passes oyer the hill'!" • ." :There he was; sure enough, a :small urchin. with a little bundle: upon- his shbulder, toiling slowing up the bill. When he reached the crest I saw the ragged uncouth .figure :outlined for an instaht against the cold Wee sky, He looked round him, with a, furtive. and, stealthy air, as One. who dreads per- • suit? Then he Vanished over•the • "Well! Am I right?" ' ' "Certainly,there is • a boy 'Wh'o seems to have:seine secret errand." "And :whet the • errand .is even a; county' constable could guess. But not one word shall they have Onto Me, and I bind.. you in secrecy -also, Dr. 'Wat- son.,Not a worry You. understand!": asyouWW1." ' • "They have treated . me Shamefully 'L--shattefUlly. When the fads cOme• Otit Frankland y: Regina I venture tra,think. that a. thrill of indignation will ran through the country. Nothing. would induce me to 'help .the police iri. any way. For all they cared it Might .have •been 'Me instead. of my effigy, which these rascals.burned at the. stake. 'Surely you aro not going!: Yea •-wila help- Meato-empty-the decanter -an. honbr of this :great occasion!" • But I. resisted' all -his sOlicitations: and succeeded' in dissuading from his aannminced intention • of • walking home- With .me. I: kept the road' as Icing as his eye. was on me, and then 1 struck •off. across the racier and,made• for the stony, hill over which the boy . had disappeared. Everything Was Rvorlp• leg in My favor, and I swore that it should not be through lack of energy or perseverance that I ahouldnaiss the' chance which Fortune had thrown in my way. . ' • • The sun was already sinking when I (reached the sununit of the hill, and the long; slopes: beneath • me were all golden green on one side and grey sha., dow On the_ otberaAliaztarloaaa: upon tbe Tartheet sky -line; out of which int - ted the fantastic shapes of I3elliver and Vixen- Ton Over, the wide. eXPanse there was no. sound and no' Movement. One great grey bird, a gull 'or curlew, soared aloft in •the blue Heaven. He and I seemed to be. the Only living thingS between the huge. arch. of the sky • and. the •desert beneath it. The barren sone, the sense of loveliness, and. the mystery and nrgeney of my task all struck a chill into my heart: The boy' Was nowhere to be seen. But down beneath me in a cleft Of the hide there Was a circle of;the old stone huts, and in the -middle of thein there was one Which retained sufficient roof to act as e 'screen against the weather. My heart leaped within me as I saw it. This must be the burrow Where the stranger larked. At lest my foot was on the threshold of his hiding place - his secret Wes within my grasp.. ' As I approached the hut, walking as warily as Sta.pleton Weald do when with poised net.he tire* near the set - tied butterfly. I satisfied myself that the place had indeed been used as a habitation. A vague pathway • emong the boulders led to the • dilapidated •opening Which served as • a door; All Was silent within.'The•tinknown might be lurking there, or he might be proWl, bag on the moor. My nerves tingled With the sense of adventure. Throwing aside my cigarette, I closed my hand upon the butt of my revolver and •waliting swiftly up to the deer, lool ed in. The place was empty. But there were •ample signs Ow I had not•ebine upon a false scent.) 'eh 7 , Was certainly where the tnati/dived. Some blankets rolled. Iry a wrderproof layupon that ver sto e b upon Which neolithic man had ohne sluMber- ed. The ashes of a fire were heaped in a rude grate. lieeide it lay some took. iog utensils and. a bucket half -full of Water. A litter of onanty tins ShoWed" that the 'place had been occupied for some time, and I saw, as my eyes be.' came aceustomea to the chequered light, a -panniklo and half -full bottle of spirits standing in the corner. In the middle Of the hut a flat stone sea ved the prrfaase of a table, and upon thiii stood a small cloth bindle -the Same, no doubt, Which / had seen , through the telestope upon the Sheol. :ler of the anv eteotoineil. o bread, a tinned tongue and tvid tridr of preserved peaches. As I set it down again, after having examined it, My heart leaped to see that beneath it there lay a sheet otpaper with writing • Won it. I raised it, and thia was what I read, roughly scrawled in pencil: - "Dr. Watson has gone to Comb° Tradey." For a minute I stood there with the paper in My hands thinking put the nieaning of this curt Message, It was I, then, and not Sir Henry, who was being dogged by this secret man. He had not followed m,e himself, but'h.e had set an agent -the boy, perhaps - upon my track, and this was his re- port. Possibly haa_ taken no stet) Once I had been upon the moor which had ...inat.Jmen-observed-and-repeate Always there was this feeling of an unseen force, a fine net drawn round us with infinite skill and delicacy, holding us so lightly that it was only at some supreme moment that one realized that one was indeed en- taugled in its meshes, • If 'there was one report there might • be others, so I looked round"the hut in • search of them, There was no trace, however, of anything of the kind, nor could I discover any sign which might indicate the character or intentions of the man who lived in this singular place, save that he must be of Spar- tan habits, and cared little tor the comforts of life. When I thought of the hea,vy rains and looked at. the ga- •ping roof I understood -how strong and immutable must be the purpose which had kept ,.him Mel inhospitable abode. Was he our malignant enemy, or was he by chance our guardian angel? I swore that I would not leave • the hut until I knew. . Outside the sun was sinking low and the west was blazing with scarlet and • gold. Its reflection was shot -back in ruddy patches by the distant pools which. lay amid the great Grimpen Mire. There were the two towers 'of Baskerville Hall, andthere a distant blur Or smoke , which marked the vil- • lage of Grinapen. Between the two, be- hind. the hill, was the house of the Stapletons, All was sweet and •mellow and peaceful in the golden evening • light, and yet as I looked at them my • soul shared none of the peace •of na- ture, but quivered at -the vagueness 'and the terror of that interview which every instant was bringing nearer. With tingling nerves, but a exed pur- pose, I sat in the ripric recess of the hut and waited wit', ra-bre patience for the coming of its 0,1 -Int. And then at last I heard Wm: Far away •came the sharp'. clink of a boot • striking a stone. Then another and yet another, coming nearer and .nearer. I shrank .back into th darkes erne and cocked the pi tol in my. pocket determined not to discover myselt un- til I had an opportunity of seeing some- thing of the, stranger. There was a I shrank Wk. into the darkest corner and . ' cocked the 'pistol in 'my pocket. ' long pause which showed that he had • stopped. Thenoncemore the footsteps approaeliedand-a shadow tela across the opening of the hut. • • • "It as a lOvely evening, my dear Watson," .said Cr -well-known voice. "I really think that. you will be 'more comfortabe outside .than in." _ • - ' - • . CHAPTER XII. ' ' • Por a moment or two I sat breath- less, hardly able ,to believe my ears. Then my senses and 'my voice came back to me, while a crushing -weight of responsibility seemed in an instant to be lifted from my soul. Thatcold, incisive, ironical voice could belong to but one man in all the world.. ..„_, "Holmes!" _L -oried--"Holmes!" --a "Come out," said he, "and Meese be careful with the revolver," • • I stooped under the rude lintel, and there he sat upon a stone outside, his grey eyes dancing with amusement_aa they fell upon my astonished features. He was thin and worn, but clear and alert, his keen face bronzed by the sun. and /roughened by the wind; In hic tweed suit and cloth cap he looked lite any other tourist upon •the mo a' and he had contrived, with -that :cat. like love of personal cleanliness which was one of his-eharacteristics, that his chin should be as smooth d hie 7/ linen as perfect as if he were in Baker Street. . . . "I never was more 'glad to see any- one in my life," said I, a , I wrung him by the hand. ' . "Well,. I must confess to it." "Or more aston1811, eh?" . "The surprise was not all -MI otte Idle, / assure. yoia' / had no idea that you had found my occasional retreat, still less that /You were inside it,fun- dtinal r..” Iwas within twenty paces of the ' o "My footprint, 1 re um '9" "No, Watson; 1 fear that I could not underte to recogoize your footprint ta ' amid 1 the footprints of the world. i If you seriously desire, to deceive me you Must change yam tobacconist; for whon I see the stub of a cigarette in ked Bradley, Oxford Street, I know hat my friend Watson is in the neigh- borhood. You will see it there beside the path. TO11 threw It down, no doubt, 'at, that supreme moment -when you •Charged into the erripty hut." "Exactly." ' al thought as much --and knowing your admirable tenacity I was convin- ced thsit you wore sitting in anibusb, a weapon" within reach, waiting for the tenant to return. So . you actually thought that I was the criminal?" "I did .not know Who you were, but I Was determined to find out," "Excellent,. Watford And, how did you looalize me? You saw me, perhaps, on the night of the convict, hunt, when IwoatisivaTri,imprudent pbrouhdie4ndm t 09 to allow the mo ' . "Yes, / saw you then." • "And have no doubt starched all the huts until you &tine to this One?" No, your boy had been observed, and that gave no it guide where to look." !VIA Od to4v6tU4v1.0.11 igullii glw.deg.v... 7 viamaxiamm •oopo, no siOuTt.'t LIAM nOtloalie It when. gest I saw the light lambing Upon dffe Jena." He rose and peeped Into the hut. "He, I see that Cart. wright has brought up some supplies. What's this paper? No you have, been to Coombe Tracey, bays, your ayes!, "To see Mre. Laura LYsnar "Exactly," "Weil done! •Om' reiteArcheti have evidently been running on parallel lines, and when we ;mite our results I. expect we shall have a' fairly fuji knowledge ,of the case." • "Well, I am glad froM any beart that You arbere, for indeed the remoras!. bility and the nostery, were both be. corning too much for MY nerves. But 4tow-In4heaname--of•-wondeissind-you-•-a•----as"— come here, and what have you been do- ing? I thought that you were In Baker Street working out that case of black- mailing." "That was what I wished, YOUto think," "Then yen use me, and yet do not trust me! I cried, with some bitter- ness; "I think that I ba.ve deserved • better at your bands, mohnes." • "My dear fellow, you have been in- valuable to me in this as in many other cases, and I beg that you *will forgive me if I have seethed to play a trick upon you. In truth, it was partly for • your own sake that I did it, an* it was my appreciation of the danger which you ran which led me to come down • and examine the matter for myself. Had 1 -been with Sir Henry and you it is confident that my point of • vieW • would have been the same as yours, and my presence. would have warned our very formidable opponents to be on their guard. As it is, X have been able to get about as I could pot pos. • sibly have. done had I been' living'in• • the Hall, and I remain an, unknown , factor in the busioess, ready to throw ' in all ma' weight at a •critical mo- ment. • "But why keep .the in the dark?" "For you to know could not have helped us, and, might possibly; have led to my discovery,. You would have • wished to tell me something, or in your kindness you would have brought me out some comfort or other, and so • an unnecessary risk would be run. I' • br6ught Cartwright down with me- . you• remember the little chap at the . Express Office -and be has seen after mybimple wants; a loaf of bread and a clean collar. What does man want • more? He has given me an extra pair of eyes upon a very active pair of feet, • and both have :been invaluable". •. • "Then my reports have all. been • wasted!" -My voice trembled as I re- called thepains and the pride With ' hal-had composed -them. .11i:eines took a bundle. of papers from kis priclret. • • .• • "Here are. your reports, nay dear fel• - low; and very well- thumbed,'I assure •you. I Made exaellent 'arrangements, . and they are ooly delayed one day up- •• on their way. I must cornplimetit you • exceedingly upon the zeal and the In- • telligence which yeu.have shown over an extraordinarY diffictilt case." I- was- still rather raw over th.e de- ception which haat beer). Practised upon • me, but tae warmth of Holnies's praise •• _ drove my anger from my mind': I felt . also in my heaatthat he was right in . • what he ' said and that it WAS leallY •. best for our purpoeeathat 1 hould not , have ?known that he was upon a the • "That's better,". said he, seeing the . • shadowrise from my faee. "And now , tell' me the result of your visit to Mrs. , Laura Lyons, -it was not- difficult for me to guess that ft was to see her that ' •. you had gone, for I am already aware • that she is the one person in Coombe • , • . Tracey who might be of service to us in the matter. In feet if you had. not • .gone to-day•it is exceedingly- probable ' that I should have gone tomorroir." • :fhe Slii had set and dusk was set- tling over the moor. The air had turn- ed chill and we withdrew into the hut for warmth. There, sitting together in • the twilight, I told Holmes of my core.' - versatiOn With the lady. So interested was he that a had to repeat some calf • . . , twice before he was satisfied, _.,,.... . ". . 4This is most important" .said he, when I had concluded. ."It fills up a . .. ' gap Which I bad been unable ter bridge, . . in this most Complex affair. You' are . .. a_b.thisalady-and--theaman----asaaa— aware, perhaps, that a close intimacy existsetweena • '. . , 'Stapleton?"' • . '• • a "I dia not know of a close intimacsa" ' • ' ' •' "There' can be' no doubt about the • ' matter', They meet they write, there is . -' • - 'a complete understanding between • them. Now, this puts a very powerful weapon into our hands. If I could only • use it to detach his .wife--" ... '. .:‘'Ill• aismwgeving you some information: -- now, in return for all thatyou have given me. The lady who has passed •hera.as lvliss St pleton ,is in reality his wife." ' • • . "Good heaveis, Holmes! Areyou --- . sure of wha _you.-say?-llow could he •. -haeiinimi,tted Sir Henry to fall in • '• love with •her"' • " , . "Sir 4.nry's falling in, love could • / do no . erre. to • anyone eadept Sir ' Henry Ile took -Dirtieular care that CO TINUED IN NEXT ISSUE. . . . . . , • 'ForaSereica On 'rritiries. " Among the thousand's of transatlan- tic pagsengers who passedathroughl Montreal recently en -route for the - Canadian West, were two -score young; . Englishmen, who have been sett to Canada by the Society. for the Pro- pagation of the Gospel, at the request of the Lord Bishop of Saskatchewan, to take up mission ' Work in his dia., These: men are neither graduates of any divinity school, nor of • any uni- versity in England; they .have no de- gree whatever; they are simply earn- est healthy young fellows, Who have answertki the call of the Von. Arch -- deacon Lloyd and the B. P. G. for volunteers for aggressive mission 'woaki in the Canadian West. Upon their arrival in Saskatche- wan, they will each be given n horse, a tent,.ncamper's outfit, and A aunt of money sufficient to lecit them for a. limited period. There, they will be, stue:ves nlec. out upon the. prairies, as it • wege, and made to shift for them- . - They Will visit the settlete; from mission stations, and prepare theway. for duly ordained Clergymen. They; Will sleep where night overtakes them, and they will east. such feed as they can secure from\ the settlers. • After three years' work they will be ordained and given a permanent incumbency. Modern Forestry. One of the curiosities of modern' forestry is the care of beautiful 'old' shade trees.' The amputation of dis- eased or dead limbs is as Carefully perforined to prevent further decay from the elements as in surgical oper- ations on human beings. Decaying cavities are cleaned and filled With it preserving tentent, as is done by the modern dentiat. And the latest a& vanes is to build a tin roof aloni„ the upper surface of wide spreading branches, where little hollows might hold dampness and promote decay. Some handsome patriarchs well do - serve it. • 41.••••,..... •