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' Handling and dispatch the imat, 6 \ 1 I i I I ,T/CKETS AHD INFORMATION4 )„, PROM ALL RAILWAY PASSENGER AGENTS _ Traint-wreckerg succeeded in, derailing; Southern Pacific flyer near West Glendale, Cal., Tuesday night. Two hundred personsolerislied in a tidal wave whieh swept the Caroline, Islands during the hurricane,. (*annex. Piews-Record ++++44++++++4+ The pound of the Baskervilies Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, BY A. CONAN DOYLE, , Atglior of "The GreetiFfieitlit ‘Tlie Great Boer Vitae Oy gtG ataal Doyle. . it.+++++++:4*++44444-+++++. qt++.4-4-4•444:4+;444*•44.4 7 -Sir-Henry---dielenoternakeelaveetoelter,ealaar ..YelLatella_then a 'dull heavy as you have yourself oaserved. I re-'' thud. We halted andallateled. . Not - Peat that the lady is his wife and not another sound broke the heavy 'al - his sister," , . •lence of the windless night. . . "But why this elaborate deception'?" I saw Holmes put„ his hand to his "Because he foresaw that she would forehead like a rnan distracted. He be very much more useful to him in stamped his feet upon the ground. the character of a free woman." "He has beaten us, Watson. we are All my unspoken instincts, my too late." . ' vague suspicions, suddenly took shape "NO, no, surely* not!" and centred upon the naturalist. In "Fool that I was to hold MY hand. that impassive, colorless man, with his And -You Watson, see what conies of straw hat and his butterfly -net, / seem. abandoning your Charge! But, by Heav- ed to Pee something terrible -a crea. en, if the worst has happened, weal ture of infinite patience and craft, with avenge him!". a sinning face and a murderous heart, lillindly we ran through the gloom, "It is, he, then, who is our enemy- blundering against boulders, forcing It is he who dogged -us in London?" "So I read the riddle." • our way through gorse bushes, panting ' up hills and rushing down dopes, head - "And the warning -it must /lave ing always in the earection. whencq come froni her!" . .e. those dreadfulsounds had comd.. At • 'Exactly." ' e • every, rise Holmes looked eagerly The shape of some monstrous vit• round him, but the shadows Were thick ainy, half peen, half guessed, loomed upon the moor, and . nothing ' moved through the darkness which had girt upon its dreary face. Inc so • . "Can you see anything?" "But are you sure of thin Holmes? "Nothing." his Howwidfne ?y,,o that the woman is a know . "But, hark, what . is that?" • ••, • • .., A low moan had fallen upon • our "Because he so far target himself ears. There it was again upon our left! as to tell you a true piece of into:lake On that side a ridge of rocks ended in graPhY upon the occasion when.. • he a sheer cliff vehich overlooked a stone - first Met yate and I daresay he has • strewn slope.. On its jagged face: was. many a time regretted it since. He was spread-eagled some dark, irregular ob- once a schoolmaster in the North bf Ject. As we ran towards it the vague England. Now, there IS no one more Outline hardened into a definite shape. easy to trade than a schoolmaster. It was a prostrate man fade' down - There are scholastic . agencies, bywards uponthe ground, the • head which one may identify any matt -who doubled under him at a horrible angle, .has been in the profession: A little in-' the shoulders rounded and the body vestigation showed me that a school benched together as if in the act. of had cern.eto grief under. atrocious ch.. throwing a .summetsault So grotesque cumstenees1„.and that the nian who had was the attitude that I could not for owned it-th --name Was ' different -a- • the lastant realize that that moan had a., • e had disappeared -wjth,, his wife. The been the passing of. his soul. Not a descriptions 'agreed. -When t learned, Whisper, not a 'rustle, rose now from . that .the missing man .was devoted to the dark figure overatvaich •we stoop - entomology the -,,identineateen . was : ed. Holmes laid his liana upon him, complete." • • . ae • . . and held it up again, with an •exclama. The -darkness was rifting, but much tion of horror:The gleam of the match was still hidden bythe shadows. Which he struck shone upon his clotted -"If this woman. is in truthhis wife, figgere and epee theghastly pool 'where does Mrs. Laura Lyons come ,walca widened slowly. from the crush- - in?" I asked • ed skull . of the victim. And it shone . -"That' is one • of the. .points upon upon soMething .eise which turned our which Your owe researehee have seed ' heeds sick and faint within . •us -the a eight. Your interview with the lady • body of Sir Henry. Beskerville! did not know about a projected Ai- forgetting- that pecul • ruddy tetrad' ia has cleared the situation very much. I ' There was no chance of either Of us r,,ikNk otas between herself and • her bus- Suit -the very one. which ..e had worn • band. an that case, ,regarding Staple- on the first morning that We ad seen tore as an taimarried man, she.counted hime in Baker Street. We caught the nodoubt upon becoming his wife." . • one clear glimpse of it, andetheaat . ,"And when she is tindeaelved?" • Mitch flickered and wenLout,,eVen •i,s .t.,t.why, thee We may find the lady of the hope , had gone out Of our souls. service. It must he our first duty ttenee ealcames groaned, and his feed glimmer - .fier-aboth of. us -to -morrow. Dent you ,-- "ed 'white through the darkness. ' • think, Watson, that • you are away • ' "The brute! -the brute!" I cried, with . from. yOUr Charge rather • long? Your clenched hands. "Oh, Holmes, 1 shall 'Wade Should be at,BasIceraille Hall," :•.• never forgive .myself for having left', The lad red Streaks had faded away him to his fate." .. • • In the *eat and night had settled upon : ai am more to blame than you, Wat- the .moor.* A 'few faint • stars Were son. In •order- to have my case Well gleaming in d' violet aka,.. ., ' - • • • , • .. rounded and complete, I have • thrown "One last. auestiete. Holmes," I. said, away the life of 'MY client It is ' the as I rose. "Surely there is no need of ' greatest blow which has befallen me seoeecy between you and me.' What is • in my. career. But how could I know - the 'meaning of . it all? What is he how could I know -that be would. risk after?" , a ' . • . his -life alone upon the moor in the face • e Hohnes's voice sank as he answer- . of all my warnings'?" , • . .•ed:- • ' , .. - . "That we should have . heard .his "It is. • murder; • Watsonrefined, . screams -my God, those screams! - cold -blooded, deliberate . murder. Dee and yet bave been unable to save him! tads not ask me for Particulars. My ' Where is this brute of a hound which are closing upon. him, even as his are drove him to his death? It may be lurk - upon , Sir Henry, and with: your help ing among these rocks at this instant. he Is already , almost .at my mercy. And :• Stapleton; where is he? He shall. :There • is but one danger which ..can , answer :for this .deed," - • •threaten fie. It is the:111e should strike "He stall. I will see to that. Uncle before we are ready to do so. Another and .nepheW have been inurdered-the. day -two at the most -and I have My ' one, frightened to death' by the 'very 'case complete, but until then guard • sikht of a beast which he thought to your „charge as closely as ever a fond • be supernatural. the other driven to his wither watched her ailing child. Your '.. end in his wild flightto:escape from mission to -day has justified itielf,. and iteleat now we have to prove the con - yet I could almost • wish that you had 1 neetiOn 'betweenthe man.: and the nqt left his side -Hark!" , :. beast. Save from ,what We eheaina, we,- • A terrible scream -a -a prolonged yen , .cannot even swear to the existence of of horror and enmesh burst out of the t the latter, •since Sir Henry has eve .silence of the •moor. That friglatui cry dently died' from the fall. But, by beav- turned. the bleed to ice in mrveins. . ens, cunning 88 he is, the fellow. Shall "k.oh;' my God!" Igasped, "What is ,be in my power before another day is it? What does it meat?" . . Peg!" - • • : .. • : • • . Mentes had sprung to his feet, and We -stood with .bitter hearts on I saw his dark, athletic outline at the .dther side of the mangled body, Over- . evaelmed by ...this ' sudden and. irrevea . . .mayimmolomm -• cable Master, *hide had brought all ' our long .aud • weary laboaa t� so • piteous air Ctiatl. Then, as • the moon rose, We climbed • tothe top of . the rocks over which our poor friend had 'fallen, and front the summit we gazed out over Use shadowy moor, half silver and half gloom. Far away, miles - off., in • • the. direction Of Grimm?, ' a. singie • • steady yellow 'light was shining- It could only come from the loileljeatiode cif. the Stapietene- With a bitter. curse shookmy-fist at it as I gazed, . ! e."Whyt phoUld we not •Selie him at -1 oboe?" •• "Our ease is not complete -The-fele lcrivairawater_and dinning ta the last I degree. It is ncataarahasteweeloam_ but . 1 What we can peeve. If We raake bare- ' false Move the villain MaY gem*: us . Yet." • : . I "What can We do?" •:: . I "There will be plenty for ea to .do tremorrow; To -night we oan only per. the last -officee • to oer..peor frieud." ' • • • Together eve inade our way down the 1 precipitous elope and approached the body; black and clearagainst the WI. vered stones, The agona of 'those eon' torted limbs struck •me with: a spasm ; of paiht and blurred My eyes with tears. :Caged.• "We must send for help, HolrEtes! We :cannot carry him all the way tc. • the Hall, Good heavens, are pelt Mad?" was a prostrate men, face deranicardS, He had 'titteredhe a cry and bentrt°vet the -body: Now was d'ancig and door of the hut, his shedders Stoat/leg, laughing and, wringing my lifted, his head threst forward, his face peen Could this be rity stern, self-contained ing into the .darkness, friend.? These were hidden fires, In. "Huth!" he *havered. "alush!" deed! . The try had beee loud on adetitint. oi "A beard! A' -beard! The manhas a its vehemence, but it had pealed Out beard!" . from sbnleethere far off 011 the sha. heard?". a • dowy plain. Nowit burst upon out "It Is net the baronet -it iseaWhy, ears, nearer, louder, More urgent than it Is my neighbor, the convict!' , • before, With feverish haste we had turned I "Where is it?" Holmes whieriered.; the body over, and that dtipaitig heatd° and 1 knew frehtthe thrill of his 'Void Was 'Meeting up to the cold, clear that, he, the man of iron, was shaken moon. There could be no doubt about to. the SOW. "Where 'IS It Watson?" the beetling forehead, the eutiken ant.. "There, I thinkaat pointed into the mal eyes, It was, indeed; the seine darkness. • t• • face which had glared upon main the "NO there!" . light of the candle from over the rock Again the agonised ery • swept --the fate of Selden, the erinanal, through the silent night, lodder and Then • in an instantit was ali cleat ntuelLnearer• than ever, And a nevi to me. I remembered bow the baronet eteund hankTatiawithettraname, twitter, had told me thst he had handed hie ett.rambIe, musical and yet nieflatittg-441d...Wardrohe to Barnet:tore, Barry/tore rising arid falling like the low, coo ITO petaar crit-on-inler to help .Selt •ittant thurraur Of ,the sea. •den in his esCripe. BootrinlItirtrea - "The hotted!" cried Helmet, "COMe. it was all Sir Ileitryet, The tragedy Watson, Otte!. Great heavens, if Wf. Was Still black enough, but this man are tee Wei" had at least deserved death by the Ile had- started running'swiftly.ovet laws of his country. 1 told Holmes how the Meer, and Iliad followed at biithe matter stead, Ina heart bubbling heele, Bet now front tieteetthere among • over with thankfulness and Joy he broken ground immediately it "Then the clothes have been the rola Of WI there came one last deg- , WI* devire death," fetid be. "It is deal enough that the hound has been laid on from some article of Sir Henry's • the boot whiclt was abstracted la tae 'hotel, in, all Prebahility.-and tro ran • that man down. -There is Oue very Sin- gular thing, however; liow Cattle Sea den, in the darkness, to knoW that the hound Was on his trail?" "He heard him." , "To hear a bona upon the moor Would not work a hard man like tine convict into such a paroxysm of ter- ror that he venal risk recapture by screaming wildly for help, By bis cries be must have run a long way after he knew the waned was -on bis track. How did he know?" "A greater mystery -to me is why this hound,' presuming that ail our conjectures are correct-" • • -"I presume netting." 'Weell,,„theeeewlayeehige.hennd sheuld be loose to -night, I suppose taiat -ft" .does not always run loose upon the moor. Stapleton would not 14 It go un- less he had reason to think that Sir Henry would be there." "My difficulty is the •refire fame* able ,of the two, for I think that we shall very shortly get an explanation of yours, while mine may remain for ever a mystery. The question now is, what -shall .we do with this poor wretchle body? We cannot leave it here to the foxes andthe ravens." •-"I Suggest that We put it in one bf the huts until we communicate with the Once. "Exactly. I bave no doubtethat you ancl I could carry it so far, Hallett,' Watson,- what's tali? It's the • man himself, by all that Wonderful and. au- dacious! Not a word to show Your .sUs. picions-not a word, or my plane crumble tothe ground." • . A figure was approaching us over the moor, 'end 1 saw the dull red glow• of aedgar. The •rimon shOrte upon hipa, and I could distinguish the dapper shape and jaunty:walk of the natural- ist. He 'steeped when he saw us and „ then came on again. "Why, Dr. Watson, that'snot you, Is UT You are the last man 'that ea. •should have exaboteetto see out en the moor at this time • of night: But, -dear Me, what's this? Somebody hurt? Not -don't telt me that it is our friend Sir Henry!" He.hurried past rne tend stoop. ed over the dead man, I heard -a shar4,. intake of his breathand the cigar fell , from his fingers. ••. - "Who -who's this?" he stammered. "It is Seiden,, the man who escaped from Peineetown,". •• • Stapleton turned a .ghastly. tae upon us, but by a supreme effort . be had . oyez:dime, his araazethent and- hid •.appointment. He looked sherply' from Holmes to .me. • . ' • "Dear me! What a verY.sheaking af- fair! How did he die?" • • "He appears to aave broken his neck by tilling over these lecke. MY friend and I were strolling on the: moor when we heard a cry,"- • ' "I heard .a ety aide: That was. what" brought • The Out. I waS Uneasy about • Sir Henry." aai• • • "Why about Sir' Henry in particu- lar?"could not help asking. • mBeeause I had .suggested'• that he 'Should eome over. When, he. did not came I was seri:else& and I naturally ecame alarmed for his, safety when .bad dries upon the moor,. By the way" -his ,eye' darted from My face to Hohneses-aa"clice ..you hear anything else besidesaa cry?" ' "No' 'saidm'es;. adia your • • ••• , • • NM; you, know the tories.. that the peasants tell about a .plihntOm hound,. and: eo on.. It is said to be-heat:ft. at night upon the. rimer. I was 'wondering if there were any ..eyatence of stechee, sound to -night." . •• • "We heard • nothing, of :the ..kincaa . "And 'what 'is your theory of • this poor Nieves death? • . • "/ have ,no doubt. that analety and exposure. have driven. him Off his head. He has rushed about. the • moor in a crazy state and eventually fallen over „here and broken his neck." • .• . "That Seems the most reasonable theoeyeaield Stapleton, and .a.e.gaete sigh which I. took to,andicate his re• lief.' 'What 'do you think about it, Mr. •Sherlock•Hiamesae- • • • ' • My friend bowed his compliments.: ' • "You are quick at identification,'!eld he. . aVae ha-ve been eipectipaeyou" in these .parts since Dr Watson_ .came down. You are In time tO . see tra,. gedy." . • • • • .Yes, indeed.. I .have no doubt that My friend's explanation will Over the facts. 1 Will take an unpleasant remern- broarnrcoew..!aaca• . to Loadon with .,me to- rti • "'Oh, you return to,morrew?" • , •."That is myantentien.". • • • "I hope your visit: 1158. cast •ame aght upon those , occurrences • Welch have puzzled us?" Holmes shrugged his shoulders. "One cannot • always hairthe sac: Pest for which one hopes. An investi- gator .needs fade and not.. legends • or rumors. It has not been e satisfactory case."' . My friend : spoke In -his frankest and most Unconcerned manner. atepleton still loOked herd at aim. Thenhe turn- ed to me.. •• •-• . "I would suggest carrying this poor fellow to My housebut it would give my' deter such 'a, fright that•I do not feel •justified in -doing it I Oink that if- we, put sometalbg °ad his facehe will be safe until morning." . • , • - ' And soit was arraaged. Resisting taplato,n's efter of hospitality, •Holmes and I sercarte-Bitakerville Hell, leaving the naturalist to returnalone. abole ing lattekewe sara the • figure" moaing slowly nente over the brawl mcioreaed behind him: that one black smudge on the silveredslope, which showed where the man Was lyieg who .had come so harriblY to his end. • • , CHAPTER "We're at eloie grips at last," said Holmes, as, wee -Walked together across the moor, "Wbat a nerve the fellow has! How he pullecl hinteelf together in the face of what must have been a paralyzing shock •when he toned -that the wrong mau had fallen e victim to his plot, 1 told you In London, Watson, and 1 tell you new ngain, that we heve never had a foeman more Worthy of our steel." • • "1 em sorry that he has seen you." - "Ana so was I at first. But there was no getting out of it." - • 'What beffect de yon think it will have upon :his piens, now that he fnows you are here?" • fat mita cause him, to be more eau. tious, or It may drive him to despot. - ate measures at Once. Like most clevet criminals, he may be toe confident in, his own cleverness and imagine thai be has completely deceived tie," • "Why should we not arrest 'him al *nee?" ."/Vly dear Watson, yea were bOrn to be a man Of eaten. Your instind'is always to do something energetic, lint supposing, for argument's: Sake, that we had him arrested to•tight, what on -earth....the better off should we he for that? Wo'nould-prove nettling against him. There's the •dettlialretnining-o • it! If he were acting through a human agent we detild get some evideneo, hut if we were te drag title great dog ta the light of day it Would not il help n Ptittitg a aerie round the neck ofit trifintar. .4 4,04 "Surely we have a' cage, "Not a shadow of one -only aurafee tued conjecture. We alleluia be la -imbed Mit of court WI Cattle with Miele a story and ouch evidonee.” ' "There is Sir Charles's death," "raffled dead without a mark upon him. You and 1 know that he died oi sheer fright, and we know also what frightenedhim; but bow are we to 4'•••• eta s:Qoa upon a chair anti curved Ais righl arm over the broad,Aat. , • get twelve stcdid Jurymen to know it? What signs . are there of-• a. hound? Where are the maras of its fangs? Of course, we keow that a hound does • not' bite. a dead body :and that Sir • Charles wits dead before , ever the brute. overtook him. But we have to • prove all this, and we are not in a position to' do it,"• "Well, then, to -night?" ' • "We. are not much' better . oft to. night. Again, there was ne direct con- nection between the hound and the man's death. We. nevez. saw the hound. We heard it; bat We could not prove that it was runrdng.uport •this man's trail.. There is a complete absence of Motive.. No, my dear fellow; 'we ,must • reconcile ourselves to the faet•that we have lie case at present, andethet it • is worth our while to run any risk in order to establish one," - • . • 'laid how do you propose tO"do'sO?" •-"I have great hopes of -what Mrs. • Laura Lyons may do for us When the position -of affairs is made clear tti her. • And I have my Own plan as well.. Suffi- cient for to -morrow 15 the evil' thereof; hat I hope before tbe day is past ,to bave the upper hand at last",. •e I could draw notaing further from • him, and he walked, lest in thought, as farastyhoeuBcaosrakeiztvg.ilulep?aates. "Are • • „ "Yes; I see no reason for further • concealment:But one last word, •Wat- sen. Saynothing of the hound to Sir Henry. Let 'lain- think that • Selden's • death was as Stapleton would have us believe '' He Will have a.. better nerve for the circled which: he will have to undergo to -morrow, when he is en- gaged, if • I fememberyour •report Aright, to dine With these people!' "And so am I," •• • . • .• "Then you Must excuse yolirself and he must g0 alone; That will be easily a ranged. And now, if we are too late for adiateer, I think that we are both, ready teieeour suppers" Sir • Heney *as More- pleased than • surprised to -se Sherlock Holmes, for he had for .some Tays been expecting lug," said the baronet. "I geese I remained the. little wilful boy isf bar • ,to go about alone.I might' have hada eirlio•has not die enigma to mourn hit& • tf idtduhri,es,aswfrtttern• ha, ,1r, batevirhceoeee indt nth otiheiovenehdnueotans shouldease aldi rtdolaunitgs: E!hi tilt:1)mtf day since Watson went off in the more - kept my promise. 1.t I hadn't sworn not more lively evening, for had a met - sage from, Stapleton asking me over own .girlhoodatbe child who had dung • should have some credit, fore I 'have to her . band. Evil indeed is the man Sence. Between ns we soon supalie per we explained' to the baronet. ae breaking the news to Barramore and his Wife: To him it May have been an. unmitigated relief, but she wept bitter- • ly her apron. To all, the world- was the man of violence, 'half animal and half demon; but to her he alwayde eyebrows, however, when he found his wants, and then' over a belated sup- per we ca .our experience as. it Seemed that my friend. had neither ahjeelug- gage nor any explanations for its` eta • "I've been anopine in the house all • doubt that you Would have had ,a more Merely. eyeeitto. " gale reentries, drily. "By the way; I don't. suppose you appreciate that we have been mourning over you, as • having • brokenyour. neck?" • • • ' Sir Henry opened his eyes. "How• . was that?" "Title . peer wretch was dressed 'in yoer, dothes. I fear your servant Who gave' them to 'bimetal get into trouble with the police," , •• "That is uunlikely. • There was no Mark on anY of theM, as ' far e •I _ • • • • • "Theta luelfy for hine-in- fact, ates • lucky for all of you, since pee • are all on the wrong side of the"law in this. matter, I am not sere that as a, coil., icientious .detective my first duty Is not to arrest the whole household; Watson's repoits are meet Incrintina. tine documents." . •. "But how about 'the . ease?" :asked the baronet, "have you made anything out • of the tanglee 1 don't know • that Watson and I are much • the •wiser since we came down," • . • . "I thitk that I shall be in a position 'to make the situation rather more. clear to you before long: Ita has been an exceedingly difficult end most corn' Plidated business, There are several rieints upon which we still want light -- but it is coming all the same." 'We'e had one experience, as Wat- son has no doubt toid you, We heard 'the hound on the moor, eci 1 can swear that it Is not all empty superstition. I had something to do with dogs when I was out West, and I knOW one when I hear one. /f you .ean muzzle that one And put him on a chain be ready to swear you are the greatest detective of all time," "I think I will muzzle bbn and chitin him all right if you will give me Veit' help." "Whatevei you tell me to do 1 will. do." •• "Very good;• and I Will ask you aIso to do It blindly, without always asking the reason."- - • "Just as you like." 4. "If you wit!. do this r think. the ehaiaeee are that our little problem .sookbe solved -1 have DO doubt Ile etopped ettddenlY and Stared Met edly up over my heed into the air. The !aft beat epee his fate and so intent mete 1#.ovel. an .0111 4.1ini.:414&Wahl., %two ktkict.‘11:A•114...4,...o...1..' • • been tTiat of a cleaedut aciaedcat statue, a personification of alertuega and expectation. "What is it?" we both cried. I could see as he looked dowa that be was repressing seine internal Mee tion. Ills featnree were OW compoited, but hie eyes shone With amused exult hand towards the line of • portraits tation. "Flacuite the admiration of a M.. noleatitit," said he, as be waved big which covered the opposite wall. "Watson won't allow that a know any- thing Qf art, Out that is mere jealousy, because our views upon the subject differ. Now these are a really verY fine aeries of portraits." • "Weil, am glad to hetir you say iso," , said Sir Hwy, glancing with soma • serprise at -my friend. q don't pie. tend to know much. about these things, laa a steer than of a picture. 1 didn't know mi-ret-lur wbutteriudgeroicalierseror-------- that you found time for mil things," "I know what is good when I see It, end I see it now. That's a laneller, I'll 4Wear, that lady in the blue silk over , • yonder, and the stout gentleman with the wig ought to be a Reynolds. They • are all family portraits, I presume?" "Every one." , • "Do you know the nantee?" • "Barrymore has been •coaching ma In them, and I thinle I can eel my lest sons "Who oirltys wtheellage" ettleman with the • telesratPel7 'TRear-Admiral Baskervilie, who served Under RodneY in the West Indies. The man with the blue coat • and the roll of paper Is air William Baskerville, who • was Chairman of Committees •of the House 'of Commons under 'Pitt." • "And this Cavalier opposite to me- t. ali ce e r one wih' the. black velvet and the` • • er • "Ali, pall have a right to allowabout him. That is the cause of all the mie chief, the wicked Hugo, who started the Hound of the Baskervilles. We're not likely to forget him." • • I gazed •with interest and some sun PrI• 'sDerme?" ldH upon tlespaortraoiti • 'eames, but I' daresay that there was a lurking "he seems •a quiet, meek-niannered man enough, • devil in his eyes. I had pictured him as a more robust and ruffianly per OP • "There's no doubt about the authere ticity, for the name and the date, 1647, are on the back of the canvas." }Reines said little more, but the piC. ture of the old roysterer seemed to have a fascination for lam, and his • eyes were • continually axedupon it • during supper. It Was .not until later, when Sir Henry ba,d geneto his room, that I was able to follow the trend of • his thoughts. He led me back alto the banqueting -hall, his bedroom candle In • his hand, and he add it up against the time -stained portrait one the •wall.. • "Do you see anything there?" . I looked at the broad plumed hat, • the 'curling love -locks, the -White lace collar, and the straight, severe face which: was framed between them. IL, was not a brutal countenance, but it was prim, hard, and stern, with•a firm -set, thin-lipped mouth, and a cold- ly -intolerant eye. '• ate it like anyone you know?" • "There es. something of Sir Henry about the law." - • "Jed a suggestion,. perhaps. ,But . wait an instant!" He stoed upon a chair, and holdingtup the eight In his • left hand he eurve.d hie,right arm over. • the broad hat and round the long deg - lets. ' • • •• • . • • "Good heavens!" I cried,' in amaze, ment •• • • • Tae face • of Stapleton ,Itad 'sprung out of theatueuves. • "Ha, you See it. TioW.' Myseyes have been trained' to examine faces and not their :trimmings: It is -the first quality of a criminal investigator that he. should see through a disguise." - • "But this is inarvelloue. It might be his portrait," ' "Yes, it is an interesting instance of a throwback which appears to be both physical• and spiritual. A atudy of fam- ily: portraits is enough to convert a as to the 'dbetrine of teincarnation. obinantfeliaw is a Baskeavilie-. that ie• aWithed signs upon the succession."• . Exactly. 21b1s chance of the picture bas supplied u ith • one ' of our 'Most obvious missing 1 p. We have him,. Watson, we have hi • and • I dare swear that before to -neer oeiv .night he :will be fluttering hi our net -•',,heipleSS as one of his own butterflies. Aepia, a 'cork, and a card," and we add him -to the Baker Street collection!" He burst • into -one of his rare iits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I bave not heard him laugh often, and it • has always boded 111 to somebody. • I was up betimesatethe morning,.but. 'Holmes was afoot earlier still,. for I saw him. as I dressed coining up the drive.• "es,• twe should: a full day to- day," he remarked, and he rubbed his hands with the joy of action. "The nets are all in plaCe, and the drag is about to begin, We'll 'keoev before the CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSU10. • , , CHEAP MEAT DISHES. • Tasty Little Entrees For the Simple Family Table. 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