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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1907-08-22, Page 7-1+444 -4 -444+++++++++++.+ -44* -44++++44444+44++. The Hound oftw Baskervillef# Another Adventure of Sherlock Haines. BY A. CONAN DOYLE, Author a "The GreenMae' and "The ,Greet Boer War" o0pyried (MO) Ise A. Conan Doyle, +4+++++++++++++++++++44-4-4+4++++444*i'l 1. Y+.4: •tude the Man turned, but be hesitated end then came back. "You've been so kind to us sir, that 1 should like to do the best I can for you In return. I know soluething, Sir Henry, and perhaps 1 should have said • it before, but it was long after the in- quest that I found it out. I've never breathed a word about it yet to menial man. It's about poor Sir Charles's (death," The baronet 'and I were both upon • our feet. "Do yon know how he died?" "No, sir, I don't know teat." "What then?" "I know why he was at the gate at that hour. It was to meet a woman," "To meet a woman! He?" "Yes, site" "And the woman's name?" "I can't give you the name, sir, but I can gtye you the initials. Her hal- 'nets were L. L." "How elo you know this, BarrY- more?" "Well, Sir 'Henry, your uncle had a letter that morning. He had usually a great many letters, for he was a public man and well known for his kind heart, so that everyone who was in trouble was glad to turn to him. But tbat morning, as it chanced, there was only this one letter, so I took the more 11404*4400)/ r. "Well," said 1, "has this precious retation of yours departed?" notice of it. It was front Coombe Tracey, and it was addressed in a woman's hand." "Well?" "Well, sir, 1 thought no more lof the matter, and never world llave done had it not been for my wife. Okly a few weeks ago she was cleanine*out Sir Charles's study --4t had never been touched since his death—and she • found the ashes of a burned letter in the back of the grate. The greater part of it was charred to pieces, but one little slip, the end of a page, hung • together, and the writinsaceuld still be read, though it was grey on a black ground. It seemed to us to be a post- script at the end of the letter, and it said: 'Please, please, as you are a gen- tlemau, burn this letter, and be.at the gate by ten o'clock.' Beneath it were • signed the initials L. L." "Have you got that slip?" "No, sir, it entrained all to bits after ' We moved it" • "Had Sir Charles received any other netters in the same writing?" "Well, sir, I took no particular no- tice of his letters. I should not have notited this one only it happened to come alone." A Grand Cure FOR SUMMER COMPLAINT AND CRAMPS IS DR. FOWLER'S EXTRACT OF WILD STRAWBERRY It is tatnre's Specific for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Clamps, Celle, Pain in the Stomach, Cholera MOrbus, Cholera In- fantum, Sea Sickness, Sunnier Cane- ' plaint, etc. Rapid* and reliable in its tiction. Its effects are Matvellous, Lead it ie ...pleasant and harmless to take. It has been a household rentedfor :laity -two yeate4 rtefUse substitutes, They are dangers sous. • WM. Mersellittg, Arthur, Ont., Writee "1 And it Much pteatoire to recommend Dr. POOMItatil ttiatACTow Vim Setrattafttof at a grand Mire fo* Summer Coteplaitit. * little boy, Otte year old, was very had with it, and a (eve doses Mired bite. 1 else tilted it on ray Other sit children for exempt and tiU- bave half theabottle lett I CaunOt pubis 4t too tout," "And you have no idea, who la I*. is?" "No. sir. No more dian you /mete. But I expect if we could lay our bands upon that lady we should know more about Sir Charles's death." "I cannot understand, Elarryntore, how you canine to conceal this import- ant information." "Well, sir, it was immediately after that our own trouble came to us. And then again, sir, we were both of us very fond of Sir Oharlers, as we well • Might be considering all that he has done for us, To rake this up Couldn't help our poor master, and it's well to go carefully when there's a lady in the case. Even the best of 115----" "You thought it might injure his reputation?" "Well, sir, I thought no good could come of it, But now you have, been kind to us, and I feel as if it would be treating you unfairly not to tell you all that I know about the matter." "Very good, Barrymore; you can go." When the •butler had left us Sir Henry turned to zne. "Well, Watson, what do you think of this new light?" "It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before." "So I thinkrBut if we can only trace L L, iteshould clear up the whole busineis. We have gained that much. We know that there is someone who has the facts if we can only find her. What do you think we should do?" "Let Holmes know all about it at once, It will give him the clue for which he has been seeking. I ane much mistaken if it does not bring him down." — I,went at once to my room and drew up tay report of the morning's con- versation for Holmes. It was evident to rue that he had been very busy of late, for the notes which I had from Baker Street were few and short, with no 'comments upon the information whieh I had supplied, and hardly any refer - elms to my mission. No doubt his blackmailing case is absorbing all his faculties. And yet this new factor must surely arrest his attention and renew his interest. I wish that he were here. eectaber 17th.—All day to -day the ram. poured down, rustling on the ivy and dripping from the eaves. I thought of the convict out upon the bleak, cold, shelterless moor. Poor devil! What- ever his crimes, he has suffered some- thing to atone for them. And then I thought of that other one—the face in the eab, the figure against the moon. Was he also out in that deluge—the unseen watcher, the arrest of darkness? In time evening I put on my waterproof and I walked far upon the sodden moor, full of dark imaginings, the rain beating upon my face and the wind whistling about my ears. God help those who wandbr into the great mire now, for even the firm uplands are be- coming a morass. I found the black tor upon which I had seen the solitary watcher, and from its craggy summit I looked out myself across the melan- choly downs. Rain squalls drifted across their russet face, and the heogy, slate-eolOred clouds hung low over the landscape, trailing in grey wreaths down the sides of the fantas- tic hills. In the distant hollow on the left, half hidden by the mist, the two thin towers of Baeleerville Hall rose above the trees. They were the only signs -of human life which 1 could.see, save only those prehistoric huts whicli lay thickly upon the slopes of the bilis. Ncievecre was there any trace of that lonely man whom I had seen on the same spot two night before, As 1 walked. back I was overtaken by Dr. Mortimer driving in his dog- cart over a rough moorland traek, which led from the outlying farmhouse of Foulmire. He has been very atten- tive to us, and hardly a day has pass- ed that he lm s not called at the Hail to see how we were getting on. He in- sisted upon my climbing into his dog- cart and he gave me a lift homewards. I founi him much troubled over the disappearance of his little spaniel. It had wandeeed on to the moor and had never come back. I gave him such con- solation as I might, but I thought of the pony on the Grimpen Mire, and do not fancy that he will see his lit- tle dog again. "By the way, Mortinaer," said I, as we jolted along the rough road, "I sup - pie there are few people living 'with- in driving distance of this whom you do not know?" "Hardly any, 1 think." "Can you, then, tell me the name of any woman whose initials are L. L.?" Re thought for a few minutes. "No," said he. "There are a few gip - dies and laboring folk for whota I can't answer, bid among the farmers gentrythereis poebit vhos!ffitaiArele.atagoughihe added, after a aus, 'ere s Laura Lyoes—her initials are L. L. -- but she lives in. Coombe Tracey." "Who -is ehe" 1 asked, "She is Frankland'e daughter." "What! Old Frankland the crank?" "Exactly. She Married an artist Muted Lyons, Whet came sketching on the moor. He toed to be a 'black- guard and deserted her. The ferilt froth what 1 heel' May not have been en- tirely 011 one side. Her father refused to hare anything to de with he, be, cause she had married without his con- sent, and perhaps for one or two ether reasobs as well. So, between the eld sinner and the young one the girl ban had a pretty bad tithe." "HOW does she live?" "I fancy old Praliklattcl afloat het a pittance, but It cannot be there, for hlo own affairs are considerably lnv�l- 'ved. 'Whatever the may have deserved ?:etebad,il re hitt lb torgot hott ther abo and several of the people here did OM g honest living. Stapleton did for onta and Sir -Charlet for another, 1 gavot trifle melt It was to tet her up in typewriting boalteess." Ito 'lusted to know the ohlect of tni THE WINGFIAM TIMES, AUGUST 22, 1907 • inteuiriee, but 1 Managed to satiety hia curiosity without telling hint too much, for there is uo reason why we should take anyone into our cenfidenee. =wrote Morning I Shall find my Way to Coombe Tracey, and ti I can see this Mrs. Lttura LYelee, et equivocal rehu- laden, a long step will have been made towards clearing one incident in this. chain of mysteries. I am certainly tie• Yeleping the wisdon1 of the serpent, for wizen Mortimer pressed his ques• tions to an inconvenient extent I ask- ed bim casually to what type Frank- • land's skull belonged, and so heard nothing but craniology for the rest of our drive. I have not lived for years with Sherlock Holmes for nothing. I heee only this other incident to record upon this tempestuous and melancholy day, This was my coultersation with l3.arryroore just now, which gives Me one more strong card which I can play in due time. Mortimer had stayed to Mutter, and he and the baronet played ecarte af- terwards, The butler brought me ney coffee into the library, and 1 took the chance to ask him a few questions. "wen," said I, "has this precious re- lation of yours departed, or is he still lurking out yonder?" "I clout know, sir, I hope to Heaven that he has gone, for he has brought nothing but trouble here! I've not heard of him since I left out food for Ulm last, and that was three daye ago." "Did yottesee him thera?" "No, sir, but the food was gone whoa xtext I went that way," "Then he was certainly there?" "So you would think, sir, unless it was the other man who tookit," I sat with my coffee -cup half way to my lips and stared at Barrymore. "You ]now that there is another man then?" , "Yes, sir; there Is another man upon the moor." "Have you seen Wm.?" "No, sir." "How do you knew of him then?" "Selden told nie-of hen, sir, a week ago -or more. He's in hiding, too, but he's not a convict as far as I can make out. I don't ' like it, Dr. Watson—I tell You straight, sir, that I don't like it." He spoke with a, sudden passion of earneStneSs. "Now, listen to me, Barrymore! I bave no Interest in this matter but that of your roaster. I have come here with no object except to help him. Tell me, frankly, what it is that you don't like." Barrymore hesitated for a moment, as if he regretted his outburst, or found it difficult to express his own feelings in words. "It's all these goingseen, sir," he cried at last, waving his hand towards the rain -lashed window which faced the rnoor. "There's foul play some- where, and there'sblack villainy brew- ing, to that I'll swear! Very glad I should be, sir, to see Sir Henry on his way back to London again!" "But what is it that alarms you?" "Look at Sir Charles's death! That was bad enough, for all that the coroner said. Look at the noises on the moor at night. There's not a Man would cross it after sundown, if be was paid for it. Look at this stranger hiding out yonder, and watching and ; waiting! What's lie waiting for? 'What 1 does it mean? It means no good to • anyone of the name of. Baskerville, and very glad I shall be to be quit of it I all on the day that Sir Henry's new ' servants are ready to take over the Hall." about this stranger," said. I. "Can you tell me anything about him?. What did Selden say? Did he find out where' he hid, or what he was doing?" "He saw him once or twice, but he is a deep one, and gives nothing away. At first be thought that he was the police, but soon he found that he had some lay of his own. A kind of gentle- man he was, as far as he could see, but what he was 'doing he could not make out." "And where did. he say that he lived?" "Among the old houses on. the hill- side --the stone buts where the old folk used, to live." "But how about his food?" "Selden found out that he bas got a lad who works for hen and brings him all he needs. I daresay he goes to Coombe Tracey for what he wants," "Very good, Barrymore. WA may talk further of this some other time." When the butler had gone I walked over to the black window, and I look- ed throtigh a blurred pane at the driving clouds and at the tossing out- line of the Wind-swept trees. It is a wild night indoors, and what must it be in a stone but upon the moor. What passion of hatred can it be which leads a man to lurk in such a place at may eat A biscuit •it, but when you Cracker Chain There is all the de. erence. ' the world between • eating bis- cuits and biscuit eat. ing. One and not taste think of Ottit eating you think instantly of Mooney's Perfection Cream Sodas Criv, delicious and tasty. Absoiute.ty an distindly superior to ally other make. Say 'Mo-ney's" toyouroodeN OF COURSE YOU CAN CURE YOUR RHEUMATISM I No matter bow loos you have euffered or 'what remedies you have tried, withou relief, Bu -Ju will, cure you. We know what Inn done fo people, bedridden and belplees, We know what Mot u is doing every day for people tortured with Rbeurnatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Neuralgia.' lea-ru, The Gentle Kidney pill, cures Rhentaiatient because it acts directly on 'the kidneys and stops the poisonous deposit of uric acid in the bleed, which causes Bateumetism. ream will pore your itheumotism. Take it 011 ireguaagrtthatK9rlln7wll berr°1e; rtenislaoeldAecIs eehee.i druggists orby void VIM 'rum Nona chonsinoi Co, Limiird, Vtiodsor, Qui. to NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS. t The ten commandments tot revised Ot the melt order catalogue /mote Plan; r 1.—Yon sball sell your farm pp:10We for oath whenever vitt oan, but not to us; we do toot buy front you. R. —Yea shell believe our statements Ann buy all you, need from tut because we wind tO be good to you, although we are oat perstnally acquainted with you, a 8. —Yon shalt Ma money in advance to give ue a chalice to get the geode from the factory with your mein/ ; meanwhile yea will have to wait patient- ly for few weeks because Ghia ie our business method. 4. —You &hail apply to your nearest city to aid you fu building roach so you way conveniently getthe goods from the depot Which yoa bay from nti for we do not build country roade. ,—Yot; shalt bay church bells and interior fixtures from us and forward tha money m advance for tbat is our busi- ness method, and yon shell colleot from the busluess men in your vicinity as yon can for the benefit of your oburobee, Although we get mare -money from, you than they do ruin it is against our natal te donate money for country cacoreoeto 6.—You shall buy your tools from as and be yoar own ineolis,nio in order to drive the meohanios from yoar vioinity, for we wish it so, sucli a time! And what deep and earn. est purpose tare he have which calls for such a Wale There, in that but Upon the Moor, seems to lie the very eentre of that problem which has vex - Inc so sorely. I swear that another day shall not have passed before I have done all that elan eau do to reach the heart al the mystery. p ITA-PTBR X. The extract from my private diary which forms the Met chapter has brought InY narrative up to the leth of October, a time when these strange events began to move swiftly towards their terrible conclusion. The inci- dents of the next few days are indelib- ly graven upon rrty recollection, and I can tell them without reference to the notes made at the time. I start then from the day which succeeded. that upon winch I had established two facts of great importance, the one that Mrs, Laura Lyons of Coombe Tracer had written to Sir Charles 13esker- villa and made an appointment with him at the very place and hour that he met his death, the other that the lurking man uponethe moor was to be found among the stone huts upon the hill -side. With these two facts in my possession I felt that either my intel- ligence or my courage must be de- ficient if I could not throw some fur- ther light upon these dark places. I had no opportunity to tell the baronet what I had learned about Mrs. Lyons upon the evening before, for Dr. Mortimer remained with birn itt cards lentil it was very late. At break- fast, however, I informed him about my discovery, and asked him whether he would care to accomp-any me to Coombe Tracey. At first he was very eager to come, but on second thoughts it seemed to both of us that if I went alone the results might be better. The more formal we made the visit the less information we might obtain. I left Sir Henry behind, therefore, not without some prickings of conscience, and drove off upon my new quest When I reached Coombe Tracey I told Perkins to put up the horses, and I made inquiries for the lady whom I bate come to interrogate. 1 bad no difliclulty in finding her rooms, which were central and well appointed. A maid showed me in without ceremony, and as I entered the sitting -room a lady, who was sitting before a Reming- ton typewriter, sprang up with a pleasant smile of weleome. Her face fell, however, when she saw that I was a stranger, and she sat down again and asked mel the object of my visit. The first. impression, left by Mrs. Lyons was one of extreme beauty. Her eyes and hair were of the same rich hazel color, and her cheeks, though considerably freckled, were flushed with the exquisite bloom of the bru- nette, the dainty Pink which lures at the heart of the sulphur rose. Admir- ration was, I repeat, the first impres- sion, But the second was criticism. ' There was something subtly 'wrong with the face, some coarseness of ex - Pression, some hardness, perhaps, of eye, some looseness of lip which marr- ed its perfect beauty. But these, of . course, are after -thoughts. At the me- ment I was simply conscious that • was in the presence of a very hand- some woman, and that she was asking me the reasons for my visit. I had not quite understood until that instant how delicate my mission was. "I have the pleasure," said X "of I knowing your father." It was a clumsy introduction, and the lady -made me feel it. ; "There is nothing in, common be- tween my father and me," she said. "I owe 'him nothing, and his friends are not mine. If it were not for the late Sir Charles Easkerville and some other kind hearts I might bave starved. for all that me father cared," "It was about the late Sir Charles tta,skerville that I have come ,here to see you," The freckles started out on the lady's face. "What can 1 tell you about him?" she asked, and her fingers played ner- (To be dontioned,) Pretty Romance Over Loss Of Lady's Ring. An interesting story is told by Mr, Cooper of the lost article department ot Canadian pacific lesileray. Some time ago a DT ew 'York doctor brought to the department a Very pretty diamond rang, vvhich he had pioked up in a oar oit trip from the West. In the course of - time the ring was claimed by its owner, Who proved to be a pretty and attractive girl from one of the small towns between Maltreat and Toronto. She wets natur- ally' overjoyed to get her ring, which she had probably never expeoted, to *ea' again, and it het gratitude asked for the doctor's address, in order dust eh° might thank him for his kindness in returbieg the 'Wade to the depeatmebt. atr. Cooper cannot tell joist what bap- pebed after the young lady left the Of1100 With the dente% address, and he has only a very hazy idea all to how the whole thing heppened, but what he does know is that tome days ago a happy couple dialect in to see him on their wed* ding jottrney, and he WALT astonitthed to t sae in ihena the doctor and the young 7.—Yon shall induce your neighbor to bey everything from us, as we have room for the nxoney—the bee money there is left in your at:to:amity, the sooner we can put your local merohants out of business and oharge you any price we pleage. S.—Yon shall look often at the bsanti. ful piotures in our wanton so your wishes will increase and yon will send fu a big order, although Tog do not need the goods inemedietely, otherwise yon taught have some money left to buy ne- ceseary geode of your local merchants. 9, —Yon shall have the mechanics who repair the goods you buy Prete us book the bill, so you oan send the money for new goods, otherwise he will not notice our influence. 10.—Yon obeli, in cage of accident, sickness or need, amity to your local dealers for aid and credit as we do not know you.—Inaton Gazette. MORE NORTHWEST EXCURSIONS Q. P. R. Meets Rush of Homageekers. The bomeseekene exoursions rat: to Winnipeg and the North-West provinces by the Canadian Pacific are almost too well known to need description. Thous- ands of Qatari° people have paid a visit to the golden West this summer, away from home for sixty clays if need be, at a cost ridiculous y low in cam- parisou with the wealth. of experience gained. Bound trip tickets aro still ou sale from all Ontario statious, rates ranging from Sat to Winnipeg to $42 50 to Edmonton. The next excursion leaves Toronto Tuesday, Aug. 27. after that the dates are Sept. 10 and 24 Oat - ober 8 and 22. The October exourelons are a neve departure this year, and promise to be successf the supply of people "going west" being seemingly inexhaustible. Tourist sleeping cars are run on each exoursion, berths in wbioh oan be reserved at small addition- al cost. These oars afford every travel. ling comfort, appreciated by ladies and children. Bettie may be secured early through local C. P. R, agent, who will be glad to furnish pamphlets and full information regarding the, excursions, 4 Draft ot New Law For insurance • Concerns A copy of the suggested Insurance Aot which will be introduced at the next session of Parliament has been issued. 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