The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, August 30, 1905, Image 2
t --4-. ,,. J It? ) rmuMsrr.ti.i7&v9jmistaimm urn of ni Jj rr . 9' I 05 SHEI HOL M E S 9 By A. CONAN DOYLE, Author of "Tha Adrcnlurn of Sherlock Holme," The Mound of the tUikervlllet," "The Sljo of tlie four," "A Study In Sctrlet." I te. iK C 1 Ctf I.V v" B i ILLU9THATLU HY h. D. STI'ELB OWSBP -E03S-' 5Bi'nr-.7ia' -""Tt7"3r3 5W"eiW .--. ryjfH "lln.s iio n-u-i nti thit.'r "t "No. Mr. IToIiihm. -1- h.u riot. An-l yet IIiti' lime Im-ti tlmi-s vln-ri tin poop irlrl lin" M'ntitivl to spi'il; .mil yi't OOltlll lint Ijlllto lirlllK luTBi'lf tn tl the plunge. I linvc tried to help her, Imt I ihire r.iiy I -Hi It i-hiiitHlly nml Henretl her from It. Slic Inn npnkmi nlinut my old family nnd our it-puttitlnn In llit county nnd otir pride In our tiinnllliil honor, nnd I nliviiyn folt It wni lend In: to the point, Imt .omeliou It tttrrinl olT tiefnro vt rnt then'." "Hut you lime finind out unmet liltis for yotirnelf7" "A i:ool tlenl. Mr. Holme:. I linve Hcvernl frcnli iliinclriK men pletttre- for you to examine, nnd, whnt l more liti ptutitnt, I linve ceen tlie fellow." "Wlint-the tniiti who ilrnwn them?" "Yes; I pnw him nt work. I!ut I will tell you everything In order. When 1 'got Jmel; lifter my visit to you the very flrnt thlnir I raw noM morning wiim 11 fresh crop of dnnrlni: men. They hud 1 n druwn In eluill; upon the Murk wooden door of the tool hoil'ie, wh'rh itnnN hCHldu the Inwn In full view of the front window, copy, ntid here it lt, nil o'f fie -.Toi'iitl'-. Ali'l yet the MiviRiln: th!i ,; I. tli.t lie tiiiet luue lie II (here .ill til" (I f'T When I ox- nmlJii'd the door ngulii III the morning lie hail ncrawliil pome more nf hW pie ttiren under U10 line whleh I had al ready peen." "Have you that fresh ilrnwlngV' "Vet, It l very Mhort. hut 1 made a copy of It, nnd here 11 1-4." Aanln he pio-tuml a papor. now dance wiim In thin form: The mn paper ami hid I' upon the table U a copy of the lilmoglyphl'-;: "Toll me," nai.; II.Ii..im and I could flop iy 111. oyiil that he wan much i;X- 1 cited "was tltU n mere aildlllon to thu llrnt, or did It appear to he entirely KcpnmtcV' "It wna on a different panel of (In door." "Uxrellent: Thin In far th st Im portant of nil for our purpe. It HIM me with 1 1 open. Now, Mr. Illllon (.'a hltt, plenxe. continue your most Interest ing Htatemelil." "I h.it e nothlni: more to nay, Mr. I took nn exact tT,nr., ecei tit (hat I wast unary with lie unfolded a liy w-f(, (jlllt nRMl for having held me "nxeol "r.rt'lleiC" mild HohuoH. lent! Fr.iy contlnle., "When I had taken the copy I ruhhed out the marks, hut two niornlnir.i lutur a iii kIi Inscription had appeared. '. have a copy of It lierc:" Holmes ruMicil his h'liiilsaiidiliuckled with di'lld t. "Our miitcilal U rapidly accumulat Inn," Miild he. "Three dnya later 11 mewnpo wan loft Hcrnwled upon paper and placed under a pehlile upon the liiitiillal. Here It Is, The characters aie, an joii sie, einctly (lie Maine iim the last niie. After that I determined to He In wait, so I Rot out iny levolver, and I Nat up In my Htiuly; which overlooU.s the lawn nnd i;apl'ii Ahout - In the niornlni: I mm acatitl ly the window, all helm: dark i-ave for the iniNinllKht oulslde, when I heard steps hehliid me, and there wtm my wife In her drosMni; '.'own. She I111 ploleil me to come to lied. I told her frankly that I wlnhcd to neo who It was who played taicli nbmird trlcka upon us. She answered that It was noiiie 11" iieless practical Joko nnd that 1 should not take any notice of It. "'If It really annoys you, Hilton, we mlKlit i;o and (ravel, you and 1, and ho avoid this nuisance.' "'What, he driven out of our own house liy a practical JokerV said I. 'Why, we should have the whole coun ty lauchlni: at us.' " 'Well, come to hod," said she, 'and wo can discuss It In the mornlm;.' "Suddenly, as she spoke, I saw her white face j;row whiter yet In the moonlight, and her hand tightened up on my shoulder. Souiothlu'; was mov ing In the shadow of the (imIIiouhc 1 saw a dart;, crccplni; ilRiire which crawled lound (he corner and mpiatted hi f run I of the door Seizing my pistol, I wan iiishhu; out v. Inn my wife threw her arms round me ami held me with convulsive streiii;ih. I trhsl to throw her off, tint she chinj; to me uuMt ties "roj hnek when I mii;ht lime caught the 1 Hkulktnc rnncnl. She said that she feared thnt I niluht come to harni. For 1111 Instant It had iToshihI my mind that perhnps what she renlly feared wan that he inhtht coino to harm, for I could not doiiht that alio knew who this man wan and what he meant hy these itrnnRe hIkuuM. Itut there hi a tone In my wlfe'a olie, Mr. HolmcM, and a look In her eyea which I'm bid doubt, nnd I am sure that It was Indeed my own uafety that waa In her mind. Thorc'i flip whole rate, and now I want your ndvlce 111 to what I oui:ht to do. My own In-Pnatlon Is to put half a dozen of my farm IiiiIh In the shrubbery and when this fellow coiium (iRalit to Rive him such a hiding that he will leave (h In p ace fir the fit turo." "I fear It la loo deep a case for such simple reniedlen," mild IIoIiihm. "How I0111; can joii stay In l,nudoaV" "I inn-1 ir 1 back t n'm I would not leave my wife alone at 1 Icht for any thing. She Is very nersom nod ht'Rued me to come back " "I dare say you are rlht. Hut If you could have Mopped I mlitht possibly have been able to return with you In a day or two. Meanwhile you will leave me theae papers, and t think that It Is vcrj likely that I shall be able to pay yon a i-.lt shortly and to throw some llsht upon jour case." Sherlock Holmea preserved his calm profcKiilonal manner until our visitor liad left in, although It wan easy for me, who knew him so well, to see that he was pro) .undly excited The mo ment that Hilton Cubltt's broad back had disappeared thioimh the door my comrade rushed to the table, laid out all the sllpM nf paper contaluliiR dauc Iiik men In front of him and threw him self Into an Intricate and elaborate cal culation. For two hoiti 1 I watched him as he covered sheet after sheet of paper with tlRiircH and letters, so completely absorbed In hla task that he had evl jlently forgotten my presence. Some tlmea he wa.s making progress and whistled and sunn at his work. Some times he was pir.".led ami would sit for Ioiir npells with a furrowed brow and 11 Viieiml ive 1'lieillv lie umi-iiiii frmii petately. At last 1 ,Mt clear, but by ( ,,,., ollfllr V,,M, ,,. ,)f H,ltlsf,.,oll llII(, the time I had op-ucd the door and , wlllK, ni, alll, ,,owll , r(mln r,lWllB reached the home the creatine was ,,,,. ,, ,;;,.,,, .,.,. ,, wrnt pine. He had left a trace ot his pre ence, howeviT, for theie m the door waa the very same arraiiKemeut of danchiK men whhh hid already twice appeared and which I have copied oil !... ...,..... Ml tt I ' unit 'tii'--i 4 11111' ;i ill- lillit'l "llill of the fellow anvwhere. thotmh I r..i mmmmmmmmmmmKxtavimmmmiaKmmrnsjrinTivr:. lone Ich'Krum upon a cable form, "'t' my answer to this t.s an 1 hope, jou will have a very ptetty case to add to j-our colleetteii, Watson," audi he "I oxp-cet that w shall be able to iro down to Xoifohi. t uioumw and to take our rlcild soiie wry di (In te feus ,is lo the Hoen't of his nuuoyaiiee." I coufe-w iluu I was tilled with enrt opltj but I wiim aware thnt 1Ioline liked to make his dl-closuro-i at his own tine nml In his own waj, no I waited until It should wnii him to take u. e Into his confidence. l'.ut there wits m delay In that an swerliiR telcRram, and two days of Impiiii'-tiee followed, diiriui; which Holmes pricked up his ems at every rlui; of the bell. On the evetilm; of the second theie cime a letter from Hilton Ctthltt. All was iiulet with him, kiimi that a Ioiir liiscilptt'in had nppinred that morning upon the pedeatal of the sundial He Inclosed a opy of it, which Is here reproduced- MlWi-iT-X-lWX Holmea bent oxer this vrolesinie frleife lor some mlniites mid then slid deiilj sprang to his feet, with all f.V clamatlou of surprise ami dismay Ills face was hiiRKiud with anxletj. "We blue let thl. nil nit- ko lar enoiiKh," said he. "Is there 11 train to .North Walsham tonight.'" I lurin'd up the time table. The last had Just Roue. "Then we shall breakfast early and lake the ery 1 1 est In the luoinliu:," .said Holmes, "Our prc-n'iice Is most tli'tioutlj mi did. All, lure U our ex pected ciihli'Krmii. one moment, Mrs. Hmb.o'i, the- 1., ,y he an answer. No, that Is ijui'e 11.4 I oNpectcd Tills lues 'sap' miikej. It exen mire- essential that wo should not lose an hour In lt-tllm; Hilton rubitl know how nuutc.v-. stand, for it Is a singular ami a ilaup'roiM 'web In which our simple Noifolk sitiliv Is I'litaiiKled." So Indeed It prosed, ami as I come to the dot I; ciiiicliisliin of a story which had Ms-ni'd to me to be only childish and bl.nrre I opcrlcnee once iiriiIii the dismay mid horror with whhh I was tilled. Would that I had sonic brighter eliding to commuiiicale In my readers, but these are th" cliroiilcle.i of fact, mid 1 luii-t foil w to their dark crl .Is tho KtriuiRe chain of eve'ila wld'll for smne ilnj i niiule IM1II111; Thorpe Manor a leal eliold word through the length and breadth of lm;;laud." We had hardly iiIIrIiIciI at Nort'i Walsham and mentioned the name of our destination when the suulni mas ter hurried toward us. "I suppo.-e that 'jou are the detectives from London':" 'said he. A look of annoyance passed oxer Holmes' face. 'What makes you think such a HiIiikV" "Itei-auo Inspector Martin from Norwich has Just passed through. Itut maybe jou an- the siurp-his. She's not dead, or wasn't by last accounts. You may be In lime to saxe her yet, though It be for the Rtill.ixvs." Holmes' broxv xvas dark with anxiety "We iue;oliiR to Hiding Thorpe Man or," said he, "but xve have heard noth ing of what has passed there." "It's a terrible business," said the station master "They are shot, both Mr. Hilton Cubitt and his wife. She shot him and then herself, so (he aerv aiiit.i say. ltt''t dead and her life Is do spalred of. Hear, dear, one of (he old est familiea In thy count; vC Norfolk mid one of the most houoieill" Without a xvord Holmes hurried to a eanini'o, and dining the long sex en mill.' drive he never opened his mouth Seldom have I seen him so utterly de spondent He had been uneasy during all our Journey from town, and 1 had observed that he had turned oxer the morning papers with anvious attention, but noxv this sudden realization of his worst fears left him In a blank melaii clioly He leaned back In his seat, lost In gloomy speculation. Yet there was much around to Interest us, for we were passing through as singular a countryside us any In I'ugliiiid, where 11 fexv scattered cottages represented the population of today, while on ev ery hand enormous Hipiaie toxvered churches bristled up from the tint, gns'ii landscape ami told of tho glory mid prosperity of old Kust Anglla. At last the violet rim of the (icrtuan ocean appeared over the green edge of the Norfolk coast, ami the iliixer mint eil with his whip to two old brick and timber gabti-s which projected from n KVOVM of troe-i. "That'a Hiding Thorpo Manor," wild he. s we drove up to the poitlcood front door I observed In front of It. besldotlu? tennis inwn. the hhicl: tool houso and the pedestaled sundial with which wo had such strange asMoclatloiH. A dap per little man, with a quick, alert manner and a waxed mustache, had Just ilcNCondod from a high dogcart, lie Introduced himself as Inspector Martin of the Norfolk eonstitbtilnry. nnd he xvas considerably astonished when he heard the name of my com panion. "Why, Mr. Holmes, the crime trn only committed at .'! this morning. How could you hear of It in Loudon and got to the spot as soon as I?" "I anticipated It. I came In the hope of preventing It." "Then you must have Important evi dence of xx lib h we are Ignorant, for they were said to hi; 11 most united couple." "I have only the evidence of tho danc ing men," said Holmes. "I will ex plain the matter to you later. Mean while, since It Is too late to prevent this tragedy, I mu very anvlous that I should lisr the knowledge which 1 pos-siv-w In order to Insure that Justlco he done. Will you ns--'oeliite me In yotir Investigation or will you prefer thnt I should mi Independently''' 1 "1 Miottld be proud to feel that we weie acting together, Mr. Holmes," ,sahl the Inspector earnestly. ' "In that case 1 should lie glad to hear the exldeuci ami to examine the prem ises without an Instant of unnecessary delay " Inspector Martin had the good sense to allow my friend to do thing In his own fa-lilon and contented himself with carefully noting the results. Thu focal surgeon, an old, white haired mail, had Just come down from Mrs. Hilton (.'uhltt's room, mul he reported that her Injuries xvere serloui, but not uccc-satily fatal. The bullet had paiaid through the front of her brain, and It x piiI. 1 probably be some time ho fore -' k ..tld regain consciousness. On tin i,c. tioti of xvhether she had Ipci 11 .si, it .a- had shot herself he xvould not xeucir-' to express uny decided opinion 1 (i...ii,y the bullet had been illsi-hiirg-sl at xcry close junrtors 'lhere xvas o;-l;. the one plslol found In the room, to birrels of which had been cmpti.'d. M.'. Hilton Cubitt had been shot (.trough the heart. It was equally com . I il ! that he had shot her and (hen '. . If or that she had been the crii 1';.. '. 1 r the levolver lay upon th" lloor 11 I xx j between them. "Has he bee 1 1. ., Iv" asked Holmes. "We have uui-d nothing except tho ladx. We could 1 it leave her lying xxotmde.l upon the Hour." "Ilmx long have you been here, doc tor V "Since 1 o'clock." "Ally one el.seV" "Yes, tlie constable here." "And jou have touched nothing?" "Nothing." "You luixe acted with great discre tion ho .seat for youV" 'The housemaid, Saunders." "Was it she who gave the alarm?" "She and Mrs King, the cook." "Where are they noxv'.'" "III the kitchen, I believe." "Then 1 think we had better hear their story af once." (To he continued. ) Peculiar Disappearance. .1 I) Itunjnn, of UutlerAille, N., hud tlie peculiar disappciiruco of Ida painful tixuiptnniH, of indigestion and bilious ness, to Dr. King's New Life Tills. llesajs "i'hex area perfect remedy, for dizziness, sour stomach headache, constipation, etc." (itiaranteed at I'has II. Diick drug iitoio, price l!."ie. Tim pills that act as n tonic, and not iih a drastic purgo, are DoWittH' Little Karly Ktsers. They euro hentl aaho. constipation, billioiiMicsH. jaun dice, etc. Karly Kinon are sinnl! nml easy to take and easy to act. Sold by (marh)H II. Hack. KW.IfiOl A1.5? fc OitlFTIre TOWARDS Many people who are neglecting symptoms of kidney trouble, hoping "it will wear away," are viiiitin luwuiua i-uifc-.ut. a ui-auuse, wincn is Kianey irouuie in one 01 us worst lorms. Lv?smmmmummamaa lii i n phi SSSaKSiftSM - 1 Tf 11 iA'iA Ik " Iff 'Jt I KgMj-yP-lfyW BRIGHT S EASE OIEYSKIDNEYCURE stops irregularities, strengthens the urinary organs and builds up the worn-out tissues of the kidneys so thev will nerform their functions nroncrlv. Healthv kidnevs strain out tho impurities from the blood as it passes through them. Diseased kidneys do not, and r tllc poisonous waste matter is carried by the circulation to every part of the body. a causing dizziness, backache, stomach trouble, sluggish liver, irregular heart action, etc. you nave any signs of Kidney or Bladder Trouble commence taking FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE at once, as it will cure a slight disorder in a few days and prevent a fatal malady. It is pleasant to take and benefits the whole system. How to Find Out, You can easily determine If your kidney art out of order by ncttlnf; aside for 24 hours bottle of the urlno passed upon arising. If upon examination It is cloudy or milky or hat a brick-dust sediment or small particles float about In It, your kidneys nro diseased, and FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE ebould bo takes at oace. Ot B. Burhans Testifies After Four Years G. B. Burhans of Carlisle Center, N. V., writes; "About four year io I wrote you Mating that t had been entirely cured of n aevere kldiuy troublo by taking lej than two bottlea cf Poley'a Kidney Cure. It entirety atopped the brlck-duit ardlmrnt and rain and aymrtoma of klilnry dlsraia disappeared. am Kaij to say that have never had return of any of thnte aymptoma during tho four ytara that have elapned, an J I am evidently cured to stay curod, and heartily recommend Poh-y'a Kidney Curo to any one suffering from kidncv or bladder trouble.' 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