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'‘T don't mind if I do," the detective
answered. “The tremendous exertions
which I have gone through during the
last day or two have worn me out.
Not so much bodily exertion, you un
derstand, as the strain upon the mind.
You will appreciate that, Mr. Sherlock
Holmes, for we are both brain work-
ers.
“You do me too much honor,” said
Holmes gravely. “Let us hear how
you arrived at this most gratifying re
sult.”
The detective seated himself In the
arm-chair and puffed complacently at
his cigar Then suddenly he
daughter witnarew. •now, Mr,- sue
continued, ‘1 had no intention of tell
ing you all this, but since my pool
daughter has disclosed it I have no
alternative. Having once decided to
speak, I will tell you all, without omit
ting any particular.’
“ ‘It is your wisest course,' said I.
" 'Mr. Drebber has been with us
nearly three weeks. He and his sec
retary, Mr. Stangerson, had been trav
eling on the continent I noticed a
“Copenhagen” label upon each of their
trunks, showing that that had been
many tricks to throw tho polios on
the wrong scent."
“Well done!" raid Holmes, in an en
couraging voice, “iieclly, Uregson,
you are getting along. We shall make
something of yon yet”
“I flatter myself that 1 have man
aged it rather neatly,” the detective
answered proudly. “The young mau
volunteered a statement in which he
said that after following Drebbcr some
time, the latter perceived him, and
took a cab in order to get away from
him. On his way home he met an old
| shipmate, and tooh a long walk with
: him. On being asked where this old
shipmate lived, he was unable to give
any satisfactory reply. 1 think the
whole case fits together uncommonly
welL What amuses me is to think of
Lcslrade, who had started off upon the
wrong scent. 1 am afraid ho won’t
make much of it. Why, ty .i.,.e. litre »
the very man himself!”
It was indeed Lustra le, who had
ascended the stairs while we were
talking, and who now entered the
room. The assurance and jauntincss
which generally marked his demeanor
and dress were, howte -, wanting.
11 is face was disturbed an 1 troubled,
while his clothes were disarranged
and untidy. He had evidently come
that fool Ustrade, who thinks himself worRe for driuki lDdac d, after
so smart has gone off upon the wrong twt> , Te 0 , clock ln tho d he could
track altogether. He is after the J
their last stopping place. Stangerson
was a quiet, reserved man, but his cm-: ' w it U ThTiutenthm"of consulting with
p oyer, I am sorry to saj-, was far other- Sherlock Holmes, for on perceiving his
v V1 U1 , , ?' i “: Ue was coarse in las habits and I coll nlo he apT>earad ^ Uo embar .
his thigh In a paroxysm of amusement. : brutish in his ways. The very night j nad put out. He stood in the
“The fun of it la.” he cried, “that . f his arrival he became very much the | cenU;r of the room furab i in g nervous
ly with his hat, and uncertain what to
do. “This is a most extraordinary
case," he said at last—"a most incom-
prehensible affair.”
“Ah, you find it so, Mr. Lestrade!"
cried Gregson, triumphantly. “I
thought you would come to that con
clusion. Have you managed to find
the secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson?"’
“The secretary, Mr. Joseph Stanger
son.” said Lestrade, gravely, "was mur
dered at Halliday’s private hotel about
six o'clock this morning."
retary, Stangerson, who had no more
to do with the crime than the babe un
bom. I have no doubt that he has
caught him by this time."
The idea tickled Gregson so much
that he laughed until he choked.
“And how did you get your clew?"
“Ah, I'U tell you all about it. Cf
course, Hr. Watson, this Is strictly be
tween ourselves. The first difficulty
which we had to contend with was the
finding of this American's antecedents.
Some people would have waited until
their advertisements were answered,
or until parties came forward and vol
unteered information. That is not
Tobias Gregson’s way of going to
work. You remember the hat beside
the dead man?”
“Yes,” said Holmes; “by John Uu- |
derwood & Sons, 129 Camberwell
road.”
Gregson looked quite crestfallen.
“I had no idea that you noticed
that," he said. “Have you been
there?”
“No."
“Ha!” cried Gregson, in a relieved
▼oice; “you should never neglect a
chance, however small it may seem.”
“To a great mind nothing is little,"
remarked Holmes, sententiously.
“Well I went to Underwood and
asked him if he had sold a hat of that
size and description. He looked over
his books and came on it at once. He
had sent the hat to a Mr. Drebber, re
siding at Charpentier's boarding estab
lishment, Torquay terrace. Thus I got
at his address.”
“Smart—very smart!” murmured
Sherlock Holmes.
“I next called npon Mme. Char-
pentier,” continued the detective. "I j
found her very pale and distressed.
Her daughter was in the room, too—
an uncommonly fine girl she is, too;
she was looking red about the eyes ;
and her lips trembled as I spoke to her. j
That didn’t escape my notice. I began
to smell a rat. You know the feeling, |
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, when you come
upon the right scent—a kind of thrill
in your nerves. ‘Have you heard of
the mysterious death of your boarder,
hardly ever bo said to be sober. His
manners toward the maid servants
were disgustingly free and familiar.
Worst of all, ho speedily assumed the
same attitude toward my daughter,
Alice, and spoke to her more than once
in a way which, fortunately, she is too
innocent to understand. On one occa
sion he actually seized her In his arms
and embraced her—an outrage which
I caused his own secretary to reproach
him for his unmanly conduct.'
“ ‘But why did you stand all this?’ I
asked. ‘I suppose that you can get rid
of your boarders when you wish.’
"Mrs. Charpentler blushed at my
pertinent question. ‘Would to God
that I had given him notice on the
very day he came,’ she said. ‘But it
was a sore temptation. They were
paying a pound a day each—fourteen
pounds a week, and this is a slack sea
son. I am a widow, and my boy in the
navy has cost me much. I grudged to
lose the money. I acted for the best.
This last was too much, however, and
I gave him notice to leave on account
of it. That was the reason of his
going.’
“ ‘Well?’
‘“Mj-heart grew light when I saw
| him drive away. My son is on leave
I just now, but I did not tell him auy-
I thing of this, for his temper is violent,
] and he is passionately fond of his sis
ter. When I closed the door behind
them a load seemed to lie lifted from
my mind. Alas! in less than an hour
there was a ring at the bell, and I
learned that Mr. Drebber had re
turned. He was much excited, and
evidently the worse for drink. He
forced his way Into the room where I
was sitting with my daughter, and
made some incoherent remark about
having missed the train. He then
turned to Alice and, before my very
face, proposed to her that she should
fly with him. “You are of age,” he
said, “and there is no law to stop you.
I have money enough and to spare.
Never mind the old girl here, but
come along with me now straight
away. You shall live like a princess.”
Poor Alice was so frightened that
she shrunk away from him, but he
Mr. Enoch J, Drebber, of Cleveland?’ caught her by the wrist and endeavored
I asked.
“The mother nodded. She didn’t
seem able to get out a word. The
daughter burst into tears. I felt more
than ever that these people knew
something of the matter.
“ ‘At what o’clock did Mr. Drebber
leave your house for the train?’ I
naked.
“ ‘At eight o’clock,’ she said, gulping
In her throat to keep down her agita
tion. ‘His secretary, Mr. Stangerson,
aaid that there were two trains—one
at 9:15 and one at 11. He was to
catch the first.’
“ ‘And was that the last which you
saw of him?’
“A terrible change came over the
woman's face as I asked the question.
Per features turned perfectly livid. It
was some seconds before she could get
out the single word ‘Yes,’ and when It
did come out it was in a husky, unnat-
ural tone.
“There was silence for a moment,
and then the daughter spoke iu a calm,
clear voice:
“ ‘No good can ever come of false
hood, mother,’ she said. ‘Let us be
frank with this gentleman. We did sec
Mr. Drebber again.’
to draw her toward the door. I
screamed, and at that moment my son
Arthur came into the room. What
happened then I do not know. I
heard oaths and the confused sounds
of a scuffle. I was too terrified to
raise my head. When I did look up I
saw Arthur standing in the doorway
laughing, with a stick in his hand.
"I don’t think that fine fellow will
trouble us again,” he said. “I will
just go after him and see what he does
with himself.” With those words ha
took his hat and started off down the
street. The next morning we heard oi
Mr. Drebber’s mysterious death.’
“This statement came from Mrs.
Charpentier's lips with many gasps
and pauses At times she spoke so
low that I could hardly catch the
words I made shorthand notes of all
that she said, however, so that there
should bo no possibility of a mistake."
“It’s quite exciting,” said Sherlock
Holmes, with a yawn. “What happened
next?”
“When Mrs Charpentier paused,”
the detective continued, “I saw that
the whole case hung upon one point.
Fixing her with toy eye in a way which
I always found effective with women.
CHAPTER VIL
MG XT IN THE DARKNESS
The intelligence with which Lestrade
greeted us was so momentous and so
unexpected, that we were all three
fairly dumfounded. Gregson sprang
out of his chair and upset the remainder
of his whisky and water. I stared in
silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips
were compressed and his brows drawn
down over his eyes.
“Stangerson, tool” ho muttered.
“The plot thickens.”
“It was quite thick enough before,"
grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair. “I
seem to have dropped into a sort of
council of war.”
“Are you—are you sure of this piece
of intelligence?" stammered Gregson.
“I have just come from his room,”
said Lestrade. “I was the first to dis
cover what had occurred.”
“We have been hearing Gregson’s
view of the matter,” Holmes observed.
“Would you mind letting us know
what you have seen and done?”
“I have no objection,” Lestrade an
swered, seating himself. “I freely
confess that 1 was of the opinion that
Stangerson waaconcerned in the death
of Drebber. This fresh development
has shown me that I was completely
“ ‘God forgive you!' cried Mme. Char- j asked her at wb at hour her son ro-
pentier, throwing up her hands and
sinking back in her chair. ‘You have
iiourdered your brother.’
“ ‘Arthur would rather that we
spoke the truth,’ the girl answered
firmly.
“ ‘You had best tell me all about it
now,’ I said. ’Half-confidences are
worse than none. Besides, you do not
know how much we know of it.’
, “ ‘On your head be it, Alice!' cried
her mother; and then, turning to mei
•I will tell you aU, sir. Do not imagine
“PERHAPS, ALICE, 10V HAD BETTER
LEAVE US TOO ETHER.”
that my agitation on behalf of my son
arises from any fear lest he should
have had a hand in this terrible affair.
He is utterly innocent of it. My dread
is, however, that in your eyes and in
the eyss of others he may appear to be
compromised. That, however, is sure
ly impossible, tils high character, his
profession, hi* antecedents would all
forbid it.*
" ‘Your best way is to make a clean
breast of the facts,’ 1 answered. ’De
pend upon it, if your son is innocent
he will be none the worse.’
” ‘Perhaps, Alice, you had better
leave us together,’ she said, and her
turned.
“ T do not know,’ she answered.
" ’Not know?’
“‘No; he has a latch-key, and let
himself in.’
H ‘After you went to bed?*
«‘Yes.’
“ ‘When did you go to bed?*
“ ‘About eleven.’
*’ ‘So your son was gone at least two
hours?’
“ 'Yes.'
“ ‘Possibly four or five?’
“ 'yes,’
“ ‘What was he doing during that
time?'
“ ‘I do not know,' she answered, turn
ing white to her very lips
“Of course after that there was
nothing more to be done. I f rand out
where Lieut. Charpentier was, took
two officers with me, and arrested him.
When 1 touched him on the shoulder
and warned him to come quietly with ]
ns, he answered us as liold as brass: T
suppose you are arresting me for being
concerned in the death of that scoun
drel, Drebber,’ be said. We had said
nothing to him about it, so that his
alluding to it had a most suspicious
aspect."
"Very," said Holmes.
“He still carried the heavy stick
which the mother described him as
having with him when he followed
Drebber. It was a stout oak cudgel.”
“What is your theory, then?”
“Well, my theory is that he followed
Drebber as far as the Brixton road.
When there, a fresh altercation arose
between them, in the course of which
Drebber received a blow from the
stick, in the pit
BESIDE THE WINDOW LAY THE BODY OP A
MAN.
mistaken. Full of the one idea, I set
myself to find oat what had become of
the secretary. They had been seen
together at Euston station about half
past eight on the evening of the third.
At two in the morning Drebber had
been found in the Brixton road. The
question which confronted me was to
find out how Stangerson had been em
ployed between half-past eight and the
time of the crime, and what had be
come of him afterward. I telegraphed
to Liverpool giving a description of
the man, and warning them to keep a
watch upon the American boats. I
then set to work calling upon all the
hotel and lodging houses in the vicin
ity of Euston. Yon see, I argued that
If Drebber and his companion had be
come separated, the natural course
for the latter would be to put up some
where in the vicinity for the night and
then to hang about the station again
next morning.”
"They would be likely to agree on
some meeting place beforehand," re
marked Holmes.
•So it proved. I spent the whole of
yesterday evening in making inquiries
entirely without avail. This morning
| began very early, and aVeight o’clock
I reached Halliday's private hotel, iq
Little George street. On my inquiry
as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was
living there, they at once answered me
in the affirmative.
'' 'No doubt you are the gentleman
he was expecting,’ they said. ‘He has
been waiting for a gentleman for two
day a'
" ‘Where is he now?’ I asked.
“ ‘He is upstairs in bed. He wished
to he called at nine.’
“It seemed to me that my sudden
appearance might shake his nerves and
lead him to say something unguarded.
The Boots volunteered to show me the
room; it was on the second floor, and
there was a small corridor leading up
to It. The Boots pointed out the door
to me, and was about to go downstairs
again, when 1 saw something that
jnade me feel sickish, in > pile of my
twenty years' experience. From under
the door there curled a little red rib
bon of blood, which had meandered
across the passage and formed a
little pool along the skirting at
the other side. I gave a cry, which
brought the Boots back. He nearly
fainted when he saw it. The door was
locked on the inside, but we put our
shoulders to it. and knocked it in. The
window of the room was open, and bet
side the window, all huddled up, lay
the body of a man in his nightdress,
lie was quite dead, and had been for
tow comes the strangest pan oi mu
affair What do you suppose wa ; s’-ore
the i urcew .1 man?”
1 felt a creeping of flesh, and a pre
sentiment of coining horror, even be
fore Sherlock Holmes answered:
“ l .iu Ivor ra. Y-.'i . u. . in ..Ucm
of bioe 1,” !i . said.
• 'I hni wu it,” seii! f.e- trade, in an
awe-..truck vo'.i:i>; cn-l wo wore all si
lent (or awhile.
There was something so methodical
and so ine impruhcusible about the
dcsls of this unknown a : ussin, that
it imparted a fresh ghastliness to hlf
crimes. My nerves, which wore steady
enough on the field of battle, tingh 1
as I thought of it.
“The man was seen," continued Los.
trade. “A milk-boy, passing on hia
way to the dairy, Uap|>cucd to walk
down the lane which leads from
the mews at the back of the hotel.
He noticed that a ladder, which usu
ally lay there, was raided against one
of tho windows of the second floor,
which was wide open. After passing,
he looked back a.id saw a man de
scend the ladder. He came down so
quietly and openly that the boy im
agined him to bo some carpenter or
joiner at work In the hotel. He took
no particular notice of him, beyond
thinking in his mind that it was
early for him to be at work, lie has
an impression that the man was tall,
had a reddish face, and was dressed
in a long, brownish coat. He must
hare stayed in the room some little
time after the murder, for we found
blood-stained water in the basin,
where he bad washed Ills hands, and
marks on the sheet where he had de
liberately wiped his knife.”
I glanced at Holmes on hearing the
description of the murderer, which tal
lied so exactly with his own. There
was, however, no trace of exultation oi
satisfaction upon his face.
“Did you find nothing in the room
which could furnish a clew to the
murderer?" ho asked.
“Nothing. Stangerson had Dreb-
ber's purse in his pocket, but it seem*
that this was usual, as he did all the
paying. There was eighty-odd pound!
in it, but nothing had been taken.
Whatever the motives of these extraor
dinary crimes, robbery is certainly not
one of them. There were no papers or
memoranda in the murdered man'e
pocket, except a single telegram, dated
from Cleveland about a month ago,
and containing the words: ‘J. 11. is in
Europe.’ There was no name appended
to this message.”
“And there was nothing else?"
Holmes asked.
“Nothing of any importance. The
man's novel, with which he had read
himself to sleep, was lying npon the
bed, and his pipe was on a chair beside
him. There was a glass of water on
the table, and on the window-sill a
small chip oiutment-box containing a
couple of pills.”
Sherlock Holmes sprang from his
chair with an exclamation of delight.
“The last link,” he cried, exultantly.
“My case is complete.”
The two detectives stared at him in
amazcmetit.
“I have now in my hands,” my com
panion said, confidently, “all the
threads which have formed such a
tangle. There are, of course, details
to be filled in, but 1 am as certain of
all the main facts, from the time that
Drebber parted from Stangerson at
the station up to the discovery of the
body of the latter, as if I had seen
them with my own eyes. I will give
you a proof of iny knowledge. Could
you lay your hand upon those pills?”
“I have them,” said Lestrade, pro
ducing a small white box. “I took
them and the purse and the telegram,
intending to have them put in a place
of safety at the police station. It was
the merest chance, my taking these
pills, for I am bound to say that I do
not attach any importance to them.”
“Give them here,” said Holmes.
“Now, doctor,” turning to me, "arc
those ordinary pills?”
They certainly were not. They
were of a pearly gray color, small,
round and almost transparent against
the light. “From their lightness and
transparency I should imagine that
they are soluble in water,” I remarked.
“Precisely so,” answered Holmes.
“Now, would you mind going down
and fetching that poor little devil of ■
terrier which has been bad so long,
and which the landlady wanted you to
put out of its pain yesterday?"
I went downstairs and carried the
dog upstairs in my arras. Its labored
I a blow iroin me 4sc ,^1 - -
suck in mu i»« of the stomach, per- *ome time, for his limbs were rigid
haps,’which killed him without leaving and cold. When we turned him over
anv mark Tho night was so wet that the Boots recognized him at once as
no 7 one was aliout, so CharpeiAier being the same genvlcman who had en-
dragged the body of his victim Into gaged the room under the name of Jos-
themnptv! m-.o/ As to the candle, eph Stangerson. The cause of death
and the'blood, and the writing on the| wa8 , a . deep 8Ub . in w the heart. W And
well, and the ring, they may aU be so 1 “*nst have penetrated the heart. And
HE PLACED IT IN FRONT OF THE TERRIER.
breathing and glazing eye showed that
it was not far from its end. Indeed,
its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that
it had already exceeded the usual terra
of canine existence. I placed it upon
a cushion on the rng.
“I will now ent one of these pills in
two,” said Holmes, and drawing his
penknife he suited the action to the
word. “One-half we return into the
box for future purpmes. The other
half I will place in this wine glass, in
which is a teuspoonful of wqtep, You
perceive that our friend, the doc
tor, la right, and that It readily dis
solves.”
“This may be very interesting,” said
Leftrade, in the Injured tone of one
who suspects that he is being laughed
at. “I cannot see, however, what it
has to do with the death of Mr. Joseph
Stangerson.”
“Patience, my friend, patience! Yon
will find in time that it has everything
to do with it. I shall now add a little
milk to make the mixture palatable,
and on presenting it to the dog yy? find
he laps It np readily enoqglj."'
As he spoke \e turned the contents
of tl.e yvine g'ps* into a saucer and
placed It in front of the terrier, who
peeiliiy I’.ckcrt it dry. Sherlock
Holmes’ earnest demeanor had so far
convinced u.~. that we all sat in silence,
wa lolling the animal intently, and ex
pecting some startling effect. None
i.acli i.ppt-arod, however. The dog con
tinued to lie itretchcd npon the
cushion, breathing in a labored way,
but apparently neither thu better nor
woric Ux its i'mu--ht.
UoUn-'x had taken out Ins waten, nnu
as minute followed minute wi’.’-.'iiit re-
su't, an expression of the u: most oh..
grin and disappointment a- peared
upon his features, liognawel his lip,
drummed his fingers upon the table,
and showed every other symptom of
acute impatience. So great was his
emotion that 1 felt sincerely sorry for
him, while the two detectives smiled
derisively, by no means displeased at
this chock which he had met.
“It can’t be a coincidence," he cried,
at last, springing from his chair and
pacing wildly np and down the room;
“it is impossible that it should be a
mere coincidence. The very pills which
I suspected in the ease of Drebber are
actually found after the death of Stan
gerson. And yet they are inert. What
can it mean? Surely my whole chain of
reasoning cannot have been false. It
is impossible! And yet this wretched
dog is none the worse. Ah, I have it!
I have it!" With a perfect shriek of
delight he rushed to the box, cut the
other pill in two, dissolved it, added
milk and presented it to the terrier.
The unfortunate creature's tongue
seemed hardly to have been moistened
in it before it gave a convulsive shiver
in every limb, and lay as rigid and life
less as if it had been struck by light
ning.
Sherlock Holmes drew a long breath
and wiped tho perspiration from his
forehead. "1 should have more faith,"
he said. "I ought to know by this
time that when a fact appears to be
opposed to a long train of deductions
it Invariably proves to be capable of
bearing some other Interpretation. Of
the two pills in that box, one was the
most deadly poison and the other was
entirely harmless. I ought to have
known that before ever I saw the box
at all."
This last statement appeared to lie
to be so startling that I could Irani4-
believe that he was in his sober
senses. There was the dead dog, how
ever, to prove that his conjecture had
been correct, it seemed to me that
the mists in my own mind were gr;: 1-
ually clearing away, and I began to
have a dim, vague perception of the
truth.
“All this seems strange to you," con
tinued Holmes, "because you failed at
the beginning of the inquiry to grasp
the importance of the single real clew
which was presented to you. I had
the good fortune to seize upon that,
and everything which has oc
curred since then has served
to confirm my original supposi
tion. and, indeed, was the logical se
quence of it. Hence things which
have perplexed you and made the case
more obscure have served to enlighten
me and to strengthen my conclusions.
It is a mi..take to confound strange
ness with mystery. The most common
place crime is often the most myste
rious because it presents no new or
special features from which deductions
can be drawn. This murder would
have been infinitely more difficult to
unravel had the body of the victim
been simply found lying in the road
way without any of those outre and
sensational accompaniments which
have rendered it remarkable. These
strange details, far from making the
ease more difficult, have really had the
effect of making it less so.”
Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this
address with considerable impatience,
could contain himself no longer. "Look
here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” he said,
“we are all ready to acknowledge that
yon are a smart man, and that you
have your own methods of working.
We want something more than
mere theory and preaching now,
though. It is a case of taking the man.
I have made mv case out, and it seems
I was wrong. YoungCharpentiercould
not have been engaged in this second
affair. Lestrade went after his man,
Stangerson, and it appears that be
was wrong, too. You have thrown out
hints here, and hints there, and seem
to know more than we do, but the
time has come when we feel that we
have a right to ask y(*u straight how
much you do know of the business.
Can you name the man who did it?”
"I cannot help feeling that Gregson
is right, sir,” remarked Lestrade. “We
have both tried, and we have both
failed. You hqfe remarked more than
once since I have been in the room
that you had all the evidence which
you require. Surely you will not with
hold it any longer.”
“And delay in arresting the assas
sin," I observed, “might give him time
to perpetrate some fresh atrocity."
Thus pressed by us all, Holmes
showed signs of irresolution. He con
tinued to walk up and down the room
with his head sunk on his chest and
his brows drawn down, as was his
habit when lost in thought.
“There will be no more murders,”
he said at last, stopping abruptly and
facing us. “You can put that consid
eration out of the question. You have
asked me if I know tho name of the
assassin. I do. The mere knowing of
his name is a small thing, however,
compared with the power of laying our
hands upon him. This I expect very
shortly to do. I have good hopes of
managing it through my own arrange
ments; but it is a thing which needs
delicate handling, for we have
a shrewd and desperate man to
deal with, who is supported, as
I have had occasion to prove, by an
other who is as clever as himself. As
long as this man has no idea that any
one can have a clew there is some
chance of securing him; but if he had
the slightest suspicion he would
change his name and vanish in an in
stant among the four million inhabit
ants of this great city- Without mean
ing to hurt any of your feelings, I am
bound to say that I consider these tnen
to be more than a match for the official
force, and that is why I have not asked
your assistance. If I fail I shall of
course incur all the blame due to tbit
omission; hut that 1 am prepared for.
At present I am ready to promise that
the instant I can communicate with
you without endangering my own com
binations I shall do so.”
Gregson snd Lestrade seemed to b<
far from satisfied by this assurance
or by the depreciating allusion to the
detective po|ioc. The former had
flushed up to the roots of his flaxen
hair, while th* other's beady eyes
glistened with curiosity and resent
ment. Neither of them hud time to
speak, however, before there was a tap
at the door and the spokesman of the
street Arabs, young Wiggins, intro
duced his insignificant anti unsavory
person.
“Please, sir," he said, touching his
forelock, “J have the cab downstairs."
“Good boy,” said Holmes, blandly,
“Why don’t you introduce this pattern
at Scotland Yard?” he continued, tak
ing a pair of steel handcuffs from a
• drawer. “See how beautifully the
spring wortss. luoy fasten in an in
stant.”
"Tlu old pattern is good enough,"
remarked Lestrade. “if wc can find the
man to put them on.”
"Vcrygood, very good,” said Holmes,
smiling. “The cabman may as well
help me with my boxes. Just ask him
to step up, Wiggins.”
I was surprised to find my companion
speaking as though he were about to
set out on a journey, since he had not
pilAKLUSToV cUMTUt A.ND
^ SOUTHERN RAILROAD
CHABLER E. KIMBALL I never
NORTH.
SOUTH.
1
2
A.M.
P.M.
Lv 7.80
Charleston
8.45 Ar“
8.40
Pregnali’s
7.2J
10.47
Sumter
5.27
12.05
Darlington
4.12
12 5«
Benneftsvtlle 8.21
1.20
Gibson
2.5?
1.47
Hamlet
2 30
Ar 0 00
Raleigh
10.15 Lv
P.M
P.M.
No. 1 cotiniiccts with
Seaboard
Air Line at Hamlet tor Kaleigli
Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel
by, Koutherfordton ; and at Charlotte
with R A D. Vestibule Limited lor
Washington and New York. Passen
gers can take sleepers at Charlotte at
4 : tU p. m.
No. 2 p issengers by this train have
through iSleeper* New York to Char
lotte, connects witli 8. A. L. at Ham-
let from Charlotte, Kaleigli and
N’.ir'n, and from Wilmington, con-
•lecti- with S. (’. Ky. at P-egnalU for
hai-lestnn, Columbia, Augusta and
the \Vest Dinner at llaiuiet
C. MILLAKD, Ruperiutendent.
‘ JUST GIVE ME A HCLP WITH THIS
BUCKLE, CABMAN."
said anything to me about it. There
was a small portmanteau in the room,
and this lie pulled out and began to
strap, lie was busily engaged at it
when the cabman entered the room.
“Justgive mea help with this buckle,
cabman,” he said, kneeling over hia
task, and never turning his head.
The fellow came forward with a
somewhat sullen, defiant air. and put
down his hands to assist. At that in
stant there was a sharp click, the jang
ling of metal, aim Sherlock Holmes
sprang to his feet again.
“Gentlemen,” he cried, with flushing
eyes, “let me introduce you to Mr.
Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch
Drebber apd Joseph Stangerson."
The whole thing occurred in a mo
ment—so quickly that I had no time to
realize it. I have a vivid recollection
of that instant, of Holmes’ triumphant
expression and the ring of his voice, of
the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he
glared at the glittering handcuffs,
winch had appeared as if by magic
upon his wrists. For a second or two
we might have been a group of statues.
Then with an inarticulate roar of fury,
the prisoner wrenched himself free
from Holmes’ grasp, and hurled him
self through the window. Woodwork
and glass gave way before him; but
before lie got quite through, Gregson,
Lestrade and Holmes sprang upon
him tike so many stag-hounds.
He was dragged back into the
room, and then commenced s ter
rific conflict. So powerful and so
fierce was lie, that the four of ns were
shaken off again and again. He ap
peared to have the convulsive strength
of a man in an epileptic fit. His face
and hands were terribly mangled by
the passage through the glass, but loss
of blood had no effect in diminishing
his resistance. It was not until Lc-
strade succeeded In getting his hand
inside his neck-cloth and half strang
ling him that we made him realize that
his struggles were of no avail; and
even then we felt no security until ws
had pinioned his feet as well as his
hands. That done, we rose to our feet
breathless and panting.
“We have his cab,” said Sherlock
Holmes. “It will serve to take him to
Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen,”
he continued, with a pleasant smile,
“we have reached the end of our little
mystery. You are very welcome to put
any questions that you like tome now,
and there is no danger that I will re
fuse to answer them.”
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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Si D. and 0. A 8. KA1LRO U>8.
In effect Dec 3,
Through Parsenger Train.
Leave Wadesboro
4.30 a m
Bennett’s
4.51 a u'
Morven’s
. 5.04 a m
McFarland
. 5 17 a ni
Cberaw
6.00 a ui
Cash's
6.12 a tu
Society Hill
C.'zO a m
Dove’s
Floyd’s
6.41) a n>
Darlington
7.00 u iu
Palmetto
. 7.11 a m
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
7.15 p m
Palmetto
Darlington
7.3" p m
Floyd’s
7.50 p m
Dove’s
7 55 p in
Society Hill
8 13 p m
Cash’s
Cheraw
8.50 p in
McFarland
9.13 p m
Morveu’s
9.89 p m
Bennett’s
9.54 p in
Arrive Wadesboro
10.15 p m
Freight Train.
Leave Florence
7.80 a in
Darlington
8.40 a m
Arrive Chet aw
11.20 a m
Leave Cheraw
1.00 p m
Darlington
4.00 p id
Arrive Florence
5.00 p tu
A. F. RAVENEL, President.
l^TORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
LN! In effect Jan. 11, 1894.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 61
Leave Florence
7 45 a tu
Kingstree
8.58 a m
Lanes
Arrive Charleston
No. 85.
Leave Florence
Lanes
4.52 a m
Arrive Charleston
6.5) a m
No. 23.
Leave Florence
7.25 p m
Kingstree
8.37 p in
Lanes
9.00 p in
Arrive Charleston
.11.00 p rn
No. 53.
Leave Lanes
7.05 p m
Arrive Charleston
8.45 p m
Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 61 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston
. 3.86 a in
Lanes
5.30 a m
Kingstree
5 52 a m
Arrive Florence
7.10 a m
No. 60
Leave Charleston
. 5.00 p m
Lanes
. 7.05 p m
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
. 8.50 p m
No. 14.
Leave Charleston
8.80 p m
Lanes
5.29 p m
Kingstree
5.45 p m
Arrive Florence
6.45 p m
No. 52.
Leave Charleston
7.00 a m
Arrive Lanes
. 8.35 a in
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of S. C.
No. 78 runs solid to Wilming
ton, N. C., making close connection
witn W. it W. U. R. for all points
North.
Train No. 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
makes close connection for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt.
IV
ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA I
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 3, 1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
XTARTSVILLE RAILROAD.
In effect Dec 8,1898.
DAILY MiraD TRAIN
Leave Hartsville fl.00 a m
Jovann 6.90 a m
Floyd’s 6.85 a
Arrive Darlington 7.20 a in
Leave Darlington - 6.30 p
Floyd's 8.( 0 p m
Jovann — 8.2 ' p m
Arrrive Hartsville 8.40 p m
J. F. DIVINE, Geo. 8up4.
Leave Wilmington
No. 55.
Marion
Arrive Florence
No. 50.
Leave Florence
Sumter
Arrive Columbia
No. 58.
Leave Florence
7.45 a in
Arrive Snmter
No. 52.
I-cave Sumter
Arrive Columbia
igh
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8.40 a m, Manning 9 18 a in.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 51.
Leave Columbia 4.30 a m
Sumter 6.57 a in
Arrive Florenee...»^.^.....„. 7.15 a m
No. 56
Leave Florence 7.40 a in
Marlon 8.23 a m
Arrive Wilmington 11.10 s in
No. 58.
Leave Columbia 4.20 p m
Arrive Sumter 5.35 p in
No. 69.
Leave Colombia .
Sumter ...... 1^45 p in
Arrive Florence.... 0.65 p in
i thiouKu uo vnarleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 6.15 p m Lanes 7.00 p ir,
oluudeeton8.45 pm.
Trains on Manchester and Augusta
B. R , leave Sumter daily except Sun
day. 10.50 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave Rimini l.COp.
m.. arrive Sumter 2:10 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadboura
and Conway Railroad leave Ohad-
hourn at 10.10 a in, arrive at Con wav
12 30 p m, returning leave Conway at
2:00 p. m., arrive Chadbonm 4:50p
m. Leave Cbadboora 7.00 a m cud
5 15 pm, arrive at Hub 7 45a ui si <1
6.00 p m. Returning leave Hub 8 i
m and 6.80 p m, an fee at Chad!, it
9.00 a m and 7.15 p m. Dally
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