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9 .4 ( &j 'Rcitzm of ) SHERLOCK HOLMES By A. CONAN DOYLE. Author of "The Adventures of Sherlock lloliuet." "The llounJ of the !nkerville." ' ' he Sum of the four," "A Study In Seirlei." lit.-. The Adventure the Solitary Cyclist No. 4 of the Series of (C..'irii. JMI. A !';! U Wi !.. ' ( Cif'lto, l'Ci. MtClmr,. J"ii..i, t'.J i:nM ill.- viMix 1S!-1 to Fj liH.il. im-hiie. Mr. Slier I lock Holmes was a very IHI 1U.1U. 11 PHUT lu say that there was no imlilii- case of any ilitli i iilty lu vhn li lie was uot consulted during those eisht yours, mid there were hundreds of private cases, some of tueui of tin1 iii-i-t In trleato ami extraordinary chat-act---.-. In which lie ilayeil a prominent a:-. As 1 have preserved very full n t s o ffll these cases mul was myself i"-. - m ally entitled in many of them. : ma., be iuiaiMiod -ha. it is no c.iy r:u t l.uow whii h i Mmuld scicci to 1. 1.. ! fjre the pulil.c 1 isliiill. however, pre poi-ve uiy former rule ami pive the pre;' CT Vice to those ( a-es which derive tiie.v in erost not so tinuh from tlic lirutnlity of the crime as from the ingenuity an. I tU'umatic liiiulity of the solution. For this reason I will now lay before the reader the facts connected with Miss iolet Smith, the solitary cyclist of 1 Qurliugton, and the curious sequel of our Investigation, which culminated in j unexpected tragedy. j On referring to ruy notebook for the i year lSOo 1 find that It was upon Sat urday, the 23d of April, that we tlrnt Uard of Miss Violet Smith. Uer visit vas, I remember, extremely unwel come to Holmes, for he was immersed Et .the moment In a very abstruse and complicated problem concerning the I culiar persecution to which John Vln ccrut Harden, the well known tobacco millionaire, had been subjected. My friend, who loved above all things pre cision and concentration of thought, re sented anything which distracted hh attention from the matter In hand. And yet, without a harshness which vas foreign to his nature, It was Im I osslble to refuse to listen to the story cX the young a;d beautiful woman, tall, graceful and queenly, who presented licrself at Daker ..cruet late in the eyejiiug and implored Ills as':istanee and advice. It was vain to urge that lils time was already fully occupied, for the young lady had come with the determination to tell her story, mul it vaa evident that nothing short of fore1 :ou!d get her -lut of the room until sue lnui done so. With a resigned nir ami ir. Hotucwhat weary smile, Holmes beg ed the beiiriful intruder to take a neat and to in.orni us what it was thai ras troubling her. ' At least it cannot bo your health." Kfliil lie as t.! ; keen eyes ilat"e I over her 'So anient a hii-velis? mu-t be flill of energy." -h" glaneed down in siiht -c aw:, feet, and I observed l!ie roilirlieliing of Ilie side of tile sole ell by lhe frietioti of tlie e !g . peil.il. ' ' Vc. 1 Ijiev.-le a g.). I ' i .. ! Uoliues. and that has something wilii my visit to you today. " My friend t.,.;; n,,. j;,,;.-. u:,. fiaiul mid examined it wi.ii m r,. atfeii;j,,n iiiid n.i little sen; ir..cni at I.e. iga! eall j. .1' til . .Mr. t-i il . : ..-.e l j.-e an a;; a scientist would show to a spei.-im.-n. "Von will e.ei;se me, am sure. II la my business." said lie as lie dropped It. 4 I hear!" fell into tin- error of Mlp liOnllig that .'oil were typowritiiig. (if course It Is oloiuiis thai it is Vou observe me - .rui. i.- li.-j-.-e XTat.soii, wlie-i: i ; o..il:!.n : I fes.-iions: 'j jiel e I . jl !.; . the 1'aee, lio ev.-r ' - .... ;j music. - ollds. i pro ,, bout tll.-nej tyije- It towiirtl il.e li.fi.t y ;,; ., i ivrit'-r does i .; .... .,. T!i! i I H tiiu-ii'-ia:;." ' Vi-s, .Mr. II i,i;.i- . 1 t. ... :, ii.n.. "In tin- imuiU-;., : :.. e-.j. y ii fiolu J'pUf COlllIlil-Xelll." "Vcs, sir; near I-'aniham. on the bor Uerj of .Surrey." "Now, Miss Violet, what has happen ed to you near l'arnhaiii, on tho bor ders of Surrey'" The younj; lady, with great clearness and composure, mudo the following .-urlous ututemcut: "i-'-T father 1 ; Oeat!, Mr. Holmes. lie ,waa James Kmith, who conducted tho orcLeBtra Bt the old Imperial theater. kly mother and I wero left without a relation In the world except one un cle, Italph fimitli. who went t Africa twenty-five j-eurs ugo, and we have never Lad a word from bun since. ,Vben father Iert. we were left very Hpor, but liwwiH told, that ll.ll.STUATLI) nv T. I. STEI LE iiu-it- us nu anver i-tst-nienr TO me Times Uniuiring for our whereabouts. Vou can imagine how excited we were, for we thouu'lit that some one had left us a fortune. We went at once to the lawyer whose name was given in the paper. There we met two gentlemen, Mr. t'arruthers and Mr. Woodley, who -.ere home on a visit from South Afri ca. They said that my uncle was a friend of theirs, that he had died some months before in great poverty In Jo hannesburg, and that he had asked them with his last breath to hunt up his relations mul see that they were in no want. It seemed strange to us that I'ncle lialph, who took no notice of us when he was alive, should lie bo care ful to look after us when he was dead, but Mr. CarruUiers explained that the reason was that my uncle had Just heard of the death of his brother and o felt responsible for our fate." "Excuse me," said Holmes. "When was this interview?" "Last Ieceniler four months ago." "Pray proceed." "Mr. Woodley Beemed to me to be a raoet odious person, ne was forever making eyes at me a coarse, puffy faced, red mustached younff man. with his hair plastered down on each side of bis forehead. I thought that he was perfectly hateful, and I was sure thai Cyril would not wish me to know Btict a person." "Oh, Cyril Is his name'." Bald Holmes, smiling. The young lady blushed and laughed. "Yes, Mr. Holmes, Cyril Morton, an electrical engineer, and we hope to be married at the end of the summer. Dear me, how did I get talking about him? What I wished to say was that Mr. Woodley was perfectly odious, but that Mr. Carruthers, who waa a mnch older man, was more agreeable. He was a dark, sallow, clean shaven, silent person, but he had polite manners and a pleasant smile. He Inquired bow we were left, and on finding that we were very poor he suggested that I should come and teach music to his only daughter, aged ten. I said that I did not like to leave my mother, on which he suggested that I should go home to her every week end, and he offered me I a hundred a year, which was certainly splendid pay. So It ended by my ac cepting, and I went down to Chlltern Grange, about six miles from Faro ham. Mr. Carruthers was a widower, but he had engaged a lady housekeep er, a very respectable, elderly person, called Mrs. Dixon, to look after his es tablishment. The child was a dear, and everything promised well. Mr. Car ruthers was very kind and very music al, and we had most pleasant evenings together. Every week end I went home to my mother In town. 'The first flaw lu my huppiuess was I the arrival of the red mustached Mr. I Woodley. He came for n visit of a week, and, oh, it seemed three mouths i to me. He was a dreadful person a bully to every one else, but to inc somc i thing inlinitely worse. He made odious j ioe to me, boasted of his wealth, said ; that if I married him I could have the ! liuest diamonds lu London, and finally ; when I would have nothing to do with ' him he seized me in his urms one day ! lifter dinner he was hideously strong ! find swore that he would not let tne go . until I had kissed him. Mr. t'urrutliers came in and tore him from ine, on : ivIiii-Ii he turned upon his own host, i l.n x-Uii.g him down and Vutting his lace o,,eii. That was the end of his I visit, as you can imagine. Mr. Carruth ers apologized to ine next day and as ! sureil me that I should never be ex- posed to such an Insult again. I have not seen Mr. Woodley since. "And now, Mr. Holmes, I come at last t i lie- special thing which has caused me to ask your udvlec today. Vou must know that every Saturday forenoon I ride on my bicycle to Faru liam station in order to get the 10 town. The road from Chlltern (irange is a i iae!y one, mid at one sput 11 is particularly so, for it lies for over a mile beuveen ( 'hai'lihglou. heath up on one side mid the woods which lie round ('harlingtou Hall upou the other. Vou could not liud a more lonely tract of road anywhere, and It Is tjuito rare to meet ho much us a cart or u peasant until you reach the highroad near CrooUsbury hill. Two weeks ago I was passing this place when I chanced to look back over my shoulder, and about 'J00 yards behind mo I saw a tnuu, ulso on a bicycle. He seemed to be a middle ngi-d man, with a short, dark benrd. I looked back before I reached I'arnliani, but tho man wus g nic, so I thought no more about It. Uut you can imagine how surprised 1 wus, Mr. Holmes, wheu on my returu on the Monday I saw the same man on the Hume stretch of road. My astonishment j aw iiicrriicu Men nil- im nit'iii 111 curred again, exactly as before, tin the , following Saturday mid Monday, lie ! i1hvasUei(bisdistaiieeanil did not nu ! lest me in any way, but still It cerlnlu j ly was very odd. 1 mentioned It to Mr. ' Carruthers. who seemed Interested In : what I said and told me that be had ordered a horse and trap, so that lu fu ture I should not pass over these lonely roads without some companion. "'lhe horse and trap were to have come this week, but for some reason they were not delivered, and again I j had to cycle to lhe station. That was : this morning. Vou can think that 1 looked out when 1 came to ('harlingtou heath, and there, sure enough, was the man. exactly as he had been the two weeks before, lie always kept s.i far from me that I could not cler.rly see his face, hut it was certainly sunn1 one whom 1 did not know. He was dressed In a dark suit with a cloth cap. The only thing about his face that I could cleaily see was his dark beard. "Today 1 was not alarmed, but 1 was tilled with curiosity, and 1 determined to timl out who he was and what lie wanted. I slowed down my machine, but he slowed down his. Then 1 stop ped altogether, but he stopped also. Then I laid a trap for him. There is a sharp turning of the road, mid 1 ped aled very ipiickly round this, and then I stopped and waited. 1 expected him to shoot round and pass tne before he could stop. Hut he never appeared. Then I went back and looked round the corner. I could see u mile of road, but j he was not on It. To make It the more extraordinary, there was no side road I at this point down which he could have I gone." Holmes chuckled and rubbed his I hands. "This case certulnly presents j some features of Its own," suld he. , "How much time elnpsed between your i turning the corner and your discovery I that the road was clear?" "Two or three minutes." "Then he could not have retreated down the road, and you suy that there are no side roads?" "None." "Then he certainly took a footpath on one Bide or the other." "It could not have been on ibe side of the heath or I Bhould have seen blm." "So by the process of exclusion we arrive at the fact that be made bis way toward Charllngton Hall, which, as I understand. Is situated In its own grounds on one side of the road. Any thing else?" "Nothing, Mr. Holmes, savs that 1 was so perplexed that I felt I should ot be happy until I had sees you and had your advice." Holmes sat in silence for some little time. "Where Is the gentleman to whom you are engaged?" he asked at last. "He is in the Midland Electrical com pany, at Coventry." "He would not pay you a surprise visit?" "Oh. Mr. Holmes! As if I should not know him I" "Have you had any other admirers?" "Severn! before I knew Cyril." "And since?" , "There was this dreadful man, Wood ley, If you can call him an admirer." "No one else?" Our fair client seemed a little con fused. "Who wus he?" asked Holmes. "Oh, it may be n mere fancy of mine, but it had seemed to me sometimes that my employer, Mr. Carruthers, takes a great deal of interest in He lias never said anything. Ho perfect gentlemnu. Hut a irirl nl wnvs KllOWh. j (( "Ha:" Holmes looked grave. "What 1 does he do for a living?" I "He is a rich mnn." J "No carriages or horses?" "Well, at leust he is fairly well to do. Hut he goes into the city two or three times a week. Ho is deeply Interested In South African gold shares." "Vou will let me know any fresh de velopment, Miss Smith. I am very busy Just now, but I will find time to make some inquiries into your case. In the nicttntimo take no step without letting mo know. Goodby, and I trust Unit we shull have nothing but good news from you." "It is purt of the settled order of nn ture that such a girl should have fol lowers," said Holmes as he pulled at his meditative pipe, "but for choice not on bicycles in lonely country roads. Some secretive lover, beyond all doubt, j ISut there, nro curious nnd suggestive details about tho case, Watson." j "That he should appear only nt that j point?" ' "Exactly. Our first effort must be to ! fuul who uro tho tenants of Charting- f ton Hall. Then, ngaln, how about the, connection between Carruthers und , Woodley, since they appear to bo men I of such a different type? How camel they both to be ho keen upon looking; til lialph Smith's relations? One more point. What sort of a ineiii-.ge is It whli'h pays double the market price for a g ivcrucss, but does not keep a hor a1, ( although six miles from the station?; "Vou will g i down?" "No, my dear fellow; you will gj down. This may be some !r :, !g lu trlgue, and I caiiii it lire-1; ithcr '..ii-irllllll re;,evre;i f if ' i 11. V mi-my y ,ti w-"l i. .-. i ; nl :- li . 1 1 1 1 : von will run , . J, i ,ui'..clf THGODARANTEtD COMPOUND Interest Gold Bond of The Mutual Life Insur ance Company of New York . . . RICHARD A. AV CURDY, President W. L. HATHAWAY, Ore. manager. This gold bond diners from any policy w ritten by this or any other life inmir mice company in the following cciilinl part iculiii-H : 1st The policy is by its terms, able in (told Coin. 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Receiver at l.ukeview , Or., on Monday the 211 day of October MM1.Y They mune us w i Incuses : Thomas I.vnch, ltenjamiu Italy and heniiis Sol. iviiii of I.skeview, Oregon, und John lliirrv of Add. Oregon. Any and all persons claiming adverse ly tlie hIhivc descriUid lands are request ed to tile their claims in this off ire on or lie fore hhkI 2Hd ditv of October 1!H)5. ("rvi: J.N. vVatson, Register. Notice of Appointmenmt of Administrator. To WHOM IT MAY CONCFRN : NO TICK is hereby given that, by an order of the County Court of Lake County, State of OreL'on, duly niude and entered on the 2nd day of September, 1!MI.", the undersigned whs duly appointed Admin- ; fstrator of the KSTATK of WILLIAM ! B.VUNKA, deceased. I All persons having- claims against said Ksiute are hereby required to present the same, with the proper voucher!, ! within six months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned Administrs- ' tor, at the First National Bank of Lake view, in Lakeview, Lake County, State - of Oregon j Ihtted this 7th day of September, 1905. PICK J. WILCOX, ' Administrator ol the ESTATE of WIL LIAM 1VAHNKA, Deceased. 3H0 of Newspaper in off THE YEAR us TO PORTLAND (Continued on next pac.)