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Author of "The Ailvfimii-n ! Sht-r:.K i i l,.!ni..-.."
"The llouiul it" tl:? H.i..'i- .!!. " Ill- inn
of the l nur." "A Sludx In Sojrli't ." 1 U-.
ihe Adventure el
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-.".vi" hi":4, if I have in lr;:- 11 y 1 ir. a--:n
( 'l:::rliiif:ri)ii wu.nl."
F!" rati distractedly. Lis pistol in li.s
oaml. t iwar '. a siii in t!..- ! l-.ri-1
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s;ii"l i ". -.oil!' t tli.' marl: of sv
Ti':l '."i t up-".1 t!:o n'.u.i.iy patl.. "il-'lio:
st'ij. a tiiiLiiii'! WIik's tliis in tl'"
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u-oii. iirossi'ii ;;;o a ln.si'.'i.-. with li-ail. 1
'r I' i.s an. I ;:-. II.- lay up in -::n.'!.,
his kii' .-s ilrawu up. a t.'rri'.!'.' .
-lit ' I. a: hi- II.. wa- h:-.':i:'il".
I t'.t alive. A jriaia-e at his wm;:. ' 1..
1110 that it h:nl Iiot p-ii' Urate ', the
lian
That's I'eter. the jjrooti.!" crH 1 t!.-'
-tl':.!:i'i'. "He lr..'.e l.-r. Tl : - .
iiave pulled him o:T an.', . lul.l e ! hiin '
I.et him lie; we ein 'l (io him any 1 .l.
hut v. may s-..,- I. 1 .". mi IV- :'
fate that .mi he 'all a won::,!. " ;
'.'e ran frantiea'ly down ihe aih.
v.Ui'.-Ji wound si -11 in--' the t; s. y 1 ;!,
reHehe.l the shr'. ! .i ,e"y v hi, !i -'ir" "la i
il '!e h.mse v, hen Ilnllin s pi.e.-l 1: ,.
They didn't to the !n.! lie-.- 1
'Their mark on tin- lef; I '.e,:de !
the laurel lnishes. 1 s;li,i s.,; ' ,
s he sioi;e a wonian's shrill serein, !
n sf.vim -IPi h H.r:iteil with 11 fr.-n- 1
vy of horror - hur-t from the thii-k
irreen eliinip of husln-s In fr.in: of u .
If faded suihienly on It- l::aoe - n '.
Willi a elio!e mi l a p:r-:, .
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lietneil and t-lapi
riHiin up, .ii I 1 I
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illnt:on. j
"They're mai i-iei' :" I jm spoil.
" oiiic 1111!" C"ied ia:r -uide. "Collie;
011"' He radiol ie ro-s the glade, j
iloimes and I ft lii lieeis. d we u-1
ir-i.telied the lady ftii!,'"ereil iiKailiHt
Mi- trunk of tin; tree Cor mipport. Wll- j
liHinsoii, the .i c!eri.'yiiiaii, bowed toj
dm with moek )ollli'in'. ami the bully,
V dley, udvauced with n tihout of j
lir'iial and esultant laushler.
"Vou an tahe jour heani off, liob,"
wild lif. "I Know you rijTtit euoiiKli.
Well, jou Mnl your l l'vi' jum
i-ona; In time for ine to he hle to In
trriilueit you to Mrs. WoodW-y."
Our Kiilde'H uiiHVi'i' wan a KliiK'uhtr
one. He Hiiatclied off the dark Uard
wlii'-'li bad UiHgulsed liim and tirew It
on tho feTJiuid, dlselosinB a Jonjf. Hal
low, elcail tibavcii fa.;.; below It. Then
lie raixed Ilia revolver and covered the
vomit? rufflaii, wbo was advan.-in- up
OJ, ; v;ltU ld &Ui8"rou8 ritlm:? crop
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Vi s." s.tiil mir allv, "1 am Hob t'ar
ni!l'.i':. Mini I'll sec 1 1 1 : - woman rijrlil
i'il if 1 liai I" swiiiK t'.ir It. I t"lil vi
xxl.at I'd t! if ym niiili'sit'il lier. and.
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rui: of this." said, my friend
"i '. 11 that pistol! Watson, piek
u to his head! Thank you.
V..11. 1 '.1 r"i: 1 Itei-s, (jive me that revolver.
V e'P ha' e in, more violenee. Come;
hand it '. or"'
"Win. are
"My nami
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is Sliorloi'U Ilolmoi
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"V hi have heard of tne. 1 see. I will
represent the ntlieial poliee until their
arrival. Here, you!" he shouted to a
frightened crooni wh ) had appeared at
the edt;e of the f;!ade. "I'ome here.
Tak" this note as hard as you can ride
to Faruhani." He serihhled a few
words upon a leaf from his notebook,
"live It to the superintendent at tin'
poliee station. I'ntil lie ennies I must
detain you all under my personal cus
tody." The strong, masterful personality of
Holmes dominated the tragic scene,
ami all wen.' equally puppets In bis
hands. Williamson and ( 'arruttiers
found themselves carrying the wound
ed WiHsdiey into the liou.se. ami I Knvc
my u rm to the frinhtened irl. The in- :
jured man was laid on bis bed, and at '
Holmes' reipiest I examined bini. I j
carried my report to where be sat in :
the old tapestry hum; dining room with I
his two prisoners before him.
"He will live." said 1. !
"What!" cried ( 'arrutliers, spriiiKiiiK I
r,u; of his ehair. "I'll tro upstairs and
finish him tirst. l)o you tell me that ;
that Kill, that anel, is to be tied to ;
IioariiiK .la, 1; Wood ley Cor life';"
"Vou need not concern yourself aboiil
that.' said Holmes "There nre two
very good reasons why she should under 1
110 circumstances be bis wife. In the 1
tirst place, we are very safe in ipics 1
tionin;, Mr. Williamson's riht to sol j
emnUe a marriage."
"I have been ordained," cried tbe old ,
rascal.
"And also unfrocked." j
"Onee a clertfyman, always a clergy
man " 1
"I think not How about the li
cense";"
"We had a license for tile marriage. 1
I have it here in my pocket."
"Then 011 got it by a trick. Hut In
any cis a forced marriage is 110 mar- !
liae, hut it ii a very serious felony. !
us you will discover before you have '
iiui.iln d. You'll have time to think the I
point out duriiitt the next ten years or J
so. miles- I am mistaken. As to you.
'arrtitlier-. ymi would liave done hel
!! to keep 1 ,;iii- pistol in your pucliei."
"I hcai to think so, .Mr. Holmes, hut 1
when 1 thought of all the precaution I j
lar! taken io shield this girl -for 1
I c . .I h"i'. Mr. Holmes, mid It is the :
only lime thai ever I knew whit live
uas -ii fairly drove me mad to think I
that 'he was in the power of the j.':e,i
c-l l.rute mnl iiiui.v 111 uiiui Airica a
man whose name is a holy terror from
Kiinherley to .loliaiuieshurt.'. Why, Mr.
Holmes, you'll hardly believe It, but
ever shce that girl has been in un
employment. I never onee let her p i
l-a.st Uil.s liou.se, where I knew the ras- !
cais were lurking, without following
b?r on my bicycle Just to nee that t.he '
t. l...p I i,v ,llul ,1
...Ill,: IV ,,, a n f. ,,, uimui.
from her, nnd I wore a beard ho that,
hhe Hboilld not recognize me, for hIio Is
11 K'xwl and hiK'h Hpirited girl, and Hhe
wouldn't have Htayed in my employ
ment Iouk' If Hhe had thotiKht that I
was following her about the country
roads."
"Why didn't you tell her of her dale
K'-r';"
"ItecaiiiM! tlien, aain, she would have
left me, and I couldn't bear to face
that. i;ven il' she couldn't love Ine il
was 11 Kivil deal lo me Just to nee her
il.liiil.v Colin about the bouse Mild to
In ..r the sound of her voice."
"Well," h.iid I, "you call that love,
Mr. r.ii rulii. r ', bin I Khould call it
cell : hie w."
"May he tin- I wo tl.inr.--i 1:0 I
Any how, I 1 oiil.lii't ha her ;
sides, with I ids crowd about
well Ihjt lhe should U'-
. He
it wa-
neiir lo l.xik after Her. I Hen. when tin
cable came. 1 knew they were hound
lo make a move."
"What cable";"
I arrutliers look a telegram from bis
pin Let.
"That's II." said lie.
II wis short and concise;
The old man U dead.""
"liitm!" said Holmes. "1 think 1 sei
how liiini.'s v. 01 i.e.!. and 1 can under
si ;pd li. .u- Ibis me. a:;.' would, as j.u:
s:.. Iii iu;; lliem lo a heaii. Hal whih
you wait ou mihi tell me what you
ran."
'Ihe old r.'pi'.ii.al,' with the surplice
burs iiil,, a M.liey of had humuaue.
"I'.y heaven," said be. "if you siilcal
011 us, I'.el. ('arrutliers, I'll serve you in
you served .lack Woodley! You can
hieat ahoiil the 'h'1 lo your heart's
content, for that's your own affair, but
if you round 011 j our pals lo this plain
1 lollies copper il Will be the worst
day's w o k that ever you did."
"Your leveielice need not be excll
id." said Holmes, hir'ililu a c:: 1 ret I e.
'The ea-e i- rlear rii , a ; 1 :n: . n I you.
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p, 1 , ll . f ili:. ' e . i I I ' . f. if I 'l! '.'C
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x , I.. .. a . of I, ,!-::::, i ...-U
.;. .-1 :.;-. In I lil -1 pie.-. 1i1.ee
1,; ymi t :!; Ir .i.i .'-.mill A.ri'ii mi h;.i
"..ine yen. , .iia.lii 01 . X a. I'.iirlllh
ei -. and '. oo.li '.x ."
"Lie 1111. ill'. T ..lie." said the 11!. I loan.
"1 11. ver saxv caller of them until two
uionihs auo. and I liaxe ncx . r he. 11 in
Africa In my l.fc. so you can pul lliat
in your pipe and smoke it. .Mr. Itilsy-
body llo.llie.-:"
"What be : ax - I- true," said '11 r
rut li"rs.
"Xeil. well, txvo of you came over.
Hi- rever. nee i our own b iii"inade
article. Y'Mi had ku wn Kalph Suiitli
in South Ai'ri. a. oil had reason lo
lieliio e lie xxould 11. It live lolltj. Yotl
loand mi, that his niece xxould inherit
his fortune. How's that eh 7"
'arrutliers nodded and Williamson
swore.
"She was next of kill, 11 1 doubt, and
you were aware that the old fellow
would make 110 will.'"
"t'ouldn't read or write." said Car
ruthri's. "S you came over, the txvo of you,
and bullied up the rjirl. The idea was
that one of you was t marry her and
the other have a share of the plunder,
l or some reason Woodley was chosen
a- !!: husband. Why was that';"
"We played cards for her on the
voya;.'o. lie won."
"1 see. You got the y ami;,' lady into
your service, and there Woodley was
I do tli urtine;. She recognized the
drunken brute that lie xvas ami would
have nothing to do with him. Mean
while your arraiiKenient was rather up
set by the fact that you bad yourself
fallen in love with Ihe lady. You
could no longer bear the idea of this
rullian owuiic' her 7"
"No. by lleorue, 1 couldn't'."
There xx as a ipiarrel between you.
lie iefi yoo lii a rajje and beuaii to
I..::!..- In - .,'U plans in ''pemient !y of
vol;."
"11 sirile-- lue. Williams. in, iliere
i-11'1 very iiiu.il that we can led this
u'e . ! !.' .:;: 1 i 'arrtitherr., xvilh a
biii.'l' 1 iiia'a. "Yes, v. e eUarre!ed, mid
lie k'i)"kel uie d )XX ll. I mil lex e XX Itll
I. i..i 0.1 taal. anyhow. The.i 1 1 n: si-bi
of il l.;. That xvas when In- picked up
xvilh this cast padre here. 1 found
I hat they had set up liousekecpim,' to
:,'o!hi r at Ibis place on the line that
she had to pass Cor the station. I
kept my eye on her nCier that, Cor I
knew there xvas some devilry in the
wind. I saxv them from time to time,
Cor I xvas anxious to know what they
xx ere after.
"Txvo days aj.' Woodley came up to
my bouse xxitli Ibis cable, which shoxv
eil that Kalph Smith xvas dead. He ask
ed ine If I would stand by the han;ain.
I said I would not. lie asked me if I
would marry the ejil myself and tfivc
him a share. I said 1 would willingly
do so, but that she would not have ine.
He said, 'I.et im fet her married lirst,
anil after a week or txvo she may we
things a bit different. ' 1 said I would
have nolhiuK to do xx itli violence, ho he
went off cursing, like the foul mouthed
blackKiiard that he xvas, and HweariliK
that he xxould have her yet. She was
leaving me this week end, and I had
j?ut a trap to take her to the station,
but I xvas ho uneasy in my mind that 1
followed her on my bicycle. She had
j;ot a Hlarl, however, aud before I
could catch her the mischief wuh done.
The lirst thing I knew about it watt
when I Hit x' you txvo gentlemen drlvlni;
back in her duj?cnrt."
Holmes rose and tossed the end of his
cigarette Into tbe jfrute. "I have been
very obtuse, YVatson," Bald he. "When
in your report you mild that you hud
Hceu thecycIlHt, us you thought, urrange
his necktie In the shrubbery that ulonn
Hhould have told mo all. However, we
limy congratulate ourselves upon a cu
rious nnd In Homo respects 11 unique
ease. I perceive three of the county
constabulary In the drive, aud I am
Kind to see that the little hostler Is able
to keep pace with them, ho It Is likely
that neither ho nor the Interesting
bridegroom -will bu permanently ditto
uged by their morning's adventures. I
think, Watson, that In your medical
capacity you might wait upon Mis
Smith nnd tell her that If k!i Is miff!-
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State of iri-Ltoii, dulv made and cntfreil
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Ll A M I1AHNKA, Heceased. ."tii-40
of
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