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i T Return of SHERLOCK H O L-M E S Ey A. CONAN DOYLE. Author of "The Adventure, of Sherlock Holme." "The Hound of th r a-kef-YlH.- "The Slsn of i h Four." "A Stud v In Scarlet." Ete. 1 ILLUSTRATED BY F. D. STEELB The Adventure of the Abbey Grange r No. 12 of the Series XCttrrliht, 10 1 A. r. HyU c' Ciilfr't H'mUtJ (C.fr-tf,,, IHS. t, MtCImn, FkJllft V C:J was on a bitterly cold ml think that Friend Hopkins win nre np to Ma reputation and that we shall bare an Interesting morulne:. The crime was committed lie fore 12 last night" "How can you possibly tellf" "By an Inspection of the tralna and by reckoning the time. The local police had to be called In; they had to com municate with Scotland Yard; Hopkins had to go ont. and be In turn had to send to? me. All that make a fair night's work. Well, here we are at mink r li. !i " I '.. i:; there." She 1 minren scrrnm. nr-tt mwn t r-n tt shuddered it ki I . ; !. f.u-e In her find her, p."r l.,uib, Ju.l a she Siiy, hand. Aa siic M s i lone powiijand him on the floor, with hl blood fell back fr ua i..v ' ;... Holme ( and brnlus over the room. It wan uttered au eve! : I enough to drive a woman out of lief "You have o.iier Injuries, madam !, wit, tied there and her very dnn ipot- wnat is tins:- i wo viviu rci spots ted with him: but aho never atood out on one of the while, round courage, did Mia Mary Fraaer DUY THI Ifttil anil T nilv HrartL atttMftill AKUa It has no connection GraVge hasn't learned new waya. and frosty morning to-, oenim-st station, and we shall aoon ward the end of the wlu ter of 97 that I was awakened by n tugging at my shoulder. It was Holmes. The candle In his band shone upon his eager, stoop ing fuce and told me at a glance that eouictblng was amiss. "Come, Watson; come!" he cried. The game Is afoot. Not a wo.'d! Into jTur clothes and comer Teu mlnntcs later we were both In a cab and rattling through the slleut atreets on our way to Charing Cross station. The first faint winter's dawn waa beginning to appear, and weconld I dimly see the occasional figure of an J early workman as be passed us, blur red and Indistinct. In the opalescent London reek. Holmes nestled in si lence Into his beary coat,- and I was glad to do the sajnefur the air was moat bitter, and neither of ns had broken our fast I Jt was not until we bad consumed I some hot tea at the station and taken ' OTir places ha the Kentish train that!;, we were sufficiently thawed, he tot -; speak and I to listen. Holmes drew a note from his pocket and rend it aloud: ' Abbey Q ranee. Marsham. Kent. i:30a.m. My Dear Mr. Holmes I should be very Clad of your Immediate assistance In what promises to be a most remarkable cose. It Is something quite In your line. Except for releasing the lady. I will see that ev erything Is kept exactly as I hav found It, but I beg- you not to lose an instant as It is difficult to leave Sir Eustace there. Tours faithfully, 1,1 . STANLEY HOPKINS. "nopkins has called me In seven times, and on each occasion his sum-! icons has ben entirely Justified," said Holmes. I fancy that every one of his ' cases has found Its way Into your col- lectin, an 1 I must admit. Watson, thai yon have some power of selection. ! limbs. She hastily covered It. "It Is nothing. with this hideous business tonlnht, If .You've questioned her Ion enouzh. you and your friend will sit down, I you gentlemen, and now slit Is coming will tell you all I cau. j to her own room Just with her old "I am the wife of Sir Eustace Ilrack- Theresa to get the rest that she badly enstalt. I have becu married about a j needs." year. I suppose there la no use or my at- j With n motherly tendtrnee the tempting to conceal that our marriage gaunt woman put her arm round her hat not been a happy one. I fear that , mistress and led her from the room. all our neighbors would tell you that. even If I were to attempt to deny ft. Terhapa the fault may lie partly mine. I was brought up In the freer, less conventional atmosphere of South Aus tralia, and thla English life, with Its proprieties and Ita primness. Is cot con genial to me. But the main . reason Ilea In the one fact which la notorious I Jlf;r.rtClol Is SIX PrSSr'XS Jm nut tace waa a confirmed drunkard. To lie with such a man for an hour la un pleasant. Can you Imagine what U means for a sensitive and high splrtte I woman to be tied to him for day and . I . . I . 1 1 t . .. .... : 1 I . . . park gnte. which was opened for us br " . , 1 , ' villainy, to hold that such a marriage Is set our doubts at rest." A drive of a couple of ralTea througti narrow country lanes brought us to a i "Rhe has been with her all her life. said Hopkins. "Nursed bar a a baby and came with her o England when they first left Australia eighteen months ago. Theresa Wright la her name, and the kind of maid you don't pick up nowadays. Thla way, Mr, Holmes, if you please!" The keen Interest had passed out of to every one, and that la that Sir Kus Holmes' expressive face, and I knew that with the mystery all the charm of the case had departed. There stlli re mained an arrest to be effected, but what were these coinnioupls.ro roguee that ho should soli his hands with -..i o,u iigp Keeper, nose ""K' binding. I say that these mon-trou.i f.ice bore the reflection of some great Iaw, of youn w brng Clr,e .l...ter. The avenue ran through a the ,HllL 0txl wl not ut 8Ul.u wll.kts1. !!e park between lines -of ancient nPM clulur.. Kor all ln8tant sue Bat and ended In a low, widespread t.wir .tlli i,r ..,. biasing from under the terrible mark u e pillared in front after the fash- of Pnlludio. The central part was v . utly of a great age and shrouded ; ivy, but the large windows showed t modern changes had been carried ... and one wing of the house appear ! to be entirely new. The youthful ii ud alert, eager face of Inspect- - . .uuley Hopkins confronted us In iiKUi doorway. very glad you have come. Mr. ..es. and you, too. Dr. Wataon. .... Indeed. If I had my time over .i I 8hotild not have troubled you, . ace the lady haa come Jq herself iiaa given so clear an 'account of iff a Or that there la. not much left : us to do. You remember that Lew ii gang of burglars?" hat the three RandallsT" :actly: the father and two sons, t lelr work. I have not a doubt of 'icy did a Job at Sydenham a fort : ago and were seen and described, r cool to do another so soon and ir. but it is they beyond all doubt hanging matter this time." tustace Is dead, then?" . ;; his head was knocked in with o vn poker." " Eustace Brackenstall, the driver me." . ;actly; one of the richest men In Lndy Brackenstall is In the !ng room. Poor lady, ahe has had it dreadful experience. She seem- If dead when I saw her first I no hud tst see her and hear fi n 1 .'vav. 4V. :j upon her brow. Then the strong. ! soothing hand of the anstere ma'd drew her head down on to the cushion, and the wild anger died away Into passionate sobbing. At last she con tinued: "I will tell yon about last night. You are aware, perhaps, that In this house ail the servants sleep In the modern wing. This central block Is made up of the dwelling rooms, with the kitchen behind and our bedroom above. My maid, Theresa, sleeps above my room. Thpre la no, one else, and no sound could alarm those- who are hi the farther wing. Thla must have been well known to the robbers or they would not have acted aa they did. "Sir Eustace retired about half past 10. The servants had already gone to their quarters. Only my maid was up, and she had remained In her room at the top of the house until I needed her services. I cat until after 11 In this room, absorbed In a book; then I walk ed round to see that ail was right be fore I went upstairs. It was my cus tom to do thla myself, for, as I have explained. Sir Eustace was not always to be trusted. I went Into the kitchen, the butler's pantry, the gun room, the billiard room, the drawing room and finally the dining room. As I ap proached the window, which la covered with thick curtains, I suddenly felt the wind blow upon my face and realized that It was open. I flung the curtain aside and found myself face to fuce with a broad shouldered, elderly man, who had Just stepped Into the room. The window is a long French one, which really forms a door leading to the lawn. I held my bedroom candle lit in my band, and by its light behind ! the first man I saw two others, who were in the act of entering. I atepjied back, but the fellow was ou me In nu instnut. He caught me first by the ' : -i v;s wr,8t an1 tuen h tue throat I opened "? irfr. ' y'&fif2 ! my mouth to xcream, but he struck mo xl-:tt1s) a ravage blow with his fist over the n iu i n i Visi.ynmtrjsSimr 9" i 'i. and be ,-au tl . i , I , l:: :iS Jh- -'Siy?iixiilf vonte blackthorn tir?JMK- rushed at l!:.: : . i a mm&m ! .1' V V I ,.t eye and felled n.e to the L'romiil. I ! innt have been iiiicun-n-iDns Tir a few j miiiiites, for when I came to myself I found that they had torn down t:ie ImmI rope and had secured tne tightly to the oaken eliair wlileh stan U at llie head of the dining table. 1 was .so firmly boiinil that I cou.M Hot in vc. and a haii'lkerehief round my moiitli pie vented me fi-oiii uttering a so. in 1. It was at this instant that my unfortu nate husband entered the room, lie rii some suspicious ie prepared for such d. He was dressed roti.sers, with Ii.s fa- ciii:?e in his hand. burglars, but an otherit was an elderly man stoupcd. ! :. ! the jiokir out of the grate and stnid; biin a liorril!i; tls- as lie pa-M-i,. He tell, with a groan, mid them? An abstruse and learned ape cialist who finds that bo has been call ed s,u fur a case of measles would ex pcrlcncc something of the annoyance whii h 1 read lu my friend's eyes. Yet the scene lu the dining room of the Ab bey tirauge was sutncleutly strange to arrest his ntteutlou and to recall his waning lutcrest It was a very hirge and high cbam her, with carved oak celling, oaken I'sncliug and a flue array of deer's leads aud ancient weapons around the walls. At the farther end from the door was the high French window of which we bad heard. Three smaller windows on the right baud aide filled the apartment with cold winter sun shine. On the left waa a large, deep fireplace, with a maaajve, overueuglug oak mantelpiece. Beside the fireplace was a heavy oaken chair with arms and 1rossbars at the bottom. ' In and out through the open woodwork waa woven a crimson cord, which waa se cured at each aide to the croaaplece be low. In relenting the lady the cord had been slipped off her, but the knots with which it had been secured atill re mained. These details only struck our attention afterward, for our thoughts were entirely absorbed by the terrible object which lay uton the tiger skin hearth rug in front of the fire. II waa the body of a tall, well made man about forty years of age. He lay upon his back, his face upturned, with his white teeth grinning through his short black beard. His two clinched bauds were raised above bis head, aud a heavy blackthorn stick lay across them. Ills dark, handsome, aquiline features were convulsed Into a spasm 0; vindictive hatred, which had set his dead face In a terribly fieudlsb expression. He had evidently beeu iu his bed when the alarm bad broken out, fur he wore a foppish, em broidered nightshirt, and his bare feet projected from his trousers. His bead was horribly injured, aud the whole room bore witness to the aavage feroc- i Ity of the blow which bad struck blm uown. I!elde him lay the heavy poker, bent into a curve by the concussion. Iloluieg exumlned both It and the lnde hcnbuble wreck which It had wrought "lie must be a powerful mun, this eider KamUll," he remarked. "Yes," said Hopkins. "1 have some record of the fellow, aud he is u rough eu-iomer." I "Von should have no difficulty lu get ting him." ".Not the slightest. We have been on the iook-jut for blm, and there was vome Idea that h had got away to America. Now that we know that the ging lire here 1 don't see how they !. in escape. We have the news at every seaport already, and a reward will be offered before evening. What beats me is how they could have done so mad a tiling knowing that the lady could de.scrilM! them and that we could ti it fail to recognize the description." "Kxaetly. One would have expected that they would have silenced Lady UracLenstall as well." "They may not have realized," I mig- gested, "that ahe bad recovered from TO ul(u lviAuillliL Pefors You Purchata Anjr Othsr Write THI RW HOMt IIWIIQ MACHINI COMPACT oaANac, Maes. Many Sswliu Msohlnet srs msdttOMll rurd leiiof quality, but the " New Home" It nmUi te wsar. Our (usrsiity never runt oiL W msJit Sewing Msohlne to tult all conditions if th trails. Tha "New Home ' tisjidt at Hit haul of all lllah.a;rsile family tawing machines Msll by atulhorlaexi drnlersestljr, f-HUf 1iu .vi Mitchine Co. Citation. WESTERN STAGE LINE Ollico At tho Mercantile Coiujitmy'H Store Lakovicw, Oregon. Uood 5tok ... Ray Coach. Pai'y from Lakcview to lily, connect ing with Daily Htage to the railroad. Iffice at tho Rly Hotel, Ori'gon. E. CASEBEER, - - Proprietor Uljr, Oregon. Northern Stage Line. LAKEVIEW PAISLEY. A. W. BRYAN. Proprietor. Leaves Lakeviow at 6 a. m. every day but Sunday. Returning, leaves Painley at 6 :80 a. in. every day but Sunday. aiuwi' aetj. RM4trt, OPICB- Rsynolda Wlnffleld'a. Uksvie I Citation. In tln ('oitnly Conn of the Plale of ' . .. J.i .sa . a ircnon, mr 111(1 ninny n i ,. In the matter of the KkImIc d K. 11. tiilihlns, de 'eased and also ol the partnership o( Ilaitioi .V Oihbiiis. To 1 Initio Oibbins, Hose Ilrllea, J. V. Uilibinx, Kva Ulhl.ln and Millie Oih bins, hell of 10, II, tliblilna, deceased, ami to ail unknown heirs of said dw reael, (iieellnu. In the name of the Slate of Oreiton, you are hereliy cited and rej'lred Ut an jicar in thet'ounty Court ol the Mat of Orcijoi, for the County of Lake, at the Courtroom thereof, at Lakevlew, In the County d Lake, on Saturday, the 13th day of January, 11MHI, at lOoclock In the forenoon ol that day. then ami there to show rauxe, if anv eklsta, h by tn order of rale of tl ti realprojrU' Im'IoiikIihj to the I'artuersbip (if II AKTZOt) (ilit ItlNM, prayed for In the feilllon of Kd win IUrtot, the AdminUi tsior of smIi! Kslate, and also of said Partnership, heretofore liletl herein, should not be made, mild reul property U'lnu descrlb. ed as follows, to-wit: CoinmeiH'iii 210 ftH't Kast of Hie South-west corner of Iot Four, of Se. lloii Nineteen, I n T. 4 1 S., it. 21 K. of U illamotie Meiidinn, In Lake ('oimty, Oregon, and lliemu run. nlim North Seventy feel; tl re One Iliiiulred Ninety-two fet ami Nino inches; thence South Heventy feet) thence West One Hundred Ninety-two feel ami Nine Inches to the place of be Kinninu. This Citation Is published In the LA K K COUNTY KXAMINKU, (anews paper published in Lake County, Ore gon. and ehoaen for that purpose by said Administrator), fur four successive week, by order of Hon. II. Paly, Juiltte of the County Court of Oregon, for Lake County, duly made and enteral on Octo ber 28th, 9U.'V, and the date of the first publication hereof la November 2nd 1003. Y IT!) kss, the lion. 11. Iety, Jodge of the County Court of th State of Oregon, for the county of Iike, with the seal of ssid Court afllied, this 2Hih day of Octo ber, A. I). 1905. . j . arui, Attkut: A. V. Makhiwo, Clerk. akeview Cigar Factory . . A. Htokkman. I'r(p. T laker of .' Havana and Domestic Cigars OOCNTar OBIIBKS SOLICITKD livens a trial. Store in the brick mildlnif next door to 1'ost 4 King sa- son, Lakevinwr Oregon. Notice of Final Settlement. IN TIIK COUNTY COUKTOF TIIK Statn of Oregon, for Lake County. In tin mutter ol tho estate of Kd. O'Karrell, deceased. NOTICK is hereby ttiven that the undersigned has flled bis FINAL AC COUNT in the office of the County Clerk of Lake County, Oregon, in said estate, and that December Hlh, at 10 1 o'clock, a. in., of said day, in the County Jndge s office, in the county court house in Ijike County, Oregon, baa been flied as the time and place for the hearing of objections to said account and for the settlement thereof. Dated and first published November 16lh, 1905. J. N. Watsou, Administrator. &tZ&'9Xi &Fhzi?- I never iiiov.nI i.iin. ; her faint." f&tely0(S;M feg&C ht "I fainted once more, but n-nin it "That in likely enough. If ahe aeem-MrP-t ' -'l "dv have been V,r a v",-v c'v ' Henseless they would not take i" minutes .luring which I was liisensi- ' '' ' What about thU p,r fel- ble. When I opene.1 my eyes 1 found ! ,ow- m hcar'1 VIA i.AV HACK KXHAUSTEU LI'ON A LOUCII. which atones for much whlet 1 deplore in y ur narratives. Your fatal habit of looking at everything from the point of view of a story instead of as a scien tific exercise has ruined what might have been an instructive aud even classical series of demonstrations. You tslur over work of the inmost finesse and delicacy in order ti dwell upon tseiifsati-'j: al details which may escito but cannot possibly instruct the read er." "Why do you UMt write them your self?" I said, with pome bitterness. 'I will, my dear Watson, I will. At present I am, ns you l:n v, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my declining years t ) the composition of a textbook which Khail focus the whole art of de tection into one volume. Our present research appears to be a case of mur der." "You thick Cble Sir HuJitaoe is dead, Hien?" "I should fj as. Ilopldns writing diows considerable agitation, and he is not an emotional man. Yes, I gather there has been violence and that tho body la left for eur Inspection. A mere suicide would not have caused blm to send for me. As to the release of tho her account of the facts. Then we win examine the dining room together." Lady Itrackeustull was no ordinary person. Seldom have I seeu no grace ful a figure, so womanly a presence and 60 beautiful a fuce. Khe was a blond, golden haired, blue eyed, and would uo doubt have had the perfect complexion which goes with nuh col oring had not her recent experience left her drawn and haggard. Her Buf ferings were physical as well as men tal, for over one eye rose a hideous, plum colored swelling, which her maid, a tall, austere woman, was bathing as siduously with vinegar and water. The lady lay back exhausted upon a couch, but her quick observant gaze as we entered the room aud the ulurt ex pression of her beautiful features Bbowed Ihut neither her wits nor her courage bud been shaken by her terri ble experience. She was enveloped In u loose dressing gown of blue and sil ver, but a black aequiu covered dinner dress, was hung upon tho couch beside her. "I have told you ull that happened, Mr. Hopkins," she said wearily. "Could you not repeat it for me? Well, if you think It necessary I will tell these gentlemen what occurred. Have lady, It would apprtr that fche has been they been lu the dining room yet?" locked In her room during the tragedy. thought they hud better Lear jour We are movlnj lu high life, Watson ladyship's story first" crackling patxr, 'B. U.' monogram, "i ahall bo glad when you can or coat of a roam. fiUHurcsuue address. I range mutters. U is horrUiio to me to some queer stories about him. "He was u good hearted man when he was sober, but a perfect nend when he was drunk, or rather when ho was half drunk, for be seldom really went the whole way. The devil seemed to be In blm at such times, and be was capa ble of anything. From what I hear, In spite of all his wealth and bla title be very nearly came our way once or twice. There waa a scandal about bis drenching a dog with petroleum and net ling it on Are her ladyship's dog, to inn!;.) the matter worse and that was only hushed up with difficulty. Then he threw a decanter at that uaiiJ, The resa Wright; there whs trouble about that, tin the whole, and between our selves. It will be a brighter house with out him. What are you looking at now'.'" Holmes was down on his knees ex amining with great attention tlio knots upon the red cord with which Ho- Inly bad been secured. Then be iarefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped off when the bur glar had dragged It down.- Cli,.t ililu tt'iiu rmlliwl iliiwo I'm lir.Il should like to hear J , le ku.,lfll fnlI8t ,)1VO ,011i,y he remarked. "No one could hear It. The kitchen wiiinds right at the back of the house." "How diil tho burglar know no one would hear It? How dared he pull nt - ..a.a In that reckless f:nh!"!?" that they had collected the silver from the sideboard, and they had drawn a bottle of wine which stood there. Kuch of them hud a glass In his hand. I have alreudy told you, have I, not, that one was elderly, with a beard, uud the others young, hairless lads? They might have been a father with ills two sons. They talked together in whis pers. Then they came over and made sure that I was securely bound. I I nully they withdrew, closing ibe win dow after them. It was quiff- n quar ter of an hour before I got my mouth free. When I did so my screams brought the maid to my iis.d.tance. The other servants wer soon alarmed, and we sent for tho local police, who instantly communicated w" -judon. That Is really all that I cuu tell you, gentlemen, und I trust that it will not be necessary for in. t go o-- ,-r so pain ful a 'story again." "Any questions, Mr. Holmes?" asked Hopkins. "I will not impose any further tax upon Lady I'-rackenstall's patience and time," suld Holmes. "Ilefore I go Into the dining room I your experience." He looked at the maid. T saw the men before ever they came into tho hovse," said she. "As I sat by my bedro m window I saw thrco men In tho inoonllgit down by the lodge gate yonder, but I thought nothing of it at the time. It was more than an hour after that I heard mjr EDE HOTEL Mit. K. M. i Ai.t.AOiiKK, Proprietor. w First Class Accomodations Iiuildim; Has Keen Lulart(il To Accomodate a Laryii Trade Dininir Service t- Uncxtc led nkw pint: cklkk. - OKKCON A Chance lor Speculator. SCHOOL LAN D. '.'SO acres of i ruin proven avricuiioiHl laml lor dieap. level Hule Inscription : KW'; S'a ol MKWand XWIj of Si:'.', r-eciion Id, l'p.,3 K It. 1!) K. W. M. This is a luHirable piece of land, loeuted in (loose Ijike valley a:ul will make some man n iimd ranch If you are thinking of oruiii.lii a stock company see our new samples of, Wn.ll Street engraved stock certifi cate;, tf TIMHKW MXII StTII K United Slates Land Oflice Lakeview, Oregon, Nov 15, J'JUj. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the pro i vinionsof the Act of June 3, 7878, en I titled "An art for the sale of timber ; lands in the States of California, Oregon, , Nevada and Washington Territory," as , extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4, 2, Horace It. 1 1'iiiihip, of (.akeview, county of Lake, Mute f Oregon, lias this day flled in . this ollice bis sworn M'atcmeul No. 21X14, for the piircliuwu of lliu hV4' of sec. No. 17 in township No. 37 S., range No. 10 Ivo-t, w.m.,and will offer proof to show ' that the land sought is more valuable for its timlier or stone than for agrlcub tin ill purposes, and tocslablish disclaim ; to fitid land before Register ami Receiv er at Lakeview, Oregon, on Friday, tho. , L'tlih iluy of January, HHXi. lu names' an witnesses : w. H. Ilernard, w. A. Magsingill, (Jeo. Lynch, Win. McCullcy, all of Lakeview, , Oregon. Any anil all per sons claiming adverse i ly the above-described lands are re ' quested to file their claims in this office j on or before said J'ith duy of Jan. I'JUO. I 471 J. N. Watson, Keg la ter. Look at tha descriptions of the land listed with The Examiner this week for "ale, and select your piece before it lias la-en sold to some one else. tf ''sir's '!s.!s!i e The Return of SHERLOCK HOLMES This latest and best work of Dr. Doyle is now running ser ially in the Lake County Ex- aminer (Coin linn l on next uz ) Fhe Most Progressive j and up-to-date Newspaper in 1 Eastern Oregon. 1 ONLY $2.00 THE YEAR I mi