The Adventure 'nf the
Second Stain.
(Cuiitliiiifil.)
paan amvrtaryi household a iimall
thing, and yet It may prove essential,
Hollo! What davit we here?"
Mrs. Hudson had appeared with a
lady'a ran! upon her salver. Holme
glanced at It, raised hi eyebrows and
handed It over to tno.
"Aak Lady Hilda Trolawncy Hop If
el will b kind enough to step up,"
aald ha.
A moment later our modest apart
ment, alrtad ao dlstlnfutthod that
morning, was further honored by tha
ntranca of tha moat lore) woman Iff
London, I bad of tan beard of tha
beauty of tha youngest daughter of tha
Duka of Ilelmlnster, bat no description
of It bad prepared ma for the sub
tle, datlcata charm and tha beautl
ful coloring of that eKjulalta head. And
yet aa wt aaw It that autumn morning
it waa not Ita beauty which would lx
the first thing to Impress the observer.
Tho check waa lovely, but It wnn pnled
with emotion; the eye were bright, but
It waa the brightness of fever; tho sen
altlvo mouth waa tight nml drawn In
an effort after aclf command. Terror (
not beauty wna wltat sprung flrt t.'
the eye. j
"lis my liuolmnd lieen here, Mr.
Ilolin.nr
"Ye, inndnm, lie line Is-en hrre."
"Mr, Holme., 1 Implore you not1 to
toll J 1 1 r 1 1 tluit I came here." Holme
bow cil nml riiiilon"1 her to h i-halr.
"Your liulyHinp .plm cH tno lit a very
eelh'ill? pj-ilmn. I le ....it Joil will
(It tiuWU Mid tell Hi Mll.it Jon ili-hire,
but I fi'ir ili.it I liiiiiioi imm Li- iiny no
I'oi, .it mi, ill puolini.e."
h'.ie MM t'it in in .ii the room ami mm led
hiTneif Villi lier Iiik U to the window.
It Wll a queenly plCKelice -tilll, Klitee
ful II I 1 llii'U-. y w jui!Ui! .
'"Mr J Inline," kIh Kiiiil, inn! her
wlill" gloved IiiiihU Iiih..,1 unil mi
clM-il iin hhe spoke. ''I will epeuk
frnnk'y to you lit the hope that It mny
liidiu-e j on to speak frankly In return.
There If rinupli'te coiillileiice between
my husband nml me on u 1 1 mutter
ile one. Thill one I politic. On thin
hi llpi lire mciiIin!. Hit tell me noth
ing. Now, I am nwaro that there wu
a iiioit deplorable (Mi'iirreuee In our
holme hint night. I know that a paper
lift iliHiipH-iirei. Hut becuime the mat
tor In political my hUNhaui! refiiMe to
take me Into hi eompleto eoiilldence.
Now It In eeutlal ?4Mjtlul, I any
that I hIiouUI thoroughly uuderHtnud It.
You aro the only other person, save
only t lii-Hii polltlelaiiH, who known the
true f ici. I leg you then. Mr. Holme,
to tell exactly what has happened Olid
wh-it It will lend to. Tell me oil. Mr.
Holme. I.et no regard for your
client' Interest keep you silent, for I
assure you that hi luterest. If be
w ould ouly It. would lie liext served
tiy taking die Into bin complete con
fidence. What wna thin paper which
waa stolen?"
"Mailaui, what you nk me la really
Impossible."
Kho groaned nnd aank her face In her
tiuiiiM.
"You iniiMt aee that tlila la no, mad
am. If your husband thlnka Ut to
ki-cp you In the dnrk over this matter,
la It for me. who have only learned thp
true fat In under the pledge of profes
sional Hecreey, to tell what he baa
withheld? It U not fair to nli It. It
1 blui whom j on nni'it ask."
"I lutve iKl.cd' htm. I come to you
nx n hist resource. Hut without your
telling me anything definite, Mr.
Holme, you may do n great service
if you would enlighten mo on one
point."
'What Is It, madam?"'
"Is my husband's political career
likely to MiiTcr through this IneldeulV"
"Well, mailiim, unles it I Met right
It may certainly have n very unfortu
nate effect.'
"Ah!" She drew In her breath sharp
ly, on one whoso doubt are resolved.
"One more question. Mr. Holmes.
From nil c pre.- Ion which my hus
band dropped In the first shock of
this disaster I understood that terrible
public consequence might urlso from
the loss of thl document."
"If ho an Id no I certainly cannot deny
It."
"Of what iiat.uri' are they?"
"Nny, madnm- there ngaln you nsk
me more than I tan possibly nnswer."
"Then I will take up no more of your
time. I cannot blamo you, Mr. Holmes,
for having refused to speak more free
ly, oud you on your Hldo will not, I
ntn aure, think tho worse of me bo
causo I desire, even ngulnst hi will,
to nhnre my husband's uuxletles. Once
moro I beg that you will say nothing
of my visit."
She looked back at us from the door,
and I bad a last impression of that
beautiful, haunted face, the startled
eyes and tho drawn mouth. Then she
waa gone.
"Now, Watson, the fair sex la your
department," an Id Holmes, with a
smile, when the dwindling froufrou of
skirt bad ended in the shun of the
front door. "VThnt wns the fair lady'a
game? What did she really want?"
"Surely lier iwu statement is clear
and her nuxlely very natural."
"Hum! Think of her nppenrunce,
Watson her manner, her biippressed
excitement, her restlessness, her tenac
ity In asking jostlons. Itcmeuibcr thut
she comes of a ttmte w ho do not lightly
ahow emotion."
"She wna certainly much moved."
"Itemembor also the curious earnest
ness with which (die assured us that It
waa beat for her husband thut she
should know all. What did she mean
by that? And you must have observed,
Watson, how site maneuvered to have
the light at her back, flho did net wish
ua to read her expression."
"Yea, she ohoae the one chair In the
room." "
"And yet the motive of women are
so Inscrutable. You remcmler the wo
man at Margate whom I auspeetcd for
the earn reason. No Kwder on bar
nose that proved to be the correct so
lution. How ran you build on auch a
quicksand? Their moat trivial action
mny mean volumes, or their most ex
traordinary conduct may depend upon
hairpin or a curling tonga. Good
morning, Watson."
"You arc off?"
"Yea, I will while away the morning
at Oodolphln street wltb our friends of
the regular establishment. Wltb Kd-
uardo Lucas Ilea the solution of our
problem, though I must admit that I
bav not an Inkling aa to what form It
may take. It la a capital mistake to
theorise In advance of tit facta. Do ,
you atay on guard, my good Watson,
and receive any fresh v 1st tore. I'll join
you at lunch If I am able." . I
All that day and the next and next '
Holmes waa In a mood which bis
friend would call taciturn and other
morose. He ran out and ran In, amok-1
ed Incessantly, played snatches on bis !
violin, aank Into reveries, devoured
sandwiches at Irregular hours and
hardly answered the ensunl questions
which I put to blm. It was evident to
lite that things were not going well
with blm or his quest. II would any
nothing of the ense, and it was from
the papers tlmt I lenrned the particu
lars of the Inquest and the arrest, with
the subsequent release, of John Mlt
ton, the vnlot of the deceased. The
coroner's Jury brought In the obvious
"willful murder." but the parties re
mained ns unknown a ever. No mo
tive whs suggested. The room wns
full of articles of value, but none bad
I
bi-cll Inkeu. The .' ..l man's papers
had H it been t ui j i ri il with. They
were carefully e.s.uniiied and showed
that he was a keen student of Interna
tional piitlllcs, all luilefatlguble g issij..
a remarkable linguist nud mi iintirli .
letter writer, lie had beeu on Inti
mate term With the leading politician
of several countries, but nothlug Hen
latlonal was discovered among the doc
uments h:ch tilled hi drawers. As to
kls relations with women, they iippcnr
rl to have Itccii promiscuous, but su
erllclal. lie hud litany iicqunluianees
i.iiioug them, but few friend, and no
one whom he loved. HI habits were
regular, his conduct Inoffensive. HI
Cent It was an absolute mystery and
l.kely to remnlii so.
As to Utc arrest of John Mittou, the
valet, it wus a council of despair as an
alternative to absolute Inaction. Rut
no case could be sustained against blm.
He had visited friend in Hamnier
sutlth thut night. Tho alibi wus com
plete. It Is true that he started home
ut an hour which should have brought
him to Westminster lK-fore the time
when the crime wns discovered, but
his own explanation that be had walk
ed part of the way Hcciiied probable
enough in view of the fineness of the
night. lie had actually urrlved lit 12
o'clock nnd appeared to be overwhelm
ed by the unexiectcd tragedy. He bad
always Itceu on good terms with his
master. Several of the dend muu's
xssesslons, notably n sinull cuse of ra
xors, had lxen found In tho vniet'a
boxes, but ho explained that they bud
Itecn presents from tho deceased, and
the housekeeper wo able to corrobo
rate the story. Mltton had been In Lu
cas' employment for three years. It
wns noticeable thut Lucas did not take
Mltton on the continent with him.
Sometimes he visited Pari for three
months on end. but Mil ton was left In
charge of the (iodolphlll street bouse.
As to the housekeeper, nhe heard noth
ing ou the night of the crime. If her
master had a visitor be had himself
admitted him.
So for three mornings the mystery re
mained, so far ns I could follow it lu
the puiiers. If Holmes knew more, he
kept his own counsel, but as ho told
me thut Inspector Lestrude had taken
blm Into hi contidmice In the case I
knew that ho was In close touch with
every development. I'pon the fourth
day there appeared tt long telegram
from rarls which seemed to solve the
whole question.
"A discovery bus Just been made by
the Parisian police," said Uie Dally
Telcgrnpb, "which raises tho veil which
bung round the truglc futo of Mr.
Edunrdo Lucas, who met his death by
violence hist Mondny night In Oodol
phln street, Westminster. Our renders
will remember that tho deceased gen
tleman was fouud sftibbed In bis room
aud thut Boino suspicion attached to bis
valet, but that tho case broke down
on an alibi. Yesterday a lady, who
bus been known as Mmo. Henri Four
itaye, occupying a small villa iu tho
ltuo Austerlltz, was reported to tho au
thorities by her servants ns being in
sane. An examination showed she bad
Indeed developed mania of a dangerous
and permauent form. On Inquiry the
police have discovered that Mmo. Henri
Fournuye only returned from a Journey
to London on Tuesday lust, nnd thero
Is evidence to couuect ber with the
crime at Westminster. A compurlson
of photographs has proved conclusive
ly that M. Henri Pouruayo and Eduar
do Lucas were really one nnd tho samo
person and that tho deceased bad for
some reason lived a double life In Lon
don and Paris. Mmo. Fouruaye, who
Is of creole orlglu, Is of an extremely
excltablo nature and has suffered In tho
past from uttneks of Jealousy which
have amounted to frenr.y. It U con
jectured that If was In oue. of theso
that ho committed tho terrlblo crime
which has caused such u sensation In
London. Her mdvements upon the
Monday night have not yet been traced,
but It Is undoubted that a woman an
swering to her description attracted
much attention at Charlug Cross sta
tion on Tuesday morning by the wlld
ness of her appearance aud the vio
lence of ber gestures. It Is probable,
therefore, that the crime was either com
mitted when lusane or that Its Immedi
ate effect was to drive the unhappy
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We have all the late
in type and keep in
an Is unable to Rite any po!fMfnt af
count of tho pnt, and th doctor hoM
ont no liorx-a of tho re-itab!lshmeiJt of
hpr reason. Thre Is erldencw that a
woman, who mluM hara bwn Mm.
Fotirnajre. waa awn for some boors up
on Monday nlfc-lit watching tha bourn la
Oodolphln strewt."
"What do yoti think of that, rfolmasr
I Lad rend the aoconnt aloud to bins
while he finished his breakfast
"My dear Watson,' aald ba aa ha
rose from the table and paced np an4
down the room, Myoa are most long
aufferlnic. bat If I bare told you not.
ln(j In the last three days It la becauss)
there Is nothing to tell. Een now
tbla report from Tarla doea not hebj
us much."
"Surely It Is final aa regards
man's death."
The man's death Is a mere Incident
a trlrlal episode, In comparison wlttV
our real tank, which la to trace that
document and sare a European catas
trophe. Only one Important thing ba
happened In the last three daya, and ,
that Is that nothing baa happened. I
get reports almost hourly from the gov
ernment, and It Is certain that nowber
In Europe la there any sign of trouble
Jiow, IC, this letter were loose no,
can't bo Iooxe but if It Isn't looew
where can It le? Who has It? Why la
it held back? That's the question that
beats in my brain like a bammac
Was It, Indeed, a coincidence that Lav
tas should meet bis death on the nlgM
when Uie letter disappeared? Did U
letter ever reach him? If so, why la B
not among bis papers? Did tbla mad
wife of his carry It off with ber?
so. Is It In ber house ia Tarls? JIow
could I search for It without lb
French polite having their suspicions
nrouaedV It is a case, my dear Wai
son, where the law Is as dangerous V
us ua Vac criminals are. Every man?
luunl in ng:ilnt us, and yet the Inter
ests at stake are colossal. Should I
bring It i a successful conclusion It
will certAinly represent the crowning
glory of my career. Ab. here la mj
latest from the front!" He glanced
hurriedly at the note which bad beea
handed In. "Hello! Lestrade seems
to have observed something of Interest
Put on your hat, Watson, and we Watt
stroll down together to Westminster."
It was my first visit to the scene mt
the crime a high, dingy, narrow chef
ed house, prim, formal and solid, Ua$
the century which gave It birth. Le
strade's bulldog features gased out H
ns from the front window, and he
greeted us warmly when a big consta
ble bad opened the door and let ua in.
The room Into which we were shown
was that tn which the crime bad beeji
committed, but no trace of It now ae?
mained save an. ugly. Irregular stain
upon the carpet This carpet waa a
small square drugget tn the center of
the room, surrounded by a broad ex
panse of beautiful, old fashioned wood
flooring In square blocka highly polished-
Over the fireplace was a magnifi
cent trophy of wecpons, one of which v
had been used on that tragic night - la
the window vat a sumptuous uiUft.
desk, and every detail of the 'apart3
ment the pletuies, the rugs snd the
hangings, all pointed to a taste which .
waa luxurious to the verge of effemi
nacy. "Seen the Taris news?" asked Le
strade. Holmes nodded.
"Our French friends seem to bare
touched the spot this time. No doubt
It's just as they say. She knocked at
the door surprise visit I guess, for he
kept his life In water tight compart
mentshe let her In, couldn't keep her
In the street. She told him how she
bad traced him, reproached Jhlm; one
thing led to another, and then with that
dagger so hnndy the end soon came.
It wasn't all done in an Instant though,
for these chairs were all swept over
yonder, and he had one In his hand as
if he had tried to hold her off with it
We've got It all clear as if we had seen
It."
Holmes raised his eyebrows.
"Aud yet you have Bent for me?"
"Ah. yes, that's another matter; a
mere trifle, but the sort of thing you
take on Interest In queer, you know.
aud what you might call freakish. It
has nothing to do with tbe main fact
can't have, ou the face of it"
"What Is It, then?"
"Well, you know, after a crime of
this sort we are very careful to keep
things iu their position. Nothing baa
Uvn moved. Officer In charge here day
and night. This morning, as the man
was buried aud the Investigation over
so fur as this room Is concerned we
thought we could tidy up a bit This
carpet you see, It ia not fastened
down, only Just laid there. We had
occasion to raise it We found"
"Yes? You found"
Holmes' face grew tense with, anx
iety. "Well, I'm sure you would never
guess In a hundred years what we did
find. You 6ee that stain on the car
pet? Well, a great deal must have
soaked through, must It not?"
"Undoubtedly it must"
"Well, you will be surprised to hear
that there la no stain ou tbe white
woodwork to correspond."
"No stain! But there must"
"Yes, so you would say. But the fact
remains that there Isn't."
He took tho comer of the carpet In
his hand, and, turning it over, he show
ed that it was indeed as he said.
"But the uudcrsido is as stained as
the upper. It must have left a mark."
Lestrade chuckled with delight at
having puzzled the famous expert
"Now, I'll show you the explanation.
There Is a second stain, but It does not
correspond with the other. See for
yourself." As he spoke he turned over
another porUon of the carpet and
therej aure enough, waa a great crtm
son spill upou the square white facing
of the old fashioned floor. "What do
vou m&ke. of that Mr. IJolmf3'j
(Continued on next page).