Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 127, 8 April 1921 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921.

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THE NAVAL TREATY By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Copyright, 1921, by Harper ft Bros. Published by special arrangement with The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.

PART FIVE This tale of our client appeared to have an extraordinary effect upon Sherlock Holme. He rose from his chair and paced about the room in uncontrollable excitement 'Misfortunes nerer come single," said Phelps, smiling, though it was eyident that his adrenture had somewhat shaken him. "You have certainly had your share," said Holmes. "Do you think you could walk around the house with me?" "Oh, yes, I should like a little sunshine, Joseph will come, too." "And 'I also," said Miss Harrison. "I am afraid not." said Holmes, shaking his head. "I think I must ask you to remain sitting exactly where you are." The young lady resumed her seat with an air of displeasure. Her brother, however, had joined us and we set off all four together. We passed round the lawn to the outside of the young diplomatist's window. There were, as he had said, marks upon the bed, but they were hopelessly blurred and ague. Holmes stooped over them for an instant, and then rose shrugging his shoulders. "I don't think any one could make much of this," said he. "Let us go round the house and see why this particular room was chosen by the burglar. I should have thought those larger windows of the drawing room and diningroom would have had more attraction." "They are more visible from tho road," suggested Mr. Joseph Harrison. "Ah, yes, of course. There is a door here which he might have attempted, What is it for?" "It is the side entrance for the trades people. Of course it is locked at night." "Have you ever had an alarm like this before?" "Never," said our client.

"Do you keep plate in the house, or anything to attract burglars.?" "Nothing of value." Holmes strolled round the nous with his hands in his pockets and a negligent air which was usual with him. "By the way," said he to Joseph Harrison, "you found some place, I understand, where the fellow scaled the fence. Let us have a look at that!" The plump young man led us to a spot where the top of one of the wooden rails had been cracked. A small fragment of the wood was hanging down. Holmes pulled it off and examined it critically. "Do you thing that, was done last night?" It looks rather old, does it not?" "Well possibly so." "There are no marks of any one jumpjng down upon the other side. No, I fancy we shall get no help here. Let us go back to the bedroom and talk the matter over." Percy Phelps was walking very clowly, leaning upon the arm of his .. future brother-in-law. Holmes walked swiftly across the lawn, and we were at the open window of the bedroom 1 Ions before the others came up. "Miss Harrison," said Holmes, ppeaking with the utmost intensity of ' manner, "you must stay where you are . all day. Let nothing prevent you

from staying where you are all day. It is of the utmost importance." "Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes," said the girl in astonishment. "When you go to bed lock the door of this room on the outsde and keep the key. Promise to do this." - "But Percy?" "He will come to London with us." "And am I to remain here?" "It is for his sake. You can serve him. Quick! Promise!" She gave a quick nod of assent just as the other two came up. "Why do you sit moping there, Annie?" cried her brother. "Come oui into the sunshine!" "No. thank you, Joseph. I have a slight headache and this room is deliciously cool and soothing." "What do you propose now, Mr. Holmes?" asked our client. 'Well, in investigating this minor affair we must not lose sight of our main inquiry. It would be a very great help to me if you would come up to London with us." "At once?" "Well, as soon as you conveniently can. Say in an hour." "I feel quite strong enough, if I can really be of any help." "The greatest possible." "Perhaps you would like me to stay there tonight?" "I was just going to propose it." "Then, if my friend of the night romes to revisit me, he will find th bird flown. We are all in your hands, Mr. Holmes, and you must tell us exactly what you would like done. Perhaps you would prefer that Joseph came with us so as to look after me?' "Oh, no; my friend Watson is a medical man. you know, and he'll look after you. We'll have our lunch here, if you will permit us, and then we shall all three set off for town together." It was arranged as he suggested, though Miss Harrison excused herself from leaving the bedroom, in accordance with Holmes' suggestion. What the object of my friend's manoeuvers was I could not conceive, unless it were to keep the lady away from Phelps, who. rejoiced by his returning health and by the prospect of action, lunched with us in the diningroom. Holmes had a still more startling surprise for us, however, for, after accompanying us down to the station and seeing us into our carriage, he calmly announced that he had no intention of leaving Woking. "There are one or two small points which I should desire to clear up before I go," said he. "Your absence Mr. Phelps, will in some ways rather assist me. Watson, when you reach London you would oblige me by driving at once to Baker street with our friend here, and remaining with him until I see you again. It is fortunate that you are old school-fellows, as you must have much to talk over. Mr. Phelps can have the spare bedroom tonight, and 1 will be with you in time for breakfast, for there is a train which will take me into Waterloo at eight." "But how about our investigation In London?" asked Phelps, ruefully. "We can do that tomorrow. I think tnat just at present I can be of more immediate use here." "You might tell them at Briarbraei

that I hope to be back tomorrow night," cried Phelps, as we began to move from the platform. "I hardly expect to go back to Briarbrae," answered Holmes, and waved hia hand to as cheerily as we shot out from the station. Phelps and I talked it over on our journey, but neither of us could devise a satisfactory reason for this new development. I suppose be wants to find out some clue as to the burglary last night, if a burglar It was. For myself, I don't; believe It was an ordinary thief. "What is your Idea, then?" "Upon my word, you may put it down to my weak nerves or not, but I believe there is some deep political intrigue going on around me, and that for some reason that passes by under

standing by life is aimed at by the conspirators. It sounds high-flown and absurd, but consider the facts! Why should a thief try to break in at a bedroom window, where there could be no hope of any plunder, and why should he come with a long knife in his hand?" "You are sure it was not a housebreaker's jimmy?" "Oh, no, it was a knife. I saw the flash of the blade quite distinctly." "But why on earth should you be pursued with such animosity?" "Ah, that is the question." "Well, if Holmes takes the same view, that would account for his action, would it not? Presuming that vour theory is correct if he can lay his hands upon the man who threatened you last night he will have gone a long way towards finding who took the naval treaty. It is absurd to suppose that you have two enemies, one

of whom robs you, while the other threatens your life. "But Holmes said that be was not going to Briarbrae." "I have known him for some time," said I, "but 1 never knew him do anything yet without a very good reason," and with that our conversation drifted off on to other topics. But it was a weary day for me. Phelps was still weak after his long illness, and his misfortune made aim querulous and nervous. In vain I endeavored to interest him in Afghanistan, in India, in social questions, in anything which might take his mind out of the groove. He would always come back to his lost treaty, wondering, guessing, speculating as to what Holmes was doing, what steps Lord Holdburst was taking, what news we should have in the morning. As the evening wore on his excitement became quite painful. "You have implicit faith in Holmes?" he asked. "I have seen him do some remarkable things." "But he never brought light Into

anything quite so dark as this?"

"Oh. yes: I have known him solve

questions which presented fewer clues than yours." "But not where such large interests are at stake 7" "I don't know that. To my certain knowledge he has acted on behalf of three of the reigning houses of Europe in very vital matters." "But you know him well. Watson. He is such an inscrutable fellow that I never quite know what to make of him. Do you think he Is hopeful? Do you think he expects to make a success of it?" "He has said nothing." "That is a bad sign." "On the contrary. I have noticed that when he is off the trail he generally says so. It is when he is on a scent and is not quite absolutely sure yet that it is the right one that he is most taciturn. Now, my dear fellow, we can't help matters by making our

selves nervous about them, so let me implore you to go to bed and so be fresh for whatever may await us tomorrow." I was able at last to persuade my companion to take my advice, though I knew from his excited manner that there was not much hope of sleep for him. Indeed, his mood was infectious for I lay tossing half the night myself, brooding over this strange problem, and Inventing a hundred theories, each of which was more impossible than the last. Why had Holmes remained at Woking? Why had he asked Miss Harrison to remain in the sick-room all day? Why had he been so careful not to inform the people at Briarbrae that he intended to remain near them? I cudgelled my brains until I fell asleep in the endeavor to And some explanation which would cover all these facts. It was seven o'clock when I awoke, and I set off at once for Phelps's room

to find him haggard and spent after a sleeplees night His first question was whether Holmes had arrived yet. "He'll be here -when he promised," said I, "and not an Instant sooner or later." And my words were true, for shortly after eight a Ransom dashed up to thy door and our friend got out of it. Standing in the window we saw that his left hand was swathed in a bandage and that his face was very grim and pale. He entered the house, but it was some little time before be came upstairs. He looks like a beaten man, cried Phelps. I was forced to confess that he was right. "After all," said I, "the clue of the matter lies probably here in town." Phelps gave a groan. "I don't know how it is." said he, "but I had hoped for so much from his return. But surely his hand was not

tied up like that yesterday. What can be the matter?" t "You are not wounded. Holmes?" I asked, as my friend entered the room. "Tut, it is only a scratch through my own clumsiness," he answered, nodding his good-mornings to us. "This case of yours, Mr. Phelps, is certainly one of the darkest which I have ever investigated." "I feared that you would find it beyond you." "It has been a most remarkable experience." "That bandage tells of adventures." said I. "Won't you tell us what has happened?" "After breakfast, my dear Watson. Remember that I have breathed thirty miles of Surrey air this morning. I suppose that there has been no answer from my cabman advertisement? Well, well, we cannot expect to score every time."

Tomorrow The Naval Treaty, concluded.

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