Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 160, 17 May 1921 — Page 2

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'AGE TWO

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i k By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, .Copyright, 1921. by Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement with The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.

c ' Part Two. ''Que moment," I asked. "Did the stable-boy. when he ran out with the doty leave the door unlocked behind himjr'' . . 4 ; Excellent. W'atson, excellent!" rnur routed my companion. "The Important of the point struck me so forcibly that. I sent a special wire to Dartmoor yesterday to clear the matter up. The boy locked the door before he'teft it. Th&. window, I may add was not large enongh for a man to get through. "rr "Hunter waited until his fellowgrooms had returned, when he sent a message to the trainer and told him what had occurred. Straker was excited at hearing the account, although he does not seem to have quite realized its'true significance.-. It left him, however, vaguely uneasy, and Mrs. Straker wakjng at one in the-morning; found that he was dressing. In reply to her inuquiries, he said that be could not f-leep on account of his anxiety abcut the" horses, and that he intended to walk down to the stables to see that allvwas well. She begged him to remain at home, as she could hear the rain pattering against the window, but in spite of her entreaties he pulled on his,.Jarge mackintosh and left the house. "Mrs. Straker awoke at seven in the morning, to find that her husband had not yet returned. She dressed herself hastily, called the maid, and set off for the tables. The door was open; inhide. huddled together upon a chair, Hunter was sunk in a state of absolute f-tupor, the favorite's stall was empty, and there were no signs of his trainer. l'The two lads who slept in (he chafftutting loft, above the harness-room were quickly aroused. They had heard vot'hrng during the night, for they are both sound sleepers. Hunter was obviously under the influence of some powerful drug, and as no sense could be goiyout of him, he was left to sleep it off while the two lads and the two women ran out in search of the absentees,They still had hopes t hat the trainer had for some reason taken out the horse for earlv exercise, but on ascending the knoll near the house. Trom which all the neighboring moors j were visible, they not only, could see so-signs of the missing favorite, but! Mi ey, perceived something which warn-1 rrf ihom that thev were in the nresence i of fitra?dy. V About a quarter of a mile from the MabJps .lolm Straker's overcoat wa3

flaftptng from a furze-bush. Immediate- j the small knife which Straker used in V 'PiS-- -b0pd I -HUSBAND AND WIFH BOTH SICK f1ePrrTltn-.;nieijnot'.r, and . at tlie Mr an,i Mrs. Andrew Comer, Shenbottorm of this was found the dea? ! andoah. Va., were both ill. He writes: hodv of the unfortunate trainer. His j "Rheumatism and bladder trouble was -head hart hpen ;hnttftrffl bv savsee our truhlp- MV wife had rheumatism neaa naa oeen snimerea oy a sawse:in hor arms so she cou)d not uso them. blow from some heavy weanotl, and ; she has had no trouble since taking he was wounded on the thigh, where i Foley Kidney Pills. I don't have to there was a long, clean cut. inflicted f.Pt, up nisr,'t.,f mucl! sincTe ,akin? i.. i. Foley Kidney Pills, nor have I a. weak

i. . iu iiiiv K,j i-jnir- .civ .-ii-aiir ninii nipnt. It was clear, however, that. Slraker had defended himself vigorous Iv against his assailants, for In his riffht hand he held a small knife, which was doited with Mood up to the handle, while in his left he clasped a t ed and black silk cravat, which was recognized by (he maid as having been worn on the preceding evening by the M ranger who had visited the stable?. I Hunter, on recovering from his stupor, j v.'as also quite positive as to the ownership of the cravat. He was equally certain that the same stranger had, while standing at the window, drurged his curried nv.it ton. and so deprived the stables of their watchman. A, to the missing horse, there were abundant Proofs in the mud which lay at tli bottom of the fatal hollow that he had been there at the time of the struggle. But frcYn that morning he has disappeared, and although a large reward has been offered, and all the gypsies of Dartmoor are on the alert, no news has come of him. Finally, an analysis ha shown that the remains of his supper left by the stable-lad contain an appreciable quantity of powdered opium, while the people at the house partook of the sam-? dish on the same night without any ill effect..-. "Those are 'the main facts of the i case, stripped of all surmise, and stated ! :.s haldlv as nossible. T shall now re capitulate wbat the police have done' in the matter. . "Inspector, Gregory, 'to. whom the case has been', committed, is an extremely competent officer. Were he but gifted with imagination he might rise to great heights in his profession. On his arrival he promptly found and arrested the man upon whom suspicion naturally rested There was little difficulty in finding him, for he inhabited one of those villas which I have mentioned. His name, it appears, waaj Fitroy Simpson. He was a man ot excellent birth and education, who had squandered a fortune upon the turf, and who lived now by doing a little t-uiot and genteel book-making in the sporting clubs of London. An exrmination of his betting-book shows ihat bets to the amount of five thouciinH iimmil. lmd bef n registered by him against the favorite. 'On being ar-, lesl.ed he volunteered the statement that he had ccme down to Dartmoor in the hope of getting some information j.bout the King's Pyland horses, and ulso ;tbout DesLorouch, the second fav Says His Prescription , Has Powerful Influence Over Rheumatism Mr. James II. Allen suffered for years with rheumatism. Many times ihis terrible disease left him helpless and unable to work. He finally decided, after years of ceaseless study, that no one can be free from rheumatism until the accumulated impurities, commonly called uric acid deposits, were dissolved in the joints and muscles and expelled from the body. With this idea in mind he consulted physicians, made experiments and finally compounded a prescription that quickly and completely banished every Eign and symptom of rheumatism from bis system. i Te freely gave his discovery to oth2 ers who took it, with what might be

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Sf S of urging he decided to let sufferers ; everywhere, know about his discovery through the newspapers. A. G. Luken 3? & Co., 3 Quigley's Drug Stores 3 and ft Yes and Now Drug Co. and Dafler X ! Drug Co., have been appointed agents

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Blaze ' 4 orlte, which wasri charge cf Silas Brown at the Mapletown stables. He did not' attempt to deny that he had acted as described upon the evening Kf V.. 1 J . l i l. , I LTiuL vui, uuiaicru mat. lit? iinu hu sisister designs, and had simply wished to obtain first-hand Information. When confronted with his cravat, he turned very pale, and was utterly unable to account for its presence in the hand of the murdered man. His wet clothing showed that he had been out in the storm of .the. night before, and his slick, which was a Penang-lawyer weighted with lead, was rjust fuch a weapon as might, by 'repeated blows, have inflicted the terrible injuries to which the trainer hail succumbed. On the other hand, there was no wound upon his person, while tho state of Straker's knife would show that one at least of his assailants must bear his mark upon him. There you have it all in a nutshell, Watson, and if you can give me any light I shall be infinitely obliged toyou." I had listened with the greatest interest to the statement which Holmes, with characteristic clearness, had laid before nie. Through most of the facts were familiar to me, I had not sufficiently appreciated their relative importance, nor their connection to each other." "Is it not possible," I suggested, "that the incised wound upon Straker may have been caused by his own knife in the convulsive struggles which follow any brain injury?" 'it is more than possible; it is probable." fcaid Holmes. "In that case one of the main point in favor of the accused disappears." "And yet," said I, "even now I fail to understand what the theory of the police can be." "I am afraid that whatever theory we state has very grave objections to it," returned my companion. "The I olice imagine, I take it, that this Flizroy Simpson, having drugged the lad, and having in some way obtained a duplicate key, opened the stable door and took out the horse, with the intention, apparently, of kidnapping him altogether, his Bridie is missing, so that Simpson must have put this on. Then, having left the door open behind him. he was leading the horse away over the moor, when he was either met or overtaken by the trainer. A row naturally ensued. Simpson beat out the trainer's brains with his heavy stick without receiving any injury from hnv " nafkafho snro :tA n or stiff muscles or joints, tired languid feel ing yield quickly to Foley Kidney Pills. A. G. Luken and Co., 226-228 Alain St. Advertisement.

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eelf-defense, and then the thief either led the horse on to some secret hidingplace, or else it may have bolted during the struggle, and be now wandering out on the moor. That is the case aa it appears to the police, and improbable as it is, all other explanations are more improbable still. However, I shall very ctuickly test the matter when I am once upon the spot, and until then I cannot really see how we can get much further than our present posii f. , UOn. It was evening before we reached the little town of Tavistock, which lies, like the boss of a shield, in the middle of the huge circle of Dartmoor. Twe gentlemen were awaiting us in the station the one a tall, fair man with lion-like hair and beard, and curiously penetrating light blue eyes; the other a email, alert person, very neat and dapper, in a frock-coat and gaiters, with trim little side-whiskers and an eye-glass. The latter was Colonel Ross, the well-known sportsman; the other, Inspector Gregory, a man who was rapidly making his name in the English detective service. "I am delighted that you have come down, Mr. Holmes," said the Colonel. "The Inspector here has done all that could possibly be suggested, but I wish to leave no stone unturned in trying to avenge poor Straker and in recovering my horse." . "Have there been any fresh developments?" asked Holmes. "I am sorry to say that we have made very little progress," said the Inspector. "We have an open carriage outside, and as you would no doubt like to see the place before the light fails, we might talk it over as we drive." Tomorrow Silver Blaze, continued. The Home Garden In select in ? for seed it is best to choose medium size, smooth, shalloweyed potatoes. The best seed will produce the best crop. Potatoes grow best in a sandy or gravel loam. Heavy sticky clay is not suitable. They should not be grown in the same place as last year. The ground should be Wife Helps Elect Hubby "After having been in bed half the time for a year with severe pains in my right side over the appendix, stomach trouble and bloating, which the doctors seemed unable to reach with medicine, and advised operation as the only remedy, my nurse advised me to try Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, and its results have truly been wonderful as I am now entirely well and strong, and at the last election worked hard to elect my husband." It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. Clem Thistlethwaite's Seven Drug Stores, A. G. Luken & Company, and druggists everywhere.J Advertisement. AMBULANCE Phone 1335 Arrivals!

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