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2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 8, 1925—PART 5. A Sherlock Holmes Story The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire @ = s I8 = 3 2 | pression upon the nurse’s mind, and He wasx away some minutes, dur- acky thas very istrong likes oad This fs the Grat of a séries of | | from that time She began to. waten 2 . g K oo ""”fi'r I ing which Holmes resumed his exam- | dislikes.” sald Ferguso stories, never before published Bay mlstvess *closely iana #o i - 3 Aav ination of the curiosities upon the[arm aroufld the boy. in & newspaper, in: whick “500d || alosar aussd aomo S Lo keep | (N 3 #"0 wall one of his likes." old Watson" tell¢ some of the ihe tendeay ‘”“\':‘"" ’I B/A T e . 4 ; | 1:1 s When our host returned it was| The hoy coesd and nestled his head most thrilling adventures of Rt iy e e ot s oamedLto hen ; clear from his downcast face that helupon his father's breast. Ferguson Sherlock Holmes S0 D e e R ey e ahen had mace no progress. He brought|genyly disengaged him O P I e _’:“n“":"x‘h"“ with him a tall, siim, brown-faced| “Run away. little Jacky" sald ha, » R o upee e giri. a tched his son with lovin OLMES . leave the baby alone the mothe s and he wa L LMES had read carefully a “M‘“";’h"‘;‘” Siondthe motheciw The tea is ready, Dolores,” said|eyes until he disappeared. “Now, Mr. note wiiloh the‘last post had | ol SREE RS T Ferguson. “See that your mistress | Holmes,” he continued, when the boy Brought Shim. - Thin, SWitl}ine 17 and ey and SioHt toe s has everything she can wish.’ was gone, "I really feel that I have the, dry ichiicklé WHICH WaS| gt wataNfu] Liothor setiied i3 be “She verra i11,” cried the girl, look- | brought yeu on a fool's errand, for = his® nearést approaeh. ito-‘a|lying inwalt as & WOIf wart ’o a g3 2 | ! ing with indignant eyes at her ma what can vou possibly do, save give augh, he tossed it over to m e i _walts for ¢ 3 = § s ter. “She no ask for food. She verra me your sympathy? It must be an For a mixture of the modern and | (o iy, 15, must read most incredivle | § 3 = - |i. She need doctor. I frightened | exceedingly delicate and complex af- medieval, of the practical and the | it soriously tor & cni's Ve anske N 3 2 ; {stay alone with her without doctor.” | fair from your point of view uhnvu\ fanciful, 1 think this Is surely | mants sanity may depend upon f‘“" » 2 P - Ferguson looked at me with a| “It is certainly delicate.” said my the imit" sald he. “What do vou|"“A( last there came one dresdful : : = : . : T e e e 1 o 1| (IER ITh 20 amusea’smile, “but | - s day when the facts could no longer e 5 e coy b ve not been struck up to now 1 read as follows - b A of use. hn it =Sk % o be concealed from the husband. The s < S | with its complexity s been a nurse's nerve had given way, she === 5 ] 4 [ 2 Would your mistress see Dr. Wat-|case for Intellectual deduction, b Nov, 19th eould stand the strain no longer, and = & 4 et | when this original intellectual de- Re Vampires 6 shadela solsan Breaat 6F 1t EH 40 i / ———— . n"!d |akln :v-m_ I ask no leave. She|duction is confirmed. point by point, “Sir: Our client, Mr. Robert Fergu-|the ma d i ! reds doctor. by quite a number of independent in son of Ferguson & Muirhead, teals talo no it may. oo oot Hor o < 5 ' Then I'll come with you at once.”| cidents, then the subjective becomes brokers of Mincing Lane, has made{ “He knew his %ife to be a loving 1 / I p 1 .4 et 1 Jollowed the girl, who was quiv- | objective and we can say confidently some* inquiry from us In a communi- | wife and. save for an aseault apon s - ¢ E ering with strong emotion., up the| that we have reached our goal. I had, cation of even date coneerning vam- | her stepson, a loving mother. Why, P b 2 ”un‘dh umr‘; an ancient cor-|in fact, reached it before we left nires. As our firm special s en-|then, s ¢ e v i i} A ? i A e en Was an iron-| Baker street and the rest h: el chiner : matter hardly comes |she was dreaming, that her suspicions i ! ! 3 I otruck me as I looked at it that| Ferguson put his big hand to his within o rview, and we have| were those of a lunatic, and that such { ) - ¢ 3 If Ferguson tricd to force his way |furrowed forehead. therefore recommended Mr. Ferguson | libels upon her mlslre.;s were not to ! b 3 5 £ TR to his wife he would find it no easy| “For heaven's sake, Holmes he to 6all liDoh. Y0 did doy Dl s iiter RS CAlaRlst: ] | ! ’ Yr:‘Pa!l"Jn(kT:‘. mdn dhru\'nn key from|said, hoarsely, “if you can see the iy = % S ant o ¥an - " n 4 | \ g e e an the eavy oaken no . b 2. W h ¢t f t While they were lAYkIrl(_l sudden - ’ planks creaked upon thel. le Bt truth in this matter do not ke'p. m ¥ sceossful action in the case of | ery of pain was heard. Nurse and L | \ ¢ H et eir ol nges. | in suspense. How de I stand? What Matilda Briggs master rushed together to the nur- 5 ‘A 2 ) passed in and she awiftly followed, | shall 1 do? I care nothing as to how a Sir, sery Imagine his feelings, Mr. 1 Z 1 fnn‘lfniflk the door behind her. | you have found your facts so long Faithfully your Holmes, as he saw his wife rise from ‘ 4 O ane oed & woman was lying|as you have really got them. SON, MORRISON & DODD | a kneeling position beside the cot, and 4 7 I 5 H who was clearly in a high fever. She| “Certainly I owe you an explana- D B J. C #aw blood upon the child's exposed I ) q E . only half-consclous, but as I|tion and you shall have it. But vou Bofa TS . {neck and upon the.sheet. With a cry & s | ':r!:‘reld she raised a pair of fright-| will permit me to handle the matter eman Watson - amiqlof horror he turned his wife's face 3 N A I ped Jut beautiful eves and glared|inh my own way. Is the lady capable oman, Watson suld| ¢, (e light and saw blood all around | |8t jme in apprehension. Seeing a|of seeing us, Watson~ a reminiscent vaice t oa It Twab wtic—bevond: all o stranger. she appeared to be relieved.| " “She is ill, but she 13 quits rational 8 dDr ok IR ANMCGIALAT Wt ion—who had drunk the poor H 7 Ane amnk back with' a ‘sigh upon the| “Very good. It is only in her pres- S Bl S ot o slood 4 ! | pilow | ence that we can clear the matter hich the world is not yet preparcd e e T e 4 5 i Mepped up to her With & faw |up. Let us go up to her O e L T ined in her room. There has been | 2 \ Toaneuring words, and she lay atill| “She will not see me,” cried Fergu- e .~ MG JWIIAN O pur- 0 explanation. The husband is half g o = s e a mpera- | son aw either? is better | 4o od e s .and s . ture. Both were high, and yet my Oh, v she wil = nlmes than’ stagnation, but we scem [jiillc of vampiriam neyond the name| [} \ . Impression wax that the condition | He scribbled s fow linies upyn o smect cen switched on toa Grimm's | \w. had thought it was some wild i / 4 :" "rllh‘r that of mental and|of pape You at least have the en- 4 : Make a long arm, Wat- | tajc of forelgn parts. And yet here| nervous excitement than of any|iree. Watson. Will you have the n. and see what has to suy In ihie. 'veuy Howrt af he Magiieh e B00dness to give the lady this note” griacaned down and took down the | Sussex—_well, all this ‘can ‘be dis- I it ishie a0 it i Mk & ferred liuin'r; b \unv-‘\l ;| on his cussed ““I‘.,‘\““. fjcie morntugs CHVEL The*woman .!urn»d h'r‘flu;hfld and I ASCENDED again and handed the nee, and his eyes moved slowly and | 00 56 me? WIll you use your great handsome face toward me. note to Dolores who cautiously lovingly over the record of old e N “Where is my husband?" opened the door. A minute later I lovingl P ¢ e S e ) » “Fre {4 DeTaw and woi heard a cry from within, a ery in xed with the accumulated informa- | (o \ 7 e is ould wis L s . i ne. be at your rooms by 10 o'clock. 1 JLILA b g “I'will not see him. T will not !!‘\\vhnded. Dolores looked out Voyag of the Gloria cott he o P 3 , Yours faithfully him.” Th he will see them. She will lees- 9 Tha WAS @ ad by e8s “R o o *SON. A en she seemed to wander off | . 2 Dive agnis (<\n1«!-'\‘uuy‘r"mx’\'rt: 'm.dj BOBERT BORGURON ; ‘ Y R / Into delirum. “A fiend: A fiend! Oh,| '*,¥ *a1d she i veeord af o Watse 205 . P. S—I believe your friend Wat- ;% / what shall 1 do with this devil?" | At my summons Ferguson and EnaTe e onEa e T . hs|son playea ‘rugby for Blackheath ¢ /3% “Can T help you in any ways | HOImex came up. As we entered the peanie CptoraEratulats you UROR he | when 1 wits three.quarter for. Rich- : | / i “No. No one can help. It fa fin- | F00M. Ferguson took » step or two Venomous lizard or gila. Remark.| mond. It is the only personal intro- : 3 . v tebed:_ Al is déstroyed.” Do WEREL L salr i 1hb Dad: ‘DUt che Bela oat bac ible case, that! Vittoria, the circus | duction which I can give.” | / A / s deaiacey ea hand t Ise nim. | X into < “Of course 1 remember him,” said [ f * B DSl ik N ek I as I laid down the letter. “Big| - an armchair, while Holmes seated e a Eob Mirg kb e Bucst ¥ dasa it HE woman must have some|himself besids him. after bowing to 2 Hullo! Good old in- Bop e Fi it b | # strange delusion. 1 could not|the lady, who looked at him with You can't I Listentoilifer (Richmondyeder ad, Hogmes o ¢ |see honest Bob Farguson in the|wide-eyed amazement Watson ampirism in Hun- | Ways a g« ehabape il el = \ | character of fiend or devil “I think we can dispense with Do- gary And ain, Vampires in|him to be 20 concerned ove | “Madame,” 1 sald, “your husband|lores’ said Holmess. Oh, very well Transylvania CABE | t ’ loves you dearly He is deeply|madame, if you would rather she He turned over the pages with * K X % 5 = ! grieved at this happening.’ stayed I can see no objection. New eagerness, but after a short, intent : ) e 2 z Again she turned on me those glori- | MT. Ferguson, I am a busy man with verusal he threw down the great book “’r“;‘:r\‘.s e n'.r:.:x“mx‘ ous eves. 1ol | many calls, and my methods have to with a snarl of disappointment e ar <ot e e W s B aad ol He loves me. Yes. But do I not|be short and direct. The swiftest Rubbish, Watson, rubbish: What| (VL5 e are unexplored possibili- love him? Do I not love him even|2ursery is the least painful. Let me have we to do with walking corpses, | to . =€ OO B wire down to sacrifice myself rather than break | first say what will ease your mind who can only be held in their grave it i S L his dear heart? That is how I love | YOUT Wife is & very good, a very lov- by stakes driven through their hearts.|like a good fellow: Wl exs him. And vet he could think of me— | In§ and a very ill-used woman It's pure lunacy .\nu\r case with pleasure be could speak of me o Ferguson sat up with a ery of joyv put e (",m b 1 ["'," e We must not let him think that : g f ;,H’ ls full of grief, but he cannot u‘:r:‘:m:u’:.;{r"»‘\r;rfl")hn" S was not n sarily ‘a dead man - = i 5 3 understand.” yo o living person might have the habit. this agency is a home for the weal No. Tik eknnot goderatandl Butw “I will do so, but in deing so I 1 have read, for example, of the old minded. Of course it is his case. L K 8 il Sags UL N® [ nust wound deeply in another dirs. sucking the Blood of the voung in|Send him that wire and let the mat- > . ke T Kim?* I shg.]tien order to retain their youth ter rest till morning.” Satatiy 5t Py 5 ‘I care nothing so long as you oufira Nt aWutoon.— 1, et Fromitly, at/10 oiclocl ness mMOrns SHERLOCK HOLMES. STANDING BY THE FIRESIDE. WATCHES, FERGUSON, THE FATHER, TAKES THE CHILD INTO HIS ARMS AND FON. No, no. I cannot forget those ter- | CI°AT my wife. Everything on earth tions the legend in one of these refer- Ing Ferguson strode into our room DLES IT MOST TENDERLY, WITH EVIDENT DEVOTION. “FANCY ANY ONE HAVING THE HEART TO HURT HIM.” HE MUTTERS. rible ‘words nor the look upon his|'® [REi8RIAcant compared to that ences. But are’ we. to glve serlous| I had remembered him as a long. | VoT face. 1 will not see him oo™ sl “Let me tell you then the train of attention to Guck (iR ee” THIS Bgéncy | slab-sided man ‘with -loose limbs and e s Z : 3 E . ’ . reasoning which passed through my e R et a2 e Kurn of peed which had carried |unhappy lads, as 1 understand It Sl Feroee e, ectionate | 25,8 wingx, with towering Tudor | “What tter with | ol Gih do nothing for me. Tell| i i Baker street. The idea of & P e is world | him ro y 2 k. |appeared to assault both the chil- nd the boy, having so affectionate |chimneys and a lichen-spotted. h “The dog matter with i s ™| vampire w be . Suc apply. 1 fear that we canuot take painful than to meet the wreck of a (#0n of his mother doorsteps were worn into curves and | “That's what puzzled the vet. A|Thatls the only message I can send|y yceice in England. And vet your D i e ot e e o b Ekin tn] - “Taat is o “Most devoted the anclent tiles which lined the [SOFt of paralysis. Spinal meningit 4 observation was precise. You had Robert: Hergusgh yery -satjodaly. | fine ath ‘had | “But the aseaults take different| “He would certainly seem to be a|porch were marked with the rebus of |Ne thought. But it s passing. Hell| She turned her face to the wall | o 0t RuO0 ZV4 0, PrORSE (O T8¢ Possibly this note may be from him, | his prime. His great frame 'had | A n ) e | S YAty to e | nood! ; be all right soon—won't you, Carlo™ | And would say no more. | et o . and may throw some Hght upom what | fallen in, his flaxen hair was scanty |{0rms, do they not? She has beaten |most Interesting lad B Tt e L e N ihier ot heato phevmd Cidueneltetningd st e cosa o {ehild’s co. with the blood upon her : o o | | vour son: other point about these assaults.|inal bullder. Within the ceilings| A Shiver of assent passed through| | r room downstairs, : is‘'woriying him and his shoulders were bowed | “Once with a stick and once very | Were the strange attacks upon the |were corrugated with heavy oaken | !he drooping tail. The dog’s mourn- | Where Ferguson and Holmes still sat | o FE e fear that [ roused cOrfesponding |, ,geiy with her hands " | baby and the assaults upon your son |beams and the uneven floors sagged | (Ul e¥es passed from one of us to the | by theé fire. Ferguson listened mood. | B toph G & pebond:letter, iwhich{muotions' i him. . 12 o 4 nhis| “Did she give no explakation why |at The same period? into sharp curves. An odor of age[Other.s He knew that we' were dis-{{ly to my sccount of-the interview. had lain unnoticed upon: the table | “Hullo. Watson.,” sa 80 he struck him?>” “| “In the first case It was so. It |and decay pervaded tha whole | CUSSINg his case { ow can I send her the child> draw the while he had been abserbed with the| voice wa® still deep and hearty. “You [#85 CIIER UM 0 (p ' pated him.| was as if some frenzy had seized her | orumbling building “Did it come on suddenly?’ he “sald. “How do 1 know what |pime Stoer Burhose than e firat. This he began to read with a|don't look quite the man you did [, Fere Seve (Rt toe Rt | and she had vented her rage upon | There was one very large central| I @ single night strange impulse might come wupon|in Engiish history who sucked such smile of amusement upon his face, | When I threw you over the ropes into | ™oy p i s 1ot unknown among | both. In the second case it was only | room, Inte which Ferguson led us How B g« her? How can I ever forget how she |y wound to draw poison from it? which gradually faded away into an | the crowd at the old Deer Pavk. Ti o oo pore™ A" posthumous jeal- | Jack who sufferad. Mrs. Mason had | Here in a huge old-fashioned fireplace It ‘may have been four monthsirose from beside it with ita dloo8| ™ «pgigant expression of Intense interest and|expect I have changed a bit also. |, o " "(il) say. Is the lady jeal-|no complaint to make about the |with an iron screen behind it, dated |3KO J y upon her lips?” He shuddered at the| w«p gouth American household. M concentration. When he had finished, | But it's this last day or two that has | ZUE¥, WO U o F e eV e e S SRR a Very sugges- | recollection. “The child is safe with| ;. iinel fele the presemce of thove he sat for some little time lost in|aged me. 1 see by vour telegram, | "Ll 0 "0 PN L f alous—jealous| “That certainly complicates mat- |splendid log fire Iye ’ \irs. Mason and there he must remain.” | woupons upon the wall before m thor . with the letter dangling from | Mr. Holmes, that it is no use my | "0 0" girongth of her flery | ters” The room I gazed round, was a What you fn it Mr A smart mald, the only modern|.yes ever saw them. It might Finally with a start he | pretending to be any one’s deputy.” | L1, | "I don't quite follow you, Mr. |most singular mixture of dates and g thing which we had seen in the;gve been other poison, but that was aroused himself from his reverie It is simpler to deal direct,” said| ".g,\ the boy—he Is 15, T under- | Holmes." " lof places. The half-paneled wals mation of what I had al- ‘house, had brought in some tea. As{gpo, ool o 5 PORSM. Son Past Bad Cheeseman’s. Lamberley. Where is| Holmes stand, and probably very developed in| “Poseibly not. One forms provi- |may well have belonged to the 'e2dy thouzh the was serving it the door opened| na¢ (e empty quiver beside the Lamberley. Watson®” Of course it is. But you can Imag- | ming cince his body has been cir-|sional theories and waits for time or |original yeoman farmer of the seven- For jood's sake whatdo you think, fand-a youth eéntered the room. He|ymall bird-bow, it was fust what I “It is in Sussex, south of Horsham.” | ine how difficult it is When You &re|cymecribeq in action. Did he give|fuller knowledge to explode them. A |teenth century. They wers orna-| M. Holmes? It may be a mere intel- | was a remarkable Iad. pale-faced | axpactad 1o see If the child were very far, eh? And Cheese- | speaking of the one woman WhOM |y oy np explanation of these assaults?” | bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human | mented, however, on the lower part|'®ctual » to you, but it is life and fair-haired, with excitable, light- |y icked with one of those arrows man’s? you are hound to.protect and helP.|""uxo ' he declared there was no reas- | nature is weak. I fear that your old by a line of well chosen modern 40d death to me. My wife a would- | blue eves, which blazed into & sud-|gipoed in curare or some other devil- ‘I know that country, Holmes. Tt|What can 1 do? How am 1 to g0 to|qp | triend here has given an exaggerated | water colors, while above, where | h¢ murderer—my child in constant|den flame of emotion and jov as they | jun drug, it would mean death if the full of old houses, which are named | the police with such a story? And| ' ‘were they good friends at other|view of my scientific mcthods. How- |vellow plaster took the place of oak, |$80EcT. Don't play i e .Mr.|rested upon his father. He rushed|yenom were not sucked out fter the men who built them cen-|yet the kiddies have got to be Pro- | imeg7 ever, I will only say at the present |there was hung a fine collection 2 I8 o tartin iy deriou forward and threw his arms around | ““.zng the dog! If turies ago. You get Odley’s and Har- | tected. 1s it madness, Mr. Holmes?| "uNg there was never any love be- k vey's and Carriton’s—the folk are for- | g jt something in the blood? Have|iween them.” pear to me to be insoluble and that | which had been brought, no doubt, by HE big Rugby three-quarter was | 'NE &irl 5 £ |first in order to see that it had not zotten. but their names live in their | you any similar case in your experi-| wyet you say he is affectionate?” ~| you may expect to find us at Victoria | the Peruvian lady upstairs. trembling all over. Holmes put| . ~“OR daddy,” he cried. “I did not|jost its power? I did not foresee the houses. ence? For God's sake, give me some | “Ngver in the world could there be|at 2 o'clock.” | Holmes rose, with that quick cu-| his hand soothingly upon his arm know that vou were due vet. 1igog, but at least 1 understood him “Precisely,” said Holmes, coldly. It |y gvice, for I am at my wits' end.” so devoted a son. My life is his life. | o i i | riosity which &prang from his eager| “I fear that there is pain for you, $hould have been here to meet You.| anq he fitted into my reconstruction was one of the pecullaritics of his| .yery naturally. Mr. Ferguson. Now | He i5 absorbed in what I say or d0.” | ¥ wae evening of a dull, foggy No- | Mnd: and examined them with some | Mr. Ferguson, whatever the solution Uhi‘l am so glad to, see you s Now do vou understand? Your roud, self-contained nature that.| ¢ here and pull yourself together * % ox % | i "dr« He returned with hie eyes full may b aid he. I would spare you f"A_wsvn gently disengaged hWV-“qre feared such an attack. She saw ugh he docketed any fresh infor-| 4nq give me a few -clear answers. I NOE ‘agald Holmas hiade te. | vember day when. having left our |of thought E - all T can. I cannot say more for the | ¥elf from the embrace with some lit-|j; and saved the child's life, and yet mation very quickly and accurately| can assure you that I am very far o A ade a note. |pags at the Chequers. Lamberley, we | “Hullo!” he cried. “Hullo! | instant, but before I leave this house | tle show of embarrassment. she shrank from telling vou all the his brain. he seldom made any|from being at my wits' end, and that Fof some time he sat lost in|drove through the Sussex ciay of a| A spaniel had lain in a basket in|I hope I may have something def Dear old chap.” said he, patting|ryth, for she knew how vou loved acknowledgment to the giver. “I|| am confident we shall find some | thought long. winding lane and finally reach- | the corner. It came slowly forward | nite. the flaxen head With a very tender|ihn boy and feared lest It break vour rather faney we shall know a good | solution. First of all, tell me what| “Nc doubt you and the boy were|ed the isolated and ancient farm- |toward fte master, walking with dif-| “Please God vou ma It vou will | hand. I came early because my|peart al more abour Cheeseman's. Lam-| saps sou have taken. 1s your wife |Ereat comrades before this second | house In which Ferguson dwelt ficulty. It hind ‘legs moved irreg-|excuse me, gentlemen, T will ko up |friénds, Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson. | “jycky: rley. hefore we are through. The | gtill near the children? marriage. You were thrown very It was a large, straggling build: |ularly and its tail was on the ground.|to my wife's room and see if there | have been persuaded to come down S letter is, as I had hoped, from Robert| “We had a dreadful scene. She is a | close together, were you not? ing. very old in the center, very new | It licked Ferguson's hand ' has been any change.’ {and spend an evening with us. »| 667 WATCHED him as vou fondled erguson. By the way, he claims ac-| most Joving woman. Mr. Holmes. If| | =8 IS ME-Halmes, the detectives i e e R ke R oy ever a _woman loved.a man “with & outh looked at us with a very clearly reflected in the glass of ihe er he soul she loves me. She | ‘ 2 Yo NRd Bt E ORI He hano- | o ot 10, the Neart ThRE.T should | penetrating and, as it seemed to me,| window, where (he shutter formed a R the letter acrost 1t was headed | have discovered this horrible. this e ecre ar O a e unfriendly gaze | background. 1 saw such jealouss with the address quoted inoredible secret e would mot | “What about your othar child, Mr.|such cruel hatred, as I have seldom | Ferguson?” asked Holmes. “Might|seen in a human face.” “Dear Mr. Holmes,” it #aid, “I have | aven speak. She gave no answer to | : haen recommended t6 you by my law- |gny reproaches save to gaze at me make the acquaintance of the| ~My Jacky yers, it indeed th natter is so ex- scrt of wild despairing look y? ou have to face it, Mr. Ferguson ey e e T T hia ihe roalied toliem Ask Mrs. Mason to bring hnh_v“ It s the more painful because it is a aiffic » discuss. It concerns a|room and locked herself in. Since down,” sald Ferguson. The boy went | distortad love—a maniacal, exagger- Fie : he #6, Old Jerry belle. Vanderbilt and the yveggman. Vigor the Hammersmith it @bt sccarr to vou that a bleeding wound may be sucked for one were to use stage that your problem does not ap- |South American utensils and weapor b W 55 his neck with the abandon of a 10V-fguch a poison would one not try it ¢ N | ve for vou, and possibly for " am acting This hen she has refused to see me. S off with a curious shambling gait,|ated love for vo Aan 3 Gl ‘« soteie M0 1“.’ ‘L" a }r‘m«ld who was with. her before which told my surgical eves that he| his dead mother, which has hrnmwu: \arried some five years | has a : : ; i i = soul I8 consumad vian lady, the daughter of | her marriage, Dolores by mame—a was suffering from a weak spine. [his action. His very soul D e h‘\"‘:f;:\fl)w{‘ e oo s servant. 8ne| @ (Continwea from Tirét Page.) stately, courtly manner, after the nel underwear showing, wool stock-,which inaugurated the custom of |Presently he returned, and behind [ with hatred for this splendid child in connection with the importa- | takes her food to her." | E = - order of events at his second inaugu- | ings coming down and slippers on m;,’{_flldin‘c White House I'!N‘p:‘lons ""ihr::‘ canma e l:ll. xnunnewn"‘:e"l ":‘:'i :‘r:"ffi,,h:.a.":‘»:.n:r:'):r::‘ ki nitrates. The lady was very “Then the chiid is in no iate | o ik d e nIe. Jubtiae Lrel: wite P & Lo 2 ; New Year day—a practice that con-li n her arms a very utifu s ematituy. bat the fags Bt ber orersy | dangecs. e Chlld s In no fypsflelTVHe hadibeen wppointed chiét justice |ral. when the gentlemen in white|fest. - Pracadince, on any.andiallied: il Yot Thore than. a centucy; 46| child, Tdarkieyed, avidenchaired—al “Gobd Gea! It 1s incredible:™ hea but act Ot her foreign | dang = gt of the Supreme Court on January 3L | g iin waved the plumes casions. was thrown out of the win-|he abandoned by Woodrow Wiison | wonderful mixture of the Saxon and| “Have I spoken the truth, madam?" birth and of -her religion alwayvs 3 Yo, e uree s Worn | 1501, but there was so little for him |~ Jefterson abolished all that sort of |dow. He requested the people to re- | naq o 4 by Warren Harding and | the Latin. Ferguson was evidently | The lady was sobbing with her face caiised 4 separation of interests and |that she will not leave it nightor duyi sy qp "in " that posftion that Je con- |ining at one- gesturs. ~He held no/lirati trony holding celebrations on his | (. SR et % devoted to it, for he took it into his | buried in the pillows. Now she turn- clings helween husband and'wite, | T thn abmolntely trust her, TAId300re (1500 48 Becrotary of BtStes holding |iagven or drawing roomy. ‘Al forms | bicthdiy, aa-they ‘were béghning ol @ T\ o0 dxe. arme and fondled it most tenderly. | ed to her husband +, that after a time his love may easy about poor little Jack, for, as I i i 2 A S - A s DEDI oot Pt > el g > & 1 ’ tooled toward her and he may | told sou in my mote, he has twice been | 20th offices simultaneously. "In spite | ang ceremonies' were dispensed with. |celebrate Washington's. On New | ezt week. Mr. Newman, in treating cabinet | “Fancy any one having the heart ‘How could 1 tell you, Bob? T felt 1ve come to regard their unio Wted by her.” of his strong Federallst tendencies|He affected slovenly attire, received| Year day and the Fourth of July |changes, wil relate the romantic stors of | to hurt him,” he muttered, s he | the blow it would be 1o you. It was fakes TI6 oV Ore were sited of i St mever wennaas? and his intense dislike of Jefferson, |foreign dignitaries (far more punctil- | the White House and grounds were v O'Neale. the barmaid. who upset|glanced down at the small, angry,|better that I should wait and that it Character which e could mever No. she struck him savagely. Tt i the | WRIeh continued throughout the 1at-|ligus then than now) in careless, in- | thrown open and all who desired to | WASMngton and caused the ousting of Juekson's | F.ANICC, DOV By P8 B iiroat, | | should come from some other lips ok understand. This was the | more terrible as he 18 a poar. little mof. | L€FS 1ife. and notwithstanding the | formal manner, with coarse, red flan- ' call were recelved by the President,| "' PRl e, 1025 * %o % | than mine. When this gentleman, N or understand his was the e terrible ag he . Titeh A tARUIA P Toli s oFf the HIght- of g 2 > opyright, 1921 | ho seems to hav v t magic, vore painful as she was as lovisg a ve cripple.” Ferguson's gaunt fea- | arecint gty oI O ot e - - : [ JT was at this moment that I chanced | TR2 BGETIE 10 BAIS DOWeErs of makl wife as & man cauld have—to all ap- | tures softened s he spolt Bt Iy BOF ! meui il vones the. poxt ey, walked b : 8 to glamce at Holmes and saw & ] think a vear at sea would he my venrances absolutely devoted You would think that the dear_ lad's | PIAK SIUIE ToDES TC BESEL €OV O Ked § 3 i : 5 i 1 | most singular intentness in his eX-| pregeription for Master Jacky,” said Now for the point which I will |condition would soften any one's heart. {10 the Senecs CAREDer At 8drH 3 o % [pression. His face was as Set as|[iimes rising from his chair. “Onl make more plain When we meet. In- | A fall in childhood and a twisted apine, | |*(ered the DACh ¢ | Gk 5 VNGRS | it it had been carved out of old|on. thing Is atill clouded, madam. W deed. this note is merely to give vou | Mr. Holmes. But the dearest, most lov- | PALSC TIPRBIFER (0 Zorgst i X 9 2 3% ivory, and his eves, which had| an quite understand vour sttacks zeneral idea of the situation and to | ing heart within IR e oL Sorast s i | glanced for a momient at father and | quo Tyt Bn NG it e T i, care Lo * % & fore the French revolution. when the i 2 : g child, were now fixed With eager cu-|io a mother's patience. But how aid nterest yourself in the matter. The I O-MES had picked up the tetter | U0 Mp ST ere Airat. get- 4 2 2 3 o ¢ upon something at the other| vo.' dare to lsave the child these e BB oo B P i kg Sl of yesterday and was reading it |ijn; husy there, and that his house| [IEES 7 e - . pes . 5 of the room. Following his| it (o€ 00, traite quite allen to her ord: over. “What other inmates'are there in | pat' peen thelr headquarters. -They % 3 o e s RE S |gaze, 1 could only guess that he Was| .y phaq 1514 Mrs. Mason sweet and gentle digposition vour house, Mo Mcguzon ™ e e e e s . : a8l |looking out through the window at| myaciiv Se T imagimed TWwo scrvants Who have not been 1ong { o< oa’ and they sincerely balleved D e B3 : o i iy ; | the melancholy, dripping garden. | perguson was standing by the bed, with us. One stable hand, Michael, who { Jed ARC HIEY SREErey e ; oy 7 3 ke ¥ 1t is true that a shutter had halt| o opine G pd S0 AR OF UG0S0 slceps in the house. My wite, meselt, | Ll MCtory, for defferson and s st b ; : i o closed outside and obstructed the | gl my boy Jack, baby. Dolores and Mrs. | pemocratic) would bring a reign of # o : . ; 5 Z jview, but none the less it was cer-| " umpia T faney, B it o e onc Mason. That is ail." carnage like that in France. Nobody 3 5 o o # . . ] |tainly at the window that Holmes gyt Watson,™ s..d Holmes, in a ‘I gather that vou did not know your | parna®e e LAet In @ ranee. N tout. . : - o 5 3 . was fixing his concentrated attention §Q pisper. “If you will take onk elbow -3 wife well at the time of vour marriage, & " %3 : P ¥ . Then he s«miléd and his eves came of the 166 faithful Dolores I will take this poor lad in the most unprovoked 1 ha v > . . | hearted little John Adams. It was AR 0 by. On its chubby neck 3 Bt Jat e o G dileoromnd | had only known her a few weeks." | fiAT(EC HCOR, JORR, SdamE Tt VAT S . 8 back to the baby ¥ the other. Thére, now.” he added atiok and Teft-a Brent well on his dem, | pe. HO% 10ng Had - this matd Datores | L & 10005 S deaperate langtns| B C 2 o P | Cnere was this small puckersd mark. | Ss he closed tne dder behing hiodes: tick and left's Rreat welt on hixarm. hen wiih Her? g o s R s oo da & R | Without speaking, Holmes examined | tninic “we may leave them. to sattle & Sy o ] qia, af By adminis 5 7 # E i ;5 > it with care. Finally he shook one & tion to pass the ridiculous Federal § ot % b s ¥ the rest among themselyes. court bills which the Jefferson Con- sy 3 t w of the dimpled fists which waved in e A gress promptly repealed. ot v, little man. You have|] HAVE only_one further mote of “es: ¥ » Until Jefferson entered the White oAk ¥ ] 2 i N this ease... It is the lstter which der 1 vear of age. On one ocea- | pYef: You may sy House the residence of thé Presidents ; : Lt : 118 : g ~ e i mave a word with you | Holmes wrote in"fina) ankwbr to thet hon, about a month ago, this child 1 fancy s said he. “that T may be|had been known as the “Republican 3 ) ey “""“ -~ | with which the narrative begins. It 1 been, left by its nurse for & 187 | of more use st Lamberiey. than: hers, | COUrt.” -This was true-of IAsBLIE- - CET A o 3 i bk her. aside and- apoke | Pan thulz bl iy o e "*Y 1t ix eminently a case for personal in- | ton’s houses in New York and Phila- s z earnestly for a few minutes. 1 only “Re Vampives, BEC i SROS e Sk jes | vestigation. 1f the lady remains in |delphia, of the Adama house in Phila- i ¢ A " P heard the last words, which were: Baker street, November 21 Cmplover. the Iady. leanine oyer the her reom cur presence could mot an-|delphia and of the White House dur- 4 i o % 3 e : “Your anxfety will soon, I hope, be| “Sir: Referring to your letter of e apparentls | cuekimg hie|noy or inconvenience her. Of coursé|IMg the short time Adams. lived in dt. i x St 5 i P set at rest.” The woman, who seemed [ the 18th I beg to state that I have neck. There was a small wound in|Wwe would stay -at the inn Alexander Hamilton was probably re- o Y T B to be a sour, silent kind of creature, | l00ked into the Inquiry of your client ithe neck from which a stream of | Ferguson gave a gesture of relief. |sponsible for the practice for he had % i s ¥ i $ withdrew with the child. j Mr. Robert Ferguson of Ferguson & Bload Nod ascabed | “It is what I hoped, Mr.- Holmes.|urged Washington at the beginning _ 3 : . g § i, 5 “What is Mrs. Mason like?" asked | Muirhead. tea brokers, of Mincing e e o horrified that | There is an excellent train at 3 from |of his first term to hold formal levees | [JiE® ¢ A ST e . Holmes. Tafps 0 thalb Hia - Gatted has Been aha: withen Tt ol e Eh e B Bt Victosl gl SouRbeMId come: once a week, “at which the Presi- i > 3 ‘ R “Not very prepossessing externally, | Prousht to a satisfactory conclusion e iy mplored her ot te da o | “Of course we could come. There|dent should rémain half an héur, con- it « io / o y as you can see, but a heart of gold | W!th thanks for your recommenda- actual rs 5 0 s s | s v, Vi B iy indifferent b- 2 o tion, 1 am, sir, faithfully vours, and actually gave her 5 pounds as|I& a lull at present. I can give you|verse cursorily on indifferent su and devoted to the ohila. SHERLOCK HOLMES. price for her silence. No e: ~|my undivided energies. Watson, of | jects with such person as invited his : % “Do you like her, Jack?’ Holmes 5 e e aid 2o o | ires, Comes with s But there ase |atiention ana then retires na| THE STATELY OLD WHITE HOUSE. THE EARLY EFFORTS OF ARCHITECTS AND LANDSCAPE AR | iuimaa’sadacaty auon one bort min (Congrigt, J823. in niteg Siaten ana h the Am nt the matter was passed over one or two points upon which 1 wish ' Washington had inaugurated the cul TISTS TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND FOR “QUEEN DOLLY'S” TRIUMPHS. FROM AN expansive, mobile face shadowed over et AR “It left, however, & terrible im- to be very sure before I start. This tem. Lverything had been done in OLD PRINT, and he shook his head. e owaptver Allanec gentleman had bee arried nd he had one son by the first wif This boy\was now 13, a very charm- ing and affectionate youth, though unhappily injured through an acei dent in childhood. Twice the wife was caught in the act of assaulting “Some years CTHIS was & small matter, how- | “Then vour. wife's character would ever, compared with her con- |I4ll¥ be better Rriown by Dolores than 1ct to her own child, a dear boy just | ¥, ¥ou” c