The evening world. Newspaper, April 29, 1905, Page 12

With a motherly tenderness the yaunt woman put her arm round fer mistress and led her from the room. ¥ “She has been with her all her fife.’ soil tiopkins, “Nursed her as a baby, and came with her to Wogiand when (hey first left Australia, elghteen months ago, Theresa Wright is her name, and the kind of maid you don't nick up nowadiys, ‘This way, Mr. Holmes, if you please!” The keen interest had passed out cf Holnes's expressive face, and | knew that with the mystery all the charm of the case has departed. ‘There still re- inained an arrest to be effected, oul whit were these commonplace rogues, that he should soil his hands with them? An abstruse and learned special- ist who finds that he has been calied in for a case of measles would experi- ence something of the annoyance which | read in my friend's eyes, Yet the scene In the dining-room of the Abbey Grange was suificlently strange to est his attention and to recall his waning interest, It was a very large and high chamber, with earved oak cetling, oaken panciling, and a fine array of deer's heads and ancient weapons around the | walls, At the further end from the door was the high, French window of which we had heard. Three siualler windows on the right-hand side filled the apartment with cold winter sunshiue. On the left was a large, deep fire- place, with a massive, overhanging oak mantelplece Beside the fireplace was a heavy oaken chair wilh arme and crosabara at the bottom, In and ont through the open woodwork was woven a orimson cord, which was se- cured at each side of the srosspiece below, In releasing the lady, the cord bad been slipped off her, but the knot# with which it had been secured atill remained, These details only struck owr attention afterwards, for our thoughts were entirely absorbed by the terrible object which lay upon the tiger-skin hearthrug im front of the fire, It was the body of a tall, well-inade man, about forty years of age, He lay upon his back, his face upturned, with his white teeth grinning through Nie short, black beard. His tvo clenched hands were raieed above his head, and @ heavy blackthorn stick lay avross them. His dark, handsome, aquiline features were convulsed into a spasm of vindictive hatred, which had set his dead face in a terribly fiendish expression, He had evidently been in his bed when the alarm had broken out, for ne wore a foppish, embroidered night- shirt, and his bare feet projected from his trousers, His head was horribly injured, and the whole room Lore witness to the savage ferocity of the blow which had struck him down, Beside him lay the heavy poker, bent Into a curve by the concussion. Holmes examined both it and the indeseripuble wreck which it had wrought. “He muat be a powerful man, this elder Randall.” he remarked “Yes, said Hopkins. “1 have some record of the fellow, and he is a rough customer,” “You should have no difficulty in getting him,” “Not the alightest. We have been on the lookout for him, and there wan some idea that he had got away to America, Now that we know that the gang are here, | don't sve how they cin 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 thing, knowing that the lady could describe them, and that we could not fail to recognize the dewcription.” “Exactly, One world have expected that they would have silenced Lady Brackenstall as well.” “They may not have realived,” | suggested, ‘that she nid recovered from her faint.” “That is likely enough. If she seemed to be senselers t ey would not take her life. What about this poor fellow Hopk ns? I seem to have heart vome queer stories about nim.” “Tie was a good-hearted man when he was sober, but a perfect fiend when he was drunk, of rather when lie was half drunk, for he sel- dom really went the whole way. The devil seemed to be in him at such times, and he was capable of any- thing. From what | hear, in spite of all his wealth and his tile, he very fhearly came our way once or twice, There was a scandal about his drenching a dog with petroleum and setting it on filre—her ladyship'’s dog, to make the matter worse—and that was only hushed up with diMculty. Then he threw a decanter at that maid, Theresa Wright; there was trouble about that, On the whole, and between ourselves, it will be u brighter house without him, What are you looking at now?” Holmes was down on his knees, examining with great attention the — knots upon the red cord ‘with which the lady had beon seoured. Then he carefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped off when the burglar had dragged it down, “When this was pulled down the bell in the kitchen must have rung loudly,” he remarked, “No one could hear it, house,” “How did the burglar know no one would hear it? at a bell-rope im that reckless fashion?" “fractly, Mr. Holmes, exactly. You put the very question which I have asked myself again and again. There can be no doubt that this fellow rust have known the house and its habite, ie must hnve perfectly under= stood that the servants would all be in ber! at that comparatively early hour, and that no one could powsibly hear a Well ring in the Kitchen. Therefore, he must have been in close league with one of the servants, Surely thal is evident, But there are eight servants, and all of geod character.” “Other things being equal,” said Holmes, “one would suspect the one at whose head the master threw a devanter. And yet that wowld Invoive ipeachery toward the mistresa to whom this woman seemed devoted, Well, well, the point is a minor one, and when you have Randall you will prob- ably find no difficulty in securing his accomplice. The lady's story certainly aeems to be corroborated, If it needed corroboration, by every detail which we see before ua," He walked to the French window and threw it open. “There are no signa here, but the ground is irom hard, and one would not expect them, I see that these candles on the mantelpiece have been Iighted.” Re in Ween had to send for me. All that makes a fair night's work. b We are at Chisethurst Station, and we shall soon set our doubts ive Ot & couple of miles through narrow country lanes brought us [este Which was opened for us by an old lodge-koeper, whose hag- Wore the reflection of some great disaster. The avenue rai fhubte park, between lines of ancient elms, and ended in a low hin fowee, piliared in front after the tashion of Palladio, The cen- ft Wil evidently of a great age und shrouded in ivy, but the large win- by that modern changes had been carried out, and one wing of Appeared to be entirely new. ‘The youthful figure and alert, eaxer jor Stanley Hopkins confronted us in the open doorway. very. glad you have come, Mr. Holmes. And you too, Dr. Watson. ff had my thine over again, 1 should not have troubled you, & i the tady has come to herself she has givin so clear an account 9 that there fs not much lett for us to dv. You remember that sow- of Durgiars?” the three Randalls?” iy; the father and two sons. It's (heir work, [ have sot a douie WM a job at Sydenham a fortnight ago, and wer sven and de- Rather cool to do another so socn and so nr ., ut It is they, It's a hanging matter this tin peatave is dead, then?” m hie Read was knocked In with his own poker.” Mestace Brackenstall, the driver tells me.” Ms of the reheat men in Kept. Lady Brackenstall is in the Poor lady, she has had a most dreadful experience. She dead whea i saw her first. [ think you had best see her, and Mevount of the facts. Then we will examine the dining-room to- ‘Brackenstall was no ordinary person. Seldom have | seen xo @ Agere, so womanly a presence and so beautiful a face, She was Wolten-haircd, bive-eyed, and woulu no doubt have had the perfect which goes with such coloring had not her recent expertence }dvawe and haggard. Her sufferings were physical as well as men- fy over ome eye rone a hideous, plum-colored swelling, which her maid, _ aistere Woman, waa bathing assiduously with vinegar and water. fa Tay bwek exhanated upon a couch, but her quick, otwervant gare as tered the room, and the alert expression of her beautiful featares, that netther her wits nor her courage had been shaken by her ter- perience. She was enveloped in a loose dressing-gown of blue and WAt & black sequin-covered dinner dress was hung upon the couch her. Phys told you all that happened, Mr. Hopkins.” she sald, wearily. | You not repeat it for me? Well, if you think It necessary, I will tell what oncurred. Mave they been in the dining-room yet?” ‘thought they had better hear your Jadyship's story first.” ows od When you can arrange matters, It is horrible to me to of him still lying there.” She shuddered and buried her face in her | Ab Ghe did so the loose sown fell back from her forearms, Holmes ft an exclamation, fou'have other injuries, madam! What is this?” Two vivid red spots out On ore of the White, round limbs, She hastily covered it. i iw nothing, It has no connection with this hideous businéss to-night. and your friend will sit down I will tefl you all I can. the wife of Sir Bustace Brackenstall. | have been married abou! 1 suppose that it is no use my attempting to conceal that our mar- baa wot been a happy one. | fear that all our neighbors would tell you wen if I were to attempt to deny it. Perhaps the fault may be partly 1 Was brought up in the freer, less conventional atmosphere of South Hin, Amd this longlish life, with ite propricties and its primness, is not pit to me. Lut the main reason lies in one fact, which is noto- lo every one, and that is that dir Mustace was a confirmed drunkard. with aaeh a man for an hour is unpleasant, Can you imagine what it tee & wensitive and high-spiriied wonran to be ted to him for day ht? It isa sacrilege, a crime, a villainy to hold that such a marriage ling. I say that these monstrous laws of yours Will bring a curse upon ad God will not let such wickedness endure.” For an instant she sat cheeks flushed and her eyes biasing from under the terrible mark brow. Then the strong, soothing hand of the austere maid drew ad down on to the cushion, and the wild anger died away into pas- S.evbbing. At laet she continued: Will tell you about last night. You are aware, perhaps, that in this all the servants sleep in the modern wing. This central block is made the @welling-rooms, with the kitchen behiad and our bedroom above. ald, Theresa, sleeps above my room. There is no one eles, and no ewuld alarm those who are in (he farther wing, This must have been mows to the robbers, or they would not have acted as they did. ir Bustace retired about halt-past ten, The servants had already gone if quarters, Only my maid was up, and she had remained in her room ‘Wp Of the house until I needed her services, I eat until after ele ‘00m, aborbed In a book, Then I walked around to see that all was before I went upstairs, It was my custom to do this myself, for, as I yaplained, Mr Hustace was not always to be trusted. I weat into the m, the buller's pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing- abet finally the dining-room. As f approached the window, which is wi with thick curtains, I suddealy felt the wind blow upon my face paliged that it was open, [ flung the curtain aside, and found myself p face with a broad-shouldered, elderly man, who had just stepped into wom. The window is a long French one, which really forms a door i€ to the lawn, I held my bedroom candie lit in my hand, and, by its behind the first man I saw two others, who were in the act of entering. ped back, but the fellow wae on me in an instant, He caught me frat s wrist, and then by the throat. 1 opened my mouth to scream, but he f Wie & BAVase Liow With his Met over the eye and felled me to the 4. I tust have been unconscious for a few minutes, for when | came self 1 fowad that they had torn down the bell rope and had secured me y to the oaken chair which stands at the head of the dining-table. i © Army bound that 1 could not move, and a handkerchief round my 1 prevented me from uttering a sound. It was at this instant that my Winate husband entered the room. He had evidently heard pome aus- @ sounds, and he came prepared for such a scene as he found, He was Mf te his ehint and trousers, with his favorite blackthorn cudgel in his ‘Me rushed at the burglars, but another—ii was an elderly man--- mi, picked the poker out of the grate, and struck him @ horrible blow | He fell with a groan, and never moved again, | fainted once Wut awain It could only have been for a very few minutes during which Miesnsibie. When 1 opened my eyes, | found that they had collected iver from the sideboard, and they had drawn a bottle of wine which Chere, ach of them had a glass iu his hand. 1 bave already told you { pot, that one was elderly, with a beard, and the others young, iain ade, «They might have been a father with his two sons They talked per In Whispers. Then they came over and made sure that I was se- y Wowad, Pinally they withdrew, closing the window after them. It jalte & quarter of un hour before 1 got my mouth free, When I did so, |°% Would otherwise have done,’ ‘ preanie brought the maid to my assistance, ‘The other servants were Fee ADHD RAL IALLRUBS Gnd yCts Heya: Bornes ees UBNSTLARN alarined, and we sent for the local police, who instantly communieated Oe SE AK Lamdon, That is really all that 1 can tell you, gentlemen, and 1 trust SM EWI Mot be necessary for me to go over so painful a story again Bu pROne tt ’ ‘Any questions, Mr, Holmes?” asked Hopkins ‘Yes, and the bottle stands ax rhey left it” “Let us look at It, Halloa! hallow! What is this?” leapt lead Bre, Peart Ses vos ey Brackenstall's patience ‘The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, Wad eibbileace.” He looks : ng-room, | should like 10 and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing. The bottle stood “oe, € looked al the maid. near them, two-thirds full, and beside it lay a long, deeply stained cork, 1 maw ‘the men before ever they came into the house," said she Ag [ts appearance and the dust upon the bottle showed that was no common by my bedroom window ! saw three men in the moonlight down vy Vintage which the murderers had enjoyed, odge Yonder, but I thought nothing of it at the time. It was more A change had come over Holinet’ manner. He had lost his letless ex- an hour after that T heard my mistress scream, and down I ran, to find Pression, and again I saw an alert light of interest in his keen, deep-set F lem, Just as she says, and him on the floor, with his blood and He raised the cork and examined It minutely.” paver the room. 1 was enough to drive a woman out of her wits, tied “How did they draw it?” he asked, ‘ Hopkins pointed to a half-opened drawer. and a large cork-screw, The kitchen stands right at the back of the How dared he pull “Yes, it was by their light, and that of the Indy's hedioam candle, that the burglirs saw their way about.” And what did they take?” “Well, they did not take much--only half a dozen articles of plate oft Lady Brackenstall thinks that they were themselves 80 dis- turbed by the death of Sir Eustace that they did not ransack the house, as hain the sideboard These three glasses upon the sidesourd have been untouched, In it lay some table Iinen yof Adelaide, and Lady Brackenstall, of Abbey Grange, | You've questioned het long enough, rou gentie- “Did Lely Brackenstall may that screw ‘war used?" to her own room, just with her old Theresa, vo "No, you remember that she was senseless at the moment when the 4 battle was opened.” | a. >) THE WORLD; — SATURDAY KVENIN q ; ~~ 4 Min rs APRIL 29, Yodwe oe OQ Be phish >> o “Quite so, As a matter of fact, that screw was not used. This bottle Was opened by a pocket screw, probably contained in @ knife, and vot more than an inch and a half long. tf you will examine the top of the cork you Will ov serve that the screw was driven in three times before the cork wis extracted, It has never been transfixed, This long screw would haye trans- fixea it and drawn it up with a single pull. When you catch this fellow you will find tial he has one of these niultiplex knives in his possession,” “Excellent! said Hopkins. zi “But these glasses do puzzle me, | confess. Lady Brackenstall actunlly Saw the three men drinking, did she not?” ‘Yes: she was clear about that.” “Then there is on end of ff, What more is to be seid? And yet you must admit that the three glasses are very remarkable, Hopkins. What? You see nothing remarkable? Well, well, let it pass. Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own it rather encourages alm to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand. Of course, it must be a mere chance out the glasses Well, good morning, Hopking, 1 dott see that 1 can be of any use to you, and you appear to have yous case very clear, You will let me know when Randall ts arrested and any further develouments whieh may oceur, T trust that 1 shall soon have to congratulate you upon a successful conclusion. Come, Watson, I fancy that we may employ ourselves more profitably at hom During our return journey IF could see by Holmes’s Mice that he was much puzzled by something which he had observed, Every now and then, by an effort, he would Ubrow off the Impression and talk as if the matter were clear, but then his doubts would settle down upon him again, and his knitted Yrows and abatyactod eyes would show that his thoughts had gone back once more to the great dining-room of the Abbey Grange, in which this midnight tragedy had been enacted, At last, by a sudden impulse, just as our train was crawling out of a suburban station, he sprang on to the platform and pulled me out after him. “Rxcuse me, my dear fellow,” said he, as we watched the rear carriages of ovr train disappearing round a curve. “Il am sorry to make you the victim of what may seem a more whim, but on my life, Watson, I simply can't leave that case in this condition, very instinct that | possess cries oul against it. It's wrong—it'e all wrong—2'll swear that it’s wrong. And yet the lady's story waa complete, the mald’s corroboration was suffictent, the detail was fality exact, What have I to pnt up against that? Threo wineglasses, that ia all, Butit i had not taken things for granted, if | had examined every- thing with the care which I shonld have shown had we approached the case de novo and had ho cut-and-dried story to warp my mind, should’ I not then have found something more definite to go upon? Of course I should, Sit down on this bench, Watson, until a train for Chiselhurst arrives, and allow me to lay the evidence before you, imploring you in the first instance to die mies from your mind the idea that anything which the maid or her mistress may have sald muet necessarily be true, The lady's charming personality y, must not be permitted to warp our judgment. “Surely there are detail in het atory which, if we looked at in cold blood, would excite ong suspicion, These burglars made a considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago, Some account of them and of their appearance was in the papers, and would naturally occur to any one who wished to in- vent a atory in which imaginary robbers should play a part, Ae a matter of fact, burglars who have done a good atroke of business are as a rule only too gfhd to enjoy the proceeds in prace and quiet without embarking on another perilous undertaking. Aguin, it is unusual for burglars to operate at 90 early an hour, it fs unusual for burglars to strike a lady to prevent her seream- ing, since one would imagine that was the sure way to make her scream; it ie unusual for them to commit murder when their numbers are sufficient to overpower one man, it is unusual for them to be content with a limited plunder when there was much more within their reach, and finally I should sny that it Wae very unusual for such men to leave a hottie half empty, How do all these unusials #trike you, Watson?” “Their aumulative effect is cortainly considera)le, and yet each of them ia quite possible in itaelf The most unusual thing of all, as it seems to me, ‘s that the lady shonld be tied to the chair.” “well, Tam not so clear about that, Watson, for it is evident that they must either kill her or else secure her in such a way that she could not give Immediate notice of their escape. But at any rate T have shown, have I not, that there is a certain element of improbability about the lady's story? And now, on the top of this, comes the incident of the wineglasses.” “What about the wineglasses “Gan you see them in your mind's eye?” “Tee vem clearly,” “We are told that three men drank likely? “Why not? There was wine in each glass.” Bxactly, but there was beeswing only in one glass. from them. Dues that strike you as You must haye noticed that fact. What does that suggest fo your mind?” “The last glass filled would be most likely to contain beeawing.”’ “Not at all, The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with it, There are two possible explanations, and only two. One is that after the second glags was filled the bottle was violently agitated, and so the third glass re- ceived the beeswing, ‘That does not appear probable, No, no, | am sure that fam right” “What, then, do you suppore? ; “That only two glasses were used, and that the dregs of both were poured into a third glass, so 48 te give the false impression that three paople had been there, In that way all the beeswing would be in the last glass, would it not? Yes, I am convinced that this Is so, But if I have hit upon the true explanation of thig one small phenomenon, then in an instant the conse rises from the commonplace to the exdeedingly remarkable, for it ean only moan that Lady Bracl-enevall ans her maid have deliberately ited to we, Teast Le that not one word of their story is to be believed, that they have some | strong reason for covering the real criminal, and that we must eonetenoe “ase for ourselves without any help from them, ‘That is the mission’ W now Her before us, and here Watson, is the Sydenham trein.” The household at the Abbey Grange were much surprised at our return, but Sherlock Holmes, finding that Stanley Hopkins had gone off to report to headquarters, took possession of the dining-room, locked the door upon the inside, and devoted Limself for two hours to one of those minute aud labor- ious investigations which form the solid basis on which his brilliant ed fice of deduction were reared. Seated in a corner like an interested student whe observes the demonstration of his professor, [| followed every step of tha remarkable ‘esearch, The window, the curtains, the carpet, the chair, th rope—each in turn was minutely examined and duly pondered. ‘The body of the unfortunate baronet had beon removed, and all else remained as wo had seen it in Lhe morning, Tinally, to my astonishment, Holmes climbed up on the massive mantelpiece. Far above bie head hung the few inches of red cord which were still attached to the wire, Fora long time he gazed upward at it, and then in an attempt to get nearer to it he rested his knee upon a wooden bracket on the wall, This brought his hand within a few inetes of the broken end of the rope, but it was not this so much as the racket Itself whieh seemed to engage his attention, Finally he sprang dow. with an ejac- ulation of satisfaction. “It's all right, Watson,” said he. “We have got our case--one of tho most remarkable in our collection, But, dear me, how slow-witted T have been, and how nearly I have committed the blunder of my lifetime! Now, ' I think that, with a few missing links, my chain is almost complete. “You have got your men?” “Man, Watson, man, Only one, but a very formidable person. Strong as a lion—witness the blow that bent that poker! Six foot three in height, active as a squirrel, dexterous with hia fingers, Anally, remarkably quick- witted, for this whole Ingenious story of his concoction Yes, Watson, we have come upon the handiwork of a very remarkable individual. And yet, In that bell-rope, he has given us @ clue which should not have left us a doubt.” “Where was the clue,” “Well, if you were to pull down a bell-rope, Watson, where would you expect It to break? Surely at the spot where it is attached to the wire, Why should it break three inches from the top, aa this one has done?" “Because It is frayed there?" “Exactly. This end which we can examine ia frayed. He was cunning enough to do that with his knife, But the other end is not frayed. You could not observe that from here, but if you Were on the mantelpiece you would see that it is cut clean off without any mark of fraying whatever, You can reconstruct what occurred, The man needed the rope, He would not tear it down for fear of giving the alarm by ringing the bell. What did he do? He sprang up on the mantelpiece, could not quite reach it, put his knee on the bracket—-you will see the impression in the dust— and so get his knife to bear upon the cord. I could not: reach the place by at least three inches—from which I infer that he.is at least three inches a bigger man than I, Look at that mark upon the seat of the oaken chair! What is it?” “Blood.” “Undoubtedly it is blood. This alone puts the lady’s story out of court. If she were seated on the chair when the crime was done, how comes that mark? “No, no, she was placed in the chair after the death of her husband. I'l) wager that the black dress shows @ corresponding mark to this, We have not yet met our Waterloo, Wateon, but this ts our Marengo, for it begins in defeat and ends in victory. 1 should like now to ive a few words with the murse, Theresa. We must be wary for a while, if we are to get the information which we want.” she was an interesting person, this stern Australian nurse—taciturn, susptcious, ungractous, it took some Lie pefore Holmes’s p'easant manner and frank acceptance of all that she said thawed her into a corresponding amlability. She did not attempt to conceal her hatred for her late emplover “yes, wir, It ts true that he threw the decanter at me. 1 heard him call my mistress a name, and 1 told him that he would not dare to speak px. so if her brother had been there, Then it Was that he threw it at me, He might have thrown a dozen if he had but left my bonny bird alone, He was forever lll-treating her, and she too proud to complala, She will not oven tell me all that he hae done to her. She never told me of those . marks on her arm that you saw this morning, but I know very well that they come from a stab with a hat pin. The sly devil—God forgive me that I should speak of him so, now that he je dead! But a devil he was, if eyer one walked the earth. He was all honey when first we met him— only eighteen months ago, and we both feel ae if it was eighteen years: She had only just arrived in London, Yes, it wae ‘her first voyage—she had never been from home before. He won her with his title and his money and his false London ways, If she made a mistake she has paid for it, If ever a woman did. What month did we meet him? Well, I tell you it was just after we arrived. We arrived in June, and it was duly. They were married {n January of last year, Yes, she is down in the morning-room again, and I have po doubt she will see you, but you must not ask too much of her, for she has gone through all that flesh nd.” ” oes Pescrantal was reclining on the same couch, but looked brighter than before. The maid had entered with us, and begam once more to foment the bruise upon her mistresa’s brow. ‘T nope,” said the Iady;, ‘that you have not come to cross-examine mo again?” é “No,” Holmes answered, in his gentlest votce, “I will mot cause you any unnecessary trouble, Lady Brackenstall, and my whole desire te to make things easy for you, for | am convinced that you are a much-tricd woman, If you will treat me us a friend and trust me, you may find that I will justify your trust.” “What do you want me to do?" ‘o tell me the truth,” “Mr. Holmes!” “No, no, Lady Brackenstall—it is no use. You may have heard of any little reputation which I possess. I will stake it all on the, fact that your story is an absolute fabricatios.” Mistress and mald were both staring at Holnres with pale feces and frightened eyes, “You are an impudent fellow!” cried Theresa, “Do you mean to say that my mistress has told a lie?” Holmes rose from his chair, i “Have you nothing to tell me?” “1 have told you everything,” “Think once more, Lady Brackenstall, Would {t not be better to be frank?” For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face, Then some new strong thought caused It to eet like a mask, a Seyet ‘T have told you all [ know.” ‘ Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders, “tam sorry,” he said, and without another word ‘we left the room and the house, There was he park, and to this my friend led the way. It wae half frozen over, but a singla hole was left for the convenience of a solitary @Wan, Holmes gazed at it, and then assed on to the lodge gate, There he scribbled a short note for stan Hopkins, and lett it with the lodge- keeper. / “It may be a hit, or It may be a miss, but we are bound to do ¢ome- thing for friend Hopkins, jus/ to justify this second visit,” cald he, ‘I will not quite take him into/my confidence yet. 1 think our next peene of operations must be the shiyping office of the Adelatde-Southampton line, which stands at the end of/Pall Mall, if 1 remember right. There te a. second line of steamers whiyh connects South Auscralia with Ragland, but we will draw the larger cofer first.” ‘ Holmes’a card sent in/to the manager Insured instant attention, and, he was not long in acqufing all the information he needed, Im June of ‘95, only one of their life ‘had reached a home port. It, WAR the Rock of G\braltar, their langgst and best boat. A reference to the pasedhiger a pond In tl