Show 4 I II I The Adventure f the Golden Goden ez ezI I jr I By Sir A Conan Doyle 0 l 4 I 9 I A ft The j Return I of I II I I Holmes 1 9 WV V 14 1 HEN I look looX at the three manu maim manuscript WHEN V V script 1 volume which contain our work OIk for the year ear I confess that thit It Jl Is very difficult for me out of ofu sut u h Ii a wealth of f material to select tin tilt cam which are moet most interesting in itt int themselves t and IHl at St the same time moat mo t to a K display l of oC those peculiar peculiar idi powers pe r for fOI which h eh my friend was wai waif famous f As AM I turn tum over the pages I Ie Imy 5 e my notes note upon the repulsive story of the he t red d leech and anti the terrible death leath r f Crosby roaby Crosb the banker Here Hete also I 1 Ifill flu fill 1 an alt of oC the Addleton tragedy and tid the singular contents of oC the ancient British barrow The famous Sinith Moi timer l succession case ca e conies comes con also alRO v thin it hin this and so does the I 1 tracking and arrest of Hure I the Bou I assassin n an exploit which won lor Holmes Holme an autograph letter Jetter of thanks from flom the French president and andA A th 1 Order Ordel of the Legion of o Honor these would furnish a narra I tin tie I iv but on the whole I am am of opinion I II I that hat none non of oC them unites so 80 many sin singular gular ular points of interest as the episode epi ode of or Y Old Place which includes not hot only the lamentable 1 ath of l 3 ung Willoughby hb Smith but also alsot thos t those ho e subsequent etu nt developments which throw threw w so curious a light upon the thet t use of or the crime erime I It was as a wild tempestuous night j towards towal s th Un close of November 1 Holmes and I sat together in silence ill tH the evening he engaged e l with a 1 powerful lens deciphering the remains tf of the original inscription ui upon on a pal palimpsest 1 deep i 1 na recent treatise on Outside the wind howled I j dow wn n Baker street while the tue rain Inin beat beal j I against th the tha windows It was wasi j range i there in the very yet depths of or ort 1 tin t iH town with ten miles of oC mans han handiwork diwOk on every side of us to feel the theIron lion Iron grip of nature and to be conscious t I it to the huge elemental forces fOlles all allT 11 London ondon T n was as PO no more than the mole molehills 4 hills that dot the fields 1 I walked to I the th window and looked out on tin the tI de des d s rt d street The ne Q U UV I V jJ aiB on I the e it ud ltd shining A single cab I 1 Its way from the Ox Oxford furd ford street end endWell endWell d dYell Well Yell Watson Vatson if it its as well we have hav ot to turn out tonight aid Holmes Holine Ia laying ing aside his lens and rolling up UI the palimpsest Ive re done enough for on ont It is trying work for the ey eyes s f fl l So o far as I ran lan make out It is nothing j I more exciting than an abbeys accounts a dating from the second ond half haIC of oC H fifteenth Hallos hal halL L La ia This his th Amid the droning of the wind there bad had come me the Ule stamping of horses hottes hoofs ho mid the long grind of a wheel asit se aB it rasped r H el against th curb urb The cab eCh v v I had bad seen had pulled p up at our door juo What can he be want I ejaculated as asa asa asa a man nan stepped out of it Want Vant ant He wants us And we my m loor Watson aUton want overcoats and am cra era craUS vats ais US and gol hei and every ever aid d that man ever er Invented i tf to weather Walt Va ail a bit though Theres There the cab off olT again Theres T ereK hope yet fet t Hed have k kit hlll pt it if he had wanted us is to come 4 Hun Iiii down dOn my UI 01 dear fellow fEIJO and a ad open tin flu t I dour door for all aU virtuous folk have I I ien en long In bed When the light of or the hall hail lamp fell ell mum II 1111 our midnight ht visitor vitor I had hod no so 0 In recognizing r him hint It was oung Stanley Stanl y Hopkins a promising pl de det t M live tive In whose horlE career Holmes had hads s es shown a very ver practical pta ti al interest 11 t er t It Itt he In he be asked eagerly Cone Come C up uv my dear sir said Holmes voice like VI ke from above A oe I hops hope you have no designs upon us such Kuch a night ni ht as this The detective mounted the stairs and Rn 1 our nul lamp gleamed upon his shining v 1 helped him out of It while Holmes knocked a blaze blase out of oft tin t h logs 10 In lu the grate Now o my ray dear Hopkins Hopkin draw dr up and I w um n your toes said he be Heres a ai al i l igar jg r and the doctor has a prescription re hot water and a lemon w which Is IB good medicine on a night like this t hit It must be something Important which w hl has brought brou ht you ou out in such uch a asale ahille sale gale saleIt It Is Indeed Mr Lr Holmes Ive rye had a a bustling afternoon I promise you Did Didou you ou see anything of the th oxley case In Inthe inthe the latest editions I Ive seen nothing later than the Itt nr fifteenth century today toda I Well Veil it was only onh a paragraph aph and andall andall 1 all aU wrong rong at that so you have not i missed anything an I let the grass grow Irow under UMer my feet f l Its Us down don m fr fn Kent Ie t seven SPen miles from Chatham and aDd three from the railway line I was as wired for forat forat forat at reached rea h Old Place Pla e at five the conducted condu my Investigation tion Hon was back beek at Charing Charin Cross bythe by the la t train arid and straight to you by cab Which means I suppose that you OU are arC not quite clear dear about your yom case ase It means n that I can make neither head nor tail tall QC It So far Car as I can see sec It n Is iM just as tangled a business as ever eer everI 1 I handled and und yet at first It seemed so simple that one go wrong Theres no motive Mr 11 Holmes That what bothers me meI I cant nt put my hand handon on a motive mothe Heres He 8 a man dead theres res no denying that but so far as asI asI asI I can see no reason on earth why any anyone anyone anyone one should wish him harm Holmes lit Itt his itla cigar igar and aud leaned back buck buckL L in his chair hair Let us hear about it said he herve 1 Ive got my facts pretty prett clear said Stanley St nley Hopkins All Ml lJ I want vant now Is Isto isto Isto to know what they all An in etui The story slon so far ar as I can make it out Is like this Some years ago this thit country house houle Old Place was by b an elderly man who gave the name of Professor ProCessor Coram He was an invalid 1 keeping his bed l t d half the th time and the theother they y 1 Y other half hobbling round the house I with a stick or 01 being pushed about the th I grounds by the gardener in a bath chair He was well liked by b the few n neighbors who called caned upon him and he be heI I has lInt the reputation down there of being bt a R very IY learned man His Hi household 11 ed to consist of or an house houe kep r Mrs fr M Marker r anil of or A f Susan Tarlton These The have both been I with him since his arrival and they seem to be women of excellent charac character ter The professor sor is writing a learned book and he found It necessary ary about a year ago to engage a secretary secreta Thc first two that he tried were not sm sw U Ue e but lut the third Mr Smith H Ii very vel young OUn man straight from the university seems to have haYe been jut what his hiM employer er wanted His Hi work consisted in writing all the morning to the professors dictation and he h u usual ua Jy iy y spent nt the th evening In hunting up n rd f es and an passages which bore boro upon the next Mays work ork This Willoughby hb Smith huts hat nothing against him as us a Il lK boy y at or 01 as a U man lulan at Cambridge lg I 1 have seen his testimonials and from rom the first he 11 was wasa as asa a decent quiet fellow How with no weak spot in him And yet jet t this is the lad who ho has met his J this thi morning in the professors study under circumstances which can point only to murder The wind howled and screamed at atthe atthe atthe the windows Holmes and I 1 drew drw v closer r to the lire fire while the young oung In Inspector inI sPecter slowly Howly and poin po poin n by b point dc de d I his hi singular narrative If you were to search se all England I said hr h hI I dont suppose you could find a household more lnore or orI freer from rom outside influences Whole I weeks would pass and not one of them go past the garden arden gate ARte The proff professor sor Soc was burled buried in his hs work and ex mc existed existEd isted for Cor nothing else Young Smith mith knew nobody in the neighborhood and very ery ver much as liS his employer r did di diThe The two women had nothing to take them then from flom the house houst Mortimer the gardener who ho wheels the is an tUt army anny pensioner HH old Crimean man of excellent character He lIe lees does not live Jive in the house hou but in a three roomed cottage coUnge at the other end nd of the garden Those are the only people veople that you ou would ouId find within the grounds of oC Old Place Pl e At the same time the gate of oC the garden gardn is a hundred yards from the main London to Chat Chatham Chatham I ham hani road It opens with a R latch and there is nothing to prevent anyone i I 1 from in I Now No I will give you the evidence of Susan Tarlton who is the only per person person perSon son who ho can say sa anything positive about the matter It was in the fore forenoon forenoon noon between 11 and 12 I She was en engaged engaged at the moment in hanging some curtains in iii the upstairs front bedroom Professor Coram was still in bed for Cor when the r is bad he seldom i rises H es before midday The housekeeper was busied with some work in the back backof backof of the house Willoughby Smith had been in his lila bedroom which h he uses as asa asa asa a sitting room but the tilE maid heard him himat hImAt himat at that moment pass pa along the tile pas passage passage pasSage sage and descend to the study immedi immediately immedIately below b lov her She did not see him but she says sa i that she could not be n in his quick firm tread She Shedid Shedid Shedid did not hear Iwar the study door dool dos clos but buta 1 a minute or 01 t so 90 later there was a dread dreadful dreadful dreadful ful cry in the room below It wa was a at wild hoarse hon scream so strange and that it might mayo mae come either from a man Ian or a woman At the thes s same instant there was a heavy thud which shook th tho old house and then all was at silence The maUl stood petri petr a Q I be le courage she Jan an downstairs dO The w U y doo J op was and she open opened opened ed td it lt Inside young Mr Willoughby Smith was stretched upon the floor At first she could see no injury but as she tried to raise Mini hInt she he e saw that blood bl od was pouring from the underside of his peck neck It was pierced by a very small but very ery deep wound which had di dl divided divided vided the carotid artery The instrument instrument ment meat with the injury had been b n inflicted ted lay Upon the carpet beside him It was wa one on ne of those small sealing way wax wa knives to be found on with an Ivory handle and a stiff blade It was Wag part of the fittings qC the professors own desk At first the th maid thought that young Smith Sinith was already dead but on pouring l some water from rom the carafe over ovel his forehead for he opened d his eyes c es for an instant The professor he lie mur murmured It was she The maid is pre prepared prepared pared to swear that those were the ex exact exact exact act words ord He tried desperately to say sav something else and he held his hi right hand baud up in the Ute air Then he fell felt back ba k dead In the meantime the housekeeper ei had also arrived upon uOn the Ut scene but burt buthe she he was just too to late to catch cal h the young miens mans dying lying words Leaving SuBan Su Sn Susan san Ban with the body she hurried to the i professors ors room He was sitting up UI in bed horribly agitated d for Cor he had heard heald enough to convince him him that something terrible had occurred Mrs Marker r is prepared to swear sear that the professor was as still in his night clothes and indeed ind l it was wn impossible im sibl for him him to dress without the help hel of or Mortimer r rh whose h orders were score to come comae at 12 The professor declares de that he ht heard the distant cry r but hut that he knows nothing more He can calm give no nol explanation l of the young mans last words v r s The professor It was she abe he but imagines that they Ule were the out outcome come of oC delirium He believes that Willoughby Smith had not an enemy enem In the world and can give no reason for the crime His first fir t action was to send Mortimer the gardener for the time Doo I il Wi 04 Professors Study Stu y Im c 0 4 c I 8 lecal local police pollee A little later the chief constable sent for me Nothing was moved before I got sot there and strict orders were glen given that no one should walk upon the paths leading to the hOUR hous It was a splendid chance of putting your our theories into practice Mr Sherlock Holmes There Th re was really nothing wanting w Except Mr 11 Sherlock Holmes said s id my nty companion with a somewhat bitter I smile Well Ven let us UK hear ht ar about It What sort of a s job did you make of or oril it il I 1 must mu t ask you OU first Mr r Holmes Hohn to glance at this rough plan Which bieh will give ghe you a ft general Idea of the position of the professors sors study and the various points of the case It will help you ou in following my tion He unfolded the rough chart which I here ht re reproduce and he laid It across Holmes knee e I rose and nd standing behind b hin l Holm Hohns s studied it over oer his hiM hiMI TL TI L Is very er ry rough of rom o and it 0 11 V 1 rIt 4 ff 4 I t I I I II t I l mL i sf I 4 1 t 1 r l fr t u uC i C I i 4 i p yv t tM S Jf e I tt u up ui p i iii I r T i l rt iri I I I my dear Hopkins draw up p and a only deals with the tM points which l seem to me to be essential e All AU the th rest you ou will see later for yourself Now first 1 of all aU presuming that the time assassin entered the house how did he or she come in Undoubtedly Undoubted by the garden gard n path and und the back baek door from which there is direct access to the study Any other way wa would have been exceeding exceedingly ly complicated The escape must have bave also been made along that line for of the two other exits from the room one oneas was as blocked by Susan as she ran randOn dOn doin stairs and the other leads straight to the professors bedroom I therefore directed my attention at once to the garden path which was satu saturated saturated saturated rated with recent rain and would certainly certainly certainly show bo any an footmarks My Iy examination showed me that I Iwas Iwas was 18 dealing with a cautious and ex expert ei pert Jert criminal No footmarks were to tobe tobe tobe be found on the path There Thre could be bp beno beno no question however that some one had bad passed along the grass border hl Unett the path and that he e had Ce od ide I 1 a track I li r Mg jh in the nature of Ji distinct dl t impression but the tle grass grass was as ll down and had undoubtedly passed It c uld ud only have bave been bf ell the th murderer er r sUje se e neither n the rd ner anyone ek e it been een that nd ite rain had onh onI during the e flight t moment ent sip Holmes H l Where does do s this titis p tn ie lJ to toTo To the ld How I s it itA ii I A 2 I hundred l hundred un t yards y i d or t so j jAt f At the point h re the p pah h passes p sst through the gat at yon you could surely surel pick pickup I up the tracks track Unfortunately the Ue path pit th was tiled at that hiatt point j Well VeIl on oil the road Itself I No it t was Waa all ahL |