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“Why should he be nlissiilg?" asknll

the European secretary. “lie would take the letter to an embassy in Lon- don, as likely as not.”

“I fallcy not. These agents work ill-

rlcpelldently, and their relations with the embassies are often strained.”

'i‘lle prime minister nodded his nc-

quiescence.

“I believe you are right, I\Ir. Hallam.

lie would take so valuable a prize in llcadquarters with ills own lnllnls. i think that your course of at-:lou is nu excellent one. illieanlvhilc, Ilope, we

l-:lnnot neglect all our other duties on at-count oi' this one misfurtulle. Should tllerc be any fresh developments dur- ing the day we shall colnlnunicate with you, lllld you will no doubt let us know the results of your own in- quirlcs.”

The two statesrnen bowed and walk-

ed gravely from the room.

When our illustrious visitors had de-

parted Holmes lit his pipe la silence

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alld sat for solne time lost lu the deep- est thought. I was reading the lnornf lug paper when my friend gave an ex- l-llllnlltlon, sprang to his feet and laid his pipe down llpon the lnantelplece.

"Yes," said lle, “there is no better

way of approaching it. Tile situation is desperate, but not hopeless. Even now, if we could be sure which of ihcln llas taken it, it is just possible tllat it lllls not yet passed out of his ll;llld.~l. After all, it is a question of money with tlleso t'nllows, and I have the British treasury behind me. It is con- ceivable that the fellow might hold it back to see wllat bids conle from this side before he tries his luck on tile other. '_i'llel'e are only those thrco capable of playing so bold a galac- tllere are Oberstcln, Ln Ilothiere and Eduardo Lucas. I_ will see eacll of, 'tllelll."

I glanced at my morning paper. _

“Why not?" He was murdered in his house last

night.”

My friend has so often astonished me

in the course of ollr adventures that it was with a sense of exultntion tllat I

I realized how completely I had astou-

islled him. He stared in amazement and then snatched the paper from my hands. This was the paragraph which I had been engaged in reading when he rose fl'om ills chair:

MURDER IN WESTMINSTER.

A crime of mysterious character was

rommlttcd last night at 16 Godolphin street. one of the old fashioned' and sc- eluderi rows of eighteenth century houses which lie between the river and the ab- b~~, almost in the shadow of the great to. of the houses of parlillmont. 'i‘llln small but .select mansion has llcon inhabit- ed for some years by Mr, Eduardo Luclls, well lzno-_vll in foci:-ty circlcs both on ac-

` count oi' his 1!',:lrlli_` lf: pf‘l‘.=" :_lllt_\' and bc-

cllusc he lllls t‘\'\ well l' -'=|‘:‘.'ed reputation of lleing one of the best ll'nntc\lr tenor! in illc l‘ollrtl‘_v. Mr. llllras is il : urlmllr- rind man. thirty-four _vellrs of :l and his estllblisillllent collsists of lilrs. l’l~"l- glc, nn elderly llnllsselccep'-r, and nf l\litioll_ his \'ulI_‘i_ 'i`llc f`ornlr‘l' l'l~i£|~es <‘:ll~l_v and sleeps :lt the top of the llou.<l~, 'l‘hc valet was out for the evening. visiting ll friend at Humlrlt`rsn1illl. lt`l'orn 10 o'f‘loek ouw.'\l'ri Mr. Lucas ll.l;1 the llounc to l\lm:=::if. VVhat occurrcll dui-lll;: that time has not yct transpired, but at ll tjlmrtel' io 12 Police Constable Barrett, pzlssilzgr along Godolphin street, observed that the dcnr of No. ltl was njar. He knocked, hut re- ceived no answer. Perceiving a light in the front room, he advanced into the pas- sage and again knocked, but without rc- ply. He then pushed open the door and entered. The room was in a state of wild disorder, the furniture being all swept to one sldo and one chair lying on its back in the center. Beside this chair and still grasping one of its legs lay the unfor- tunate tenant of tile house. Ho had been stabbed to tllc heart and must have diet] instantly. The knife \\'itll which the <‘rZr:1o had been Committed was ll curved 1nliE_ln dagger, plucked flown frozu at trophy of oriental arms wlllull adorllcrl one of the walls. Robber_v 4io<~s not appeal' to llavo been thc motive of the crime, for there had been no attempt to remove the valu- able cont-‘nts ol’ tho room. Mr. l-Eduardo lluclls \'.'ll.~: so well known and popular that his violent :ind mysterious flltc will arouse painful interest and inten.~<~ sym- pathy ill ll. \vidcspl'cad circle of l`l'i~\llds.

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_ “Mr Holmes,” she said, and her

A coincidence! Here _is one of ill#

three men whom we.,had named el possible actors ln' this drama, and he meets a violent death during very hours when we know that fllllggrlma was being enacted. The odds are enormous against its being coincidence. No figures could express the_m.' No, my dear Watson, the two events were connected-must be connected. It is for as to find the connection." _

“But now the official police must

know all." -

Not at all. They know all they see

t, Westminster, is only s few~min-

5 ic~ other -secret agents whom I have llllmld live in the extreme west end. It was easier, therefore, for Lucas than I for the others to establish a connection or receive n message from the Euro- pean secretary's household-a sinall thing, and yet it may prove essential. Hello! What have we here?"

Mrs. Hudson had appeared with a

lady's card upon her salver. Holmes glanced at it, raised his eyebrows and handed it over to ine.

“Ask Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope if she will be kind enough,to step up,”, said he. _ A moment later our modest apart-

morniag, was fnrtller honored by the entrance of the most lovely woman in London. I had often heard of the beauty of the youngest daughter of the Duke of4Belmlnstcr, but no description ot'» it had prepared me for the sub- tle, delicate charm and the beauti- ful colorlng of that exquisite head. And yet as we saw it that autumn morning it was not its beauty which would be the first thing to impress the observer. The cheek was lovely, but it was paled with emotion; the eyes were bright, but it was the brlglltlless of fever; the sen- sitive llloutll was tight and drawn in an r-fi‘ort afll-r self command. Terror ~uot lical\ty~\rr.s what sprang first to the eye.

“liao my llllsllalld been here, Mr.

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“)`os, madam, he has been here." “Ml-_ Iiolnlct. I llnplore you not to

tell him that I came here."' Holmesl

bowed and motioned her to a chair. “Your ladyship places me in a very

delicate position. I beg that you _will sit down and tell me what you desire, but I fear that I cannot make any' ull- conditional promise."

She swept across the room and seated

herself with hcr back to the windo.w. it was a queenly presence-tull, gvflce- ful and intensely wonlaniy.

white gloved hands clasped and u1l~ clasped as she spoke. “i will speak frankly to you in the hopes that it may induce you to speak frankly in retllru. 'i`llere is complete confidence between

my husband and me on all matters' save one. That onels politics. On this

_his lips are sealed. Ho tells me noul ing. Now, I am awale that there was -a most deplorable orcurrenxre in our house last night. I know that a paper has disappeared. lint llc-<-arise the mat- ter is political my llul-li..._i.l refuses to tailo me into his cnmplell- routldence.

'Now it is eesentln ~c.~lscnlial. I say"-

,that I should t.hol'ollgi:ly ul'ldel~.~ail\nd it. You are the only other person, save only these politicians, wllo knows the true facts. I beg you tllcll, l\ll'. liollncs. to tell exactly what has llappcllell and

_wllat it will lead to. 'i`ell me ull, hir.

Holmes. Let no regard for yolll' client.'s interests keep you silent, for l

‘assure you that ills lulelests, il' he

'would only see it, would be best sel'\'<'ll

shy taking me into his complete con-

fidence. What was this paper which was stolen?" '

“.\Iadlim, what you ask me is really

impossible."

She groaned and sank her face lll ller

bands.

“You must see that this is so, mall-

um. lt' your husband thinks tit to keep you in the dark over this ln:lttel°,

is it for me, who have only le;l:~"\cll the true tactsunder ‘the pledge ot' pl-ofcs- slouel `s'ecl'eey, to tell what helnls withheld? It is not~fail' to ask it. it is hinl whom you must ask."

“I have asked llilll. I como to you

as a lllst resource. Bllt without your telling ine anything definite, Mr. Holmes, you may do a grellt service if' you would enlighten me on one polntl"

“What is it, madanl?" ` “Is lny husband’s political career

likely to suffer through this incident?"

"Well, madllm, unless it is set right

it may certainly have a very unfortu- nate elIect_"

“Abi” She drew in her breath sharp-

ly, as one whose doubts are resolved.

“One more question, Mr. Holmes.

From an cxpressioll which my hus- baud dropped in the first shock of this disaster I understood that terrible public consequences might arise from the loss of this document.”

“lf he said so I certainly cannot deny

it." .

“Of what nature are they?" "Nay, madam; there again you ask

me more than I can possibly answer.”

“Then I will take up no more of your

time. I cannot blame you, Mr. Holmes, for having refused to speak more free- ly, and you on your side will not, I _rm sure, think the worse of me bc- cause I desire, even against his will, to share my husband’s anxieties. Once more I beg that you will say nothing of my visit."

She looked back at us from the door,

and I had a last impression of that beautiful, haunted face, tim startled eyes and the drawn mouth. Then she was gone.

"Now, Watson, the fair sex is your

department,” said Holmes, with s smile, when the dwindling froufrou of skirts had ended in the slum of the front door. “What was the fair lady‘s game? What did. she really want?"

“Surely her own statement is clear

,ind her anxiety vcry_nlltural_"

“Huml Tillnl: of her appearance,

Watson-her manner, her iuppl*ellsed_ excitement, her restlessness, lier tenac- ity in asking questions. Remember that she comes of a caste who do not lightly show emotion."

“She was certainly much moved.” “Remember also the curious earnest-

ness with which she assured us that it was best for her husband that she should know all. What did she mean by that? And you must have observed, Watson, how she maneuvered to have the light at her hack. She did not wish as to read her expression."

"Yes, she chore the one chair in the |

l-oom." V

“And yet the motives of women are

so inscrutabic. You remember the wo- man at Margate whom I suspected for; the same reason. No powder pn hel'| nose-that proved to be the correct so- j llltioa. How can you build on such a quicksand? Their most trivial action may meall volumes, or their most ex- traordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin or a curling tongs. Good l morning, Watson." ~

“You are off?"

alternative to absolute inaction. But no case could he sustained against him. He had visited friends in Hammer- smith that night. The t\,1ll,li was com- plete. It is true that hlfsbarted home at an hour which should havbhrought

when the crime was discovered. but his own explanation that he had walk- ed part of the way seemed probable

him to Westgnlnstet before the tiw\|

enough in view of the iineness of the

ght. He had-actually ,arrived at ,I2

o , _ _ _ _ ed by the unexpected tragedy. He had always been on 'good tellmmwiih 'P19 master. Several ot' thofdead ~mau's

possessions, 'notably aqllilafi case of "rA~.`

not-s, had been found in the valet’s boxes, but he explained that they had been presents from the deceased,-and the housekeeper was able to corrobo- rate the story. Mitten had been in Lu- cas’ employment for three years._ It :was noticeable that Lucas did not talic Mitton on the continent with him. _

Landon. Her moiementl Monday night have not yet

but it is nndoubted thtt l swerlng to »her descr ption mach attention at Cllarlng

tion on Tnesday morning by the ness of ber appearance alld the vio- lence pf her gestures. it is probable. therefore, that the crime was either com- mitted when insane or that its immedi- ate effect was to drive the unhappy woman out of her mind. At' present

'clock and appeared to he overwhelm-., lb” 1! “”“b|" ‘° 3|" 'my "°l"'r°"t M'

count of the past, and the doctors hold out no hopes of the re-estnlilisllmellt of nm- reason. There is evidence that lx woman, who might have been Mule. Fournaye, was seen for some hours up- on Monday night watchlng the house In Godolphin street."

“\Vhat do you think of that. Holmes?"

I had read the account aloud to him while he finished ills brealdast. "‘_\iy dear Watson," said he as lm rose from the table and pllrrll Iii? "lid

Sometimes ho visited Paris for three d0Wl1 the room. “yon are Hi~»~t long

ulontlls on end but Mlttou was left in “ Bllffeflng- lllii il' I llil\’I‘ lfllil .\'f"~i Will"

"Yes, I will while away the morning

at Godolphin street with our friends of the regular establishment. With Ed- uardo Lueas iles the solution of our problem, though I must admit tilat I have not an inkllng as to what form it may take. It is a capital mistake to theorlze in advance of the facts. Do YOU Billy on guard, my good Watson, and receive any fresh visitors. I‘ll join you at lunch if I am able.”

All tllnt day and the next and next

Holmes was in a mood which his friends .Would call taclturn and others morosc. He ran out and ran in, slnok. ed incessantly, played snlltches on his violin, sank into rcverlcs, devoured sandwiclles at irregular hours and hllrdly answered the casual questions which I put to him. It was evident to ine that things were not going well with him or ills quest. He would say nothing of tlloease, and it was from the papers that I learned the particu- lars ot' the inquest and the arrest, with lthe subsequent release, of John Mit- Iton, the valet of the deceased. The .`coroner‘s jury brought in the obvious `,“wlllf1li murder," but the parties rc- ,mained as unknown as ever. No mo- itive was suggested. The room was tnll of Vagticles of value, but none had

heel! taken. The dead lnan's papers had not been tampered witll. They were carefully examined and showed tllat he was a keen student of ‘interna- tional poiitlcs, an indcfatigable gossip, a remarkable linguist and all uutiring letter writer. He had been_on inti- mate terlns with the leading politicians of several countries, but nothing sen-

unleuls which filled his drawers. As to his relations with women, they appear- ed to have been promiscuous, but su- perficial. He had nlany acquaintances among them, bllt few friends, and no one whom he lo\'ed. IIis habits were regular, ills conduct inoitellslve. ills death was an absolute mystery and likely to remain so.

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dmitted him. , So for three mornings the mystery re-

mained, so far as I could follow it in the papers. if Ilollnes knew more, he

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hlln illto his confidence in the case I t knew that lla was in close touch with l

ing in the lust three days it is la-i-:lll_-e there is nothing to tell. 1-Ivan now

ing on the night of the crime. If her ‘ this report from Paris docs not in-lp master lnla il vllinol- ne had lilmselr l us uuwh-"

“Surely it is final as regards the

man's death."

"Tile lnllll's death is a mere illcllimlt.

a trivial episode, in eonlp:ll'i.~'rlll with

ken his own counsel but as he told ` ollr real task, which is io is-:lcv thi;

document and save a Idllrnpenll c;lt;:s- roplle. Only one inlportllnt tiling ima lappencd in the last three days. Hill

every development. Upon the fourth day there appeared a long telegram froln Paris which seemed to solve the whole question.

“A discovery has just been made by

the l‘llrislan police," said tile Daily Tell-gl-llpll, "which raises the veil which bling rollud the tragic fate of l\il°.‘ Eduardo Lucas, who met ills death by violence last Monday 11151!! ln Godo~- phin street, W_estlnillst/.~l'. Our rcaliers will rclllclnber' that thc deceased gen- tlelnall was found _stabbed in ills rooln and that some suspicion attached to his valet, but tilnt tllccasc broke down on all alibi. Yesterday a lady, who has been known as Mme. iIenrl.Four- naye, occupying a small villa ill the Rue Austerlitz, was reported to tile all- tiloritles by hcl' servants as being in- sane. An examination showed she had indeed developed lnania of a dangerous and permanent form. On inquiry the police have discovered that Mme. Henri Fonrnaye only returned from a journey to London on Tuesday last, and there

ly that l\I. Henri Fournaye and Eduar- t

that is tllat llotlling has blvppclled_ I get reports allnost hourly from the gov- ernment, and it is certain that llowllt-rc ill Europe is there ally sign of trouble. Now, ii' this letter were loose--ull, it can't be loose-but if it isu`t low: where can it be? Wim has lt? \\`ll_\' is it held back? ’1`llat'.-l the qllc-:<tioll tll:lt beats in my bralll like ll ll:lnllnl~r_ Was it, indeed, tl coinrzldenc-c that l.|l- clls should nlect his delltll on the lliulit when tllp letter dlsappearell? Dill the letter ever l'cacl\ him? If so, wily is it not aluollg his papers? Did this nlznl qgn nf ills c:;rT_',' it oil' with iu~r'_` II so, is it ill lull' house iii I‘:1l'Es'.’ llolv could I "qv-nh for it without that

l’*reneh police having their suspicions nl'oused'.' It is a case, my dc-ar Wat- son, where tllelaw is as dangerous to us as the crilnlllals are. Every lu:lr.'s hand is against us, and yet the illter- ests at stake are colossal. Should I bring it to a successful conclusion it will certainly represent the crowning glory of my career. Ab, here is my

is evidence to connect her with the latest "Dm the fr-Ompi H0 glanced Crime Ht “"0Hlml“5f0\`- A °`°mP“l`1f‘°“ hurrlerlly at the note which had been Of li|10t°E!I“\I‘l"’ has Dfoved "°”"l“’“""' ilalnled in. “Hellol Lestrade seems

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do Lucas were really one and the annie person and that the deceased had for some reason lived a double life ill Ilon- don and Paris. Mme. Follrnaye, wilo is of creole origin, is of an extremely excitable nature and has suffered in the past from attacks of jealousy which have amounted to frenzy. It is con- jectured that it was in one of these that slle committed the terrible crime which has caused such a sensation in

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