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10 THE ARGUS, TUESDAY, MAY 23. 1005. , ""Who are yon, then':" "My name ia Sherlock Holmes. "Good Lord!" "You Lave heard of me. I see. I HI represent the official police until their arrival. Here, yon! Le shouted ta a Trigbteued groom who had appeared at the edge or the Kud. "fouie here. fXake thin note asShard as you t-aji riJe to I'arnhain." He tserihbled a few "Words uim u leaf from his notebook. "Give It to the suiieriLitentlent at the police station. Until he come I must detain you all tinder my personal cus tody." The strong, masterful personality of Holmes dominated the tragic scene, and ail were equally pupiets in Li Hands. Williamson and Carrutherj found themselves carrying ihe wound ed Woodley Into the Louse, and I gave tny arm to the frightened girl. The In jured man was laid on his Led, a .id at Holme request I examined him. I carried my reiort to where he sat in tLe old tapetry bung dining room with Lis two prisoner before him. : Ue w, 11 live," .sail I. '"What!" eried "nrru titers. springing out f hi duir. "I'll a upstairs and finish liiia fi:nt. 1 you tell me that that g':l. that ung-l, is fi, be tied 1 Roaring Jas-k Woodiey for life';" "You neel not oinern yourself about that," ;tld Holme. -There are two very g 1 re:i"iis why she should under DO elri-u:!isi auces le his wife. Ill lln first place, we jire very safe in ques tioning Mr. Williamson's right to sjI eumir.c a marriage." "I have been ordained," cried the old rascal. "And also unfrwked." "On-e a clergyman, always a clergy man." "1 tliink not. How about the li cence';" "We had a license for the marriage. I hate it here In my pocket." "Then you got it by a tri-k. But In any ca- r. foned marriage is no mar riage, but It Is a very serious felony, as you will discover l-fore von have finished. You'll have time to think the point out duriug the next ten years or so, unless I am mistaken. As to you. Carruthers. you would have done bet ter to keep your pistol in your px-ket." l begin 1 1 think ko. Mr. H .lme. but when I tliotii&t of all the precaution I Lad taken to shield this g'rl for I loved her, Mr. Holmes, and it is'the only time that ever I knew what love was it fairly drove me mad to think that she was in the power of the great est brute and bully l:i S uih Afrlea-a man whose name is a holy terror from Kiiulierley to Johannesburg. Why, Mr. Holmes, jou'll hardly beMeve it. but ever since that girl has been in my employment I never oin-e ,t her go past this house, where I knew the ras cals were lurking, without following Ler mi my bicycle Just to see that she came to no harm. I kept my distam-r-froiu her. and I wore a licard so tlttt he should ii.it recognize inc. fir she is a good and high spirited girl, and she wouldn't have stayed in my employ ment long if she hml thought that I FOB WOMEN AND WOMEN ONLY Much That Every Woman Desires to Know About Sanative, Antiseptic Cleansing and the Care of the Skin, Scalp, Hair, and Hands. WHAT CUTICURA DOES FOR WOMEN Too much stress cannot Le placed on the great value of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Tills in the antisep tic cleansing of the mucous sur faces, and of the blond and circulating fluids, thus affording pure, sweet, anil economical local and constitutional treatment for weakening ulcerations, inflammations, itchings, irritations, relaxations, displacements, pains, and irregularities peculiar to females. Hence the Cuticura remedies have a wonderful influence in restoring health, strength, and beauty to weary women, who have been prematurely aged and invalided by these distress ing ailments, as well as tu h sympa thetic afflictions as aua mia, chlorosis, hysteria, and nervousness. Women from the very first h.ive fully appreciated the purity and sweet ness, the power to afford imuiedi:ite relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety and great economy which have ruade Cuticura the standard humour rem edy of the civilised world TORTURING HUMOR Cured by Cuticura. ' I suffered C ve years w ith a terrible itching eczema, my body and face ! ing cc-vered with sores. Never in my life did I experience such awful suffer ing, and I longed for death, which I fclfwas Dear. I had tried doctors and medicines without success, hut my mother insisted that I try Cuticura I felt hotter after the first 'application of Cuticura Ointment, and was soon entirely well. Mt. A. I tsou, lUlltf vue, Mich. Oaticur Sua. IKndmtl. tmi I'll', r .4 tHnailit -M4 A Su4 tat u." .IweUee LJaattr tm Gratia, rrta mrf, Reetat, ShJa mm4 W mmm Disease. DR.M.F.CLAUS1US Offlca Hours: S:10 to Xt.U a. m.; Q I to 4, T to t (k n. Kimball building, room X, U line. III. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO was following ber about the country roads." "Why didn't you tell her of ber dan ger" "Because then, again, she would have left me. and I couldn't bear to face that. Even if she couUJu't Hove Uie it was a great deal to me Just to et her dainty form about the bouse and to ftear the sound of her voice. "Well," said I, "you- erjl that love. Mr. Carruthers, but I should call It selfishness." "Maybe the two things go together. Anyhow. I couldn't let Ler go. Be sides, with this crowd about it was well that she should have some one near to look after her. Then, when the cable came, I knew they were bound to make a move." "What caule':" Carruthers took a telegram from his pocket. "That's it." said he. It was short and coucke: The old man is dead." "Hum:" said Holmes. !'I think I see how things worked, and I can under stand h'jw this uiessjge would, as you say. Iriug tlieiu to a head. But while you wait yofi' might tell me what you an." ' The old reprobate with the surplice burst into a volley of bad language. "By heaven," said he. "if you s.jueal on us. Boy Carruthers, I'll serve you as you served Jack Wood ley! You can bleat tlo!it lh girl to your heart's content, fur that's your own affair, but if you round on your pals to this plain clothes copper it will be the worst day's work that ever you did." "Your reverence need not be excit ed." said Holmes, lighting a cigarette. 'The case is clear enough against you, and all I ask is a few details fur my private r.riurity. However, If there's any difficulty in your telling me I'll do the talkii.:. and then you will see how far yuu have a chance of holding back your secrets. In the lirst place, three of yuu came from South Africa ou this game you. Williamson; you, Carruth ers. and Wood ley." "Lie number one." said the old man "I never saw either of them until two months agj. and 1 have never been in Africa in my life, so you can put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Busy !.dy Holmes!" "What he says Is true," said Car ruthers. "Well, well, two of you came over UN reverence Is our own homemade arli-le. You had kuwu Ralph Smith iu South Africa. You had reason to believe he would not live loug. You found out that hi niece would inherit his fortune. How's that-eh V" Carruthers nodded and Williamson s wore. "She was next of kin, no doubt, and you were aware that the old fellow would make no will." "Couldn't read or write," said Car ruthers. "So you came over, the two of you, and hunted up the girl. The idea was that one of you was to marry her and the other have a share of the plunder. For some reason Wood ley was chosen as the husband. Why was that':" "We played cards for her on the voyage. He won." "I see. You got the young lady into your service, and there Wood ley was to do the courting. She recognized the drunken brute that he was and would have not lil u n to do with him. Mean while your arrangement was rather up set by the fact that you had yourself fallen in love with the lady. Y'ou could no longer bear the idea of this ruffian owning her';" "No. by 'corse. I couldn't!" There was a iuarrel between you. He left you in a rage and began to make his own pi. his independently of you." "It strikes me. Williamson, there isn't very much that we can tell this gentleman." cried Carruthers. with a bitter laugh. "Yes. we quarreled, and he knocked me down. I am level with him on that, anyhow. Then I lost sight of him. That was when he picked up with this cast padre here. I found that they had set up housekeeping to gether at this place on the line that she had to pass for the station. I kept my eye on her after that, for I knew there was some devihry iu the wind. I saw them from time to time, for I was anxious to know what they were after. "Two days ngi Woodley came up to my house with this cable, which show ed that Ralph Smith was dead. He ask ed me if I would stand by the bargain. I said I would not. He asked me if I would marry the girl myself and give him a share. I said I Mould willingly do so, but that she would not have me. He said. "I.et us get her married first, and ufier a week or two she may see things a bit different.' 1 said I would have n tbing to do with violence, s he went off cursing, like the foul mouthed blackguard that be was. aud swearing that he would have her yet. She was leaving me this week end, and I had got a trap. to take her to the station, but I waa so uneasy In my mind that I followed her on my bicycle. She had got u start, however, and before I could catch her the mischief was done. The first thing I knew about it was when I saw you two gentlemen driving back in her dogcart." Holme rose and tossed the end of his cigarette into the grate. "I Lave beeu very obtuse, Watson," said Le. "When in your report you said that you had seen the cyclist, as you thought, arrange his necktie in the abrublery that alone should have told iu all. However, we may congratulate ourselves uiu a cu rious and In some respects a unique case. I perceive three ef the eounty constabulary in the drive, and 1 am glad to sea that the little hostler is able to keep pace with them, so it is likely that neither he nor the interesting bridegroom will be jtertaanently dam aged by their morning's adventures. I think. Watson, that in your medical ciaclfy you might wait upon Miss Smith and tell Ler that if ahe 1 surfi itenrly recovered we shall be happy to ! escort her to her mother's home. If she U not quite convalescent you will find that a hint that v.e were about tj tele ' graph to a yuan; electrician iu the Midlands will probably complete the cure. As to you. Mr. Carruthers. I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share In an evil plot. There is my card. sir. and if my evidence can bo of help to you In your trial it shall be at your disposal." In the whirl of our iu.-essant activity it has often been .difficult for me. as the reader Las probably observed, to round o!T my narratives and to give those final details which the curious might exict. Each case has been the prelude to another, and the crisis once ovtr the actors have passed forever Dut of our busy lives. I find, however, a fehort note at the end of my manu script dealing with this case. In which I have put it -upon record that Miss V! let Smith did Indeed inherit a large fortune and that she Is now the wife of Cyril Morton, the senior partner of Morton & Kennedy, the famous West minster electricians. Williamson and Woodley were both tried for aMuction and assault, the former getting seven years and the latter ten. Of the fate of Carruthers I have no record, but I am sure that his assault was not viewed very gravely by the court, since Wood ley Lad the reputation of leing a most dangerous ruffian, and I think that a few months were sufficient to satisfy the demands of justice. QUEER DEEP SEA FISHES. They (an Sta11w Others Tnlrc Their Own Size. That one animal can devour uuothvr twice its own size at a single swallow is a statement that may seem t the uninformed to be as im rcdible us any tish story ever invented. Nevertheless it is true of certain fishes. So far as known such fishes are inhabitants of the deep seas, where utter darkness perpetually prevails, with an unvary ing temperature almost as cold as ice and a pressure ranging, according to depth, from a quarter to three or four tons upon every square Inch of their body surface. According to (iunther. three speci mens of the saccopharynx, a deep sea TIIU ( HIAHMODfS NUiEIl. eel several feet long, were found float ing with fishes in their stomachs which many times exceeded the length of their destroyer. The riagyndus ferox is about six feet long stud very fero cious. From the stomach of one were taken several octopods, crustaceans, a young brama. twelve young boar fishes, a horse mackerel and one young of Us own species. One peculiarity is that it has ribs symmetrically arranged the whole length of its abdomen. The specimen of the ('hiasmodus ni ger, or "great swallower." here Illus trated is six nud five-eighths inches long, but contains a lisli in its stomach which is ten and a half inches long. The stomach of the devourer is stretch ed as thin as g-ild beater's skin. It has ho.iked teeth and teeth which cross eah other from opposite sides of the mouth. The teeth of these rapacious fishes of the deep sen usually paint backward. Iunther explains that the fish after having seized its victim with its capacious and very movable Jaws partly presses It down as n snake would do and partly draws itself over It. The prey is received into an esoph agus and stomach, the membranes of which are extensible s an India rub ber poudi. The empty stomach is con tracts! and folded up and projects but little below the abdomen.- fr. Sander son Cbrlstlsoii in Scientific American. It's folly to suffer from that, horrible plague of the night, itching piles. Doan's Ointment cures quickly and permanently. 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Nearly all of their games have been fhut-outs, with the slugging Najoleo;n suffering no less than seven shut-outs a wonderful record for a bunch of heavy hitters, but a further testimonial to the effectiveness of the pitchers when they can use the spit ball. Such light batting as has lceu in dulged in by three teams like Cleve land, St. Ixuils and Detroit so early iu the season has never been known be fore, and Cleveland carries off the hon ors for the year so far for leing the team to be "Chieagoed" the greatest number of times aud also for being in the hardest luck. No wonder President Kilfoyl remarked receutly, "I tell you this is going to be a hard seasou for the pitchers, but I guess we have a few that can hold their own with any of them." Manager Ilugh Jennings of the Balti more baseball club learned recently that the blow he received on the left arm at Cumberland a few days before fractured a bone. The fact was dis closed by an X ray photograph taken at the Johns Hopkins hospital. The photograph showed the crack plainly It extends cleir through the bone about two inches above the wrist. He wi!l be out of the Baltimore lineup at least four weeks, so that the bone may knit properly. Frank Chance, captain of the Chi cago Nationals, has had hard luck thh season. He was injured in a practice game in the south and wa forced to stay out of the game for a lengthy period. Chance Is one of the greatest field generals in the national game and he plays with all the fire and vim of an untrained colt. He covers first sack for Sclee's "cubs" in brill I a u t fashion. J.ast year he ranked sixth in the batting list, with an average of .310. With Mia nee back in the game Chi U1A.NK CHANCE. cago will undoubtedly chop down the lead of her more fortunate league ri vals. From Chicago it is learned that "ma jor league players have evolved an other name for the spit ball less of fensive than the expressive but Inele gant title by which It was christened. They call it the eel ball now. because it has all the characteristics of that aquatic article and is harder to handle generally." The players will find It just as difficult to hit it under any title, but perhaps the public will find the new name less offensive. ' 'Pop Anson, the grand old man of the diamond, figured In a very pe culiar and amusing play some years ago." said Iau Col Iyer of "The College Widow" company receutly. "The game was lietween Cincinnati and Chicago. and of course Father Anson was hold ing down the initial bag. The score was close, and, as Cincinnati had three men on the bags in the ninth inning with old Eagle Eye Beck ley up. it looked as though they would win out. "Hummy Hoy was playing a consid erable distance off first, and Anson was keeping him on the jump pretending to catch the ball and put him out. The crowd was yelling, ami the excitement was intense. Suddenly a black object waa seen coming directly at Anson. Hoy saw it, too, and he made a frantic endeavor to get back to the base. An son reached up und taught the object In his gloved hand. It proved to be u bird -a "Tumoii, ordinary sparrow. lie touched Hoy with it, and the mute was se disgusted that he turned his back aud started away from the base, think ing he was out. In the meantime the pitcher whipixd the ball over to Anson. and, despite the frantle yells of the rooters to 'get back. Dummy P Hoy was touched out. this making the final put out and losing the game for Cincin nati." rresldcut 1'ulliaiu of the National league is quoted as saying. "More wo- ! naen are attending ball games than ever before In the game's history." This fe male patronage is having a refining In fluence upon the game and Its ex emplars. It is believed, however, that It will not result in so much refinement s to make the game effeminate. Base ball Is strenuous, a man's, ram la all that the name lsipUe. ' AH,- - MUSHROOM RAISING ANTS. Remarkable Iagruolty of Tropical Amrriraa Inserts. Professor J. II. Alnsworth Davis gives the laiest priofs of the aut's right t- our applause. He says: "In tropical America the traveler in their native region often sees thou sands of ants marching iu column of route, each holding in Its powerful jaws a piece of green leaf about the size of a sixpence. These they take t.) their nests. "The material is used as an elaborate sort of mushroom culture, requiring much more skill and intelligence than that in which human beings engage. The mushroom grower sets spawn iu the teds he prepares, but the ant does not need to do this. The desired spawn soon makes its appearance iu the chew ed leaf. 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