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"SILVER BLAZE”

(Continued from page 4).

him

CONSIGNEES

LLOYD TRIESTINO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

Steamar,

rent.

"CONTE VERDR.”

"He has served the Colonel for through the window," "I wanted to Ave years as jockey and for seven have a word with you. The girl has From TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDIS), as trainer, and has always shown the corner of the little paper packet"

sworn that as he spoke she noticed PORT SAID, BOMBAY, COLOMBO

AND SINGAPORE. himself to be a zealous and honest protruding from his closed hand. Barvant. Under him were three "What business have you here?" CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby lads, for the establishment was it's busincas that may put some-, landed at their risk into the Godowns

asked the lad.

informed that all Goods are being amall one, containing only four thing into your pocket, said the other. of the Hong Kong and Kowloon horses in all. One of these lada "You've two horses in for the Wessex Wharf & Godown Coripany, Ltd. at aat up each night in the stable, Cup-Silver Blaze and Bayard.

Let Kowloon, whones and/or from the while the others slept in the loft me have the straight tip and you wharves delivery may be obtained. All three bore excellent characters. the weights Bayard could give the here, unless notice has been given. 48 won't be a loser. Is it a fact that at Optional Cargo will not be landed John Straker, who is a married other a hundred yards in five furlongs, hours prior to vessel's arrival, but man, lived in a small villa about and that the stable have put their carried on from port to port to the (two hundred yards from the stables. money on him?

final part of call to which the option He has no

So you're one of children, keeps one touts, cried the lad

those damned extends. 'I'll show you maid-servant, and is comfortably how we serve thom in King's Pyland.' the Goods have left the Godown, and No claims will be admitted after off. The country round is very He sprang up and rushed across thell Goods remaining undelivered after lonely, but about half a mile to the stable to unloose the dog. The giri north there is a small cluster of fled away to the house, but as she can the 7th instant, will be subject to sho looked back and saw that the villas which have been built by a stranger was leaning through the be presented to the undersigned on of All claims against the vessel must Tavistock contractor for the use of window, A

-minute later, invalids and others who may wish when Hunter rushed out with the not be recognised

however,

ver, before the 10th Instant, or they will to enjoy the pure Dartmoor air lad ran all round the buildings heGoods are to be left in the Godown, hound, he was gone, and though tho

All broken, chafed, and damaged Tavistock itself has two miles to falled to find any trace of him." the west, while across the moor, Ono moment!" I asked, "Did the where they will be examined on the also about two miles distant, is the stable boy, when he ran out with the 7th instant, at 10 am. by our sur larger training establishment of dog, lo

leave the door unlocked behind eyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

In the caso of dutlable cargo. Con- Capleton, which belongs to Lord

"Excellent.

Watson: oxcellent! signees are requested to inform the Backwater, and is managed by murmured my companion.

The Im-

Imports & Exports Office that they Silas Brown. In every other direc-portance of the paint struck me

have such goods for examination. 80 No Fire Insurance has been effect- tion the moor is a complete wilder-forcibly that I sent a special wire to Dartmoor vesterday to clear the mat

ed. ness, inhabited only by a few roam-ter un, The boy neked the door be

Bill of Lading will be countersign- ed by ing gipsies. Such was the general fore he left it. The window, I may situation last Monday night, when add, was not large enough for a mun

DODWELL & CO. LTD. the catastrophe occurred.

to get through.

Agents. "Hanter "On that evening the horses had grooms had returned, when he sent u waited until his fellow.

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1888.

been exercised and watered as us message up to the trainer and told ual, and the stables were locked up him what had occurred. Straker examination of his betting book shows at nine o'clock.

excited Two of the lads although he does not seem to have hen gistered by him against the hearing the account, that bats to the amount of £6,000 had walked up to the trainer's house, quite realised its true significance. It

It favourite. where they had supper in the kit-left him, however, vaguely uneasy, and "On being

arrested he chen, while the third, Ned Hunter, Mrs. Straker, waking at one in the teered

volun- the statement that ho romained on guard. At few morning, found that he was dressing, had come down to Dartmoor in minutes after nine the maid, Edith he could not sleep on account of his formation about the King's Pyland In reply to her inquiries, he said that the hope of getting some in- Baxter, carried down to the stables anxiety about the horses, and that he horses, and also about Desborough, the his supper, which consisted of intended to walk down to the stables second favourite, which was in charge dish of curried mutton. She took to see that all was well. She begged of Silas Brown, at the Capleton no liquid, as there was a water-tap hear the rain pattering against the that he had acted as described upon him to remais at home, as she could stables. He did not attempt to deny in the stables, and it was the rule windows, but it spite of her entrentias the evening before, but declared that that the lad on duty should drink he pulled on hia large mackintosh and he had no sinister designs, and had nothing else. The maid carried a left the house.

{simply wished to obtain first-hand in- lantern with her, as it was very

"Mira, Straker awoke at arven in the formation. When confronted with was Mon., 8th Feb., 1983 dark, and the path ran across the noting to find that her husband had cravat he turned very pate

not yet returned. She dressed her utterly unable to account for its pre- self hastily, called the maid, and set sence in the hand of the

murdered "Edith Baxter was within thirty off for the stables. The door was man.

His wet clothing showed that yards of the stables when open; inside, huddled together upon a he had been out in the storm of tho chair, Hunter was sunk in a state of night before, and his stick, which was appeared out of the absolute stupor, the favourite's stall a Penang lawyer, weighted with lead. darkness and called to her to was empty, and there were no signs was just such a weapon as might, by stop. As he stepped into the cir-of his trainer.

repeated blows, have inflicted the ter cle of yellow light thrown by the choff-cutting loft above the harnais- had succumbed.

"The two lada who slept in the rible injuries to which the trainer lantern she saw that he was a per- room were quickly roused. They had son of gentlemanly bearing, dress heard nothing during the night,

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28th Jan, ed in a grey suit of tweed, with a they are both sound sleepers. Hu for wound upon his person, while the state cloth cap. He wore galters, and was obviously under the influence of of Straker's knife would show that carried a heavy stick with a knob could be got out of him; he was left to

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Can you tell me where I am?" he moors were visible, they not only could were familiar to me, I had not suf- asked.

ficiently appreciated their relative im- soe no signs of the favourite, but they I had almost made up my perceived · something which warned portance, nor their connection withi mind to other. saw the light of your lantern."

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"Is it not possible," I suggested, "that the incieed wound upon Straker land training atables," she said."

"About a quarter of a mile from may have been caused by his own knife Oh, indeed! What a stroke of the stables John Straker's overcoat in the convulsive struggles which luck;"

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" said I, even.now I fall dress, would you? He took a piece blow from some heavy weapon, and he to understand what the theory of the of white paper folded up out of his was wounded in the thigh, where there police can be." waistcoat pocket. See that the boy was a long, clean cut, inflicted evi- "I am afraid that whatever theory has this to-night, and you shall have dently by some very sharp instruwo state has very grave objections the prettiest frock that money can straker had defended himself vigorous police imagine, I take it, that tac ment. It was clear, however, that it," returned my companion. "The She was frightened by the carn-ly against his assailants, for in his ritzroy bimpson, estness of his manner, and ran past right hand he held a small knife which lad, and having ining drugged the j him to the window through which she was clotted with blood: "#p to the was accustomed to hand the meals handle, while in his left he grasped duplicato say, opened the stable

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recovering my horse,

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and, who lived now be doing a ItHave there been any fresh develop qulet and genteel bookmaking in the ments? naked Holmes, sporting clubs of London, d. An (To be continued To-morrow)

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