Sherlock Holmes the duke’s son
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carefully what’s it Watson said Holmes he’s all right I think I said he’s just very very tired and probably hungry too hommes looked in men’s pockets and found a train ticket from mlon in the north of England mlon that’s a long way said hums it’s not 12:00 yet so he probably left home before 5:00 this morning after a minute or two the man began to move and his eyes opened a second later there he got quickly to his feet his face was Now red and unhappy Mr Holmes I’m so sorry I forget to eat or drink anything this morning that’s why I felt ill when you feel better I began I’m better now thank you said our visitor and I want very much to talk to Mr holes to ask him something please Mr Holmes come back to melon with with me by the next train I’m sorry that’s not possible said Holmes I’m walking onto important cases the feriza case and the ABI case I cannot live London at the moment important cases our visitor cried but this case is very important too you know about the kidnapping of the son of the Duke of holderness 3 days ago what the government Minister yes that’s him so you didn’t know it’s not in the newspapers yet that’s true but Sherlock Holmes always hears news before other people I thought Holmes went to get one of his books and began to read the page about the Duke of holderness six Duke wife e this daughter of Lord gray one child Lord Arthur saltire houses in London Lancashire and Wales government Minister for this for that for the other well well said hommes he’s one of the greatest men in the country one of the greatest and one of the richest said Dr HBA I know Mr Holmes that you don’t work for money but I must tell you this the Duke is offering 5,000 for news of his son and another £1,000 for the name of his kidnapper that’s said Holmes is the most interesting offer he looked at me Watson I think we are going with Dr hble back to the north of England this afternoon Holmes then looked at Dr hble now sir tell me everything what happened when did it happen how did it happen and why does Dr T coft hble come to ask for my help three Days Later our visitor drank some water and began his story chapter 2 Dr ha’s story my school the prior school near mlon is the best school for young boys in England began Dr huxel we have the sons of Lord sus Lord lever and of many other important people 3 weeks ago Mr James Wilder the Duke of holderness secretary came to see me the Duke he said wanted to send his son the 10-year-old Lord salire to my school on the 1st of May young Lord salti arrived he’s a nice boy and he soon began to like school life and to make friends his life at home you see was not very happy we all know about Duke and his wife The Duchess of course now lives in south of France she left the Duke about 3 months ago I think but the boy loved his mother and was very unhappy when she left because of this the Duke sent him to my school and after two weeks with us he was much happier then on the night of 13th of May he disappeared the way to his bedrooms he through another larger room two older boys sleep there one of them never sleeps very well and he heard and saw nothing that night so young Arthur did not go out through that room his windows was open his window was open and there is Ivy all up the wall of the house it is easy to get out of the window and down the ivy to the ground so we think that he went out that way he was in his usual school things with think a short black coat and dark blue trousers we look looked all through his room very carefully but found nothing strange nothing unusual when I learned the news at 7:00 on Tuesday morning I called everybody into the big school room then we learned more bad news haiger the German teacher was missing too his room is not far from Arthur’s room haiger went down the ivy we know this because we found his footprint on the ground under the window we know too that he was only in his coat trousers and shoes because we found his shirt and his socks on the floor of his room and he took his bicycle with him heiger came to the school a year ago he’s a good teacher but the boys don’t like him because he isn’t very friendly so Mr Holmes we have two missing people it’s no Thursday and there is still no news of them Holmes took out a little not book and began to write things down the boy didn’t go home of course he said no no we asked at holderness Hall at once said Dr hable the Duke is very afraid for his son and I am the unhappiest man in England Mr Holmes you are a famous detective please help me you make things very difficult for me holes said how can I find marks in Ivy or on the ground after after 3 days why didn’t you come to me at once because of the Duke Dr hble said he doesn’t like people talking about his unhappy family life and what are the police doing well they hear about boy and young man at the station early well they heard about a boy and young man at the station early on Tuesday they looked for them and last night they found them in Liverpool but it was a man and his son going to visit a friend we lost 3 days because of that and last night I couldn’t sleep so I took the first train down to London this morning well Dr ha about some more questions said Holmes did the boy take German lessons no so he didn’t know the German teacher well then he probably never spoke to him said Dr ha said Holmes does the boy have a bicycle no was any other bicycle missing no so did the German teacher ride away on his bicycle in the night with the boy on his back I don’t think so but what happened to the bicycle now what about visitors did the boy have any visitors the day before no did he get any letters yes one letter from his father do you open the boys letter Dr hble no then how do you know that the letter was from the father I know the Duke’s handwriting and he says that he wrote a letter to his son did the boy get any letters from friend no I never saw any do you understand me Dr H holes said did someone take the boy away or did the boy go freely because he had a letter from Friends perhaps I don’t know said Dr hille he only had letters from his father I think her father and son very friendly the Duke is not not a very friendly man Mr Holmes he’s not a bad father but he is a government Minister and has a lot of things to do so the boy felt more friendly to his mother yes did he say that no did the Duke tell you then oh no the Duke never talks about things like that so how do you know Mr James Wilder the Duke’s secretary told me I see said Holmes that last letter of the Dukes where is it now the boy took it with him Dr hble said it’s not in his room Mr Holmes our train lives in half an hour right said Holmes he looked at me Watson let’s get ready and go up off to the north with Dr H perhaps we can find more anwers to this mystery chapter 3 homes and Watson go north it was dark when we arrived at Dr H’s famous School in the Northern Hills we went quickly into the building out of the cold and at once someone ran up with news for Dr H he looked very surprised the Duke is here he told us the Duke and and Mr Wilder his secretary are in my office come and meet them the government Minister was a tall man with a long thin face he had red hair and a great red beard he looked at us and did not smile next to him stood Mr Wilder and very young man he was small with blue eyes and a watchful face he spoke fth the due is surprised Dr ha to see Mr Sherlock homes here he doesn’t want people to know about this you know that so why didn’t you speak to the Duke before you went to London but we need help said Dr hble and I will said the Duke Mr Holmes is here now and perhaps he can help us he looked at holes I’d like you to come and stay at holder his Hall Mr Holmes thank you sir said Holmes but I would like to stay near to the mystery here at the school can I ask you one or two questions perhaps of course said the D my question are about The Duchess and about money said Holmes The Duchess knows nothing about this said the Duke and nobody is asking me for money I see said Holmes you wrote a letter to your son before he disappeared you wrote a letter to your son before he disappeared when did you P post it when did you post it post it said Mr Wilder angrily the Duke does not post letters I put the letter into the post bag with all the other letters that day a minute or two later the Duke and Mr Wilder left homes they began at once to work on the case we looked carefully out through the days bedroom and the German teacher room we looked at the IV on the wall and we saw the footprints under the German teacher window but we learned nothing new hommes then left the house and only come back after 11:00 he had with him a large map he brought it into my room and put it on the bed this case is beginning to get interesting Watson he said look at this map here is the school you see and here is the route so did De boy and the teacher go along the road when they left no Watson they did not how do you know that holes I asked because there was a policeman here look he was there from midnight to 6:00 in the morning and he saw nobody on the road I spoke to him this evening and here at the other end you see is the white horse in a woman there was ill and the family watched the rud all night waiting for the doctor the doctor didn’t come until the morning and the family saw nobody on the road so the boy and the teacher did not go by route but Holmes what about the bicycle I asked yes Watson we must remember the bicycle of course but first let’s look to South and North to the South we have a big river no bicycles there then and to the north we have the trees called ragged sha and then a great Mo the L Gilmore and here is a holderness hall 16 km from the school by rout but only 9 kilm across the mo no other houses until the Green Man in along the Chesterfield Road but the bicycle I said again yes yes Watson h said it is possible to write about bicycle across the more difficult but possible just then Dr hble came quickly into the room news Mr Holmes he said excitedly I bring news in his hands was a blue school hat look this is the boys had one of my gardeners find it this evening ver man where as homes just north of ret sha said Dr ha uhuh said Holmes what did I tell you Watson to tomorrow we must walk North across the mo chapter 4 the body on the mo very early the next morning I opened my eyes and saw homes next to my bed he was already dressed come Watson he cried there is hot coffee ready for you we live in 10 minutes by 6:00 we will throw rocket sh and half an hour later we were on L Gilmore across the middle of of the mo was a small River and the ground all around it was very w we can easily see tracks in this wet ground said Holmes look carefully Watson we moved slowly across the mo looking at very centimeter of mud we found hundreds of sheep tracks and some cow tracks but no bicycle tracks and then at last we found something not far from The Little River right across some nice black mud was the track of a bicycle hurah I cried we have it but Holmes did not look happy it’s a bicycle yes but not the bicycle every bicycle has different tires I know 42 different kinds of Tire this tire is a downlap but hiar bcle had Palmer tires the English teacher told me that so this is not hiig girl is it the boy then I asked probably not and the boy didn’t take a bicycle with him said Holmes he looked again at the track in the mud this track is going away from the school or perhaps to the school I said no no my dear Watson look at the tracks of the two tires are they the same or no I said one tire makes a deeper track and that’s the back wheel said Holmes because the rider of course sides over the back wheel in the deeper track the deeper track is one on top so this bicycle went that way across the more away from the school but who was the rider where did he come from we followed the Down Lop track back nearly to ret show then we lost it in some cow tracks homes sat down and T for for some minutes no he said getting up we must leave this question for now back to the mud by the river Watson two hours later holes gave a happy cry I quickly ran over to him and looked down at a long thin track in the mud it was the Palmer Tire here’s hiig girl cried homes let’s follow him Watson for a kilometer or move we followed the the Palmer Tire North across the mo losing the track finding it again losing it and finding it suddenly the track stopped what happened here I said did he fall Holmes looked carefully on the ground then he moved to some small pushes with yellow flowers on them look he said quietly one one of the yellow flower there was something red the dark brown red of blood bad said holes but what do I read here something or someone hit him he fell he stood up he got onto his bicycle again and Rod away but there is no other trap some cow tracks here but not Footprints we must follow the blood Watson we soon found a bicycle and then behind a bush we saw a shoe and found a body there was blood on the man’s head and face and he was very very dead he had shoes on but no socks and we saw a night shirt under his open coat it was the German teacher Poor Man Homes said quietly what shall we do Watson we can’t lose any more time but we must tell someone about this poor man shall I run back to the school I said no I need you with me hommes stood up and looked around look he said there is a Workman over there he can go back to the school for us I went and got the Workman and Holmes wrote a note for Dr hble the poor Workman took one look at the body and began to run quickly down the hill to raged sha now said Holmes before we can go on let’s think carefully for a minute what do we know so far first the boy left freely he was dressed he did not live suddenly he wanted to go perhaps with some one perhaps not but the German teacher Liv without his socks and without his shirt so he left very suddenly that’s right I said and my did hiig girl go and why did hiig girl go because from his bedroom window he saw the boy because he wanted to follow him and bring him back so far so good but why doesn’t hiig girl just run after the boy a man can easily run faster than a boy but heiger doesn’t do this he gets his bicycle he knows that he needs his bicycle why oh I said because the boy has a bicycle not so fast Watson think about it hiar dies 8 kilomet from the school so the boy is moving very fast because it is 8 kilomet before man on a bicycle can get near him and hiar dies because someone hit him very hard on the head a boy can’t do that so there was someone with the boy a man let’s say but we looked very carefully at the mud all around poor hiig girl’s body Watson and what did we find some cow trucks but nothing more no footprint from people no bicycle tracks homs I cried this is not possible very good Watson he said it’s not possible so something is wrong with my thinking and what can it be perhaps I said hiig girl broke his head in a fall in M Watson oh I didn’t know I just don’t know come come Watson said Holmes every mystery has an answer but for now the Palmer Tire can tell us nothing more so we must go back to the downlap tire we found the donop track again and follow it North here there was very little mud and we lost the track across the M we could now see holderness Hall some kilomet to our left in front of us we could see the Chesterfield rout we walked down to the root and along to the Green Man in chapter 5 a visit to the Green Man when we were near the in hommes suddenly cried out oh my foot I can’t stand on it help me Watson took his arm and we walked slowly to the door of the Inn a man stood there smoking and watching us how are you Mr Reuben Hayes said Holmes who are you and how do you know my name said the man he looked very unfriendly because it’s on the door of the in over your head said Holmes but can you help me Mr Hayes no I can’t but I need help I can’t put my foot to the ground well don’t put it to the ground holms smiled look he said it’s were important and I can offer you a pound off for the use of a bicycle where do you want to go asked Miss asked Mr Hayes to holderness Hall oh Friends of the Duke are you Mr Haz left looking at ARA shoes and trousers Holmes left too well we are bringing him news of his lost son he said the boy is in Liverpool Mr ha’s face went white then red oh he said carefully that’s good news I worked for the Duke once but he wasn’t good to me I don’t like him I don’t like him but I’m pleased about the boy we all went into the Inn now said Holmes something to eat first please then you can bring around a bicycle I haven’t got a bicycle said Mr Hayes homes put a pound on the table I tell you man that I haven’t got a bicycle you can have two horses to take you to the hall he brought us something to eat and we ate hungrily through the window we could see the stables at the back of the in once hommes got up and walked around the room then stood looking out of the window at the Stables surprisingly his food was now very much better suddenly he laughed and looked at me I’ve got it he cried yes of course that’s it Watson did you see any cow tracks today yes I said lots of them everywhere and how many cows did you see on the mo I don’t remember any I said isn’t that a strange Watson whats of cows tracks but no cows and do you remember those tracks what he took out of his notebook there were tracks like this and sometimes like this do you remember that Watson no I don’t I said what does it mean homes it’s mean that it’s a very strange cow Watson C don’t move like that now let’s go quietly out and have look around these staes they were two Tire looking horses in the Stables hommes looked carefully at one of the horses feet and laughed looked Watson old shoes but New Nails oh this case gets more interesting every minute I began to ask Holmes a question but suddenly we heard someone behind us and there was Mr Ruben hay his face was red and angry what are you doing in my Stables he cried we’re just looking at your horses Mr ha said Holmes smile why are you afraid of something the man opened his mouth then Clos it quickly his face was still red and angry holms did not give him time to speak I think your horses are tired Mr hay we can walk to the hall it’s not far 3 kilomet by the root Mr hay said his eyes still watched us angrily it was was nearly dark when we left we walked along the rout for about 100 m then Holmes took my arm quick Watson of the root end of the hill then we can come down the hill at the back of the end we ran up the hill this man hates I said he knows all about the kidnapping is that right holes of course it is he said we can learn a lot more from Mr Hayes oh who’s this whatson get down there was a bicycle on the route it came past us very quickly and we saw the rer Mr James Wilder the Duke’s secretary his face was white and Afraid quick Watson said Holmes we must watch him we ran down the hill and stopped when we could see the back door of the aim uh wild there’s bicycle was by the wall near the door for 5 minutes nothing happened then a man on a horse R quickly out of the stables and disappeared down the road what do you think of that Watson said Holmes somebody’s running away yes but not James Wilder because there he is at the door we could see Wilder in the light from the door he stood there looking out and 10 minutes later another man came down the road and went into the in then a light came on in a room upstairs come Watson we must get near home’s sfe we went down the hill and walked very quietly to the back door of the in the bicycle was still by the wall Holmes looked at the wheel and laughed quietly a downl tire Watson now I must look through that upstairs window so I need your back Watson Holmes stood on my back but only for a second and then he was down again come my friend he said it’s a long walk to the school so let’s start at once I can give you all the answer to this mystery tomorrow it was a long cold my muddy walk back to the school I went to the bed at once but Holmes went out again to mlon I think I was very tired and slept all night like a Dead Man chapter six Sherlock Holmes talked to the Duke at 11:00 the next morning hommes and I were in the Duke’s office at holderness Hall Mr Wilder came to speak to us the Duke can’t see no one today he said to Holmes Holmes look at him coldly the Duke can’t see me he said please tell him that I am here after half an hour the Duke of holderness came into the room he looked older tired and e well Mr Holmes he said Holmes looked at the James Wilder I can speak more freely without your secretary here sir very well said the Duke tiredly police James James Wilder gave home and angry look but he went out the room and shut the door Holmes look at the D you are offering I hear 5,000 pounds for news of your son true and another th000 for the name of the kidnapper my friend smiled I see your checkbook on the table sir I would like to have your check for 6,000 Mr Sherlock Holmes The Duke said Angry what is it about do you have news of my son or not oh yes said Holmes The Duke’s eyes never left Holmes face where is my son he said quietly he or was last night at the Green Man in three kilom around the road to Chesterfield the Duke fell back in his chair and the name of the kidnapper shlock Holmes answer was a very surprising one you he said and now sir your cheick please the Duke stood up his face white and angry then he sat down again and put his face in his hands it was some minutes before he spoke how much do you know he asked I saw you with him last night said Holmes and how many people know about this only I and my friend here Dr Watson the dukee took out a pen opened his checkbook opened his checkbook and began to write when I make this offer I didn’t know he stopped then began again and are you and your friend going to talk about this Mr Holmes I don’t understand you sir said holes I mean nobody needs to know know about this this little family mystery just you and your friend Watson look here is my check for 12,000 Holmes gave him a cold little smile I’m sorry sir there is a dead man in this case you remember but that wasn’t James cried the Duke he knew nothing about it he was very very unhappy when he heard about the killing murder said Holmes but James was there and when he heard about it he came to me at once and told me everything oh Mr Holmes you must help him you must he is not the murderer the murderer ran away last night Holmes smiled again I have a little more news for you sir the police met Mr Reuben hay last night at Chesterfield station Mr Hayes is not running anywhere for a long time the Duke looked at the homes with an open mouth you you know everything he said but I am pleased to hear about Hy he was always a bad man and that news can only help James James your secretary said Holmes no sir my son James Wilder is my son chapter 7 the Duke’s son when the Duke said this I was with very surprised but Holmes was surprised too this is news to me he said can you tell me more the Duke stood up and walked around the room for a minute I must tell you everything he said I didn’t want to talk about it but I must I see that now he sat down again and began his story when I was a young man Mr Holmes I was in love oh so much in love it’s only happens to you once and this woman was the love of my life I wanted her to be my wife but she died she left me this one child and I loved him because of her when I look in his face I see her and remember her and Can’t Stop Loving Her I must have the Boy near me because of this but a government Minister cannot tell the world about a Lov child like this so to the world James is my young secretary not my son he knows that I am his father he hates The Duchess because she’s not his mother and he hates my younger son because Arthur has everything Arthur has a name a famous father houses money Everything James has nothing well he has some money of course but he’s just Mr James Wilder and he wants to be the Duke of holderness one day that’s not possible of course but James but James can’t understand that and so you see I was afraid for author and that’s why I sent him to Dr H’s school and what does James do next he kidnaps my poor Arthur it changed nothing but James can see that he wants me to say yes James now you can be my first son you can have everything Arthur can can be the number two son but I can’t do that of course I can’t James knew this man hates you see because Hayes worked for me once James asked for hay help and the man was happy to do it you remember my letter to Arthur on that last day well James opened the letter and put in a note from him that evening he cycled across the more and met Arthur in ragged sh he talked about The Duchess Arthur’s mother she wants to see you he told Arthur she’s waiting on the more come back at midnight and man with a horse can took you to her of course poor Arthur wanted to see this mother so he came H was there with two horses and they rode across the mo but the German teacher followed them and ha killed him Hy then took Arthur to the green man well Mr Holmes I knew nothing about any of this until the murder James is a bad boy but he does not murder people when he he the news he came to me at once crying what could I do I didn’t want to the world to know about this so James went down to the green man he told haste to run away because everybody knew about the murder now and knew the murderer’s name too hay left at once later I went down and saw Arthur I left him there with Mrs hay I left him there with Mrs haes because I couldn’t say anything to the police just then so Mr Holmes now you know everything said Holmes you help a murderer you say nothing to the police you leave your young son in a dirty Inn and you ask for my help people never spoke to the Duke of holderness like this usually his face was red but he said nothing first said Holmes we must bring arther home yes the Duke said quietly Holmes quickly wrote a note and took it out of the room a minute later he has back now what are you going to do about Mr James Wilder he said I understand you Mr Holmes said Duke James is leaving me and going to Australia next week good said Holmes and The Duchess perhaps without James in the house you and she yes I wrote to the duches this morning Holmes stood up well he said whatson and I can go home now I think there is just one other small thing this man ha took two horses across the mo but the horses feet made the tracks of a cow in the mud how was this possible the Duke looked surprised and tght from a minute then he went away and come back two minutes later with a glass box in His Hands In The Box were some horse shoes we found the this shoes under the ground in the garden the Duke said they are about 500 years old we think the holderness family has a long and passed Holmes opened the box and took out one shoe took out one shoe it was a shoe for a horse’s food but it looked like a clothing cow’s foood homes with his finger and ran it around the bottom of the shoe a little M came up on his finger thank you said Holmes he put the horse shoe back in its box that shoe is the second most interesting thing in the north of England he said and the first as the Duke holes took the check for £12,000 from the table and slowly put it into his notebook I am a prman he said he looked lovingly at the notebook then put it carefully in his pocket the end