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Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son
Retold by J ennifer ennifer Bassett Illustrated by Ron Tiner
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1 &herlock Holmes has a visitor
When visitors cae to see Sherlock Holes i Baker Steet, they often did surpising things. Soe times they pu heir heas in their hans an cie. Someties they talke and alked and couldn't stop. Ad sometimes they just sat thee and didnt say a wo. But obody was more supising than Dr Thoeycroft Huxtable. He was a large man tal! well-dessed and importan looking. He cae nto the room walke to oe of the big chairs and sudenly fell ino it. He sat thee with his eyes close lookin white an ill.
He sat there, looking white and ill. 1
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I ran to get soe water for him. Then I got my doctors bag, and looked at him carefully. 'What is it Watson? said Holmes 'Hes al right 1 think said. 'Hes just very, very tired - and probably hungry too. Holmes looked in the mans pockets and found a train ticket from Mackleton in the north of England. 'Mackleton thats a long way said Holmes. 'ts no twelve oclock yet so he probably left home before ve oclock this moing. After a minute or wo the man began o move, and his eyes opened. A second later he got quickly to his feet. His face was now red and unhappy 'Mr Holmes I am so sorry! 1 forgot to eat or drink anything this morning thats why felt ill. 'When you feel better 1 began Im better now thank you said our visitr. 'And want very much to talk to Mr Holmes to ask him somethng. Please Mr Holmes ome back to Mackleton with me by the next train 'm sorry thats not ossible said Holmes 'm working on two imortant cases the Ferrers case and the Abergavenny case. 1 cannot leave London at the moment. mportant cases! our visitr cried. 'But this case is very important too. You know about the kidnapping of the son of the Duke of Holdernesse three days ago . . .
'What! The Government Minister 'Yes thats him. So you didnt know . . . Its not in the newspapers yet thats tre. But Sherlock Holmes always hears news before other peole 1 though. Holmes went to get one of his books and began to read the page about the Duke of Holdernesse.
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Holmes began to read the pae about the Duke of Holdenee.
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'Holdeesse, sixth Duke Wife: Edth, daughter of Lord Grey. One child, Lord Arthur Saltire ouses in ondon, Lancashire, and Wales Govemen Minister for this r that fr the other Well, wel, said Holmes 'Hes one of the greatest men in the counry 'ne of the reatest, and one of the richest, said r Huxtable 'I know, Mr Holmes, tha you dont work fr money bu must tel you this The Duke is offering ve thousand pounds for news of hs son, and another one housand pounds for he name of his kidnapper 'That sad Holmes 'is a most ineresing offer e looked a me 'Watson 1 thnk we are going with Dr uxtable back to the north of England his afeoon Homes hen looked at Dr Huxtable 'Now, sir, tel me everythingWhat happened? When did it happen? How did it happen? And why does Dr heycrof Huxable come to ask for my help three ays ater? Our vistor drank soe water, and began his story
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Dr Huxtables tory 'My schol- the Prory Schoo near Mackleton- is the best schoo for young boys in England began Dr Huxabe 'We have the sons of Lord Soames, Lord Lever and of many other important peope Three weeks ago Mr James Wilder, he uke of Hodeesses secretary, cae to see me The Duke, he said, waned to send his son, the ten yearod Lor Salire, to my schol 'On the st of May yun Lord Saltire arrive es a nce boy, and he soon began to like school life and to make friendsHis life at home, you see, was not very happy- we al know about the Duke and his wife he Duchess, of couse, now lives in the south of FranceShe lef the Duke about three monhs ago, 1 think But the boy loved hs mother, and was very unhappy when she left Because of ths the Duke sent him to my schoo And after two weeks with us he was much happier 'Then, on the night of the 3th of May, he disappeared he way to hs bedroom is through another arger room wo oder boys seep thereOne of them never sleeps very wel, and he heard and saw nothing that night So youn Arthur did not go out through that oom Hs window was 5
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'There is ivy all up the wall of the house.
open, and thee is ivy a up the wal of the house t is easy to get out of the window and own the ivy to the ground So we think that he went out that way He was in his usual school thins, we think - a short black coat and dark blue tusers. We looked a through his room very carefully, but we found nothin strange nothing nusua When I learnt the news at seven o'clock on Tuesday moing, 1 caled everybody into the bi schooloom Then we learnt moe bad news-Heideger, the German teacher, was missing too His room is not far from Arthur's room Heidegger went down the ivy- we know this because we found his footprints on the ground under the window We 6
know, too, that he was only in his coat, trousers, and shoes, beca use we found his shirt and his socks on the loor of his room. And he took his bicyce with him Heidegger cae to the schoo a year ao He's a good teacher, but the boys don't like him because he isn't very friendly. So, Mr Homes, we have two missing peope t's now Thursday, and there's still no news of them' Homes took out a little notebook, and began to write things down The boy didn't go home, of course,' he said No, no We asked at Holdernesse Hall at once,' said D Huxtable 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!'
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Dr Huxtable's story
You make things very difcult for me,' Holmes said. How can nd marks in the ivy or on the ground after three days? Why didn't yo come to me at once?' Because of the Dke,' Dr Hxtable said. He doesn't like people talking about his unhappy family life.' And what are the police doing?' Well, they heard abot a boy and a young man at the station early on Tesday. They looked for them, an last night they found them in Liverpool - bt it was a man and his son going to visit a frien. We lost three ays becase of that. And last night I coln't sleep, so I took the rst train own to London this morning.' Well, Dr xtable, soe more questions,' said Holmes Did the boy take German lessons?' No.' So he didn't know the German teacher wel, then.' He probably never spoke to him,' said Dr Huxtable Mmm,' said Holmes. Does the boy have a bicycle?' No' Was any other bicycle missing?' No' So Did the German teacher ride away on his bi cycle in the night, with the boy on his back? don't think so Bt what happened to the bicycle? Now, what abot visitors? Di the boy have any visitors the day before?' No.'
Did he get any letters?' Yes, one letter From his father.' Do yo open the boys' letters, Dr xtable?' No.' Then how do you know that the letter was from the father?' I know the Dke's handwriting And he says that he wrote a letter to his son'
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'Did the German teacher ride away on his bicyce in the night, with the boy on his back? l dont think so.
