The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-13

rage, during the days when / vas still
sharing rooms With Holmes in Baker
street that he came home from an after
noon stroll TO find letter On the table
waiting for him. | had remained indoors
al day. for the weather had taken 4 sud
den turn 10 rain. with high sutumnaI
winds. and the JezaiI bullet which | had
brought back in one Of NY limbs as relic
Of nay Afghan campaign, throbbed With
dull peFsistency. With nay body in one
easy chair and my legs upon another, !
had surrounded myself with a cloud Of
newspapers until 81 last saturated with
the news Of the day / tossed them all
aside, and lay listisss watching the huge
crest and monogram upon the envelope
upon the table, and wondering lazily who
my friends noble correspondent could be.
Here is very fashionable epistle," /
remarked as he entered. Your morning
letters, If remember right, were from a
fshmongsr and a tide waiter
Yes, my correspondence has certainly
the charm Of variety" he answered srnil-
ing. "And the humber are usually the
more interesting. This looks ike one Of
those uuEeiooms social summons which
nsli upon a man either TO be bored or 10
lie He broke the seal and glanced over
the contents. "Oh. come, it may prove 10
Be something Of interest, after sll.'
not social, Them
NO: distinctly professional"
And from a noble client2"
lone Of the highes; IN England"
Ny dear fellow. congratulate you"
81 assure. you, Watson, without aHecta-
ton, that the status Of my client is g mat
ter Of less moment TO me than the interest
Of his case. 1t il just possible, however,
that that also may not be wanting in This
new investigation. You have been read
Ing the papers diligently Of late, have you
not"
1T looks like Il" said |, ruefully. point
Ing 70 s huge bundle IN the corner. Il
have had nothing else 70 do"
1t is fortunate, for you will perhap. be
able 70 post me up. / read nothing except
the criminal news and the agdny column.
The latter is always instructive. But If
you have followed recent events so closely
you must have read about Lord ST. Simon
and bis wedding"
ooh. yes, with the deepest interest"
That is well. The letter which | hold
IN my hand is from Lord St. Simon. |
will read il to you, and in return you must
turn over these papers and let me have
whatever bears upon the matter, This Is
what he says;
~ Dear M Sssr1ctE Roi1geE. Lord Bsckwater
tells ne taht l may place implicit reliance upon
your Judgment and discretion. / have deter
mined therefore 70 cal upon you, sud 70 consult
you N reference 20 tie very painful event which
bss occurred in connection with nv weddl ne
Ar LestreGe, OF scotland yard. i setting slresav
81 tEe matter. but he me tha. lie sees no
objection - your cooperation. and that he eveu
thinks iaai il might be % some assistance. I
vii cal At O'Clock "a the afternoon, and
should you have say other engagement at that
time. hope that y0u will postpone IT, a. this
nstler u O. paramount importance Yours
faithfully, 81. sIxoS.
"It Is dated from Grosyener Mansions.
written with . quill pen. and the noble
lord has had the misfortune to ret smear
OF ink upon the outer side Of his right lit
tie finger, remarked Holmes, as ne folded
mp the epistle.
HE says O'Clock. 1t is now. He
will be here in an hour"
Then l have just time. with your as
sistance, 20 get clear upon the subject
Turn over those papers and arrange the
extracts in their order Of time. while
take a glance as TO who our client IS"
II have very little difficulty in finding
what want" said |, for the facts are
quite recent, and the matter struck ne as
remarkable. | feared 10 refer them 20
YOU. however. as l knew that YOU had an
Inquiry on hand, and that you dis!ked
the intrusion of other matters "Oh.
YOU mean the little problem of the eros
veneer Square furniture van. That IS
quite cleared up now-though, indeed, il
vas obvious from the first. Pray give me
the results of your newspaper selections.
Here is the first notice which | can
find 1t Is in the personal column OF the
Morning Post, and dates, as you see, some
weeks back. A marriage has been ar
ranged. it says, and will, If rumor IS cor
rept' very shortly take place between
Lord Robert ~. Simon. second son OF the
pake Of Balmoral, and Miss Hatty Dorau,
,ba only daughter of Aloysuis Doran,
6f San francisco. Cal, l. :. A. That
= AL ~
.ste,sa. and 70 the point" remarked
rg,lr,es. stretching his long. thin legs
towards the Ere.
There wss paragraph amPlifying this
IN ore al the society papers OF the same
.rN<f Al here IL Ia There Will soon
~ eail for protection IN the marriage
r,arFc- fer the present tree trade prin-
.eIe arpsars TO tell heavily against oaI