The sun., 1892-01-10

'Ihave no doubt that am very stupid. but
must confess that am unable to follow you.
For example. how did you doduce that this
man was intellectualp"
For answer Holmes clapped tho hat upon
his head. 1t came right over the forehead and
settled upon the bridge OF his nose. 1T Is a
question Of cubic capacity" said he: "a man
with 80 large brain must have something In
It."
THE decline Of his fortunes. thon2"
This hat Is three years old. These nat
brims curled at the edge came In then. 1t is q
hat OF the very best quality. Look at tho band
OF ribbed silk. and the excellent lining. II this
man could afford to buy so expensive hat
three years ago. and has had no hat since. thcn
ho has assurcdly gone down In the world"
We'll. that Is clear enough. certainly. But
how about the foresight and the moral retro
| gressionp"
Sherlock Holmes laughed. "Hcro is the
foresight" said he. putting his finger upon the
little disk and loop OF tho hat securer" They
are never sold upon hats. II this man ordered
| one. 1t Is q sign OF a certain amount Of FORE
| sight, since he went out of his way to take this
prccaution against the wind. But, since wo SEQ
that he has broken the elastic and has not
troubled to replace II, It is obvious that no has
less foresight now than formerly. which Is a
distinct proof OF weakening nature. On the
other hand. he has endeavored TO conceal
somo Of these stains upon the felt by daubing
them with ink. which is sign TINT he has not
entirely lost his self-respect."
Your reasoning is certainly plausible"
| Tho further points. TINT he is middle-aged.
| that his hair is grizzlcd. that it has been re-
contly cut. and that ho uses lime-crcnm. nre
! all to be gathered from close examination Of
the lower part OF tho lining The lens dis
closes large numler Of hair ends clean cut
| by the scissors OF the barber They nll appear
| to be adhesive. and there is distinct odor OF
| limc-crcam. This dust. you will observe. Is
| not the gritty gray dust of the street. but the
fluffy brown dust of tho house. showing that
| 1t has been hung up indoors most OF the time.
while tho marks Of moisture upon the insido
very freely; md could therefore hardly Be- in
sHs Ssf sEnn2S s You said that she had ceased
~ This hat has not been. brushed for weeks
yer hS wn whsn
I 81 shall isar that y@oa @ also have been uniSrtu::
Nay he was bringing home the goose as n
nnn peaSe Ts GTeTrinE 9 Ms wife Remomber the card
on SaTth r. Dc y yaa asduso that the is not ad
by ow I sn hn Or even tTo mSh ,S
ual must be brought into frequent contact with
burning !: t4llow.wa'ks up stairs at night prob
candle in the other. Anyhow. he never got !
ta.!l3w W = stain II from gas let Ar" you satisfedP"
Ing: but since. as you said Just now.
there has been no crime committed. and no
done to- be the 81 d shSr s
ho Ssor 4aa e% s to re 9h
with flushed cheeks and the face OF a man
Mho i Is ,.Iaz dazed viii With exctement The goose.
-: En-. what Of, it. tneni Has, it rsturncd to
lite and Ilapped on through The Kitchen win
the sofa to get iairer view Of the mans ex-
=. See here, sir. See what my, wife found in
upon tho centre OF the palm brilliantly scin-
tillating blue stone. rather smaller than u
that i twnsIed n Ike an electric point in tho
tfsys ton INDEED 3D., suppose that you know what
"A diamond, sir. A precious stone 1t cuts
into glass as though it were putty" ~,
nrecfaua more stSnt than precious stone It's the
.": "Not the Countess of Morcar's blue carbun-
Precisely SO: ought to know it's size and
ment about it in. tho Times every day lately it
but tie reward M ID orered , % Of hou
sand pounds is certainly. not within u twen-
Grest Lord OF Mercy
Tho con cop5nissi9naire mi ss % nlumped down into
rewd ES asGF to
know that there are sentimental considern-
t. t1ons I'm in tho background; which would induce
could but recover the gem"
70, IT was lost i EememSer right, at the Ho-
a. Precisely So, On the pa 81 December lust
1ive days ago. John iiorner; q plumber. was
jewei case, The @ evidence against him I was vas 80
strong that the case has been referred to the
hss0 hess bss hsys of the na mater s
newspapers. glancing over the dates. until at
last he sm9?thed one out. doubled it over. and
."HorEI CosMoPoLtTAN JEW Ell RonnERy--John
Hornnr. ~. plumber. was brought UP upon the
from the jewel ease @ Of the Counsoss @ q Morcar
the thea valuable g gen TEd. known as the Blue Car,
had shown Horner up to the dressing room Of
stsry 5 Il odsr q s e mP the sdsry y %
1nn nar fi % e ne hsa
ha found md that Horner % had disappeared. that
the bureau had been forced omen. and that the
ward transpired. the Countess was. ac-
customed to keep her Jewel, was lying
fS 1eS@ gave the %H as@ was
rested the same evening. hut the stone could
not DC tOunu elther upon MS person or IN MS |
rooms. Catherine Cusack. maid to tho Count.
ess. deposed to having heard Ryders cry OF
disrnay on discovering the ROBBERY, and to
having rushed into the room. where she found
spector Bradstreet Eighth Division. gave evi:
dence as. to the arrest OF Horner.who struggled
frantlcally and protested his innocence in |
the strongest terms. Evidence Of "a previous
The for aen
to deal sammarily with tho offence; but refer,
signs Of intense emotion during the proceed |
ings, tainted Int away at tho conclusion. aud was
Hnml So much for tho police, court" .1rt. said
THE question for us now to solve is tho SO;
quence OF events leading from a riacd Jewel |
case at one end. to the crop OF n goose in Tot |
ttsnham Court -. road at the othor. Yop see:
assumed n much more important and less In |
nocent. aspect Here is tho stone; the stone |
rom from ar Henri, bafsF. ths Ia. Gentlemen % q ,Sit6
with which have bored you. SO now we must |
set ourselves very seriously to finding this
played In this little mystery. To do this we