The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-22
CHAPTER V.

OUR ADYERTlSENENT BRINGS a VISITOR
Our mornings eXertions had been
too much for my weak health, and |
was tired out in the afternoon. After
Holmes departure for the concert,
lay down upon the sofa and endeav-
ored to get couple of hours sleep. 1t
was useless attempt. My mind had
been too much excited by all that had
occurred, and the strangest fancies
and sur1nises crowded into it. Every
time that closed my eyes | saw be-
fore nae the distorted, baboon-like
countenancc of the murdered man. So
sinister was the impression which that
face had produced upon me that |
found it difficult to feel anything but
gratitude for him who had removed it's
owner from the world. If ever human
features bespoke vice of the most
malignant type, they We're certainly
those of Enoch j. Brebber, of Clcve-
land. Still | recognized that justice
must be done, and that the depravity
of the victim was no condonement in
the eyes OF the law
The more | thought of it the more
extraordinary did my companion
hypothesis, that the man had been
poisoned. appear ! remember how he
had shifted his lips, and had no doubt
that he had detected something whic!.
had given rise to the idea. Then,
again, if not poison, what had caused
the mans death, since there was
neither wound nor marks of strangu.
lation? But, on the other hand, whose
blood was that which lay SO thickly
upon the floor? There were no signs
of a struggle, nor had the victim any
weapon with which he might have
wounded an antagonist. As long as
all these questions were unsolved,
felt that sleep would be no easy
matter, either for Holmes or myself
His quiet, self-confident manner con
vinced me that he had already formed
theory which explained all the facts
though what it was could not for al
instant conjecture.
He was very late in returning-sc
late that I knew that the concert could
not have detained him all that time
Dinner was ON the table before he ap
peared.
1T was magnificent" he said, as he
took his seat. do you remember
what Darwin says about music? HC
claims that the power of producing ant
appreciating it existed among the hu
man race long before the power o
speech was arrived at. Perhaps tina
is why we are so subtly Influenced by
it. There are vague memories in ou
souls of those misty centuries wher
the world was in its childhood
That's rather broad idea" l re
marked
Ones ideas must be as broad a
nature If they are to interpret nature,
he answered. whats the matter
You're not looking quite yourself
This Brixton road affair has upse
you"
"To tell the truth, it has" said
II ought to be more case hardened
after my Afghan experiences. 1 say
my own comrades hacked to pieces a
Maiwand without losing my nerve"
81 can understand. There is a mys
terry about this which stimulates tn
imagination; where there is no imag
ination there is no horror. Have yol
seen the evening paper?"
NO"
"It gives fairly good account of tn
affair. 1t does not mention the fac
that when the man was raised up
womans wedding ring fell upon tn
floor. 1t is just as well it does not"
"Why?'
Look at this advertisement" he an
swered. Il had one sent to every pa
per this morning Immediately after tn
affair."
He threw the paper across to me
and glanced at the place indicated
1t was the first announcement in tn
Found column. In Brixton roa