Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-28
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% . tnnJ what that is. Here in
!. p0g y we have lots Of government de-
y oDoon and lots of private ones. When
soIIoyvs are at fault they come to
n Fesera I manage to put them on the
uoant, They lay all the evidence
\ nt me-, and l am generally able.
ID eu .o beIp Of my knowledge If the
= E,nry of crime, to set them stt14eDt.
s%.~,' &c a strong family resemblance
-, misdeeds, and If you have all
a dotoils of a thousand at your finger
~ n Is odd if you can't unravel the
= and and first. Lestrade is a well
AZ "mn detective. He got hims IF into
s0s recently over a forgery case,
that was what brought him here"
and these other people?'
sTbev are mostly sent out by pri-
W. ia inquiry agencies. They are all
:" so,,e who are in trouble alb out some
N (ing and want a little enlightenjDg.
: listen to their story, they listen to
n comments, and then l pocket my
n
@But do you mean to say" I said,
tul hat without leaving your you
II unrayel some knot which other men
IN make nothing Of, although they
d sye seen every detail for themselves"
I'D .0uite 80. | have a kind of intuition
II hi way. Now and again a case turns
u which is a little more complex. Then
pI have 10 hustle about and see things
I'm nv own eyes. You see l have
at lot Of special knowledge Which l
ua Ipy to the problem, and which IA
..o4+n,, -.,npAnrf,np HNIN,n
lies Of deduction laid down in that ar
: he which aroused your scorn are in
Llable to me in practical work. OBJ
ra (rration win me IS second nature.
Ivy Cu appeared to be surprised when l
~ a you, on u first meeting that
u had come from Afghanistan."
: You were told, no doubt"
IND Nothing Of the sort. / knew you
: me from Afghanistan. From long
bit the train Of thoughts ran so
"A fifty through my mind that 1 ar
Fd at the conclusion without being
va tnseiOus of intermediate steps. There
e ERE such steps, however. The train
reasoning a 4. Here is a gentleman
min medical type, but with the air
in military man. Clearly an army
btcr, then. He has just come from
tropics, for his face is dark, and
n ht is not the natural tint of his skin,
as bis wrists are fair. He has under
lid He hardship and sickness, as his bag
Od I'D face says clearly. His left arm
Is been injured. He holds 1t in a stiff
unnatural manner. Where in the
bpcs could an English army doctor
We seen such hardship and got his
ESD % wounded? Clearly in Afghanis-
yonl The whole train of thought did
Ell tOccupy a second. / then remarked
and Ht you came from Afghanistan, and
81 b were astonished."
II Is simple enough, as you explain
20 said, smiling. you remind me Of
)al fsar Allan Poe's 'Dupin.' / had no
va a that such individuals did exist
I an fNde Of stories"
sIG1 fherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe.
} d doubt you think you are compli-
fltlng me in comparing me to Du-
resa ne observed. Nov, IN my op!n-
Va Dupin was a very inferior fellow.
0Gs1 at trick Of his of breaking in on
tm friends thoughts with an apropos
'aaa marx after a quarter Of an hours
nE1 elee is really very snowy and super
nn al lie had some analytic genius,
doubt, but he was by no means
~ a phenomenon as Poe appeared
Of Imagine.
dave you read Gaborieu's works? ?"
cray aHed. Does Lecoq come up to
" Idea Of a detectiye?"
Fuerl0ck Holmes shifted sardonically.
COG was a miserable bungler," he
II an angry voice; 'he had only
Wihg to recommend him, md that
ms energy. The book made me
.n3 N9vely ILL., The question was how
ru ,aehufy an unknown prisoner. l
th ld have done 1t in twenty-four hours.
ypd "q LOOK six months or so. 1t might
. t1 laae a textbook for detectives TO
,s u them what to avoid"
n S3 ie. rather indignant at having two
aac,ers whom l had admired treat
a X ! ms cavalier style. / walked over
bey1 us window aud stood looking ont
te ue busy street. This fellow may
Co., nuy clever" l said to myself, but
n = certainly very conceited."
aaere are no crimes and no crimi-
sTr ~ mese days." he said, q%uerulous-
ID "nat Is the use of having brains
,sus ~ procession? l know well that
~ IN me to make my name fam
nj D ao man lives or has ever lived
orr aas brought the same amount Of
agsS sud Oh natura. talent to the detec-
Ist eIinle which / have done. And
,fn1 d. uhe result? There is no crime
VI AIM ., or, at most, some bungling
caps I VIII n motive so transparent
. ts,e a Scotland Yard official can
PERI aas sui annoyed at hts bumptious
chane uO~nyersation. 1 thought It best
VI y 'yuuer what the fellow is looking
hi, asked, pointing to a stalwart,
~ hin. isssed individual who was
ss,ss1 st slowly down the other side of
tnha,s looking anxiously at the
IN - He had a large blue envel-
co.. brar ~ hand, and was evidently the
s0B Va d message.
FL. Zines mean the retired sergeant of
'IEs Braa SAID Sherlock Holmes.
I'D 2 ahd bounccw thought I to my
-NE guesS KNOWS that / cannot verify
Cd fouph thought had hardly passed
,cI wero ~ mind when the man whom
: Inber watching caught sight Of the
/, kOss On our door, and a rapidly
I'D bck. ; roadway. We heard a loud
Oba bs aseoueep voice below. and heavy
For sssendlng the stairs.
80 pplns !. sherlock Holiness" he said,
- frsns INTO the room and handing