The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-01-27
CHAPTER VII

We had all been warned 20 appear
before the magistrates upon the Thurs
day; but when the Thursday came
there was no occasion for our testi-
mony a higher Judge had taken the
natter Ia hand, and Jefferson Hope
had been summoned before tribunal
where strict justice would be meted
ont 10 him. ON the very night after
his capture the aneurism burst, and he
was found in tho morning stretched
upon the floor OF the cell, with a placid
smile upon his face, rs though he had
been able ia his dying moments TO
look back upon useful life and on
work we'll done.
"GrcgSon and Lcstrade will be wild
about bis death, Holmes remarked, as
we chatted It over next evening
Whore win1hcir grand advertisement
bc rat,?'
- don't sec that they had very much
60 do with his capture, | answered
"Nhat YOU do in this world l. mat
ter OF no consequence returned my
companion, bitterly. "rhc question is,
what can Won make people believe that
sou have done? Never mind, he con
tinued more brightly, after pause, u
would not have missed the investign-
tion for anything. There has been no
better case within my recollection.
Simple as II was, there were several
most instructive points about It."
simpler calculated.
"Aycll, really, IL can hardly be de-
scribcd as otherwise" said Sherlock
Holmes, smiling at my surprise. THE
proof OF It's intrinsic simplicity Is that
without any help, save few very or
binary deductions, | was able 20 lay
my hand ppol the criminal within
three days
"That Is true said T.
- have already explained 20 you
thot what ie adt OF the common q
esmlly a gaide rathor than him
drnnco ssdn solving O problem Of this
sort enc grind thing IS to be able 90
rcason backward. That Is q very use-
ful Accomplishment and q very easy
one, hut people do not practice Il
much In the everyday affairs OF lie
II Is more useful 10 reason forward,
aud so the other comes 20 be neglected.
There arc nfty who can reason syn
thctically for ono who can reason an
nlyticnlly."
"a confess" said /, that do not
quite follow YOU"
~ hardly expected that you would.
Let me see II can make IL clear Most
people. II You describe train Of events
90 them, will tell you what tho result
would be They Gun put those events
together In their minds, and argue
from them that something will come
to pass, There are few people, how.
ever, who. n you told them a result,
would be sable TO evolve from their own
inner consciousness what the steps
were which led up 10 that result. This
power g. what ! mean whom ] talk Of
reasoning backward, or anaiytically."
81 understand" said !.
Snow, this was q case III which You
were given the result and had 20 End
everything else for yourself Now, let
me cndcavor 10 show you the different
steps IN my reasoning. To begin at
the beginning approached the house,
rs you know, on foot, and with my
mind entirely free from all impress
sions. ! naturally began by cNamin.
in8 The roadway, and there, MS have
already explained to You, ! saw clearly
The marlw Of y eae, which, ] ascer-
tanned by inquiry. must have been
there during the night | satisfied
myself that 81 was o cab and not a pri-
vatc carriage by the ncrrow gauge Of
fhc wheels The ordinary London
growlcr Is considerably less wide than
q gcntlcman's brougham.
This was the frst point rained.
then walked slowly down the garden
path. which Unopened to be composed
of clay soil, peculiarly suitable for
taking impressions. No doubt Il np-
pcarcd TO You to hca mere tramplcd
liuc trained eyes