The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-09-21


brochure with the somewhat fantastic
title Of "A Study in Scarlet"
He shook his head sadly. ~ glanced
over IT," said he. Honestly, i cannot
congratulate you upon IL. Detection
Is, or ought 20 be. an exact science, and
should be treated In the same cold and
Unconditional manner. You have at
tempted 10 tingc IL with romanticism,
which produces much the same effect
as II you worked n love story or an
elopcment into the fifth proposition Of
Euclid
but the romance was there" ! re-
monstrated. II could not tamper with
the facts"
"Some facts should be suppressed, OF
ut least just .,cnse OF proportion
should be observed IN treating them.
The only point In the case which de-
served mention was the curious ana
lytical reasoning from effects TO causes
by which succeeded In unraveling 1t"
was annoyed at this criticism Of q
work which had been specially de-
signed 10 please him. / confess, too.
that / was irritated by the cgotism
which seemed TO demand that every
line OF my pamphlet should be devoted
TO HIS own special doings. More than
once during the years that had lived
with him in Baker street j had OBJ
served that n small vanity undcrlay my
companions quiet and didactic manner.
l made no remark, however, but sat
nursing my wounded leg. had had n
Jezail bullet through IL sometime be-
fore. and though IL did not prevent me
from walking, Il ached YEARLY ut
every change OF the weather.
my practice has extended recently
to the continent said Holmes, after
awhile. filling up his old brier-root
pipe. ~ was consulted last week by
Francois lie Willard. who, "a you prob
ably know. has come rather TO the
front lately in the French detective
service. lie has all the Celtic power Of
quick intuition, but he Is deficient in
the wide range of exact knowledge
which is essential TO the higher devel-
opments OF his art. The case was con-
ccrned with will, and possessed some
features of interest. ] was able 10 re-
fer him 90 two parallel cases, the one
at Riga In 1857, and the other at ST.
Louis in 1871, which have suggested 10
him the true solution. Here is the let
ter which had this morning, aclxnowl-
cdging my assistance He tossed over,
as he spoke, crumpled sheet Of for
eign notepaper. ] glanced my eyes
down IL, catching a profusion of notes
OF admiration, with stray .smagni-
fiques, coup de mnitres" and tours
dc force" all testifying TO the ardent
admiration OF the Frcnchman.
"Hc speaks as pupil to his MASTER"
said /.
"eh: Il. .:sss rates my assistance TOO high
w" said Sherlock Holmes, lightly.
"Ile has considerable gifts himself lie
possesses two out of the three quail
ties necessary for the ideal detective.
He has the power of Observation and
that of deduction. lie Is only wanting
In lcnowledge; and that may come in
time. lie Is now translating my small
works into French
"Your works."
'Oh. didn't you know" he cried,
laughing, ayes, have been guilty OF
several monographs. They are all
upon technical subjects. Here, for ex-
ample, Is one Upon the Distinction Be
tween the Ashes Of the Various Tobac-
Goes In IL ! cnumerate q hundred
and forty forms OF cigar, cigarette and
pipe tobacco, with colored plates Illus
trating the difference In the ash 1t
Is point which is continually turning
mp Ia criminal trials. and which is
sometimes OF supreme Importance ms
clcw. II you can say definitely, or ex-
ample. that some murder has been
done by n man who was smoking an
Indian lnnlnh, IL obviously narrows
your field OF search To the trained
eye there Is ms much difference be.
tween the black ash OF n Trichinopoly
and the white fluif OF bird's-cye as there
is between a cabbage and a potato"
You have IN extraordinary genius
for minutin remarked.
~ appreciate their Importance. Hero
Is my monograph upon the tracing Of
footsteps. with some remarks upon the
uses Of plaster OF Paris rs prcserver
~ imprcsses. Here, too. - curious
little work upon the influence Of q
trade upon the form Of the hand. with
the lithotypcs of the hands OF slatcrs,
sailors, corls-cnttcrs. compositors, wcav-
ers and diamond polishcrs. That Is a
matter OF great practical interest TO the
scientific detective especially In cases
Of unclaimed bodies, or in discovering
The antcccdents Of criminals But
weary you with my hobby"
Mot nt ALL" l answered, earnestly. I
1T Is Of tho greatest interest 20 me. es-
pccinlly since ! have had the oppor-
Iunity OF observing your practical mp |
plicntion OF II. hut you spoke just |
now Of observation and deduction.
surely the one 10 some extent implies
he other"
"Why. hardly ne answered, leaning
back luxnrlonsly In his armchair. and \
lcnding up thick blue wrcaths from
as pipe. Tor example, observation
shows me that you have been 10 the
yiRnore street post Office this morn
mr., but deduction lets me know that