Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-02


 on 10 my L";rl, considerably interested in my new acquaintance.
 CHAPTER H.
 We met next day as he had arranged and inspected the rooms at 22lb Baker street. "t winch he had SD, ken at our meeting They persisted ul d couple of comfortable heirOCms and single large, airy sitting room, Chcerfully furnished and illuminated hy two broad windows. So desirable in every way Were the apartments. and so modt rate did the terms seem when divided between us that the bargain was CunClud, d upon the spot, and We at once entered into possession That very evening 1 moved my things round from the hotel. and on the following; mnrmuS sherlock Holmes followed nrv wIIh several hoxCs and port mantCau> For a day ur two We were huslly employed III unpacking and lay ing out our property to the best advan- tage. That done. We gradually began tu settle down and to accommodate our selves to uur new surroundings
 Holmes Was certainly not a difficult man to live with, He Was quiet ill his ways, and his habits w"iC regular It was rare fUr him tO le up after 10 at night. and he had invariably hrcakfast. cd and gone out before rose in the morning. SumvtimcS hr spent his day q the chemical laboratory, sometimes iH the disScCtiu;: ro,ln>, anu uccasional- ly ln long walks, winch appeared to take him into the lowest portions of the city. Nothing Cp0ld tAr'td his energy when the working tit vil> upon him, but now and again d rVACtI,Il would seize him, anu for day Un CuU l.v wculd lie upon the sofa III thc >lttll& loom, hardly ut terlng q w>!I u u.,N!l < d n4CsCiU from morning 1" n:-, NM l.:t->. ,cgasious ] presslon III hl~ sy,. !h"y nnght have suspected him rr ttlr., '"@lvted to tho use of som, L.l,ttu A.u I.ut the tenn peran'r and Clt,;' hi.,.~,l Ll~ whole life forbidden such A r,uitu
 As the Vt, k went l \ ruy Int, rest in him and luN curiosity !. iv his aims in life gradually dCep,n,u and increased His very person aEd al I" aIancr were such aS tO strike the att,ntluu uf the most casual observer In height he M.sS rather over feet, and >u excessively lean that he seemed tu he considerably taller. His eyes were sharp and pitrc. ing, save during those intervals of tor. DOT to which have alluded. and his thln, hawkllkC nose gave his whole vx. pression an air of alermeSS aud decision. His chin, too, had the prominence and sqpareneSS which mark the man of U,.  termination. His hands were invariably plotted with ink and stained with Ch, i9!. iCals, vet he Was p,'S>t ~>vd ct extraorlii. nary delicacy of truCh, a> I frequently had occasion tn observe when l watched him manipulating his fragil, phlloSnph ical instruments
 Tho reader iu,lv Svt me down as a hopeless huSvbOdy when l confess how much this man stimulated my curiosity and how often l cndeavorvd tn break through the rrticcnco which he showed on all that concerned himself Before pronounclng JUdgment, however, hc 1t remembered how obleCtless was my life and how little there was 10 engage my attention Ny health forbade mo from venTuring out unless tho weather uas exceptionally genial, and had nc friends who would call upon me and break th" monotony of my dai$ exist enCe, Under thcSo circumstances eager ly hailed tho little mystery which hung around my companion and spent much of my time in en6eavoring to unravcl it.
 He was not studying medicine. He had himself, in reply to a question. con- tirmed Stamford's opinion upon that Nntf hf pursued any course of reading which might fit him for degree in science or any other recognized portal which would give him m entrance into the learned world. Yet his zeal for certain studies was remarkable, and within eccentric limits his knowledge was so extraordi- narily ample and minute that his ohscr- Vations havo fairly aStounded me. Sure ly no man would work so hard to attain such precise information unless ho had some definite end in view Desulturv readers are seldom remarkable for the exaCtneSS of their learniug No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very gnod reason for doing SO
 His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary litera- ture. philosophy and politics he appear ed to know next to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle he inquired in the naivest way who ho might bc and what hc had done My surprise reached a climax, however. when I found incl. dentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican theory and of the composi- tion of the solar system. That any civi. lized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to mo such an extraordinary fact that l could hardly realize it.
 You appear to be astonished." he said, smiling at my expression of sur prise. Now that do know 1t I shall do my best to forget it"
 "To forget itr'
 You see, he explained, ''I consider that mans brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he e0masac eo. .khaA khaAhqYl-