Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-03-28
CHAPTER VI,
SHERLOCK HOLMES GIVES 4 pIMoNBTRA,
TION.

TON.
Nov, Watson said Holmes, rub.
bling his hands, I'VE have half an hour
to ourselves. Let US make good use Of
II. My case Ia, as l have told you.
almost complete; but we must not err
on the side Of over-confdence Simple
a. the case seems now, there may BE-
something deeper underlying t."
''Simplel" CIRCULATED.
'Surely," said he, with something Of
the or Of . clinical professor expound-
Ing to his class. Just sit In the cor
ner there, that your footprints may not
complicate matters. Now to work. In
the first place, how did these folks
come, and how did they go' The door
has not been opened since last night.
How Of the Window" He carried the
lamp across to II, muttering hts obser'
vations aloud the while, but address.
Ing them to himself rather than to me.
window Is snibbed on the inner side.
Framework Is solid No hinges At the
side. Let US open 1t. No water pipe
near. Roofquite out ofreach. Yeta man
has mounted by the window. TRAINED
= little last night. Here Is the print Of
Z mold upon tho sill. And here ID 4
Circular muddy mark. and here again
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the rope, "that our Wooden-legged
friend, though 0 fair climber, was not
Q professional sailor. Ills hands were
tor from horny, My lens discloses
more than one blood mark, especially
toward the end q the rope, from which
| gather that he slipped down with
such velocity that he took the skin oil
his hands,
This Is all very WELL" said |, but
the thing becomes more unintelliglble
than ever. How about this mysterious
allyp How came he into the room2"
Eyes, the allyF repeated Holmes,
pcnsively. There are features Of In
terest about this ally lilo lifts the
case from the regions Of the common.
place. | fancy that this ally breaks
fresh ground in the annals Of crime in
this country-though parallel cases
suggest themselves from India, and, II
my memory serves me, from Senegam-
bia'
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