The Irish standard., 1895-05-18

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Gus I0MER.

u IN the early dawn woke With 4
1 start, and was surprised To- 6ad hin him 4
standing by*1 bedside clad 1T rude t.e Il
d sailors dress, with Q peajacket aris.a
coarse red scarf round Ills neck S. Ss;,. q
II ara of down the river, at ons:''
said he. IT have been turning itDver
in mysnind, and :cazlsse onlyone'way
I out Of it. II II Astsworth trying; III all
events" S3 81 sSa..55
.'surelys1 can come with YOU, t la',t |"
s.No: you can be much more useful s
you will remain here as my represent
asive. am 1oath to go, for it is q11ite
On the cards that some message my
come during the day, though Wiggisss
was respondent about it last night. !
want .yon to open all notes. and teler-l
j grams, and to act. on your; OWL juaRg-
ment if any news should come. Carl
7 rely upon you?" sfs,sa
'sAfost certainly" q. !. "a .
II am afraid that you will not he
able to wire to me, for I can hard ~ tell
yetwhere I may find myself. Il lti1
in luck, however, may not be gone. 50
very long: i shall have news Of sonae
sort or other before I,get back.
I had heard nothing Of him by break
fast time. On opening the Standard,
however, / found that there was q
fresh alliision to the business. 18th
reference to the; Upper Norwood traeg-
edy," it remarked, ''we have reason to
believe that the matter promises to 10
even, more complex and mysterious
than was originally supposed. = FRESH
evidence has shown that 1t IS quite I'M
possible that Mr.. Thnddeus sholto
could have been in any way concerned
in the matter. He'and the house,
keeper, Mrs Bernstone, were both re-
leased yesterday evening. 1t is be-
Ieyed, however, that the police have q
. clew to the real culprits, and that it 10
being prosecuted by Mr: Athelney
% Jones, Of Scotland Yard, With, all his
well-known energy and sagacity. Fur.
.sther arrests may be expected at any
moment" .'@tt:.4
5@syT THAT is satisfactory sos&far1%as II
goes" thought I. "Friend .Sholto IS
: safe at any rate. ] wonder what the
fresh clew may be; though it seems to
be stereotyped form whenever the
police have made a blunder.': /
], / tossed the paper down upon the "a
BILE, but at that moment my eye caught
an advertisement in the agony column.
Itran in this way: s:ys.;s.s< ..,..n !
'sLpsr. - Whereas Mordecssi Smith,
boa imam, and his son Jim left Smiths
wharf at or about three o'clock last
Tuesday morning in the steam launch
Aurora, black with. two red stripes,
funnel black with a white. band, the
sum Of Eve pounds will be paid TO any.
one who can give information TO Mrs.
Smith, at Smiths wharf. Or at 22l. b.
Baker street, ais to the whereabouts Of
TIE said Mordecai Smith and a Ghs
launch Aurora .@<:s. ~, j..
4 This was clearly Holmes, DOING The.
Baker street address was enongh, tn
prove that. It struck me as rather, in.
genious, because it might be- read by
the .fugitiYes without their seeing in.is
{ more than the natural anxiety, Of q,
wife for her. missing husband. ~, s,ew
II was a long day. Every time that.
a knock came to the door, or. a sharp.
step passed in the street, imagined
that it was either Holmes returning or
an answer to his advertisement. J..
tried to read, but my thoughts would
wander off to our strange quest and to.
the ll-assorted and villainous pair
whom we were pursuing. 90. Could:
there be, wondered, some ,radi--
cal flaw in my companions reasonr.
ing? Might be be suffering from
some huge self-deceptionf Was # not
possible that his ui1nble and specu4
latiye mind had built. up. this wild.
theory upon faulty premises had
never known him to be wrong; and yet
the keenest .reasouer may, occasionally
be deceived. He was likely, / thought
7 to full into error through the orer4f
refinement Of his logic preference
fortsa subtle and bizarre erplanaaion
when . palmer and more common
place one lay ready to his hand. Yet,
on the other hand, II lad rnyselt ssesnI
the evidence, and hasl !, heard ! the rea.
sons for his deductions. When i .looised
back on the long chain of curious cir.
cnmstanees. many Of thern trivial .sfn'
themselves, but all tending ia til Il ssau,e.
direction, I could not disguise afroin'
4 myself that even II Holmes' explanae:.
ton were incorrect the true ;thepryi
must be equal outres md startl ing III
At three. o'clock in. the atternoon
i there vas ~ loud peal at the bell, an
authoritative voice Ii the hall, a1dt,f to3
ny surprise, no q less a person than Mr..
Athelnay Jones was shown up ~ zats4s
Very different was he, however, from
the brusque and masterfnl professor Of.
i common sense ~ no had taken over ssaliie
3 case so confidently at Upper Nolwesds.
Il His expression was3 donncast, band Ills
bearing meek and even npologetic.
Good day, sir; ecd isa IA a.s
''Mr. Sherlock p dimes Isl out, 7 under
! stand. ,,5 T.. ! Il ~
Yes, and I cannot be sure when he,
will be back. But perfhaps yon world;
care to wait. Take that chair ard tz
one Of these cigars, H. +
Thank von; don't mind Il j, Dr.
said he. mop his face With a red
/ andanna hand rchief. ssfs ~
..'And whisky nd sod pr ~ Y ..s
81 h = Well, hall y lass. It is very hot
for the time q year; and I.haye, had q (
/. good Cell to worry ana ny me. \ gu I
know my theory aboit ssbiy (
ease? IN,
], remember g. i, '' J! ! Il III h
I'll, baye been p 81 III u aaes,
slider sit. had nav net idra sun Il Sss
round Nr.s SAo1to, sir;, ZEN pop re S'
through 9 hosss ii the ii 81 81
swas able; Ia prove III mi III which ia
{ not he sim Ken: time
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