The Delta independent., 1895-08-14

Will WORK up as lar As I<lcHWOHu.
no news comes to-day, shall start oi
myself tomorrow, and go for the me
rather than the boat. but surely
surely, we shall hear something"
We did not, however. Not a wop;
came to us either from Wiggins o
from the other agencies. There wer,
articles in most of the papers upon tn.
Norwood tragedy. They all appeared
to be rather hostile to the unfortunate
Thaddcus Sholto. No fresh details
were to be found, however, in any OF
them, save that an inquest was held
upon the following day. walked
over to Camberwell in the evening to
to report our i'll success to the ladies',
and on my return found Holmes de-
jected and somewhat morosc. lie
would hardly reply to my questions.
and busted himself all evening in an
nbstruse chemical analysis which in
volved much heating of retorts and dis
tilling of ,apors, ending ut last in Il
smell which fairly drove me out OF the
apartment. Up to the small hours of
the morning could hear the clicking
Of his test-tubes which told me that he
was still engaged in his malodorous ex-
pertinent
In the early dawn woke with n
start. and was surprised to find him
standing by my bedside clad in rude
sailors dress, with n pcajnckct, and u
coarse red scarf round his neck.
Il am off down the river, Watson
said he. ~ have been turning 1t over
in my mind, and can see only one way
out of it. II is worth trying, at all
events"
surely 1 can come with you, then .
said l.
NO; you can be much more usefulif
you will remain here as my represent
ative. l am loath to go, for it is quite
on the cards that some message may
come during the day. though Virgins
was Respondent about il last night l
want you to open all notes and tele-
grams, and to act on your own judg-
mcnt il any news should come. Can !
rely upon you?"
Most certainly"
81 am afraid that you will not be
able to wire to me. for can hardly tell
yet where ! may find myself. II am
in luck, however. / may not be gone so
very long. I shall have news of some
sort or other before get back"
had heard nothing Of him by break
, fast time. On opening the Standard,
however, found that there was n
fresh allusion to the business. with
reference to the Upper Norwood trag-
edy." it remarked, I'VE have reason to
believe that the matter promises to be
even more complex and mysterious
than was originally supposed. Fresh
evidence has shown that II is quite i'm.
possible that Mr.. Thnddcus Sholto
could have been in any way concerned
in the matter. lie and the house
keeper, Mrs. Bcrnstonc. were both re-
leased yesterday evening. 1t is be-
licvcd, however, that the police have a
! clew to the real culprits, and that it il
being prosecuted by Mr.. Athclncy
| Jones, Of Scotland Yard, with nll his
wcll-isnown energy and sagacity. Fur
thcr arrests may be expected at any
moment"
..Thnt is satisfactory so far as it
gocs.'' thought /. "Fricnd Sholto is
safe at any rate. wonder what the
fresh clew may be; though it seems to
be n stercotyped form whenever the
police have made n blunder."
tossed the paper down upon the tn
| BILE, but Mt that moment my eye caught
an advertisement in the agony column.
1t ran in this way:
Lost. - Whereas Mortlccni Smith,
boatman, and his son Jim left Smiths
wharf Mt or about three o'clock last
Tuesday morning in the steam launch
Aurorn, black with two red stripes,
funnel black with white band, the
sum Of five pounds will be paid to any
one who can give information to Mrs.
| Smith, at Smiths wharf, or at ?2l b
Baker street, AZ to the whereabouts of
the said Mordccai Smith and the
launch Aurora
This was clearly Holmes doing. The
Baker street address was enough to
prove that. II struck me as rather in
| genious, because it might be read by
the fugitivcs without their seeing in 1t
more than the natural anxiety OF IL
wife for her missing husband. -..A.-ss