Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-04

IL Ns+N Nst>AN | tN' At|SN tN tAAstAA AN N plain why know 1t, IT yon Were asked to prove that two and two make four. you might tind some difficulty, and vet you are 0uitr sure of the fact Even across thr street could see great bluo anchor tattnurd on the lack of the fel low hand That smaCked of the sea. He had a military carriage, how ' ever. and regulation side whiSkers, There We have lho marine, He was a man with some amount of self impor tancc and certain air of command. | You must have observed the way in which he held his head and swung his cane. a steady. respectable. middle aged man. too, ou tho face of him, all facts which led np. to believe that he had been d sergeant
 Wonderful ejaculased "Comm3nplace, said Holmes, though I thought from his expression that he 1 was pleased Ut my evident surprise and admiration II said just now that there were no criminals IT appears that am wrong Look at thiS," He threw me over the note which the commissionnaire had brought
 Why, l cried a> l cast my eye over it. this is terrlhlv!''
 It d,,,-> seem to be a little out of the common. he remarked calmly Would you mind reading it to me aloud:'
 This Is the letter which read to him: NY DEAR MR SHERLOCK HoIMEs-Thcre has l been s basl huslnrSS during the niSht at Lau- 1 rl~ton Gard, ns, uff inc BriNton road Our man i on tho bCat saw 5. light there ahout , in the morning. and a~ tE" house was an empty one ! suspected so,nCthjnG aTulsS. He found the door l open and lN th" front ro0Il:, which is hare of l furniture. t31~,' rcd the body of a gentleman, i well drcSS>~l an having cards in his pocket bearing the i,s1la., 0f ..EnOCh J. Drchber Cleve. | land Ohio, |. < A. ThHr,, had ht'tn no rob. i bCry, nor iS th, r, .sll1 evidence 10 how the man met his ,:,:.;h There marks of blood l in the rutIs.. If tE>rv k nu wound upon his 1 person w., ,.r ii :. lts> Ia how ht came intu the empty lu>;~t Indeed the. whole affair Is Il | puZzler- If N-' ,';tl It Fl" round Ia the huUS, l anv tIra,, l., !.. N,.U will find there. have lrGt ,>. .i.,ss- ~tatU quo until hear from yuU l. N,l.. .,iN, unable t, come, shall give, yuu f.li,r d. tAlIS and would esteem il q great k4n>.:f,~~ If you would favor with your olnn>u N,uv~ tAjJEfUlh
 TOBIAS GREt>o>.
 ''tirr2>, I~ the smalteSt of the Scot land Yardvr<. my friend remarked He and LeStradn are the pick of bad lot, They aI' loth quick and energetic, but co.3vv:lt: ...a.sI. shock p-lv 90 They kav.- th~jr Eu11r~ jnta c0,> a:,othvr too. They ar- a> ,, .! ~,.S a> pair of profeS- siouaI h, luIi,> There will be some fun over this c.t>o if they are hoth put upon the >,',nf.
 was aiHaze,t at the calm way ill which h. rlPpled OH. surely there is not q moment to he .o>t. l cried, shall So ani order you a cah:''
 II am nut sure about whether 1 shall % a:a tho most incurAhly lazy devil that ever ~to2d i'll >hoe leather-that Is, when tie it i< on me, for I can be spry enough at times,
 Why, it Is inst such a chance a> you have been longing for,
 My dear fellow what does it mat ter to me? SuNposlng l unravel the whole matter. you may he sure that lIro~>on. I.n>tradN X Co, will pocket al the credit That comes of being an uu ] official personage.
 But ho h>S> ynu [" help him. Yes, lie knows that am his supe rlor and acknowledges it to me, hut h, woulI cut his tongue ont before he would own it to any third person. However ) we may as we'll go and have a look. shall work 1t out on my own hook. may have laugh at them, if l have nothing else Come on''
 : He hustled on his ovcrcuat and bus tied about in way that showed that al energetic fit had @urarSedod the apathet ic one.
 Get your E4t, hr said.
 ''You wish m, to come:'
 ,F :, do. " \ minute later we were both i'll hansom, driving furiously for the Brix ton road.
 It was fogxy. cloudy morning. aA, a dun colored veil hung over the house tops, looking like the reflection of tn mud colored streets beneath. My com papion was in the hest of spirits an prattled away abOut Cremona fiddle and the difference between \ StradivS rius and an Amati. As for myself, was silent for the dull weather and tn I melancholy business upon which W t were engaged depressed my spirits, I "You don't seem to give much though < to the matter III hand, said at last i interrup,ing Holmes musical disquiSi tiOn,
 No data yet. ' he answered. 1t h - capital mistake to theorize before yO ! have all the evidence, It phases the juds ment. :"
 You will have your data soon, r, marked, pointing with my finger. 'Thi a is the Brixton road. and that is th t house, if am not very much mistaken.
 So il Is, Stop, driver, Stop"' W were still hundred yards or So from il but he insisted upon our alighting. an We finished our journey upon foot
 No. J Lauriston Gardens wore an i omened and minatory look. It was or '' of four which stood back some littl way from the street. two being occupis and two empty The latter looked oT Q with three tiers of vacant, TnslMnchol windows. which were blank and drearI save that here and there 'FTo let card had developed like a cataract upo g. the bleared panes A small garden sprinkled over with scattered eruptio of sickly plants, separated each of the houses from the street and was traverse by a narrow pathway, yellowish in co or and consisting apparently of a mi,
 ture of clay and gravel.
 The whole place was very sloppy frol }. the rain which had fallen through tl night. The garden was bounded by three foot brick wall, with a fringe ;r wood rails upon the top, and again
 this wall was leaning 8 stalwart poli'
 constable, surrounded by small kn'
 of loaferk, who craned their nsoks aI
 strained their eyes in tha vain hepa - catchiuE some glimpse of the prUses'