Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-22

should like to speak to the constable
who found the body Can you give me
his name and address,"
Lestrade glanced ii his notebook
''John Rance re said He is off duty
now You will find lin at No. 40 Aud
ley Court, Remington Park Gate
Holmes took note Of the address.
Come along, Doctor" he said; I'VE
shall go and look him up. I'll tell you
one thing which may help you in the
case" he continued, turning to the two
detectives There has been murder
done, and the murderer was man.
He was more than six feet high, and
was in the prime Of life, had small feet
for his height, wore coarse, Square-toed
boots, and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar.
He came here with his victim in a four
wheeled cab, which was drawn by q
horse with three old shoes and one new
one on his off fore leg. In all prOOa-
bility the murderer had ford face,
and the finger nails of his right hand
were remarkably long. These are only
Il few indications, but they may assist
YOU"
Lestrade and Gregson glanced at
each other with an incredulous smile.
IF this man was murdered, how was
1T done?'' asked the former.
Poison" said Sherlock Holmes, curt
ly, and strobe off. Zone other thing,
nStrade" he added turning round at
the door: Z" .Rache' is the German TOE
revenge so don't lose your time look
ing for Miss Rachel"
With this Parthian shot he walked
away, leaving the two rivals open
mOuthed behind him.
CHAPTERIv.
What John Rance Had to Tell.
It was one o'clock when we left No.
3 Lauriston Gardens. Sherlock Holmes
led me to the nearest telegraph office,
whence he dispatched a long telegram.
He then hailed cab, and ordered the
driver to take us to the address given
us by Lestrade.
'There is nothing like first-class evil
dence," he remarked; "as a matter OF
fact, my mind is entirely made up upon
the case, but still we may as well learn
all that is to be learned"
'YOu amaze me, Holiness" said l.
"Surely you are not as sure as you pre-
tend to be of those particulars which
you gave"
There's no room for mistake" he
answered The very first thing which
observed on arriving there was that
cab had made two ruts with it's wheels
close to the curb. Now, up to last
night, we have had no rain for week,
so that these wheels. which left such a
deep impression, must have been there
during the night. There were the marks
of the horses hoofs, too, the outline or
one of which was far more clearly cut
than that Of the other three, showing
that that was a new shoe. Since the
cab was there after the rain began, and
was not there at any time during the
morning. have GregsOn's word Tor.
that-it follows that it must have been
there during the night, and therefore,
that it brought these two individuals
to the house"
'"That seems simple enough" said l;
''but how about the other mans
height"
why, the height Of a man in nine
cases out of ten, can be told from the
length Of his stride. 1t is simple cal
culation enough, though there is no use
my boring you with figures. l had this
fellows stride, both in the clay outside
and on the dust within. Then l had
way of checking my calculation. When
a man writes on the wall, his instinct
leads him to write about the level OF
his own eye Now, that writing was
just over six feet from the ground. 1t
was child's play"
'And his age?" I asked
''Well, if a man can stride four and
half feet with the smallest effort, he
can't be quite in the sere and yellow.
That was the breadth Of a puddle on
the garden walk which he evidently
walked across. Patent-leather boots
had gone round, and Square-toes had
hoped over. There. is no mystery
about it at all. / am simply applying
to ordinary life a few Of those precepts
Of observation and deduction which
advocated in that article. Is there any
thing else that puzzles you!
The flnger-nails and the Trichinop-
oily" / suggested.
ITO Be COntinued.)