Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-19
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 his hca!th:"
 ''Why so, Mrs il.,.>. l..
 ''WCll, hes t.I:.' Ill., . sjr. Aftcr you Was !,tu' he w..l lr wa!k'd, up and down, %:, :.... yrH. unri! 1 was weary If d.. , .,. l., .vu;s;v9 Then I heard kim talk B; :, i.iu~,lf and nut tcTiu@. @uI cN,r: .. IL. i:,li rang out he came on the st1;y l:,.,d with. What Is that. Mrs IIu@~uIt.' and now hr has slammed of tu L!S r,um. hut can hear hin walking away thc >aInc as ever hoTc lr'~ nnt going to hH ill. sir. I ven tur,d to say something h him about cool ing modjci..r, bat he turned on mo, sir, with su.h a look that don't know how ever got out of tho room "
 II don't think that you have any cause to hr uura>y. Mrs Hudson. I answered T have sym him ike this lctorc. He has some small matter upnn his mind which makes him r,>tiv~s, 1 tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady, but was myself somewhat uneasy when. through thr long nicht. still from timc to time hcagd the dull sound ot his tread and knew how his keen spirit was chafing against this inv oiUntary iUarti0n.
 At l-cakfast time hc looked worn and haEcaVi, with a little flCck of fcvcrish color upon either cheek
 You aro knocking yourself up, old man, I remarked Il heard you march ing about in tho night" No: 1 could not slCrp," ho answered. i This informal problem is consuming me. It is too much 10 hc baked by so petty an obstacle when all else had been overcome. 1 know the men, tho launch-cvorything and yet can get no news. l have set other agencies At work and usCd every means at 1ny disposal. Tho whole river has been searched on either side, but there is no news, nor has Mrs. Smith heard ot | her husband. shall come to the conclu sion soon that they have scuttlcd tho craft But thcro arc objections 10 that" Or that Mrs. Smith has put us on 2 l wrong scent, "
 No; think that may be dismissed. had inquiri's made, and there is a launcl l of that description"
 Gould il have gone up the rivcr?' Il have considered that possibility, too and there is a search party who will worl 1 up as far as Richmond. limo news come. | today, I shaIl start of myself tomorrow l and go for tho men rather than tho boat But surely, surely. we shall hear some thing"
 We did not. however. Not word cam to lB either from Wiggins or from tn 1 other agencies. There were articles il most of the papers upon the Norwoot tragedy. They all appeared to be rathe hostile to the unfortunate Thaddeus Shol to. No fresh details were to be found however in any of them, save that an in 1 quest was to be held upon the followin, day. walked over to Camberwell in tn evening to report our ill success to the la dies, and on my return l found Holme dejCCtcd and somewhat mOros0. He woult hardly reply to my questions and busiet himself all evening in an abstruse chem ical analysis which involved much heating of rctorts and distilling of vapors endinI at last in a smell which fairly drove m out of the apartment. Up to the smal hours of the morning l could hear tn clinking of his test tubes, which told m that he was still engaged in his malodoT Ous experiment.
 In the early dawn I woke with a star and was surprised to find him standing b my bedside clad in a rude sailor dress with n peajackct and a coarse red scar round his neck.
 II am of down the river, Watson, said he. II have been turning 1t over il my mind and can see only one way ou of it. It is worth trying. at all events"
 "Surely l can come with you, them said I.
 No; you can be much moro useful 1 you will remain hero as my representative am loath to go, for it is quite on tn cards that some message may come durin tho day, though Wiggins was desponden about it last night. I want you to ope all notes and telegrams and to act on you own judgment if any news should como , Can l rely upon you?'
 Most certainly"
 II am afraid that you will not be abl to wire to me, for I can hardly tell yC ) where I may find myself. If am in lucl however, I may not be gone so very lonI I shall have news of some sort or othC before get back"
 G ' ThsH heard nethinE of hin hz srsal