The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-13
HOLMES JR. AT AN EASY ONE.

Chicago Record Herald.
Hail" said Sherlock Holmes Jr.. 1T
is as l suspected"
His companion stopped, mystided, and
asked:
What has happened?"
There, replied the great amateur de-
tective, Pointing to man who had lust
passed them; me is the father of O.
child less than six months old. that is
troubled with the collie. He has no other
children and is left handed; his wife is
not very strong, and they can't afford TO
Keep nurse. They feed the child on milk
from q Jersey cow. He kissed ner when
he left home this morning. and then
walked half backward to the street, smll-
ing at her"
The other turned pale, and asked
Heavens, how do you know this? Is
he a friend of yours
NO" said Sherlock Holmes Jr., "I new
er saw him before. I have never heard
mis- name"
But surely you can't expect me 20 be-
lieve there is anything I'm his personal APP
pearance to enable you to make this
wonderful deduction2"
yes. One glance as he passed close
to us a moment ago was sufficient Real
ly, you are very stupid not to n.s,ce
these things. They are so simple Now
he is stopping to look in at that haber-
dasher's window We win pass behind
him. Look at nim closely and see IL
there is anything about him TO Indicate
how I have arrived at my wonderful
conclusion regarding him"
After they had passed, the great de-
tective turned with a look Of inquiry to
his companion.
No" said the latter at couldn't sec
anything that gave me the slightest
clew."
Il knew you wouldn't" Holmes an
swered. There are three spots on the
back of his coat-Or, rather, there Is 40
s streak broken into three parts on the
back Of his coat, passing downward from
the right shoulder. You can't guess how
those spots came there, can your"
No" his companion confessed, Il
can't"
THAT is because you are not an expert
in the Geducting business. He held his
baby over mis- shoulder and it drooled,
making that broken streak Why did ne
hold the child over his shoulder? Be
cause it was cOliclcy and holding It in
that position relieved it. His wife would
have held it over her own shoulder if she
had not been all tired out, which shows
that she Is not very strong. If they
could afford to keep a nurse the father
would not, Of course be compelled to
hold the little one up and pat It on the
Ddck, ana II ne were an ola naUd at that
sort OF thing he would take off his coat
or put towel over his shoulder before
holding the child up. Is that all clear to
your"
Wonderfully So" his companion re-
piled, with ill-feigned admiration, but
how do you know the baby Is six months
of age, that the man is left-handed, that
they feed the little one milk from -
Jersey cow that he kissed his wife ant
walked backward to the street this morn
ing2"
II am coming to that" Sherlock
Holmes Jr. said, with queer CLEAN in
his wonderful eyes. after a child is
more than six months old it isn't likely
to have collie. IF you have ever held
colicky baby you must know that a
right-handed man always holds Sne little
one over his left shoulder, and vice versa.
Now we come to the COW. 7 have for
years been smelling these spots on mems
shoulders, and know by the degree or
sourness just what kind of infants food
or milk they are composed OF. or course,
II ne hadn't backed out Of the door when
ne left home tbs morning his wife would
have seen the streak and called him
In 20 have 1t sponged off. So he must
have kissed her as he departed and kept
turning and smiling back until he was
so far away that the spots were invisible
to her"
The great amateur detective then
caught q glimpse Of a man who wore a
silk nat and a sack coat. and hurried
after him to make further deductions.