The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

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Don't you think that IS al aCmi auI- sen
timentT'
Doctor Mortimer looked a, Holmes WITH
an air OF professional interest. AMI Sr
Henry baskerville turned 4 pgir Of puzzlvl
dark eyes upon me-
Il don't know much about the tariff All
things Of that kind said he. hut Il seems
to me we've got a bit OF the trail So Jar
as that note Is concerned"
"On the contrary. ! thi1k We arr part'cu-
larry hot upon the trail. SIR Hensy. Watson
here knows more about my methods taHn
you do, but I fear that even he mas not
quite graSped the Significance Ot this SEN
tence."
mo. I confess that I see no connection.
"And yet. my dear Watson. there is %
very close a connection that the one IS eX-
tracted out OF the other. You your. your.
Tife.' reason value keep away.' Z on
the Don't you see now wEeEcs these
words have been takeuT'
by thunder. you're riEht. Wei. II tina;
Isn't smart cried Sir Henry.
IF any doubt remained IL Is settled by
the fact that keep away and from the
are cut out In one p!eSa'
well. now-So IL isr'
Really, Mr.. Holmes, this exceeds any
thing which I could have imagined" said
/ Doctor Mortimer. gazing Of my friend in
, anRxamsnL II could understand any one
saying that the words were from q news
/ paper. but that you should name which. and
add that IL came from tho leading article
% really one OF the most remarkable things
which ! hRvs ever known Acw do you Go
ar
7 prcsuma. doctor. tina, you could tell
ths skull Of 9 negro from that OF al Es-
kimoT"
Nos, certainly
But howT'
Because that Is my special hobby. TIE
| diIarencSs are obvious The Eupraoro!tl
4 rra<f thu faElal anglia the EuaNN.aTE curve.
| The
But this IL my special hobby. and the
differences are equally obvious. There IL
a. much difference TO my eyes between the
loaded bourgeois type OF a Times article
and the sloyenly DTiEt 20 "a e-t.sus hd-f-
penny paper az there could be between your
negro and your Eskimo. Tbs detection
Of types 10 one OF the most elementary
branch e. OF knowledge 10 tie special eN-
pert in crime though ! confess that once
when I was very young I confused the
Leeds Mercury with the Western Morning
EevA But a Times leader Is entirely dis
ttnctive and these words could have been
taken from nothing else. As Il was done
yesterday. the strong probability was that
We should nnd the words In yesterdays 10
sue"
SO far ss I can follow YOU. then. Mr.
Holmes" said Sir Henry Baskerville. "soms
one cut out this message with = scis-
EorsO
"Nan-scissors.' said Holmes You can
zee that II was a yeTy shovt-biaded scis-
sor. since the cutter had TO take two SHIPS
over keep WAY
THAT Is %. Some one. then. cut out the
message with a pair Of sECrt-6!aled scis-
sors. pasted Il with paste"
Gum" said Holmes.
with gum on TO tho paper. But I want
to know why the word moor should have
.sR.csnS. n. eouId not ind It IN print.
The other words were all simple. and might
be found In any issue. but moor woa.d be
less N
Why. OF eourse. that would explain Il
Have you read anything else IN TINS mes
sage. Mr.. Holiness i
There are one or two indications, and
yet the utncst pains have been taken %
remove all clews. The address. YOU observe.
is printed In rough characters But the
Times is n paper which Is seldom found IN
any hands but those os the highly educated.
We may take 81. therefore. that the letter
was COMPOSED ty an educated man who
wished to pose a. an unsdCcatei ons' ana
his EFFORT 20 control his own writing FrS- l
Eests that that writing might be knoSn' ,
or come TO be known. by you Again. You
viii observe that the words are not Gummei
on in an accurate line. but that some are
higher than others. LIE. fnr exam
pie. Is quite out OF It's proper place. That
NAV point 20 carelessness CT Il may point TO
agitation ana hurry lbNu llH I-N u TIA
cutter. On the whole I incline 70 the lat
er view. since the matter was evidently i'm
oortant. and Il Is unlikely that the com
poser OF such n letter would be careless IL
he were In a hurry Il opens up the interest
Ing question why he should be In n hurry.
since any letter posted up q early morning
reach Sir Henry before he would
cave his hotel DID the composer fear an
nterruptIon-and from whom
are coming now rather int" the re-
zion OF Euesswork." said Doctor Mortimer.
Say. rather. into the region where We
balance probabilities and choose the most
likely. II is The scientific use 81 tie imag-
nation, but We have always some material
,asis on which 10 start our sQecuiations-
Vow. you would call II a CUES. no doubt.
cut I am almost certain that this address
las been written IN a hotel"
How IN the world can YOU saw that
IF you examine Il carefully you Will ses
hat both the pen and the ink have given
writer trouble. The pen has Spiutterei
vice in q single word. and has run dry
hree times IN a short address. showing that
here was very little Ink IN the bottle. Vow.
private pen or Ink bottle - se'i m al z
owed TO be in such a state. anu n" com
liEation OF the two must be quite rare But
know the hotel ink and the hotel pen,
where IL IL rare TO get anything else Yes.
have very little hesitation in saying that
ould We examine the waste-papsr baskets
Z the hotels round Charing Cross until We
ound the remains OF the mutilatel Times
we could lay our hands straight up
n the person who sent this singular mes
age. HaIloa! HaIlOa, What's this
He was carefully examining TIE fo0lscep
pom which the words were pasted. holding
only an inch or two from his ewes.
"wenT' {
Nothing" said he. throwing 81 down. ut 8
n blank hllf-sheet 81 paper. without even +
wateTmark upon Il. I think We have y.
as much as we can from ;H.a curious :
atter; and now. Sir Henry. has gu.thi-- }
lse OF interest happened TO yuI since ycu
ave been In London {
why. no. Ir. HCl-cs. I think -r." 4
You have not observed any Ure follow or I
'stch youg' ,
Il seem to have walked rs-ht into the ,
h'ek Of p dime novel" sail our visitor r
WHY In thunder should any one follow or E
meE :
" are coming to thar. You have moth n
else 10 report to Us before We go into
Well. I, depends upon what YOU think Z
II think anything out NJ The ordinary )
-uiIne Of life well worth reporting >
Sir Henry smiled. =
I don't know much Of Britl<h Hfe vet. n
or ! have spent nearly all nv time in thu :.
tA'eS ana IN canada. But I hope that 10 Il
1se one OF your boots Is not part OF the i
rdinary routine o. life over here" =
You have lost one OF your boots e.
My dear sir" cried Doctor Mortimer. .
II Is only mlslaid. You will find Il when
on return 20 the hotel. What % the zee =.
troubling MI Holmes with tribes OF this =