The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-07


printed in mix.
Now" said Sir Henry Baskerville.
perhaps you viii tell me. Mr.. Holmes,
what in thunder is the meaning OF that.
and who Is 1t that takes Sd much IN
ierest In my -ffairsF"
What do you make Of il, Dr. Nor
timer2 You must allow that there Is
nothing supernatural about this, al any
rate?"
mo. sir; but II might very well come
from some one who was convinced that
the business Is supernatural.
What business?" asked Sir Henry,
sharply. III seems 10 me that all you
gentlemen know a great deal more than
! do about my own affairs"
you shall share our knowledge be-
fore you leave this room. Sir Henry. l
promise you that" said Sherlock
Holmes. we viii confine ourselves
for the present. with your permission.
10 this very interesting document,
which must have been put together and
posted yesterday evening. Have you
yesterdays Times. Watson?"
1T Is here in the corner"
Might l trouble you for 1.-THE in
side page. please, with the leading arti-
eles?" He glanced swiftly over il. run
ming his eyes up and down the col
umns. Capital s this on Free
Trade. Permit me give you an ex-
tract from IL. You may be cajoled
into imagining that your own special
trade or your own industry will be en-
couraged by protective tariff, but il
stands 10 reason that such Legislation,
must. in the long run. keep away
wealth from the country. diminish the
value of our imports, and lower the
general conditions of life in this
island What do you think of that.
Watson?" cried Holmes, in high glee,
rubbing his hands together with sat
isfaction. Don't you think that Is an
admirable sentiment
DR.. Mortimer looked at Holmes with
an air of professional interest, and Sin
Henry Baskerville turned a pair Of
puzzled dark eyes upon me.
Il don't know much about the tariff
and things Of that kind" said he but
Il seems to me we've got a bit off the
trail, so far as that note Is concerned -
ION the contrary, thinkwe are par
ticularly hot upon the trail Sir Henry.
Watson here knows more about my
methods than you do, but l fear that
even he has not quite grasped the sig
nificance OF this sentence"
mo; l confess that see no eonnee-
ton"
And yet. my dear Watson. there is
so very close a connection that one Is
extracted out Of the other. YOU your.
your, life reason value, keep
away from the. Don't you see nov
whence these words have been taken|
by thunder, you're right! Well, II
that isn't smart" cried Sir Henry.
IF any possible doubt remained II
! is settled by the fact that keep away
and from the are cut out in ono
piece"
well, now-so it isl"
Really, Mr.. Holmes, this exceeds
anything which / could have mag
ined," said Dr. Mortimer. gazing at my
friend in amazement II could under
stand any one saying that the words
were IRON a newspaper; but that yol
| should name which, and add that i
! came from the leading article. is really
one OF the most remarkable things
which / have ever known. How did
you do it?"
Il presume, doctor. that you couiC
tell the skull of a negro from that. o.
an Eskimo?"
Most certainly"
But how?"
Because that is my special hobby
| The differences are obvious. The sn
pra-orhital crest. the facial angle, 'th'
maxillary curve. the"
But this is my special hobby, anC
| the differences are equally obvious
/ There is as much difference TO n.y.
eyes between the loaded bourgeois typ
Of a Times article and the siovenl!
]
there could be between your negro AM
/ your Eskimo. The detection of type
is one of the most elementary branche
of knowledge to the special expert il
crime. though | confess that once whel
/ was very young | confused the Iced
Mercury with the Western Mornini
7 News. But a Times leader is entirel.
distinctive. and these words could hav
] hoen taken from nothing else. AS
was done yesterday the strong proba
bility was that We should find tn
words in yesterdays issue"
80 far as l can follow you. then
Mr.. Holmes" said Sir Henry Rasker
| Vile, ''some one cut out this messag
with a scissors
Nail scissors" said Holmes. ''YOl
can see that ii was a very short-bladel
| scissors, since the cutter had 10 tax
two ships over keep away
That is so. Some one, then. cut on
the message with a pair Of short
bladed scissors, pasted 1t with paste
Cum" said Holmes.
With gum On 10 the paper. But
I want 90 know why the word moor
should have been written"
Because he could not ind II in print
The other words were all simple ant
might be found in any issue. bu
moor would be less common"
Why. OF course, that would explain
it. Have you read anything else il
this message, Mr.. Eolmes?"
There are one or two indications
and yet the utmost pains have bee
taken to remove all clues. The address:
you observe, is printed IN rough charac
ters. But the Times is a paper whic
is seldom found in any hands but thos
of the highly educated. We may TAX
il. therefore, that the letter was com
posed by an educated man who wishe
10 pose as an uneducated one. and hi
effort to conceal his own writing sug
gests that that writing might b
known. or come TO be known, BY yoI
Again, you VIII observe that the word
are not gummed on in an accurat
than others. Life for example,
quite out of its proper place. That ma
point to carelessness OF it NAV poir
to agitation and hurry upon the PAL
OF the cutter. On the whole l incliu
10 the latter view. since the matter wa
! evidently important. and IL is unlikel
that the composer OF such q Iette
would be careless. If he were in
hurry IL opens up the interesting ques
ton why he should be in a hurry, sine
. any letter posted up 20 early mornin
would reach Sir Henry before he woul
leave his hotel. Did the composer fea
an interruption-and from whom?"
we are coming now rather into tn
region OF guess work." said DR.. Nor
timer.
Say, rather, into the region wher
we balance probabilities and choos
| the most likely. IL Is the scientific ms