The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-20

..11,,,, Some one seems to be very
decplv interested in your movements.
/ out of the envelope he took a hall-snest
of fooIscap paper folded into TOUR. ms
1 he opened and spread fiat upon the taple.
| Across the middle of it single SEN
/ ,.nca had been formed by the expedlent
/ of pasting printed words upon 1t 1t
| rap. las YOU value your lie
! ~ yon reason keep away from the
/ r,oni..' The word moor only was printed
| in ink.
! .cerhaps you will tell me. Mr.. Holmes,
| what in Thunder is the meaning OF that,
! and who it is that takes so much interest
IN my affairs"
what do you make Of it. DR.. Morti-
| mel? You must allow that there is moth
Ing supernatural about this. at any
rste2"
no. sir. but it might very well come
from someone who was convinced that
the business is supernatural.
'What bTsiness? asked Sir Henry,
sharply. 1T seems to me that ali You
gentlemen know great deal mCre than
L do about my own affairs.
You shall share our knowledge before
yoG leave this room. Sir Henry. l prom
ise YOU that said Sherlock Holmes. We
will confine ourselves for the present with
your permission to this very Interesting
t,ttuLlej!l, WHICH iliNS pS'ti PAS- w
getler and posted yesterday evening. Have
you yesterdays Times, Watson?''
TT is here in the corner.
Might 1 trouble you for 1.-THE inside
page. please with the leading articles
lie glanced swiftly over it. running his
eyes up and down the columns. Capital
? ticle this on Free Trade Permit me to
give you an extract from it You may be
cajoled into imagining that your own spe-
IND, <f,.,- 1,a
encouraged by a protective tariff, but 1t
stands to reason that such legislation
must in the long run keep away wealth
Il ON the country. diminish the value OF
our imports. and lower the general condl-
~tions of life in this island. What DO
YOU think of that, Watson?" cried
Holmes. in high gIee, rubbing lis hands
together with satisfaction. Don't you
think that is an adinira BILE sentiment?'
Dr. Mortimer looked at Holmes with
en- air OF professional interest, and Sir
H:nry Baskerville turned a pair of puz-
zed dark eyes upon me.
II don't know much about the tariff
and things Of that kind said he: but it
seems to me we've got a bit off the trail
SO far as that note is concerned.
ION the contrary. think we are partlc-
ularly hot upon the trail. Sir Henry Wat
son here knows more about my methods
than You do. but | fear that even he has
net quite grasped the significance Of this
sentence"
no, 1 confess that I see no connec-
ton
Ind yet my dear Watson. there is
SO very close a. connection that the one
is extracted out of the other. You.
Your. your life reason value.
keep away from the Don't you see
! now whence these words have been
t:llcn2"
BY thunder. you're right! Well. If
that isn't smart" cried Sir Henry.
If any possible doubt remained it Is
se-tied by the fact that keep away and
'from the are cut out in one piece"
We'll, now-so it isl
Really. Mr.. Holmes, this exceeds
ANYTHING which I could have imag ned.'
said DR.. Mortimer. gazing at my friend
in amazement Il could understand
any one saying that the words We're
from a newspaper; but that You should
name which, and add that it came from
the leading article, is really one of the