The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13

of action that turn to you for aid.
But this is splendid, really untlue from
some points of view. When you
rass Bradley's would you ask him
TO send up pound or the
strongest shay tobacco? Thank you
1T would be as well if you could make
1t convenient not to return before even
ing. Then I should be very glad to COM
pare impressions as to this most inter-
estinS problem which has been submitted
to us this morning.
I knew that secusion and solitude were
very necessary for my friend in those
hours Of intense mental concentration
during which he weighed every particle
of evidence. constructed alternative the
cries, balanced one against the other,
and made up his mind as to which points
We're essential and which immaterial. L
therefore spent the day at my club and
did not return to Baker Street until
evening. 1t was nearly nine o'clock
when found myself in the sitting-room
once more.
My first impression as I opened the door
was that a fire had broken out, for the
room was SO filled with smoke that the
light of the lamp upon the table was
blurred by it. AS 1 entered. however.
my fears were set at rest. for it was
the acrid fumes of strong coarse to-
hacco which took me by the throat and
set ma coughing. Through the haze I
had a vague vision of Holmes in his
dressing gown coiled up in an armchair
with his black clay pipe between his
lips. Several rolls OF paper lay around
him.
Caught cold. Watson?" said he.
NO. its this poisonous atmosphere"
Il suppose it is pretty thick now that
you mention it,
Thick. 1t is intoerable.''
"Oi en- the window. then! You have
at ri 13v rarpaiya
my dear Holmes.'
Am 1 right?'
Certainly. but how"
He laughed at my bewlldered express
sion.
There is a delightful freshness about
you. Watson. which makes 1t a pleasure
to exercise any small powers which
possess at your expense. A gentlerna n
goes forth on a showery and miry day
He returns immaculate in the evening
with the gloss still on his hat and his
boots. He has been a fixture therefore
all day. He is not a man with intimate
friends Where, then, could he have
been? Is it not obvious2
We'll. it is rather obvious"
THE world is full of obvious things
which nobody by any chance ever OBJ
serves. Where do You think that have
| BEEN"
"A fixture also
| ou TIC COlltidiS, nave deem u DSSOii-
| shire
in spiritE'
Exactly My body has remained In
| this armchair. and has. I regret to OBJ
eerve, consumed in my absence two large
| pots of coffee and incredible amount
! of tobacco After you left l sent down
! to Stamford's for the Ordnance map of
! this portion of the moor, and my spirit
| has lowered over it all day. I fiatter
myself that could find my way about
"A large scale map, I presune?"
Every large He unrolled one section
and held it over his knee. Here you
have the particular district which con-
Germs us. That is Baskerville Hall in the
middle
With a wood round it?''
Exactly. I fancy the Ycw Alley.
! though not marked under that name.
must stretch along this line. with the
moor, as you preceive. upon the right
of it. This small clump of buildings
here is the hamlet of Grinpen. where
our friend DR.. Mortimer has his head
quarters. Within a radius of five miles
there are, as you see. only very few
scattered dwellings. Here is Latter Hall.