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

save upon those not IN
FREQUENT occasions when
=. mas ND all night. was seated al the
.-sskfast table. / stood upon the
,sarth-rug and picked up the SICK
..icb our visitor had left behind him
~ night before. 1t was a fine. thick
de- Of wood. bulbous-headed, Of the
-, which is known as a Penang law
..rr lust under the head was a broad
diver band. nearly an inch across. TO
James Mortimer. n. r. c, s., from his
friends OF the c. c. H., was engraved
rron Il. with the date 1854" 1t was
INST such a stick as the old-fashioned
FAMILY practitioner used 10 carry-dig-
p,6ed solid. and Measuring.
well. Watson, what do you make
OF it9'
Holmes was sitting with his back 10
me and I had given him no sign Of my
occupation.
,prq / believe you have eyes in the
hack Of your head"
,.ar-Blated coffee pot in front of me. ."
said he. but. tell me. Watson, what
Al Won make of our visitors stick
since we have been so unfortunate as
IN miss hhn and have no notion a
his GRAND this accidental souvenir be-
comes OF Importance. Let me hear you
reconstruct the man by an examination
Of a."
81 think" said /. following as far as
I could the methods OF my companion,
chat DR.. Mortimer is a successful
elderly medical man, we'll esteemed
since those who know him gave him
this mark Of their appreciation.
Good" said Holmes. Excellent"
Il think. also. that the probability
In favor OF his being a country prac-
utioner who does a great deal Of his
visiting on foot"
why so2"
Because this stick. though original
" a very handsome one, has been 50
Knocked about that / can hardly imag
me a town practitiona. carrying IL. The
thick iron ferrule is worn down. so Il
Is evident that he has done a great
amount Of walking with IT,"
Perfectly sound said Holmes.
And then again, there Is the friends
Of the C.. q. H I should guess that
% be the Something Hunt the local
hunt 10 whose members he has posi-
hlv given some surgical assistance. and
which has made him small presenta-
ton in return
Really. Watson, you excel yourself,
said Holmes. pushing back his chair
aud lighting a cigarette. Il am bound
% say that In all the accounts which
you have been so good as 10 give of my
own small achievements you have
hablmany moderated your own abili-
ties. IL may be that you are not your
self luminous. but you are conductor
Of light Some people. without possess
ing genius. have a remarkable power
Of Stimulating Il, | confess, my dear
fellow. that I am very much in your
debt"
He hard never said as much before.
and / must admit that his words gave
me keen pleasure. for / had often been
piqued by his Indifference TO my ad-
miration and 10 the attempts which !
had made 10 give publicity 20 his meth
DDS / was proud. too. to think tlat
] had so far mastered his system as
20 apply II in a way which earned his
approval He now took the stick from
my hands and examined il for a few
minutes with his naked eyes. Then,
with an expression OF interest. he laid
down his cigarette, and. carrying the
cane TO the window, he looked over II
again with a convex lens.
Interesting though elementary.
said he, as he returned 20 his favOrite
corner Of the settee. There are GER
tainly one OF two indications upon the
stick. IL gives US the basis FOR several
DEDUCTIONS"
Has anything escaped me?' l asked,
with some self-importance. L trust
that there Is nothing of consequence
which / have overlooked"
81 am afraid. my dear Watson, that
most of your conclusions We're enron
eous. When / said that YOU stimulated
me ! meant. 10 be frank. that Ia noting
your failacles i was occasionally guided
toward the truth, Not tAat you are
entirely wrong In this Instance. The
man is certainly country practitiCn-
er. And he walks a good deal"
Then / was right"
To that extent"
nut Ludl was all.
No. no. my dear Watson. not all
by no means all. I would suggest Tor
example, that a presentation to a doc
Tor is more likely 10 come from a hos
pita than from a nunt. and thar when
me Initials g. c. are placed before
mat hospital the words 'Chariug Cross
Very naturally suggest themselves"
You may be right"
The probability lies in that dtrec-
ton And II we take this as q working
hypothesis We have f,ash basis from
which % start our construction OF this
unknown visitor"
Well, then, supposing that g. G. II.
does stand f0r 'Charing Cross Hos pi-
TAI what further differences may We
draw"
DO none suggest themselves? You
Know my methods, Apply them"
can only think OF the obvious con-
elusion that the man has practiced IN
Town before going 20 the country"
think that We might venture a 1t
te farther than this. Look At il in this
light On what 0cca sion would 70 be-
most probable thai such "A presentation
would be made? When would his
friends unite 10 give him a pledge OF
thelr good wine obviously at the mo-
ment when DR.. Mortimer withdrew
rom the service of the hospital in or
Der 20 start in practice for himself
We know there has been "a presenta-
ZION. We believe there mas been a
'hange from a town hospital 10 a
country practice. Is u. then. stretch
ing our inference too far TO say that tht
Presentation was on the occasion o.
he changer"
To certainly seems proba BILE
Now, YOU viii observe that hi
could not have been on the stan OF tn
hospital, since only a man well-estab
Ished In London practice could hold
such position. and such a one would
not drift into the country. What was
he, theng II he was In the hospita
and Yet not on the stan he could only
nave been a house surgeon or a hous'
lRySlclan-httle more than a seniol
student And ne left five years ago
me date is on thu stick. So your grave
mlddle-aged family practitioner van