Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-07-24
| A STUDY IN SCARLET. |
BY a. CONAN DOYLE.

BY A. CONAN DOYLE.


of out-of-the.wsy knowledge which
would astonish his professors.
'Did you ever ask him what he was
going in for" asked.
"No; he is not man that il is easy
to draw out, though he can be commu.
nicative enough when the fancy seiEes
him.
''I should like to meet him." l said,
"It l am to lodge with any one, l
should prefer a man of studious and
quiet habits, am not strong enough
yet to stand much noise or excitement,
| had enough of 10th in Afghsnistan to
last me for the remainder of my natural
existence. How could l meet this
friend of yours?"
she is sure to be at the laboratory.
He either avoids the plate for weeks or
else he works there from morning to
night. Ii you like we shall drive round
together after luncheon,
Certainly" answered.: and the
conversation drifted away into other
channels.
As we made our way into the hos
pital after leaving the Holborn Stam
ford gave me few more particulars
about the gentleman whom proposed
to take as fellow lodger.
"You mustn't blame me il you don't
get on with him." he said; ''I know
nothing more of him than l have
learned from meeting him occasionally
in the laboratory. You proposed this ar
rangement, so you must not hold me
responsible"
'lf we don't get on it will be easy to
part company" l answered. ''It
seems to me, Stamford, added, look
ing hard at my companion, "that you
have some reasons for washing your
hands of the matter. Is this fellows
temper so formidable, or what is it.
Don't be mealy-mouthed about it"
at is not easy to express the mex
pressible," he answered, with laugh.
"Holmes is little too scientific for my
tastes-it approaches to cold blooded-
ness. could imagine his giving a
friend little pinch of the latest vege-
table alkaloid, not out of malevolence,
you understand, but simply out OF
spirit of inquiry, in order to have an
accurate idea of the effects. To do him
justice, l think he would take it him.
self with the same readiness. He ap.
pears to have passion for exact and
definite knowledge" ."
every ripht. too
eyes, but it may be pushed to ex-
cess. When it comes to beating the
subjects in the dissecting rooms with a
stick, it is certainly taking rather
bizarre shape"
Beating the subjects?"
eyes, to verify how far bruises may
be produced after death. I saw him at
it with my own eyes,"
"And yet you say he is not a medical
STUDENT"
"No. Heaven knows what the OBJ
jects of his studies are! But here we
are, and you must form your own i'm
pressions about him."
As he spoke we turned down narrow
lane and passed through small door,
which opened into wing of the great
hospital.
1t was familiar ground to me, and I
needed no guiding as We assembled the
bleak stone staircase and made our way
down the long corridor, with its vista
of whitewashed walls and dun colOred
doors. Near the farther end a low
arched passage branched away from it
and led to the chemical laboratory.
This was lofty chamber, lined and
Uttered with countless bottles. Broad,
low tables were scattered about, which
bristled with retorts, test tubes and lit
tie Bunsen lamps, with their blue,
Pickering flames.
There was only one student in the
room, who was bending over a distant
table absorbed in his work. At the
sound of our steps he glanced around
and sprang to his feet with a cry of
pleasure.
"I've found it! I've found it," he
shouted to my companion, running to-
ward us with test tube in his hand.
81 have found reagent which is preci-
pitated by haemogoblin, and by moth.
ing else."
Had he discovered a gold mine great
er delight could not have shone upon
his features.
"Doctor Watson - Mr.. Sherlock
Holiness" said STANFORD, introducing US.
"How are you?" he said, cordially,
gripping my hand with strength for
which should hardly have given him
credit. "You have been in Afghanis-
tan, I perceive"
"How on earth did you know that"
l asked in astonishment.
"Never mind" said he, chuckling
to himself. "The question now is
about haemogoblin. No doubt you see
the significance of this discovery OF
mine?''
''It is interesting, chemically, no
doubt" l answered; "but prac-
tically-"
"Why man, it is the most practical
medico-legal discovery for years.
Don't you see that it gives us an infal-
lible test for blood stains? Come over
here nowW He seized me by the coat
sleeve in his eagerness and drew me
over to the table at which he had been
working. ''Let us have some fresh
BLOOD" he said, digging a long bodkin
into his finger and drawing off the re-
sulting drop of blood in a chemical
pipette. "Now add this small guam
tity of blood to litre of water. You
see that the resulting mixture has the
appearance of true water. The pro-
portion of blood cannot be more than
one in a million. l have no doubt,
however, that we shall be able to OBJ
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