The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04
One 81 Sherlock Holmes Adventures

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CHAPTER 1-contlnued.
M have little more to say, and It's as
we'll. for an about done! up. went
on cabling It for a day or SO, Intending
| to keep at 1t until could save enough
TO take me back to America. I was
standing In the yard when a IA gged
Ityo,lnRster asked IL there was al caboyS
there called Jefferson Hope and said that
his cab was wanted by d gentleman 4 Z
/ 221B Baker Street. went round, sus- 4
pecting no harm, and the rsxt thing Il
knew. this young man had the bracelets
| on my wrists, and as neatly shackled5
as I ever was In my life. That's the
whole Of my story. gentlemen. YOU,
may consider me to be a murderer but
I hold that am Just as much an officer
OF Justice as you are
So thrilling had the man s nara tive
lbeen, and his manner was so impressive.
that We had sat silent and absorbed.
| Even the professional detectives, blase,
as they were in every detail Of crime, APP
peared to be keenlys interested in the
mans story. When he finished we sal
I, for some minutes Ii, a stiffness which
! was only broken by the itching OF
ILestrade's pencil as he gave the hnisfing
touches TO his short hand account.
There Is only one point on which 4
lishould Ike a. little more Information
Sherlock Holmes said at last. Who was
your accomplice who camo for the ring
which advertised & 8R 81
The prisoner winked 4 a. ~ friend
loosely. Il can tell my own secrets,''
The said but don't get other ne ople int6
gtrouble. 4 saw your advert senlen Z and
i r thought It might be q plan or 1T mig b Y
be the ring wanted 81 N y friend vol.
4 unteered to- go and see. X think you'll
! own he did It smartl : II 5s
Not a doubt Of tina t.''SSsaid Holmes
heartily. y s.5s 4 8fs
NOV, gentlernen I. s'3 the Inspector
\ the prisoner will be brought be- fore the
4 magistrates, and your attendance vi be
4 grequired. Until then IL will be responsible
for him. HI ran the bell as he spo Ike,
and Jefferson Hope was led on by a couple
4 OF arders,8 " lille my friend and made
our way out of the station and n took
a. cob back TO Baker Street.
CHAPTER VII ss5
THE CONCLUSION
4 We had all been arned II to appear be-
Il fore the magi strates upon the Thursday;
but when the Thursday cam 81 there was
no occasion for our test lmony n. A higher
Il iJudg e u had AIKEN n the mat ter IN hand,
and Jefferson Hope had been summoned
i before a tribunal here II strict Justice
would be met eds Oh TO hfm.S On the very
night after his Il ca pture til eS aneurisr1
\ burst, and The was found In the morning
4 stretched upon the floor Of the cell with
i a placid smile upon his face, n as though
|$he had been able in his dying moments
Ito look back upon \ a useful liz e and on
work III done:
s#s"G regson and Lestrade II ID be Wild
10, ta dan n1r,1ne rar a n
we cha tied 1t over next evening. There
will their grand advertisement 1 gov
Il don't see that hey had very npuch
to do with pture q answered 81
i|9is5:.''Whnt you do i'm this world is q mat
4 ter OF mo consequ T. rcturned my conf
i panion8 bitterly. he question Is. Il " hat
can you make Il people. believe that you
have done lsever mlnd., ~, he continued,
more brightly, a fter a pau would not
i have missed 4 the investig ionS for any
i thing. There has BEEN no better case
4 within my recollection.$ Simple as t was,
there were several m ost ms tructi tive points
| about IT, ss 3tS gssa
simple ~ I circulate II ~
We'll, really, it can ha dly be described
as otherwise said q Sherlock II dimes;
smiling at my surprise, T he proof OF It's
Intrinsic simplicity is that wi thout8 any
help save "a few very Urinary dedu ions.
was able to lay my hand upon the:
NV
That Is true. ~ said y y
IT iave alread VI explained to you that
what Isl out Of the common Is usually a
L guide rather than a Shindrance. u In solving.
4 a problem of this sort, the grand thing
lis to- be- able to reason back arc. Tha t;
| Is a very useful accompl ishment and Il a
very easy one but people d IN otErractlc zee;
ut much. IN the everyday d fairs of life,
IsitSis more useful to reason forward, and
are Il fly who ca n raa SON syn tlletica lly
| for one awh ca n reason analy tlca III
81 confess, 933SS said + that y do not
Squte follow YOU u sY hi
hard " il expected that you s. would.
Let me see II I can m Ike It clea NJ ost
people, Il you describe q train OF events
to then. will tell you what the result
would be- They can put those events to-
gether In their minds, and argue from
them tina I something will come to pass. i
There are few people however,s W no, II
you told them al result would be able To
evolve from cir own inner cons lousn ess.
what the steps were which led up to that
result. This power Is what mean when
II ia TX Of reas oning ba ckward, Or analyti-
cally,"3 ~! ~ r.
81 understand ,''''S said I. 4 81 BE
| Now, his was a. ca Sc In which you
were given the result and had to find
everything else 4, for yourself. Now, let
mo endeayors to show You tile different
steps In my reasoning. To begin at the
beginning. approa ched the house, s as
you know, on foot, and with my mind!
entirely free from al impression i
naturally began by examining the road y
way, and there. s ! have already ex-
liplained to syon, IS, " Gle rly the marks
lFof a cab, which,, ascertained by In
curry. must have been there during the
Knight, ] sa tisfied myself that It Wa s a
cab and not a private carriage by the
narrow gauge OF the wheels The ordi-
mary London growler ts considerably
less wide than a gentleman 3 brongham,6
This was the first point gained ]
| then walked slowly down the garden
path. which happened to he composed 81
a clay soil. peculiarly suitable for taking
| i'm press ons. No doubt It appeared to you