The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-24

ures. He gna we'd his lip. drummed his
fingers upon the table, and Isl owed every
other symptom OF acute impat 90 90
great was his emotion I hat felt sim
cerely sorry for him, while the 4 two l ae
5tectives smiled .derisvcly, by no me !! q nss
zdisplcased at this check whic ne i ma q q
met. ttSs.53 II }.Ei. h Il g
ut can't be a coincid ence. he cried
lat last sprnging from e his hair III and
pacing wldly5up and down the room "
is Impossible that 1t should be a mere
coincidence. The very pills whic ila SUI
pected in the case OF Dire bier are actually
found after the death of Sta ngerson. And
yet they are inert. III w hat ca n It mean *
surely my whole chain of reasoning can E! /;
not have been false e s simpossllpi !.
And yet this wretciied dog is none the,
| worse All, l,ayejit!E have t!''ssl with
| a perfect Shrek OF delight he rushed 10
the box, cut the other pill IN two, DIS 4
| solved It., added milk, and presented II
othe terrier. The uni ortunate8 crea lures ~
tongue seemed hardly to have been moist .- 4
ened In 1t before 1t gave al c co "
shiver in every limb, a nd 5ala y !, as rlgia
and }lifeless as II 1T had zen struck ~
lightning S5 N 81 4.
Sherlock Holmes drew, q long breath,
and wiped the perspIratio ion from his iore-
4 head. II should have more; fait q, Is. !. nc {,
said; II ought to know by this time thai
1 when a. fact appears to be opposed ITO q
long train OF deductions It inyarial'p'iy
i proves to be capable OF bearing some r,
other Interpretation, 81 the two gpl y.
4 In that box one was the most deaaly
poison. and the other wa 8 ntlrely h ar,
4 LESS. ] ought to- have u know. thatt Pc
fore ever sawlthe box az all. %
A This last statement appea red TO me &C
be so startling, that could hardly ne
5lSlieve that he was In his sober senses $.
i There was the dead H d og how sS 81 <
prove that his conJect ures had been co o.
rect 1t seemcd Ito mo that the mlst'
4 In my own mind were dual!y cle
away, and began 10 have g aim sY4s =
perception Of the truth. lgis
IAN this seems stra nEe 10 yon, con '
tnucd Holmes, 'beca use you = falled .
/ the beginning Of y the inquiry to grassl
], the Importance OF the single real cleV
Il which was presented to YOU, ma
!, the good fortune TO seize upon that, ~
I everything which has occurred - nee the
has served To- confirm my :, I, Original SUP
! position, and Indeed !, was the log ical se
|, auence of 1t, Hence things when nay
, perplexed you and made The case NOR
obscure have served IN TO emil hten m
{ and to strengthen my con lllsior RI 4.
is a mistake to confouId stra MS ess WY
!, mystery, Tho most com nnonp la &c Z GRIN
/ Is often tho most mybt teri GUS p 90 8
I presents no new or specta al featur I I,'
t which Deductions ma be sldraW =
t murder would have bee N "
dlhicult 10 unravels had tho body q q, !,
, victim been simply found 4 ylng III q q
roadway without any % those 4! o'ltrei o. q
8 sensa .lonal aecornpa lnents ip, y raa
[ rendered At remarkab q Nv. "a
details, far from ma Ing tae SO g. :, y 'o
dilticnt, have really had s. tle w y ee1S y
i making II less so. 4, i Z, u,
i 4 address witl, N considerable impatienG
could contain himself no lonseF' II 4o ''