Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-03

SN0Eu had brought with 1t an
 immense practice and I should be guilty of an indiscretion If were even to hint at the identity of some of the llustrious clients who crossed our humble threshold in Baker street Holmes. however. like all great artists, lived for his arts sake. and. rave in the case of the Duke of Holder nAsse, have seldom known him claim any large reward for his inestimable services. So unworldly was he-or so capricious-that he frequently refused his help to the powerful and wealthy where the problem made no appeal to his sympathies, while he would devote weeks of most intense application to the affairs of some humble client whose c4se presented those strange and dra- IBatic qualities which appealed to his Imagination and challenged his inge- nuity.
 In this memorable year '95 curious and incongruods succession of cases had enga sed his attention. ranging from his famous investigation of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca-an inquiry which was carried out by him at the express desire of his holiness the pope-down to his arrest of Wilson. the notorious canary trainer. which remov- ed a plague spot from the east end of
 London. Close on the heels of these two famous cases came the tragedy of
 Woodnan's Lee and the very obscure
 -.- t,.aL 1..1 tI,n death of Captain Peter Carey. No rec ord of the doings of Mir Sherlock
 Holmes would be complete which did
 not include some account of this very . unusual affair
 During the first week of July my
 friend had been absent SO often and so
 long from our lodgings that I knew he
 had something on hand The fact that
 several rough looking men called dur
 ing that time and inquired for Captain
 Basil made me understand that Holmes was working somewhere under one of
 fhe numerous disguises and names with
 which he concealed his, own formi-
 dable Identity He had lat least five
 small refuges in different parts of -vLondon in which he was able to change his personality. He said noth' l, ing of his business to me, and it was s not my habit to force confidence The first positive sign which he gave z me of the direction which his investi ss gation was taking was an extraordi- nary one He had gone out before 2 breakfast and I had sat down to
 3nine when he strode into the room xyhis hat upon his head and a huge [ barb headed spear tucked like an um- F brella under his arm.
 Good gracious. Holiness I cried. ~you don't mean to say that you have been walking about London with that 2 thing.
 v T drove to the butchers and back" 5 .'The butcher'sT
 And I return with an excellent ap- petite There can he no question. my z dear Watson. of the value of exercise ! before breakfast But I am prepared fo bet that yon will not guess the form
 that my exercise has taken" M T will not attempt it.'
 He chnckled as he poured out the cof- Fee.
 If you could have looked into A. [ lar,iyce's back shop you would have 5 seen a dead pig swung from a hook in the ceiling and a gentleman in his l ebirt sleeves furiousiy stabbing st it !. with this weapon. was that ener- 1retic person. and have satisfied my
 kelf that by uo c1errion of my strength 'zran I tranSfi1 the pig with q single $ fblow. Perhaps you would care to kfry:-
 F .Not for worlds. But why were you doing tiiS:-
 8 "Becausn lt seemed to me to have an indirect bearing upon the mystery of wopIman's lee Ah. Hopkins. co' . your wire last night. and I have been 1kexpeeting you Come and join us.'' < Our visitor was an exceedingly alert 5 man. thirty years of age. dressed Tn a z uniet tweed suit. but retaining the z erect bearing yf ono who was ar~us- Er rfornesI ;o official uniform recognized him al once as stanley Hopkins. a 2 young police inspector. for uhuSe fri- ' furp Holmcs had high hopes. while he 2 in turn profeSsed tho admiration and csspect of a puril for ihe scientific rethois of tl.a famous amateur. Hon M kins- brow was clouded and ha sat ! do-u with sn air of dee2 deje~uon- r ~So. thank ron. sir. brcakfssted r.efo-e | came round. I spent rha night in toHn. for ~ame up yesterday 70 re- l port
 And what had yol ta reno-ts
 s-FaIIurr. sir. stsolute failure -You have made B0 progressE- -Noas
 sfbear me. must have a Iaok st fhe matter.
 T ~iSh to hesvens thar you v-ou,I. Nr. HolmeS If'- my first big sHsues. l and znl af uy wis esf- Ter -eoi- ness- sake. -aaze down and le1d me a hand
 t Well well ff just bsppcus that I have sIrezdy rad all fhe avafIable evidence. fnrfuif-c tbe rsTp-t ef the inquest. fwiFh so1e rare B. the zzy. what de < ycs ruske cf th.f tcis1=re po5~I faund rr irhe Ssrz- a.y tls crfases I- there ro T Ees~u rhrr~--
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