The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

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ferred it to the asszes. Homer. who had
shown signs of intense emotion during
the proceedings. tainted away at the con-
elusion, and was carried out of court
Hum! So much for the police court"
said Holmes, thonghtfuly. tossing aside
| the paper. The question for US now to
solve is the sequence of events leading
from a rified jewel case at one end to the
crop of goose In Tottenham Court Road
at the other You see. Watson. our little
deductions have suddenly assumed a much
more important and less innocent as
pect. Here / sthe stone the stone came
| from the goose, and the goose came from
Mr.. Henry Baker, the gentleman with the
| bad hat and all the other characteris-
tics with which I have bored you So
now we must set ourselves very seriously
| to finding this gentlman, and ascertaining
what part he has played in this little
mystery To do this we must try the
simplest means first. and these lie UNI
| doubleday in an advertisement in all the
evening papers. If this fail l shall have
recourse to other methods"
What will you say?'
Give me a pencil and that slip of
| paper. Now, then: Found at the corner of
! Goodge street "a goose and a black felt
hat. Mr.. Henry Baker can have the same
| by applying at $3.50 this evening at 221B
Baker street. That is clear and con-
| cise.'
Very. But will he see it?"
| We'll, he is sure to keep an eye on
| the papers, since, to a poor man. the loss
was heavy one He was clearly so
! scared Is his mischance in breaking the
window and by the approach of Peterson,
that he thought of nothing but flight; but
since then he must have bitterly regretted
| the impulse which caused him to drop
his bird. Then, again. the introduction of
his name will cause him to see it, for
every one who knows him will direct his
attention to it, Here you are, Peterson,
| run down to the advertising agency and
have this put in the evening papers
In which. sr?"
"Oh. In the Globe, Star, Pail Mall. st.
James Evening News. Standard Echo
and any others that occur to YOU
VERY well, sir And this stone?'
"Ah, yes, l shall keep the stone. Thank
! you. And, | say, Peterson, just buy
goose on your way back and leave 1t here
with me. for we must have one to give
| to this gentleman In place of the one
which your family is now devouring."
When the commsslonare had gone,
| Holmes took up the stone and held 1t
against the light. ITS bonny thing,
said he. Just see how it glints and
sparlxles OF course 1t is a nucleus and
focus of crime. Every good stone is.
| They are the devils pet bats. In the
large and older jewels every facet may
stand for a bloody deed. This stone is not
| yet twenty years old. II was found In
the banks of the Annoy river, In southern
! China and Is remarkable in having every
| characteristic of the carbuncle save that
| It is blue in shade instead of ruby red.
In spite of its youth 1t has already
| sinister history. There have been two
! murders, a iol-throwing, suicide, and
several robberies brought about for the
, sake of this forty-grain weight of crys-
| talized charcoal Who would think that 50
! pretty a toy would be purveyor to the
| gallows and the prison? I'll lock 1t up in
my strong box now and drop a line to
the countess TO say that we have It,
do yon think that this man Horner IS
innocent?'
Il cannot tell
well, then, do you imagine that this
other one Henry Baker, had anything
| to do with the natter
ut is, | think much more likely that
| Henry Baker Is an absolutely innocent
man who had no idea that the bird which
| he was carving was of considerably more
| value than if 1t were made OF solid gold
That, however. / shall determine by
very simple test, If we have an answer
to our advertisement"
! And you can do nothing until them
| Nothing"
I'm that case | shall. continue my pro-
fessional round. But l shall come back
| in the evening at the hour you have
mentioned, for l should like to see the
~, ,r,od 70 sae VIM dine at 7.
mn ,,,oadcocl, believe Nv the
| - To- - racen, oocurrences ner-
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