The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-13

his wife has ceased TO love him"
My dear Holmesi"
He has however retained some de-
gree of self-respect." he tA)ntinued dis
regarding my remonstrance. He is a
man who leads a sedentary life goes
out little, is out of training entirely
rs m1ddIe-aged, has grizzled hair which
ne mas had cut within the last few
days and which he anoints with lime
cream. These are the more patent facts
which are to be deduced from his hat
Also, by the way, that il is extremely
improbable that he has gas laid on
/ in his house"
, You are certainly joking, Holmes
Not in the least. Is it possible that
even now, when I give you these re-
suits, you are unable to see how they
are attained2"
Il have no doubt that I am very
stupid. but I must confess that 1 am
unable to follow you. For example,
how did you deduce that this man was
intellectual"
For answer Holmes clapped the hat
upon his head. 1t came right over the
forehead and settled upon the bridge
of his nose. 1T is a question of cubic
capacity" said he; "a man with so
large a brain must have something
in it"
The decline of his fortunes. them"
This hat is three years old. These
fiat brims CuTled a the edge came in
, then 1t is a hat of the very best
quality. Look at the band of ribbed
silk and the excellent lining. If this
man could afford to buy so expensive
hat three years ago. and has had no
hat since, then he has assuredly gone
down in the world
We'll, that is clear enough, certainly
But how about the foresight and the
moral retrogression?
Sherlock Holmes laughed. Here is
the foresight said he. putting his fin
ger upon the little disk and loop OF
the hat-securer. They are never sold
upon hats. If this man ordered one
1t is sign of a certain amount of fore
sight, since he went out of his way
to take this precaution against the
wind. But since we see that he has
broken the elastic, and has not troubled
to replace it, it is obvious that he has
less foresight now than formerly. which
| is a distinct proof of a weakening ma
tUre. On the other hand. he has en-
ldeaVored to conceal some of these stains
upon the felt by daubing them with
ink, which is a sign that he has not
entirely lost his seIf-respect."
BILE
The further points, that he is mid
dle-aged, that his hair is grizZled, that
il has been recently cut, and that he
/ uses lime cream, are all to be gathered
/ from close examina ton of the lower
/ part of the lining. The lens discloses
a large number of hair ends. clean cut
/ by the scissors of the barber They
! all appear to be adhesive and there
! is a distinct odor of lime cream. This
/ dust, you will observe, is not the gritty,
I gray dust Of the street, but the fluffy
brown dust of the house. showing that
/ II has been hung up indoors most of
/ the time; while the marks of moisture
upon the inside are proof positive that
the wearer perspired very freely, and
| could, therefore, hardly be in the best
| Of training"
But his wife-you said tha2she had
| ceased to love him.
"This hat has not been brushed for
weeks. When I see YOU my dear Wat
son. with. a weeks accumulation of
/ dust upon your hat and when your
/ wife allows you to go out in such a
state, I shall fear that you also have
I been unfortunate enough to lose your
wife's affection
But he might be a bachelor
Nay, he was bringing home the goose
! as peace Offering to his wife. Re
member the card uDOn the birds Leg
| You have an answer for everything.
I But how on earth do you deduce that
| the gas is not laid on in his house?"
"One tallOw stain, or even two. might
come by chance. but when 1 see no less
1 than five, I think that there can be
/ little doubt that the individual must
be brought into frequent contact with
burning tallow-walks upstairs at night
/ probably with his hat in one hand and
a guttering candle in the other. Any
how, he never got tallow stains from
gas jet. Are you satisfied"
We'll it is very Ingenious" said I.
| laughing, but since, as you said just
now. there has been no crime com
mitted, and no harm done, save the loss
of goose, all this seems to be I-~her
a waste oe energy
Sherlock Holmes had opened his
mouth TO reply when the door flew
open, and Peterson, the commissionaire.
rushed into the apartment with flushed
cheeks and the face of a man who is
dazed with establishment
The goose, Mr.. Holmes! The goose
siri" he gasDed.
Eth? What of it, then? Has it re-
turned to life and tapped off through
the kitchen window" Holmes twisted
himself round upon the sofa TO get a
fairer view OF the mans excited face
See here, sir! See what my wife
found in its crop," He held out his
hand and displayed upon the center of
the palm brilliantly scintillating blue
stone, rather smaller than a bean in
size, but of such purity and radiance
that it twinkled like an electric point
in the dark hollow Of lbs hand.
Sherlock Holmes sat up with
whistle. by JOve. Peterson" said he
this is treasure trove indeed. I sup
pose you know what you nave got?''
4 "A diamond. sir? \ nrecious stone.
II outs into glass as though it were
putt"
IT'S more than precious stone. 1t
is the precious stone"
Not the Countess of Morcar's blue
carbunclei" 7 calculated.
Precisely SO ] ought to know its
size and shape. seeing that 1 have read
the advertisement about it in the Times
every day lately 1t is absolutely
unique. and its value can only be con-
jectured. but the reward offered Of
1000 pounds is certainly not within
twentieth part of the market price"
"A thousand pounds Great Lord of
mercy" The commissionaire pumped
down into chair, and stared from one
10 enc other OF us.
THAT is the reward and I have req
son to know that there are sentimental
considerations in the background which
would induce the Countess to part with
half her fortune il she could but re-
cover the gem
ct was lost. If I remember arigile at
the Hotel Cosmopolitan, I remarked.
Precisely so. on DeccT Der p lust
five days ago. John HOrner. a plumber
was accused of having abstracted Il
from the lady's jewel case. The Lvi-
dence against him was so strong that
the case has been referred to the
Assizes. I have some account Of the
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