The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-16

SILK cord dangling rom the end or IT,
"WIlOuShby Smith had excellent
sight he added. There can be no
question that this was snatched from
the face or the person of the assassin
Sherlock Holmes took the glasses into
his hand, and examined them with
the utmost attention and interest. He
held them on his nose. endeaVOred to
read through them. went to the win
dow and stared uD the street With
them. looked at them most minuteiy
/ in the full light of the lamp. and finally.
with a chucNle. seated himself at the
table and wrote Il few lines upon
sheet Of paper, which he tossed across
to Stanley Hopkins.
That's the best I can do for yoI.'
said he 1t may prove TO be of some
The astonished detective read the
note aloud. 1t ram as follows
Wanted. a woman OF good address.
aUtired like "a lady. She has re-
markedly thick nose. with eyes which
are set close HpCEt either side Of it,
She has puckered forehead. a peering
expression, and prOba bly, rounded
/ shoulders. There are indications that
she has had recourse to an Optician at
! least twice during the last few
months As her glasses are Of re =
markdDle strength. and opticians
/ are not very numerous. there should
/ be no difficulty in tracing her"
J Holmes smiled at the astonishment
/ of Hopkins, which must have been re-
! Elected upon my features.
! Surely my deductions are simplicity
/ itself said he 1T would be difficult
/ to name any articles which afford a
/ finer field for inference than a pair of
! glasses, especially so remarkable a
| pair as these That they belong 10 a
! woman 1 infer from their delicacy. and
! also, Of course, from the last words
( of the dying man. As to her being
/ a person Of refinement and well
J dressed, they are. as you perceive,
I handsomely mounted i'm solid gold,
! and it IS incOuceivable that anyone
/ who wore such glasses could be slat-
! ternly in other respects. You win find
! that the clips are too wide FOR your
! nose, showing that the lady's nose was
/ very broad at the base. This sort of
I nose is usually a short and coarse one,
/ but there is a sufficient number Of ex-
! ceptiOnS To prevent me from being
/ dOgmatic or from insisting upon this
/ point in my descripti-p. My own face
is a narrow one, and yet ! find that l
cannot get my eyes into the centre.
nor near the centre. of these glasses
/ Therefore, the lady'S eyes are set very
near to the sides OF Une nose. You
( viii perceive Watson. that the glasses
] are CUnCdVe and Of unusual strength.
! A lady whose vision has been so eX-
tremely contracted all her life is sure
to have the physical characteristics
of such vision, which are seen in the
forehead. the eyelids. and the should
! erS-"
Yes" 1 said. Il can follow each of
your arguments / confess. however,
! that 1 am unable TO understand how
YOU arrive at the double visit to the
/ Ootician."
Holmes took the glasses i'm his hand.
/ You viii perceive he said, that
( the clips are lined with tiny bands of
cork to soften the pressure upon the
] nose. one Of these ia dIscolOured and
worn to some slight extent, but the
, other is new Evidently one has fallen
| off and been replaced / should judge
( that the older of them has not been
! there more than few IaUntnS. They
! exactly correspond. so 7 gather that
! the lady went back to the same estab-
! lishment for the second.
! by George. it's marvellous cried
/ Hopkins. in an ecstasy OF admiration.
/ To think that I had all that evidence
/ i'm my hand and never knew it, had
/ intended. however. to go the round Of
| the London opticians.
! of course you would. Meanwhile.
! have you anything more to tell US
. about the case
Nothing. Mr.. Holmes. I think YOU
( know as much as I do now-pvobab bly,
( more We have had inquiries made al
to any stranger seen on the country
roads or at the railway station We
have heard Of none What beats me
! crime. Not a ghost OF a motive can
anyone suggest"
.'Ah, there I am not in a position to
help you. But I suppose you want us
to come out tomorrow
IF 1t is not asking too much Nh
Holmes. There's a train from Char
ing Cross TO Chatham at i'm the morn
! ing, and we should be 1T ToXIey Old
! Place between s and .
Then we shall take it. Your case
l1ac certainly some features of crralt
! interest. and I shall be delighted 20
| look into it, Well. it's nearly I. and
| we had best get Il few hours Sleep
] dare say you can manage all
/ right on the sofa in front of
I the fire. I'll light my spirit lamp. and
give you a cup of coffee before we
| start
The gale had blown itself out neXt
! day but it was d bitter morning when
! we started upon our journey. We saw
the cold winter sun rise over the dreary
marshes of the Thames and the long,