Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-17

WU form. both mental md
w. physical. than in the year
RS60FNAy 'o5. His increasing fame
VX9WS had brought with It an
- immense practice, and I
should be guilty of an lndlscretion IL I
were even TO hint at the identity Of
| some Of the illustrious clients who
crossed our humble threshold in Baker
street. Holmes however like all great
artists, lived for his arts sake. and,
save in the case Of the Duke of Holder
nesse. have seldom known him claim
any large reward for his lncstimablc
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
case presented those strange and dra-
matte qualities which appealed to his
Imagination and challenged his inge.
nuity.
In this memorable year '05 curious
and homogeneous succession OF cases
had engaged 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, tho
notorious canary trainer, which rcmov.
ell plague spot from the g a end of
London. Close on the heels of these
two famous cases came the tragedy of
Woodman's Lee and the very obscure
circumstances which surrounded the
death of Captain Peter Carey. No rec
ord of the doings of Mr.. 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 knew he
had something OH 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
the numerous DISCUSSES and names with
which he concealed his own formI-
dable identity. He had Mt least five
small refugees In different parts Of
| London In which he was able to
change his personality. He said moth
ing Of his business to me, and II was
not my habit to force confidence.
The first positive sign which he gave
me Of the direction which his investi-
CATION was taking was an extraordi-
nary one. He had gone out before
breakfast, and l had sat down to
mine when he strobe into the room,
his hat upon his head and n huge
barb headed spear tucked like an UNI.
brella under his arm.
Good gracious, Holiness" I cried,
you don't mean to say that you have
been walking about London with that
thing!'
~ drove to the butchers and back"
"The butcher'sr'
"And I return with an excellent ap.
petite. There can be no question. my
dear Watson. Of the value of exercise
before breakfast But I am prepared
to bet that you will not guess the form
that my exercise has taken"
II will not attempt IT,"
He chuckled as he poured out the cot
fee.
III you could have looked into Al
lardyce's back shop you would hav,
seen a dead pig swung from hook IL
the ceiling and gentleman In hi,
shirt sleeves furlously stabbiig ut 1
with this weapon. was that encr
| getic person, and have satisfied my
self that by no exertion Of my strength
can | transiix the pig with n single
blow. Perhaps you would care 4
tryy"
mot for worlds. But why were yol
doing thlsT
because 1t seemed to me to have NJ
Indirect bearing upon the mystery o.
Woodmans Lee. All. Hopkins, l go
your wire last night, and l have beeI
expecting you. Come and join u.s."
Our visitor was an exceedingly aler
man, thirty years Of age, dressed In {
quiet tweed suit, but retaining the
erect bearing Of one who was accus
toned to official uniform. recognized
him at once rs Stanley Hopkins, 1
young police inspector, for whose fu
ture Holmes had high hopes, while h,
In turn professed the admiration ant
respect Of pupil for tho scientlf,
methods Of the famous amateur. Hop
kins' brow was clouded. and he sa
down with an air Of deep detection.
mo, thank you, sir. breakfastet
before came round. spent the nigh
In town, for came up yesterday to re
port"
And what had You to report"
Failure, sir; absolute failure"
"You have made no progress?"
/. "None."
"Dear me! ! must have look a
the matter"
:, II wish to heavens that you would
Mr Holmes us nv first big chance