The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-28

suspect myself s45f.&s .5a
..of coming to conclusions too rapidly"
Then go to London and test your conclu-
Your advice is very excellent, Miss Harri
son, !" said Holmes, rising. Il think, Watson
we cannot do better. Do not allow yourself
affair is a very tangled one.''
II shall be in a fever until see you again.
cried the diplomatst
We'll, III come out by the same train to-
morrow, tho It's more than likely that my
report .St, will Il IL be a negative one
God bless you for promising to come" cried
our client 1T gives me fresh life to know that
something is being done. BY the way, | have
had ia letter from Lord Hodhurst.''
'Ha! what did he say?''
He was cold, but not. harsh. Il dare say my
severe illness prevented him from being that.
He repeated that the matter was of the utmost
Importance and added that no steps would be
taken about my future-by which he means, of
course, my dismssaI-until my health was re-
STORED ana / had an opportunity Of repairing my
We'll; that was reasonable and considerable,
said Holmes Come, Watson for we have
good days work before us in town."
Joseph Harrison drove us down to the sta
tlon, and we We're soon whirlng up in Ports
Mouth momth train nd Holmes was sunk in profound
we had passed Clapham Junction.
Its very CHEEKY thing to come into Lon
a Ml by any OF these lines which run high and
this 80 : NO
thought he was joking, for the view was
explained himself,
'Iook at those big, isolated clumps of build
Ing rising up above the states, like brick islands
In lead-coored sea-" = -
The boardschools.'' f.
Lighthouses, my boy! Beacons of futures
Capsules a, with hundreds Of BRIGHT little seeds
e each It Of Of which hb win spring the wiser
man a! Phelps does not drink 0''''' '''''
| II should not think 500
Nor should l, but we are bound to take
every possibility into account. The poor devil
has certainly got himself into very deep water
u-1,ntha cI,,
! Miss Harrison? % III -
,. "a girl Of strong character" --~...
na he's 5ro gSea a nsst the or only am s
OF an lron-master somewhere up Northumberland
way. ne got engaged to her when travelling
last winter and she came down to be intro
Then came the smash and she stay ad oG To-
nurse her lover. while brother Joseph. finding
making MAJ 4a, few ipdependent Inquiries you see
But tu toea ay. must must be day of inquiries.
..Oh, if you find your own cases more inter-
e esnan+,. than mine said Holmes. with some
along We'll for day or p two Since eeulf
Is the, the slackest time in the YEAR
f rs he rssssyeF h bis I'd
ebes t aan that we shqu s begin by seeing
tails tal we want until we know from what side
~ on said you had clueY' y ..@H
| , wen, We have several but we can ONLY test
their value by further inquiry. The most diff.
'f'y 10! ThsTs is the Frsnch
ever might sell it to either Of these and Is ther
Is Lord Holahurst." NA0 'ne'e
Lord Holdhurst!'
might find himself in position where he was
not sorrg to have such document accidentally
Of not Not statesmen with the honorable record
dsraea is g. possibility and we cannot afford to
and lind out if he can tell us anything. Mean.
VINE lrea aay e, already set inquiries foot.
every YES svenin sent wires from Woktng station to
He handed over sheet torn from note.
n tn On it was scribbled in pencil: :.s1o re-
fare at or aboat h Of h he eaP which
IN Ia enaries street at qtanter to ten III the even
eouadnn ANY III III Baker hef
PHELPS f not ct there sno harm done But if Mr.
either II tie room Or the ee Corridors
yet left no trace of damp upon the fnoien nn'
hi 10 was was examined within few minutes Of
may safely deduce a cab :" 'ninA 'nat we
~ sounds plausible y-.' s
r. ina mnat Is one of the clues Of which smoke
course s there ieaa Us t The sometnS And then
distinctive faat1,ro me oeiit-Whlch is the most
Vs. s f. w VIII a Il
tne thief who did it in order to nravsn+ ~
G aa s Or was it an accident? Or was Tvs ~
tb the sank back into the state of intense and Silent
seemed scene. to me- accustomed as l was TO his vnrr
m ropu, mat some new possibility had dawnaG
suddenly upon him. = ~ "D VIC" 'iec
1t was twenty past 2 whom wa roa.,,
We p pehe a1t ep at aasty lunehson TIC
FOUND him waiting to receive us-a small u fo w.
nr ss WIN snarp but by no means amiable ex
ner to us. especially when he heard n The man al
. rang M u upon which we had come. 'Ae ei
said IF 5 5eur methods before
enough to use all the nforma ton that the necs
finish fbe a. your disposal and then you try t.
J them anu Diins olscredlt OF
on tn the contrary said Holmes, "out of my
penred ~ fo,,s cases my name has only ap
credit IN forty-nine. don't blame YOU for n n,t
riepeeds h ms l. Tor you are young and inexpe
duties i, you will work with me and not aaain e
tho da+a be very glad of hint or two," sale
'a. NY nad no credit from the case SO far"
.. What steps have you taken?'
shadowed He left the guards with as beer beer
character I e and we can find nothing against him
more w abe IS H. ead lot tho fancy she know,
Have you shadowed her.;
We have set one of our women on to her
!, it, iansey drinks. and our woman has beer
with her tWjse when she was we'll on, but s she
could get nothing out of her." ~ S''s
Tho Understand s that they have had brokers' il
/ VS.. IVES but t., they y were paid Off
..T mmere di ,, the he, money come frcm?
, ,,o rha az all right His pension was due
f,iy nave not shown any sign of being II
L What explanation did she give of bavino
answered Is, the bell when Mr.. Phelps rang for the
ashe said that her husband was verv +,rof
ana she wished to relieve him =
Well certainly that would agree with his
nelng found little later asleep in his chair
: woman's character. Did you ask her why she
hurried away that night? Her haste attracted
tne e.s attention 1lt Of the police constable
home.'' 'n<'i Usual a. ana ana wanted to get
. Did you point out to her that YOU and Mr.
Pnelps; who started at least twenty minute.
& .She explains that by the difference between
bus and hanson y
h se ran at nta he back 5saehin
! Because she had the money there with whic,
to ray off tile brokers'"
i She has at least answer for everything
Dld you ask her whether. in leaving she me-
anyone or saw anyone lettering about Charles
street ~ '~'>Ns'7 -
: She saw no one but the constable"
ell; you seem to have cross-examined hel
pretty thoroly What else have you done?''
, . The clerk Gorot has been Swallowed all these
nine weeks, but without result. We can show
nothing against him. 49,
a.AA Is,t g els SCI
evidence of any kind" -
Have you %, formed any theory about how thai
.Well must confess that it beats me. Il
!: was a cool hand whoever it was to go ant
give the alarm like that