The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-10-04
Sherlock Holmes Story
Adventure of Three Students
Concluded

Our guide cried aloud in his aston
ishment and dismay. Good gracious
Mr.. Holmes, you are surely not go
ing to leave me in this abrupt fashion
You don't seem to realize the position
Tomorrow is the examination. l must
take some definite action tonight.
cannot allow the examination to be
held if one of the papers has been tam
pered with. The situation must be
faced"
''You must leave it as it is l shall
drop round early tomorrow morning
and chat the matter over. 1t is posi-
BILE that | may be in a position then
to indicate some course of action
Meanwhile, you change nothing moth
ing at ALL"
Every good, Mr. Holmes"
"You can be perfectly easy in your
mind. We shall certainly find some
way out of your difficulties. l will
take the black clay with me; also the
pencil cuttings Goodby"
When we were out in the darkness
of the quadrangle we again looked up
at the windows. The Indian still pac-
ed his room. The others were in
visible.
"Well. Watson, what do you think
of it?' Holmes asked as we came out
into the main street. "Quite little
parlor igame-sort of three card trick,
is it not? There are your three men
1t must be one of them. You TAXI
your choice Which is yours:'
+l,<,
He is the one with the worst record.
And yet that Indian was SLY fellow
also. Why should he be pacing his
room all the time?''
There is nothing in that. Many men
do it when they are trying to learn
anything by heart
HE looked at us in a queer way"
$50 would you if a flock of strangers
came in on you when you We're pre-
pairing for an examination next day
and every moment was of value. No
l see nothing in that Pencils, too. and
knives ali was satisfactory. But that
fellow does puzzle me-
Who"
why, Bannister, the servant. What's
his game in the matter:'
He impressed me as being perfect
ly honest man..
$50 he did me. That's the puZzlins
part. Why should a perfectly honest
maxwell, we'll, here's large station
er's. We shall begin our researches
here"
There We're only four stationers Of
any consequence in the town, and a
each Holmes produced his pencil chips
and bid high for duplicate. All Were
agreed that one could be ordered, bu
that it was not usual size of pencil
and that it was seldom kept in stock
My friend did not appear to be depress
ed by his failure. but shrugged hi:
shoulders in half humorous resigna
ton.
NO good, my dear Watson. This, TIL
best and only final clew, has run t
nothing. But, indeed, l have littl
doubt that we can build up sufficien
case without it. By Jove, my dear fe
low, it is nearly 8, and the landlad
babbled of green peas at 7:3O. VIVA
with your eternal tobacco, Watson, an
your irregularity at meals. I eNpec
that you will get notice to quit an
that l shall share your downfall-no
however, before we have solved til
problem of the nervous tutor, the care
less servant and the three enterprisn
Students
Holmes made no further allusion t
the matter that day, though he sat los
in thought for a long time after our b,
lated dinner At s in the morning L
came into my room just as finishe
my toll /.
Well, Watson" said he, "it is tin
we went down to st. Luke's. Can 20
do without breakfasts"
Certainly"
"Soames will be in dreadful fidg,
until we are able to tell him somethin
positive"
Have you anything positive to tie
him?"
II think So"
"You have formed conclusion?"
Yes, my dear Watson; have solve
the mystery
But what fresh evidence could yo
have got?"
"Aha! 1t is not for nothing that
have turned myself out of bed at I'll
untimely hour Of 6. have put in tw