Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-10-05

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throw any light upon the problem"
A drive Of an hour brought us to the
picture dealers establishment. He was
a small, stout man, with a red face and
a peppery name
Eyes, sir. On my very counter, sir"
said he. "What we pay rates and
taxes for l don't know, when any ruff
far can come in and break ones
goods. veg. sir, it was l who sold DR..
Barnico& his two statues. Disgraceful,
sir. \ nihilist plot-that's what l
make it. No n but an anarchist
! would go about breaking statues. Re
republicans-that's what l cali 'em.
Who did I get the statues from? l
don't see what that has to do With it.
Well, if you really want to XII W. !
got them from Gelder & Co, in Church
street, stepney. They are a wei!
been this twenty years. How many
had l? Three-two and N are three
two of DR.. BarnicOt's and one smash.
ed in broad daylight on my OWL count
er. Do l know that photograph? No,
I don't. Yes, l do, though. Why, it's
Beppo. He was a kind Of Italian piece
work man, who made himself useful in
the shop. He could carve a bit and
gild and frame and do odd jobs. The
fellow left me last week, and I've
heard nothing of him since. No, I
don't know where he came from nor
where he went to-. I had nothing
against him while he was here. He
smashed"
"Well, that's all we could reasonably
expect from Morse Hudson said
Holmes as we emerged from the shop.
I'VE have this Beppo as a common
factor, both in Remington and in Ken
sington, SO that is worth a ten mile
drive. Now, Watson, let us make for
Gelder & Co. Of Stepney. the source
and origin of the busts. I shall be sur
prised if we don't get some help down
there"
In rapid succession we passed
through the fringe of fashionable Lon
don. hotel London, theatrical London,
literary London, commercial London,
and, finally, maritime London. TIL we
came to a riverside city Of 100000
souls, where the tenement houses swell
ter and reek with the outcasts Of Eu-
rope. Here, In a broad thoroughfare.
once the abode Of wealthy city mer-
chants. we found the sculpture works
for which we searched. Outside was q
considerable gard full Of monumental
masonry. Inside was a large room in
which fifty workers We're carving or
molding. The manager, a big blond
German, received us civilly and gave
a clear answer to Ill Holmes ules-
lions. y reference to his books showed
thai hundreds Of casts had been taken
from a marble copy Of Dcvine's head of
Napoleon. but that the three which had
been sent to Morse Hudson n year or
30 before had been half Of a batch Of
SIX. the other three being sent to Hard
ing Bros. of konSingtOn. There was NO
reason why those six should he differ
ent from any Of the other casts. He
could suggest no possible cause why
any one should wish to destroy them
IN fact. he laughed ut the idea. Their
wholesale price was 6 shillings, but the
retailer would get II or more. The
cast was taken in two molds from
each side Of the face, and thor these
W proilIcs Of plaster Of paris were
joined together to make the completc
pnst. The work was usually done by
Humans IN The we were In. When
finished the bnsts were put on a table
III IN" passage to dry and nfterward
stored That go. .L - o.""h t." .&