The Washington times., 1905-05-07

This is a directory Of Paris said
he. with the trades after the names OF
the people. / want you TO take it home
With you. and TO mark off all the hard /
| ware sellers, with their addresses. It .
| would be OF the greatest use TO me 10
have them
surely there are classified lists?" Z
suggested.
mot reliable ones. Their system Ii
different from ours. Stick 1T it. and let
me have the lists by Monday, at twelve i
Goed-day, Mr., Pycroft Ie you con-
| tinue to show zeal and intelligence you
viii find the company. good master"
went back to the hotel with the big
book under my arm. and with very con-
| fictins feelings in my breast. On the
one hand, ] was definitely engaged and
/ had hundred pounds in my pocket:
On the other. the look Of the offices.
| the absence OF name on The wall and
| other of the points which would strike a
| business man had left bad impression
| as to the position Of my employers.
| However, come what might, I had my
money, 50 I settled down 20 my task.
All Sunday ] was kept hard at work.
and yet by Monday I had only got as
far as II. 1 went around TO my en-
ployer. I found him IN the same dis
keep at 1t until Wednesday. and then
come again. On Wednesday IT was still
unfinished. so I hammered away until
Friday--that is, yesterday. Then I
brought it round 10 Harry Primer.
THANK you very much" said he; 81
fear that I underrated the difficulty Of
the task. This list will be Of very ma
teria1 assistance to me-
ut took come time said L
'sAnd now" said he. ST want you 10
make list OF the furniture shops, for
they all sell crockery.'
Very good
And you can come up tomorrow even
ing, at 7, and let me know how you
are getting on. Don't overwork your
self a couple of hours at Days Music
Hall in the evening would do you no
harm after your labors." He laughed
as he spoke, and l saw with q thrill
that his second tooth upon the ieft-hand
side had been very badly stuffed with
gold
Sherlock Holmes rubbed his hands,
with delight. and I stared with astonish-
ment at our client.
You may well look surprised, Dr..
Watson: but it is this way, said he:
when was speaking TO the other chap
In London, at the time that he laughed
u
pened to notice that his tooth was stuff
ed in this very identical fashion. The
CLINT of the gold in each case caught my
eve you see When I put that with
the voice and figure being the same, and
only those things altered which might
be changed by a razor or a wig, I could
not doubt tflatit was the same man. OF
course you expect two brothers TO be
alike, but not that they should have
the same tooth stuffed in the very same
way He bowed me out. and 1 found
myself in the street, hardly knowing
whether l was on my head or my heels.
Back l went to my hotel, put my head
in d basin OF cold water, and tried TO
think II out. Why had he sent me from
London to Birmingham Why had he
got there before ne? And why had he
written letter from himself to him
self? 1t was altogether too much for
me-, and / could make no sense Of II.
And then suddenly il struck me that
what was dark to me might be very
light TO Mr.. Sherlock Holmes I had
Just time to get up to town by the night
train TO see him this morning, and TO
bring you both back with me to Bir-
mingham
There was pause after the stock
brokers' clerk had concluded his surpris-
ms SAPNiis1iSS- 1ttSil cISTiGch E1OlHltj
cooked his eye at me, leaning back on
The cushions with Il pleased ana yet crit
zeal face, like a eonnoisseur who has
just taken his first sip Of a comet vint-
age.
Rather fine. Watson, is it not?" said
he. There are points in il which please
me- l think that you will agree with
me that an interview with Mr. Arthur
Parry Pinner in the temporary office of
the Ffanco-M Midland Hardware Com
pany, Limited, would be a rather inter-
esting experience for both Of us
: But how can we do it2a 1 asked.
''oh, easily enough" said Hall Pycroft.
eheerily. You are two friends OF mine
who are in want of a billet. and what
could be more natural than that / should
bring you both round to the managing
director?"
Quite so, of course said Holmes.
I should like 10 have look at the
and see If l can make any,
thing OF his little game What quail
ties have you, my friend. which would
make vour services SO valuable? or is
II possible that He began biting
his nails and staring bEank.s out of
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