The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-17

found clasped in the dead mans right
hand"
From his pocket Stanley Hopkins
drew a small paper packet He un-
folded it and disclosed a golden pince-
nez, with two broken ends Of black
silk cord dangling from the end Of it.
'Wiloughby Smith had excellent
sight" he added. "There can be no
question that this was snatched from
the face or the person Of the assassin"
Sherlock Holmes took the glasses in
to his hand and examined them with
the utmost attention and interest. He
held them on his nose, endeavored to
( read through them, went to the win
dow and stared up the street with
them, looked at them most infinitely in
the full light Of the lamp and finally,
with a chuckle, seated himself at the
table and wrote q few lines upon
sheet Of paper. which he tossed across
I to Stanley Hopkins.
That's the best I can do for you"
said he ct may prove to be Of some
use"
The astonished detective read the
note aloud 1t ran as follows:
Wanted. a woman Of good. address. at
tired like a lady She has a remarkably
. thick nose, with eyes which are set close
upon either side OF IT. She has a pUclSer-
ed forehead peering expression and
probably rounded shoulders. There are
Indications that she has had recourse to
aE-- IL.
few months AS her glasses are Of re-
raarSable strength nd as opticians are
not very numerous, there should be no
difficulty in tracing her.
Holmes smiled at the establishment
OF Hopkins, which must have been
reflected upon my features.
Surely my deductions are simplicity
itself" said he ct would be difficult
to name any articles which afford q
finer field for inference than a pair Of
glasses, especially so remarkable a pair
as these. That they belong to a woman
infer ON their delicacy and also of
course from the last words Of the dying
man. AS to her being a person Of re-
finement and well dressed, they are as
you perceive, handsomely mounted in
solid gold, and it is incOnceivable that
any one who wore such glasses could
be slatternly in other respects. You
win find that the clips are too wide for
your nose, showing that the lady's nose
was very broad at the base. This sort
Of nose is usually q short and coarse
one. but there is q sufficient number Of
exceptions to prevent me from being
dogmatic or from insisting upon this
point in my description. Ny own face
is a narrow one, and yet I find that
cannot get my eyes into the. center not
( near the center Of these glasses
Therefore the Iady's eyes are set very
near to the sides Of the nose. You vii
perceive. Watson, that the glasses are
concave and Of unusual strength.
lady whose vision has been so extreme
ly contracted an her life is sure to have
the physical characteristics OF suci
vision. which are seen in the forehead
the eyelids ana the shoulders
'Yes." I said. Il can follow each o.
p your arguments. confess, however
that I am unable to understand how
You arrive at the double visit to TIT
, optcian"
Holmes took the glasses in his hand.
"You VIII perceive" he said "tha
= the clips are lined with tiny bands o.
cork TO soften the pressure upon tn
J nose. One Of these is discoI0red an'
worn 70 some slight extent but tn
r other is new. Evidently one has fallel
! of and been replaced. I should judg
/ that the older Of them has not beei
there more than a few months. The
exactly correspond. so I gather that tn
lady went back TO the same establish
: ment for the second"