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Morris tribune., 1905-06-10
fro BE Continued
STOP IT.

Boosting of what you can do instead
Of doing it.
Thinking that life is grind and not
worth living.
Exaggerating and making mountains
out Of molehills.
Talking continually about yourself
and your affairs.
Saying unkind things about acquaint-
ances and friends.
Thinking that all the good chances
and opportunities are gone by.
Thinking of yourself to the exclusion
Of everything and every one else.
Specializing as to what you would do
in some one else's place and do your
best in your own.
Gazing idly into the future and
dreaming about it instead Of making
the most Of the present.
Longing for the good things that 9th
ers have instead Of going to work and
earning them for yourself.-Success.
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10

My companions expressive face
showed a sympathy which was not, l
am afraid, entirely unmixed with sat
isfaction.
Dear me-" said he, sit was only this
moment at breakfast that l was say
ing to my friend Dr. Watson that SEN
sational cases had disappeared out Of
our papers,"
Our visitor stretched forward quiv-
ering hand and picked up the Daily
Telegraph, which still lay upon Holmes
knee.
eff you had looked at it, sir, you
would have seen at a glance what the
errand is on which I have come to
you this morning. 1 feel as if my
name and my misfortune must be in
every mans mouth" He turned it
over to expose the central page. Here
. it is, and with your permission / will
read it to you. Listen to this, Mr..
Holmes. The headlines are: Mysterious
Affair at Lower Norwood. Disappear
ance Of a Well known Builder. Sus-
picion Of Murder and Arson. A Clew
to the Criminal That is the clew
which they are already following, Mr..
Holmes, and know that it leads in
fallibly to me. have been followed
from London Bridge station, and am
sure that they are only waiting for the
warrant to arrest me. 1t will break
my mothers HEARTH will break her
hearth He wrung his hands in an
agony of apprehension and swayed
backward and forward in his chair.
l looked with interest upon this man
who was accused of being the perpe-
traitor Of crime Of violence. He was
haxen haired and handsome, in wash
ed out negative fashion, with frighten-
ed blue eyes and clean shaven face,
with weak, sensitive mouth His age
may have been about twenty-seven, his
dress and bearing that of a gentleman.
From the pocket of his light summer
overcoat protruded the bundle of in
dorsed papers which proclaimed his
profession.
eve must use what time we have"
said Holmes. Watson. would you
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10

between the two incidents? Again,
would you choose an occasion when
you are known to be in the house,
when servant has let you in? And,
finally, would you take the great pains
to conceal the body and yet leave your
own stick as sign that you were the
criminal? Confess, Lestrade, that all
this is very unlikely"
GAS to the stick, Mr.. Holmes, you
know as well as l do that criminal
is often Hurried and does such things,
which cool man would avoid. He
was very likely afraid to go back to
the room. Give me another theory that
would fit the facts
II could very easily give you half
dozen," said Holmes. Here, for ex-
ample, is a very possible and even
probable one. I make you free pres
ent of it. The older man is showing
documents which are Of evident value.
A passing tramp sees them through the
window, the blind of which is only half
down Exit the solicitor. Enter the
tramp. He seizes a stick, which he
observes there. kills Oldacre and de-
parts after burning the body"
''Why should the tramp burn the
body?'
For the matter of that, why should
McFarlane?"
''To hide some evidence"
Possibly the tramp wanted to hide
that anE murder at all had been COM
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CONAN DOYLE,

lie made the announcement as II the
name alone would explain both his
visit and its manner, but l could see
by my companions unresponsive face
that it meant no more to him than to
me.
"Have a cigarette, Mr.. McFarlane,"
said he, pushing his case across. Il
am sure that with your symptoms my
friend DR.. Watson here would pre-
scribe a sedative. The weather has
been so very warm these last few
DAYS. Now, If you feel little more
composed should be glad if you would
sit down in that chair and tell us very
slowly and quietly who you are and
what it is that you want. You men
toned your name as if I should recog-
nize it, but I assure you that beyond
the obvious facts that you are a bach
elor, a solicitor, Freemason and an
asthmatic l know nothing whatever
about you"
Familiar as / was with my friends
methods, it was not difficult for me to
follow his deductions and to observe
the untidiness of attire, the sheaf of
legal papers, the watch charm and the
breathing which had prompted them.
Our client, however, stared in amaze
ment.
Eyes, I am all that, Mr.. Holmes, and
in addition 1 am the most unfortunate
man at this moment in London. For
heavens sake, don't abandon me, Mr..
Holmes! If they come to arrest me be-
fore l have finished my story make
them give me time so that 1 may tell
you the whole truth. l could go to
Jail happy if 1 knew that you were
working for me outside"
ARREST you" said Holmes. ''This is
really most grati-most interesting. On
what charge do you expect to be ar
restedY'
Upon the charge of numbering Mr..
Jonas OIdacre of Lower Norwood"
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Der how he pulled it up in order to
swing open the window. l could not
find my stick, and he said, Never mind,
my boy, shall see good deal of you
now, I hope, and I will keep your stick
until you come back to claim it. left
him there, the safe open and the papers
made up in packets upon the table. 1t
was so late that I could not get back
to Blackheath, so I spent the night at
the Anerley Arms, and knew nothing
more until I read Of this horrible af-
fair in the morning
Anything more that you would like
to ask, Mr.. Holmes?' said Lestrade,
whose eyebrows had gone up once or
twice during this remarkable eXplana-
ton.
"Not until have been to Black
heath" !.
'sYou mean to Norwood" said Les
trade.
ooh, yes; no doubt that is what I
must have meant" said Holmes, with
his enigmatieal smile Lestrade had
learned by more experiences than he
would care to acknowledge that that
razorlike brain could cut through that
which was impenetrable to him saw
him look curiously at my companion.
81 think should like to have word
with you presently, Mr. Sherlock
Holmes" said he "Now, Mr.. McFar-
lane, two of my constables are at the
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mitted."
ing"
Because they were papers that he
could not negotiate
Lestrade shook his head. though it
seemed to. me that his manner was
less absolutely assured than before.
well, Mr.. Sherlock Holmes, you
may look for your tramp, and while
you are finding him we will hold on to
our man. The future will show which
is right. Just notice this point, Mr..
Holmes-that SO far as we know none
of the papers were removed and that
the prisoner Is the one man In the
world who had no reason for removing
them. since he was heir at law and
would come into them In any case"
NV friend seemed struck by this re-
mark.
II don't mean to deny that the evil
dence is in some ways very strongly in
favor of your theory" said he. Il only
wish to point out that there are other
theories possible. AS you say, the flu
ture will decide. Good morning! I
dare say that in the course Of the day
shall drop in at Norwood and see how
you are getting on"
When the detective departed my
friend rose and made his preparations
for the days work with the alert air
Of a man who has a congenial task be-
fore him.
"My first movement, Watson" said
he as he hustled into his frock coat,
"must, as I said, be in the direction of
Blackheath.'
"And why not NorwoodY'
Because we have in this case one
singular incident coming close to the
heels of another singular incident. The
police are making the mistake Of con-
centrating their attention upon the
second because it happens to be the
one which Is actually criminal But
1t Is evident to me that the logical
way to approach the case is upon
the first incident-the curious will, so
suddenly made and to so unexpect-
ed an heir. It may do something to
simplify what followed. No, my dear
fellow, l don't think you can help me.
There is no prospect Of danger, Or
should not dream of stirring out with
out you 1 trust that when see you
in the evening 1 will be able to report
that have been able to do something
for this unfortunate youngster who has
thrown himself upon my protection"
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the state Of things which he had him
self done so much to produce.
At the time of which I speak, Holmes
had been back for some months, and
/ at his request had sold my practice
and returned to share the old quarters
in Baker street. A young doctor NAM
ed Werner had purchased my small
Kensington practice and given with
astonishingly little demur the highest
price that | ventured to asian Incl
dent which only explained itself some
time later when [ found that Werner
Was distant relation of Holmes and
that it was my friend who had really
found the money.
Our months of partnership had not
been so uneventful as he had stated,
for find on looking over my notes that
this period includes the case Of the
papers of ex-President Murillo, and al
SO the shocking affair of the Dutch
steamship Friesland, which SO nearly
cost us both our lives. His cold and
proud nature was always averse, how
ever, to anything in the shape of public
applause, and he bound me in the most
stringent terms to say no further word
of himself, his methods or his sue
cesses-a prohibition which, as have
explained, has only now been removed.
Mr.. Sherlock Holmes was leaning back
la his chair after his whimsical protest
and was unfolding his morning paper
1n leisurely fashion when our atten-
fion was arrested by tremendous
ring at the bell, followed Immediately
10y a hollow drumming sound, as if
some one were beating on the outer
door with his fist. AS it opened there
came a tumultuous rush into the hall,
rapid feet clattered up the stair and
an instant later wild eyed and fran
tic young man, pale, disheyeled and
palpitating, burst into the room. He
! booked from one to the other of us, and
under our gaze of inquiry he became
conscious that some apology was need
ed for this unceremonious entry.
I'm sorry, Mr.. Holiness he cried.
asYOu mustn't blame me. l am nearly
mad. Mr. Holmes, am the unhappy
John Hector. McFarlane0
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10

door, and there Is four wheeler wait
ing" The wretched young man arose
and with last beseeching glance at us
walked from the room. The officers
conducted him to the cab, but Lestrade
remained.
Holmes had picked up the pages
which formed the rough draft OF the
will and was looking at them with the
keenest interest upon his face.
There are some points about that
document, Lestrade, are there notY'
said he, pushing them over.
The official looked at them with a
puzzled expression.
| II can read the first few lines and
these in the middle of the second page
and one or two at the end. Those are
as clear as print" said he, "but the
writing in between is very bad, and
there are three places where cannot
read 1t at ALL
"What do you make Of that7A said
Holmes.
"Well, what do you make Of it?'
"That it was written in train. The
good writing represents stations, the
bad writing movement, and the very
bad writing passing ovee POINTS. A sci
entific expert would pronounce at once
that this was drawn up on suburban
line, since nowhere save in the imme.
date vicinity Of a great city could
there be so quick a succession Of points.
Granting that his whole journey was
occupied in drawing up the will, then
| the train was an express, only stopping
once between Norwood and London
| bridge
| Lestrade began to laugh.
"You are too many for me when you
begin to get on your theories, Mr.
Holiness" said he. "How does this
bear on the case?'
"Well, it corroborates the young
mans story to the extent that the will
was drawn up by Jonas Oldacre in his
journey yesterday. It is curious, Is it
not, that man should draw up so i'm
portant a document in so haphazard
fashion, It suggests that he did not
think it was going to be Of much prac-
teal Importance If a man drew up a
will which he did not intend ever to be
| effective he might do it So"
"Well, he drew up his own death
strade.
ooh, you think SOP?
Don't your
"Well, it is quite possible, but the
case is not clear to me yet"
mot clear? We'll, if that isn't clear
what could be clear? Here is young
man who learns suddenly that if a GER
tain older man dies he will succeed to
fortune What does he do? He says
nothing to any one, but he arranges
that he shall go out on some preteXt
to see his client that night. He waits
until the only other person in the house
is in bed, and then in the solitude Of
the mans room he murders him, burns
his body in the wood pile and departs
to a neighboring hotel. The blood
stains in the room and also on the
stick are very slight. It is probable
that he imagined his crime to be a
bloodless one and hoped that If the
body were consumed it would hide all
traces of the method of his death,
traces which for some reason must
have pointed to him. Is not all this
obvious?"
cit strikes me, my good Lestrade, as
being just a trif1e too obvious" said
Holmes. 'sYou do not add imagination
to your other great qualities, but il
you could for one moment put your
self in the place Of this young man
would you choose the very night after
the will had been made to commit your
crime? Would it not seem dangerous
to you to make so very close relation
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10

apart. was very much surprised,
therefore, when yesterday about
o'clock in the afternoon he walked into
my Office in the city. But was still
more astonished when he told me the
object of his visit. He had in his hand
several sheets Of notebook, covered
with scrubbed writing-here they are
and he laid them on my table.
"sHere is my WILL said he. I want
you, Mr.. McFarlane, to cast it into
proper legal shape. I will sit here
while you do So
II set myself to copy it, and you can
imagine my establishment when I found
that, with some reservations he had
left all his property to: me. He was a
strange little ferretlike man, with
white eyelashes, and when looked up
at him I found his keen gray eyes
fixed upon me with an amused express
sion. I could hardly believe my own
senses as I read the terms of the will,
but he explained that he was bache-
lor with hardly any living relation,
that he had known my parents in his
youth and that he had always heard
Of me as very deserving young man
and was assured that his money would
be in worthy hands. OF course could
only stammer out my thanks.
1.-THE will was duly finished, signed
and witnessed by my clerk. This is it
on the blue paper, and these slips, as
have explained, are the rough draft. Mr..
inf oil fh q +
there were a number Of documents
building leases, title deeds, mortgages,
scrip, and so forth-which it was nee
essary that I should see and under
stand. He said that his mind would
not be easy until the whole thing was
settled, and he begged me to come out
to his house at Norwood that night,
bringing the will with me, and to ar
range matters. Remember, my boy,
not one word to your parents about
the affair until everything Is settled.
We will keep it as little surprise for
them He was very insistent upon
this point and made me promise it
faithfully.
''You can imagine Mr.. Holmes, that
l was not in a humor to refuse him
anything that he might ask. He was
my benefactor, and all my desire was
to carry out his wishes in every par
ticular. sent a telegram home, there
fore, to say that had important bust
ness on hand and that it was impossi-
BILE for me to say how late 1 might be.
Mr. Oldacre had told me that he would
like me to have supper with him at 9,
as he might not be home before that
hour l had some difficulty in finding
half past before l reached it. 1 found
him
zone moment" said Holmes. ''Who
opened the door?''
"a middle aged woman, who was, l
suppose, his housekeeper."
"And it was she, L presume, who
mentioned your name"
Exactly" said McFarlane.
. spray proceed
McFarlane wiped his damp brow and
then continued his narrative:
Il was shown by this woman into
sitting room, where frugal supper
was laid out. Afterward Mr.. Jonas
Oldacre led me into his bedroom, in
which there stood a heavy safe. This
he opened and took out mass of docu-
ments, which we went over together.
1t was between II and IL when we
finished. He remarked that we must
not disturb the housekeeper. He show
ed me out through his own French win
dow, which had been open all this
time"
"Was the blind DOWN. asked
Holmes.
II will not be sure, but believe that
It was only half down. Yes, I remem-
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vocation and Avocation.

"Avocation" is one Of those unfor-
tunate words that are constantly being
used in a wrong sense. Strictly speak
ing, it refers to something that calls a
man away from the ordinary occupa-
ton Of his daily life. If you earn your
living by drafting conveyances and in
terpreting legal subtleties and also are
often seen in leisure hours with cam
era in your hand and have dark room
at home, then the law is your vocation
and photography your avocation.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10

fessor Moriarty."
II can hardly think that you would
1lnd many decent citizens to agree with
YOU" answered.
A'Well, well, I must not be selfish"
said he, with Il smile as he pushed back
his chair from the breakfast table.
s'The community is certainly the gain
er and no one the loser save the poor
out Of work specialist, whose occupa-
ton has gone. With that man in the
field ones morning paper presented in
finite possibilities. Often it was only
the smallest trace, Watson, the faint
est indication, and yet it was enough
to tell me that the great malignant
brain was there, as the gentlest ire
mors of the edges of the web remind
one of the foul spider which turks in the
center. Petty thefts, wanton assaults,
purposeless outrage-to the man who
held the clew all could be worked
into one connected whole. To the sci
entific student of the higher criminal
world no capital in Europe offered the
advantages which London then pos
SeSsed But now He shrugged his
shoulders in humorous depreciation Of
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10
The Ptarmigan.

There are few birds whose plumage
is SO variable as the ptarmigan's.
Three times in the year it's plumage
changes. 1t has separate coats for
spring, autumn and winter At the be-
ginning of November it puts on the last
costume Of the season. It's spring
brown and summer gray serve well to
hide it among the scanty heritage Of Its
haunts from the keen eye Of the soar
ing falcon.
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10
TIME ECONOMY.

$50 you have bought your wife an
other expensive ring. Isn't that waste
Of money!"
'On the contrary, it is true economy,
for she won't require half SO many
pairs of gloves as formerly"
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10

There cannot be a greater rudeness
than to interrupt another in the current
Of his discourse
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10
Encouraging.

Encouraging.
"Close up, boys; close upw said a
colonel to his regiment. "If the enemy
were to fire on you when you are stray.
Cling along like that they wouldn't kill
single man of you. Close upv'
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10
The Adventure OF
the Norwood
Builder
No. 2 Of the Series

4eseyright. 1905 BY a. Conan Doyle and Ceflier's
Weekiy.)
(Coewight, 1905, BY Mcclure, Phillip e CO..
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10
A Bad Recollection.

First BarbeF-Whew, That barn.
sto2mer must be bad actor! Second
Ditto-Why? First Barber-When I
asked him If he wanted an egg sham
poo he jumped right out of the chair
and made for the door!-Detroit Free
Press.
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10

ROM the point of view of
the criminal expert" said
Mr.. Sherlock Holmes,
London has become a
singularly uninteresting
city since the death of
the late lamented Pro-
Morris tribune., 1905-06-10
Rad Either Way,

Mr.. Wiseguy-No, I don't want any
Of those sausages. I'm afraid Of tri-
china. The Butcher assure you:
there's no danger Of trichina in these
sausages. Mr.. Wiseguy-Well, hydro
phobia, then. It's just as bad-Cleve-
land Leader.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-03-06
HUMAN JEALOUSY.
The Difference Between the Passion
In "a Man and a Woman.

In Man and a Woman.
The mans jealousy is a stormy sea
flooding everything, tearing down and
devouring everything in him that is
strong, filling his innermost heart, alb
= sorbing all rivers of feeling and de
stroying his mind. The woman's jeal.
Ousy is a narrow, turbulent, treacherous
torrent which hides it's depth and high
above which rise hard and s. ent banks;
it heightens her senslbility and
strengthens her mind
The jealous man is a wrathful lion;
he is noble, and hunger only forces him
to tear his prey to pieces. The jealous
woman is an Infatuated snake; she is
vain, and passion only tempts her to
sting. The anger Of the jealous man is
directed against the object of his love
and interrupts his love, and that of the
jealous woman is directed against her
rivals, and her love is intensified by it.
Jealousy makes a fool of a man; 1t
makes him ridiculous and lowers him in
the love and esteem of the woman, but
woman gains in wit and charm by her
jealousy, and it makes her more attrac-
tive to the man. Jealousy is terrible,
sharp weapon which a woman uses
lightly in order to cut a few sweets on
which to feed her vanity; often she even
wounds with it the man she loves in
order to enjoy his sufferings. The man
disdains this cruel thing, though, did he
use it, it would rarely miss its object
of awakening the dormant love Of a
woman, of bringing hidden love to the
surface and of creating love where
there was none.-From "The German
of Borne"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-03-06
PYGMY HIPPO AND ELAND,
Two Animals of Africa That Are
Practically Unknown.


There are two animals practically I'M
known to the outside world. These are
the pygmy or Liberian hippOpotamus
and the Derbian Gland. The first named
is just what it's name implies, pygmy
hippopotamus, differing from the larger
and common variety in three respects
only. In the first place, it is much
smaller than the common Hippopota-
mus amphibius, being no larger than
an ordinary fair sized hog; in the sec
ond place, it differs somewhat from the
common hippo in the character of its
teeth, and, in the third place, instead
of spending it's time in the rivers and
lakes in large herds it wanders about
through the jungles singly or in pairs,
much after the manner Of swine in
search of mast. Owing to the fact that
it does not go in herds and is hard to
distinguish against the dark back
ground Of jungle thickets it is an eX-
ceedingly difficult animal to hunt or
find If anything the legs of the dwarf
Liberian hippopotamus are trife lon
ger in proportion than are those of the
common river hippopotamus.
Next to the Liberian hippOpotamus
the Derbian Gland of west Africa,
which the Mandingoes call 'jinke jan
ko," is today the least known of all
rare and strange manufacturing