The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-03

Onesto Bfr. Ssndgford Of Lever Grora
road. Reading. No. Thave 1ever. seen
this face which you show me in tina
nhotsEFaDh You would haualy forget
It. rvouifs you. sir, for I've seldom. seen
ant ugl1er. Have we any Italians on
the. star? Yes, sir; we have several
among eur vVoEkpeople and cleaners
I dare say they might get a peep at
that sales book n 6hey wHutoG %,
There5s no .BardcElar reason fop kecp-
ing a watch UPpn that book. WeGs
we'll it's a very strange business. and
I hope that you. viii let ma know a
anything. cumas OF Vour inqulries.'
TIofReaSh had taken severed n0oes dur,
ing Or. Harding's. evidence, and O.
could see sthat he was thoroughly satt
isded, by the turn which afairs were
taking. He made no remark, howevers
save THAT unless we hurried we should
be late. for our appointment with Lee
strade. Sure ennush. when we reach-
ed Baker street. the detective WIS. al
ready there, and We. found him padlnE
up and down fl. a fever hnpacence.
His fooI-s OF -fnportauce showed that hia
days work had not.besu in vain-
'WelIT' he asked. "P{hatslucz, Dir.
Holmesg"
1--WE have had a very busy day and
not entirely a wasted one" my friend
explained. 'eyVelhave seen .bot1tghe re-
I taflers and eaisO the wholesale manu-
facturers. can trace each Of the
busts now from the beginning
U
well. you have your own methods. Mr..
Sherlock Holmes, and it is not for me
to say a word against them, but I
think I have done a better days work
than you. I have identified the dead
man"
'You don't,say so9"
"And found a cause for the crime"
"splendid?'
eve have an Inspector who makes
speciality Of Saffron Hill and the Ital-
I ian quarter Wei, this dead man had
some Catholic emblem round his neck,
and that. along with his color, made mo
! think he was from the south. Inspect
7 or Hill knew him the moment be
/ caught sight Of him. His name is Pie
| tro Venucci, from Naples. and he ig one
I Of the greatest cutthroats in London.
I He is Connected with the 8Iafa. which.
4 as YOU know. IS n secret political sOcie-
/ ty, enforcing It's DEGREES by murder.
/ Now. you seethOW the affair begins 20
! clear up. The,Other fellow is probably
\ an Italian also and a member OF the
/ Malta. He has broken the rules fin
some fashion. Pietro IS set upon his
track. Probably the photograph we
found in his pockets the man himself.
so that he may not knife the wrong
person. He dogs the fellow, he sees
him enter a house, he waits outside for
him, and IN the scuhie he receives his
own death wound. How is that 1fr.
Sherlock HolmesT'
Holmes clapped his hands approving
y.
Excellent, .Lestrade, exceHentr' be
cried. But I didn't quite follow your
explanation Of the destruction OF the
busts."
''The bustsl You never can get those
busts out OF your head After all, that
Is nothing; petty larceny. six months at
the most 1t IS the murder that we are
really investigating. and tell you that
1 am gathering an the threads into my
hands"
"And the next stageP'
els a very simple one I shall 90
down with Hill to the Italian quarter.
find the man whose photograph We
have got and arrest him on the charge
Of murder. VIII you come with usl'
81 think not. fancy we can attain
our end in a simpler way. I can't say
for certain because it all depends
well, It all depends upon q factor which
is completely outside OR control But
I have great h5pes-in fact. the betting
IS exactly two TO one-t1at II you viii
come with US tonight I shall be- able 90
, help you to lay him by the heels.R
an the italian quarterY'
"No: I fancy ChisWick is an address
which is more likely 70 ind him. If
You VIII come with me 10 ChisWiciC
: tonight Iestrade. III promise TO 60 to
the italian quarter with you tomorrow,
and no harm viii be done By the de-
: lay. And now I think that a few
hours sleep would do us an good Tor
DO not propose % leave DeIQfg ID
O'Clock. and It IS unlikely that we shall
? be back before morning. You'll dine
with US. Lestrade, and then you arc
welcome 70 the sofa until IT is time for
? Us 70 start. In the meantime, Watson.
r I should be glad IL you would ring for
q an. express messenger, for 7 have let
ter to send. and it is important that q
should 90 At once"
. Holmes spent the evening FRI rum
:. maging among the files Of the Old daily
2 papers with which one Of our lumber
rooms was packed. When at last be de-
scended it was with triumph in his
eyes, but be said nothing 10 either 0l
Z Us as TO the result OF his researches
I For my own paT= had followed ste1
7 by step the methods by which be bad
e traced the various wlndings Of this