Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-12
By A. CONAN DOYLE,
 BY F. D. STEELE

very bad-Quite ghastly.
 You stayed here when your master left:" "Only for minute or so; then I lock- ed the door and went to my room."
 Whom did you suspect!'
 "Oh, 1 would not venture to say. sir. I don't believe there is any gentleman in this university who is capable of proft;ng by such an action. No, sir; IT, not believe it.''
 Thank you: that will do,' said Holmes "Oh, one more word. You have not mentioned to any of the three gentlemen whom you attend that any thing Is amiss?"
 No, sir; not a word"
 You haven't seen any of them?"
 No, sir
 "very good. Now. MT. Soames. we will take walk in the quadrangle, if you please" Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom.
 "Your three birds are all in their nests." said Holmes, looking up. .Hel- To-. Whats that? One of them seems restless enough"
 It was the Indian, whose dark silhou- cite appeared suddenly upon his blind. He was pacing swiftly up and down his room.
 'I should like to have peep at each of them" said Holmes. ''Is it possi- ble?" ss L-
 No difficulty in the world" Soames answered. This set of rooms is quite l .Ae oldest in the college, and it is not unusual for visitors to go over them. Come along, and I will personally con- duct you.'
 "No names. please" said Holmes as we knocked at Gilchrist's door. A tall. faxen haired. slim young fellow opened [ it and made us welcome when he un- derstood our errand There were some really curious pieces of mediaeval do mestic architecture within. Holmes was so charmed with one of them that i he insisted on drawing it in his note | book. broke his pencil, had to borrow ! one from our host and finally borrowed i a knife to sharpen his own. The same | curious accident happened to him in the rooms of the Indiana silent little | hook nosed fellow, who eyed us askance | and was obviously glad when Holmes | architectural studies had come to an end. could not see that in either case l Holmes had come upon the clew for which be was searching. Only at the third did our visit prove abortive. The outer door would not open to our knock and nothing more substantial than torrent of bad language came from behind it. 'fI don't care who you are. You can go to blazesr roared the angry voice ''Tomorrow's the exam, and I won't be drawn by any one" "A rude fellowr' said our guide, flushing with anger as we withdrew down the stair. ''Of course he did not realize that 1t was I who was knock ing. but none the less his conduct was very uncourteous and, indeed. under the circumstances rather suspicious" : Holmes response was a curious one.
 Gan you tell me his exact heightT [ he asked. : Really. Mir. Holmes. I cannot un- dertake to say. He is taller than the Indian. not so tall as Gilchrist. SUD- pose five foot six would be about it."
 That is very important" said Holmes. And now. Mir. Soames, l wish you good night"
 Our guide cried aloud in his aston !shment and dismay. Good gracious. Mir. Holmes. you are surely not go- ing to leave me in this abrupt fashion! You don't seem to realize the position. Tomorrow is the examination. I must take some definite action tonight I cannot allow the examination to be held if one of the papers has been tam pe-ei with. The situation must be faced"
 You must leave il as it Is. I shall drop round early tomorrow morning and chat the matter over. l. Is possi- hle that I may be in a position then to indicate some course of action. Meanwhile, you change nothing-noth- ing at al"
 "ve-y good. Mir Holmes"
 You can be perfectly easy ln your mind We shall certainly find some way out Of your difficulties. I will take the black clay with ne: also tho pencil cuttings. GOodby."
 When we were out in the darkness O, the quadrangle we again looked uT al the windows. The Indian sttll pac ed hfs room. The others were in visible.
 -werl. Watson. what do you Sinl os Its- Holmes asked as we cane ou into the zsin street Quite a littl' parIo- game-sort Of three card trick Is fl nOti There are your three men It must be one Of thez- You tzks y0ur choice. Which ss yOuSs-
 The foul mOuthed fellow at the top He is the one with the worst record A1d yet that Indian EaS a sly fellow also why should ke 5e paclng his roon all tie tmeE-
 Thsrs is nothing ia that May ueu do il when they are trying 10 learu anything by bezr--
 He lO5ked at Us ia queer way.
 So would y5u if Eock ef strangers cane i1 01 yog vhe1 y91 zsr= gre { pz-l-z for sa eEzr1i1zri2z neXr dsy z1d eTerv moment was 0f vslCe No I see n0EhiEz ia tbst- Pszcis. r1s- ard kaive-su Eas sztisfac10-T- BE- taz. feIio~ does p1zzie Ee.T
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