The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-28
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Thank YOU. think I quite follow yuu,''

said Sherlock Holmes.
should notice this point. I went down the
e con fast asleep in his box, with
lamp. l took off the kettle and blew out the
lamp, for the water was squirting over the
floor, Then put out my hand and was about
soundly. when a bell over his head rang loudly
and n aT Phepy with }r s sad he looking 81
in bewilderment. -.
- came down to see if my coffee
lie tie asd f6sn af az Hs
ishment upon his face.
, IF you was here, sir, then who rang the
:: The bell cried What bell is 1T?
8. It's the bell of the room you were working
"a cold. hand seemed to close round my
heart. Some one. then, was in that room
where my precious treaty lay upon the table
passage. There was no one in the corridors, Mr.
Holmes. There was no one in the room All
w5n had Gx to n esns s
had been taken from the desk on which they lay
The copy was there and the original was gone
tirelyy to his heart; 'Pray, what did you do
II recognized in an instant that the thief
must have come up the stairs from the side
goo do9r' VI course Sc, must have met him if he
10y You we're satisfied that the could not have
the tn corridor which you have just described ss
conceal himself either in the room or the cor
ridor: There Is no cover at ALL"
Thank you. Pray. proceed
1.-THE commissionnaire seeing by nv pale face
Upstairs Now both rushed along i the eor
Charles street The door at the bottom was
closed, but unlocked We flung it open and
we did so there came three chimes from a
neighboring clock. 1t a quarter to ten
Holmes, making note upon his shirt-cuff -
The night was very dark, and thin
in Charles street. but a great traffic was go
! ing on. as usual in WHITEHALL at the OK.
tremity. We rushed along the pavement, bare
headed as we were, and at the far corner we
found policeman standing.
"A robbery has been committed 1 gasped
Ct has
this way? p0'o =,
9 i have been standing here for quarter
of an hour, sir, said he; only one person
has passed during that time-a woman, tall
and elderly, with a Paisley shawl.
that Is only my wfs ePtsd tie
. Then It must be the other way that the
sleeve.
..But was not satisfied, and the attempts
which he made to draw me away increased my
/ suspicious
g Which way did the woman go? I cried.
~ don't know, sir. I noticed her pass,
but I had no special reason for watching her.
She seemed to be in hurry
:. How long ago was it?'
| !. oh, not very many minutes.
Wei ah it 'e eeuld iS not H be more than nve.
= YOU'RE only wasting your time, sir, and
every minute now Is of Importance, cried the
commissionnaire; take my word for it that
my old woman has nothing to do with 1t, and
come down to the other end of the street.
/ Well, If you won't, I WILL And with that
I he rushed off in the other direction.
''But I was after him in an instant and
caught him by the sleeve.
I :" Nv here do you liver said I.
| !" 16 Ivy Lane, Brixton,' he answered. But
don't let yourself be drawn away upon a false
| scent. Mr.. Phelps Come to the other end of
| the street and let us, see If we can hear of
ANYTHING
| Nothing was to be lost by following his adj
! vice. With the policeman we both hurried down,
but only to find the street full Of traffic, many
people coming and going. but all only too eager
| to get to a place of safety upon SO wet a
| night. There was no lounger who could tell
| us who had passed
! sssThen we returned to the Office and searched
the stairs and the passage without result The
corridor which led to the room was laid down
with Kind Of creamy 1ino1eurn which shows
an in1nresson easily. We examined it