The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

want to introspect. Come along!
We j, travelled by the underground as
far as .Aldersgate, and short walk wal
scene of the singular story which we
had listened to in the morning. 1T was
"a pokey, little, shabby genteel place,
where four lines of dingy two-storied
brick houses looked out into a small I
frailed-in enclosure, where a lawn OF ,,
weedv grass and a few clumps Of faded
IA smoke-laden and uncongenial atmos
#phere. Three gilt balls and a brown
board with "Jabez Wilson in white
letters, upon corner house, announced
the place where our red-headed client
carried on his business. Sherlock
Holmes stopped in front of it with his
head on one side, and looked itsall over,
cred lids. Then he walked slowly up
the street, and then down again to the
corner, still looking keenly at the
houses. Finally he returned to the
paWnbroker IS, and, having thumped Wig
orously upon the pavement with his
to the door and knocked. It was in
stantly opened by a bright-looking,
sclean.shaven young fellow, who asked
"2Thank YOU" said Holmes, 1T only
wished to ask you how you would go
I from here to the Strand
'HThird right, fourth left,' answered
the assistant promptly, closing the
door.
Smart fellow, that,'' observed
Holmes, as we walked away. "He is,
in my Judgment, the fourth smartest
man in London, and for daring I am
not sure that he has not claim to be
third. = have known something of him
seEvidently,,o said I, "Mr. Wilson IS
assistant counts for good deal in this
mystery of the Red-headed league. I
am sure that you inquired your way
m me! in order that you might see
'@:EsfNot him.
"What then?O
"The knees of his trousers.
nAnd what did you see7'
HWhat I expected to see.'
! HWhy did you beat the pavement?'
"My dear doctor, this is a time for
observation. not for talk. We are spies
in an enemy's country. We know some
thing of Sake Coburg square: Let us
now now explore e the parts which lie be-
The road in which we found ourselves
as we turned round the corner from
the retired Saxe-Coburg square pre-
. sented as great a contrast to it as the
front Of a picture does to the back. 1t
was one of the main arteries which
convey the traffic Of the city to the
blocked with the immense stream of
commerce flowing in a double tide in
ward and outward, while the tfootpaths
were black with the hurrying swarm OF
pedestrians. 1t was difficult to realize
as we looked at the line. of fine shops
and stately, business premises, that they
really abutted on the other side upon
the faded and stagnant square which
we had just quilted.
"Let me see, - said Holmes, standing
at the corner and glancing along the
line, 81 should like just to remember
the order Of the houses here: 1t is
a hobby of mine to have an exact
; timer IS, the tobacconist, the little news,
4 paper shop, the Coburg branch of the
City and Suburban bank, the Vegeta
rian restaurant and McFarlane $ car
building depot. That carries us
right on to the other block. And now
), doctor, we've done our work, so it s
time we had some play. A sandwich
. violin-land, where all is sweetness anl
delicacy and harmony, and there are
no red-headed clients to vex us with
their conundrums.
My friend was an enthusiastic mu
stefan, being himself not only a very
! Of no ordinary merit. All the after
noon he sat in the stalls wrapped il
, the most perfect happiness, gently
: waving his long, thin fingers il
b time to the music, while his gently
, smiling face and his languid, dreamy
= eyes were as unlike those of Holmes
: the sleuthhound, Holmes the relentless
! agent, as it was possible to conceive
= In his singular character the, dual ma
ture alternately asserted itself, and hi
extreme exactness and aStuteness rep
PRESENTED, as have often thought, tn
reaction against the poetic and ,contem
plative mood which occasionally pre-
dominated in him. The swing Of hi
nature took him from extreme languo
= to devouring energy; $and, as 1 kney
i well, he was never 50 truly formidabl
as when, for days on end, he had BEEF
/ lounging in his armchair amid hi
I approximations and his black-letter edi
tions. Then it was that the lust Of tn
n chase would suddenly come upon him
. and that his brilliant reasoning, powe
d would rise to the level Of intuition
until those who were unacquainted wit
/ his methods would look saskance at hiI
8 as on a man whose knowledge was no
) that of other mortals. When I saw hir
. that afternoon SO enwrapped IN the mu
sic of st. James hall [ felt that a
y 0Vll Glulc u11SuI NC COIu1uS upO1A CAOo
a whom he had set himself to hunt dow1
HYou want to go home, no doub1
e doctor, he remarked, as we emerged.
Il Yes, it would &be as well.'
=. 'sAnd I have some business to
It which will take some hours. This bus
ness at Coburg square is serious.'
t. "Why serious9'
"a considerable crime is in conten
= plation. I have every reason to b.
1ieve that we shall be in time to sto
70 it. But today being Saturday rattle
g complexities matters. shall want you
,. help tonight. -
y cat what time?'
"Ten will be early enough
n HI shall be at Baker street ct ten.
u every well. And, I say, 3docto
there may be some little danger, s
d, kindly put your army revolver in yor
i pocket. y He waved his hand, turne
on his heel and disappeared in an il
re sstant among the crowd. e,
is trust that am not more dense tina
n my neighbors, but was always o.
re- pressed with a sense of my own stupi,
&c ity in my dealing with Sherlock Holme
Y. Here I had heard what he hadshear
t. [ had seen what he had seen, and We
!. from his words, it was evident that l
s, saw clearly not only what had ha
. opened, but what was about to ha
is pen, while to me the whole busine
eg was still confused and grotesque
tyI I drove home to my house in Ke
in 3sington / thought over it all, fro
1p the extraordinary story of the re
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