The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-13

tossing aside the paper. THE question
for US now to solve is the sequence of
events leading from rffied jewel case
at one end to the crop of a goose in
Tottenham Court Road at the other.
\ GU see, Watson, our little deductions
have suddenly assumed a much more
. important and less innocent aspect
Here is the stone; the stone came. from
the goose, and the goose came from
Mr.. Henry Baker the gentleman with
which l have bored you So now we
must set ourselves very seriously to
finding this gentleman. and ascertain
ing what part he has played in this lit
tie mystery. To do this we must try
the simplest means first, and these lie
undoubtedly in an advertisement in all
the evening papers. If this fail I shall
have recourse to other methods"
What viii you say?"
"Give me a pencil and that slip of
paper Now, then: Found at the
corner of GOODBYE street, a goose and "A
black felt hat. Mr.. Henry Baker can
evening at 221 b Baker street That is
clear and concise"
VERY. But viii he see itP''
Well, he is sure to keep an eye on
the papers, since, to a poor man, the
loss was a heavy one He was clearly
so scared by his mischance in breaking
the window and by the approach of
Peterson, that he thought of nothing
but flight; but since then ne must have
bitterly regretted the impulse which
caused him to drop his bird. Then,
again, the introduction of his name will
cause him to see it. for every one who
knows him viii direct his attention to
it. Here you are, Peterson, run down
to the advertising agency, and have
this put in the evening papers,"
In which, STRIP
ooh, in the Globe, Star, Pail Mall.
ST IaUppSf E,XnnirO NnKuc Ia I'd
Echo, and any others that occur to
you"
Every well, sir And this stone?"
''Ah, yes. I shall lreep the stone.
Thank you. And, 1 say. Peterson, just
buy a goose on your way back and
leave it here with me. for we must have
one to give to this gentleman in place
of the one which your family is now
devouring."
When the commissionaire had gone.
Holmes took up the stone and held it
against the light. It's a bonny thing"
said he. Just see how it glints and
spaTkles. OF course it is a nucleus and
focus of crime. Every good stone is.
They are the devils pet bats. In the
large and older jewels every facet may
stand for a bloody deed. This stone is
not yet twenty years. old. 1t was found
on the banks OF the Annoy river. in
southern China, and is remarkable in
having every characteristic of the car
buncle save that Il IS blue IN shade
instead of ruby red In spite Of its
youth it has already sinister his
tory. There have been two murders. n
vitriol-throwing. a suicide and several
Tobberies brought about for the sake
of this forty grain weight of crystal
lized charcoal Who would think that
so pretty a toy would be a purveyor TO
the gallows and the nrison2 TIL lock
IT up in my strong box now. and drop
a line TO the Countess TO say that we
have it"
DO you think that this man Horner
is innocent2"
II cannot tell"
well. then, do you imagine that this
other one, Henry Baker, had anything
10 do with the matter?"
1T is. / think. much more likely that
Henry Baker is an absolutely innocent
man, who had no. idea that the bird
which he was carrying was of consider
ably. more value than II il were made
of solid gold. That. however. shall
determine by a very simple test, if we
have an answer TO our advertisement"
And you can do nothing until them"
Nothing
I'm that case shalt continue my
professional round. But shall come
back in the evening at the hour you