The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-10
Copyright by Collier. Weekly.

the shop lie couId carve ut ana
gid and frame and do odd Jobs. The
fellow left me last week. and I've
heard nothing OF him since. No, l
don't know where he came from nor
where he went 70. had nothing
against him while he was here. He
was gone two days before the bust was
smashed"
WELL that's all we could reasonably
expect from Morse Hudson" said
Holmes as we emerged from the shop
I'VE have this Beppo as common
factor. both In Remington and IN Ken
sington, so that is worth a ten mile
drive. Now. Watson. let as make for
Gelder & Co. OF Stepney. the source
and origin of the busts. l shall be sur
prised IL we don't get some help down
there"
In rartd succession we passed
through 'be fringe OF fashionable Lon
,.fh ,ors London. theatrical London.
literary london. commercial london.
and, finally, maritime London. TIL we
came to a riverside city OF 100000
souls, where the tenement houses swell
ter and reek with the outcasts OF Eu-
rope. Here, In broad thorOughfare.
once the abode Of wealthy city mer-
chants. we found the sculpture works
for which we searched. Outside was a
considerable yard full OF monumental
masonry. Inside was large room In
which fifty workers were carving or
molding. The manager a big blond
German, received us ciyilly and gave
IN clear answer 10 all Holmes ques-
tiOns A reference to his books showed
that hundreds OF casts had been taken
from a marble copy OF Devine's head Of
Napoleon but that the three which had
been sent to Morse Hudson a year or
so before had been half OF a batch OF
six, the other three being sent TO Hard
Ing Bros. Of IIensington. There was no
reason why those six should be differ
ent from any OF the other casts. He
could suggest no possible cause why
any one should wish 10 destroy them
in fact, he laughed AT the idea. Their
Wholesale price was 6 shillings. but the
retailer would get 70 or more. The
cast was taken IN two molds from
each side OF the face, and then these
two profiles OF plaster OF paris were
joined together 10 make the complete
bust. The work was usually done by
Italians In the room we were ln When
finished the busts We're put on a table
In the passage 10 dry and afterward
stored That was all he could tell us.
But the production Of the photograph
had a remarkable effect upon the man
ager. His face flushed with anger and
his brows knotted over his blue Teu-
tonic eyes.
"Ah. the rascalw he cried. "Yes. in.
deed. know him very we'll This has
always been a respectable establish
ment. and the only time that we have
ever had the police IN il was over this
very fellow. II was more than a year
ago now. He knitted another Italian In
the street. and then he came to the
works with the police on his heels, and
he was taken here. Beppo was his
nanie-his second name I never knew.
Served me right for engaging man
with such a face. But he was a COED
WOrkman-one OF the best"
What did be getY'
The man lived, and he got on with
a year. / have no doubt he Is ont new,
but be has a0t dared to show his nose
here. We have q cousin Of IFS here.
and l dare say be could tell you where
be is"
No. no. cried Holmes: mot 4 word
70 the cousin nor a Uord. bes Of you
The matter Is very important. and the
farther 4 81 with Il the m6re Important
4 seems e npN. When S2a lgefeEred