The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22

You may we'll look surprised, DR..
Watson; but it is this way" said he:
When l was speaking to the other
chap in London, at the time that he
laughed at my not going to MaWson' S,
l happened to notice that his tooth was
stuffed in this very identical fashion.
The CLINT of the gold in each case
caught my eye, you see. When l put
that with the voice and figure being
the same, and only those things altered
which might be changed by a razor or
wig. / could not doubt that it was
the same man. OF course, you expect
two brothers to be alike, but not that
they should have the same tooth
stuffed in the same way. He bowed
me out. and l found myself in the
street, hardly knowing whether I was
on my head or my heels Back / went
TO my hotel, put my head i'm a basin
of cold water, and tried to think it out.
Why had he sent me from London TO
Birmingham? Why had he got there
before me? And why had he written a
letter from himself to himself? Ii was
altogether too much for me- and ] could
make no sense of il. And then sud-
denly it struck me that what was dark
TO me might be very light TO Mr. SheT-
lock Holmes. ! had just time to get
up to town by the night train TO see
him this morning, and to bring you
both back with me to Birmingham"
There was a pause after the stock
brokers' clerk had concluded his sur
prising experience. Then Sherlock
Holmes cooked his eye at me leaning
back on the cushions with a pleased
and yet critical face, like a cOnnoisseur
who has just taken his first sip of u
comet vintage.
Rather fine, Watson. is it nOt?" said
he. There are points in it. which
please me. l think that YOU will agree
with me that an interview with MIR.
Arthur Harry Primer in the temporary
Offices of the Franco Midland Hard
ware company 0imited), would be a
rather interesting experience for both
of us"
But how can we do it?" | asked.
croft, cheerily. you are two friends Of
croft. cheerily. You are two friends OF
mine who are in want of a billet, and
what could be more natural than that
should bring you both round to the
managing director
Quite so. Of course" said Holmes.
Il should like to have a look at the
gentleman, and see if l can make any
thing of his little game. What quali-
ties have you, my friend, which would
make your services so valuable? Or is
it possible that" He began biting his
nails and staring blankly out of the
window. and we hardly drew another
word from him until we were in New
street.
At Z o'clock that evening we were
walking. Nhe three of us. down Corpo-
ration street to the company's offices.
1t is no use our being at all before
our time" said our client He only
comes there to see me, apparently, for
the place is deserted up to the very
hour he names"
That is suggestive, remarked
Holmes.
BY Jove. I told you sou cried the
clerk. That's he walking ahead of US
there
He pointed to a smallish, dark, WELL
dressed man who was bustling along
the other side of the road. As we
watched him he looked across at a boy.
who was bawling out the latest edition
of the evening paper and running over
among the cabs and buses, he bOC< hit
one from him. Then. clutching IL in his
hand, he vanished through a doorway.
There he gOes." cried Hall PycToft
There are the company Offices into
which he has gone. Come with me. and
I'll fix il UP as easily as possible
Following his lead We assembled five
stories until we found ourselves out
side q half-opened door, at which our
client raped. a voice within bade US
enter. and We entered a bare, unfur-
nished room such as Hall Pycroft had
described. At the single table sat the
man whom we had seen in the street,