The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-11
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nesses. 1t is simply to say that you
transfer every possible right that you
ever had IA the bust to me. ] am a
methodical man. you see, and you new
er know what turn events might take
afterward. Thank you, Mr.. Sandeford.
Here is yenr money, and wish you a
very good evening"
When our visitor had disappeared
Sherlock Holmes movements were
such as 10 riyet our attention. He be-
gan by taking a clean white cloth from
a drawer and laying II over the table.
Then he placed his newly acquired bust
in the center OF the cloth. Finally he
picked up his hunting crop and struck
Napoleon a sharp blow on the top OF
the head. The figure broke into frag-
ments. and Holmes bent eagerly over
the shattered remains. Next instant.
with a loud shout Of triumph, he held
up one splinter, in which a round, dark
object was fixed like a plum in a pud-
ding.
Gentlemen. he cried, ''let me intro
duce you to the famous black pearl OF
the Borgias."
Lestrade and l sat silent for a mo-
ment, anc then, with a spontaneous
impulse, we both broke out clapping,
as at the well wrought crisis of play
A flush Of color sprang to Holmes pale
cheeks, and he bowed to us like the
master dramatist who receives the
hon,co.. ~ hig oud,oa.a IA ,.-aa -
such moments that for an instant he
ceased TO be a reasoning machine and
betrayed his human love for admiration
and applause. The same singularly
proud and reserved nature which turn
ed away with disdain from popular no
toriety was capable OF being moved 10
its depths by spontaneous wonder and
praise from a friend.
Yes. gentlemen" said he. "it is the
most famous pearl now existing in the
world and II has been my good for
tune, by a connected chain OF nduc-
tive reasoning, to trace it from the
Prince Of Colonnas bedroom az the
Dacre hotel, where it was lost, to the
interior Of this. the last of the six
busts Of Napoleon which were manu-
featured by Gelder & Co. of stepney
You will remember, Lestrade the SEN
sation caused by the disappearance OF
this valuable jewel and the vain efforts
Of the London police 10 recover Il.
was myself consulted upon the case,
but ! was unable to throw any light
upon it, Suspicion fell upon the maid
OF the princess, who was an Italian,
and It was proved that she bad a
brother in London, but we failed te
trace any connection between them.
The maids name was Lucretia Venue.
Il. and there il no doubt In my mind
that this Pietro who was murdered
two nights ago was the brother
have been looking up the dates In the
old dies OF the paper, ana ! find tha
the disappearance Of the pearl was
exactly two days before the arrest OF
Repro for some crime Of viOlence-an
event which took place IN the factory
OF Gelder 4 Co. at the very m0meni
when these busts wers being made
Now you clearly see the sequence Of
events. though you see them. Of
course. in the inverse order 70 the way
IN which they presented themselves
to me, Beppo had the pearl IN his
possession. He may have stolen II from
pietro. he may have been Pietro's con
federate. he may have been the 60
between OF Pietro and his sister Ii Is
Of no consequence 10 rs which Is the
correct solution.
"Ihs main fact il that he had the
pearl and ~ that moment when it was
on his Deracn. be was nursued by The