The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-24

and placed his elbows upon the arms
of his chair, with his finger-tips to-
gether. THE ideal reasoner," he re-
marked, would, when he had once
been shown a single fact in all its
bearings deduce from it not only all
the chain of events which led up to
it, but also all the results which
would follow from it. AS Cur
vier could correctly describe
a whole animal by the contemplation
Of single bone, so the observer who
has thoroughly understood one link
in a series of incidents. should be able
accurately to state all the other ones.
both before and after. We have not
yet graSped the results which the
reason alone can attain to. PROB
lens may be solved in the study
which have baffied all those who have
sought a solution by the aid of their
senses. To carry the art, however. to
its highest pitch, it is necessary that
the reasoner should be able to utilize
all the facts which have come to his
knowledge; and this in itself implies,
as you will readily see, a possession
of all knowledge, which, even in these
, days of free education and encyclo-
paedias, is a somewhat rare accom-
plishment. 1t is not so impossible,
however, that a man should possess
all knowledge which is likely to be
useful TO him in his work, and this I
| have endeavored in my case to do.
II l remember rightly, you on one oc-
casion. in the early days of our
/ friendship. defined my limits in u
very precise fashion,
| yes" / answered, laughing, "It
was singular document Philos-
ophy, astronomy, and politics We're
marked at zero, / remember. Botany
variable, geology profound as regards
the mud-stains from any region with
| in fifty miles of town, chemistry, &C.
centric, anatomy unSyStematic, sem
! sational literature and crime records
unique, violin-player, boxer, swords
man, lawyer, and self-poisoner by
cocaine and tobacco. Those, think,
were the main piontS of my analysis
] Holmes grinned at the last item.
! Well he said, 81 say now, as l said
! then, that man should keep his lit
tie brain-attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and
/ the rest he can put away in the lum-
Der room of his library, where he can
get it if he wants it. Now for such a
case as the one which has been SUBJ
united to us tonight, we need cer-
tainly to muster all our resources
Kindly hand me down the letter X Of
the American Encyclopedias which
stands upon the shelf beside you.
Thank you. Now let us consider the
situation, and see what may be dedu-
ced from it, In the first place, we
may start with a strong presumption
that Colonel Openshaw had some
very strong reason for leaving Anne
RIGA. Men at his time of life do not
change all their habits, and exchange
willingly the charming climate of
Florida for the lonely life of an Eng
lish provincial town. His extreme
love of solitude in England suggests
the idea that he was in fear of some
one or some thing, so we may assume
as a working hypothesis that it was
fear of some one or something which
drove him from America. AS to what
it was he feared, we can only deduce
that by considering the formidable
letters which were received by HIM
self and his successors. Did you re-
mark the post-marks of those let
ters?"
1.-THE first was from Pondicherry.
the second from Dundee, and the
third from London"
From East London. What do You
deduce from that?'
"They are all seaports. That the
writer was on board of a ship"