Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-05

1901, Inclusive, Mr.. Sher.
lock Holmes was very
busy man. II Is safe to
~ say that there was no
VS6WGEI public case Of any diff.
Guilty In which he was
not consulted during those eight years,
and there were hundreds of private
cases, some of them Of the most In.
tricatc and extraordinary character,
In which he played n prominent part.
As I have preserved very full notes of
all these cases and was myself person.
ally engaged In many of them, 1t may
be imagined that It Is no easy task 20
know which I should select to lay be.
fore the public. shall, however, pre-.
serve my former rule and give the pref.
ercnce to those cases which derive their
interest not so much from the brutality
of the crime as from the ingenuity and
dramatic quality of the solution. For
this reason I will now lay before the
reader the facts connected with Miss
Violet Smith, the solitary cycllst Of
Charlngton, and the curious sequel Of
our investigation, which eliminated In
unexpected tragedy.
on referring to my notebook for che
year 1895 find that 1t was upon Sat.
urday, the ed of April, that we first
heard of Miss Violet Smith. Her visit
was, remember, extremely unwel-
come TO Holmes. for he was Immersed
at the moment In very abstruse and
complicated problem concerning the
peculiar persecution to which John Vim.
cent Harden, the well known tobacco
millionaire. had been subjected. My
friend, who loved above all things pre-
cision and concentration of thought, re.
scented anything which distracted his
attention from the matter In hand.
And yet, without a harshness which
was foreign to his nature, 1t was I'm
possible to refuse to listen to the story
of the young and beautiful woman. tall.
graceful and quccnly, who presented
herself ut Baker street late In the
evening and lmplorcd his assistance
and advice. 1t was vain to urge that
his time was already fully occupied,
for the young lady had come with the
determination to tell her story. and II
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