The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21

wishes to study manklnd TINS IS tn9s
magnificent types! Look at these two
men who are coming towards us, for
example,
"The billiard-marker and the others''
the other?'
The. two men, had stopped opposite
the window. Some chalk marks over
the waistcoat pocket We're the only !
signs Of billiards which could see in
one of them. The other was very
small, dark fellow, with his hat pushed
back and several packages under his
arm.
Gan old soldier, I perceive" said
Sherlock.
"And very recently discharged" re-
marked the brother.
"Served in India, [ see. ~ :,
"And on-commissioned officer.
"Royal Artillery, 1 fancy,' said
Sherlock.
"And a widower.'
"But with a child.'
"Children, my dear boy, children"
Come said laughing, "this is a
little too much. -
Vsurely,O answered Holmes, cit is
not hard to say. that a man with that
bearing, expression OF authority, and
sunbaked skin, is a soldier, IS more
than private, and is not long from In
dia.'
"That he has not left the service
long is shown by his still wearing his
ammunition boots, as they are Called
observed Mycroft.
"He had not the cavalry stride, yet
he wore his hat on one side, as is shown
brow His weight is against his being
sapper. He is in the artillery.
VThen, of course, his complete
mourning shows that he has lost some
one very dear The fact that he is do
ing his own shopping looks as, tho 1T
were his wife. He has been buying
is a rattle, which shows that one Of
them is very young. The wife probably
| died in childbed. The fact that he has
a picture book under his arm shows that
there is another child to be thought
1 began to understand what my
brother possessed even keener facultiess
Across aean ne at m nra and i smiled Mycroft took
snuff from tortoise-shell box, and
brushed away the wandering grains
from his coat front with a large, red
silk handkerchief.
have had something quite after your
own heart-a most singular problem,
submitted to my Judgment. really had
not the energy to follow it up save in a
very incomplete fashion, but it gave me
a basis for some pleasing ,sspeculatlon,s;;
If you would eare to hear the faG IT'S a.
hghted.'
The brother scrubbed a note upon, a
leaf of his pocketbook, and, ringing the
bell he handed it to the waiter.
I have asked Mr.. Melas to step across
said he. uHe lodges on the floor above
r iorh4 MT
ance With him, which led him to come
to me in his perplexity. Mr.. Melas is a
Greek by extraction, as | una orstand
and he is a remarkable linguist. He
earns his living partly as interpreter in
} the law courts and partly by acting a.
guide to any wealthy Orientais who
may visit the NorthHmberland Avenu Yi
his very remarkable experience in his
own fashion,
A few minutes later we were iolne;
by short, stout man whose olive face
and coal black hair proclaimed nj;
southern origin, tho his speech was thai +
hands eagerly with Sherlock Holmes
= and his dark eyes sparkled with pleas
, IRE when he understood that the spe
, cialist was anxious to hear: his story.
1T do not believe that the, police
} credit me-on my word, / DO not,n saat
! he in a wailing "oicee. .Just becaus.
! they have never heard of it before, the.
9 think that such thing cannot be-. Blu
> I know that shall never be easy in m.
y mind until I know what has become O
! my poor man with the king-plaste
'D II am ali attention." said sherloc]
Holmes.
Mr.. Melas "Well, then, it was Monda:
a night-only two days ago, you under
;, stand-that all this happened. I an
i am Interpreter, as perhaps my nelghbo
there has told you. interpret all Ian
= guages-or nearly all-but as I am
Il Greek by birth and with Grecla
- name, it is with that particular tongu
5 that I am principally assoclated r. Fo
. many years have been the chief Gree
: Interpreter in London, and my name
u very well known in the hotels.
u ''It happens not unfrequently, that
am sent for at strange hours by fo1
eigners who get into difficulties. or b
y travellers who arrive late and wish m
. services. I was not surprised, there
II II Latimer, a very fashionably dresse
% young man, came up to my rooms an
e asked me to accompany him in ca
u which was waiting at the door. ).
Is Greek friend had come to see him upo
81 business, he said, and as he could spea
u, nothing but his own tongue. the ser'
10 ices of an interpreter, were indlspens;
IL BILE. He gave me to understand thu
q, his house was some little distance OF
o in Kensington, and he seemed to be
se great hurry, bustling me rapidly int
u the cab when we had descended to tt
,ss street.
i ''I say into the cab, but I soon b
. came doubtful as to whether it was NJ
,e a carriage in which found myself.
III was certainly more roomy than the 0
es binary four-wheeled disgrace to Lo,
&c don, and the fittings. tho frayed, we
re of rich quality. Mr.. .Latimer seate
1e himself opposite to me and we starte
nI, off thru Charing Cross and up tt
IL, Shaftesbury avenue. We had come OF
en- upon Oxford street and I had venture
$, some remark as to this being roun
es about way to Kensington, when n
Oh words were arrested BY the extraord
\, nary conduct Of my companion. !,
* "He began by drawing a most fo
ia midable- looking bludgeon loaded wi
lead from his pocket, and switching
eer backward and forward several time
is as if to test it's weight and strengt
us Then he placed it without word UP,
le- the seat beside him. Having do
on this, he drew up the windows on ca
rs side, and / found to my ASTONISHING
'e- that they were covered with paper
to as to prevent my seeing thru them.
&C. sssI am sorry to cut off your vie
in Mr.. Melas, said he. The fact is tn
lis I have no intention that you shou
see what the place is to which we a
Id driving. It might possibly be incC