Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-07-26
ix-TAE ADVENTURE OF THREE

Was it not very extraordinary thai
you Should do this on the very daj
wren there were these papers inside
1t was most unfortunate. sir. l}u'
1have occasionally done the same thina
at other tines"
When did you enter the room?"
1T was about 400. That is MIR
'Soames' tea time"
How long did YOU stay"
When ] saw that he was absent, !
withdrew at once"
Did you look at these papers on the
table?
No. s.r-certainly not"
HOW came you to leave the key in
h door,
II had the tea tray In my hand.
Thought l would come back for the key.
Then l forgot"
.Has the outer door n spring lock? %
mo, sir"
Then 1t was open all the time"
Yes, sir"
Anyone i'm the room could get out?''
Yes, sir"
When Mr.. Sonmcs returned and
Caiied Tor you. o were very much dis
t%urbed?"
Yes. sir. Such n thing has never
happened during the many years that |
"ave peen here. / nearly tainted. sir"
when o began to feel bado"
Where was /. sir? Why, here, near
h door, ~
Tina Is singular. because you sat
'uowh In that chair over yonder near
a corner. Why did you pass these
other chatrs?"
Il don't'know. sir. 1t didn't matter to
me where / sat"
really don't think he knew much
ABOUT 1t Mr.. dimes. He was looking
very bad-quke CHASTITY"
you stayed here when your master
Only for a minute or so. Then /
locked the door and went to my room.
Whom do You suspect p"
On. 1 would not venture to say. sir.
! oont believe there is any gentleman
IN TINS university who Is capable OF
pl"n.l"s ny such an action. No. sir.
THANK you, thai will do said
sioiihes. oh, one more word. You
nave MOI mentioned to any OF the three
gentlemen whom you attend that any
thing is amiss:"
NO, sir-nO n word"
You haven't seen any of thempv
NO, sir"
VERY good. Now. Mr.. Soames. we
VIII take a walk in the quadrangle. il
you please"
Ihree yellow squares of light shone
~oove us IN the gathering gloom.
Your three birds are all In their
nests" said Holmes, looking up. "Jiai-
loa! What's that? One of them seems
restless enough"
AZ was the Indian. whose dark sill
nouette appeared suddenly upon his
down his room
- shculd like to hava u peep at each
eoI them," said Holmes. rs it pos
! sible?' '
NO difficulty in the world" Soames
answered. This set of rooms is quite
Una (IInCf In tbn aAl1A-- "
unusua for visitors TO go over them.
Come along, II l will personally con-
duct YOU"
NO names. pleased" said Holmes, as
we Knocked at Gilchrist's door. A tail.
! daxen-haired, slim young fellow opened
1T. and made us welcome when he un-
'oerstood our errand. There were some
really curious pieces of mediaeval do
mestic architecture within. Holmes
was so charmed with n of them that
ne insisted on drawing 1t in his note
book. broke his pencil. had to borrow
one from our host, and finally borrowed
n knife to sharpen his own. The same
curious accident happened to him in
the rooms OF the Indiana silent. little.
'hools-nosed fellow; who eyed us
saskance. n was obviously glad when
Holmes architectural studies had come
ITO an end. l could not see that I'm
either case Holmes had come uron the
clue for which he was searching. ONLY
at the third did our visit prove abor-
6ve The outer door would not omen
60 u noe n nothing more sub
astantal than n torrent OF bad language
came from behind It. II don't care
who you are. You ran go to biazes!"
reared the angry voice. "Tomorrow's
the exam. and I won't be drawn by
n one"
IA rude fellow" said our guide.
flushing with anger as we withdrew
down the stair. 'Of course he did not
realize that 1t was I who was Knocking.
but none the less his conduct was very
uncourteous. and. indeed. under the
circumstances rather suspicious"
Holmes response was n curious ono
Can you tell me his exact height %
he asked.
REALLY. Mr.. Holmes, I cannot UNDER
take to say. He is taller thar the In
dian. not so tall MS Gilchrist. sup
pose five foot six would be about ~"
Holmes. And now. MIR. soames a'I !
wish you goodnight"
Our guide cried aloud in his aston
ashment and dismay. Good gracious.
to leave me In this abrupt fashion!
You don't seem to realize the position
Tomorrow is the examination. must
take some definite action tonight. I
cannot allow the examination to he
held II one of the papers has been tam
pew "'u" a. SttuullOu must be
faced" w
You must leave 1t as It is. I shall,
drop round early tomorrow morning
and chat the matter over. 1t ia possj.
Die tina ! may be in a position then
TO indicate some course of action
Meanwhile. you change nothing-noth-
lng at ALL"
Very good. Mr.. Holiness"
You can be perfectly easy in your
mind. We shall certainly find some
way out Of our difficulties. I viii
AXE the black clay with me, also the
pencil cuttings. Goodby."
When we Were out in the darkness
of he quadrangle we again looked up
at the windows The Indian stili nnced
his room. The others were invisible.
We'll. Watson. what do you think OF
1tY' Holmes asked. as we came out
into main street. quite a little
parlor game-sort Of three-card trick.
IL 1t not? There are your three men.
1t must be OF them. You take YOUR
choice Which Is yours 2"
THE oul-mouthed fellow Mt the ton.
lie Is the one with the worst record.
And yet that Indian was a sly fellow
also. Why should he be pacing his
room all the ttmc?"
There Is nothing In that, MANY
men do It when they are trying to
learn anything by heart"
lie looked at US in n queer way