The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-13

3aIidhlrN WH1CH was shown bN
both sides in that desperate struggle.
But then, again. your face grew sad
der. you shook your head. You were
dwelling upon the sadness and horror
and useless waste Of life. Your hand
stole towards your own old wound.
and a smile quivcred on Your lips.
which showed me that the ridiculous
side of his method OF settling inter
national questions had forced itself
upon your mind. At this point ]
agreed with you that it was Urepostcr-
Gus. and was glad to find that all my
deductions had been correct"
"Absolutely." said I, and now that
you have explained it. confess that /
am as amazed as before"
1T was very superficial, my dear
Watson. / assure you. | should not
have intruded IT upon your attention
had you not shown some increduIitg
the other day. But the evening has
brought a breeze with it. What do
you say TO a ramble through LOndon2'
! was weary Of our little sitting
room and gladly acQuiesccd. For three
hours We strOlIed about together.
watching the eVerchanging kaleido-
scope Of life as it GIBBS and flows
through Fleet street and the Strand.
| His characteristic talk with its Keen
observance Of detail and subtitle 30 Ter
OF inference, held me amused N en-
thrallcd. 1t was 10 o'clock before we
reached Baker street again. \ broug-
ham was waiting at our door.
Hum! 4 doctor's-gcncral prac-
titioner, / percieve,' said Holmes.
Not been long in practice. but has hal
q good deal to do. Come to consult
US. l fancy. Lucky we came back
l was sufficiently conVersant with
! Holiness methods TO be able to follow
his reasoning. and to see that the ma
turc and state of the various medical
instruments in the wicker basket
which hung in the lamplight inside the
brOugham had given him the data for
his swift deduction. The light in u
WindOW above showed hat this late
visit was indeed intended fer US.
With some curiosity as to what could
have sent a brother medico to us at
such an hour, j followed Holmes into
our Sanctum.
a pale. tapcr-faced man with sandy
Whiskers rose u from q chair by the
fire as we entered. His age may not
have been more than three or four
and thirty, but his haGgard expression
and unhealthy hue told of q life which
had sapped his strength and rObbed
him of his youth. His manner was
nervous and shy, like that of a sensa-
tive gentleman, and the thin white
hand which he laid on the mantle
piece as he rose was that Of an artist
rather than Of q surgeon. His dress
was quiet and SOmbrc-a black frOck-
Goa dark trouser and a touch Of color
about his necktie.
Good evening DOCTOR" said Holmes
cheeriIy. Il am glad to see that you
have only been waiting a very few
minuteS.'
"Tou spoke to my coachman then ."
NO it was the candle on the side
table that told me. Pray resume your
seat and let me know how | can serve
YOU"
My name is Doctor Percy Trevel-|
yam" said our visitor, land [ live at
1913 Brook street"
"Are you not the author of d mono
graph upon obscure crVou lesions?"
l asked.
. His pale checks flushed with pleas
ure at hearing that his work was
known to me.
II 50 seldom hear Of the work that
! thought it was quite dead aid he.
My publishers gay me a most dis
couraging account of its sale. You
are yourself, 1 presume, a medical
man -"
~ retired army sergeon."
My own hobby has always been
nervous disease, | should wish to
make it an absolute speciality, but, of
course. . man must take what he can
get at first. This. however, is beside
the question. Mr.. Sherlock Holmes. /
and / quite appreciate how Valuable
your time is. The fact is that a very
singular train of events has occurred
recently at my house in Brook street,
and tonight they came to such q head |
that | felt it was quite Impossible for
mo TO wait another hour before ask
ing for your advice 4 assistance"
Sherlock Holmes sat down and lit
his pipe. you are very welcome to
both. said he. Pray let me have a
detailed ccoun of what the circum-
~, - a.1 49, l-,-l i -. $780, -. l.
One or two Of them are so trivial
said DR.. TreVelyan, that really l am
almost ashamed to mention them. But
the matter is so ineXplicable. and the
recent turn which it has taken is so
elaborate, that l shall lay it all before
YOU, and you shall Judge what is eS-
sential and what is not.
Il am compelled. to begin With. to
something Of my own college a
Teer. | am q London University man.
YOU know, and [ am sure that you
will not think that ] am unduly sing
my own praises if l say that my
student career was considered by my
professors to be a very promising one
| had graduated I continued to
deVOte myself TO research occupying
4 minor position in Kings College
Hospital, and | was fortunate enough
to excite considerable interest by my
research into the pathology of cataIep-
sy, and finally to win the Bruce PIN
prize and medal by the mono
graph on erVOu LESSONS to which
your friend has Just alluded | should r.
not go too far if | were 10 say that
here was u general impression al that
ime that a distinguished career lay
before Ire
"But the one great stumbling-biock p;
in my want Of capital. As you Will ,
cadily understand, q specialist who
aims high is compelled to start in one
IF a dozen streets in the CaVendisn Z
quarter. all of which entail
'normOus rents and furnishing cx- :
Besides this preliminary out
he must be prepared to keep him ,
for some years, and to hire q pre- {
;entable carriage and horse. To do this
FaS quite beyond my poWer,and could I
only hope that by economy | might in 5
.en years time save enough to enable
me to put up nay plate. Suddenly, \
an untXnectcd incIdenl