The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-23

before / succeeded in making any
h~ead@ay.
when I first came VI 10 London
I had rooms III Montague street, just
round the corner from the British
Museum, and th@rc ] waited, ming In
my too abundant leisure time by
studying al those branches of science
which might make me more efficient.
Now and again cases came ii my
way. principally through the introduce
ton Of old feIlow-studcnt-. for dur
ing my last years at the University
there was d good deal oG talk there
about myself and my methods. The
third Of these cases was that of the
M~userave Ritual, and it is to the in
terest which has aroused by that sin
gular chain Of event and the large
issues which proved to be at stake.
that | trace my first stride towards
the position which now hold.
.Regfnald Musgrave had been in
the same college as myself. and /
had some slight acquaintance with
him. He vas not generally poDDIar
among the undergraduates, though il
always seemed to me that what was
GO, down nc Drida was really an at
temnt to cover extrnn7a nafuraI aim
dnnte IN anncararra he va man
Of an c~yceadfnglv ar~istocratic tvpc,
thin. high-nosc. am Iarge-eved. With
Ianguid and vet courtiy He
was indeed . scion of ono Of tho
very oldest families in the ingdo
th0lIgb his branch was = cadet QUO
which ha4 soma rated from the North
ern Nucaravee eon1c tin7a i'm the sin
tnnnth r1nt1,rv ana bad aetahlieha1
itsrIf i'm Kyeefern c1sscv where tho
Napor House of Uurlstona is ner-
haps the oldest nhabi b1fIdfDg i'm
the country. something Of his birth
place seemed TO cling to the mar. and
never looked at his pale. keen face
or the poisa Of his head witbo1t
associating him with gray archwavs
ana n1uIIionDd ana al tba
o. bile 90 Of = feudaI keen.
once or twice we dr;fted into talk.
and ca, ramnrohn, that more thon
onco -" nvn,nsend , tnaa intaraet -,
NV methods of obsar,at ion and ~
..Eo,. ro,,n rcore bod eco ,otbiar
of him MIN ana na,nfnr 10 u,aII,a5I
in+a NV 5000, in Nnnt r,,0 l,oa ~
haT cbor~az Iit+Ia ,ae raaco ~
= vonno ,,aa IF a. ebian 10 "a
u,ay. lie - E, dandI - nroeor,ro1
Tho same ouiot r,IoTo maaaa. v.bicb
had forn,arlv Gietin ouisbod bir
TEo,t has ~ r'itb -
ora vaa' " aslI - 5 ofter WIZ we ~ "a M anr-
1ia1Iy sh,kon banar .
Won nraba h1y ho,,5 Of noor
fathers DEATH said he: he was car
rfed off about two wears ago. Since
then have of co1,rso had Tho HIr1-
estates to manage and as am
member of my district as we'll. my
life has been a busy one. But un-
derstand. Holmes. that vOu are turn
ing to practical ends those powers
with which you used to amaze us?'
Eyes said |. 4 have taken to
Iiv;,,r Nv, "a. ,-:+.,
- am dcIightcd to hear it. for
YOUR advice at present vouId no OK
ceedingly vaIuabIe to me. We have
had some very strange dOingS at Hurl-
stone, and the police have been able
10 throw no light upon the matter.
1t is really the most extraordinary
and ineXplicable business
You can imagine with what ager-
ness | listened to him. Watson, for
the very chance for which | had been
painting during all those months of
seemed to have come within
reach. In my Utmost heart | be-
lieVcd that | could succeed where Oth
ars failed, and now [ had the oppor-
to test myself.
"'Pray, let me have the Details
[ cried.
"ReginaId Musgrave sat down oppo-
site to me and lit the cigarette which
| pushed towards him.
".yo,, rn,,et know, e,id no chat
though am q bachelor 7 have to
keen nm - coneidera hle starr Of eer-
at I~Iurlstone, for it is a ramb-
ling old place. and takes a good deal
IF looking after. | preserve, too, and
in the pheasant Month usually have
4 house-party. too, so that it would
to do to be short-handed. Alto
there are eight maids. the
cook. the butter. two footmen. and a
boy. The garden and the stables of
course have a separate staff,
".of +baco cob,-a,+e tho ono who
had hoo, ooS+ -, o,r co,,ira u-ac
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