The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-26

stairs aud the other leads stTtirht TO
the Professor bedroom. therefore
directed my attention az one" 20 the
garden path. which was saturated with
recent rain. and woald certainly show
any footiuurGH.
'My cxamm. tlon showed that I was
dealing with a cautious and expert
criminal. No f~pofuiHrEE were To- be
found ou the path. There Couid b. M
question. however. that someuu" had
passed along the grass border which
lines the path. and that D." had done
20 IN order to avoid leaving n track.
/ could not Ind anything iu the nature
OF n distinct impression. but the grass
was troddcn down and someone a
undoubtedly parsed. II could only
have been thc murderer. since neither
the gardener nor anyone else mad been
there that morning and the rain had
only begun during the night
One moment snid Ho!mes. Where
does this path lead to-"
ITO the road"
How long rs IT."
~ hundred yards or So
We'll. on the road ITSELF"
NO. II was all troddCn into mirc."
"Tut-tut' Well. then. these tracks
upon the grass. were they coming or
goinsc"
1t was Impossible TO say. There
wps never any outline"
~ large foot or . small
You could not distinguish
Holmes gave an ejaculation % I'M
patience.
1t has been pouring rain and blow
ing a hurricnu ever since spli be-. 1t
viii bc harder 10 rsai now than that
~palimpsust. We'll, well. j.: can be
helped. What did sou ID. Hopkins.
after YOU had made certain that You
had mud" certain ~ nulhluE
Il think I made certain ~ q good
deal. AR. Holmes. | knew that some
one had entered the house cautiously
from without. next examined the
corridor. IL e. liuci with %oocuIuut
mating, anl had taken no impression
or any kind. This brought me into
tho study itself. IL a. a sc1n'ily fur
rishcd room. The main article is u
large writing table with a iSci bureau.
This bureau consists uf a double col
umn of drawers. with a central small
cupboard between them, The drawers
were open, the cupboard locked. The
drawers, u seems, were always open,
and nothing OF value was kept iu them.
There wvrc some papers OF Importance
In the cupboard. but thrrc were no
signs that this had been tllupcr,d with.
n IN" professor assures us that MOTH
INK was missing. II is certain that no
robbery has been committed.
Il now come &" the body ~ Tho young
man. II was found Ugar tNr bureau.
just Ia the ictt or ~. az marked upon
hat chart. The sfub waE on Tho right
side Of the neck and from behind for
wards. 50 thut II ia almost Impossible
that u could 1uvc been SELF inflicted"
Unless he fcll upon the h.!fc." said
Holmes.
Exactly. The idea crossed my mind.
Tu "" found the kuifc some feet away
from the body. 80 that s.ruu imIus-
Fihl". Then. ~ Coursc. there are the
mans own dying words. And. finally.
there was this very important piece 81
evidence which a found claspcl in
the dead mans right hand"
From his pocket Stanley Hopkins
drew a small rgpC- packet. lie un-
folded u and disclosed q golden pinyy-
ncz, with two broken ends OF black silk
co-h dangling from the end Of a..
"Willoughby Smith had excellent
sight he added. "Thcr, can be no
question that thia WAS %guutchsl from
the. face OF the person OF tho assaa-
sin
Sherlock Holmes took the glasses Into
his hand and examined them With the
utmost attention ana Interest. lie
held them on his nose. C~ndcayo-cd TO
read through them. went 10 he win
dow,and stared up the street with them.
looked nj them most miuutciy IN To.
full light 81 the lamp. and family with
a chuck" seated himself NJ the table
n wrote a lcw lines upon a sheet OF
paper. which he tossed across To STAN
ley Hopkins.
That's the best I can do for YOU"
said he. 1t may prove To be VI some
use"
The astonIshcd detective read the
note aloud. II ran ns follows:
Wanted. n woman or good address.
attlrcd like "A lady. She has Il re-
markably thick nose. with eyes which
are set close upon either side a.! A..
She has "a puCke-ci forehead. a p."r-
Ing expression. and probably rnuuI,d
shoulders. Their" are Indications ,hlt
she has had rrCouysr to an opti,iau
az least twice during the last Few
months. ~ her glasses aye 81 fy-
markablc strength. and ua opticians are
not very numerous, there should b. no
difficulty In tracing her"
Holmes smiled at the astonlglmrnt
OF Hopkins Which must have byyH Tee
iicCici upon my features.
surely my deductions arr simplicity
Itself" said he. 1T would bu d.lHruIt
So name any articles which AFFORD "a
finer Held Tor inference Than 20 peat. OF
g]lugscs. especially SO remarkable a pair
us these. That they belong to "a Wum-
and / infer from their dcli,H,y. and also.
% course. from the EAST words u. tM-
dying Wsr. - To- hey bc.ug person
% refinement ami well IJr sEsI. they
are. as You perceive. handsomely
mounted Ga solid gold. ard "a be- iuylu-
cciyuhlc thl, anyone who woe such
glasses could be- slat'rruly in ut.ul zoe
spcrts. You Will Iui that tho rl.rs
grc too wide Tor your nose. show INK
that tn" lady's nos" WAS very bread aI
the base. This sort 81 nose a. usually
a short an ,aags" one. bGi is,tr .s "a
sufficient number n exceptions tu r.-
vent me TruU IviHg ]lpwrali. ur %
infist.ag upon this point .H ltg Ig..i-
ton. A!y uwu ft,v is Cd r.Im uir.
and yet | Ind that 1 cannot rr. wy
eyes into tN" center, nor u.1r Ilu Gene
ter ut these glasses. Therefor. ln.
llly's eyes ay" set very near iu 'h,
sides 90 the nose. You VIII perceive.
Watson, that the glasses ar, .ru,ly-
mao 10 unusual strength. 4 iu'. who's.
vision has been so extremely ]ylru,i.l
all her lie is sur. go ave 40. DBL. dead.
characteristic ui such vision. which
are seen iu The forehead, JAe yy,.llt.
and the shutllu .H,'