The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-20

orablc bv three cases or interest, in
vhich / had the privilege Of being as
eoci3tnd with Sherlock Holmes and Of
etJdHinp his n / find them re
corded i'm NV notes under the headings
OF 9TH. Adventure Of the Second
stain ."Thc Adventure Of the Naval
Treaty" and The Adventure Of tho
'rirc1 Captain." The first Of these,
huwcycr. deals With interests OF such
inheritance. and duplicates so many
of the first families i'll the kingdom,
that for many years it will be impOSSl-
IIc l., mako II pubIic. No case. how
n,cr i'm which Holmes was engaged
has eve illustrated the value of his
ANALYTICAL methods 50 clearly, or has
iu7nrcesed those who were associated
vim him 50 dcepIv. I still retain an
almost verbatim report Of the inter
vioW i'm which he demonstrated the
tr,,. racts of The case To Monsieur Du-
LIpnr of the Paris police. and Fritz
van aIdbaum thc specialist Of Dant-
zi,e both Of whom had wasted their
cncr.eics unou what u-ovcd to be side
issues Thc now century will have
come however. before the story can
H.. safely toId pass on
tn tho second on NV list which prom
isod also at ono time to be of nation
m inheritance. and was marked by
several incidents which gave it
, u,itn unia,c character.
Duriu" INV school DAVIS | had been
INTIMATELY aSeociatcd with = lad nam
rJ Percy Phelps. who WAS of much
thc same are as myself. though he
WIS two classes ahead of me. He was
n vc.~y brilliant boy and carried away
c,,c1y urizc which the school had to
,rr., Gnichinr bic nvuloite NV wiuning
shin which sent him on to
continue his triunnbont career at
r,nohridna He vast remember. OK
yc wore Iittfn ho,s toncther we know
that his mothers brother wa Lord
Holdhurst the great conservative pol
iticiau This gaudv relationship did
him little good at school. on the
contrary it seemed rather a piquant
thing To us to chevy him about the
nlaypround and hit him over the shins
vv.ith a., wicket Rut if was another
thine when he came out into the
world. heard vaguely Mat his abil-
tiles and the Influences which he COM
handed had won him a good position
at n Foreign Office. and then he pass
ed completely out OF my mind until
the following letter recalled his exist
encc.
"Priarbrae Working.
MY Dear Watson-I have no doubt
that Won can remember Tadpole'
PhclDs, who was in the fifth form
whom YOU were in the third. 1t is
possible. even that YOU NAV have heard
that through my uncIe's influence |
obtained n good appointment at the
Foreign Office and that | was in a
situation of trust and honor until =
horrible n,isfort1ne can, Suddenly To-
blast nv career.
''There is no use writing the details
of that dreadful event In tho event
of Your acceding to nv request it is
probable that | shall have to narrate
,la- 10 49,, T l,,-, .1n1,- ;,,.+ ,.o,,,-
cred from nine weeks of brain fever
and am stiu exceedingly weak Do
Won think that Won conld bring vour
friend Mr. Holmes down to see me-
should like to have his opinion of
tbn cocc tbo,,rh tho ontbori+;oc acc,,ro
me that nothing more can be done.
DO t~1, ia bring him down ana as
soon as nossibIe Every n7inuta. seems
an hour. while I live i'm this horrible
suspensc Asure him that if have
NOT asked hio adrina sonno, = ;c no+
hcrouce ala NOT annrnciato bic to1-
onto mt hccnu.o taro 100, aef n,r
hr,i cvor oincc tbo Nov fnII Eo..
-, clc,r aroio tbo,,ah T dana not
.thi,k nf o. '
rrlansc ANY " ttim Uaak NAT :
l,o',n ,.ito ,tnr ~ I Wv
~ 10y o. wv" -, w u'Cl"'lH7'
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lSl'0"'
-, PM =
''fc was SohlethlhS tllat touched
!'' as lcdd inns leller' something PIT
l@nl' III the reiterated appeals to bring
,i't"!'1' so ihoNe" was l tildI eNeli
n"u l ! ocClld u,liltu't matter Snouid
10y uleu H. hu' ol course. knew
M'it 'lat i1olineS loFed ms art SO
100, 'I a. ,Nt' d. IC@"3 70 pIi!6 ms
~. 10 us olioht o'u'u NC 10 otclNt IT,
wy WIZ 4Sic'u WIN me tlidl not ii
il'"lliciil Shouid DC ioSt III laying the
hldlic" before MN. 50 WITHIN an hour
Oh ~preaktaSt Tune found me once moro
III me ora rooms IN Bake street.
lioi'hcS was seated at ms SIDE table.
t'ad III ms dressing gown. and work.
."G lafd over a lnNestiGatinn
y larEr curved fetort was boring iu-
burnoI ana thn di,tiIIoI I.",r 700
.nn,Ion.imr ~ "''io
~" C"o-l'i' liedSoit.
w. I''''u p"'''! S'"ittu up "S l ell
tinus must be Of imnortance. seated
myself in an armchair and waited He
dipDcd into This bottle or hat drav-
inr-out , few drons of co.b witb ;,ie
glass pipctte and finally bron~bt y test