The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27

Il &E@ 1919 I@AF
that unhappy man II ] ran sold
the whole story Ia Mr. MyCFofi
Holmes ucSt morning and suisse
cuentIv To tho police"
we All sat in silence for some time
| after listening to this extraordinary
narrative. Then sherlock locke
across At his brother,
Any stepxg he asked.
Nycroft picked m the DsiiN News
which was lying on the stde-taele
Anybody surpls ing m informa-
aion a. to the whereabouts 30 a Greek
gentleman named Paul kfaitdes from
Athenx. who i unable - Spcak Eng
li<h. Will be rewarded. i similar re-
ward paid IL any one givirg snforna-
ton about a Greek lady whose first
name il SophY Y AIS That was
In all The datlIe~ No answer
How about The Greek LEGATION
Il have inquired They know moth
a wire to The head Of tho Athens
police. then
sherlock has all the energy Of
tho family said Mycroft turning L"
me. Well. YOU take the case up ~
all means let inc know If q do
any good"
Certainly" answered my friend.
rising from his chair. "Ili let YOU
know. and DIR. Mcias also In the
meantime. Mr.. Melas. l should Ger
tainly be on uy guard. IL ! were You.
fof Of couse they must know. through
these advertisements that you have
betrayed them"
A we walked home together.
Holmes stopped at a telegraph once
and sent on several Aires.
You sec, Watson" he remarked.
'our evening has been bN 10 means
wasted. some OF my most interesting
eases have come to me IN this NAY
I IN rpyCo A19TA1f The nTQnApm
uhich we have just listened To. al
though it can admit OF but cN-
PLANTATION, has still sorne distinguish
Cd features"
You have hopes Of solving it,
well. knoWine as much aS We do.
it VIII be singular indeed i We fail
10 discover the rest. You must Your
self have formed some tneor which
VIII explain the facts To which We
have listened"
"In a vague way. YES"
"What was your idea. then
1t seems to me to be obvious that
this Greek girl had been carried of
by the young Englishman named
Harold Latimer."
Carried of from where"
Athens. perhaps"
Sherlock Holmes shook his head.
This u man could not talk q
word Of Greek. The 'ady could talk
English fairly We'll. Infcrence-inat
she had been in England some lit
tic time, but he had lot been in
Greece
We'll, then. we viii presume that
she had come on a visit to England.
and that this Harold had persuaded
her to fly with him"
THAT is more probable"
Then the brother-for that. /
fancy, must be the relationship
comes over from Greece to interfere.
L I - e i1 r,.,, -, II. ,,4+~ ls-,-1ft -, a.
power Of the young mar and his Older !
associate. They seize him and use
violence towards him III order TO
him sign some papers 30 make
over the girls fortune-ot which he t
be trustee-to them. This he re-
fuses to do. In order to negotiate i
with him they have to Get an inter-
prefer, and they pitch upon this Mr.. :
Melas, having used ON other one
before. n girl is not told Of the
of her brother. and finds it
by the merest accident"
Excellent, Watson!" cried Holmes.
q really fancy that YOU are not far !,
from the truth. YOU see that we
hold all the cards. and we have only
to fear some sudden act OF violence on
their part. If they give US time we
n ust have them"
well. if our conjecture is correct
and the gilr's name is or was Sophy
kratides, we should have on difficulty
in tracing her. That must he our
main hone. FOR the brother is. Of
course. q complete stranger. 1t is
clear that some time has elapsed
since this Harold established these
With the girI-some weeks,
at any rate-since the brother in
Greece has had time to hear of it and
across. If they have been liv-
ing in the same place during this
it is probable that w shall
have some ansWer to M~ycroft's adj
ve~rtisement.'
We had reached our house in Eak-
nr street while we had been alking.
Holmes assembled the stair first. and
as he opened the door Of our room he
gave q start Of surprise. Looking
,veI his shoulder. ! was equally as
His brother Uycroft was
smoking in the armchair.
Come in. Sherlock, Come in, sir"
said he, blandly, smiling at our sur
prised faces. You don't cxpect
energy from me,do YOU. Sher-
.ock? But somehow this case at
.racts me-"
How did you get herc?'
u passed YOU in 4 hansom."
There has been some new develop
nent?"
9" had an answer to my advertise
nent."
"Ah."
Yes, it came within d few min
Ites Of your leaving"
And to what cffcct?"
Mycroft Holmes tool out a sheet Of
paDer.
Here it is" said he. written With
l J pen on royal cream paper by !
niidle-aGed man with a weak consti-
-utIoh. Sir, he says. in answer to
Advertisement Of tOday's date
beg TO inform YOU that | know the
Dung iady III question very well. IF
you should care to call upon me
,ould give YOU some particulars rs
o her painful history. She is living
Yours faithfully. J. Davenport
he writes from Lower Brixton"
aid Mycroft Holmes. do YOU think
and learn these particularsa,.
My dear MIycroft. the brothers
he is more valuable than the sisters
tory. | think we should call at scot
and Yard for Inspector Grcpson and
90 Stralght out to Beckenham. we
IhoW mat a man is being done 10
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