Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-08-02

| you, Professor Cofan, ana promise ina
we won't disturb you until after lunch. At
two o'clock We will come again, and re-
| port to YOU anything which may have
| happened in the interval"
Holmes was curiously distract. and We
walked up and down the garden path for
some time in silence.
'Havc YOU a clue" ! asked a, last
| 1T depends upon those cigarcts that l
smoked" said he. lit is possible that i
am utterly mistaken. The cigarets will
sho-r me"
My dear Holiness" exclaimed. .'how
on earth"
We'll, WE'LL YOU may see for yourself.
| If not there's no harm done. o. course.
We always have tho optician clue to fall
| back upon. but take short cEt when
can get it. An here is the good Mrs.
Marker, Let us enjoy five minutes of i..-
structivc conversation with her
| may have remarked before that
| Holmes had when he liked a peculiarly
/ ingratiatng way with women. and saat
| he very readily established terms OF cout,-
dcnce with them. In half the time which
he had named he had captured tlir house
Keepers good will, and was chatting with
her as if he had known her Tor years.
\ Yes, Mr.. Holmes. it is as You say, sir.
He does smoke something terrible. All
day and sometimes all night. sir I've
seen that room of morning-well, sir.
\ you'd have thought it was London fog,
| Poor young Mr. Smith. he was Il smoker
| also. but not as bad as the professor His
's'it''-TMeli, u uoh h!io" tsiat IL pcttci
~. Mo ,,. ior ,ne smoking,
| appetite
.Wcll. don't know about that. sir"
s"i,i'oS' t'id. the professor cats hitta-
| y Ny i'',7 -
VEL nc is Naf'apie. Nv say mat Tor
~ ..,.,
~ MasNr nc '"ok no .reakiaSt mus
',"l,,'is, afl'' Won iace nus i"heh after
| ''. .,'e Sisni.ts stM nm consume.
~ ~" ou' e"'''' ~ ~ !. hap-
H'iiS' iof ne a'e u fei''aiNani" Dig bf"ak-
-. ..'is .ioia'''st u",' N''oM Wlen
W. W h.lnwn nun MAKE a ne',.r one. ana
unch FIN ss,rprssu nys ~ v''' for i pn ms
v5',i,e mo MO- Una, room Nestef'ay ana saw
o's''I ~ ''i'i'i ~ 's ei'rs on INC moor.
ssss d, sort, ss : 'sr : void and a. !,
n nvasySs9f hasn't let 1t take ms appetite
W. loitered the morning ava, in tho
garden. Stanley Hopkins had gone down
to the village to look into some rumors of
a strange woman who had been sccn by
some children or the Chatham -oad the
previous morning AS TO my friend. all
his usual energy seemed 10 have deserted
him. i had never known him handle I,
case in such a half-hcarted fashion. Even
the news brought back by Hopkins that
he had found the children. and hat they
had undoubtedly Seen woman exactly
corresponding with Holmes description
and wearing either spcctacles or eye
glasses, failed TO rouse any sign of keen
interest. He was more attentive when
Susan. who waited upon us at lunch vol
nnteered the information that she believed
Mr.. Smith had been ont for ii walk yester-
day morning, and that he had only re-
turrcd half an hour before the tragedy oc-
| CURED. could not myself the bear
ing OF this incident. but l clearly per-
ccived that Holmes was weaving 1t into
the general scheme which he had formed
ia ms Dram.
ob sue ,,@ ne sp'M ,a from ..,,, ms
o'cloc,s yontin,,en'" s,jd bn Wv, 80, "V
90 rn and have If ont with a;,r fr;nra
The nrofossorn o
M,
IN CIV ,''ah naa JUS! lnlshcd his lunch.
(, $1,000 nus empty dish bore evil
dence to sae GOOD apptt!lte with which his
| housekccpcr hah credited him. lie was.
| .deca, q weird figure' Us ne TUNED his
| white name and his glowing eyes towards
US The eternal cigaret smouldered in
| his mouth He had been dressed. and
was seated in an armchair by the fire.
We'll, Mr.. Holmes, have you solved
this mystery YETI" He showed the large
| TN OF clSarctS which stood on IL table be-