The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-02

must apologize Tor having inirudrd uoor
YOU. Professor Coram. and I promise inat
we went disturb you un,l after lunch. A.
two o'clock We viii come again. aud 70
port TO YOU anything which may haze
happened In the Interval"
Holmes was curiously dirtrn!,. aud -e
walked w n down the garden path 70,
some tim" In silence.
Have you n clucg' 7 asked. NJ last.
II depends upon thosc ciEnrcts Ina, I
smoked" said he. IL IL possible that I
am utterly mistaken. The c!garc;s will
sho- me-"
'My dear Holmes I exclaimed. ''how
on Garth
We'll. well. YOU may SEQ for yourself.
" not there's no harm one. or course.
We always have the optic!an clue Go fall
back upon. but I TAX" n shor, cut when !
can gct 10. All. here - tho good Mrs.
Marker Let us enjoy i've minutes of In
structivc conversation with her"
| may have remarked before that
Holmes had. when nc liked. a peculiarly
irgrntiat!ng va with women. and that
he very readily established terms % conf
dcncr with them. In half the time which
he had named. hc had captured the house
Keepers good will. and was chatting with
her as u he had known her for years.
Yes. Mr.. Holmes. q Is as you say. SIR.
He docs smoke something terrible. All
day and sometimes all night. sir. I've
seen that room OF a m~ornirF-wrll. SIR.
you'd have thought ~ was a London fog.
Poor young Mr.. Smith. hc was "A smoker
also. but not as bad ms tho professor. Ills
hcalth-wcll. I don't know that It's better
nor worse for the smoking"
An" said Holmes. but Il kills tho
Appetite"
"wcll. I don't know about, that. sir"
II suppose that the professor eats hard
~ anything
"we!l. he is variable. I'll say that; FOR
him."
I'm a he took no breakfast this
morning. and won face his lunch after
all the cigar-ts I saw him consume
We'll. you're u there. sir. IA II hap
pens, for he ate n remarkable" big break
fast ,hls morning. don't know when
I've known him mako a better one. ana
he's ordered n good dish OF outlets for his
lunch. I'm surprised myself. for since I
came into that room yesterday and saw
young Mr.. Smith lying thor" on tho foor.
I couldn't bear TO look at food. Well. ~
takes all sorts 90 make "A world. and tho
professor hasn', let 81 take his appetite
away
We loiicrci tho morning away In the
garden, Stanley Hopkins had gone Down
to the village 20 look into som" rumors 20
a strargc woman who had been seen by
some children or the Chatham road tn"
previous morning. As To ms frIcad. all
his usual energy seemed 10 have deserted
him. ! had never known him handle a
case In such a ha.f-hcartcd fashion. Even
the news brought back by Hopkins hat
n" had found tho children. and that they
had undoubtedly seen a woman exactly
corresponding with Holmes description.
and wearing either ~srcciaclcS or eye
glasses. failed To- rouse any sign OF keen
Interest. II" was more attentive when
Susan. who waited upon VS. at lunch. VOL
untccrci the Information that she believed
Mr.. Smith had been out for a walk y~stcr-
day morning. and that he had only ra-
;urrci half an hour before the tragedy oc-
CURED. I could not myself see al" bear
.nR az this incident. but I clearly per-
ccivcd that Holmes was weaving IL into
tho general scheme which hc had formed
In his brain.
Suddenly ne sprnng from his
chair and glanced nj his watch. 1.-TWO
O'Clock. gentlemen" said no. I'VE must
10 up and have u out with our friend.
the professor"
The old man had just finished his lunch.
and certainly his empty dish hor. owl
dcncc 20 the good appetite with which his
housekccpcr had credited him. Hc was.
indeed. IA weird figure as hc turned his
white rnanc and his glowing eyes towards
uu. The eternal ciglrct smouldrrcl in
his mouth. lie had been dressed. and
seated In an armchair by the IRE.
Well. Mr.. Holmes. have you solved
this mystery yeti He showed the large
tin of cigur"ts which stood on a table be-
std him towards my companion. Holmes
stretched out his hand n; the same mo-
m'nt, and between them they tipped the
box over the edge. For a minute or two
We were al at our knees retrieving stray
cigarcta from Impossible places. when
We ros" again. ] observed Holmes eyes
were shining and htr checks Hinged with
color. only AT "A crisis have I seen those
baitlc-signals dying.
Yes" said he. II have solved IT,"
Stanley Hopkins and l stared In amaze
mcut SomcthiLg like q snrrg uuly,r,l
over the gaunt features OF the o.d pro.
icsscr.
Indeed IN the gardcn?"
NO. here"
Here When
This Instant"
you a." surely Joking. Mr. Sherlock
Holmes. You compel IN" 10 tell you that
this - too FERROUS a matter 60 bo treated
IN such a fashion.
Il have forged and tested every I!uE: OF
my chain. Professor Coram. and am
sur" that u Is souud. What your motives
are. or what exact part you play la this
sirunr" business. 1 am not yet able 20
say, In a few minutes I shall prubab!y
hca- a. from your own lips. Meanwhile
1 viii reconstruct what - pasg for your
hcucnt. SO that you may know the lniOE.
nation which Sjill require.
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