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fore the doctors door.
IFS been out three hours" said Holiness:
started AT half past six, and hvra IL is
back again. That gives a radius oi Ten or
twelve miles, and he does it once. or
sometimes twice. Il day"
NO unusual thing for a doctor In Irac-
tice."
but Armstrong is not really a doctor
in practice. He is Il lecturer and a con-
sultant. but he does not care for general
practice. which distracts him from his
literary work. Why. then. does h make
these long journeys. which must De OK
ceed.ngly irksome to him. and WHO Is it
that he visits"
His c~oachman-'
Ny dear Watson, can you doubt that
ii was TO him that | first applied ! do
not know whether it came from HIS own
innate depravity or from the promptlnss
of his master. but he MAS rude enough to
set 4 dog at me. Neither dog nor man
liked the look OF my stick. however. an.
the matter fell through. Relations were
strained after that. and further inquiries
cat of the question. All that l have
learned l got from a friendly native in
the yard OF our own inn. 1t WAS he who
told me OF the doctors habits and Of his
daily journey. AT that instant. to give
point to his words. the carriage came
round TO the door,
Gould you not follow IT,
Excellent. Watson. You ara scintillat-
Ing this evening. The idea did cross my
MIND. There is. as you may have oh
served, a bicycle shop next TO our Inn.
Into this ! rushed, engaged a bicycle, and
was able 10 get started before the car
riage was quite out of sight. | rapidly
overlook it, and then, keeping at a dis
erect distance of a hundred yards or so
| followed its lights until We were clear
CT the town. We had got well out on the
I country road when "a spytnt+I,t p,nr.fs,--
ing incident occurred. The carriage
stopped. the doctor aiighted. walked swift
ly back to where l had also halted. and
told me in an excellent sardunic fashion
that he feared the road was narrow. and
that he hoped his carriage did not i'm
pedo the passage of my bicycle. Nothing
could have been more admirable than his
way of putting it, / at once rode Est
the carriage, and, keeping to the l...in
road, l went on for Il few miles. and ten
halted IN a convenient place to sec ii the
carriage passed. There was no sign " 1t,
however. and so it became evident that it
had turned down one of several side roads
which l had observed. ] rode back. but
again saw nothing of the carriage. and
now, as you perceive. it has returned aftor
me. OF course, l had at the outset no
particular reason to connect these Jour
neys with the disappearance of Godfrey
stanton, and was only inclined To in
'''S H'i oI t!it StItiAl Slblllt.S
that everything which concerns Dr. Ann
strong Is at present of interest to US. but,
now thHt flnd he keeps so keen a look
ont upon anyone who may follow him on
these excursions, the affair appears more
important, and | shall not be satisfied
until have made the matter clear"
we can follow him tomorrow"
Can We? 1t Is not SO easy as YOU seem
to think. You are not familiar with
CambridGoshire scenery. are YOU? 1t does
not lend itself to conccalment, All this
country that | passed over tonight is as
Hat and clean as the palm Of your hand,
and the man we are following is no fool.
as ne very clearly showed tonight. /
have wired to Overton TO let us know any
fresh London developments at this adj
dress. and in the meantime we can only
concentrate our attention upon Or. Arm
stroiis. whose name the obliging young
lady 1T the office allowed me TO read upon
tn couaierfoil Of Staunton's Urgent mes
sage. He knows where the young man is
to trat IN swear, and if he knows. then
il must he our own fault if we cannot
manage TO know also. Al present it must
pe admitted that the old trick is In his
possession. and, as you are aware, Wat
son. i, is not my habit to leave the game
ii that condition.
And Vet the next day brought us no
nearer to the solution OF the mystery. A
49, 49, ++fAA'R'a "a az va n : ~ IllfIl
Holmes passed across to mo with a smile.
Sir it ran, Il can assure Nogi that YOU
are wasting your time in dogsing my
movements. ! have. as you discovered
last night, a window at the back OF my
> brousham. and if YOU desire a twenty-mile
! ride which will lead you to the spot from
/ which YOU started, You have only to fol
] low mo. Meanwhile, l can inform YOU
that no Spying upon me can in any way
: help Mr.. Godfrey stanton, and | am
convinced that the best service YOU can
do to that gentleman is to return at once
l to I.ondoA and to report to your employer
. that YOU are unable TO trace him. Your
time IN Cambridge will certainly be
wasted. Yours faithfully.
Leslie Armstrong"
4 IAN ou~tspoken. honest antagonist is tho
1 doctor said Holmes. We'll. we'll. he
4 eXcitos my curiosity. and j must reall.
r know before ! leave him"
His carriage is az his door now" said
]. There he is stepping into it. l saw
him glance up at our window as he die
50. suppose l try my iuck upon the
bicycle"
mo, no, my dear Watson. With al
t respect for your natural acumen, /! do no
j think that you are quite a match for tn,
) worthy doctor. l think that possibly
can attain our end by some Independent
: explorations of my own. / am afraid thai
j must leave You 20 your own devices, a.
the appearance Of two inquiring stranger.
upon a sleepy countryside might excite
more gossip than I care for. No doub
n YOU VIII find some sights to amuse YOU i,
S this venerable city. and l hope to brins
back a more favorable report to you be
Y fore evening""
r once more, however. my friend was dcs
o tined to be disappointed. He came bacl
+ at night weary and unsuccessful.
II have had n blank day Watson HAY
ton ,at 49, H., "