The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-07

piCIuI6s 4 SuSpStlSu tldI your HllNu
had now turned to the Civil War, and
when I observed that your lips set
your eyes sparkled, and your hands
clinched, l was positive that you were
indeed thinking of the gallantry which
was shown by both sides in that des-
perate struggle. But then. again. your
face grew sadder; you shook your head.
You were dwelling upon the sadness
and horror and useless waste of life
Your hand stole towards your own old
wound. and a smile quivered ON your
lips, which showed me that the ridicu-
lous side of this method of settling In
ternational questions had forced itself
upon yonr mind At this point l agreed
with you that it was preposterous, and
was glad to find that all my deduc-
tons had been correct
"Absolutelyi" said l.. And now
that you have explained it, ] confess
that l am as amazed as before
1T was very superficial, my dear
Watson, I assure you. l should not
have iptruded it upon your attention
had you not shown some ~incredulity
the other day. But the evening has
brought a breeze with II. What do
you say to a ramble through Lon
don?"
4 Iii Ntdi3 VI Jul iilliC Slltlii6-tOOilA
and gladly aequiesced. For three hours
we strolled about together, watching
the cver-changing Kaleidoscope of life
as it GIBBS and flows through Fleet
street and the Strand. His character
istic talk, with it's keen observance of
detail and subtle power of Inference,
held me amused and enthralled. 1t
was 10 O'Clock before we reached Baker
street again. A brougham was waiting
at our door.
"Hum! A doctor's-general practi-
toner, / perceive" said Holmes. Not
been long in practise. but has had a
good deal to do. Come to consult us, /
fancy! Lucky we came backi1
/ was sufficiently conversant with
Holiness methods to be able to follow
his reasoning. and to see that the ma
ture and state of the various medical
instruments in the wicker basket which
hung in the lamplight inside tbs
brougham had given him the data for
his swift deduction. The light in our
window above showed that his late
visit was indeed intended for us. With
some curiosity as to what could have
sent a brother medico to us at such an
hour, [ followed Holmes into our sane
tum.
a P0iCg NdpSi -ldCt0 ludH WITH Sdtlut
whiskers rose up from a chair by the
fire as we entered. His age may not
have been more than three or four and
thirty, but his haggard expression and
unhealthy hue told of a life which had
Slapped his strength and robbed him Of
his youth. His manner was nervous
and shy, like hat of a sensitive gen.
tleman, and the thin white hand
which he laid on the mantelpiece as he
rose was that of an artist rather than
of a surgeon His dress was quiet and
sombre-a black frock coat, dark trou-
sers and a touch of color about his
necktie.
"Good evening, DOCTOR" said Holmes.
cheerily. 81 am glad to see that you
have only been waiting a very few
minutes
You spoke to my coachman, then?''
mo, it was the candle on the side
table that told me. Pray resume your
seat n let me know how / can serve
you"
MY name is DIR. Percy Trevelyan.,
said our visitor, land l live at 403 Brook
street"
Are you not the author of a mono
graph upon obscure nervous ~lesions?"
L asked.
His pale cheeks flushed with pleas
ure at hearing that his work was
known to me.
Il so seldom hear of the work that
| thought it was quite dead,"' said he.
MY publishers gave me a most dis
%couraging account of it's sale. You
are yourself, L presume, a medical
man?"
"A retired army surgeon
My own hobby has always beer
nervous disease. I should wish to
make it an absolute specially, but, of
course, a man must take what he can
get at first. This, however, is beside
the question, Mr.. Sherlock Holmes, and
l quite appreciate how valuable your
time is. The fact is that a very sim
gular train of events has occurred re-
Gently at my house in Brook street,
and tonight they came to such a head
that l felt it vas quite impossible for
me to wait another hour before asking
for your advice and assistance
Sherlock Holmes sat down and lit
his pipe, You are very welcome to
both" he said. PRAY let me have q
detailed account of what the circum-
stances are which have disturbed you"
"One or two of them are so trivial"
said DIR. Trevelyan, that really I am
almost ashamed to mention them. But
the matter is so inexplicable, and the
recent turn which it has taken is so
elaborate, that I shall lay it all before
you. and you shall judge what is es-
sential and What is not.
Il am compelled to begin with, to
say something of my own college ca
reer. l am q London University man.
you know, and l am sure that you win
not think that l am unduly singing my
own praises if I say that my student
career was considered by my professors
to be a very promising one. AftertI
had graduated 1 continued to devote
myself to research, occupying a minor
position in Kings College Hospital,
and l was fortunate enough to excite
considerable interest by my research
into the pathology of catalepsy, and
finally to win the Bruce Pinkerton prize
and medal by the monograph on ner-
vous LESSONS to which our friend has
Just alluded. 1 should net go too far
if / were to say that there was a gen
eral impression at that time that a dis
tinguished career lay before me.