The farmer and mechanic., 1911-07-11

raj The IaconiC style may be IS con- I
ceal the a absence Of knowledce OF Eng 4
lish- Yes. Watson. there are good
reasons to suspect that there has been
a substitution of dodgers
But for what possible end p
'Ah, There lies our problem. There
+ IS one rather obvious line of investisa- 4
ton. He took down the great book 4
/ in which day by day he filed the agony
i Of columns Of the various London
i journals. Dear me-" said he, turn
F ing over the pages. what a chorus of
/ groans. cries and b!eatinsS, What rag
: bag Of singular happenings. But surely !
! the most valuable hunting ground that
! ever was given to a student of the un-
usual. This person is alone and cannoti
! be approached by a letter without a
breach of that absolute secrecy which
| is desired. How is any news or any
m essen.ser to reach him without" OBJ
viously by advertisement through a
newspaper. There is no other way,
/ and fortunately we need concern our
! selves with the one paper only. Here
/ are the Daily Gazette extracts of the
! last fortnight. Lady with a black boa
/ at Princes Skating Club'-that We
may pass. Surely Jimmy viii not
! break his mothers heart-that APP
pears to be irrelevant. II the lady
who tainted in the BriXton bus-she
does not interest me. Every day my
i
gated beat, All this is a little more
possible Listen to this: Be patient.
Will find some sure means of COmmu
nication. Meanwhile this column.-G.
That is two days after Mrs Warrens 5
! lodger arrived 1t sounds plausible.
does it not? The mysterious one could
understand English even if he could
not print it. Let us see if we can pick
uD the trace again Yes. here we are
three days later. Am making sue
cessful arrangements. Patience and
prudence The clouds Will pass.-G.
Nothing for a week after that. Ihen
come something more definite: The
path is clearing If | find chance sig
nal message remember code agreed
one A, two B. and so on. You Will
hear sOon-G. That was in yesterday s
paper. and there is nothing IN tOdaES.
1t is all very appropriate 70 Mrs. War
ren'S lOdger. If We wait little, Wat
son. / don't doubt that the affair VIII
grow more intellisible.'
SO it proved. for in the morning I
found my friend on the hearthrug
with his back to the fire. and a smile
of complete satisfaction upon his face.
'.How's this. Watson?'' he cried,
picking up the paper from the table.
"'High red house with white stone
l facings Third floor Second window
r left After dusk. That is definite
: enough. | think after breakfast we
i must make a little reconnaissance OF
Mrs Warren'S neighborhOOd. An,
Mrs Warren, All Mrs. Warren, What
! news do YOU bring us this morning
i Our client had suddenly burst into the
: room with an explosive energy which
E told Of some new and momentous de-
velopment.
Its a police matter. Mr. Holmes.
: she cried. .I'll have no more OF 1t. lie
4 shall pack out of that with his bag
gage. l would have gone straight up
: and told him so. only | thought It was
but fair to YOU to take your opinion
a first But I'm at the end Of my pa
i tience and when it comes to knocking
u my old man about
t Knocking Mr.. Warren about
s Using him roughly. anyway.
s ''Buh who used him roughly
.tAh that's what we want to know
5; .'It was this morning, sir. Mr.. War
rem is a ime-keeper at Morton ana
e Waylight's in Tottenham Court Road
V He has to be out of the house before
seven Well this morning, he had not
: got Ten PAGES down the road wnen two
;. men came up behind him, threw a
t coat over his head. and bundled him
into a cab that was beside the kerb.
# They drove him an hour and then
: opened the door and shot him out. He
t iav in the roadway SO shaken IN MS
: wits that he never saw what became ol
Y the cab When he picqed himself UP he
: found he was on Hampstead Heath: so
8 he took a bus home. and there he lies
n now on the sofa while / came straight
: around 10 tell YOU what had hap
q pened.
Most Interesting. said Holmes.
|.Did he observe the appearance u
q these nen-did he hear them talk
Y NO. he is clean daZed He just
i knows that he was lifted Up as II by
:, magic and dropped as if by magic,
y TWO at least were in il. and maybe
e three
; And YOU connect this attack with
n YOUR lodger'
n ..Wpli we've lived there fifteen years
Il and no such happenings ever came
$ before Eve had enough Of him-