The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
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the potion edge by the right hand
side. whcrcon might be Just distin-
guished the greater part of the letters.
n. l.. The piece OF glass that had lain
a little way apart from the bottle was
not n part of it, as a casual observer
might have supposed. /; was frag-
mcnt of a concave lens, with q chan
mel ground in the edge.
a r ten precisely next morning, as
usual Mr.. Ludwig Hamer mounted
the stairs of the house in Hatton Car
den, wherein he rented half n room as
Office. He WAS tall, fair man. wear
ing thick convex pincc-nez. He spoke
English like n native. and indeed he
called himself an Englishman, though
there were those who doubted the Brit
icism OF his name. Scarce had he emit
cred his Office when Darlington followed
him
The room had never been large one
and now "A partition divided il in two
leaving a passage at one side only, by
The window. on each side Of this par
ttion stood q small pedestal table a
couple Of chairs. a copying press, ana
the other articles usual in ii mcagcrlv
furnished office. Dorrinrton strobe past
BOWERS half Of the room and came
upon Hamcr as he was hanging his coat
on peg. The letter of introduction
had been burnt. since DorrinptUn had
only asked for it in order to get Ham
or's name and the Hatton Garden adj
dress without bctrayng Bouvier the
fact that he ala not already know all
about II.
Good morning. Mr.. Hamer." said
Darlington. loudly Sorry to sac you're
not wcl!"-tc pointed Familiarity with
his stick ut a range Of medicine bot
ties on the mantclriccc-"but it's very
trying weather, of course You've been
suffering from toothachc believe"
Hamcr seemed AT first disposed 10
tha In, 60, I. ,
this speech but NJ The reference to
,oothache he started suddcrlY ana set
his lips
"chloroforms a capital thing for
toothachr. MIR. iiamer. ana for-for
"ther things. I'm not IN Your line OF
business myself but ! believe il has
even been used in the diamond trade"
What do you mean" asked Hlmcr
flushing angrily
Mean? Why. bless mc-nothlng more
than said Hy the way. I'm afraid
you dropped one of your medicine bot
tbs last night, I'VE brought ii back
though I'm afraid its past repair. It's
a good job YOU didn't quite clear tn"
label of before you took It ont with
you, else | might have had q difficulty.
You see you've just left the first letter
of p. g. in the druggists address, and
the last " Of Iatton Garden just be
fore it. There doesn't happen to be any
other Garden In Il. G. district that !
know of. nor docs tho name of any
other thorouEhfare end in N-thcy ere
mostly streets. or lanes, or courts YOU
see. And there seems to be only one
druggist in Iiatton Garden-cap!tal fell
low. no doubt-thc one whose name and
. address | observe on those bottles on
the mantclpiece."
Darlington stood with his foot on a
chair. and tapped his knee carelessly
with his stick. Hamor dropped into the
other chair and regarded him with
frown, though his face was pale. Pres
entity ne said in n strained voice
''Wcll?"
Yes: there is something else. Mr.
liamer, as YOU appear To suggest. l
see you're wearing a new pair OF glasses
this morning. pity you broke the others
last night. but I'VE brought the piece
you left behind" He gathered up the
broken bottle, and held UP the piece OF
concave lens. Il think. after all. it's
really best to use n cord with pincc- ncz
It's awkward. and II catches III things
! know. but it saves q brcakagc. and
you're liable to get the glasses Knocked