The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-03
"reminiscences OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES
{Continued from Page Three.)

while you will remain in birmingham
and make yourself useful
"HOw?"
For answer. he took a big red book
out OF a drawer.
This is a directory of Paris salo
he. with the trades after the names
of the people. / want you TO take Il
home with you, and to mark OH an
the hardware-sellers. with their al
dresses. 1t would be OF the greatest
use to me to have them.
..Surely there are classified lists?"
suggested
Not reliable ones. Their system Is
different from ours. Stick at it, ana
let me have the lists by Monday, at
t..elve. G~ood-day, Mr.. Pycroft. II
you continue to show zeal and intelli-
eence you will find the company a
God master"
I went back to the hotel with the
big book under my arm, and with
very conflicting feelings in my breast.
On the one hand, / was definitely en-
gage and had a hundred pounds in
my pocket; on the other, the look Of
the offices, the absence Of name on
the wall, and other of the points
which would strike a business man
had left a bad impression as to the
position of my employers. However,
come what might, / had my money,
So / settled down to my task. All
Sunday l was kept hard at work, and
yet by Monday l had only got as far
as H. 1 went round to my employer,
found him in the same diSmantled
kind Of room, and vas told to keep
at 1t until Wednesday,, and then come
again. On Wednesday it was still un-
finished, so I hammered away until
Friday-that is, yesterday. Then l
brought it round to Mr.. Harry Pin
ner.
Thank you very much" said he;
ct faar fhnf 7 nn1orrofnI tho diff
Guilty of the task. This list will be
of very material assistance to me-"
at took some time" said i.
land now" said he, Il want you
80 make a list of the furniture shops,
FAY they all sell crockery.'
~4ery good"
"And you can come up tomorrow
Evening, at seven and let me know
how you are getting on. Don't over
work yourself. A couple Of hours at
Days Music Hall in the evening
would do you no harm after your Ia
bors.' He laughed as he spoke and
l saw with a thrin that his second
tooth upon the left-hand side had
been very badly stuffed with gold.
Sherlock Holmes rubbed his hands
with delight, and | stared with aston
ishment at our client.
You may we'll loo surprised, DR..
Watson; but it is this way" said he:
When / was speaking to the other
chap in London, at the time that he
laughed at my not going to Nav
sons, / happened to notice that his
tooth was stuffed in this very identi-
cal fashion. The CLINT Of the gold
in each case caught my eye, you see.
When l put that with the voice and
figure being the same, and only those
things altered which might be changed
by a razor or a wig, I could not doubt
that II MO tho man az aN,rco
you expect two brothers to be alike,
but not that they should have the
same tooth stuffed in the same way
He bowed me out, and I found my
self in the street, hardly knowing
whether I was on my head or my
heels. Back I went to my hotel, put
my head in a basin Of cold water, and
tried to think it out. Why had he
seat me from London to Birmingham?
WSny a he got there before me?
And why had he written a letter from
himself to himself? 1t was altogether
no sense of it. And then suddenly
it struck me that what was dark to
me might be very light to Mr.. Sher-
lock Holmes. / had just time to get
up to town by the night train to see
him this morning, and to bring you
both back with me to Birmingham"
There was a pause after the stock
brokers' clerk had concluded his sur
prising experience. Then Sherlock
Holmes cooked his eye at me, can
ing back on the cushions with a
pleased and yet critical face, like a
connoisseur who has just taken his
first sip Of a comet vintage.
Rather fine. Watson, is it not?"
said he. There are points in it
Which please me. l think tina you
will agree with me that an inter-
view with Mr.. Arthur Harry Primer
in the temporary offices of the rance
Midland Hardware Company, Limited,
would be a rather interesting exper-
fence for both of us
But how can we do it," I asked.
oh. easily enough said Hall Ply
croft, cheerily. You are two friends
Of mine who are in want Of a billet.