The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-14

naa NY boy, but concentrate
man IL is perhaps better first to take
the knee of the rouse. AZ Won M
Seise, This woman had plush upon
nei sieeFes, which is a most useful
lhaterla! for showing traces. The
uEuple hne a little above the wrist
Were the type-writist presses against
re II 'aDle, was beautifully defined.
ne seW1ng-machine, of the hand
type, leaves a similar mark. but onIv
on the lett arm, and on the side of
II 1arthest from the thumb. instead
OF pe1ng right across the brOadest
!, as this was. I then glanced
q. her race, and observing the dint
" d Pincenez at either side of her
nose, 1 Ventured a emark upon short
slght and type-writ1ng, which seem
cd to surprise her.
1t surprised me-"
but, surely, it was very obvious.
l wSs then much surprised and in
teres;ed on glancing down to observe
mat, though the boots which she was
wearing We're not unlike each other.
they were really odd ones; the one
having a slightly decorated toe-cap,
and the other a plain one. One was
buttoned only in the two lower but
tons out Of five, and the other at the
first, third, and fifth. Now, when
you see that a young lady. other
wise neatly dressed, has come away
from home with odd boots, half-but-
toned, 1T Is no great deduction to say
that she came away in a hurry"
And what else?" l asked, keen
~ interested, as l always was, by my
friends incisive reasoning.
Il noted. in passing, hat she had
written a note before leaving home,
but after being fully [ressed. You
observed that her right glove was torn
at the ~forefnger, but you did 0
apparently see that both glove and
finger were stained with violet ink.
h had written in a hurry, and dip
ped her pen too deep. It must have
been this morning. or the mark would
not remain clear upon the finger. All
this is amusing, though rather ele-
mentary, but | must so back to busi-
ness, Watson. Would you mind read
in3 me the advertised description Of
HosIner Angelo"
I held the little printed slip to the
light. "Missing," it said, ION the
morning of the 14th, a gentleman
named Hosmer Angel. About 5 it. z
in height; strongly built, sallow com
plexiOn, black hair, a little bald in the
centre, bushy, black side-whiskers and
m~ustache; tinted glasses, slight in
trinity Of speech. Was dressed, when
last seen, in black frock-coat faced
with silk, black waistcoar, gold Alhert
chain. n gray Harris tweed trousers,
with brown CATERS over elastic-sided
boots. known to have been employed
in an Office in Leadenhall Street. Any
i,o0y bringing,' etc, etc.
HOLMES-FIVE
That will do said Holmes. las to
the letters he continued, glancing
over them, they are very common
place. Absolutely nc clew in them to
Mr.. Angel, ave that he quotes Ba,zac
once. There is one remarkable point,
however, which Will no bought strike
you"
They are type-written,' I remark
Not only that, but the signature
is typewriter. Look at the neat lit
tie 'Hos1ner Angel at the bottom.
There is a date, you see, but no super
scription except Leadenhali street,
which is rather vague. The point
the signature is very suggestive
in fact, We MAJ call 1t conclusive.
"Of what?"
my dear fellow, Is it possible you
not see how strongly it bears upo1 the
case?"
Il cannot say that I do, unless it
we're that he wished to be able TO deny
mis- signature if an action for breach
Of promise were instituted
mo, that was not the point. How
] shall write two letters, which
settle the matter. One Is to a
firm in the city, the other Is TO the
young lady's step-father, Mt. Windi-
Dank, asking hinl whether he could
meet US here at six o'clock tomorrow
It is Just as we'll that we
do business with the male re.a-
tives. And now, doctor, we can DO
nothing until the to those
come, 50 we may put our little
problem upon the shelf for the IN
terim."
I a had SO many reasOns to be-
lieve in my friends subtle powers OF
reasoning, and extraordinary energy
in action, that I felt that he must have
some solid grounds for the assured
easy d%cIneanor with which he
treated the singular mystery which
he had been called upon TO fathoIn.
Once only had l know him to fail, IN
the case of the King Of Bohemia and
the Irene Adler photograph; put
I looked back to the weird bust
ness OF the Sign OF Four. and the ex-
circumstances connected
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