The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-03-24
THE WASHINGTON HERALD.

glasses could be slatterniy IN other re-
spects. You will find that the clips are
too wide for your nose, showing that
the ladys nose was very broad at the
base. This sort of nose is usually
short and coarse one, but there is a
sufhcient number of exceptions to pre-
vent me from being dogmatic or from
insisting upon this point in my descrip-
ton. My own face is a narrow one,
and yet | find that | cannot get my
eyes into the center, nor near the cen
ter, of these glasses Therefore, the
ladys eyes are set very near 10 the
sides OF the nose. You will perceive,
Watson, that the glasses are concaye
and OF unusual strength. A lady whose
vision has been so extremely contracted
all her life IS sure to have the physical
characteristics of such vision, which
are seen in the forehead, the eyelids,
and the shoulders"
"Yes," said, Il can follow each of
your arguments. i confess, however,
that / am unable to understand how
you arrive at the double visit to the
optician."
Holmes took the glasses in his hand.
You will perceive" he said, that
the clips ars lined with tiny bands Of
cork to soften the pressure upon the
nose. One of these is discolored and
worn to some slight extent, but the
other is new. Evidently one has fallen
of and been replaced. / should judge
that the older of them has not been
there more than few months. They
exactly correspond, so / gather that the
lady went back TO the same establish
ment for the second
by George, it's marvelousw cried
Hnnlrtne in, m g 81.
To think that l had all that evidence
in my hand and never knew i'll l had
intended, however, to go the round Of
the London opticians"
OF course you would. Meanwhile.
have you anything more 10 tell US about
the casep
Nothing, Mr.. Holmes. | think thar
you know as much as | do now-pfob-
ably more. We have had inquiries made
as to any stranger seen on the country
roads or at the railway station. We
have heard of none. What beats me is
the utter want of all object in the crime.
Not ghost of motive can any one
suggest"
"Ahl there I am not in a position to
help you. But ! suppose you want US
to come out Tomorrow
If il is not asking too much, Mr..
Holmes. There's a train from Char
ing Cross TO Chatham at in the morn
ing, and we should be at Yoxley Old
Place between 8 and O."
Then We shall take it. Your case
has certainly some features of great in
terest and shall be delighted to look
into It. Well, it's nearly one, and we
had best get few hours sleep. dare
say you can manage all right on the
sofa in front of the FIRE. III light my
spirit lamp, and give you cup OF coffee
before We start"
The gale had blown itself out nen
day, but Il was a bitter morning when
we started upon our journey. We saw
the cold winter sun rise over the dreary
marshes Of the Thames and the long,
suiieh reaches of the river, which J
shall ever associate with our pursuit OF
the Andaman Islander in the earlier
days of our career. After long and
weary journey, we alighted at small
station some miles from Chatham.
While horse was being put into trap
at the local inn, We snatched hurried
breakfast, and so we were all ready
for business when we at last arrived
at Yoxley Old Place A constable met
us at the garden gate.
Well, Wilson, any news|
No, sir-nothing."
No reports OF any stranger seen?"
mo, sir. Down at the station they
are certain that no stranger either
came or went yesterday"
Have you had inquiries made at inns
and lodgings!'
Eyes, sir; there is no one that we
cannot account for"
"NeII ne only n raasnnahIa uvail,
to Chatham. Any one might stay there
or take train without being observed.
This Is the garden path Of which l
spoke, Mr.. Holmes. I'll pledge my
word there was no mark on it yester-
day"
"On which side were the marks on
the grass!"
This side, sir. This narrow margin
of grass between the path and the
hower-bed. ] can't see the traces now,
but they were clear to me then"