Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-01

the matter, and won't lose sight On
It. Report to me IL anything fresh
occurs. and rely upon my assistance
If ii should be needed.
There are certainly some points OF
interest in this case, WATSON he re
marked. when the landlady had left
u.s. 1T may, of course, be trivial
individual eccentricity; or it may be
very much deeper than appears on the
surface. Tie first thing that strikes
one is the obvious possibility that the
person now in the rooms may be en-
tirely different from the one who en-
gagged them"
why should you think SOP
'Weli, apart from this cigarette
end, was it not suggestive that the
only time the ledger went out was i'm
mediately after his taking the roomss
He came back-or someone came
back-when all witnesses were out of
the way. We have no proof that the
person who came back was the person
who went cut. Then, again, the man
who took the rooms spoke English
well. This other, however, prints
match when it should have been
matches / can imagine that the
word was taken out of dictionary.
which would give the noun but not
the plural The laconic style may be
to conceal the absence of knowledge
of English. Yes, Watson, there are
good reasons to suspect that there has
been a substitution of dodgers"
But for what possible end?"
"Ah there lies our problem. There
is one rather obvious line OF investi.
CATION" He took down the great
book in which, day by day, he fled
| the agony columns of the various Lon
don journals Dear mel" said he.
turning over the pages, what cho-
rus of groans, cries and bleatings!
What a rag-bag of singular happen
lngsl But surely the most valuable
hunting ground that ever was given to
a studeut Of the unusual! This per-
son is alone, and cannot be ap-
preached by letter without breach
of that absolute secrecy which is de-
sired. How is any news or any mes
sage to reach him from without?
Obviously by advertisement through
a newspaper. There seems no other
way, and fortunately we need con-
Germ ourselves with the one paper
! only. Here are the Daily Gazette ex-
! tracts of the last fortnight. Lady
with a black boa at Princes Skating
| club'-that we may pass. Surely
J Jimmy will not break his mothers
heart'-that appears to be irrelevant.
| IF the lady who tainted in the Brix-
| ton bus'-she does not interest me-
Every day my heart longs Bleat,
Watson-unmitigat bleat! All! this
| is a little more possible. Listen to
this BE patient Will find some
sure means of communication. Mean.
while, this column.-G.' That is two
days after Mrs. Warrens ledger ar
rived 1t sounds plausible, does it
not? The mysterious one could un
derstand English, even if he could not
print it, Let US see if we can pick up
| 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 week after that. Then
comes something much more definite:
! The path is clearing. If | find chance
signal message remember code agreed
one A, two B, and SO on. You will
hear soon.-G.' That was in yester
days paper, and there is nothing in
today's It's all very appropriate to
Mrs. Warren's lodger. If we wait a
little, Watson, / don't doubt that the
affair will grow more Ineligible"
| So it proved; for in the morning l
found my friend standing on the
| hearthrug with his back to the fire
and a smile of complete satisfaction
| upon his face.
| lrNO PIE CONIrINTILE ID L