The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-15

goose was a card with the words "for Mrs. Henry Baker" and in the nat band were the initials H. B. Peterson took the hat to Sherlock Holmes ana took the goose home. but soon rusned back to the great detective With a beautiful jewel his wife had found In the goose's crop. Holmes recognlZeo this as the Countess of Morcar's blue oarbuncle, lost five days before st the Hotel Cosmopolitan, for which re- ward of a thousand pounds was or fered. John Horner, a plumber, Wno had been mending a broken grate Tn the Countess room, had been arrest ed for the robbery.
 TODAY'S INsTALMENT.
 Hum! So much for the police . court" said Holmes, thoughtfully' tossing aside the paper. '"The ques- ton for us now to solve is the se- F quence of events leading from a rlHed X jewel case at one end to the crop or a goose in Tottenham Court Road al the other. You see, Watson, our ht- tie deductions have suddenly assum- ed a much more important and less innocent aspect. Here is the stone: the stone came from the goose, ana ! the goose came from Mir. Henry Baker the gentleman with the bad hat and all the other characteristics ] with which I have bored you. 50 I now we must set ourselves very ser1- 1 ously to finding this gentleman, anu : ascertaining what part he has played in this Htte mystery. To do this, we ! must try the simplest means first, and < these lie undoubtedly in an advertise { Inent in all the evening papers. If this ] fails, I shall have recourse to other meth hods."
 What will you say?"
 .tGiye me a pencil and that slip of pater. Now then: Found at the : corner of Goodge Street, a goose ana black felt hat. MT. Henry Baker I,xr Twin 6.3O this evening at 221-b Baker Street. That is clear and concise.'
 "Very But will he see it ?'
 "Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since to a poor man. me { loss was a heavy one. He was clearly so scared by his mischance in breaking the window and by the ap- Z proach of Peterson, that he thought i of nothing but flight; but since then he must have bitterly regretted the i impulse which caused him drop his 4-bird. Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to see Ii, for every one who knows him will direct his attention to it. Here you are Peterson, run down to the advertising ! agency, and have this put in the even- ing papers"
 ''In which, sir?"
 "Oh, in the Globe, Star, Pail Mall. St. James, Evening News, Standard, Echo and any others that occur 10 you"
 ''Very well, sir. And this stone?"
 "Ah, yes shall keep the stone. Thank you. And, say, Peterson, just buy a goose on your way back, and leave it here with me, for we must have one to give to this gentleman in 4 place of the one which your family is now devouring."
 When the commissionaire had gone, Holmes took up the stone ana held it against the light Its a bonny T11Syt nn glints and sparkles. Of course it IS E nucleaus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil pet baits4 In the larger and older Jewels every facet may stand for 3 bloody deed This stone is not yet 20 years old. It was found in the banks of the Annoy River in Southern Chlna and is remarkable in having every characteristic of the carbuncle, save that it is blue in shade, instead O: ,.iibyr red In spite of it's youth, it ha: already a sinister history: There hav' been two murders, a Vitriol-throW1nS a suicide, and several robberie: brought about for the sake Of thlS 4o grain weight of crystalhzed charcoai .- Who would think that so pretty to!
 would be a purveyor to the galioW and the prison? I'll lock it up in m. strong box now. and drop a line t. the countess to say that we have IL.
 DO you think that this mal
 
 "I cannot tell.
 well, then, do you imagine tha
 this other one, Henry Baker had any
 thing to do with the matter?'
 'It is, I think, much more hkeI
 that Henry Baker is an absolutely in
 nocent man, who had no idea tha "A the bird which he was carrying wa
 of considerably more value than II {. were made of solid gold That, now
 ever. T shall determine by a yer
 simple test. if we have an ansWe
 to our advertisement"
 And you can do nothing unt
 then?''
 ..Nothing."
 .sIn that case I shall continue m
 professional round But I shall com
 back in the evening at the hour yo
 have mentioned, for l should like |
 see the solution of so tangled bus ness"
 Every glad to see you. I dine { seven There is a woodcock, believ
 By-the-way, in view of recent occul rences, perhaps I ought to ask MT Hudson to examine its crop.
 I had been delayed at a case, and was a little after half-paSt six when found myself in Baker street ono more. As I approached the house saw a tall man in a Scotch bonn' VI with a coat which was buttOned U to his chin, waiting outside in u bright semicircle which was throw from the fanlight. Just as I arrive the door was opened, and we wel shown up together to Holmes roof E 'gMr Henry Baker, I believe,' sa he rising from his armchair, ar greeting his visitor with the easy a of geniality which he could so reat fly assume. "Pray take this chair l < the fire, MT. Baker. It is a cold nigh and I observe that your circulation
 more adapted for summer than f. ! winter. An. Watson. you have ju f come at the right time. Is that vol
 hat, MT. Baker,"
 "Yes. sir. that is undoubtedly n
 hat"
 He was a large man, with round,
 Shoulders, a. massive head, and
 broad. intelligent face, sloping dov Ito a pointed beard of grizzled brow NxA touch of red in nose and cheel
 with a slight trer,lor of his extend,
 fhans, recalled Holiness surmise