The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-09
TODAY'S INSTALMEZNT.

There were only four stationers of any consequence in the town, and at each Holmes produced his pencil ! chips, and bid high for g. duplicate. All were agreed that one could be Eordered, but that it was not a usual tsize of pencil, and that it was sell { dom kept in stock My friend did tfailure, but shrugged his shoulders in Ehalf- -humored resignation. ] ''No good, my dear Watson This, kHhe best and only final clue, has run Eto nothing. But indeed, I have little Edoubt that we can build up a. suffi- kcient case without it By Jovei my dear fellow, it is nearly nine, and the lseven-thirty. What with your eter- snal tobacco Watson and your irreg- ularly at meals I expect that you will get notice to quit, and that thowever, before we have solved the careless servant, and the three en- yterprising students"
 Holmes made no further allusion E1ost in thought for 8. long time after four belated dinner. At eight in the kmorning, he came into my room just as I finished my toilet : Well, Watson said he, t1t is time Eyve went down to St Luke'S. Can You Fdo without breakfast?
 '-Crtainly''
 .tsoarnes will be in a dreadful fidget kuntil we are able to tell him some thing positive-' n Have you anything positive to tell lhim?''
 II CT think SO"
 SP "You have formed conclusion?' ?' I "Yes, my dear Watson, I have solved the mystery. d 'Brt what fresh evidence could you have got?"
 "Arbat It Is not for nothing that IT have turned myself out of bed al the untimely hour of six I have put , lin two hours hard work and covered tat least five miles, with something tt fshow- for it. Look at that.' ' Nile held out his hand. On tho palm were three little pyramids O # black, doughy clay.
 'ewhy, Holmes, you had only twt yesterday"
 Nf "And one more this morning. It i a fair argument that wherever No ke.aIne from is also the source of Nos E1 and 2. IIh, WatsonE We'll, com talong and put friend ySoa1nes out o ehis pain
 E1y in a state of pitiable agitation whel i've found him in his chambers I a few hours the examination woul
 commence, and he was still in tn kdiIernmzl between making the fact tpubHc and allowing the culprit t
 compete for the valuable scholarshiE He could ha~7lv Gfad7d still so grea
 ls his mental agitation, and he "a stowards Holmes with two eager hand f.outstretched.
 ssBut this rascal-?''
 s'He shall not compete" ssYou know him ?"
 s.I think so If 4flis matter is nf ito become. public, we must give GJ' kselves certslin powers, and resoi' Ernartiai. Yor there, if you pleas fSoames. Watson, you hcrei I'll ts,t kfhe armchair in the miGdile-' t.lili ftfu1t y-.a arc now sufficiently insf,oSiu LA- iT1in t FKn1SIly ring the beif! S Bsarr1jster entered and shrani> bac
 dn evident surprise and fear at or Judicial appearances.
 ssYou will kindly close the door kesaid HolneS. '-Now, BannIstnr, vi Eyou please tell us tho tl-uth abo Eyestert1ay,s incident?"
 Tho man Surned white to the roo ,-of his hair
 .T have told you everything. sir
 'eNotf1ing to add?
 'sNotfrinf, at all, sir
 well, linen, I must mako son guggestions to you. When you S
 tdown on that chair yesterday, d
 S,-cu do so in order to conceal son
 t,bfect which would have shown WI thSd been in the room? ?"
 Bannisster's face was ghastIy.
 'No, sir, certainly not
 'Tt is only suggestion" sa s ;IFotmes. suavely. @I frankly adn Efhaf T am unable to prove it. But sBeems probable enough, since t moment that MT S )Ss1neS Dack " e1s1rned you rel -a-sd the maa W twas hiding in that bedroom" TN Earinister lici-sd his nry lips. s"TJle~e was no man, sir
 s<AI1 that's a pity, Bannistcr. to, now you may have spoken t ktrut11, but now ] kn ow tf.aI you ha tufed-r
 SThere was no man. sir-''