The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-05
The idea of devoting his life
By A. CONAN DOYLE

The idea of devoting his life to criminal research first occurred to Sherlock Holmes when he was visit iEg college friend, Victor Trevor. His father suggested this a life work when Holmes deduced from his observation certain traits and char acteristics of the father. He deduced from 8 heavily Ieaded stick that Ire vor was afraid of an enemy, from a partly obliterated tattoo mark on his arm that he feared some one with . the initials J. A, from the shape of his ears that he was a boxer. Just before his visit ended an old and evil looking sailor. named Hudson turned up, asking help of Trevor, and say ing he had hesitated coming to Ire vor, whom he had not seen for thirty years, and another old friend, Mr. Beddoes, a few months later was summoned by young Trevor who met him at the station and told him that his father had suffered a paralytic stroke shortly before, and that he had never known a moment of peace since the old sailor came to them. The sailor had recently left them saying he was going to Mir. Beddoes The father was dead when they reached the house. He had left message that the papers were in the back drawer of the Japanese cabinet A letter postmarked Hampshire he received the day before had caused the paralytic stroke. The letter read: '"The supply of game for Lon don is going steadily up. Head-keeper Hudson, we believe. has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen pheasant,s life" Holmes puzzled thfrd th, Mord fnas nStn by the faknE message: '4The game is up. Hudson has told ali. Fly for your life.'' The papers in the cabinet contained letter to the son relative to the loss of the Gloria Scott" Trevor Senior wrote that his name was in reality James Arnitage as a young man in bank he had taken money to pay debt of honor The theft was dis covered and he was chained on the Gloria Scott, a prison ship, bound for Australia, carrying about a hundred souls, all told
 named Predergast. in for fraud whimpered through the partition that he had money and would help out all the convicts.
 TODAY'S INSTALMENT
 The partitions be-ween the cells of the convictS, instead of being of thick oak, as is usual in convict ships, were quite thin and frail. The man next to me. upon the aft side, was one whom I had particularly noticed when we were led down the quay He was a young man with a clear hairless face, a long, thin nose, and rather nutcracker jaws. He carried his head very jauntily in the air, had a SWagEerlnS style or walking, and was, above all else, remarkable for his extraordinary height. I don't think any of our heads would have come up to his shoulder, and I am sure that he could not have meas ured less than six and half feet It was strange among so many sad and weary faces to see one which was full of energy and resolution. The sight of it was to me like a fire in snow storm. I was glad., then, to find that he. was my neighbor, and gladder still when. in the dead of the night, I heard a whisper close to my ear, and found that he had managed to cut an opening in the board which sep arated uS.
 "t"Hullo, chummyi' said he, whats your name, and what are you here for?''
 "I answered him, and asked in turn who was talking with.
 "t"Pm Jack Predergast." said he land by GodI you'll learn to bless my