The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-25

AS we walked home together,
Holmes stopped at a telegraph office
and sent off several wires.
you see, Watson" he remarked,
"our evening has been by no means,
wasted. Some of my most interesting
cases have come to me in this way
through Mycroft. The problem which
we have just listened to, although it
can admit of but one explanation, has
sun some distinguishing features.
4ou have hopes of solving it,"
Well, knowing as much as we do,
1t VIII be singular indeed if We fail
to discover the rest. You must your
self have formed some theory which
will explain the facts to which We have
listened"
In vague way, yes"
What was your idea, them"
1t seemed to me to be obvious that
this Greek girl had been carried off by
the young Englishman named Harold
Latimer"
Carried off from where"
Athens. perhaps"
Sherlock Holmes shook his head
, This young man could not talk a
word of Greek. The lady could talk
English fairly well. Inference -
, that she had been in England some
little time, but he had not been in
Greece"
We'll, then. we will presume that
she had come on a visit to England
and that this Harold had persuaded
her to fly with him.
That is more probable
Then the brother-for that, fancy,
must be the lationship-comes over
from Greece to interfere. He impru-
IDENTIFY puts himself into the power of
the young man and his older associate
They seize him and use violence to-
wards him in order to make him sign
some papers TO make over the girls
fortune-of which he may be trustee
to them. This he refuses to do. In
order to negotiate with him they have
to get an interpreter, and they pitch
upon this Mr.. Melas, having used some
other one before. The girl is not told
Of the arrival of her brother, and finds
1t out by the merest accident"
Excellent, Watson" cried Holmes.
| really fancy that you are not far
from the truth. You see that we hold
all the cards. and we have only to fear
some sudden act of violence on their
part. If they give us time we must
have them"
But how can We find where this
house lies?"
We'll if our conjecture is correct
and the girls name is or was Sophv
kratides. We should have no difficulty
IN tracing her That must be our main
hope, for the brother is, of course. a
complete stranger. 1t is clear that
some time has elapsed since this Har-
old established these relations with
the girl some weeks, at any rate
since the brother in Greece has had
time to hear of it and come across.
If they have been living in the same
place during this time, it is probable
that we shall have some answer to
Mycroft's advertisement
| We had reached our house in Baker
( Street while we had been talking.
Holmes ascended the stair first. and
as he opened the door of our room he
gave start of surprise. Looking
over his shoulder, I was equally as
| tonished. His brother Mycroft was sit
! ting smoking in the armchair.
| Come in, Sherlock, Come in. sir
said he, blandly, smiling at our sur
prised faces. You don't expect such
energy from me, do you, Sherlock
! But somehow this case attracts me-"
How did you get here"
L passed you in a hanson"
There has been some new develop
ment?'
Il had an answer to my advertise
ment.'
"Ah''