The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-12

his notebook, broke his pencil, had
to borrow one from our host, and final
ly borrowed knife to sharpen his
own. The same curious accident hap
pened to him in the rooms of the In
diana silent, little, hook-nosed fellow
who eyed us askance, and was obvi-
ously glad when Holmes architectural
studies had come to an end | could
not see that in either case Holmes
had come upon the clue for which he
was searching Only at the third
did our visit prove abortive. The
outer door would not open to our
knock, and nothing more substantial
a torrent of bad language came from
behind it. Il don't care who you are
You can go to blazes!" roared the
angry voice. "Tomorrow's the exam,
and l won't be drawn by any one"
"A rude fellow" said our guide,
hushlng with anger as we withdrew
down the stair "Of course, he did not
realize that it was l who was knock
Ing, but none the less his conduct was
very uncourteous, and, indeed, under
the circumstances rather suspicious
Holmes response was curious one.
Can you tell me his exact height"
Really, Mr.. Holmes, | cannot IN
dertake TO say. He is taller than the
Indian, not so tall as Gilchrist l sup
pose five foot six would be about it."
That is very important" said
Holmes. And now. Mr. Soames, l
wish you goodnight y
Our guide cried aloud in his aston.
ishment and dismay Good gracious,
Mr.. Holmes, you are surely not going
to leave me in this abrupt fashion I,
You don't seem to realize the position
tomorrow is the examination. l must
take same definite action tonight
cannot allow the examination to be
held If one of the papers has been tam.
pered with. The situation must be
faced"
You must leave it as it is. l shall
drop round early tomorrow morning
/ and chat the matter over. It is pos
slble then to indicate some course OF
action. Meanwhile, you change moth
ing-nothing at all"
Very good. Mr.. Holmes"
You can be perfectly easy in your
| mind. We shall certainly find some
| way out of your difficulties. l will
take the black clay with me, also the
pencil cuttings. Goodbye"
When We were out in the darkness
OF the quadrangle, we again looked uI
| at the windows. The Indian still paced
his room. The others were invisible
| We'll, Watson, what do you think Of
| IT. Holmes asked, as we came out
into the main street Quite a little
| parlor game-sort of three-card trick
| is 1t not2 There are your three men
1t must be one of them. You take
your choice. Which is yours? ?"
| The foul-mouthed fellow at the top
! He is the one with the worst record
And yet that Indian was a sly fellow
also. Why should he be pacing hi!
room all the time?"
| There. is nothing in that. MANY
men do it when they are irving Il
learn anything by heart"
He looked at US in a queer way.
| SO would you if a flock of stranger!
came in on you when you were prepar
ing for an examination next day, an
every moment was of value. No.
see nothing in that. Pencils, too, AM
knlves-all was satisfactory. But tina
fellow does puzzle me-"
"Who?"
why, Bannister, the servant. Wha
Is his game in the NATTER"
He impressed me as being a pei
fectly honest man"
! so he did me. That's the puzzlin,
part. Why should a perfectly homes
maxwell, well, here's a large sta
tloners. We shall begin our researche
| hero"