The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-06

DO you know anything OF the com.
missionnaire?"
Nothing except that he is an old
soldier"
What regiment"
ooh, have heard-Coldstream
Guards" ..
Thank you. / have no doubt I car:
get details from Forbes. The authori-
ties are excellent at amassing facts,
though they do not always use them
to advantage. What a lovely thing a
rose isl"
He walked past the couch to the
ing stalk of moss-rose. looking down
at the dainty blend of crimson and
green. 1t was a new phase of his char
acter to me, for I had never before
seen him show any keen interest in
natural objects.
There is nothing in which deduc-
ton is so necessary as in religion"
said he. leaning with his back against
the shutters. 1T can be built up as an
exact science by the reasoner. Our
highest assurance of the goodness OF
Providence seems to me to rest in the
flowers. All other things. our powers,
our desires. our food, are all really
necessary for our existence in the first
instance. But this rose is an extra
Its smell and its color are an embel-
lishment of life. not condition of it.
1t is only goodness which gives extras,
and SO say again that we have much
to hope from the flowers"
Percy Phelps and his nurse looked
LII, ~ ~ 80 ts~r,
with surprise and a good deal of dis
He had fallen into a reverie, with the
moss-rose between his fingers. 1t had
lasted some minutes before the
young lady broke in upon it.
DO you see any prospect of solv-
ing this mystery. Mr.. Holiness" she
asked, with a touch of asperity in her
voice.
"Oh, the mystery" he answered,
coming pack with a start to the rea,i-
ties Of life well, it would be absurd
TO deny that the case is very alb
struse and complicated one. but l can
promise you that | will look into the
matter and let you know any points
which may strike me-
do you see any clue?"
You have furnished me with seven,
but, of course, must test them before
l can promise upon their value"
You suspect some one"
II suspect myself
What"
"Of coming to conclusions too "a pid.
ly."
Then go to London and test your
conclusions"
Your advice is very excellent. Miss
Harrison" said Holmes, rising. Il
think, Watson, we cannot do better.
Do not allow yourself to indulge in
false hopes, Mr.. Phelps. The affair is
a very tangled one
Il shall be in fever until I see
you again" cried the diplomatist.
well, I'll come out by the same
train tomorrow, though it's more than
likely that my report will be negative
one"
God bless you for promising to
come" cried our client. ut gives me
fresh life to know that something is
being done. BY the way, have had q
letter from Lord Holdhurst."
"Ha! what did he say"
He was cold, but not harsh. dare
say my severe illness prevented him
from being that He repeated that the
matter was Oh the UTMOST III pOT IdIlCc,
and added that no steps would be
taken about my future-by which he
means of course, my dismissal--until
my health was restored and I had an
opportunity of repairing my misfor-
tune
We'll, that was reasonable and con-
siderate," said Holmes. Come, Wat.
son, for we have a good days work
hofore 11S in town ~
Mr.. Joseph Harrison drove us down
to the station, and We were soon whirl-
ing up in Portsmouth train. Holmes
was sunk in profound thought, and
hardly opened his mouth until we hal
PASSED Chaplain Junction.
It's a very CHEEKY thing to come
into London by any of these lines
which run high, and allow you to look
down upon the houses like this
I thought he was joking, for the
view was sordid enough, but he soon
explained himself.
Look at those big, isolated clunps
of building rising up above the states,
,, like brick islands in a lead-colored
sea"
THE board-schools.
Lighthouses, my boy! Beacons Of
the future! Capsules with hundreds
of bright little seeds in each. out of
which will spring the wiser, better