Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-14

In wines. They got E470o for tho
good will and interest. which wasn't ,
near a. much a. father could have ,
got II no had bssn alive" ,
had expected TO ses Sherlock
Holmes impatient under this rambling
and inoonscqucntisl narrative. but. on
the contrary, rs had listened with the
greatest concentration OF attention.
"Your own rttle ipcmns." he asked,
does It como out OF tho busine8r
"Oh no. cir. 1t II quite separate,
and VIVA loft mo by my Uncle Ned In
Auckland. II is in New Zealand stock
paying ~ per cent. Two thousand
five hundred pounds was tho amount,
but i can only touch tho interest"
you interest me extremely" said
Holmes. And since you draw 20 large
a sum as n hundred year. With what
you earn into the bargain, you no
doubt travel n little. and indulge your
self In every way / believe that
single lady can get on very nicely
| upon an income OF about e. co."
II could do with much less than
that. Mr.. Holmes. but you understand |
that as long as / I've at home don't |
wish TO be burden TO them, and so |
/ while / am staying with them OF |
course. that Is only just for tho time. |
Mr.. Wlndibank draws my interest
every quarter. and pays Il over to
mother, and I ind that 1 can do
pretty well with what earn at type
writing. IL brings me twopence
sheet. and I can often do from fifteen
TO twenty sheets in a day"
Holland. though the matter In which
served them was OF such delicacy that
cannot conflde II even 10 you, who
have been good enough to chronicle
/ one or two OF my little problems"
. And have you any on hand just
J now" / asked. with interest.
, Some ten or twelve. but none which
, present any feature OF interest They
are important. you understand. with
I out being interesting. Indeed, / have
}. found that 1t is usually in unimportant
!, matters that there is field for the
g observation, and for the quick analysis
: OF cause and effect which gives the
charm to an investigation. The
larger crimes are apt to be tho simp-
: Ter, for tho bigger the crime. the
O more obvious, a s rule, is the motive.
: In these cases. save for one rather
9 intricate matters, which has been re-
!, ferred 10 me from Marseilles there Is
nothing which presents any features
III OF interest. It Is possible. however
= that I may have something better be-
IL fore very many minutes are over, for
- this is one OF my clients, or am much
d mistaken"
:. He had risen from his chair, and
~ was standing between the parted
- blinds. gazing down into the duh. neu.
- tral-tinted London street. Lookins
= over his shoulder, I saw that on thu
a. pavement opposite there stood a larg'
woman with heavy fur boa roun,
4, her neck. and a large curling red feath
-, or in broad-brdmmed hat which wa
- tilted in a coauettish Duchess-of
=. Devonshire fashion over her ear
a. From under this great panoply sh
peeped up In nervous, hesitatini
m fashion at our windows. while he
, body oscillated backward and for
o. ward. and her fingers fldgetted witt
IN her glove buttons. Suddenly. with
plunge, as OF the swimmer who leave
,g the bank. she hurried across tho road
w. and we heard the sharp clang OF tn
bell.
r. 'I have seen those symptoms be
,. FORE said Holmes. throwing hi
aa cigarette into tho fire. -Oscillatio
hv upon the pavement always means a
affaire de occur. She would like ad
I'd vice, but Is not sure that the matte
~. ia not too delicate for communication
No. And yet even here we may discrimir
I'm ate. When a woman has been ser
ON ously wronged by a man she no longe
M, oscillates. and the usual symptom is
,o- broken bell wire. Here we may TAX
,,a 1t that there Is love matter, bI
7 that the maiden is not 80 much angr
,as as perplexed. or grieved But hei
she comes In person TO resolve OF
:. doubts"
ui' AS he spoke there was a tap at n
IN door. and the boy in buttons enters
er' to announce Miss Mary Sutherlan
while the lady herself loomed behir
the his small black figure Ike a full-sails
lry merchant-man behind tiny pilot boa
OF Sherlock Holmes welcomed her Wi
me the easy courtesy for which he WI
len remarkable, and having closed u
r. door, and bowed her into an arnchal
the he looked her over in the minute. al
IND yet distracted fashion which w
ng, peculiar to him.
no do you not nnd." he said, 9TH
L with your short sight. II Is lit
ght trying to do so much typewritinE?"
Il did at nrst," she answered, 70
our now l know where the letters a
} is without looking" Then sudden
realizing the full purport OF his wore
him she gave violent start and look
TOO, up, with fear and astonishment up
two her broad. good-humored face. You
heard about me. Mr.. Holiness" $
cried. else how could you know
Il. that?"
hen You have made your position We
It'll clear 10 me-" said Holmes. This
arly my friend. DIR. Watson. before VIII
self. you can speak as freely as bef'
ten myself. Kindly tell US now all alb,
tidy your connection with Mr.. Hosn
Their Angel"
ore A flush stole over Miss SutheClan
anne face, and she picked nervously at
: he fringe OF her Jacket. IT met him I,