Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-13

a very real and imminent danger. How
do You 90 back
"By train from Waterloo
1T is not vet ninc. The streets will
bc crowded, so | trust that YOU may I've
in safety. And yet YOU cannot guard
yourself too closely
Il am armed
That is we'll Tomorrow | shall set
90 work upon Your case.
Il shall see YOU az HOrsham, them
NO, your secret lies IN London. Il
/ is there that I shall seek II ~
Then shall call upon YOU IN day
or IN two DAYS, with ncws rs 90 the
7 box and the papers. | shall take vour
advice IN every particular lie shook
hands with MS. and took his leave. Out
side the wind still screamed, and tho
rain splashcd and pattcrcd against the
windows This strange, wild story
seemed 10 have como To us from amid
the mad clements blown IN upon us
like sheet Of sCa-wcCd IN n galc-and
now 10 have been rcabsorbcd 10y them
once morc.
sherlock Holmes sat for somc time IN
silence. with his head sunk forward and
his ewes bent upon the red glow of the
FIRE. Then he lit his pipe. and leaning
back in his chair he watched the blue
smokc-rtlgs rs they chased each other
t. up 20 the ceiling.
) I think. Watson he remarked n
la>t, "that Of all our cases We have had
none more fantastic than this. John
Opcnshaw seems TO me 10 bc walking
amid great pCrlls
But have you, asked, formed any
definite ConccStlon as 90 what these
pCrilS are9'
There can bc no question as to their
nature he answered.
Then what are they? Who Is this
X X. X. and why does he pursue tins
unhappy family
sherlock Holmes closed his eyes and
pl accd ms elbows upon the arms OF his
char with his tnger-tips together
The ideal rcaSoncr. he remarked
would when he had once been shown
q single fact in all rs bearings, deduco
. from IL not only all the chain OF events
which led up 20 II. hut also all the re-
salts which would follow from H. A.
. Cuvier could correctly describe a whole
animal by the contemplation OF single
. bone. 50 the observer who has thor
oughlv understood one link IN series
Of incidents. should be able TO accurately
state al the other ones, both before arC
after. We have not vet grasped th,
results which the reason alone can Al
" tam 20. Problems may hc solved m th'
study which have bafiied all those wh'
have sought q solution by the and O
! their senses. To carry the art. however
. to H. highest pitch, II is necessary tina
: thc rcasoncr should bc able 10 utilize al
!. tho facts which have come 20 his knowl
y edge; and tins in itself implies as yOi
: will readily see a possession OF al
: knowledge. which. even IN these days O
y free education and encyclopedias, IS
somewhat rare accomplishment. II ]
T. not 80 impossible. however. that a ma
T. should possess all knowledge which
E likely TO be useful 10 him in his worl
and this ] have endeavored in my cas-
& 10 do. il ] remember rightly, YOU o
i one occasion. IN the early days Of ou
y friendship, defined my limits in a yer
y precise fashion.
Yes" ] answered, laughing Il
was a singular document Philosophy
astronomy, and politics were marked 2
zero, ] rcmember Botany variable
geology profound as regards the mud
stains from any region within fit
miles OF town, chemistry eccentri'
anatomy unsystematic, sensational liter