Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-08
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mat RiaAh Add HAApA ANopEA - puitAN
plarly since everyone knew t9at
Mark learned with disgust and
ANNOYANCE of Roberts return
from his hfteen-year stay in Aus
tralia.
Put the circumstances were mys-
FERROUS. The shot vas heard two
nInutes after Roberts arrival, and
wboE
ANTONY GILLINGHAM. a gentle
man adventurer. entered the
house to visit Marks guest,
BILL BEVERLEY, he found
MATT CAYLEY. Marks constant
companion. pounding on the
locked door and demanding ad-
mittance. The two men entered
through a window and found the
! body. How could Mark have
locked the door if the keys were
on the outside? puzzled Antony.
He discussed some of the mvs-
FERROUS clues with Bill Beverley.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
Antony smoked thoughtfully for a
little. Then he took his pipe out OF
his mouth and turned to his friend.
Are you prepared to be the com
r'ete Watson?" he asked.
"Watson?"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES; that
one Are you prepared to have quite
obvious things explained to you to
ask futile questions, to give me
chances of scoring off you. Because
it ali helps"
MY dear Tony" said Bill delight
! eddy, need you ask Antony said
nothing and Bill went on happy
to himself, II perceive from the
strawberry-mark on your shirt-fr9nt
that you had strawberries for des-
| as ~ IIn1paaG UnII nGtnnlGh me
Tut. tut, you know my methods
Where is the tobacco? The tobacco
Is in the Persian slipper. Can ]
leave my practice for a week?
can"
Antony smiled and went on smok-
inl. After waiting hopefully for a
voice F:
well then. Holmes. | feel bound
to ask you If you have deduced any
thing. Also whom do you suspect?
Antony had began to talk.
do you remember" he said. "one
! of Holmes little scores owe Watson
about the number of steps up to the
Baker street lodging? Foor old Wat
sou had been up and down them a
thousand times. but he had never
thought of counting them, whereas
Holmes had counted them as a mat
ter of course, and knew that there
were seventeen. And that was sup
posed to be the difference between
observation and non-observation,
Watson was crushed again. and
Holmes appeared to him more
amazing than ever. Now. 1t always
seemed to me that in that matter
Holmes was an ass, and Watson the
| sensible person. What on earth is
the point of keeping in your head al
unnecessary fact like that? If yot
really want to know at any time thu
number of steps to your lodging, 20,
can ring up your landlady and asl
her. I've been up and down tn
steps of the club a thousand times
but If asked me to tell you a
this m how many steps tier
are 1 couldn't do II. Could YOU
81 certainly couldn't" said Bill.
But IL you really wanted t.
know" said Antony casually, with &
sudden change Of voice. Il coul
find out for you without even both
er.ng to ring up the hall porter
Bill was puzzled as to why they
were talking about the club steps
bur he felt 1t his duty to a that he
die want TO know how many there
were.
Eight" said Antony. "Tll find
out"
lie closed MS eyes.
I'm walking up st. James
street" he said slowly. Now I've
come to the club and I'm going pas
the smoking-room windows-one-
two-three-four. Now I'm at the
steps. Observation-Disclosures
six, then a broad step; six-sever
-eight-nine. another broad step
niLe-ten-eleven. Eleventh. N
SIDE Good morning. Rogers. Fine
day again" With a little start h'
opened his eyes and came back e
his present surroundings. He turned
to Bill with a smile. ELEVEN, M
said. Count them. the next tim,
you're there. Eleven-and now
hope | shall forget II again"
Bill was distinctly interested.
That's rather hot" he said. "Ex'
pound"
We'll. l can't explain II, whether
It's something in the actual eye, Of
something in the brain. or what, bu'
| have got rather an uncanny habi'
Of recording things unconsciously
You know that game where you lool
at a tray full of small objects fol
three minutes. and then turn ava,
and try TO make a list OF them. Il
means a devil OF a lot OF c%oncentra'
ton for the ordinary person, II la
/ Wants 10 ktt M. Ark GOhtHAfANf ~
in some odd way | manage 20 dc
il without concentration at ALL"
81 should think that's rather g
useful gift for an amateur detective
You ought to have gone into the pro
fession before"
We'll, il is rather useful. III
rather surprising, you know, to
sire anger. Let's surprise Cayley will
1t. shall we?"
How"
We'll, let's ask him" Antony
stepped and looked at Bill comicallS
lets ask him what he's going Il
For a moment Bill did not under
stand.
key OF the ofice?" he said vague
ly. You don't mean-Tony! VIVA
do you mean? Good God! do you
mean hat Cayley-But what aboui
Mark? ;"
II don't know where Mark Is
that's another thing ! want 10 know
but I'm quite certain that ne
hasn't got the key OF the Office with
him. Because Cayley's got IT,
Are you sure?"
"of course. I don't really know
that he's got II. but | do know thai
he had IL. know that when ] came
on him this afternoon, he had last
locked the door and put the key in
his pocket"
You mean you saw him AT the
time. but that you've only Just re-
membered II - reconstructed Il in
the way YOU we're explaining just
now?"
NO. ! didn't see him. But 7 ala
see something. / saw the key OF
the billiard ROOM"