Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-16


II shall glance into the case for you"
said Holmes, rising; and have no
doubt that We shall reach some definite
result Let tho weight Of the matter
rest upon me now, and do not let your
mind dwell upon Il further. Above all,
try to let Mr.. Hosmer Angel vanish
from your memory, as he has done from
your life."
"Then you don't think I'll SEQ him
again."
Il fear not"
Then what happened to himi"
"You will leave that question in my
hands. l should like an accurate de-
scription of him, and any letters OF his
which you can spare"
II advertised for him in last Satur-
days Chronicle" said she. Here is the
slip, and here are four letters from
him"
Thank you. And your addres?"
'No. 81 Lyon Place, Camberwell."
"Mr. Angels address you never had,
l unde rstand. Where is your fathers
place Of busincss?"
''He travels for Westhouse 4 Mar
bank, the great claret importers OF
Fenchurch Street"
Thank you. You have made your
statement very clearly. You will leave
the papers here, and remember the ad-
vice which l have given you. Let the
whole incident be sealed book, and do
not allow it TO affect your life.
"You are very kind, Mr.. Holmes, but
| cannot do that. l shall be true to
Hosmer. He shall find me ready when
| he comes back"
For all the preposterous hat and the
vacuous face, thereN was something
noble in the simple faith of our visitor
which compelled our respect. She LAID
her little bundle of papers upon the
table, and went her way, with a prom
Use TO come again whenever she might
be summoned.
! Sherlock Holmes sat silent for few
minutes with his finger-tips still pressed
together, his legs stretched out IN front
of him, and his gaze directed upward
TO the ceiling. Then he took down from
the rack the old and oily clay pipe,
which was TO him as a counsellor, and,
having lit it, he leaned back in his
chair, with the thick blue cloud-wreaths
spinning up from him, and look OF
infinite languor in his face.
Quite an interesting study, that
maiden" he observed. Il found her
more interesting than her little prob
lem, which, by the way, is rather a
trite one. You will find parallel cases,
If YOU consult my index, in Andover
in "a, and there was something Of the
sort at The Hague last year. Old as is
the idea, however, there were one or
two details which were new to me. But
the maiden herself was most instruc-
tive"
you appeared to read good deal
upon her which was quite invisible &c
me-" remarked.
Not invisible, bat unnoticed, Wat
son. You did not know where to look
and so you missed all that was i'm
portant. / can never bring you tc
realize the importance of sleeves, The
suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the
great issues that may hang from 6
boot-lace Now, what did you gather
from that Yoman's appearance? De
scribe il"
well. she had slate-colored, broad
brimmed straw hat, with a feather of {
brickish red. Her jacket was black
with black beads sewn upon it, and 6
fringe of little black jet ornaments
Her dress was brown, rather darker
) than coffee color, with a little purple
plush at the neck and sleeves. Hel
gloves were grayish, and were worr
through at the right forehnger. He
boots ! didn't observe. She had small
: round, hanging gold earrings, and :
general air OF being fairly well-to-do, il
vulgar, comfortable, easy-going way.
al hon
softly together and chuckled.
D "'Pon my word, Watson, you ar
) coming along wonderfully. You hav
really done very well indeed. 1t is tru
: that you have missed everything O
: importance, but you have hit upon tn
method, and you have quick eye 70
: color. Never trust to general impres
sions, my boy. but concentrate yoursel
c upon details. My first glance is Away
r at woman's sleeve. In a man it
I, perhaps better first to take the knee o
D the trouser. As you observe, thi
!, woman had plush upon her sleeve:
q which is a most useful material 70
i showing traces. The double line littl
y above the wrist, where the typewristis
I presses against the table, was beauti
e fully defined. The sewing-machine, Q
D the hand type, leaves similar mark
e but only on the left arm, and on tn
sioe OF IL farthest from the thumb, in
n stead OF being right across the broades
;: part, as this was. then glanced at he
q face, and observing the dent Of apince
e nez at either side of her nose. / yer
I, tured remark upon short sight an
p typewrlting, which seemed TO surpris
l. her,"
IS at surprised me-"
q But, surelytit was very obvious
y was then much surprised and intereste
% on glancing down TO observe tina
II though the boots which she was wea
d ing were not unlike each other, the
were really odd ones; the one havin
N slightly decorated toe-cap, and I'll
N other a plain one. One was buttone
only in the two lower buttons out {
W five, and the other at the first, thirt
'e and fifth. Now, when you see that
AZ young lady, otherwise neatly dresses
has come away from home with cd
AZ boots, half-buttoned, it is not great d,
duction TO say that she came away
hurry"
ar ''And what else?" ] asked, keenly il
terested, as ] always was, by my friend
as incisive reasoning.
Il noted, in assint that she ha
!, written note before leaving home, b.
- after being fully dressed. You observe
I'd that her right glove was torn at IL
n. forefngsr, but you did not apparent
ne see that both glove and finger wei
ne stained with violet ink. She had write
II in hurry, and dipped her pen too dee
ne 1t must have been this morning, or Il
T. mark would not remain clear upon Il