The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-08
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Roberts return from his 15-
5sSsyearSstay4in Australia.
Buf the circumstances were
The shot was heard
sstWossminutesA Roberts arrt-
wal and when l5
NTONYsGILLINGHAM, "a gentle
aman dventurer, entered the
"a; ahouse to- visit Marks guest,
BILL BEVERLEY, he found
AYLEY, Marks constant
companfon,p pounding on the
locked door and demanding adj
ss mi ttance. The two men enter
sedsthroughIa window and found
the body. How could Mark
81 have locked the door if the
sEkeysEwereSo on the outside? puZ-
sss sEzled Antony. He discusses
fSsome of the mysterious clues
18th Bill Beverley.
go ON WITH THE STORY
sAntony5 SIN oked= thoughtfully
;yStor a little. Then he took his
ssapipe out OF his mouth and turned
EstOshis4 friend.
Are you prepared to be the
complete Watson?" he asked.
sESsss.S.Watson3 ,'.
Do ou-fo1low-me : Watson;
that one. Are you prepared to
4 have quite obvious things explain
sed sto you, to ask futile questions,
to- give me chances OF scoring OF
you. Because it all helps"
my a ear Tony" said Bill de-
ssllghtedly. need you ask" An
Z tony said nothing, and Bill went
on happily to himself receive
from the strawberry-mark on
your shirt-front that you had
strawberries for dessert. Holmes,
syou astonishs me. Tut, tut, you
sssknow y9methods. Where is the
obacco? The tobacco is in the
lgPersfan slipper. Can / leave my
for week? can!
Antony smiled and went on
ssmoking. After waiting hopeful
slySfor minute or two, Bill said
SIN a. firm voice:
~ S:YsyVen then, Holmes, 1 feel
abound ito ask you if you have de-
gsvduced anything Also whom do
Antony began to talk.
N Do * you Aremember," he said,
s. s.one Of Holmes little scores over
WATSON about the number of
a steps upfto the Baker street lodg-
Sing Poor old Watson had been
upland down them a thousand
times. but. he had never thought
ofs counting them, whereas Hol-
& mes had counted them as mat
1 Sterso fscourse;sand knew that there
were seventeen. And that was
II supposed toSbe the difference be-
tween observation and non-ob-
!. serYation. Watson was crushed
sasafn, and Holmes appeared to
shin more amazing than ever. Now
Sit always seemed to me that in
stha was the ass.
sand the sensible person.
ssSWhat on earth is the point OF
excepting in your head an unneces-
= sary fact like that? If you really
want to know at any time the
number of steps to your lodging.
you can ring up your land1ady
and ask her. I've been up and
down the steps Of the club a thou
s sand times, but if you asked me
to tell You at this moment how
steps there are I couldn't
;ssdos Could your
certainly cou1dn t. said Bill.
1. siEssButK il you really wanted to
know,,, said Antony casually,
with a sudden change Of voice, II
could find out for you without
sayen bothering to ring up the
Bill was puzzled as to why they
ssswereS talking about the club steps,
SsbutA heSfelt 1t his duty to say that
there were.
Right said Antony. III
sand OUT,
He closed his eyes.
Ri ssssszss = m walking up St James
u street,sH, he said slowly. Now I've
Scome to the club and I'm going
fspast the smoking-room windows
az e-two-three-fou Now
I'M at the steps. Z turn in and
begfn going up them. One-two
- --four-five-six, then a
broad step; six-seven-eigh
ssnine another broad step; nine
GOOD morning, Rogers. Fine day
ssaEain With little start he
sEopened his eyes and came back to
This present surroundings He
sssturned to Bill with smile.
he said. Count them
time you're there. Eleven
and nowAI hope shall forget
"a sagain..,st
Bi1lSwas distinctly interested.
That's rather hot" he said.
Well, can't explain it,
ITS something in the &C
sstua1 eye, or something in the
Isbra1ns or what, but I have got
ssrather ansuncaany habit of re-
escordinE things unconsciously.
SsYou know that game where you
2sflook at a tray full of small OBJ
Elects forSthree minutes, and then
ssturng away and try to make a list
ofss hem. 1T means devil of a
Slot lion fortthe ordin-
Ssafy person IL he wants to get
This 3cpmp1ete, but in some odd
SRay Ismanagest do it without con-
Sscentration&ata al ~
3should think that s rather a
useful gift for an amateur detec-
sstiye You ought to have gone into
1.-THE profession before
4 ssssSsssWeIl, fits rather useful. It's