Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-25
The Resident Patient
Part One
by ARTHUR DOYLE
Mcclure Newspaper
Part One
ny sIR ARTHUR CONAN hoy

In glancing over the somewhat in
coherent series of Memoirs with which
] have endeavored to illustrate few
Of the mental pccularitics Of my friend,
MIR. Sherlock Holmes, have been struck
by the difficulty which have experienced
in picking out examples which shall IN
every way answer my purpose. FOR IN
those cases in which Holmes has per-
reasoning and has demonstrated the
value OF his peculiar methods OF IN
vcstigatlon the facts themselves have
often been 40 slight or so commonplace
that could not feel justified IN laying
them before the public. On the other
hand, it has frequently happened that he
has been concerned in some research
where the facts have been of the most
remarkable and dramatic character, but
where the share which he has himself
taken in determining their causes has
been less pronounced than i, as his
blographer, could wish. IL may be that
in the business of which am now about
to write the part which my friend played
il not sufficiently accumulated; and yet
the whole train of circumstances IS so
remarkable that cannot bring myself
TO omit il entirely from this series.
IL had been y close, RAINY day IN
October. Our blinds were half-drawn,
and Holmes lay curled upon the sofa,
reading and rereading n letter which
he had received by the morning post,
For myself, my term of service IN
India had trained me to stand heat
better than cold. and thermometer
of 90 was no hardship. But the paper
was uninteresting Parliament had
risen. Everybody was out of town,
snd | ycarned for the glades OF the
New Forest or the shingle of Southsea,
A depleted bank account had caused
me to postpone my holiday, and rs TO
INV companion. neither the country nor
the sea presented the slightest attrac-
ton to him. lie loved 10 lie in the
very center of five millions of people,
with his iilaments stretching out and
running through them, responsive to
every little rumor or suspicion OF UNI
solved crime. Appreciation of Nature
found no place among his many gifts,
and his only change was when he
turned his mind from the evildoer Of
the town to track down his brother of
the country.
Finding that Holmes was too alb
sorbed for conversation, had tossed
aside the barren paper, and leaning
back in my chair, | fell into brown
study. Suddenly my companions voice
broke in upon my thoughts.
you are right, Watson, said he. at
does seem very .preposterous way OF
settling dispute"
Most preposterousw / exclaimed,
and then suddenly realizing how he
had echoed the Utmost thought of my
soul, | sat up in my chair and stared
at him in blank amazement.
What is this. Holiness" | cried,
This is beyond anything which | could
have imagined"
He laughed heartily at my perplexity
You remember" ssii he, that some
little time ago. when | read YOU the
passage in one of Poe's sketches, in
which close reasoner follows the UNI
spoken thoughts of his companion, YOU
were inclined to treat the matter as a
mere tour-de-force of the author. On
my remarking that ] was constantly in
the habit of doing the same thing you
expressed increduhty."
oh no.
Perhaps not with your tongue, my
dear Watson, but certainly with your
eyebrows. So when saw You throw
down YOUR paper and enter upon =
train OF thought, | was very happy &c
have the opportunity of reading it Of
and eventually Of breaking into it, a.
proof that / had been in rapport with
you.
But | was still far from satisfied
Gin the example which you read Il
me, said !, 1.-The reasoner drew his con
illusions from the actions OF the ma.
whom he observed. II l remembe
right. he stumbled over a heap o
stones, looked up at the stars, and 81
on. But | have been seated quietly il
my chair. and what clews can hav,
given youg"
You do yourself An injustice Tn,
features are gwen to man as the mean
by which he shall express his emotions
and YOURS are faithful servants
do YOU mean TO say that you rea,
nv train OF thoughts from my features?
Your features, and especially YOU
ewes. Perhaps you cannot yourself re
call how your revere commenced"
"No, / cannot"
"Then | will tell you. After throw
ing down Your paper, which was TIN
action which drew my attention TO you
YOU sat for half minute with a vacan
expression. Then your eyes fxet
themselves upon your newly-frame,
picture Of General Gordon, and l say
by the alteration in your face that
train of thought had been started. Blu
IL did not lead very far. Your eye
turned across TO the unframed portal
Of Henry Ward Beecher which stand
upon the top of your books. You the
glanced up st the wall, and of cours
YOUR meaning was obvious. You wer
thinking that If the portrait wer
framed it would just cover that bar
space and correspond with Gordon
picture over there"
You have followed me wonderfully !!
] exclaimed
so far / could hardly have gon
astray. But now your thoughts wen
back to Beecher, and you looked har
across as If you were studying tn
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DAUGHTER, 1 Wish YOU MOULD