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iX 3r fallow," said Sherlork
M
Holmes, aa wa sat on cither aide
of the Are in hie lodgings at
Baker street. "Me la Infinitely
stranger than anything which the
ftilnd of man could Invent. We would not
dare to conceive the thlnga which are
really mere commonplaces of eilstenee. If
we could fly out of that window hand In
hand, hover over thin great city, gently
remove the roofs, and peep In at the queer
thing which are going on, the at range
coincidence, rhe plannings, the cross-purposes,
the wonderful chain of events, work
ing through generation, and leading to
the most outre results, It would make all
Action with It conventionalities and fore
seen conclusions most stale and unprofit
able." .1 "And yet I am not convinced of It." X
answered. "The cases which come to light
In the papers are, as a rule, bald enough
and vulgar enough. We have In our po
lice reports realism pushed to Its extreme
limits, and yet the result Is, It must ba
confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic."
"A certain selection and discretion must
be used In producing a realistic effect," re
marked Holmes. "This is wanting In the
police report, where more stress Is laid,
perhaps, upon the platitudes of the mag
istrate than upon the details, which to an
observer contain the vital essence of tha
whole matter. Depend upon It there la
nothing so unnatural as the commonplace."
I smiled and shook my head. "I can
quite understand your thinking so," said I,
"Of course. In your position of unofficial
adviser and helper to everybody who Is
absolutely puzzled, throughout three con-
tlnenta, you ara brought In contact with
all that Is strange and bizarre. But here"
I picked tip the morning paper from the
ground "let ua put It to a practical test.
Here is the first heading upon which X
come. 'A Husband's Cruelty to His Wife.'
There is half a column of print, but I
kno-w without reading it that It Is all per
fectly familiar to me. There is, of course.
the, other woman, the drink, the push, the
blow the bruise, the sympathetic sister or
landlady. The crudest of writers could In
vent nothing more crude."
"Indeed, your example Is an unfortunate
one for your argument," said Holmes,
taking the papet and glancing his eye
down it. "This Is the Dundas separation
case, and, as It happens, I was engaged In
Clearing up some small points In connection
with It. The husband was a teetotaler,
.there was no other woman, and the con-
duct complained of was that he had drifted
inio me naou or winding up every meal
by taking out his false teeth and hurling
them at hla wife, which, you will allow.
. . ...
is not an action likely to occur to the Irnag-
Inatton of the average story-teller. Take
a plnoh of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge
that I have scored over you In your ex-
ample."
He held out his snufThox of old gold,
wlth a great amethyst In the center of the
lid. Its splendor was In 'such contrast
to his homely ways and simple life and
I could not help commenting upon It.
"Ah," said he, "I forgot that I had not
seen you for some weeks. It Is a little
souvenir from the king of Bohemia In re
turn for my assistance In tha case of tha
Irene Adler paper."
"And the ring?" I asked, glancing at a
remarkable brilliant which sparkled upon
his finger.
"It was from the reigning family 'In
Holland, though the matter In which I
served them waa of such delicacy that I
cannot confide It even to you, who have
been good enough to chronicle one or two
of my little problems."
"And have you any on hand Just now?"
I asked, with Interest.
"Some ten or twelve but none which
present any feature of Interest. They are
Important, you understand, without being
Interesting. Indeed, I have found that It
la usually In unimportant matters that
there Is a field for the observation, and
for the quick analysis of cause and effect
which gives the charm to an Investigation.
The larger crimes are apt to be the sim
pler, for the bigger tha crime, tha more
obvious, as a rule, Is the motive. In these
cases, save for one rather Intricate mat
ter which ha. been referred to me from
Marseille, there Is nothing which present.
any leaiure. 01 interest, ji is possiDie,
however, that I may have something better
before very many minute, ara over, for
thl. Is one of my clients, or I am much
mistaken."
He had risen from his chair and waa
standing between the Darted blinds, ffailmr
down Inko th. dull, neutral-tinted London
.treet. Looking over hi- shoulder. I saw
that on the pavement opposite there stood
. . . . . . :
a large woman with a heavy fur boa 'round
her neck, and a large curling red feather
in a broad-brimmed hat which was tilted
In a coquettish Duchess-of -Devonshire
fashion over her ear. From under thla
great panoply she peeped up In a nervous,
hesitating fashion at our windows, while
her body oscillated backward and forward,
ana ner nngers nageuea wun ner glove
buttons. Suddenly, .with a plunge. Jot
the swimmer who leave, tha bank, aha
nurriea across me roan, ana we neara tne
sharp clang of the bell.
i nave seen tno.e symptom. Before."
aid Holmes, throwing his cigarette Into the
fire -Oscillation upon the pavement al-
ways means an arraire aa coeur. Bhe would
like advice, but Is not sure that the matter
la not too delicate for communication. And
yet even here we may discriminate. When
a woman has been seriously wronged by a
man she no longer oscillates, and the usual
symptom Is a broken bell wire. Here
may take It that there ts a love matter.
but that the maiden Is not so much angry
as perplexed, or grieved. But here she
comes In person to resolve our doubts."
As he spoke there waa a tap at th door.
and the boy In buttons entered to announce
Miss Mary Sutherland, while the woman her Jacket. "I met him first a the gas
herself loomed behind his small black flarure fit
like a full-sailed merchantman behind a
tiny pilot boat. 8herlock Holmes welcomed
her with th easy courtesy for which he
waa remarkable, and having closed the
door and bowed her Into an armchals, ha
looked her over In a minute, and yet ab-
traded fashion, which waa peculiar to
him.
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your short sight It I a little trying to do
so much typewriting?"
"I did at first," she answered, "but now
I know where the letters are without look-
Ing." Then, suddenly realizing the full
purport of her words, she gave a violent
start and looked up, with fear and aston-
lshment upon her broad, good-humored
face. "You've heard about me, Mr.
Holmes," she cried,
else how could you
know all that?"
"Never mind," said Holmes laughing; "it
I my business to know things. Perhaps
I have trained myself to see what others
overlook. If not, why should you come to
consult me?"
"I come to you, sir, because I heard
of .you from Mrs. Ethcrege, whose hua-
band you found so easy when the police and
everyone had given him up for dead. Oh, Mr.
Holmes, I wish you would do as much
for rne- lm not rlcn' Du 81111 1 have a
nunarru a year m my uCB.u.
tn Ilttla that 1 tna' bv the niachine. and
I would give It all to know what has be-
. A YjI.. TnKm.. A n ita!
"Wny dld come awy to consult me
,n "uch a hurry?" asked Sherlock Holmes,
wlth nls """""-tips together, and his eyes
to the celling.
a t8rtlp1 loolt me over the Bome-
what vacuus fl4ce f MlKS Mary Suther-
land- ''Ye!:.X d.'d banK Ut f th8 house'"
8he 8a,d' "for U made me ttngry t0 Beo
the eaBy way whlch ,Mr- W,"dlbank
that is, my father took It all. He would
not go to the police, and he would not
go to you, and so at last, as he would do
nothing, and kept on saying thai there was
no harm done, it made me mad, and I
just put on my things and came right
away to you."
father, surely, since the name Is different
"Yes, my stepfather. I call him father.
though it sounds funny, too, for he Is only
five year, and two month, older than my-
.
self."
"And your mother Is alive?"
"Oh, yea, mother Is alive and well. I
wasn't best pleased, Mr. Holmes, when she
and a man who w nearly flfteen year.
younger than herself. Father was a
plumber In the Tottenham Court road, and
he left a tidy business behind him, which
mother carried on with Mr. Hardy, the
foreman, but when Mr. Windlbank came
he made her sell the business, for he was
very superior, being a traveler In wines.
They got 4,700 for the good-will and In
terest, which wasn't near as much as
father could have got lf he bad been
alive."
1 had eTnerteri to sea Rherloek Holmes
impatlent under thifl rarnbllng and -icon-
sequential narrative, but, on the contrary,
he had listened with the greatest concen
tration of attention.
"Your own little income," he asked, "doe.
It come out of the business?"
"Oh. no. sir. It is aulte separate, and
. v... .. Tt, v, .1 .., ,
"a ,n New Zealand l ock Tpay.nYper
Lt t thousand five burred oo'und.
was the amount but I can onlv touch the
was tne ount. out i can only toucn me
interest.
me extremely," said
"You Interest
,
Holmes. "And since you draw .o large a
.urn a. a hundred a year, with what you
earn into the bargain, you no doubt travel
at little, tnd 4 m s4 1 1 1 ira vmiNalf In flimrv nm xr
a little and Indulge yourself In every way,
I believe that a single lady can get on very
niceiy upon an Income of about 60.
! onuld do with much less than that
Mr' ,1. b you fnder.Und tha
iomr , t nv. t home I don't wish to be
K burden upon them, and so they have the
use of tne money Just while I am staying
with them. Of course, that is onlv lust
f, ,. ti m. arnv
interest every quarter and paya lt over to
mother, and I find that I can do pretty
well with what I earn at typewriting. It
brings me twopence a sheet, and I can
often do from fifteen to twenty sheets In
a day."
"You have made your position very clear
Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak
aa freely as before myself. Kindly tell us
now all about your connection with Mr.
Hosmer Angel."
A flush atole over Miss Sutherland's face,
and she picked nervously at the fringe of
father tickets when he was alive, and then
afterwards they remembered us, and sent
them to mother. Mr. Windlbank did not
wish us to go. He never did wish us to
go anywhere. He would get Quite mad If
I wanted so much as to Join the Sunday
school treat. But this time I was set on
going, and I would go; for what right had
h to prevent? He said th folk were not
! V ' Joy f th household, for without
it no happiness can be complete. How
weet the picture ol mother and babe,
angelt smile at and commend the
thoughts and aspirations of the mother
bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
which the expectant mother must pass, how.
ever, is so full of danger and suffering that
she looks forward to the hour when she shall
f"l 7S fl H I
J
HEARD OF YOU FROM MRS. ETHER EQE,
fit for us to know, when all father's friends
were to be there. And he said I had
nothing fit to wear, when I had my purple
plush that I had never so much as taken
out of the drawer. At last, when nothing
else would do, he went off to France upon
the business of the firm, but we went,
mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used
to be our foreman, and It was there I met
Mr. Hoemer Angel."
"I suppose," said Holmes, "that when Mr.
Windlbank came back from France he was
very annoyed at your having gone to tha
ball?"
..ohi wet ne WM very good about It. He
laughed, I remember, and shrugged his
shoulders, and said there was no use deny-
jnff anything to a woman, for she would
have her way."
... Then at the aasflttera' ball vou
met ag j underBtandi a Kentieman called
Mr. Hosmer Angel?"
Y gr j met h, that , . t d hB
cnlled next dav to agk lf we had got nome
all safe, and after that we met him that Is
to pllV( Mr Holmes. I met him twice for
walks but Rfter that fathpr oame back
ngaln and Mr HoBmeP An(?e, could not
come to the hf)Use any more...
..No?
"Well, you know, father didn't like any-
thn(f of the ort e wpuld.t have nnv
visitors if he could help it, and he used to
say that a woman
own family circle.
should be happy In her
But then, as I used to
say to mother, a woman wants her own
circle to begin with, and I had not got mine
yet"
"But how about Mr. lrosmer Angel? Did
he make no attempt to see you?"
"Well, father was going oft to France
, . ... j
see each other until he had gone. We
-m i , h ....a
" ..-
wrl,e every day" 1 took the
the mnrn nr mA thera wn nn npul fnr
the morning, so there wae no need for
father to know."
"Were you engaged to the gentleman at
this time?"
"Oh, yes, Mr. Holmes. We were engaged
after the first walk that we took. Hosmer
Mr. Angel was a cashier In an office In
Leadenhall street and "
"What office?"
"That'a the worst of It, Mr. Holmes, I
don't know." .
"Where did he live?"
"He slept on the premises.'
"And you don't know his address?"
"No except that It was leadenhall
street."
"Where did you address your letters,
then?"
"To the Leadenhall street postofflce, to
be left till called for. He said that lf he
were senfto the office he would be chafTed
by all the other clerks about having letters
from a lady, so I offered to typewrite them,
like he did his, but he wouldn't have that.
for he said that when I wrote them they
. . .
seemea to come rrom me, put wnen tney
were aly that the
--hin, had come between us. That will
"W y JUSl nOW Iona ne wa" or me' Mr-
ri.1m., an. thA ,Mr,. .M
... m m . -
think of."
,.T, , . ..... Ti
fc T,& lliuok USSCBUVV. BUU 1 V.1 1 1 1 1 1" H .
ha ,ong been a ax,om of mne thftt
the IluIa mngn are ,nflnUeIv tne mogt ,m.
niM. Can ypu remember any other little
'
thing, about Mr. Hosmer Angel?"
"He was a very shy man, Mr. Holmes.
He would rather walk with me In the even-
m n.u mc m mo cy-
'or h. said that
' ' lcu lo 00 conspicuous, very retiring
and gentlemanly he wa.. Even hi. voice
was gentle. He'd had the quinsy. and
wollen glands when he was young, he told
m8' n " had ,e" h,m wlt "ea throat,
and a he,"tatln"- whispering fashion of
spleen, nv wum always wen aressea. very
neat and plain, but his eyes were weak,
Just as mine are. and he
wore tinted
glasses against the glare."
"Well, and what happened when Mr.
Windlbank, your step-father, returned to
"Mr Hosmer Angel eme to the house
"aln- nd Proposed that we should marry
before father came back. He was in dread-
arnMt, md made me swear, with my
hands on the Testament, that whatever
haPPened I would always be true to him.
Mother aald that It was quite right to make
me swear, and that lt was a sign of his
Paslon- Mother was all In hla favor from
the first, and was even fonder of him than
I was. Then, when they talked of marry
ing within the week, I began to ask about
'ather; but tner 1)0111 al(1 never to mlnd
aDout rtner, but just to tell him after-
ward, "nd mother said she would make lt
!' rlJfh1t ith him. I didn't quite IXe that,
MrJ "eemed ,unnr that 1 ouli
.. ' . lcw
older than me; but I didn't want to do
anything on the aly, so I wrote to father at
Bordeaux, where the company has Its
French offices, but the letter came back to
me on the very day of the wedding."
"It missed him then?"
"Yea. sir; for he had started to England
Just before It arrived."
"Ha! that was unfortunate. Tour wed
ding waa arranged, then, for Friday. Waa
It to bo In church?"
"Yea. sir. but very quietly. It waa to
be at St. Saviour's, near King's Cross, and
we were to have breakfast afterward at
the 8t. Pancraa hotel. Hosmer cam for
us in a hansom, but as there waa two of
us, he put us both into it, and stepped
himself Into a four-wheeler, which hap
pened to be th only other cab In th
atreet. W got to th church ftrat, and
when the four-wheeler drove up we waited
for him to step out, but he never did, and
when the cabman got down from th bos
and looked, ther waa no on there) The
cabman aaid that he could not Imagine
what had become of htm, for he had seen
him get In with hla own eye. That waa
last Friday, Mr. Holmes aod I nsver have
WHOSE HUSBAND YOTJ FOUND
seen or heard anything since then to throw
any light upon what became of him."
"It seems to me that you have been very
shamefully treated," said Holmes.
"Oh no, sir! He was too good and kind
to leave me so. Why, all the morning he
was saying to me that, whatever happened
I was to be true; and that If even some
thing quite unforeseen occurred to sepa
rate us, I waa alwaya to remember that I
was pledged to him, and that he would
claim his pledge sooner or later. It seemed
strange talk for a wedding morning, but
what has happened since gives a meaning
to It."
"Most certainly It does. Your own
opinion Is, then, that some unforeseen ca-
tastrophe has occurred to him?"
"Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw
some danger, or else he would not have
talked so. And then I think that what
he foresaw happened."
But you have no notion as to what It
could have been?"
None."
"One more question. How did your
mother take the matter?"
"She was angry, and aald that t was
never to speak of the matter again."
"And your father? Did you tell him?"
"Yes; and he .seemed to think, with me.
that something hHd happened, and that I
should hear of Hosmer again. As he said,
what interest could any one have In bring
ing me to the doors of the church and then
leaving me? Now, if he had borrowed my
money, or If he had married me and got my
money settled on him, there might be some
reason; but Hosmer was very Independent
about money and nevef would. look at a
shilling of mine. And yet, what could have
happened? And why could he not write?
1 can 1 ",peP W"'K " n,snl- fu,,ru
a little handkerchief out of her muff and
began to sob heavily Into It
T shall glance Into the
4 """" glance iniu me
case for you,"
said Holmes, rising, "and I have no doubt
that we shall reach some definite result.
Let the weight of the matter rest upon me
now, and do not let your mind dwell upon
It further. Above all, try 4o let Mr. Hos
mer Angel vanish from your memory, aa
he has done from your life."
"Then you don't think I'll sea him
agiln?"
"I fear not."
"Then what has happened to him?"
"You will leave that question In my
hands. I should like an accurate descrip
tion of him, and any letter, of hi. which
you can spare."
"I advertised for htm In last Saturday.
Chronicle." said she. "Here Is the .Hp and
here are four letter, from him."
"Thank you. And your address?"
"No. SI Lyon Place. Camberwell."
"Mr. Angel's address you never had, 1
understand. Where Is your father's place
of business?"
"He travels for Westhouse A Marbank
ha imnni... ir.t.,,..
- ....v.w.
Thank
you. You have made your atate-
man f uao nlsnvlii V - rl 1 1 lta.A kA
" V .r V
papers here, and remember the advise
which I have given you. Let the whole ln-
client be a eaU1 honk, and An nnl ollnuf
"
lt to aftct your Ufe...
"You are very kind. Mr. Holmes, but I
cannot do that. I shall be true to Hosmer.
. . .
nna me ready when he comes
back."
For a" the preposterous hat and the
J- . "r!
- ..r w.,...
compelled our respect. She laid her little
bundle of paper, upon the table, and went
' way, with a promise to come again
whenever she might be summoned.
Sherlock Holmes aat silent for a few mln-
ulcs wun ins linger lips sun pre'-Mea 10-
gether, his legs stretched out In 0 ont 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 a look of Infinite languor In hla face,
"Quite an Interesting study, that
maiden," he observed. "I found her more
Interesting than her little problem, which,
by the way Is rather a trite one. Tou will
find parallel cases, If you consult my ln-
der. In Andeavor In '77, and there was
something of the sort at The Hague last
year. Old aa la the Idea, however, there
were on or two details which were new "to
m. But th maiden herself waa most In
atructive."
"you appeared to read a good deal upon
her which was quit lnvlslbl to me," I
remarked.
..Not invisible, but unnoticed. Watson.
Tou did not know where to look, and ao
you missed all that waa Important. I
can never bring you to realise the Impor-
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