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THE RED HEADED LEAGUE nv 8IR A. CONAN DOYL£. I HAn" Part, '~ Part 1 .labor? It’s m true as gospel, for I | HAD called upon my friend. Mr. began aa a ship's carpenter.” nerlock Holmes, one day in the 1 “Your hands, my dear sir. Your aututan of last year, and found him right hand la quite a size larger than in deep conversation with a very your left. You have worked with it stout, florid-faced elderly gentleman,' and the muscles are more derelop- with fiery red hair. With an apology ed.” for my intrusion, I was about to “Well, the snuff, then, and the withdraw, when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me. “You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson," he said, cordially. I was afraid that you were engag ed.” “So I am. Very much so.” Then I can wait in the nex4. room.” Not at all. This gentleman, Mr Freemasonry?” “I won’t insult your intelligence by telling you how 1 read that, especial ly as, rather against the strict rules of your order, you use an arc and compass breastpin.” “Ah, of course, I forgot that. But “ ‘This Is Mr. Jabez Wilson,’ said my assistant, ‘and he is willing to fill a vacancy in the league.’ “ ‘And he is admirably suited for it,’ the other answered. ‘He has ev- W ilson, has been my partner and 1 ery req'uiremeiit. I cannot recall helper in many of my most successful! when 1 have seen anything «o fine.’ cases and I have no doubt that he He took a step backward, cocked hts will be of the utmost use to me in yours also.” The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of greeting, with a quick little questioning glance from his small, fat-encircled eyes. “Try the settee,” said Holmes, re lapsing into his armchair, and put ting his finger-tips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods. “I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. ^ ou have show n your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and if you will ex cuse my saying so, somewhat to em bellish so many of my own little ad ventures.” “Your cases have indeed been of the greatest interest to me,” I ob served. “You will remember that I re marked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extra ordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more dartng than any effort of the imagi nation ” “A proposition which I took the Liberty of doubting.” “You did, doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view, for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you, until reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right Now, Mr Jabez Wil son here has been good enough to call upon me this morning, and to be gin a narrative which promises to be one of the most singular which I have listened to for some time You have heard me remark that the HtrarigiMt and most unique tilings are very often connected not with the lnrg<r but with the smaller crimes, an 1 oi rasionally. indeed, where there is room for doubt whether any posi tive crime has been committed As head on one side, and gazed at my hair until I felt quite baahfui. -Then suddenly he plunged forward, wrung my hand, and congratulated me warmly on my success. “ ‘It would be injustice to hesi tate,’ said he. ‘You will, however, I am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.’ With that he seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged until I yelled with the pain. ‘I perceive that ail is as it should be. But we have to be care ful, for we have twice been deceived by wigs and once by paint. I could tell you tales of cobbler’s which would disgust you with human na ture.’ He stepped over to the win dow and shouted through it at the top of his voice that the vacancy was filled. A groan of disappointment, came up from below, and the folk all trooped away In different directions, until there was not a red head to Ve seen except my own and that of Um manager. :he writing?” ' What else can be Indicated by that right cuff so very shiny for five inches, aud the left one with the smooth patch near the elbow where you n*st it upon the desk “ Well, but China’” “The fish which you have tattooed immediately above your wrist could only have been done in China I have made a small study of tattoo marks, and have even contributed to the literature of the subject That trick of staining the fishes' scales of a delicate pink la quite peculiar to China When, In addition. 1 »ee a Chinese com hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple Mr Jabez Wilson laugheil heavily "Well, I never' - " said h*' I thought at first that vou had done something clever, hut ! see that ther*- was noth mg m it after all “ ' 1 begin to think Watson. ' said Holmes "that I make a mistake in far a-> 1 have heard, it is impossible ' explaining Omne ignotum promag- for me to say whether the present case is an instance of crime or not. niticii you know, and mv poor little reputation, surh as It is. will suffer hut tho course of events Is certainly , shipwreck If 1 am so candid Can among the moat singular that I have >011 not find the adve.-tisemen Mr ever listened to Perhaps. Mr Wil son. >ou would have the great kind ness to recommence your narrative I ask you. not merely because my friend. Hr Wafaon. has not heard the opening part, but also because the peculiar mature of the story make« me anxious to have every possible de tail from your lips As a rule, when I have heard some slight Indication of the course of events 1 am able to W ilson ’ "Yes, 1 have got it now '' he an swered, with his thick red finger planted half way down the column "Here It is This Is what began it all You Just read it for vourself. sir ” I took the paper from him and read as follow* ' To the Red-Headed League On iccouut or the beqm s* <>f the 1 it" guide myself by the thousands of j Kzekiah Hopkins, of I.eb,,m 1 r.i . '' other similar cases which occur to ' S A . there is now anoth.-r v.i, ,tn v my memory In the present instance "pen which intitles a member of the 1 am forced to admit that the fac?« { I.eugue to a s;tlar> of four pounds a of mv belief, unique '' 1 week for purely nominal services are, to the b< The port I y client puffed out his] All red headed men who are sound ; n chest with an appearance of soni" body and mind and above (.lie age o f little pr;d of 80110 and pulled a duty and | t vv entv-one years are eligible Apply w rinkle I newspaper from the inside pocket of his greatcoat As ho glanc ed dow 11 the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward, and the paper flattened out upon his knee, I took a good look at the man, and endeavored, after the fashion of my companion, to read the indications which might he presented by his dress o’ appearance. I did not gam very much,.however, by my inspection. Our visitor bore every murk of being an average com monplace British tradesman, obese, pompon-, and slow. He wore rather baggy gray shepherd's check trous ers, a not over-clean black frock-coat, unbuttoned in the front, and a drab waistcoat with a heavy brassy Allvert chain, and a square bit of metal dangling down as an ornament. A frayed top hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet col lar lay upon a chair beside him. Al together, look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save his blazing fed head and the ex pression of extreme chagrin and dis content upon his features. Sherlock Holmes’ quick eye took in in person on .Monday, at eleven o'clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of tin* League, 7 I’ope s Court, Fleet Street." "What on earth does this mean'.’" I ejaculated, after I had twice read cvqr the extraordinary announce ment. Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits, "it is a little off the beaten track, isn't it?” said he. “And now, Mr. Wilson, off you go at scratch, and tell us all about yourself, your household, and the effect which this advertisement had upon your for tunes. You will first make a note, doctor, of the paper and the date.” "It is The Morning Chronicle of April 27, 18!)0. Just two months ago.” “Very good. Now, Mr. Wilson.” “W^ll, it is just as I have been tell- ipg you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” said Jabez Wilson, mopping his forehead, "f have a small pawnbroker’s busi ness at Coburg Square, near the City. It’s not a very large affair, and of late years it has not done'more than just give me a living. I used to be able to my occupation, and he shook his . two assistants, but now I only head with a smile as he noticed my 1 kpPI) one ; and I would have a job to questioning glances. Beyond the p ay i,j m b u t that he is willing to obvious facLs that he has at some time done manual labor, H at he takes snuff, that he is a F^emason, ibat he has been in China, ano that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce noth : ing else.” come for half wages, so as to learn the business.” "‘What is the name of this obliging youth?” asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes. “His name is Vvncent Spaulding, and he’s not such a youth either. It’s hard to say his age. I should not Mr. -Jabez Wilson started up In his W ish a smarter assistant, iMr. Holmes; chair, with his forefinger upon the paper, but his eyes upon my com- pa'nion. • “How, in the name of good for tune, did you know a.11 that. Mr. Holmes?” he asked. “How dl<J you know, for example, that I did manual and I know very well that he could better himself, and earn twice what I am able to give him. But, after all, if he la satisfied, why should I put ideas In his head?” “Why, indeed? You seem moat fortunate in haring an employee who cornea under full market price. It li not a common experience among employers in this age. 1 don't know that your assistant is not as remark able aa your advertisement.” “Oh. he has his faults, too,” said Mr. W’ilBon. "Never waa such a fel low for photography. Snapping away with a camera when be ought to be Improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into hla hole to develop his pictures. That is his main fault; but, on the whole, he's a good work er. There’s no vice in him.” “He is still with you, I presume?" “Yes, sir. He and a glH of four teen, who does a bit of simple cook ing, and keeps the place clean— that's all I have in the house, for I am a widower, and never had any family. We live very quietly, sir, the three pf us; and we keep a roof over our heads, and pay our debts, if we do nothing more. 1 "The' first thing that put us out was that advertisement. Spaulding, he came down into the office just this day eight weeks, with this very pa- p^r lm his handr aTTWhe Says : “ T wish to the Lord, Mr. Wilson, that I was a red-headed man.' “ ‘Why that?’ I asks. “ ‘Why,’ says he, ’here’s another vacancy on the League of the Red- Headed Men. It's worth quite a lit tle fortune to any man who gets it, and I understand that there are more vacancies than there are men, so that the trustees are at their wits’ end what to do with the money. If my hair would only change color here's a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.’ " 'Why, what is it, then?' I asked. You see, Mr. Holmes, I am a very stay-at-home man, and, as my busi ness came to me instead of my having to go to it. I was often weeks on end without putting my foot over the door-mat In that way I didn't know much of what was going on outside, and I was always glad of a bit of news. Have you never heard of the League of the Red-1 leaded Men’' he asked, with his eves Open Never 'Why, I wonder at that, for you sre eligible vourself for one of the vacancies.' "And what are the> worth’’ I asked oh, merely a couple of hundred a year, but the work is slight, and it need not interfere very much with ones other occupations "Well, vou can easily think that that made me pr!< k up ni> ears, for the business h^s not been over good for some wars and an extra couple of hundred would have been very handy Tel! me a I! about it.’ sud I \\*ll said tie. showing me the advertisement. >ou can see for your self that the League has a vacanev and there Is the address where vou should apply for particulars As far as 1 can make out, the League was founded b> an Amer.can millionaire, K/ekiah Hopkins, who was very pe culiar m his ways He was himself red headed, and had a great svtu pHthv for all red-headed men. so so. when h<* died, it was found that he had left his enormous fortune in the hands of truitees, with Instruc tions to apply the interest to the pro viding of easy berths to men whose hair is of that color From all 1 hear it I- splendid pay. and very little to do Ftut. said I. 'there would be mil lions of red-headed men who would apply ' Not so many as you might think,' lie answered 'You see it is really confined to Londoners, and to grown men This American had started from I/ondon w h< n lie was young, and nr wanted to do the old town a good tarn. Then, again. 1 have heard it ;s no use your applying If your ha.r is light red. or dark red, or anything but teal, bright, blazing, tirery red Now. it you eared to apply, Mr Wil son, you would just walk in. but per haps it would hardly lie worth your while to put yourself out of the way for the sake of a few hundred pounds.’ “Now it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves, that my hair Is of a very full and rich tint, so that it s«emed to too thaL if there’ was to be any competition in the mat ter, I stood as good a chance as any man that I had ever met. Vincent Spaulding seemed to know so much about it that I thought he might prove useful, so I just ordered him to put up the shutters for the day, and to come right away with me. He was very willing to have a holiday, so we shut the business up, and started off for the address that was given us in the advertisement. “I never hope to see such a sight as that again, Mr. Holmes. From north, south, east, and west every TiTiin who had a shade of red in his hair had tramped into the City to answ’er the advertisement. Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope’s Court looked like a coster's orange barrow. 1 should not have thought there were so many in the whole country as were brought together by that single advertise ment. Every shade of color they were—straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; .but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-colored tint. When I saw 1 how many were waiting, I would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not hear of it. How he dltjtflt I could not Imagine, but he pushed and pulled and butted until he got me through the crowd, and right up to the steps which lad to tba offlea. Thera waa a double atraam upon tha stair, tome going up In hope, and acme coming back dejected; hut we wedged In as wsll as we could, and soon found ourselves In the office.” “Your experience has been a most entertaining one," remarked Holmes, as his client paused sod refreshed his memory with a huge pinch of snuff. "Pray continue your very interesting statement." "There waa nothing in the office but a couple of wooden chairs and a deal table, behind which sat a small man, with a head that was even red der than mine. He said a few words to each candidate as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in them which would ’disquali fy them. Getting a vacancy did not scent to he such a very easy matter after all. However, when our turn came, the little man was much more .favorable to me than to any of the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he might have a pri vate word with us. ” -- ’ *-• — M “ ‘My name,’ said he, ’is Mr. Dun can Ross, and I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by ou^ noble benefactor. Are you a married man, Mr. Wilson? Have you a fam ily? ' I answered, that I had not. "Ilis face fell immediately. " Dear me!' he said, gravely, ‘that is vi ry serious, indeed! 1 am sorry to hear you say that. The fund was, of cour.-a 1 , for the propagation and spread of th” red heads as well as for their niaiiitenanee. It is exceedingly unfortunate that you should be a bachelor "Mv lure lengthened at this. Mr. Holmes, for I thought that I was not to have the vacanev after nil. but. after thinking it over tor a tew min utes, he said that it would he all right lu the c .1 m * of a no: her said he, 'the object.oil !u;g'lt he tnt.'ll. hilt we rust stretch a point in favor of a man with such a head of hair as yours When shall you be able to enter upon your new duties'" " 'Well, it is a little awkward, for 1 have a business already.' said I " oh. never mind about that. Mr Wilson'' said Vincent Spouldlng 'I shall tie aide to look after that for you ' What would be the hours’’ I aaked " Ten to t no ' "Now a pawnorokers business ip movlly done of an evening. Mr Holme*. e*|ierially Thursday and Fri day evening, which is Just before pay day, so it would suit me very well to earn a little In the morning* He- ■ ides, knew that my asaiatatu waa a good tna.1 and that he would see to anvthing in,.1 turned up “'That wou.l suit me very well.' said 1 A ml the . av Is four pounds a w -ek And the work’' I■« purely nominal' What do you call purely nomi na!” e 11^ y oil I .1 v 1 * o be in the of - fl<* or at b mM in the building, the whole * I Til e If you leave, you forfeit your whole position forever The will is very clear upon that point You don t comply with the conditions if you budge from the office during tha’ time " It s only four hours a day, and I should not think of leaving.' said 1 "‘No excuse will avail,' said Mr Duncan Ross, neither sickness, nor business, not any tiling else There you must stay, or you will lose your billet ’ " ' Atul th" work ” " Is to ropy out the "Kticyclopae dta Lntaiinicu . There is the first volume ot it 111 that press >'011 must fin 1 vour own ink. pens, and blotting- paper. but .v o provide this table and (hair Will you be ready to-mor row n ' '< Vrtainly,’ 1 answered Tio-n. good-by, Mr Jabez Wil son. and let me congratulate you once more on the important position which you have been fortunate enough to gain.’ He bowed me out of the room, and I went homti..'»:iLh my assistant hardly knowing what to say or do, I was so pleased at my own good fortune. 2'.-Well, l Uu>ught over the matter all day, and by evening I was in low spirits again; for I had quite per suaded mvself that the whole affair must be some great hoax or fraud, though what its object might be I could not imagine. It seemed alto gether past belief that any one could make such a will, or that they would pay such a sum for doing anything so simple as copying out the ‘Encyclo paedia Lritannica’. Vincent Spauld ing did what he could to cheer me up, but by bed-time T had reasoned my self out of the whole thing. How ever, in the morning 1 determined to have a look at it anyhow, so I bought a penny bottle of* ink, and with a quill pen apd seven sheets of foolscap paper I started off for Pope’s Court. “Well, to my surprise and delight everything was as right as possible. The table was set out ready for me, and Mr. Duncan Ross was there to see that I got fairly to work. He started me off upon the letter A, and then he left me; but he would drop in from time to time to see that all was right with me. At two o'clock he bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had writ ten, and locked the door of the office after me. “This went on day after day, Mr. Holmea, and on Saturday the man ager came In and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week’* work. It waa ike same a ext week, and the same the week aftar. Bvery morning I waa there at ten, and every afternoon I left at two. By de grees Mr. Duncan Rots took to com ing In only once of a morning, and then, after a time, he did not come in at all. Btlll, of coarse, I never dared to leave the room for an In stant, for 1 waa not sure when he might come, and the billet waa such a good one, and suited me so well, i.it 1 would not risk the loes of it. “Eight weeks passed away' like this, and I had written about Abbots, and Archery, and Armor, and Archi tecture, and Attica, and hoped with diligence that I might get on to the B’s before very long. It coat me something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly filled a shelf with my writings. And then suddenly the whole business came to an end." “To and end?” __ “Yea. sir. And no later than, this morning. I went to my work as usual at ten o’clock, but the door was shut and locked, with u little square of cardboard hammered onto the middle of the panel with a tack. Here it is, and you can read for your self.” He held up a piece of white card board, about the size of a sheet of note-paper. It read in this fashion; “The Heed-1 leaded I A’ague is IMswolv- ed. Oct. 9, 1 890.” Sherlock, Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rue ful face behind it, until the comical side of The affair so completely over topped every consideration that we '»(o!i burst out into a roar of iaugh- ;er. "I cannot see that there is any thing very funny, cried our client, bushing up to, tin* roots of his flam ing head If you can do nothing heller than laugh at me, I can go elsew here "No. no. cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which h< had half risen "I really wouldn't miss your case- for the world It i* most refreshingly unusual Put there Is. If you will excuse my ssying wo. something Just a little funny about it. Pray what steps did yon take when you found the card upon the door”' "I was staggered, sir I did not know what to do Then I called at the offices round, but none of them seemed to know anything about it Finally. 1 went to the landlord, who is an arcoun’ant living on the ground floor,, and I asked him if he rould tell me what had become of the Ked- Headed league He said that b« had never heard of any such body Then I asked him who Mr Duncan Kosa was He answered that the name waa new to him ’’ Well,' said I. ’the gentleman at No 4 ' What the rc-d headed man’ '' Ye* ' Oh. said he. his name waa Wil liam Morris He was a solicitor, and • as using ny room as a temporary co vc ni»-nc e until bis new premisoa were n*. moved out yester day ’ U hco.. c uld I find him ’ Oh, at I... new offices He did • ii m- the add. sa. Yea, 17 King Edward Street, near St Paul's ’ "1 started off. Mr Holmes, but when 1 got (0 that ado -sv it was a manufactory of artificial knee-caps, and no one in it bad ever heard of either Mr William Morns, »r Mr. Duncan Ross "And what did you do then?” a.,1- ed Holmes I we-iit home to Saxe-Coburg Square-, and 1 took the advice of my assistant Hut h p could not help me In any way He could only say that if i waited I should hear by post. Hut that was not quite enough. Mr Holmes. 1 did not wish to lose such a place without a struggle, so, as I bad heard that you were good enough to give advice to poor folk who were in need of it, I came right away to you.” "And you did very wisely,” said Holmes. "Your case is an exceed ingly remarkable one. and I shall be htrppy-tu look Into it. From what you have told me I think that it is possible that graver issues hang from it than might at first sight appear.” “tTrave enough!" said Mr. Jabez Wilson. "Why, I have lost four pounds a week.” "As far as you are personally con cerned,” remarked Holmes, “I do not see that you have any grievance against this extraordinary league. On the contrary, you are, as I under stand, richer by some thirty pounds, to say nothing of the minute knowl edge which you have gained on every subject which comes under the letter \. You have lost nothing by them.” “No, sir. But I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their object was in playing this prank—if it was a prank—upon me. it was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it cost them two-and-thirty pounds.” “We shall endeavor to clear up these points for you. And, first, one or two questions, Mr. Wilson. This assistant of yours who first called your attention to tiie advertisement - how long had he been with you?” “About a month then.”, ^ "How did he come?” “In answer to an advertisement.” “Was he the only applicant?” “No, I had a dozen.” "Why did you pick him?” “Because he waa handy and would coma cheap.” ” At half wagea, la fact.” “Yea.” “What la he like, this Vincent hie ways, no hair on he's not short of thirty, splash of acid npon hla Holmes eat np tn hla el aldernble excitement. **1 ranch,” said he. ~Hare yon« served that hie ears sre earrings?” “Yea. air. Ha told me that a had done H for him when he nan lad.” "Hum!” said Holmes, elnhing •n deep thongbi. “He is still wl you?” “Oh, yea, air; I have enly Jnst loft him.” j, "And has your business -*-** tended to In your absence?” “Nothing to complain of, sir. There’s never very much to do of n morning.” • That will do. Mr. Wilson. I shall be happy to give you an opinion the subject In the course of a day or two. To-day is Saturday, and I hope that by Monday we may come to a conclusion” "Well, Watson,” said Holmes, when our viaitor c 'had left us, t'what do y make of It all?” Y “I make nothing of it,” I answered frankly. “It is a most mysteriotM business.” "As a rule,” said Holmes, "the more bizarre a thing is the less mys terious It proves to be. It is yo commonplace, featureless cri which are really puzzling, Jnst ad a commonplace face is the most dlfi- ] cult to identify. But I must prompt over this matter.” “What are you going to do, theh I asked. “To smoke,” he answered. "It la quite a three-pipe problem, and 1 beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.” He curled himself np in his rbair, with bis thin knees irgww up to his hawk-like nose, and he sat with his eyes *ioh*.* 1 und __ Mack clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird. I hhd' come to the conclusion that dropped asleep, and Indeed w ding myself, when he sprang eut of hie chair with the tnre of a man who has made Eg Mg mind, and pot his pipe down 1 the mantelpiece. “Saraaate plays at 8t. James’ this afternoon,” he rwmj do yoe think, Wataon? Coe Id patients spare yoe for e few ”1 have nothing to do to-day. practice is never very ilssibtng “Thee pet ee yeer hat and 4 I am going throagh the City and we can have eoae laaeh m way. I observe that there Is a deal of German masts ea the gram, which Is rather aora h taste than Italian or Introspective, and I w speet. Come along!” We traveled hy the Ui as fsr as walk took es to the scene of the stagnlnr we had listened to la the aofM^ * It was s poky, little, shalhp^lhMM place, where foar linos of dingy, t«»- storled brick houses looked eel hMO; s small railed-In lac lose re, whose g lawn of weedy grass, clump* of faded la are! a hard fight against s and uncongenial giR balls and s brown hoard Jabez Wilson In whits lot tern, * corner ho'ise, announced the where our red-headed cheat on hi* business. Sherlock Mopped In front of It with hie eu one aide, and looked U all c with hie eyes shining brightly tween puckered llda. Then he jr ed slowly up the street, and ( down again 10 the corner, still h ing keenly a. the booses. Finally hi returned to the pewrbroker’e, sad,- having thumped vlgorodhlff npon 4hd' pavement with his stick tvo^VrJ times, he went up to the door aad< knocked. It was instantly opened hy a bright-look log, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to atop ta> “Thank you,” said Holmes* "I only wished to ask you how yon wonld go from here to the Strand.” • “Third right, fourth left,” answer- ed the assistant, promptly, dosing the door. “Smart fellow, that,” observed Holmes as we walked away, in my judgment, the foorth smartest v man in London, and for daring I na S not sure that he has not n claim to fep third. 1 have known something' ot him before.” “Evidently,” said I. “Mr. Wilson’s assistants counts for a good deal tn this mystery of the ‘ Red-headod League. 1 am sure that yon might see him.” j “Not him.” S >1 “What then?” X- “The knees of his trousers.” . 2 “And what did you see?” “What I expected to see.” “Why did you beat the pavemendt” “My dear doctor, this Is a time fifir observation, not for talk. We a^p* spies in an enemy’s country. Wh' know something of S&xe-Cobwg J Square. I>et us now explore the idltar which lie behind U.” (To be oontinned.) Falls Dead in Field. Thomas J. Monts, Confederate vtt-* eran and prominent farmer, dead while plowing In hlh field home about four miles fro^ 1 ton Monday afternoon. Mg. had been to his hones nbonfi utes before, and a the beet of health. A few after he retarned to found lying de* of bin plow.