The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 07, 1913, Image 6
A STUDY
IN SCARLET
Ry (Ur A. Itoyl*
(('onttniied from Iiuit 1mu«* i
“I rraly brg your pardon,'' aal<l my
companion, who had raffled the li.ilo
man b temper by bursting Into an
explosion of laughter. "You certainly
have the credit of l>elng the firm
of us to find this out, and, as you
aay, It bears every mark of having
been written by the other partlcpant
in last night’s mystery. I have not had
time to examine this room yet. hut
with your permission I shall do ho
now
As he spoke he wiped a tape-mea
sure and a large, round magnifying
glass from his pocket. With these
two implements he trotted noiseless
ly about the room, sometimes stop
ping, occasionally kneeling, and once
lying flat upon his face. So engrossed
was he with his occupation that he
appeared to have forgotten our pres
ence, for he chatered away to him
self, keeping up a running Are of
exclamations, groans, whistles, and
little cries suggestive of encourage
ment and of hope. As I watched him
I was irresistibly reminded of a pure-
blooded. well-trained foxhound as It
dashes backward and forward thru
the covert, whining In its eagerness,
until It comes across the lost scent
For twenty minutes or more he con
tinued his researches, measuring with
the most exact care the distance be
tween marks which were entirely in
visible to me, and occasionally apply
ing his tape to the walls In an e'jiial
ly incomprehensible manner In one
place he gathered very carefully a
little pile of gray dust from the floor,
and packed it away In an envelope
Finally he examined with ins glass
tha wood upon the wall, going over
• very letter of It »1JA U*mm
ute exactnee^, | f,,, done he appear
%at lsfW.1 for he replaced his
and hts glaas in Ms pocket
"They aay that g*-n!ua is an Infln
it* cm par I* y f>>r faking pa >• he re
marked e th a an. .e I' a a »cr»
New np to aM yi'gM • <■
WO r«tp fee a week •• tt . •
•heels, which left had*
praweion. tuuat have been th. ••
ice t *• c n xht There Were t!,. > \
of a horse s hoofa. too 'he < •• o
one of » hl< h was far more r ( r’'
rut than that of the other t
i
i al lowing that that was a new h »*• he
Stnrn the cab was t lie re nf<' r j in ■ t ’i
I
began, and was not there at an» ti ne
during the morning I have "ie.-
son s word for It It follows tint I’
brought those two Individuals to the
house "
“That seems simple enough," stid
I; "hut how about the other mm’s
height ?"
"Why, the height of a man, in nine
cases out of ten, can be told from the
length of his stride. It is a simple
calculation enough, though there Is
no use my boring you with figures. I
had tills fellow’s stride, both on the
clay outside and on the dust within
Then I had a way of checking my cal
culation. When a man writes on a
wall, his instiet leads him to write
about the level of his own eyes.
Now, that writing was just over six
feet from the ground. It was child’s
play."
"And his age'’" I asked.
"Well, If a man can stride four
and a half feet without the small
est effort, he can't he quite in the
sere and yellow. That was the
breadth of a puddle on the garden
walk which he had evidently walked
across. Patent-leather boots had
hopped over There is no mystery
about It at all. I am simply apply
ing to ordinary life a few of those
precepts of observation and deduction
which I advocated in that art h !o
Is there anything else that pu/./les
vmi '
"Tim Anger nails and th*- Trbl.i
nopoly. ' I suggested
"The writing on the wall was -lone
with a mm's forefinger dipped in
blood My glass allowed uie ’ oh y
• er\e that i’' .,»s-r w is sl.cht!) i.
M 1
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ir dr.iir suddenly r.»me to a stand
Ttiat s Audlev ( ourt tn there,
e said, pointing to a narrow slit In
! l.e
d- ad colored brick
I ^ ou 11 find me here when you come
, b:o k "
| \ mdley Court v as not'an attractive
hxaM’y The narrow passage led us
into a quadrangle paved with flags
and lined by sordid dwellings. We
picked out way among groups of dir
ty children and through lines of dis
colored linen until we ctme to No.
4f>, the door of which was decorated
with a small slip of brass, on which
the name Kance was engraved. On
inquiry we found that the constable
was in bed, and we were shown into
a little front parlor to await his com
ing.
"I made my report at the office,"
he said.
Holmes took a half-sovereign from
his pocket and played with it pen
sively.
"We thought that we should like
to hoar it ail from your own lips," he
said.
"I shall bo most happy to tell you
anvihing I can.'’ the constable an
swered. with his eyes upon the little
golden disk.
"lust let me hear it all in your
own way, as it occurred."
Ranee sat down on the horsehair
sofa and knitted his brows, as though
deiermined not to omit anything in
his narrat i vo.
"I" tell it ye from the b- ginning."
be sai-l "My time is from 'en at
night to six In the morning A'
eleven tlo re was a tight at White
Hart but. bar th,!, all wa- qu.ei
enough op t ne be.v A’ on** o'- !r., k
u Peg an to rain a - 1 I net Harr'.
' * • i 1 I i« 1 »'
Is 1 if •• h*4n t |
■ •.* Cm * tip
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not , them Holm** hro«r n
pstt* nt I v
I »hon 1-1 think I ill 1 not)re tiiem.
seeing tint l hsd to prop him up
me and Murclier between ua He wan
a long chap, with a red face, the
lower part muffled round "
"That will do." cried Holmes
"What became of him'’ ’
"We'd enough to do without look
in’ after him," the policeman said, in
an aggrieved voice "I'll wager lie
found his way home all right.”
"How was he dressed?"
"A brown overcoat.”
"Had he a whip in ills hand?"
"A whip? No."
"He must have left it behind,”
muttered my companion. "You didn't
happen to see or hear a cab after
that ?”
"No.”
"There's a half-sovereign for you,"
my companion said, standing up and
taking his hat. "I am afraid, Ranee,
that you will never rise in the force.
That head of yours should be for use
as well as ornament. You might
have gained your sergeant's stripes*
last night. The man whom you held
in your hands is the man who holds
the clew of this mystery, and whom
wo are seeking. There is no use of
arguing about it now; I tell you that
it is so. ('omo along, doctor."
We started off for the eat) together,
leaving our Informant incredulous
but obviously uncomfortable.
"Tbe blundering fool'" Holmes
shii). Utterly, as we drove back to our
lodgings. "Just to think of his b' -
!ng *u> h an incomparaM* b.t of i ■ ■ 1
!u* k, p.it taking advantage of ;•
"I am r -'h* r in the -Ink still It
'bat ' b d.'ser ■ r*' - •'! Ibis
as * ;• ' - ■ i r •• • <•' * * *• »
REFORM THE PRIMARY
♦
1*1 I t\!T» (.« > ,no\H M M*K
(>A IMRolt f \NT M IUK<T
John I. McMnhan I’oin’o < hit Clrarly
the (’omst Methovl of l*rtni*rj'
Hlint ions.
To safeguard the primary election
tin* right to vote should be regulated
by the Democratic party constitution
as follows;
1. Only legal voters enrolled. No
uauie should be placed on the clu,b
roll unless the man presents his reg
istration certificate and tax receipt
for the* auditor's certificate of his
non-liability to taxes), showing that
he is a legal voter of that county and
precinct, and thus able to fulfill his
pledge to "support the nominees" of
the primary.
2. Registration certificates and
tax receipt. He should present to
the election managers the same evi-
dertees of his qualification to vote in
the general election. There would be
no necessity for the repetition of
this proof if there were a complete
new enrollment every two years, but
it is here proposed that no new en
rollment he required except for the
men who changes his residence.
2. Appear in person. No name
should he put on the roll unless the
anplicant appear in person and estab
lish all tbe facts required One such
enrollment should suffice as long as
tbe man remains at th
d' in e. but up-
-leu* *■ he shou’
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same resi
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to ^e«k to the '•<an«ah • »h" '-'aad
t k e ho«l T faneua*'. eeniehenaaie
and aMreo.*
too*m<te sianced al ban '«■ b-- »
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In the ca*e ‘ •
the t»0 dele.
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a man He « as
high. ■»• m 'he prlrr
am all feet for h:» height i»ore co^rne
square toed an 1 tmoke t a
Trichlnopoly cigar He came here
with tils v «'tt!n in a four wheeled
<ab, which w an ilrawn t-y a home
with thr> e (>ld shoos, and on** new on«*
on his off for** leg In all probability
the murderer had a florid face, and
the Anger nails of Hie hlght bun-1
were remarkably long. These are
only a few indications, hut they may
assist you "
l>>Btrade and r.rogson glanced at
each other with an Incredulous
amlle.
‘‘Poison.’’ said Sherlock Holmes,
curtly, and strode off. "One other
thing, Lestrade," he aded, turning
round at the door: ‘‘ 'Rache' Is the
German for ‘revenge'; eo don’t lose
your time looking for Miss Rachel.”
With which Parthian shot he walk
ed away, leaving the two rivals open-
raouthed behind him.
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remarkable of th**se Cases is that
of Caroline Ollson, a native of tho
little island of Okuo, off the coast of
Sweden, who fell asleep in 1S7.'> and
did not awake until 1 907. The case
was recently discussed by Dr.
Froderstrom, of Paris who made
a detailed examination of the case.
It appears that for the first 1 1 years
of her life Caroline Olison was in
perfect health. Then she fell ill and
ultimately sank into a tance, from
which no one could awaken her. Food
was artificialy administered, and for
years she exhibited no interest in
any one or anything. Then she awoke,
and the most careful eximination
failed to reveal the slighest weakness
or mental defect. Since she has en
joyed exceptionally good health.
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on record, although there have been
several instances of sleeps lasting 2G
years. Another case in which the
sleeper regained normal health is
that reported from .Minnesota, where
a German some time ago completed
a sleep wliich, with the exception of
a solitary week, continued for 22
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CHAPTER IV.
What John Ranee Had to Tell.
It was one o’clock when we left
No. 3 Lauriston Gardens. Sherlock
Holmes led me to the nearest tele
graph office, whence he dispatched a
long telegram. He then hailed a cab,
and ordered the driver to take us to
the address given us by Lestrade.
‘‘^here is nothing like first-hand
evidence,” he remarked; ‘‘^is a mat
ter of fact, my mind Is entirely made
up upon the case, but still we may as
well learn all that Is to be learned.”
"You amaze me, Holmes,” said I.
‘‘Surely you are not as sure as you
pretend to be of all those particulars
which you gave.”
“Thera’s no room for a mistake.”
ha answered. “The very first thing
which I observed on arriving there
that a cab had made two ruts
its wheals cioaa to tha curb.
'.i*t inf*** b* a ' .••rn an-
you noth***! • prtiit*-.!
h f i ** r th*> * mr in a n fa«b i'll
r* al G*'rmaii lnv.tr:.iM> pr,n *t in t 1
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ru.*.*'. to (livort luqu.ry Into a wrong
cMinml 1 in not going to toll you
much more of the case, doctor. You
know a conjuror get no credit when
if I show you too much of mv method
once he has explained his trick, and
of working, you will tome to the con
clusion that 1 am a very ordinary in
dividual after all.”
• ‘‘I shall never do that.” I answer
ed; “you have brought detection as
near an exact science as It ever will
be brought in this world.”
My companion flushed up with
pleasure at my words and tho earnest
way in which I uttered them. I had
already observed that lie was as sen
sitive to flattery on the score of his
art as any girl could,he of her beauty.
"I’ll tell you one other thing,” he
said. ‘‘Patent-leathers and Square-
toes came in the same cab, and they
walked down the pathway together as
friendly as possible—arm in arm. In
all probability. AYhen they got in
side they walked up and down the
room—or, rather, patent-leathers
stood still, while Square-toes walked
up and down. I could read all that
in the dust; and I could read that, as
he walked, he grew more and more
excited. That is shown by the in
creased length of his strides. He
was talking all the while, and work
ing himself up. no doubt. Into & fury.
Then the tragedy occurred. I've told
you all I know myself, for the rest Is
mere surmise sn3 conjecture. We
hare i good vorking basis, however,
on which to start. We must hurry
op, for I want to go to Halle's eon-
cart, to haar Norman Neruda, thla
■ a u t **i pi »*»•
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all Mia* v 11u mi w
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kn*lt di-An b> Hi**
walk.-,! t h ru u g h a n d
trlci! Hi*' kilcli' ii iluor, mii-I tlu'ii
John Han'** sprang to bis f*-*'* with
a frightened face and suspicion in bis
♦'Vi'S
"Where was you hid to s**** all
that'*" ho cried. "It seems to me
that you knows a deal more than you
should.”
Holmes laughed, and threw his
card across the table to the constable.
“Don't get arresting me for the
murder,” he said. “I am one of the,
hounds, and not the wolf; Mr. Greg-
son or Mr. Lestrade will answer for
that. Go on, though. What did you
do next?”
Ranee resumed his seat, without,
however, losing his mystified expres
sion.
"I went hick to the gate and
sounded my whistio. That brought
Marcher and two more to the spot."
"Was the street empty then?"
"WeH7'4t was, as far as anybody
that could be of any good goes.”
"What do you mean?”
The constable’s features broadened
into a grin.
"I’ve seen many a drunk chap in
my time,” he said, "hut never any
one so crying’ drunk as that cove.
He was at the gate when I came out,
a-leanin’ up agin the railin’s and
a-singin’ at the pitch of his lungs
aimut Columbine’s new-fangled ban
ner, or some such stuff, ife couldn’t
stand, far less help.”
"What sort of a man was he’”
asked Sherlock Holmea.
John Ranca appeared to be some
what Irritated at this digression
“Ha waa an uncommon drunk sort
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ai ross tlie pac* now :*Tks i'
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* M* ih*■ *• t t tie legs upon vi 1
hun'eil and fished now slag go;- an 1
stumble under their load, and tbe
mind ttiat once reasoned so accurate
ly. remembered so perfectly, under
stood so plainly now blunders regu
larly, reaches its hazy conclusions
slow ly, and gropes In darkness among
the simplest problems.
It's a big debt you owe your friend’
but you need pever worry about pay
ing it. Broken hearts, ruined lives,
forsaken ideals, diseased bodies,
wasted opportunities, and souls eter
nally damned, make up the currency
with which your debt is paid, and of
these you have no concern.
If whiskey is your friend, God help
you.
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They Will Arbitrate.
The threatened strike of 80,000
conductors and trainmen of the forty-
five Eastern railroads for higher
wages ami improved working condi
tions will not be called. Articles of
agreement to arbitrate under the
Newlands act. the questions at issue,
were signed Saturday by the em
ployees’ representatives at the con
ference committee of railroad man
agers.
Soldier Kill** Himself.
Thomas P Fashey. aged thirty-
nine, of Mingo Junction, O . a pri
vate In Company G, Seventeenth Fni-
ted States Infan’rv. committed sul.
clde Thursday at Fort McPherson bv
•hooting hlmaelf In tha mouth with
hla army rifle
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it,
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■in 1 ot h* r
b*TS of tti
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of r)i*> rnl's. th
* comini'
'op exorcising original as w< ll as ap
pellate iurisilicion. It would thus
scrutinize all the club rolls, adding
names improperly reject*''!, and ex
punging names improperly enrolled
or, no longer qualified. Tims the
county executive committee, like the
club committee, would seek to re
move, both upon appeal and upon
original investigation, any enrolled
names or persons not then entitled
to vote in the primary at that eluh,
as of persons deceased, not residing
within the club territory, convicted
of disqualifying crimes, not register
ed or otherwise not qualified to vote
in the general election, and negroes
who did not vote for Hampton in
1 87F> or 1 878, and persons not Demo
crats.
10. State executive committee.
The State executive commiHee would
be required to act at least 20 days
before the first primary on any ap
peals or Information brought to its
attention by members of the party or
upon facts discovered bv it, correct
ing any errors in the rolls.
There should he legal provisions
for the enforremen* of these rules
upon appeal to the Courts from the
State executive committee, the Court 0
o act a’ chambers or in special ses
sion. not to delay the election We
allow time for appeals to the Courts
when we close the rolls sixty davs
before the primary and complete *he
party committee decisions st least
twenty daya before the primary
Furfcer in the interval of kocal
G*'< >rg* i i*u n I
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day
The cause of death was pirsoning
from a mixture of chloroform and
laudanum, which the girl had swal
lowed some two hours or more before
she was found in her room in a semi
conscious condition and frothing at
the mouth. Following a bath in the
afternoon she had gone to her room
for the ostensible purpose of taking a
nap, as had been her custom. As the
time approached for the preparation
of supper iter invalid mother sent a
small boy to call her. The hoy re
ceived no response to his rap on the
door and so reported to Mrs. Eth
ridge. He was told to go back to the
room, enter it and awaken the girl,
who was oversleeping.
When the hoy opened the door he
found the girl lying across the bed,
her mouth covered with white froth.
Dr. J. S. Porter was hurriedly sum
moned. He detected an ordor of chlo
roform in the room. He exerted
every effort to revive the girl, with
out success. She died a few hours
after being found.
self-government it would he well to
follow the lead of the national De
mocracy at Baltimore and require the
executive commlt’eeman from each
club to be elected In the primary
election, to take office immediately
thereafter and hold till his successor
la elected
John J McMahan
Columbia. 8 C , July 2«. 1»1J.