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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND. IND.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 120, 1921
3i'ihTH;AJveniure:of the Dying Detective
i By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
i j; -Copyright, X921.,'by Harper & Bros. Published by special. arrangement with The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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".',."'?. fart Three 1 To tell the truth, my desire to fetch a doctor had somewnat weakened, for
m t poor.. Holmes was so obviously delirlous that it seemed dangerous to leave him. " However, he was as eager tn: now to consult the person named as
, he Bad been obstinate in refusing. . -I never heard the name." said I. :"Possibly not, my good Watson. It may surprise you to know that the , man upon earth who is best versed in Ihis disease is not a medical man but a planter. Mr. Culverton Smith is a well-known resident of Sumatra, now visiting London. An out break of the disease npon bis plantation, which was ,far distant from medical aid, caused him to study it himself with some rather far-reaching consequences. He . is:, a very methodical person and I did
not desire you to start before six because I was well aware that you would
. not find him in hi study. If you could - ' persuade him to come here and give us i 1 the benefit of his unique experience of .v 4thiA disease, the investigation of which lift -s : has been his dearest hobby, I cannot rot i doubt that he could help me." p ; r. j give -Holmes's remarks as a consecutive whole, and will not attempt n to indicate how Ihey were interrupted !" by gaspings for breath and those " chitchinga of his hands which indi-n-uv. ated the pain from which ho was suffering. His appearance had changed for the worse during the fewrhdursi that I had
been with' him. Thos hectic spots were moret pronounced, the eyes shone
.'..more briRhtly out of darker nollows, and. a cold sweat glimmered upon his
brow; ,Ho still retained, however, the jaunty ,"gJlan try' 6f Ms speech. " To the isst gasp he would always be the t-7tsaster. ' : . Z, ' ttVrjti;hrH tell him exactly how you Jtay fait me," said he. , "You will con2 !T'Jis .'"vr3r tmpression which is in 1 'your owfl. Tn'ind; a dying man a dying ' trn 'deHrions-rnan. Indeed, I" cannot "ihfni why the "whole bed of the ocean is frot-iofts solod mass of oysters, so PTotiflo the creatures seem. Ab, I am wandering! What was I saying, Wat-
"My- directions for Mr. utuvenon Smith." "Ah, yes, I remember. My life depends upon it. Plead with him, Wat-
i son. mere is no goou iceuns oeiweru us. His nephew, Watson I had sus-
t picions of foul play and I allowed him to see it. The boy died horribly. He I has a grudge .against me. .You will I soften him, Watson. Beg him, pray Iliim, get him here by any means. He can save meonly he." "I will bring him in a cab. if I have lo carry him down to it."
f "You will do nothing of the sort.
You will persuade him to come. And then you will return in front of him. Make any excuse so as not to come with him. Don't forget, Watson. You won't fail me. You never did fail me. Xo doubt there are natural enemies hich limit the increase of the creatures. You and I. Watson, we have rtone our part. Shall the world then be overrun by oysters? No, no, horrible! You'll convey all that is in your mind." I left him full of the image of this niagnificeiit intellect, babbling like a
foolish child. Ha had hsoided rrte the Vey, and with a happy thought I took it with me lest he should lock himself in. Mrs. Hudson was waiting, trembling and weeping in the passage. Belihod.me, as-1 -passed from the flat, I ; heard. Holmes's; high, thin voice in fsome delirious- chant." Below, as I stood whistling for a cab. a man came on me through the fog. ' How is Mr. Holmes, sir?" he asked. It wa3 an old acquaintance. Inspector -Morton of Scotland Yard, dressed in unofficial tweeds. "He is very ill," I answered. He looked at me in a most singular fashion. Had it not been so fiendish, I could have imagined that the gleam of the fanlight showed exultation in his ,. face"I heard some rumor of it," said he.
The cab had driven up. and I left
him. Lower Burke Street proved to be a line of fine houses lying in the vague borderland between Notting Hill and Kensington. The particular one at which my cabman pulled up had an air of smug and demure respectability in its old-fashioned iron railings, its massive folding door, and its shining brass work. All was in keeping with a solemn butler, who appeared framed in the pink radiance of a tinted electric light behind him. "Yes, Mr. Culverton Smith is in. Dr. Watson! Very good, eir, I will take up your card." . . My humble name and title did not appear to impress Mr. Culverton Smith. Through the half-open door I
heard a high, petulant, penetrating
voice. "Who is this person? What does he want? Dear me, Staples, how often have I said that I am not to be disturbed in my hours of study!"
There came gentle flow of soothing
explanation from the butler.
"Well, won't see him, Staples. I can't have my work interrupted like this. I am not at home. Say so. Tell him to , come in the morning if he really must see me." Again the gentle murmur. "Well, well, give him that message. He can come in the morning, or he can stay away. My work must not be hindered. I thought of Holmes iossing upon his bed of sickness, and counting the minutes perhaps until I should bring help to him. It was not a time to stand upon ceremony. Hi3 life depended upon my promptness. Before the
apologetic . butler had delivired his message I had pushed past him and was in the room. With a shrill cry of anger a man rose from a reclining chair beside the fire. I saw a great yellow fae'e, coarsegrained, menacing gray eyes, which glared at me from under tufted and sandy brows. A high, bald head had a email velvet smoking cap posed coquettish upon one side of its pink curve. The skull .was of enormous capacity, and yet as I looked down I saw to my amazement that the figure of the man was small and frail, twisted in the shoulders and back like one who has suffered from rickets in his childhood. Tomorrow The Adventure of the Dying Detective, continued.
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