Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 214, 20 July 1921 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1921.

The Red-Headed League By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement with The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.

PART THREE " 'My name,' said he. 'is Mr. Duncan Koss, and I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. Are you a married man. Mr. Wilson? Have you a family?' . "I answered that I had not. "His face fell immediately. "'Dear me!' he said, gravely, 'that Is very serious indeed! I am sorry to hear -you say that. - The fund was. of course, for the propagation and spread

chair. Will you be ready tomorrow?' " 'Certainly,' I answered. " 'Then, good-bye, Mr. Jabez Wilson,

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 home with my assistant, hardly knowing what to say or do, I was so pleased at my own good fortune. "Well, I thought over the matter all day. and by evening I was in low spir-

dle of the panel with a tack. Here It is, and you can read for yourself." He held up a piece of white cardboard about the size of a sheet of note-paper. It read in this fashion. "The Red-headed League is Dissolved. October 9, 1890."

Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed

one in it had ever heard of either Mr. William Morris or Mr. Duncan Ross." "And what did you do then?" asked Holmes. "I went home to Saxe-Coburg Square, and I took the advice of my assistant. But he could not help me in any way. He could only say that if I waited I should -hear by post. But that was not quite good enough, Mr. Holmes. I did not wish to lose such

tur :Kl7l Pce without a struggle, so, as I had

face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely overtopped every other consideration that we both burst into a roar of laughter. "I cannot see that there is anything very funny," cried out client, flushing up to the root3 of his flaming head. "If you can do nothing better than laugh at me, I can go elsewhere." "No, no," cried Holmes, shoving him

back into the chair from which he had

of the red-heads as well as for their i its again, for I had quite persuaded half risen. "I really wouldn't

maintenance. It 13 exceedingly unror

tunate that you should be a bachelor.' "My face - lengthened at this, , Mr. Holmes, for I thought that I was not to have the vacancy after all; but, after thinking it over for a few minutese, he said that it would be all right. " 'In the case of another,' said he, the objection might be fatal, but we must 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 I have a business already," said I. ""Oh, never mind about that, Mr. Wilson !r said Vincent Spaulding. 'I shall be able to look after that for you. " 'What would be the hours' I asked. "'Ten to two." "Now a pawnbroker's business is mostly done of an evening, Mr.

Holmes, especially Thursday and Fri

day evenings, which is just before pay-day; so it would suit me very well to earn a little in the mornings. Besides, I knew that my assistant was a good man, and that he would see to anything that turned up. " 'That would 6uit ma very well,' said I. 'And the .pay? ; " 'Is 4 a week.' " 'And the work? " 'Is purely nominal.'

" 'What do you call purely nominal?'

" 'Well, you have to be in the office,

or at least in the building the whole time. 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 that ; time.' "'It's only four hours a day, and I should not think of leaving,' said I. "'No excuse will avail,' said Mr. 1 Duncan Ross; 'neither sickness nor : business nor anything else. There you i must stay, or you lose your billet.' "'And the work?' "Is to copy out the "Encyclopaedia Britannica." There is the first volume of it in that press. You must

find your own ink, pens, and blotting

myself that the whole affair must be

some great hoax or fraud, though what its object, might be I could not imagine. It seemed altogether 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 'Encyclopaedia Brit

annica. Vincent Spaulding did what he could to cheer me tip, but by bedtime I ftad reasoned myself gut of the whole thing, so I bought a penny bottle of ink, and with a quill-pen, and seven sheets of foolscap paper, I started off for Pope's Court. "Well, to my surprise and delight, everything was as right a3 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 2 o'clock he bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had written, and locked the door of the office after me. "This went on day after day, Mr.

Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four gold

en sovereigns for my week's work. It

was the same next week, and the same week after. Every morning I wa3 there at 10, and every afternoon I left at two. By degrees Mr. Duncan Ross took to coming in only once of a morning, and then, after a time, he did not come in at all. Still, of course, I never dared to leave the room for

an instant, for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet wa3 such a good one and suited me so well, that I would not risk the loss of it. "Eight weeks, passed away like this, and I had writte. about Abbots and Archery and Armor and Architecture and Attica, and hoped with diligence that I might get on to the E's before very long. It cost 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 an end?" "Yes, sir. And no later than this morning. I went to my work as usual at , 10 o'clock, but the door was

shut and locked, with a little square

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your case for the world. It is most refreshingly unusual. But there is, if you will excuse my saying so, something just a little funny about it. Pray what steps did you take when you found the card upon the door?"

I was staggered, sir. I did not

heard that you were good enough to

give advice to poor folks who were in

need of it, I came right away to you

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MODOC, Ind. Miss Esther Abel, a nurse, of Indianapolis, is visiting her parents. Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Abel.... Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swain, son Albert, and daughter Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Al

bert Swain, and Mr. Dell Swain spent

Saturday and Sunday in Marlon, the

guests of Dr. and Mrs. Fight Mrs.

Anna Howell of Lyns is visiting rela tives and friends here this week. . . .

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dow, daughter

And vou did verv wiselv." said I Mary Louise. Mrs. Ola Howell, sons,

Holmes, "our case is an exceedingly! Walter and Ulisse spent Sunday in

remarKaoie one, ana I snau De nappy

to leok into it. From what you have told me I think that it is possible that graver issues hang from it than might

at first appear.

Muncie Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hodson,

son Virgil, Mr. and Mrs. Ozro Rubush and daughters spent Sunday in Richmond Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Gilliam

are visiting relatives in Anderson.

"Grave enough!" said Mr. Jabez! Mrs. Dan Wiggins and daughter Ruth

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evening with the Misses Ruth, Esther and Doris Abel.... Misses Brenda and Marjorie Burgess, Doris and Ruth Abel. Helen and Nina VanY, DdVis Bright and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Warner spent last week camping at Horseshoe Bend. All enjoyed a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Will Dillavon of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dillavon of Oklahoma, spent Sunday with Mrsj Meade Bennett and children. Mrs. Bennett is the sister of Will and Charles Dillavon... Mr.

Charles McGunegill and daughter Madonna of Muncie, spent Sunday afternoon here visiting friends. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Russel Smith and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wess Howell. Mr. and Mrs. Orson Wine ar

rived in the afternoon Miss Nar

a week. Tomorrow "The League," continued.

Red - Headed

JAPS FINANCE ROAD. (By Associated PrKs) TOKIO, July 20. In accordance

know what to do. Then I called at. the Yitb an understanding made with the

offices round, but none of them seemed to know anything about it. Finally, I went to the landlord, who is an accountant living on the ground floor, and I asked him if he could tell me what had become of the Red-headed League. He said that he had never heard of any such body. Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan Ross was. He answered that the name was new to him. "'Well,' said I, 'the gentleman at No. 4.' "What, the red-headed man?' ' "'Yes.'

"Oh,' said he, "his name was William Morris. He was a solicitor, and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. He moved out yester

day.' '"Where could I find him?' " 'Oh at his new offices. He did tell me the address. Yes, 17 King Edward Street, near St. Paul's'. "I started off, Mr. Holmes, but when I got to that address it was a manufactory of artificial knee-caps, and no

Japanese government the Japanese bank syndicate has decided, says the Kokimin Shhnbun, to accept a proposal made by the representatives of the Chinese Eastern Railway for a loan to finance the railway.

of near Losantville spent Monday af-j Swain took dinner with Miss Thelma ternoon with Mrs. Sarah Petro and Hodson Sunday Mrs. D. E. Barker

Olive Swain Miss Nina VanY spent j is visiting her daughter and family,

Sunday with Miss Alice Lee The

little Misses Miriam, Marcella and Phyllis Wright, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Warder Wright, spent Sunday with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hodson spent Saturday evening in Carlos City Mrs. Milton Hodson, Miss Hazel Hodson of Carlos City, spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Emmet McGunegill Miss Nell Botkin of near Huntsville, spent Saturday

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hurst and daughter, Thelma Juge at Dayton, O....Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Warner and son Cecil spent Sunday in Farmland. .Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Petro of near Losantville spent Sunday with Mrs. Sarah Petro. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lamb and children of Muncie spent Sunday with

Mrs. Matt Lamb Mr. and Mrs. 01-

lie Naylor and son Max spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Art Nay

lor at Parker The U. B. Ladies'

Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Warder Wright. D ALTON, Ind. Mrs. Persa Evans and three sons, Russel, Robert. Foyld and daughter Mildred of Newcastle, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beeson Prof. William Smith, superintendent of Union Bible Seminary, will give a week's Bible course at Nettle Creek Friends church beginning Sunday. July 24. Public is Invited to attend Miss LoVou Lamb of Springport, is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Harve Lamb. Dick Jones of Redkey spent Sun

day with his father Jonathan Jones.

...Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Taylor and family spent Monday at Mooreland.

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