Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 277, 3 October 1921 — Page 13

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, OCT. 3, 1921.

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The Yellow Face

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

Sherlock Holmese was a man who seldom took .exercise for exercise's sake. Few men were capable of greater muscular effort, and he was undoubtedly one of the finest boxers of his weight that I have ever seen; but he looked upon aimless bodily ex

ertion as a waste of energy, and he fcfldoni bestirred himself save where there was some professional object to be served. Then he was absolutely untiring and indefatigable. That he should have kept himself in training under such circumstances is remarkable, but his diet was usually of the sparest, and his habits were simple to the verge of austerity. Save for the occasional use of cocaine, he had no vices, and he only turned to the drug as a protest against the monotony of existence when cases were scanty and the papers uninteresting. One day in early spring he had so far relaxed as to go for a walk with me in the park, where the first faint shoots of green were breaking out upon the elms, and the sticky suear-

headrf of the chestnuts were just be

ginning to burst into their five-fold leaves. For two hours we rambled

about together, in silence for the most

part, as befits two men who know each other intimately. It was nearly five before we were back in Baker street once more. "Beg pardon, sir," said our pageboy, as he opened the door. "There's been a gentleman here asking for you, sir." Holmes glanced reproachfully at me. "So much for afternoon Walks!" said he. "Has this gentleman gone, then?" "Yes, sir." "Didn't you ask him in?" "Yes, sir; he came in." "How long did he wait?" "Half an hour, sir. He was a very restless gentleman, sir, a-walkin' and a-stampin' all the time he was here. I

was waitin' outside the door, sir, and i

the passage, and he cries, 'Is that mam never goin' to come?' Those were his very words, sir. ' 'You'll only need tc wait a little longer, says. I.. 'Then I'll wait in the open air, for I feel hall" choked. says he. 'I'll be back before ,

long.' And with that he ups and he outs, and all I could say wouldn't hold him back." "Well, well, you did your best," said Holmes, as we walked into our room. "It's very annoying, though, Watson. I was badly in need of a case, and this looks, from the man's impatience, as If it were of importance. Hullo! that'B not your pipe on the table. He must have left his behind him. A nice old brier with a good long stem of what the tobacconists call amber. I wonder how many real amber mouthpieces there are in London? Some people think that a fly in.it is a sign. Well, he must have been disturbed in his mind to leave a pipe behind him which he evidently values highly." "How do you know that he values It highly?" I asked: "Well, I should put the original cost of the pipe at seven and sixpence.

Now it has, you see, been twice mended, once in the wooden stem and once in the amber. Each of these mends, done, as you observe, with silver bands, must have cost more than the

pipe aia originally. The man must

value the pipe highly when he prefers

io paicn m up ratner tnan buy a new one with the same money."

"Anytning else?" I asked, for Holmes was turning the pipe about in his hand, and staring at it in his peculiar pensive wray. He held it up and tapped on it with his long, thin forefinger, as a professor might who was lecturing on a bone. "Pipes are occasionally of extraordinary interest," said he. "Nothing has more individuality, save perhaps

watches and bootlaces. The indications here, however, are neither very marked nor very important. The owner is obviously a muscular man, lefthanded, with an excellent set of teeth, careless in his habits, and with no need to practice economy." My friend threw out the information in a very off-hand way, but I saw that he cocked his eye at me to see if I had followed his reasoning.

"You think a man must be well-to-do if he smokes a seven-shilling pipe," said I. - "This is Grosvenor mixture at eightpense an once," Holmes answered, knocking a little out on his palm. "As

he might get an excellent smoke for

half the price, he has no need to practice economy.

"And the other points?" "He has been in the habit of lighting his pipe at lamps and gas-jets. You can see that it is quite charred all down one side. Of course a match could not have done that. Why should a man hold a match to the side of his pipe? But you cannot light it at a lamp without getting the bowl

charred. And it is all on the right

side of the pipe. From that I gather that he is a left-handed man. You hold your own pipe to the lamp, and see how naturally you, being lighthanded, hold the left side to the flame, you might do it once the other way, but not as a constancy. This has al

ways been held so. Then he has bitten j through hig amber. It takes a muscular, energetic fellow, and one with a good set or teeth, to do that. But if I am not mistaken I bear him upon the stair, so we shall have something more interesting than his pipe to study." An instant later our door opened,

and a tall young man entered the room. He was well but quietly dressed in a dark-gray suit, and carried a brown wide-awake in his hand. I should have put him at about 30, though he was really some years older. "I beg your pardon," said he, with some embarrassment; "I suppose I should have knocked. Yes, of course I shnnlrl have knocked. The fact is

that I am a little upset, and you must j

put it all down to that." He passed

his hand over his forehead like a man

who is half dazed, and then fell rather than sat down upon a chair. "I can see that you have not slept for a night or two," said Holmes, in his easy, genial way. "That tries a man's nerves more than work, and more even than pleasure. May I ask how I can help you?" "I wanted your advice, sir. I don't know what to do, and my whole life seems to have gone to pieces." "You wish to employ me as a consulting detective?" "Not that only. I want your opinion as a judicious man as a man of the world. I want to know what I ought to do next. I hope to God you'll be able to tell me." He spoke in little, sharp, jerky out

bursts, and it seems to me that to

speak at all was very painful to him,

and that his will all through was over

riding his inclinations.

"It's a very delicate thing," said he. "One does not like to speak of one's

domestic affairs to strangers. It seems dreadful to discuss the conduct

of one's wife with two men whom I

have never seen before. It's horrible to have to do it. But I've got to the

end of my tether, and I must have advice." "My dear Mr. Grant Munro " began Holmes.

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