Show ir I SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Copper Beeches i I o 0 s 7 t t T B By Sir A Conan Gonan C onan Doyle o 0 1 T 0 the man Inan who loves loes ove art for its own TO I sake remarked Sherlock Sherlo k Holmes tossing aSIde aide the advertisement sheet of or the Dally Telegraph it is fre ire Qu In Its It least bust Important and low lowliest IteM liest le manifestation that the keenest kenet pleasure to be derived It I is Je pleas pleasant ant an to me to observe Watson Watt that you hav havo so b far fr tr grasped grap this thie truth that in these little Ittu records lera ot of our eases Ca which jou Ou have hae been n good god enough to draw up undo arid 1 I am bound bUn to say sy occasionally oc ionly to tj tl embellish you have bave given von neno i not net 8 so muc much to the many teeny causes causee celeb and Ud trials tria Ie in which I have hwe but rather rathe to 1 those In Cl which may have been trivial hav ben in themselves but which have given room for tor those faculties of deduction and ana and of ot logical J cl synthesis which I have made my special province And yet said Aid I smiling I cannot quite quie hold hod myself absolved sing from the charge of or chare sensationalism which has been urged urge against my records You have erred erre perhaps he ob observed observed served taking up Ul a glowing lowing cinder with ith the tongs tonga and with it I the long cherrywood chero pipe which was Wa wont to replace his clay when he H Wa was as in a dis disputatious dl rather then a meditative mood you have erred perhaps in n at tempting to put color and end life into each ech of your our statements instead Ined of lox ing yourself to the task tas of placing up on Ott feord record that severe ven reasoning re from cause cUI to effect which is reaIl the only notable nO ble feature about abut the thing I It seems ma to me that I have done you Lull full fl justice ju te in the matter matel I remarked with some coldness for I was repelled by the egotism which I had more than once observed to be b a strong factor in my m friends singular character No it I not nt selfishness lf ne or conceit he answering as I was wal his wont ont my thoughts thought rather than titan words mJ thought my t If I claim full Justice ju Uee for I fl my art at it i is l fr l because beu it I is 1 an impersonal thing thin a thing thine beyond myself Crime is com corn common common mon inon Logic 1 lc is Ii I rare Therefore it i is I upon the logic logic rather than upon the therme crime that you should dwell You have haYe havea a degraded e rade what should have been ben a 1 of or lectures letura Into a series of i tales tale j It I was a cold morning of the early spring and null we sat st after breakfast on either side Hide of a a cheery chery fire fre in the old room at Baker rom street street A thick fog rolled down between the lines of dun houses house and the opposing win dows loomed lome like dark shapeless opping blurs blur through the heavy hevy yellow wreaths wreath Our gas gi was lit Ut and shone on the white hUe cloth and glimmer of china and metal meta for the table had baa had not been cleared cleare mt yet Sherlock Holmes had bad been silent all fH the morning dipping continuously In to the advertisement ment columns column of a su suc sug if eion of papers until at last having 1 apparently given up his hil search ch he had T pm merged ge in no very vey sweet temper tep ings lecture l tur me au upon up my literary At the same time he remarked after att a pause during which he lie had sat purring at his long pipe lp and gazing down Into the lire fr you can hardly be open to a charge charae of ot sensationalism for tor forout forout out of these the cases which yon you have been so I kind d as i to interest t yourself in if if 4 at his l proportion do not treat tret of ot crime cIme in Its tU legal sense l at all an 11 The small smal matter in which I 1 endeavored endeavor to help the th King Kig of ot Bohemia the te singular hel ex experience pert ce of Miss U Mary Sutherland the problem connected with wih the mini m wl the tJ lip lp and ad the tIte incident of bf f the nome bachelor were all aU matters mater which are outside the pale of the law la But Butin Butin ButIn in avoiding the th sensational n atonal I fear fer that you jou ou may have bordered on the trivial The Te end may Inay have been so s I an nit answered swe but b t the methods I hold hod to have hae been ben novel noel and of interest Pshaw Paa my mr dear der fellow what do the public the great geAt unobservant rant public who could hardly tell tel a weaver by his tooth or a compositor om tor by his left lett thumb i tre tre about Abut the liner finer shades sade of analysis and deduction But indeed inde if you ou are trivial I cannot blame you for the days of the great eases cases ea are past Pat Man Manor or lr at t least criminal man mal has lost lot nfl alt I enterprise and originality As s to tomy my uty myown own little l te practice it I seems to be b de do degenerating I generating into Int an agency for tm recover recovering ing log lost lead led pencils and giving advice to young unA ladles ladies ladie from I I r think I have touched Y I bottom at last lut I w however This note I had this morn morning mornin lug ing in marks my m I fancy fanc Road Re it I He tossed to a crumpled crumple letter across al to me IDe It I was a dated date from Montague place upon the preceding evening and ran thus Dear De Mr lr Holmes I am very vety anxious f ious bus to t consult onal you as to whether I should or should hould not accept a a situation which has lies been offered fer to me as gov IO emma I shall san call cl at 10 tomorrow if I do not inconvenience nt you yu Yours your ours faithfully VIOLET VIOLE HUNTER Do you know the young lady ld I asked aske Not ot I uI It is I 1038 1030 now no noYe Yea Ye and I have hae no n doubt that is ii 1 her herring herring ring riugI It I may my turn tur out to t be b of more J in interest Interest terest than think You you tink remember leMber that th tM the affair of the blue th blu carbuncle which appeared to tt t be b a mere whim at first frt developed Into a serious a investigation gation It may many be so In this also I b 1 case c cals als Well let us W hope hOl so 1 But our doubts wt vill very ver soon In be solved for here hete hele un nit unless less leu I an am ant much mistaken Is the person In question I IA As A he lie spoke the door do opened and a ayoung a young young lady entered enter the room r She was wa plainly but neatly nety dressed dr with a abright abright bright quick face tace freckled like a plovers egg egg and with wih the te brisk brlik br man manner Ina mannor ner nor of ot a woman oan who has had ha her b r own on onway way way to make mke in the world You will U excuse my m troubling you I am sure Sur mid Mi site she h a as my companion rose to greet her he but I have he Had hd a avery 8 avery very strange experience and as u I have kave no parents or o relations of or any sort ar from whom I could ask advice I thought that perhaps you would be I kind do enough to toil tell tel me what I should old Pray PI take a seat Ht Miss Hunter Huntr I Ishall Ishall shall shaH be b happy happY to do anything any thin I can cn to serve you I could see He that Holmes Holn was wu favor favorably favorably ably abl by b the manner and ad speech of ot his hl new client clent He looked her over in his searching fashion tad then composed himself with wih his hi lids drooping and hi hw fingertips tn together to t listen to her story I have been ben a governess for tor live five lve 5 years ears Ears said site she in the family tamly of or Col Coi Spence Munro but two to months ago o 0 the Colonel received an n appointment at Halifax Halfax In Nova lova Scotia Sta and took tok his hl children over to America with wih him so I s that I found myself without a a situa situation I tion I advertised and I answered ad advertisements a 5 without success At t last 1 t the little money which I had saved be began began began gan to run short and I was wai nt at It my wis wits its end ed a at as to what I should do There is a agency for tr governesses In the th West Vet End En called cle and id there I used uH to call cn about one onee a ft wick week in order or r to see whether anything had turned turne up Thich might suit me wax w the name of ot the founder of the business bu n but it i is rosily really rell managed by bl b Mis tier Stoper toper She Sho Sh sits sl in her own little of ot offic fic Ike e and the ladles who are seeking em employment employment employment wait In an anteroom ant rom and we als then shown In one ole by b one whet she consults consuls her ledgers and sees seen whether wh them she he has hrs anything which would suit ul te Well when I called last week we ek I was f shown hwn into the little office as usual but I found that Miss Stoper was not I alone A prodigiously stout man with witha a very smiling face tace and a great heavy geat chin which rolled down in fold upon Uon fold over his throat sat at her elbow I with a pair of glasses glase on his nose nos lookin looking very vey earnestly at the ladles ladle who entered enter As Ai I came in he gave quite a Jump In Ida his hl chair and turned quickly quie to Miss MIl Stupor U That wU do said sid he I 1 could not ask uk for tr anything J better beter Capital Cap ital He seemed me quite lUite quie enthusiastic and rubbed his hands together in the most genial fashion He was such a man that it was quite a pleasure to look at him You ou are looking lookin to Io a situation miser miss he asked Iske Yes sir sirAs sirAs U As governess I Y Yi s sir lr And what salary do you OU ask askI I I 1 had 04 4 a month in my m last place with Colonel Clone Munro Oh tut tut tut sweating rank sweating he cried crie throwing his fat hands hands out Into the thi th air all like a man who is in a boiling boing passion How flow could anyone offer oer ofer so 1 pitiful a ft a sum to a lady I ments menta with such attractions and accomplish accomplishments 4 My accomplishments sir may be less leso l than than you imagine said I 1 A little French a little tte German music and drawing Tut ut tut he lie cried crie This is all al I quite quie beside bedO the question queston The Tho POh is ij have you ou or have havo havo you not the bear bearing ber I log ing in and deportment of a I lady la There Thare it I is ia in a a nutshell If I you have not I you OU are not fitted for the roaring rearing of a achild a achild child who may some ame day play a con considerable on pert part in the history of the country countr But if you have why wh then j I how ww could any gentleman genteman ask you OU to t i condescend to accept anything under the three figures Your salary with wih I me madam would commence at a year YEa You may imagine Mr Holmes Holme that thatto thatto thatto to me destitute as I was wa such an offer ofer seemed seme almost too good to be true The gentleman genteman however seeing per perhaps perhaps perhaps haps the look lOk of incredulity upon my face opened a pocketbook and took out outa a note noto 4 It I is II also als my custom said ho he smiling m in I the most pleasant pleasnt fashion until his eyes eye were just two shining slits sU slits amid the white creases of his face fac to o advance adanee to my young oung ladies ladie half hal their salary Iary beforehand so that they the may meet any aUl littel expenses expense of their journey and their wardrobe uI It seemed eme to t me that I 1 had never neer met so i fascinating and so thoughtful a man As I was already alred in debt tp t my tradesmen the advance was a a great gret convenience and yet there was something unnatural about abut the whole transaction cUon which made me tue wish to know kr w a little more before I quite quie corn com committed cO myself 1 May I ask ak where you OU live Jve sir said I T Hampshire Charming rural place The Copper Copp Beeches Beaches Behe five fhe miles milea mie on the theta fai ta aide Of Winchester It I is the most lovely Jove country my dear der young lady and the rt old country countr house house I And And 1 n y duties dutes sir I should be glad to o ki dw what bt they would be One child one dear daar little romper Just jt fi 6 ea n e oW oId o Q it I MU tt ioula set act se him killing kit cockroaches with a sUp slip pin pea smack I amuck Three you OU could wink He leaned loane back in his chair and laughed his eyes e e into his head hod again agin I was as a a little startled at the nature of the childs amusement but the fa fathers fathers a thors laughter made me think that perhaps he was joking My sole duties dutes then I asked are areto areto areto to take charge of a single child No no not the sole not the sole my tnT dear young lady he cried Your du duty y would be as I am m sure lure your good sense would suggest S get to obey oby any little commands my m wife wie might give pro provided provide provided vided vide always that they the were wee w re such commands as a a lady might with wih pro propriety propriety pret obey oby You see no difficulty halt heli 1 1111 I should be happy to make myself useful u ful Quite so 1 o In dress now for ex example example example ample We are faddy people you know faddy 3 but kind hearted hEated If I you ou were asked a to wear any dress dres which we e might IV give you you OU would not ob jeet to our little whim Heh No said ul I considerably aston hued he at his words 4 Or to si ii there or sit there that would not be offensive to you ou I Oh no noOr noOr noOr Or to cut your hair quite quie short be fore you ou come to us usI usI usI I could hardly believe my roy ears As you may ma observe Mr Holmes Holme my m hair is Ii somewhat luxuriant and of a j rather peculiar tint tnt of chestnut It has baa ba been ben considered artistic I could I I I not dream drem of sacrificing it I in this off of I hand fashion I 1 am afraid that that is ls quite quie im impossible impossible I possible said s I He had bad been watch Ing big me eagerly out of his small eyes eye and I could j see e a shadow pass paso pas over his face as a I spoke ke keI I I am ama afraid that tat it is hl quite quie essen een een thaI tal said sid he he It I is 18 a I little litti fancy fanc of my mv I wie and ladies ladie fancies you OU know madam ladies fancies must be con consulted hair suited sule Anti And An so you wont cut out your No sir al I really re could not nM I an answered sweed firmly Ah Alt very well then that Al ery wel quite quie set ties t the matter It I Is a pity because In other respects rpt you would really rely have h ve done don don very nicely In that case Miss UH Stoper I had h best bet Inspect a few fe more of ot your our young y ung ladles ladies lale The manageress mangere had bad sat ut all al this while busy bUI with Uh her he pp rs without a word or to either of us us but she glanced I at me now with so B much annoyance I upon her face that I could not help suspecting that t she had bad hd lost a f a hand handsome hands handsome I some commission s through my m refusal Do you desire lr your name to be kept k pt tn books she asked If you please MImi Mia Mi Stoper I u Well Veil Yell really it seems rather use us le since you refus retus the most excel exel lent offers In this thi fashion salt said sid she sharply You can cn hardly harly expect us to exert eert ourselves to t find another such opening for fur you ou Good day to you fOU Miss Hunte Hunter Bunter She struck a gong upon the table and a I was wa shown out by the page Well Vei Mr M Holmes Holme when I got back to m lodgings and found little my lo enough h hIn In the cupboard and two to or three bills bis upon the table I began to ask Isk Thyself myself whether I had Iad not done nt a very foolish tiLing thing After all al if It these thee people had strange fads faul and expected e ete obedience on the most n 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