Show j rTh 1 J J I f i Sh Sherlock e roc 1 k H Holmes 0 I 1 S i Z m GLORIA LORIA MYSTERY ERY SCOTT of f 0 THE r Sir A Conan By Doyle t f I I 1 S S Copyright Harper by e A Conan C Brothers Doyle anti and I I I HAVE HA YE some papers here said my y I I friend Sherlock Holmes as a we sat at one winters night on either side of o the tile lire which w I really think Vaton alson that it would be worth your while hUe bile to glance over Th are the in the U e ca J of the Gloria Scott and this ta Iti I the th mea which struck Justice of oC the Peace Trevor dead d with horror when he read react it He had picked from a drawer a Ut lIt lle tJ tarnished ed cylinder and ed undoing u the thU tape he e handed banded me m a short note nole upon a of or slate laLe gray paper The supply of ot game kame aine for London te Is Komg ging illg steadily up ups it ran Head Hed i K KfIr i per yr Hudson we believe has been told to receive all aU orders for fly lIy i for fo the preservation lre oC ot o your yourI I ht in 11 pheasants 1 life Ufe A I 1 glanced up tip from reading thIs Ji meae I 1 aw saw Holmes Hohne I t buckling at the upon nty my ft Y I 1 ft ae 1 e You eYou look a It little bewildered 1 IP 11 IK 11 I cannot see e ee how such lIUn a It nu e 4 1 i thin could Irire horror It Jt seems seema to me to b be ther grotesque than oth 1 fr jt t he heVery Very ery likely Yet Yel the fact tact romulus that the reader who was watt a line fine ne ro robust robust bust hut old man nn was Wall knocked clean down 1 i it tt aa alii if It it hail had been heen the Ule butt end t f fi i tol You arouse my rey curiosity said ald I 1 But Hut why did you ou say aay just now that were very particular reasons rea why l I J should hould study tudy this ease cue cueD t Because D u it was U the first in which I If II f I as a is ever ef engaged ged I had often otten otte endeavored endea Oled to elicit from fromn fro 1 n un my companion what had first turned his hi mind in the direction of or criminal ii luCh but had never Juer caught ca u ht him him be before be tore fore in a communicative humor Now 10 In Ill t sat at forward in his arm chair and ami ands s spread nad out the documents upon his Knees es Than he lit his UW pipe and und sat bat t for foi some tithe time smoking and turning t them theu over You never heard me n talk of oC Victor he asked He was wu the only friend I J made during the tho two to years I wa at college ollege J I was never a 8 very ver fellow fello Watson Vatson always alaya rath I i 1 fond of moping mOIlIng in my rooms and working orkinI out my own little methods of or o thought so that I 1 never mixed much with ith the men of or my year Bar fencing f nul lill boxing bo ing I had bad few athletic tastes tt t ts tP and 11 id then my line of uC study was quite distinct from that of at the other fellows tio Q o that we had no points bf DC f contact at t t all aU Trevor was b the only enly enl man XI I lii w V and that only through the acci accident dent of ot his hi bull buH terrier freezing on to tomy vi my i y ankle one morning as Ki I went down downto to chapel It wa va a 8 prosaic way of or forming a friendship but it was effective I IMas Ius Mas us its laid by the nee heels for far ten days day dK and used to come como In to inquire after attel mo ne At first It was waa only a minutes i hat but soon his hIli visits lengthened find anti before the th end of ot the Ute term we wre i Jose dose friends friend He Re was waa a Il hearty heart full d fellow teno full tull of oC spirits and en energy n ergy the th very ver opposite to me roe in most moat but hut we had some subjects subject in ini i u mo and it was wa i a bond bo d ot of aton w t 11 I found that he w was aa as les Tos as an I Finally he be me down 10 It his imi fathers place at D W Will ill H ii Norfolk and I accepted at bis hOJ ho I for a month of at the long vaca vacation tion Old Trevor was evidently a It man of ot otome me ome wealth and consideration a H J JP JP JP P and a landed lauded proprietor Donni Dormi thorpe thor is 18 a little hamlet Just to the orth of or in the country of Qt die the Broads Broad The house hou e was U an old la fa widespread building with a fine tine avenue leading up to it There was wast I t wild duck shooting in the fens ens remarkably good fishing ft hi a Il email hut sel library taken over Oer as JUi n I un I tand from a Il former occupant and tt It tolerable so that he would be bea beJa Ja a man mam marl who could not put puti puta I i i a pleasant PI nt there was a widower and limy friend his only sm son ou ouS i S There had been a daughter 1 I heard hut but she ehe had bal died of diphtheria di while on 11 a visit to Birmingham The father interested me extremely He wa was Ka a aman aman areman man reman of ot little culture but with a con considerable e c n ni i rable amount of oC rude strength bulb both physically and anti mentally He knew hardly any books book but he had traveled far had seen lIeen much of the world and II iad ad remembered alt ail that he had 1 dined In person he was a thickset burly hurly man with a It shock of d lair hair t ur a brown ten tale fate and iid eyes les which were wert keen to the OUt erg of fierceness Yet he had a I reputation for kindness s and charity harl on the th countryside and was wan wa noted for tor the I I leniency of Ills His sentences from the bench One evening shortly short after my ar al arrival arrival rival we C were sitting over a glass of port after dinner fUnnel when young youn Trevor began to talk about those habits of i observation and inference which I had already formed into a system S al although although 7 though I had not flOt yet et appreciated the part which they were Iere to t play in my life lift The old man evidently thought that hit his hi son on was Willi exaggerating in In hi It tile description of or one or two trivial feats w I had performed Tome Come orne now Mr Holmes Hohn saM Mid he Im an au ex exi i client subject if IC you can deduce any anything anything thing thine from me nit nitS meI S I j fear there is I not very much 1 I answered I might suggest that thal you OU have gone one about in fear of or some per ver personal onal attack within the lat last twelve twelvemonth twelvemonth tw lve month The Tiie laugh h faded from rein his hili Ups II and he J Ii stared at me lne in lii great groat I Well Veil el true te enough emu k said I he You kow kw Victor turning to his hi son 8 when hen we broke HP up lP that poaching gang xan they swore to knife us and Sir SirI I ld idward M ward ard Holly Hol has actually been at al attacked tacked Ive Ive always been on my mimy guard sine c then though I have no n idea how u know it You have hae a I very ry handsome Ud a I 1 answered By the inscription In I 1 ob oh observed served pred that you bad hail not nt hail had hd it I more than a w year ear But you have hae taken t some pains to br bore the tho heat head head of it I and pour IurI I 1 cited elf load into so 1 as K to make makei makeI i I I i L a a formidable weapon I 1 argued Ir ed that m U would not take tak such Bel precautions unless you oU had some soma danger dan er to fear ter Anything else elN 7 he lie asked uke smiling 1 a You have have boxed a good oo deal d l in your our j Right flight RI ht again How did d th you know i it Is In my nose no knocked koke a little out b f r the straight No said 6 I It t is your ears ea They The have the peculiar flattening and thick thickening thickening ening which marks mark the boxing man Anything else el eleer r rt t S You have done a good deal del of ot dig digging dt ging by b your lt Made lade all aU my mosey money at the gold oJ r finds fields 1 You have been ben in New Ne Zealand Right flight again t You have visited visie Japan Quite Quit true And nd you have been bee most mOt intimately associated with sonic ome one oo whose In f were 3 J A l M d whom you yot yO at ward wore were wee eager Oger to tu t entirely foro Mr Trevor T stood slowly alo up l hIs bin largo large laro blue eyes e upon IHO mo to t a wild stare nnA then strange wid fM 1 1 forward or rd with wHit wit his face aeo among the tho nut iut Autt t shells which strewed the cloth cOth in a dead de faint You Y oU can imagine Watson atson how shocked both his son sn and I 1 were ere His attack did not last hu t long however for when we n undid his collar and sprinkled I Ithe the water from one of or the linger finger glasses glasse over his hl face he gave a n gasp or two anti and sat gat t up UD UDAh Ah Ab boys sai l he forcing a smile smie I J hope hop I frightened you ou Strong as its i I look look thelo is II a n weak place in my heart and ad It does dO not take inke ke much to knock me no ovel over I 0 mt know how you ou manage Ima e this Mr lr Holmes Holme but it I seems to mo me that all al the th detectives of or fact tact and of a fancy would be b children in your hands your our line lne of life lie sir and mind you may my take the word of a aman aman aman man who has tn something of the world worl worlAnd And that recommendation with tw exaggerated estimate of my ability with t which lie he it I was if you youw will w I i believe blen me Watson at the very lt lint first thing timing which ever made me feel feci that a profession might be made out of what had up to that time been the tho thom m t hobby hob b At the moment how however however ever eve 1 was WI too much concerned con cornea at al the SUdden illness Une of my host to think of Anything I else el that I T have said suid nothing to topain pain tn you yu I 1 sold said Slid Well VeU you 0 I certainly touched upon rather a tender lander to del point Might I ask asIc all how you OU know and how much you ou know He spoke poke now in a t tIng Ing lug fashion but u a look of terror still sti lurked linked lurke at the back of his lila eyes OS It I ii il In simplicity itself said faid I when you ou bared bare your arm aria to draw that flail fish Into the boat I saw sw that that J A had been tattooed in the bent bend of the el elbow elbow bow bw The letters were ere still sti legible but buti it i was Wi perfectly clear from their blurred appearance and from the th staining of the skin around them that efforts had hadn been n made to obliterate them it I was obvious then that those thoe tho initials hUll hud once been very familiar to you and that you had ha afterward wished to for forget forget forgot get got them What an al eye ee you ou have he cried with wih a of relief It I Is just as you yousa say sa But we e wont talk of it It Of all al ghosts the ghosts of our old lovers are arc the worst Come Commie into the billiard room and have a I quiet cigar Prom From that day da amid all al his ills cordial cordiality fly ity Iy there thee was always alway a touch of sus suspicion n in Mr Mi 1 manner toward me Even Eln his son remarked it I Youve given iven the governor such huch a I turn said id he that hell he never be sure again Kuil of ot what you ou know and what you dont know He did lid not mean to s show how it itI i itI I am ama sure ssuie but it i was so 50 strongly In ill his hia mind that it i peeped pepe ou out at every action aelon At last Jast I became so convinced that I was waa U causing him uneasiness that I drew my visit to a close On the very ery day da however before I left lef an incident occurred which proved in the sequel to be of importance We were sitting out upon the lawn on garden chairs the three of us bask busk busking baskIng ing lug in the aun sun and admiring the View ew the th Broads BIds when a maid came out to sa l say that there was a a man at atthe at atthe vor VOl the door dor who wh wanted ante to see e Mr Tre Trevor Trevor What hit is i his h name Jake naked taked my host not give V any suy U dot he want then r rHe He says Ls you know him and that theL be he MOt elX r au nta Rt tl 1 I Show him fm round roond TOI i here I An n afterwards there appeared a little tf fellow with a cringing manner manner and a shambling style syl of walk walking walkIng ing In He wore an open jacket with a B I splotch of tar on the sleeve a a black check chek shirt dungaree tiou rs and au heavy bev boots boot badly worn His face wa wal was thin and brown and crafty with witha a perpetual smile smie upon it which II showed an irregular line l e of yellow elow teeth and his crinkled hands were half hal closed in a way that thatIs te distinctive dl of sailors As lie ite came slouching across the tile lawn I 1 heard Mi Mr I Trevor make mke a sort of ide hie hiccoughing coughing noise in m his throat and jump jumping ing lg out of his hie chair he be ran lan into the house houa He was waw wa back in a moment and andI I smelt a a strong reek rek of brandy as he h passed me mea a Well Wel my myman mn said sid he What can canI I do for you U UTh The Th seller sailor nor stood looking lookin at him with ith puckered eyes eye ey and an with the same ime loose loos lipped smile Ue upon his face You dont know me he lie asked a ke Why dear der me it is surely surly Hud Hudson Hudsn Hudson son sn said sid Mr tl Trevor in a It tone of sur cur surprise price prise pris Hudson Hudo it I Is sir cli said d the sea seaman so man Juan Jan Why its it thirty thirl year ar and anI more I 1 saw S you jou last lat Here Hero you ou are in house h and still sIll your ae me l picking my salt It meat out of oC the cask rut Tut ut you will wi find that I J have hae not forgotten old times cried Mr h Trevor and walking towards the sailor Ilor he said something in a low 10 voice olce Go Gu into the kitchen he loud and nd you will wi get et food foo and drink drink I have bave no doubt that I 1 shall JI you a situation Thank you ou sit sir silo said the UI seaman touching toch In his forelock Im Tm just off a m In b an tramp shorthanded at that und and I wants a arest arel arest rest rel I thought Id Id get gel it i either with Mr r Beddoe or with wih you Ah b cri rid d Mr lr You know where Mr lr is 1 4 Bless Bleis BIt you sir bir ir I T know where whore all aU my old friends are said sid the time fellow with It a I minister smile ml and he slouched off orf after ater the tte maid to th the kitchen kichen Mr rr Trevor something to us Ul about having been shipmate with wIh the man mull when he was we going bock back Ik to the dig diggings gings I and then leaving us on the tIme law lawn n nhe he went indoors Indor An hour later when hen we entered ente d the th house we found him hil hUl stretched dead drunk upon the dining I room sofa Kota The he whole incident left a a most fleet Ot ugly Iy impression ion upon my mind and an I was as not Ol sorry next day to leave leve behind me Jf for 1 I felt that my l presence must be a a source iUIe of em em barra to my friend Mi this occurred during the first of the long vacation I r 11 I f my London rooms where when 1 I spout spent Blut weeks week working out a H few faw ex pori meats ent in organic chemistry One day tiny however hoever when the autumn was wag far advanced and an UN the th d to toa toa toa a close l I received a I telegram from mY iny friend fred Imploring me to return turn to t Don nit horpe and saying that lie Ite was WIl in great greal grat need Dead ne of omy my advice and Ild assistance Of course O I J dropped drop everything and wet lt out omit for the north once more He We Ie met me Inc with wih the dogcart do frt at atthe attl atthe the tl station and nd I J saw HW sa at n I t glance that the two last laS months mont had been bee very Ver Tying ones for tor him He lie had grown thin and fi id careworn and had the loud o manner numer for tor which he lie had ad adb b been remarkable r S The ne governor eror Is I dying were ere the tha first frt word wad wp he said aid aidI I ble I cried ci What is the matter mater Apoplexy Appley Nervous shoe shock hok Hes been beti on the t th vr verge all alday day I doubt If J we hn fed W hint him 11 alive I 1 wf H c you Ou may 7 think Watson fI horri W M L t I t 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