NARROWING IT DOWN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 268, 13 November 1909, Page 6

NARROWING IT DOWN.

'- PC .AlAl gazed long and thought-..----%fiy at the hole in Mrs Parkington's parlour window. Then he> produced a pocket book: ;. .; "You 'card the crash at four .o'docki*";:/.-:. .;..■■;■. ■' ■ ■■ ■ "Four o'clock," echoed the lady. '* ."You run to the door, but seed nobody?" ~-. "Nobody." /After this question Sherlock could -tAiink of no more, so he shut up bis book with a Bnap and walked off, dreaming of promotion. A few .minujbes later he -was, back, with a full-face smile that was eloquent of triumph. ' • ' >. /"Jobs 4ike this 'ere don't take a smarf chap long," he remarked. "You are sure it happened at four o'clock, ma'am?"

';' fYes. Have you caught the culpritsP" .... ' ..■:/ ;•... ..-■■ ■ ■•;■■-' .• "Well, not yet, -ma'am, ' he answered,' "but I'm a-naorrowing of it down all right. It wasn't Bill 'tggins, 'cos '« was killed by a motor-car at 'arfpast three!" ' .' .