DETECTIVITY UP-TO-DATE

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 120, 18 May 1912, Page 6

DETECTIVITY UP-TO-DATE

Sherlock Holmes, the great detective, looked critically at the cigar that the little thin, pale-faced maa had just given him. "You're married, sir," he said, "and you have a wife that is vfcry fond of expensive gowns, fashionable hats, and otheluxuries?" "Yes, that's indeed true. But " "You have four o-r five daughters that are veiy extravagant, and a couple of sons that spend just as freely." "You, astound me. But——" "You have a mortgage on your hause." "Everything is just as you say. But « lease tell me how you know all us?" The great detective made a Tory wry face and, looking as if he would suffocate, said laconically: "The cigar."