Sherlock in love.
Sherlock Holme 3 once made a visit to America and fell in love. He sat oa the railing of the piazza at the summer hotel, his head bowed upon his chest. He was deep in thought, but his eyes wandered now and fct»en iv the direction of the beautiful Miss Snugger, the object of his affections.
" Is she true to me ? " he muttered under his breath. " Does she really care for me ? Or is it another case of jolly ? I like not over well the glances she casts upon that vile Charles Hugger."
Suddenly Sherlock started. His eyes rested upon the fair hands of his adored. Then he beat bis clenohed fists upon his brow. . " Fal«e ! " he cried. " She is indeed stringing me."
With a single step he reached Miss Snugger's side.
" Woman ! " he hissed, totally regardless of the fact that " woman " is a word which ifc is impossible to hiss, and strong in th" knowledge that other people in stories had done it before him—" woman ! Tell mo this. Why is it that you have mosquito bites on but one of your hands ? That Hugger has them on both of his, and but one of yours ia so marked." With a sharp cry his false love glanced at her hands, and then sank fainting from her seat.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 52
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221Sherlock in love. Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 52
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