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THE REAL SHERLOCK
HOLMES
£*« IR ARTHUR CONAX DOJLE ere-
ated "Sherlocflc Holmes,*" prince of
J modern deteetivvs, and thrilled
the fiction reafltoi: and excitement'
loving world. y 't ' t
"What An Ingenious Imagination!"
was the exclamation of the millions
who had followed the adventures . : of i
the masterful sleuth. .
"What & > fund of fancy, but how -
thoroughly logical withal!" they cried.
Now "Sherlock^Ho.Unes" Is no longer,
a creature built of the stuff- "that j
dreams are made of." He is no longer,
merely the Etage conception of his dra- .
ma tic friend, William Gillette. He' Is
a. real, llv^ man. /-
And his name is Sir Arthur Con&ni
Doyle. Thereby hangs a story that has •
stirred all England and sent its echoes -
far across the distant seas. v"<
Even«as his own hero trorked. many 1
times in fiction Just for the rlory of !
clearing a man's name of and <
righting the -wrongs of the oppressed, '
co Sir Arthur has labored in thelnter- 7 "^
ests of justice, without reward save,
the. knowledge that his deed was good,;;
and he has triumphed In two particu-"
lars. " ;
He has cleared & man unjustly ac- :
cuscd — cleared him at least in the eyes
*)t the world, if not completely Ln the
legal sense, and he has gained through
his offorts the right to be called the '
original "Mr. Sherlock Holmes of
Baker street." '
Tardily enongh,: but none the less
emphatically, hard headed British, Jus
tice has Indorsed his work, for within
a few days the authorities with whom
the author worked for years ,to • clear
his mach wronged client hare. - con
seated to arrest another, man' accused'
of the crime,- and have admitted - that
they blundered badly, In the first in
stance. This is how it all came about:.
In the early part of 1903 all England
was startled by. a series of " fiendish!
crimes in the country about Great Wyr
ley, district of Staffordshire. Cattle and
horses belonging to farmers and "coun
try gentlemen" living- In that pictur-*
eeque part of the Island. were found"; by:
their <>wners shockingly -maimed.
Horses, . cows and * sheep N wer* slashed
with knives or stabbed 'and-, left dying
in field and stable. Many of the beasts":
were not • fatally -hurt,:. Indicating . that '
the "slasherV* solo, desire -was to, in- ;
flict painful' wounds on ith'e ..dumb- '
brutes. He would visit one or. two farm
houses in , one v locality /on •" the v, same
evening, and the next time he would-be i
heard from many miles away; from; the *
scene of the* previous outrage. : • :,-.
To many it ; seeme«f like' the work. of '
a lunatic, but the stolid, -unimaginative
land owners decided that it was some .
one trying to wreak vengeance for ! a',
fancied wrong. But so silently >*and
swiftly did the fiend work. that' the lo
cal police could find \u25a0no clew to
identity.
Finally anonymous letters ;' began to
errive at houses In Great ' Wyrley-^-let-'
ters threatening freth outrages; -* and "
*he cattleslashing -was repeated. "Many
pf the land owners r g-ot these - letters .:
p-nd turned thera over 'to the police,tbut .t. t
Btlll the authorities ,cbuld:flnd*no"'clew.*;
"Among the' persons who receivcd'let- r
tcrs at this time and turned' them over
ta the police vras George Edaljl,"»on : of"
a Church t»f England -clergyman,' who .
was Vicar of Great .Wyrley.. -The el
derly Edalji was- a Parsee, who - had : -
been; educated In England- and -had i be
come christianized. The son-. was : a
studious .youth, who. had studied : law:;
after. a\university course, and had obr \u25a0\u25a0'
talned admission to the bar. \u25a0. ;;
. Either because of .-racial prejudice
against him/- or because- the ""• police in
their . feverish desire to_ run j down " the
criminaL grasped at any/ straw, ".the '
authorities determined. to arrest George
Edalji, ; because, they.: fancied Uhey- de
tected a resemblance between'his hand-1 .
writing and that of the anonymousj let- -
ter writer. -They/ asserted. that- he' had .•
maimed, his'nelgjttors'^cattle because. of. r
fancied insults, and that he had .writ
ten the anonymous letters-acd'hadvin-
eluded himself yln>; the list of those
threatened to avert- suspicion.-: -, • * .\u25a0>"..
In' vain 1 the young, man "protested >his
innocence j and \u25a0 in': vain" his ; ; father, \u25a0\u25a0. the J.
vicar, swore that- his ,- son '/was- in* his ;
own home [on the nights. when-.the out- -
rages were jj committed. '•'\u25a0 Public; sentir 1
ment was ' against '< Edalji:vhe..was icon
victed: and; sentcncedUoseven-'years-in \u25a0>
prison..'" '\u25a0\u25a0 : .; _\u25a0"-.;',\u25a0-• '- ; -..'- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0".' ;-
there were. many who»be
- lieved that -Edalji, was- the? vlc v tim»of^.a".*;
miscarriage of ; justice;! and ambrig'these;
was Sir- Arthur *\u25a0 ConaA '"DbVle.*' ..The:
more, hef thought* of Uhe*peculiari cir-:
cumstances the ; more'he "felt^convinced';
that 1 Edalji* was; not Sthei .realf cUlprlt. v,
One day he madeyupUilsfmlnd^tojgo^
to Wolverhampton,-' wherevth'e -yourig'i
man was>lmprlsoned,* and llke^hls' hero, r
Holmes,-' he acted « on: the'; spur.-; of j.the 1
.moment, l hurried -to 7' an> express, l v and;
was soon on the- scene ?ofiactlbn.i t . ; .-\u25a0: ''\u25a0\u25a0
. Bringing:, \u25a0 to ' • bear v: the - }_ famous ;
"Holmes *.< system i' of /-.deduction,''.--,'. Sir::
Arthur went .t6 .wbrk;bnithe.?case jwlth ;
.an-energyjthat'. would thav.evthrnied'his .
hero's Boswell, -.; "'Dr. -^ . It '
"wasn'tr long ..befofe ; » he 'had; something;
i to .work on; and! presently, he .knew, that
Edalji ! could? not ihave^commlttedt the ?
crimes -with ,whlch ih"eiwas,,charged.";; ..lt.*'
-was' a perfectly^slmple.'ryet'' apparently*^
"conclusive point/K'-i *i/, : Z~- "'•'"' '\u25a0'"'&s
At his first" meeting '.with'- Edalji .the:
latter \u25a0'\u25a0 peered * at /him Steadfastly \ as;
though \u25a0;. trying v to 1 see^+ through if a> f oar, %
and 'when- Sir I AYthur, -^extended* hisj'
• hand ; the youngiman-groped* for ; a mb- \
roent' in ' the 1 airji before he "could fgrip!"
the : novelist's fingefs.^'. £ -'"-.^ - : - ..-;\u25a0** A.».'v
: iJ'NeaH slghted, 1 ', i fsa.i.dtth'e«realV"SHer-t
lock'f Holmes"; f"almbst?blind.'.' ..?1.-; £ \u25a0-*'>* ;*
V -"And^such was ijthe'' case"."-!. Edalji'- had}
- been ;a'vclo*es6tudent;all!hisYdaVs,sandi
I he \ dfd * not 'realizevthat 4 hlsj eye's,* neverf
naturally'stronj : , li 'were 7 growinK { weak~er t<
and .weaker.. Sir* Arthur,^ himself a,
physician, ordered \u25a0 spectacles for his
protege. \ Theni as \ he thought it over,
he realised .what his "i discovery i meant.
; IJow could "a; man ,wlio, was almost
sightless/ to. whom; the^world; appeared
aji' In a mlst/r steal; across -moor, bog.
»nd; field on ..the darkest -': night's;" creep:
sjp.upon'horsesiin 'the pasture, '.of, find
his way Jntola stable,; slash; the 'ani
mals ; after the; manner* of the - Great .
Wyrley fiend, and\ then";' steal -noise-*
leisly.away in to, the dark? "; How could
such -a man.- find ; his;, way foyer streams
and.? ditches without a- slip or a false
step to. betray him? ;) ; : ; ;*'\u25a0 \u25a0 ,« _
:If Sir- Arthur -had any/doubt- of his
client's innocence, this : development re
moved the^ast'trace ? 6f*.it.- \u25a0\u25a0•:\u25a0*\u25a0.-\u25a0 •
* : Then began , the battle.-, between the
real \u25a0 "Sherlock > Holmes".^ and; his theo
ries and .the • stern .law • ', which • calle%
• '*, ** * '*' *"*".*'. *y*' .*"*"*' *"»"»"*"»"»"»"»ii»ii«ir»..«wt
W^^^ffj^!oj^!^i^^^!^m^^Sii Their GiaUerv Heaven
Will Scarlet
1^- OUKGIXG the. other day in ' the top
; . tier. of seat*. in the' Greek thoa
]£,{-' tcr ln } B * r K ele 3f. ! ; dreamed -, a
\u25a0 dream. With nothing before me
I butthe chaste lines of the classic stage
\u25a0 ?*. t )-.?. ff f hy i theVbackground •' : of ; waving
trees and cloudless sky,; it was an easy
matter Jo' transport; :i oheself- .to -sun
kissed Attica, to | ;changeTone's;con'ven
tional sack •coat>for'a:simple -Hellenic
.tunic, to- biridVone's ;hair .with :;a%reu
fillet s ,and to' be J one l ,of :the thousands
theaterj of DlonysiusUo
witness. the latest' tragedy of Sophocles.'
/ 'And' so ,;the > dream ;iwent* :bn..: :; The
Athenian •* youths, 'strong; of ,- limb: and
tanned pf-visage.'filedinto'.thelr "places.
-Then-came the laughing. maids; and.;the
/somber matrons, /the;; glorious :.lsun light
fiashing , : in >i their i hair;, v ; 'Arrayed y in
gorgeous .'vesture.Vthe'jhlghv priest* of
, Dionysius I came"tlastiana:i sank X liixu
-riously 4 lnto^hlsfmasslver"carvenTseftt».of
;;stbne.^ *A' momentvofisuspfinse^'of. ex
•l- pectancy, -,- arid .l the W chorus k took V thei r
'places iin;;tho*vClrculari:pit";pe'rfbVmed
t heir* statelyi daricer/ch'ant ed i their ! sol -
. emn > lyric", • and \ the pla^; was foni - ' .
We^ do' "strange 'thln'gs"-' In i'dfeanis.
; When,rinlwakingllife,~you;and' : ligo ;to
'_ a-; theater-^even ; ai.GreokK theater—wo
\u25a0;"^^watch.' tbe v actor*;;-bu I tan:it>y/happ.\\day
dream ilj ignored , thev stage and • riveted
, my 'attention" ;'on~^ theTi auditorium^* I
watched the* audience.' Vlt saw,* the ; flush
7 come // to* '-' bronzed £ cheeks : the
. young fnen v andlthettearß(startrinVthe
',eyes {off thelm'aidehs.;*/Ilsaw."t'ne|Kna
a trons Jgo ,quietly j to^sleepl aiid^thc §ti\3h
, priest^of^ DlohyslusTclandestinely J . f Bape
1 and" yawn.^l jsaw-'oddJcouples'lof s.yoiing
j people ' here rand - there] pay ?Hcau t * utten
v.tlon'ito the knights 2 of^the* sockf and
buakin for, the. airsufflcJent-reoaon that
J they-J were ; busy • with* a* littlo £ play Jof
-, their own.;'^:''.;.:;.; > -V^a,: 4 :"*' :v r :- ;.'-';- ;\u25a0•
* '.; i' '-The ; dream , s eenied \u25a0 oear\|*a n'^erid 'wh'en,
•}ot £a? sudden; * 1 realized f that ,7 l 'was
'seated > CA:\Jybuns:
f Athenian [near/ in*; savagely^ nudged -his
\u25a0 companion ; * and J;rem"arked i^ in % a.?"confi
identlairgirout^i'BumrstiowrjJ^ThoTßOinr 1
fpahlon* hoddedfand J yelled* patron izln'sl y
v at ' a* self -conscious J actor/* "Ob^ydu're
for.; facts .as-: louaiy\and/as, Ins|steritly |
- as
.Bir^Arthu^Jhe'^waaV^alle'd";
;"drearner,''^ '';VM*lfe*«J,theojisi*f^X 1 ? l dv'.evei»i;
; "crank." 1/The'^ secretary.? of^ : states for 1 ,
home ; affairs, 1 ; bef ore'i". whom , c he ! ;
the "case,;" snubbed.theT author^detectlva y
: and "other^ government officials f ollo"wed/
\u25a0suit! ,\u25a0 •. ; .: -."-;\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0/ ; '-^l' : K---"- '/> .^.-:' : \u25a0
*,But Sir Arthur had": niuch of.the pub-
j lie^with , him,, and ;ao vgreat became the i
3 popular that \u25a0 after ! Edalji -had •}
served three years^theihome.secretary,!;
Mr.'jHerbert Gladstone, 1^ announced: that §
\u25a0"the";- ccown iwould C"pa.rdon"ithejybung^
, man.s'So Edalji got but' of prison^with |
'- a" pardon, • but ; not a v lndl cat i on ; he was
» free,' but? he \could : obtain no * satisf ac- .
tion for the years lie -had spenVin jail.
Edalji/; w4tl> Sir S Arthur's :aid,;then
'\u25a0 began a fight to clea^hls hame'andre- 1
cover.. damages ,f or : false^lmprisonment. -
!.\u25a0>\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0»•\u25a0»\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0«"»\u25a0\u25a0«"»"»"»\u25a0.».\u25a0«-». .«. < «.i«ii»ii«i.«ii«ii»ii«i.»^«~>..«,
rotten.-;; And \u25a0. thon, a- moment plater,
everybody -on 'th^- tier ;.wher«son ; 1% Sat
brought 'his palms tog ether;'- -.vlth7 a
mighty, sound and ."pounded .: repcatodly
with "hisv sandaled -*eet*on ; -the stone
flooring. - Cheers-^-scojres •" of - th'um —
pohoed • and re-rechoedVand ' lost them
selves-among) the ;\; \ waving' 'tree ;tqps.
\u25a0 Some; actor had played" to >the. gallery...:
;\u25a0 Who 'is; there, bold enough to say; that
; that dream was; nothing/but -a" dream?
Must >lwe .suppose *• that,: -because the
=Greek 1 audience/. lived'? 1 a'. ; few - centuries
;befbre \ our,. t|me ; and were, ignorant of
\u25a0 the {esthetic Cvalue of > advertising", cur
tains*..'they
•Jn : a «• manner .. radically^ different ~-t from
thej^'modern 1 .-audience ?5^ Perish ; ; ?^the :
!! . Hun\aV "insuture '?•\u25a0_ does , not
change the *laps»?; of
'years;:' ; Of - 'a .'certainty ?- the" theater of
Dlonysius."" had ; it's'* matihe«s.*g:lrl!«, its
.Vjohnni es," % its V bald 3 head fro w ; -. of . a
certainty, vtoo,. it ;had'its;nfallery, god*.,
r."!: From ; ancient ; Athens' to.mbdern} Xew ;
:Tbrk,'? from*' thei'theater^of.tho'; Hel
lenic ;Wlrie-god to i the ;Bowary,< is \u25a0 a- far,
"far; cry. : !Butione ;. things they..; have ;. in
common— the \u25a0 deity; of the^topniost * bal
;cohjVv I; Theygallery 'gods? aVc.i immortal.'
C" :It is difflcult;-indeed.st6!overestimate
-the) power', of .Hhe? gbdsY or 3 thcV! respect'
"in '•'\u25a0 _wh4c,h . they^- are * held "I. hy/ ar.tors »: and,,
managers falike.v* By\f them iTare" players
\u25a0f f equently * niade 'or »marre"rl;;/ By - them
are Sth eaters 'done « or 'lohdbrie. ".':'} -The
[unwritteriJrecordß of 4 the popular; drama
I in f:thls hay© 4 fewi" things .-> of ;
greaterl interest "thanithei stories? which,
, tell- of -ith'er'deßpotte^rule^of ' the 1 iffbds. • ;
iyrß!jrht'*here;in'San Pranclsco^and'only
"a" veryj f ewtVears ! sin'ce^ occur red : a*j case
; in; pblnt. ? A^new j leading /man! came • to
, onesof.''o'ur. < ?popular.lf south '?6t% Market
'street \u25a0? theaters. v;f He? was^notfja'sbad
I actor, £by£any; means?! } He Jwas/grace-;
fful^handsonie^a^mlsnrßo^vbleßsed^wlth
a eplencjld ,yolce rand /not »afraid^to^ use
it. %f* Furthermore.^he ?. was v enthusiastic
'and 3 \u25a0** Ally. things il-j seemed - to :
point to ?a>successful : engagement! and
tthe^mahaglferji^ and^ the* press g-aafents
.wereS ajready^ constr^ctlnK&a pedestal
fbrithe!matinee|idqlithat:iWasfto*b.e3K
*. -^.Well.t the % managers , and 3' the 'f press \
; agents tdid! the! proposlngr/ibut'; the J gal
)leryjgods 'did* the"; disposing; :* For: some :
Butithe .government was obdurate.; A
&' pardo n"£was *' all ,; Edalji , could get. ; .
y^Then.'Hllke 1^ : a¥ thunderbolt h 1 1 rbin. a
clear/ skjv t - came A the rriewj ;\u25a0 that>> the
GreatVWyrleyC"slasher"_;was at work
;again.-i' ; i i And\;thls^tlme; Edalji was .a,
.hundred (miles.v away} at ; the hour j the ;
-outrages >ew ''committed. Sir -Arthur
had-; prophesied ,when he i was; arguing
.with: the government that the -"slasher" |
wbuldv' return, 1 and that Edalii - would
then' have an absolute alibi.' Time had
vindicated ; his' client. .-•' •.: " \u25a0
: ;"At ;last •; the^ officials I made an arrest •
of a, suspect; at? Wolverhampton. '. Therei
wasn' t \ anything very; important about
this;* arrest. ; ltself; 3f or the .prisoner is
notTsupposed ; to ; be Uhei man ; wanted,
and> ; Sir ;/ Arthur ' -.- has ra; theory ' that
points "at vastly different i way. < But it
did I showJ absolutely the ; police
were,. ready f to t : admit £that Edalji ; had
. reason; or other— or, -.more -likely,"- for
fno fdeflnlte' reason : at all-^-thepresiding
\u25a0 deities "Of -the, last- six- rows of the' top
balcony? conceived? a {deep'i rooted aver
sion ' forj. the new; leading man. • The
; first night:6f the hew, erjgagementvwas
say the "least:; The new
pleading: man', said it was -Dante's mas
,-terplece.^and .he"- ran "'' : out {ot : adjectives
- v before \';' the week '.was -over. • Things
; grew?' worse ;r; rand-worse.r and -worse. :Thie result
was' that * in- aj: fortnight the leading
%man and the;, manager; met: one; day; in
- thelwingsarid'each -thrust an envelope
• into the i other's .' hand. 'M The : manager
opened, his' and" found. the leading man's
resignation.* y The, • leading - man : opened
% his ; and 1 found * a ; two j weeks', j notice.
That leading, man? left San Francisco,
but ;heidld; not leave: the- 'at^ge.". r rAt
:, present (he is iplajring^ leads iln [a. promi
nent \u25a0 eastern f house,? and rumor ; has ) it
• that "he j is f ; immensely^ popular; > But '. he
i_ never^was,vv never- S^cbuld -be .--I popular
1 here.:' ,; His^ hopes T-weref Jprematurely
\u25a0..blighted :by;a whim.of the'gods..- . --"V
'-; In 7a, \u25a0\u25a0Brooklynytheatef. .some ; three
; ; score ; ago " was : a j supernumerary
; ] ad y I called-, Ida I Green field. \ ;The * gods
: had ;< no _J P ar .ticularj [use 3 for* lda. ' To
;;them > she was a- "stuffed? woman," and
• nothing J more; 1 On? the 'rare ; occasions
•\ when f she "achieved jthe jdlstinctlon "of ; a
I speakirig i *.part.T.whenl she^sang,', Chappie
k I ike, : a Vversejori two; lor i remarked : from
wa y;\ down «s t age : "The fca f ria'ge h has
;;came,o:' ma'am,".:- the ; gods v, ; serenely
I munched j[their>popcdrnf and \ longed *i or
?\u25a0 her, to'- flnlsh.J (Nobody Lwould'^ever;sus
;:pectlthat-;ldatGreenfleld| was destined
gto'wlhHhejfavorfof^the/godsrv! ;
the? unexpected
happened:^ .-Donnelly.^the K f manager.
knewia his business rand -.kept -f a 3 ten ta
_tive.j finger *on ©the > popdlar,? pulse. : It
Jwa»<near election ; - time V and. i the .air.
; wasUhickiwlthtthe^wranglingi*'. of \u25a0 the
; contending T- factions^South '9 Brooklyn
fand riJackson's.; Lota. v'w It iwii ;. such a
i state ": ot < affairs "aa% would * have- been
ii possible thejreibefore; the- fire tweioltheie
• political f animosities -'between }\u25a0 south'* of
Market ;: and "i the \ Mission^; Now." Don -
clientele;was f very,largely I 'drawn
• from ; >\u25a0? libts,'.>; and v Donnelly
iknew; lt^i.The^play, 2 of rthe" week^.was
trrhe^ Mulligan >* Guards.'' - The ! guards
been "wrongfully, accused, and, that Sir
Athur .was ' right «in his 'protestations
of \u25a0 his client's , innocence.
:. That-'Edalji, will 'get compensa
tion he seeks If or ; the - false imprison
ment, and . f ultf,restoratlon of his., rights
no one doubts. Meanwhile Sir Arthur
may prevail upon- his 'friend. Dr. Wat
son,"'to,-tell another story of the real
"Sherlock Holmes." '". J#
In' an Interview, .the Mother . day on
the Edalji case, Sir Arthur" said:
"There is no dpubt'in my mind that
the crimes of 1903; and 1907- were com
mitted by the same man. When at
Great Wyrley, where, by the .way, no
body knew me,;l traced back 'the his
tory » ; of the -whole -miserable , business
to.: personal -. vengeance. For reasons
which I need -not-, go into there were
two . brothers .who hated Edalji Ilka
poißon. One. of them is now dead; tbe
weredrawn upon one side of the stacg
after performing their" stunts ana sing
ing -their rollicking; marching' chorus
and the godswere Inthe midst of. their
enthusiastic applause, when out of the
wings stepped Ida Greenfield. H«r un
looked , for ; appearance ; silenced 'the "\u25a0_
house. ,-^She strode -to the centerof -the
stage, lifted'high.arsaudy stage wreath
; and ' "The young ladies of
'Jackson's Lots presents this. wreath to
the; Mulligan -.Guards." . .. . ' , ,
.That -was all; but that was enough.
The house- broke*- loose. The gods "
: clapped'< and : stamped.' and shouted, and
whistled, -and • roared.- Ida Greenfield
was a dozen times andnearly,
kiMed herself In the' unwonted ; exertion
of Jbowing^to* the audience. "And from
that night Ida was the darling, of the'
gods. ; She might" do.anythlng.witfi im-^.
Lpunlty. . Her r \ little" • songs .were ,ap
plauded long - and"- heartily. :Her seven
-word .V speeches were -cheered too the
•echo— _ Her- very; appearance .'as" r a
; "stuffed ; woman" aroused the ;djvine \u25a0
enthusiasm of Olympus. So Donnelly .
"took* the hint.'* In "a. very "short "time
.the : erstwhile supernumerary lady was
/'featured" . on - the . program " and ,; "head- \u25a0
.lined"- on "the. billboards. 7, .'And 'ever and
always'there-was- a:full house.*/ 4 -; : '
« i: Donhelly.was" very, far. from being the
onlyf manager, who, sought; as J a, matter
of business ; to do, in all things the will
of : the 'gods.; 4 ; Over, In New York 'even
greater rhomage' was paid -to the< divin
ities who;njghtly climbedup the tedious
spiral staircase that; led, to, the Bowery :
gallery. " And 'when'; a" play or "an act
or*; a^' stunt' was 'successful -nobody
thanked t;he;author;or the actor or the „'
manager^- or ;%,the _^pi;ess ,; agents That
would have"? •been'.; idolatry. *But every
one interested-b lessed the*, gods. ' " :
.-'* Some V actorsr '\u25a0\u25a0 w.heta "'.-.- thus . addressed
have i talked- back,- with
\u25a0varying success.' - Ascertain well known
tragedian?:waV r playing
"Rlchard.llL'.'j^When in-'the last act?he '
shouted ' out | the f am iliar line. : "A* horse.
-a£hbrse!^ My^kingdom for/a horse!'* a
jfacetious,' god :;\u25a0 Impudently 7 ! Inquired, :'
;"Wouldn't -; a : donkey^'doTl'.;' "Sure,"-' re- v
Iturnedj King (Richard ;qulck^ as t a -.flashl;^
: "Cotnc on down!''^Thedisc6mflte i d god did •
not' join > ihfthe 1. roar ;tha_t'f ollowed, butf
he-preserved a discreet silence ever after.':
\u25a0l!D^.B^:^EiAnfiiscD'^Ss2i^ Sail.
other, who Is stm alive," appears to ms.
speaking, as . a • medical man, to be a
type of the malignant degenerate.
"He undoubtedly 13 a madman. His
particular .* mania might { be called
cruelty to animals. It is a sort of blood
lust, and ; well known to students oC
the psychology of crime. It can ba
seen frequently in children who do
fiendish- things to animals and birds."
'Should -the » "Wolverhampton suspect
. prqve his Innocence, ft ,1s quite likely
that. the police, now thoroughly hum
bled, will seek out Sir Arthur and take
up his once despised theory of the mad
man, even*- as they indorsed his efforts
by deciding to make the first arrest. \
.They are telling stories now in Eng
land about Sir Arthur's early ability
as -a detective. Long before he brought
out ' "Sherlock Holmes" he met a man
at his tailor's who was buying a suit
of clothes and seemed to have a strons
•objection to any material with a strip© '
in it.. ,
VSlr'Arthur at once set the man down
as an ex-criminal, and. to satisfy him
self-as to how far. his . deduction was
correct, he.determined to try to trace,
the man's history. This .was by no
means an,' easy matter, but soma
months afterward," chancing to visit a
convict' prison, he saw the man's por
trait in the rogues', gallery. .
Hu arli . Fay. a delightful comedian oj
the "old school, whom some of us may 1 *
remember; made his firtt-New Torlc
appearance » in v the -humble rol« of a
supernumerary. He-was fresh from the
isle where the grass grows green and
had/ preserved intact ; his heritag* of
Celtic wit One night h» stepped on
the stage to remove a table used In a
preceding scene when one of tho gods
began to -yell.* "Supe! .Supel" Fay
dropped the. table and turned his good
humored face galleryward. . "Shoup, is
it?" he - asked in ? his rich, titillating
brogue. "Faith," wouldn't ye like to b«
afther havia* a bowl of It?" Fay's re
tort made the : featured comedy act of
the evening- look like ithe traditional
30 cents in a fog. and the next week
he was leading the bill.'
: And now' should "go on record a fact
which too many : of us are prone to Ig
nore. \. The godsT sometimes- make mis
takes, even as mortals. do, but on the
whole they know* their business. De
spite the current opinion to the con
trary, ~,the gallery gods can tell good
acting. when they see it. may be
- — they, doubtless are — a little weak on
the fine points of the histrionic art, but
they -are- the ultimate criterion on -es
sentials. jThey, may }not : be able to tell
you why_Cassius works his hands too
much.* but'- they are bound 'to recognlz*
the -'fact*' end let you-— and him— know
that they do.. They, are; remarkably sus
ceptible, to anachronisms in . the mat
ter pf # costume and -will air their views
on * the subject .without fear or ' favor.
•And* they .'doh'tlwant "things overdone.
Just -let .the chesty -leading man dally
too, long over his love scenes, which the
gallery regards as necessary evils, and
•a ,v6lce;froin. Olympus will' break forth
with. "Aw, quit your kJddlnV'or some
thing else of similar Import. . .Above
all.', the-gods: have. clearly defined and
rigid standards of morality. One of
these is ,that. truth andivirtue must tri
umph-in .the fltthl, act. , That is why
such ;, a" play as "Barbara ,;Frietchle" is
Viewed /with J disfavor*: by the gallery.
The : idea *of the hero arid * heroine .both
giving ;iip the ghost is .to I them prepos
terous immoral. \ Also the villain
must "< be Yelther ; «hot } or ;-; poisoned or
given a life term in*' the galley*.
