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"
It
is
customary
at
Mawson
's
for
the
clerks
to
leave
at
midday
on
Saturday
.
Sergeant
Tuson
,
of
the
City
police
,
was
somewhat
surprised
,
therefore
,
to
see
a
gentleman
with
a
carpet-bag
come
down
the
steps
at
twenty
minutes
past
one
.
His
suspicions
being
aroused
,
the
sergeant
followed
the
man
,
and
with
the
aid
of
Constable
Pollock
succeeded
,
after
a
most
desperate
resistance
,
in
arresting
him
.
It
was
at
once
clear
that
a
daring
and
gigantic
robbery
had
been
committed
.
Nearly
a
hundred
thousand
pounds
"
worth
of
American
railway
bonds
,
with
a
large
amount
of
scrip
in
mines
and
other
companies
,
was
discovered
in
the
bag
.
On
examining
the
premises
the
body
of
the
unfortunate
watchman
was
found
doubled
up
and
thrust
into
the
largest
of
the
safes
,
where
it
would
not
have
been
discovered
until
Monday
morning
had
it
not
been
for
the
prompt
action
of
Sergeant
Tuson
.
The
man
's
-
skull
had
been
shattered
by
a
blow
from
a
poker
delivered
from
behind
.
There
could
be
no
doubt
that
Beddington
had
obtained
entrance
by
pretending
that
he
had
left
something
behind
him
,
and
having
murdered
the
watchman
,
rapidly
rifled
the
large
safe
,
and
then
made
off
with
his
booty
.
His
brother
,
who
usually
works
with
him
,
has
not
appeared
in
this
job
as
far
as
can
at
present
be
ascertained
,
although
the
police
are
making
energetic
inquiries
as
to
his
whereabouts
.
"
"
Well
,
we
may
save
the
police
some
little
trouble
in
that
direction
,
"
said
Holmes
,
glancing
at
the
haggard
figure
huddled
up
by
the
window
.
"
Human
nature
is
a
strange
mixture
,
Watson
.
You
see
that
even
a
villain
and
murderer
can
inspire
such
affection
that
his
brother
turns
to
suicide
when
he
learns
that
his
neck
is
forfeited
.
However
,
we
have
no
choice
as
to
our
action
.
The
doctor
and
I
will
remain
on
guard
,
Mr
Pycroft
,
if
you
will
have
the
kindness
to
step
out
for
the
police
.
"
"
I
have
some
papers
here
,
"
said
my
friend
Sherlock
Holmes
as
we
sat
one
winter
's
night
on
either
side
of
the
fire
,
"
which
I
really
think
,
Watson
,
that
it
would
be
worth
your
while
to
glance
over
.
These
are
the
documents
in
the
extraordinary
case
of
the
Gloria
Scott
,
and
this
is
the
message
which
struck
Justice
of
the
Peace
Trevor
dead
with
horror
when
he
read
it
.
"
He
had
picked
from
a
drawer
a
little
tarnished
cylinder
,
and
.
undoing
the
tape
,
he
handed
me
a
short
note
scrawled
upon
a
half-sheet
of
slate-gray
paper
.
The
supply
of
game
for
London
is
going
steadily
up
it
ran
.
Head-keeper
Hudson
,
we
believe
,
has
been
now
told
to
receive
all
orders
for
fly-paper
and
for
preservation
of
your
hen-pheasant
's
life
.
As
I
glanced
up
from
reading
this
enigmatical
message
,
I
saw
Holmes
chuckling
at
the
expression
upon
my
face
.
"
You
look
a
little
bewildered
,
"
said
he
.
"
I
can
not
see
how
such
a
message
as
this
could
inspire
horror
.
It
seems
to
me
to
be
rather
grotesque
than
otherwise
.
"
