030. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16cVVXgx-olKm-kpgjYTJKC6pqN3MjGyV/view?usp=sharing
That trick of staining the fishes scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China. When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple.
031. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q9jfknHGsrN15ZXtwqbcglXEOCw8qTY9/view?usp=sharing
Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily. Well, I never! said he. I thought at first that you had done something clever, but I see that there was nothing in it after all.
032. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PmeVANjqmvzjvLb0Pkg4ZGazZV17m3w_/view?usp=sharing
I begin to think, Watson, said Holmes, that I make a mistake in explaining. Omne ignotum pro magnifico, you know, and my poor little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so candid. Can you not find the advertisement, Mr. Wilson?
033. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16d0qjxqhTQu4LTQT_sCv-5cRALJUMugW/view?usp=sharing
Yes, I have got it now, he answered with his thick red finger planted halfway down the column. Here it is. This is what began it all. You just read it for yourself, sir.
I took the paper from him and read as follows:
034. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qT3W9BW5m5o_c21w6Cv9BYnaycsxs8XP/view?usp=sharing
TO THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE: On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., there is now another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a salary of £ 4 a week for purely nominal services.
035. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dofzF6VNHwsF7VgOTyywUB9dULBKFHmz/view?usp=sharing
All red-headed men who are sound in body and mind and above the age of twenty-one years, are eligible. Apply in person on Monday, at eleven oclock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Popes Court, Fleet Street.
036. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yeHYJbmYXbDHGfujJS_mmermSjvRUzkK/view?usp=sharing
What on earth does this mean? I ejaculated after I had twice read over the extraordinary announcement.
037. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TfXhkbsXqRxvq348frbKTMA2BnEVHSrT/view?usp=sharing
Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits. It is a little off the beaten track, isnt it? said he.
038. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yZTr3EW4iodYRoA2ZiCWZEIy5bjEMAED/view?usp=sharing
And now, Mr. Wilson, off you go at scratch and tell us all about yourself, your household, and the effect which this advertisement had upon your fortunes. You will first make a note, Doctor, of the paper and the date.
039. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TA8x0YPxJSvpgokXultBSRMZRBghRPvs/view?usp=sharing
It is The Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890. Just two months ago.
Very good. Now, Mr. Wilson?
040. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uBl_WJKqnm7fDJwyywckT6YqPnG2Xank/view?usp=sharing
Well, it is just as I have been telling you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, said Jabez Wilson, mopping his forehead; I have a small pawnbrokers business at Coburg Square, near the City. Its not a very large affair, and of late years it has not done more than just give me a living.
041. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FGTUWz5eTbcriE1Mp6JJgdU0rM-YpTxl/view?usp=sharing
I used to be able to keep two assistants, but now I only keep one; and I would have a job to pay him but that he is willing to come for half wages so as to learn the business.
I used to be able to keep two assistants, but now I only keep one; and I would have a job to pay him but that he is willing to come for half wages so as to learn the business.
042. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e_4Q5T8UK3xl99HCpMnshqxqMY4bMucB/view?usp=sharing
What is the name of this obliging youth? asked Sherlock Holmes.
043. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1mnus8oC1CO9aLFVVc3W2W1tiM9Cf3Z/view?usp=sharing
His name is Vincent Spaulding, and hes not such a youth, either. Its hard to say his age.
044. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oomav4I3Dsn3Tm1P2NpYGWWIcLZF-rJo/view?usp=sharing
I should not wish a smarter assistant, Mr. Holmes; and I know very well that he could better himself and earn twice what I am able to give him. But, after all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?
045. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aiGAmmhszEcbOOYwTIg6G4JhHWQmpm/view?usp=sharing
Why, indeed? You seem most fortunate in having an employé who comes under the full market price. It is not a common experience among employers in this age. I dont know that your assistant is not as remarkable as your advertisement.
046. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B_crgwLr9Rhg0eAx_MN3kp9_mv94bTZg/view?usp=sharing
Oh, he has his faults, too, said Mr. Wilson. Never was such a fellow for photography. Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
047. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IkAZpM7S8-cuC6rMzF5zQpLwy0XbdWGB/view?usp=sharing
That is his main fault, but on the whole hes a good worker. Theres no vice in him.
048. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1puRme09tD6hcRc-75Wp8CU-qHZS2s95N/view?usp=sharing