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As 2 result the Police have increased their patrols along the River Thames, These patrols have been begun in an effort to Prevent persons in the crowds from falling into the river or otherwise injur ing themselves, SOCIAL EVENT OF NOTE MRS. THOMAS Kates has returned to London with her son following the death of her husband Colonel Thomas Kates. Colonel Kates contracted a rare disease while on duty in Afghanistan. He expired a short time later. Col Kates had seen long service along the Northwest Frontier and through the Kyber pass in Afghanistan, Colonel Murray, Mrs, Kates’ father, arranged for his daughter and his grandson to return to London for a much needed. rest. The ordeal of remaining in India would have been difficult for them. Mrs. Kates will be staying ac Halliday’s Private Hotel tuntil proper arrangements can be made for them, DIFFERENT WORLDSClue Points 21 October, 1291 AREA SE 64SE Grace and Martha Pratt show us into thei living room. ‘Once seated comfortably, the ladies have tea set out for us. “We took Catherine in after we met her at a local Ladies Tea, Her father had sent her here on «holiday. The dear. That hotel just was not the best place for a Baby. After easing about her sitution we jn ould not lec her continue to stay at the hotel and so we convinced “her to stay here with us.” “is there anything else that you can tell us about | Catherine?” asks Wiggin. “Oh my, yes!” says Grace, a very stout woman mature in years. “The poor child had spent years in a boarding “School. In fact, all of her growing up years were spent “there, Then, after she finished school, she went to India to _ be with her father. Once in India she met the dashing and "handsome Colonel Kates. He was very kind to her and ‘they were soon married. Within the fist year the baby was bom. Such a beautiful child he is too! It is so si. "Shortly ater the child was born the Colonel contracted _ some rare tropical disease and succumbed to it. Cather. ine’ father then sent her and the child back here to Eng- “land for a much needed rest.” “lave you seen Catherine lately Mrs. Pratt” asks Wiggins “No, we haven't. Iti very strange. Two days ago, she ‘returned here without the child. She would not speak to “usatall. 3 Kept repeating in a quiet voice that everything “would be alright now. That a Dr. Watson would take care of little Tom.” We looked at each other in surprise. She , “We think Fite Tom is in the hospital but therine did not say for sure. She then packed up all oF er things and left. Catherine told us as she left that she d not talk to us now but that she would be in contact th us In fact we have not heard a word from her since left here that day. We do hope that she and her litle are alright. Weare very worred about him!” such a sensible girl,” says Grace. “Would it be alright to see the room where Catherine ithe baby stayed?” asks 0h my, yes! We have had it cleaned up but you are than weleome to look round,” says Martha. ‘As we enter the room we see that it isa brightly lighted ‘of medium size. A brief search reveals nothing out of the ordinary until Wiggins spots a small neat stack of note paper i {0 use a sheet of this paper to pake a note to myself?" “Yes, take whatever you need.’ | “Catherine left it behind when she packed and we do use that colour ourselves.” ‘As we are about to depart Wiggins asks the ladies one ‘question, “Did Catherine ever tell you the baby’s full ES _ “As a matter of fact she did. The baby’s name is , Thomas John Kates, The first name is the same DEC 1986 as her husband's, The second name is for Dr. Watson, an Associate of Catherine's father. | believe the two men met during her facher's campaigns along the Kyber Pass. A brother officer whose life her father saved, I wonder if it is the same Dr. Watson that Catherine said was taking care of little Tom now? I cannot, now, recall the story exact- ly,” says Martha, We reassure the ladies that there is probably nothing to worry about and will keep them informed of any develop- ‘ments. We then thank the ladies for thei hos take our leave. AREA SW 3sw “Well, well, gentlemen. What does my brother have you ‘working on this time?” asks Mycroft Holmes. “it would appear, sir, that a baby was left on Mr. Holmes's doorstep this morning,” answers Wiggins. “A baby you say? A bit out of my brother's league is enor?” “"it is not the baby that we've come to discuss with you. Rather we are concerned with Mr. H.R. Murray. He hhas not been to his laboratory today and we were wonder- ing if you could tell us anything about him.” “All we know is what Mr. Holmes has told us.” “Well, et me ponder this for a moment,” says Mycroft. “The only additional information that 1 can recall is that ‘Murray has a younger brother who is overseas, His brother hhas been out of the country serving in the army, I think in Afghanistan. In fact the paper had 2 short piece in ita few days ago. The article mentioned Murray's brother and his ‘daughter. I believe i said something about her husband having died. 1am not clear on all the details as 1 only slanced at it. “Murray bas no other relatives that I know of. 1 do know chat H.R. Murray has one of the greatest minds in criminology 1 have ever seen! ‘Wiggins thanks Mr. Holmes for his time and we depart. 13s hat ean we do for Mr. Holmes today, gentlemen? 1am in quite a hurry and don’t have much time,” says Inspec- tor Lestrade: “We were wondering if Jonathan Small or any of his associates have been let out of prison lately?” asks Wiggins. "Good heavens, no! Whatever would have given you such an idea as that. That erowd will not be getting out for the rest of ther lives.” “What about Billy Williams?” asks Wiggins. “Billy is back on the streets. He was Small'scellmate in prison, but Billy's not part of Small's mob. The last we heard about Billy was that he was working near St. James’ ark and going straight. With that we leave Inspector Lestrade's office after thanking him for his time. 1s sw We arrive at the hotel. We sce a man sitting behind the M3‘counter, apparently the hotel clerk, He is of medium height and neatly dressed. says Wiggins Kates. Would she be in, please?” “Mrs. Kates is no longer here.” A man of few words, obviously. ‘Do you know where she might be staying now?” we ask, “L will see," he replies. He then turns round and opens 8 large brown hotel registration book that is sitting on a shelf behind him, “She is now at 22 Vincent Street,” he states curly, With that he tums round and continued the work that hhe was engaged in before we entered. We look at him, somewhat surprised, and leave 'T'm looking for a Mrs 22 sw \We enter Murray's lab but he is nowhere to be found. This is most unusual. We take the time to look around the lab thinking thar he should return at any moment. ‘The room is quite a shambles! Drawers have been taken ‘out out of desks and spilled on the floor, several bottles have been tipped over, books strewn about, ete. Between the leaves of one of these books we find a note, It is writ- ten on the same type of paper as the note with the infant. This note says. ‘MEET ME AT ST. JAMES’ PARK MOST URGENT! =CM.K." We are able to match the handwriting on this note with that on the baby's Then, as we are about to leave, we find another note fon the floor next to the waste paper basket. This one simply says: THE SIGN OF THE FOUR” Before we leave the building, we encounter the clean- ing custodian and ask if he has seen Mr. Murray this morning, “I say, gents. He came runnin’ out of here mutterin’ to ‘isself in a terrible rush. Liked to have knocked me over in his hurry. Kept talkin’ about some'un named Park. Twer’t like Mr. Murray a'al. I've never in me born days seen "im move so fast 88SW Mr. Tims greets us as we enter Lambert's Jewelers. “Whar can Ido for you gentlemen this morning?” Wiggins produces the ring for Mr. Tims to examine Have you ever seen this ruby ring before?” Me. Tims takes his glass and examines the ring eareful- ly. “No I have not. However, this ruby is of exquisite quality and I have never seen its peer.” We thank Mr, Tims, recover the ring, and depart AREA NW 2nw We check the place where Mrs. Hudson found the baby but we see nothing out of the ordinary. 90 NW At Gross & Hankey's we are greeted by a thin nervous ma man who comes up to us as we enter. “Gentlemen, I am Mr. Swathmore. How may I be of service to you today?” ‘Wiggins takes the ring out of his pocket and shows it to him. Mr. Swathmore takes out his glasses and examines the ting “Oh my! Quite nice! Oh yes! I must say, gentlemen, that this setting is quite nasty for such a fine gem. Mey { offer my services to reset the ruby for you? I have several settings over here that you might be interested in.” “You have never seen this stone before?” asks Wiggins “Why no, never,” says Mr, Swathmore. Wiggins declines Mr. Swathmore’s suggestions about remounting the ruby and as we leave we hear the sound of the front door slamming behind ws. AREA WC swe ‘Stopping at the stables we talked to the drivers but no one recalls delivering any fares on Baker Street early this ‘morning i7we Wiggins rolls up his sleeves at Somerset House and sets to work. After some time, Wiggins emerges. “There isn't anything here that | could find. 1 just do not have enough to go on yet.’ With that we continue on our way, 75 we ‘At Amer & Hailes we meet Mrs. Beverly Le Page. “Good day gentlemen, What can I do for you today?” she asks, ‘Wiggins takes out the ring and shows it to Mrs. Le Page. “Have you ever seen aring like this before?” he asks She takes the gem and examines it closely. “Oh my, yes! A lovely young lady brought this very ruby here last week to be mounted. I tried to convince her to have the stone mounted in 2 better setting but she declined, She DIFFERENT WORLDS‘was only interested in determining the value of the stone itself “We would like to return the ring to hi happen to have her name and street address?” “Yes, I do believe that I can help you there. If you will give mea moment... Ah yes. Here itis! H.R. Murray of 22 Vincent Street.” We look at each other in amazement! Wiggins quickly thanks Mrs. Le Page and we leave. 86we Mrs, Larkin answers the door. As we enter the house, we are ushered into the sitting room. In that room we see two children playing around a table, Sitting near the fie is an elderly woman with a blanket, like the one in which the infant was found, wrapped around her legs. Wiggins ‘engages Mrs. Larkin with his charm and after a few com- ‘ments about rising prices we are able to leave. AREA EC. 205C Henry Ellis is sitting behind his desk. Piles of papers and books are scattered all about the place. “Well Wiggins. What big murder case are you and your friends working on now?” asks Ellis. “I's no murder this time, Rather it seems to concern the Agar treasure, Have you heard any news about that of late?" “The Agar treasure you say! Now it's been some time since that matter has come up. Only what I've seen in the paper. I think that they are just rumors about a few of the jewels being found, 1¢ is hard to believe that the jewels ‘ight actually be from the Agar collection.” “ was just wondering if you had heard anything,” says Wiggins.” With that we leave a very curious Mr. Ells. 52. BC ‘The Raven and Rat is very busy as we enter, Nevertheless, Porky greets us cheeily. “Pine for you gents?” We all agree to accept his offer and take the oppor- tunity to ask him if he has heard anything unusval or new. “No mates, i's been pretty quit. Billy Wiliams is back fon the streets but rumor has it chat he's gone straight and ain’ takin’ in any action, He’s gota job at some park. St James, think “A the bloke ever talks about is the Agar treasure, Seems Billy was in the same cell as a gent named Jonathan Small. Small had something to do with them sparklers and 1 guess it don't help with the papers talking about the ‘Agar jewels ether. "Tis all that Billy ever talks about these days.” “The Agar weasure,” says Wiggins, “it's been a long time since I've heard anything about that case, I remem ber when Mr. Holmes was working on i, though I was just 41lad then. What does the paper say?" Porky looks up but just then a customer calls for ser- vice. “I beter be gettin’ back to work, gents, 1 can’t remember exactly when I read it in the paper but it wasn't 100 long ago.” With thar Porky goes back to work so we finish our pints and soon leave. TEC ‘At Whiteley's department store, we go to the bedding department. Wiggins quickly spots several blankets that are like the one in which the baby was found. While we examine the blankets a chin welldressed woman approaches and asks if she may be of any assis- tance, “We are looking for someone who may have purchased ‘blanket like this one,” states Wiggins. ‘The clerk’s name is Mrs. Dutch and she proves to be quite helpful. “We carried only a few of these blankets as they are shipped here all the way from Afghanistan. So far ‘we have sold only three and if you will allow me to check the records I ean tell you who the buyers were.” We quickly agree to her offer. “Oh yes. Here they are! One was purchased by those lovely Pratt sisters. They were both so excited when they saw these blankets. The other two buyers were a Diane Dobbs and an Elizabeth Larkin.” She looks up at us with a friendly smile. “These blan- kets are very warm and cozy and the price isa real savings. Could 1 interest you gentlemen in purchasing one for yourselves?” “Thank you, Madame, but not at the present time,” says Wiggins with great charm as we take our leave. AREA E S2E ‘As we ring the bell we look through the front window of the house and see a blanket lying over the back of 2 chair. ‘That blanker is identical to the one in which the infant was found, No one answers the door. Apparently no one is home right now. Therefore, we continue on our way. @uiz: Sherlock Golmes & the Baby Part One 1. What did the ruby ring have to do with this case? 2. What did the note “The Sign of the Four” have to do swith this case? 3. Who was the baby’s mother? 4. Who left the note “The Sign of the Four”? Nov/DEc 1986 Part Two 1. What was the connection with H.R, Murray and the baby? 2, Who was the baby’s grandfather? 3. In what story was the Agar treasure first mentioned? 4, What was the relationship between Dr. Watson and the baby’s grandfather? MsAnswers: Sherlock Holmes solved this case in 4 Shinwell (62 EC), Whiteley” the Pratt sisters (64 SE), Part One 1. There were other rubies found along the Thames. (25) 2. This was the kind of note that Jonathan Small always left. (25) 3. Catherine Murray Kates, (25) 4. Billy Wiliams. (25) Holmes & the Baby Clue Points. They were Porky "a Department Store (71 EC), and FLR. Murray (22 SW), Part Two 1. TLR. Murray was the baby's uncle. (10) 2. Kt was Murray who saved Watson's life in Afghanistan, (10) 3. “The Sign of the Four.” (10) ‘4 Murray had saved Watson's life while they were both in Afghanistan, (10) Solution: Sherlack Holmes & ¢ WE ARE back at 2218 Baker Street waiting for Mr. Holmes to arrive. Mrs. Hudson has brought up tea, Watson is going over some papers while seated at his secretary and wwe are warming ourselves by the fire. We hear the front oor close and Holmes immediately enters the rooms, “A most interesting case after all gentlemen, as I'm sure you have already figured out. ‘We all smile waiting to hear more. “Well Watson, how was it to meet the grandson of the ‘man who saved your life in Afghanistan?” ‘Watson is quite taken aback and almost drops his cup of tea, “Murray's grandson!” he sputters. “How did you figure that one out Holmes? I didn’t even know thai he had any children! With that Catherine Murra accompanied by H.R. Murray. “Please have a seat Mrs. Kates,” would you please bring up some te “Dr. Watson! What a pleasu (Catherine Kates. “My father talked of you often and 1 knew from his descriptions of your nature that you would ‘not place Thomas in a foundiing home. 1 was sure that you would save a place for him until all this had been Quite cleared up.” “Well... ah... yes... of course!” “Why I would never send a baby to an o1 ‘was sure that there was no other place for the Why it would be positively beastly to do such well...ah...er- We all smile kindly at Watson, “Col. Murray is my brother and Catherine here is my niece,” H.R. Murray adds. “I had not seen her since ste was about Thomas's age.” < "The most interesting part ofthis case isthe ruby. The Piece is eut in the Indian style, like the one in the Ager collection,” says Holmes, “The Agar treasure!” exclaims Wiggins.“ thought that the entire treasure had been lost in the Thames." “Indeed it was!” adds Watson, “That isa ease that I for one will never forget,” he states emphatically. “Well gentlemen you are both correct and also incor rect. It seems chat Catherine had been walking along the iver one day and found the ruby among some stones along the bank where the currents had washed it ashore, ‘She ‘contacted hher uncle thinking that he might know: M6 iy Kates enters the room says Holmes. “Wiggins, - for our guests?” ie to meet you," says sputters Watson, unless 1 oor child, thing. he Baby something about this particular gem,” “The two of them had met a number of times to discos hat they should do with the ring. By the way, they would usually meet at St. James’ Park, which I will get to ina moment. “While we were meeting,” says Murray, “someone had broken into my lab and had ransicked it looking for something, He must have followed me to my office, It wos after thar incident that I found a note with “The Sign of ‘the Four’ written on it.” “After the breakin at Un Catherine, “I knew that it was not safe for us at the hotel ‘The Pratt sisters had invited us to stay with them and 1 accepted their kind invitation, 1 did not tell them about the ruby or anything else that happened. I did not want them to get hurt “The continued threats made me fear for my child's life and so I sought a safe place for him until matters had resolved themselves, “The whole thing is quite elementary,” says Holmes. was Billy Williams. He had heard the story of the Agar {easure from Jonathan Small with whom he had shatea « cel, Since being released, Billy had been working in St James’ Park. When Catherine met with Murray at the park and Billy overheard them talking about the ring, Billy then became convinced that Murray had more of the Jewels so he searched Murray's lab and also left the notes from ‘The Sign of the Four." Greed set in and Billy follow, ‘ed Murray and Catherine's every move. I was able to track Billy from one of the notes that he left at Murray's, “Only Jonathan Small and his mob knew of ‘The Sign of the Four’ and the Agar treasute, Since all of them were stil in prison, ic had t0 have been someone in prison with had told the tale. A check of the that the only person with whom ‘in contact and had been released in the last month was Billy. When I found that Billy was alo working near St, James’ Park, the rest was easily deduced, Billy Williams is now back’ in prison and will not be bothering anyone for some time.” (On that note there is 3 knock atthe door. Opening the oor we admit Mrs. Hudson who is carrying young ‘Thomas. Catherine warmly thanks Mrs. Hudson. With thas ‘mother and child are happily reunited, We all observe this with warm smiles. states Holmes, ele Murray's lab,” says ‘Small could have been DIFFERENT WORLDS