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'" "Very interesting reading it might be made, too," remarked Sherlock Holmes, sticking a small piece of plaster over the prick on his finger. "I have to be careful," he continued, turning to me with a smile, "for I dabble with poisons a good deal." He held out his hand as he spoke, and I noticed that it was all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster, and discoloured with strong acids. VERY INTERESTING READING IT MIGHT BE MADE TOO REMARKED SHERLOCK HOLMES STICKING A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTER OVER THE PRICK ON HIS FINGER I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HE CONTINUED TURNING TO ME WITH A SMILE FOR I DABBLE WITH POISONS A GOOD DEAL HE HELD OUT HIS HAND AS HE SPOKE AND I NOTICED THAT IT WAS ALL MOTTLED OVER WITH SIMILAR PIECES OF PLASTER AND DISCOLOURED WITH STRONG ACIDS
nish stains discovered upon them. Are they blood stains, or mud stains, or rust stains, or fruit stains, or what are they? That is a question which has puzzled many an expert, and why? Because there was no reliable test. Now we have the Sherlock Holmes’ test, and there will no longer be any difficulty.” His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination. “You are to be congratulated,” I remarked, considerably surprised at his enthusiasm. “There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence. Then there was Mason of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre of Montpellier, and Samson of New Orleans. I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive.” “You seem to be a walking calendar of crime,” said Stamford with a laugh. “You might start a paper on those lines. Call it the ‘Police News of the Past. NEN OR CLOTHES ARE EXAMINED AND BROWNISH STAINS DISCOVERED UPON THEM ARE THEY BLOOD STAINS OR MUD STAINS OR RUST STAINS OR FRUIT STAINS OR WHAT ARE THEY THAT IS A QUESTION WHICH HAS PUZZLED MANY AN EXPERT AND WHY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RELIABLE TEST NOW WE HAVE THE SHERLOCK HOLMES TEST AND THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY DIFFICULTY HIS EYES FAIRLY GLITTERED AS HE SPOKE AND HE PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS HEART AND BOWED AS IF TO SOME APPLAUDING CROWD CONJURED UP BY HIS IMAGINATION YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED I REMARKED CONSIDERABLY SURPRISED AT HIS ENTHUSIASM THERE WAS THE CASE OF VAN BISHOFF AT FRANKFORT LAST YEAR HE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN HUNG HAD THIS TEST BEEN IN EXISTENCE THEN THERE WAS MASON OF BRADFORD AND THE NOTORIOUS MULLER AND LE FEVROE OF MONTPELLIER AND SAMSON OF NEW ORLEANS I COULD NAME A SCORE OF CASES IN WHICH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECISIVE YOU SEEM TO BE A WALKING CALENDAR OF CRIME SAID STAMFORD WITH A LAUGH YOU MIGHT START A PAPER ON THOSE LINES CALL IT THE POLICE NEWS OF THE PAST
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