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Headed for the Azores. Send aid at once. All well except Xanthippe, who is seasick in the billiard room. (Signed) Portia." "Aha!" cried Hawkshaw. "That shows how valuable the Holmes theory is." HEADED FOR THE AZOREZ SEND AID AT ONCE ALL WELL EXCEPT ZANTIPY WHO IS SEA SICK IN THE BILLIARD ROOM SIGNED PORTIA AHA CRIED HOCKSHAW THAT SHOWS HOW VALUABLE THE HOME THEORY IS
t tried to leave the pier, but his path was blocked. “Subscribe, subscribe!” was the cry. “How much?” “Order, gentlemen, order!” said Sir Walter, rising and holding a bottle aloft. “A black person by the name of Friday, a valet of our friend Mr. Crusoe, has just handed me this bottle, which he picked up ten minutes ago on the bank of the river a few miles distant. It contains a bit of paper, and may perhaps give us a clew based upon something more substantial than even the wonderful theories of our new brother Holmes.” [Picture: A black person by the name of Friday finds a bottle] A deathly silence followed the chairman’s words, as Sir Walter drew a corkscrew from his pocket and opened the bottle. He extracted the paper, and, as he had surmised, it proved to be a message from the missing vessel. His face brightening with a smile of relief, Sir Walter read, aloud: “Have just emerged into the Atlantic Club in hands of Kidd and forty ruffians. One hundred and eighty-three ladies on board. D OF THE FEELINGS OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE BEGAN TO CALL SHYLOCK SHYLOCK HOW MUCH THE MERCHANT TRIED TO LEAVE THE PIER BUT HIS PATH WAS BLOCKED SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE WAS THE CRY HOW MUCH ORDER GENTLEMEN ORDER SAID SIR WALTER RISING AND HOLDING A BOTTLE ALOFT A BLACK PERSON BY THE NAME OF FRIDAY A VALET OF OUR FRIEND MISTER CRUSOE HAS JUST HANDED ME THIS BOTTLE WHICH HE PICKED UP TEN MINUTES AGO ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER A FEW MILES DISTANT IT CONTAINS A BIT OF PAPER AND MAY PERHAPS GIVE US A CLUE BASED UPON SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN EVEN THE WONDERFUL THEORIES OF OUR NEW BROTHER HOLMES A DEATHLY SILENCE FOLLOWED THE CHAIRMAN'S WORDS AS SIR WALTER DREW A CORKSCREW FROM HIS POCKET AND OPENED THE BOTTLE HE EXTRACTED THE PAPER AND AS HE HAD SURMISED IT PROVED TO BE A MESSAGE FROM THE MISSING VESSEL HIS FACE BRIGHTENING WITH A SMILE OF RELIEF SIR WALTER READ ALOUD HAVE JUST EMERGED INTO THE ATLANTIC CLUB IN THE HANDS OF KID AND FORTY RUFFIANS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE LADIES ON BOARD
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