The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hol

l with you,

that's all I have in the house, for I am a widower and never had any family. We live very quietly,

Spaulding, he came down into the office just this day e

Mr. Wilson, that I w

that?'

who gets it, and I understand that there are more vacancies than there are men, so that the trustees are at their wits' e

ame to me instead of my having to go to it, I was often weeks on end without putting my foot over the door

League of the Red-headed Men

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t the work is slight, and it need not inter

ars, for the business has not been over-good for some years

all about

ounded by an American millionaire, Ezekiah Hopkins, who was very peculiar in his ways. He was himself red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men; so when he died it was found that he had left

uld be millions of red-he

ed to do the old town a good turn. Then, again, I have heard it is no use your applying if your hair is light red, or dark red, or anything but real bright, blazing, fiery red. No

I stood as good a chance as any man that I had ever met. Vincent Spaulding seemed to know so much about it that I thought he might prove useful, so I just ordered him to put up the shu

the whole country as were brought together by that single advertisement. Every shade of color they were--straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-colored tint. When I saw how many were waiting, I would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not

lmes as his client paused and refreshed his memory with a huge

candidate as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in them which would disqualify them. Getting a vacancy did not seem to be such a very easy matter, after all. H

my assistant, 'and he is willing

ve seen anything so fine.' He took a step backward, cocked his head on one side, and gazed at my hair until I

released me. 'I perceive that all is as it should be. But we have to be careful, for we have twice been deceived by wigs and once by paint. I could tell you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human nature.' He stepped over to the window

ne of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefa

ed that I

fell imm

that. The fund was, of course, for the propagation and spread of the red-heads as well

I was not to have the vacancy after all; but after thinking

but we must stretch a point in favor of a man with such a head of h

awkward, for I have a b

on!' said Vincent Spaulding. 'I shoul

be the hour

n to

evening, which is just before pay-day; so it would suit me very well to earn a little in the morning

me very well,' sai

pounds

the

rely no

ou call pur

ou leave, you forfeit your whole position forever. The will is very clear upon that poi

day, and I should not t

'neither sickness nor business nor anything els

the

e of it in that press. You must find your own ink, pens, and blotting-p

nly,' I

ition which you have been fortunate enough to gain.' He bowed me out of the room and I went ho