Holmes.

Chinese Sherlock

How He Got His Man.

From Our Own Correspondent.

THE Chinese community of Vila can count a Sherlock Holmes among their number.

When they were assembled at their club taking high tea, followed by a little wine, to welcome three arriving com patriots and speed three parting ones Hongkong bound, some of their number slipped out quietly and broke into the premises of Lup San. A safe containing £40, mostly in silver, was stolen.

Then Sherlock Holmes got to work. A polite invitation to all Chinese to as semble at the club on Sunday afternoon was issued, and accepted.

When all the Chinese people were mustered, the doors were locked and the men were asked to remove their shirts.

An inspection of shoulders followed and there was thus brought to light a straight, red mark, such as could be made by carrying a heavy, angular ob ject, on the right shoulder of one of the most muscular of the men.

In the middle of his floundering efforts to explain how the mark got there, the culprit was hauled off to the calaboose