Sherlock Holmes - Stolen Navel Treaty

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2:42Our stories are based upon the character of Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is portrayed by John Stanley. Dr. Watson by Alfred Shirley and the dramatizations are by Edith Meiser. Tonight the stars are frosty bright, no wind, no clouds, just clean, clear cold. Feels good to be sitting in front of your cozy fire, Dr. Watson, with our feet split on the fender. Didn't get too comfortable Mr. Hiss because to me, I'm going to tell you about that one of the most important cases. The case of the stolen naval treaty. A naval treaty doctor? A highly exclusive document. Explosive? Yes, it's written to blow the piece of Europe into bits. And did it? Now really Mr. Harris, you mustn't get ahead of the story. And it lives to forget your part in the program. Right, Dr. Watson, and by part in the program is really a very simple one. My job is to tell our listeners the great big idea behind Clipper Crab Clothes.

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4:47One July morning, it was the July which immediately succeeded my marriage. I received a communication from an old school thened, per seed helps. Per se's mother's brother was Lord Holtest, the great conservative politician. This other gaudy relationship was a little bad to him when we were at school. I can assure you. However, they let us seem to be very urgent. So I had it around to Baker Street. I found Holmes in his dressing gown plunged in the middle of a chemical investigation. A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner. See the look of concentration on Holmes face? I seated myself in my old armchair and waited. Hardly daring to believe. The most enlightening. The most enlightening. Yes, you'll come at a crisis, Watson.

5:49If this slip of paper remains blue when it touches the solution, all will be well. The turned red means a man's life. I say, don't interrupt Watson, this is the crucial moment. I'll watch carefully. I'll see you later. I'll see you later. I'll see you later. I'll see you later. The crucial moment. I'll watch carefully. There. But I see it has burned red and nasty blood red. Blood red is quite correct Watson. A very common place murder. Well, if the end of that experiment. Hey, how fill up your pipe? Then hand me the Persian slip out. All right. There you are. So you come on business Watson. Yes, but how did you know? The letter touched so tightly in your right hand. Not to mention the little excitement and an anxiety on your face. You are the stormy petrol of crime, Watson. What is it? Well, this letter, it came in the morning mail.

6:49Read it to me, that's a good chap. It's from an old school fellow of mine. I haven't seen him for years. Yes, but what does he say? The letter is headed Briabre, working. And I hear Watson, I trust you still remember, Chad Poe, Pops, who was in the fourth form when you were in the third. I didn't have heard that through my uncle's influence, I obtained a good appointment at the foreign office where I was in a situation of trust until a horrible misfortune suddenly blasted Michael Rere. Do you think you could persuade your friend Sherlock Holmes to come down here to help solve this terrible mess? I assure him that the only reason I have not asked him advice sooner was because I have been completely off-knighted for nine weeks. I've been here for so week that I have to write by dictating, as you see, your old school fellow Pussythopes. Let me see that letter. Doesn't tell us very much does it? Hard-tenanting. Yet the writing is of interest. But it's not his own. Precisely, it's a woman's. But it looks like a man. No, it's a woman. It's a woman of unusual, strong character.

7:50It's always interesting to know that your client is in close contact with someone who, for good or evil, has an exceptional nature. If my interest is already a wicker to the matter. Then you will take the case. The next train for working leads an effective 43 minutes. How do you want snow to show missing? If you step in here and from now I find out if Mr. Peltz can see you. Dear, dear. Well, the old place hasn't changed since the days when I used to visit here on my vacations. Makes me feel quite young again. Ah, Sherlock Holmes, I perceive. And Dr. Watson, too, I presume. So glad come. First he's been inquiring for you all morning. Poor chap, he clings to any straw. By dear man, I may look as thin as a straw, but I promise you I have more weight.

8:51Mental air. I perceive you yourself and not a member of the family. Oh, dear me, how did you know? The monogram on the pocket of your blazer. J. H. Of course, of course. But a moment I thought you had done something clever. My name is Harrison, Joseph Addison. Percy is engaged to marry my sister Annie. So I shall soon be a relation by marriage and irritate my sister is with him now. She's nice to him hand in foot during this trying to month. Suting his pivot brow, eh, Sherlock, it fell off. Yes. You will find him in his room. Of my room, rather, at least it used to be my room. Until he came home after the catastrophe and collapsed. They couldn't carry him upstairs, he was in such a state. So they took him into my room. Eh, we'd better go in at once. I know how impatiently he is to see you. Yes, this conversation is delightful, but after all we did come to see the spelt. I guess so. Quite so. Go this way. It's in this wing. It's the dining room. This is the door. I'll leave you here. You can come in if you like. Oh, no, thank you, no. Involvings are always depressing.

9:51And with this misfortune hanging over his head. Poor fellow, they will. Come in. Oh, you've cut last. At least I presume this is Sherlock Holmes. Quite, and how is your patient? Oh, he's much better, thank you. What's in my dear fellow? Well, tell him that you're a bit better. See, I knew you under that mustache. He didn't delight the super. Oh, this is my fiancé, Miss Harrison. Please sit down. Shall I leave, Percy? Oh, no, don't go any. You don't mind Mr. Holmes? Not at all. I feel much steadier when she's here. Quite. And now, the props. Well, you seem as a herbist like this. I was a happy and successful man. I'll even be married. And then this dreadful misfortune ripped my life. I've a broken man, my other darling. I'm wrong. Really? I can't help it. Percy, please, you'll make us of ill again. I'm sorry, Anne. Perhaps you'd better just tell us the fact as quietly as you can. Of course, Mr. Holmes. I was, as Watson may have told you in the phone office,

10:52in a responsible position. My uncle, Lord Hoodhurst, is the following minister, you know? Well, nearly eight years ago, a week's rather, the 23rd of May, to be exact, he called me into his private room, and informed me that he had a commission of trust for me to execute. Come in. Come in. Oh, it's you, Percy. Anyone out there, in the hall? No, sir. Good. Come in and lock the door. Now, come over here. I want to make sure we can't be overheard. That's it. What's up, Uncle Percy? You look tremendously sown. It's a solid matter, Percy. Is he this piece of paper? It's a secret treaty covering our naval situation in the Mediterranean. Harmless and up in itself, but a bombshell of it

11:53should fall into the hands of a certain government. It's a win. A very war was made, have you, Percy? Let us merely say the country of X. You understand? I understand. I want you to make a copy of it. I must have a complete copy of it tomorrow morning. You may have to work on it a bit of part of the night. Oh, that's all right, sir. Joseph, any brother you know is going to stop by for me. We're going to take the nine-of-fuck train together. He can tell the family I've been kept in town on visits. Very well. But leave the message with the commissioner downstairs. I don't want anyone in your room when you're copying that document. Very good, sir. When you've finished, you can put the document and the copy in my safe. You know the combination, I believe. Certain. That's all, Percy. But don't forget. You hold the piece of Europe in your hands. I will. Good night, Uncle Bert. Good night. Good night. Good night. Well, this is the right time to make a night of it.

12:53Oh. Oh. What? Hello, Connor. You still here? Oh, yes, I had some details to clear up, so I thought it would want me to stay. Oh, that's all right, Connor. Are you convinced tomorrow? Yes, sir. Are you sure you won't need me? No, thanks. This is the look as though I have a chance to go out for dinner. At least I can bring for coffee. Oh, I can find it at the end. I'll pull this twisted again. There we are. The rain's coming down harder than ever. Nice, jolly, little evening. Yeah, you're sure there's something I can do with you, perhaps. Good Lord, no, Connor. Run along. Good night. Good night, Connor. Hello? Who's under you? I'm the commissioner's wife, sir. What's more, I'm the charlotte, your roundie. The charlotte? Oh, I see. I don't believe I've ever had the pleasure of making your acquaintance before. No, sir, they're here.

13:53And you're here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. No, sir, they're here. And if you mean what I think you do. Would you inquire if your husband's spouse would spare me a cup of the excellent coffee, or any paste for the empire who applies to work at night? You mean Erby should bring you half a cup of coffee? Yes, please. I'll see what I can do about it. Yes, use your influence. Well, let's have a look at that. Pretty. Great Britain. Triple alliance. French. French? Elite? What? Complete ascendancy.

14:57It's no use, sir. I'm too proud of you. Do you think I would have a cup of coffee? Herbert? I say Herbert, coffee. Oh, that's fine. The telegraphs go all the way downstairs. Herbert! Mm-hmm. First asleep. Hey, Herbert, wake up. Hello, hello. Oh, you, Mr. Philf. I came down to see if my coffee was ready. But I think the front doorbell just rang. Bell? Yes, sir. But if you was here, who rang that bell? What bell? I told you it was... It's the bell of the room you was working in, sir. Great Sunday, my bell. There's no one up there. The treaty. Oh, good heavens. I left it on the table. Quick Herbert, we've got to get up there. Something terrible is happening. You are. Come on, we're here. The dough don't run so fast.

15:58Great goddess. Too late. Oh, wait, I'll open the door. Stand back a bit. It is the arm. I've got the arm in it, Oliver. Why? There's no one here. What's up, the treaty? The treaty's gone. Who could have taken it? No one's been in the front way tonight. And there was no one in the room but yourself. My wife's so... Then you must have come up the stairs and the side door and stepped out that way too. The Alfred haven't agreed to it. You may not be too late. Hey, man, hurry. Don't you go out, so you'll miss your bespoke to the skin. There's a policeman on the corner. Anybody seen something? I'd say it, Bobby. It's you. There's no robbery in the police office. Has anyone passed this way? There's ten million quattro of an hour, sir. And only one living source testing that time. Who was it? The tall old lady in a piece of a shore. She seemed to hurry. Well, that was my wife. Which way do you see her? You'll just waste in your time, sir. And every minute is of importance. Yes, all right. We'll go back to our scut and yacht. Oh, this is terrible. Have it, have it. We're ruined.

16:58Ah, never you mind, sir. You'll lose your post, perhaps. But they can't do nothing so dreadful to us. It's not my said I'm thinking of. It's England. Well, officers from Scotland Yard were waiting for the child woman when she got home. And what did they find? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. And Godot, did they trace him? Yes, Mr. Hurley. But again, nothing was found. I was fine. They got to my mind. They had to get a doctor to take me home. I was hilarious. There's been weeks. And these two people, Godot and the child woman. They've been under observation of a scintour suppose. Yes, with no results. You said it'd been raining or anything? Yes. But you found no traces of any kind to the room. Oh, footprints, I mean, absolutely none. Not even those of the child woman's muddy boots. How do you explain that? Well, the child woman in the habit of taking off their boots and wearing just carpet slippers.

18:00No footprints, eh? It's enlightening. Must have taken a cab and got away that way too. That extends the policeman's nausea. Not in the spills. Could anyone have been concealed in the room or at the car or? Impossible. There was no cover of any kind. Windows? There's even above the ground locked on the inside. And it must have been the side door. Who knew you would have had the treaty in your possession? No one. I'd take my oath on that. In your opinion, what would happen if those papers were to fall into the hands of a rival government? War. This is I select you, Eddie, from the Almost Hymnest Podcast. You ever noticed you and your spouse keep saying, we need to get away, but you never actually plan anything. That was us until we did something fun and spontaneous. We went to ResortPass.com. There are hundreds of hotel resorts, pooled in spots and private beaches that you can enjoy. You can spend the day at a luxury resort, pooled spa massage without booking an overnight stay. And listen, I may have only been like 15 minutes from home, but it felt like it was a whole different world.

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20:19I don't imagine the thief took the treat you in order to frame it. Quite, and he's undoubtedly waiting for a better price. There's only one clue that puzzles me. What is that? Bell. Did someone get to prevent the crime or was it an accident? If we only knew when the bell was right, we should have a solution of this case. Is it even possible that he didn't? Of course, of course, when a fool I was not to think of that before. You think you can help me? Possibly. Possibly. God bless you for that, Mr. Holmes. If we can keep our courage and our patience, the truth must come out. But, bless he has one more adventure to tell you about. You're sure you're strong enough, darling? No, I feel better than I have for days. Hope is a splendid tonic, Annie. And what was this other incident, Mr. Helps? Well, you see, Mr. Holmes, last night was the very first thing that I stepped out of nursing my rooms. I was rather waitful. I had a nightmare or two. And suddenly, I had a slight noise. A kind of noise. Like a mouse, knowing a prank.

21:19It grew louder. And all at once there was a sharp metallic sneak. Someone forcing the window. If I realize that, too, I jumped out there and fell over the surface. A man was crouching in the window. He was gone like a flash. What did he look like? Like a gritty no. He was wrapped in some sort of cloak which came across the lower part of his face. Oh, the one thing I am sure of. He had a long weapon in his head that looked like a knife. I saw the dream of it as he turned a run. I shoved it after him. And then? Then I was to collapse from the oven. That thing I knew I was surrounded by the entire household. Oh, a Joseph in the groom found marks in the flower bed outside this window. You can see them from where you sit. Hear me, yes, I'm afraid Joseph in the groom has been a bit too energetic for me to learn anything from the traces. A flower bed looks as if it had been trampled on by an army. Oh, I'm sorry. I should have burglar. If it was a burglar, choose to enter this room. The dining room windows are much larger and more accessible. I can't imagine unless... Well, unless it's a plot against Percy. That sounds a bit melodramatic, eh? At all, that's something in what Miss Harrison says.

22:20So much for Dr. Watson and I to take you to a London with us. Yes, but he's not very strong, you know. The trick to London will not be nearly so dangerous to be okay on save this Harrison. There's another night in this room. Good. And another thing, Miss Harrison. You can be very helpful to us and to Mr. Helps. Helps Mr. Helps, if you'll, one thing for me. You may take courage, but I think I can promise that you'll be in no great personal danger. What did you want me to do? Stay in this room until you go to bed tonight. Don't leave it for an instant. Mr. Helps' reputation and my whole future may depend on it. I'm not going to ask you to sleep here that when you leave for the night, I want you to lock the bedroom door on the outside. Yes, but look here, something might happen. Another word to anyone. It's for his sake, remember. Come in. Learns everybody? Something is especially nice for you, you see? Come along, Annie. Oh, oh, Joseph. If you'll excuse me, I have a slight headache. I think I'll eat in here by myself. The breeze is nice. I want to be alone. I can't see a house.

23:37I can't see how I enjoy constant walks in the middle of the night once. I thought we were going back to London. That's what you told everybody. We get on the train with Persian and the nurse, and then we get off of the next station and leave Persian and the nurse to go up to London alone. It doesn't make sense. Stop fussing, he'll be alright. I sent him on the Baker Street. With any luck we should be there ourselves in time to have breakfast with him. Yes, but why sneak back to Briar, pray like this? Not so loud. As the house now, you can see its gables in the moonlight. Follow me through the hedge. Why the hit when the gates open up so loud? We've got to get as near of a house possible without being seen. I say those. Quite a mistrising. Ghostly looking for tips of it over there in the meadow. She looked. The lamp is still lit in person. I mean it looks as room. Miss Harrison must have kept her promise. Yes. There she is reading a book. Now she's put it down.

24:39She's picking up the lamp. I see homes. She must be getting ready to go to bed. Why possibly what? I only hope she doesn't forget the lock the door on the outside. There she goes to the dining room. Now the light's gone. I see the mist are creeping up in the meadow of you. If only the thief doesn't wait until they blank it down. Look. The service door is opening. Excellent. I didn't think he'd wait a bit long. There he comes out into the moonlight. He's waiting alone. Black keep. You can't see his face. He's forcing the window. He's going to open. He's climbing off the sill. He must get close as we can see. I think he's lacking the candles on the mental. Look, he's putting back the rug. In the floor, I thought so. He's picking up a board.

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27:49Phillips is anxiously awaiting the arrival of Sherlock Holmes. What is your close nine now Mrs Hudson and Holmes say they hear of breakfast at nine? Now don't you worry Mr. Peltz. If he says he'll be here for breakfast he'll be here. It's when he don't say that's when you don't know if there is a breakfast or supper he'll be walking next. What's it I tell you? Here they are now driving up and answer him. There's the front door and it's nine to the second. Good morning Mrs Hudson. Good morning sir. This is on the table by being hot. What do I say Holmes you've been wounded? Your hands all tied up. Just a scratch. Yes, breakfast. Three covered dishes. Spended. And plenty of steaming coffee. Excellent.

28:50I mean, I can't come. Business can wait until after breakfast. You look as if you needed a bit of nourishment Mr. Peltz. Well I'm not very hungry. Well we are. I'm nervous. Aha. What's this? Mmm. Carrot chicken. And this? Ham and eggs. Better and better. Which one you take Mr. Peltz? Thank you. I couldn't put a thing. Well come, fly the dish before you. I'd rather not really. Well then I suppose you have no objection to helping me. Let's see what that dish contains. Certainly. What? It's papers. It's the nevary tree. The nevary. Oh God bless you Mrs. Holmes. God bless you. You saved me and your saved England. Don't mention it my dear chap. Don't mention it. But when did Holmes first begin suspect this Harrison fellow, Dr. Watson? He heard that person he was expecting to stop back for him Mr. Harris. I'm afraid Joseph's character was black and the one who judged from his appears.

29:55We learn later that he had lost heavily in doubling in stocks. And that he thought he could turn the tree into a different tree. Yes. Besides no one but Joseph could be so anxious to get into that bedroom because no one but Joseph could have conceived anything there. Also the attempt was made the first night the nest was out of the way. Therefore the intro rivers were acquainted with the house but the bell Dr. Watson why was that so significant? Well Mr. Harris had showed that the tip had not come there to room. But the bell Dr. Watson why was that so significant? Well Mr. Harris had shown that the tip had not come there to room. But his office to steal the paper. He came for another reason by appointment as we know. He rang the bell and then happened to see the papers. But Dr. Watson was he convicted? No. The case has never brought to court. It would have been too ticklish a position for the following office. He was at birth however to get out of the country and stay out. And did personally marry the sister doctor?

30:56Indeed. And to this day I don't believe she knows why her brother never returns to England. While that was an exciting case Dr. Watson. And now what story are we to have next week? Well let me see. Next week I think I'll tell about the Cornish horror or the cradle that's rocked itself. The cradle that rocked itself? Yes Mr. Harris the rocking cradle was supposed to indicate that someone in the truck had to be about to die. As a matter of fact there were two deaths and another the Tobas were... Well suppose I leave that to next week eh? The makers of Clippercraft Clothes and 924 leading retail stores from coast to coast have brought you another in the new series of broadcasts featuring the world's most famous detective Sherlock Holmes.

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