1fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_ciMr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save 2fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_ciupon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated 3fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_ciat the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the 4fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_cistick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a 5fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_cifine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as 6fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_cia "Penang lawyer." Just under the head was a broad silver band nearly 7fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_cian inch across. "To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the 8fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_ciC.C.H.," was engraved upon it, with the date "1884." It was just such a 9fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_cistick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry--dignified, 10fb6c1f39Sopenharmony_cisolid, and reassuring. 11