Story #6

Dr. Watson was called upon by a female friend. She said that her husband had been missing for several days and that he was an opium addict, she was sure that he was in a dangerous drug binge in East End opium den. Mr. Neville St. Clair, his wife had seen him standing in the window of a second floor of the opium den, but when she noticed him he withdrew from the window immediately. In the room a beggar is found with his coat and several pounds of pennies. The beggar is arrested. Then several days later his wife receives a letter in his handwriting, which leads Holmes back to the prison with a washing sponge. He washes the filth off the beggars face and it happens to be Mr. Neville St. Clair. He was living a double life to pay off debts from the earnings he made as a beggar.