The Missing Three-Quarter: In A Flap

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Canon Story: The Missing Three-Quarter
Title: In A Flap
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: We were fairly accustomed to receive weird telegrams at Baker Street… I went round and saw that all the fellows had gone to roost…


“Holmes…” said Watson, cautiously. “There’s a carrier pigeon. Tapping at the window.”

“Excellent!”

Holmes beamed.

“It’s a communication from Hopkins!”

He brought the bird inside and removed the message.

“Shocking new evidence, Mr. Holmes. True killer is—”

Holmes frowned and turned over the paper. “Oh! Second pigeon to follow.”

Watson sighed. “I do wish you’d learn to embrace the telephone.”

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Then there's that one unfortunate pigeon whose note reads EAT THE MESSENGER.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Yes, Holmes was rather regretful about that. Could barely bring himself to have a second helping.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

I guess smoke signals are out, what with the London fog. Well done.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of Holmes using smoke signals ^_^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Watson wasn't alone in this wish. Mrs Hudson was very tired of having to clean her front doorstep, especially when Holmes was particularly busy with a case.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Poor, poor Mrs. Hudson.

Still, lucky for Holmes she never realised he was housing the pigeons in one of the lumber rooms ^^"

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

"Mrs Hudson, surely there can't be a problem?"

"I'm not sure, Dr Watson. There seems to be rather a lot of billing and cooing coming from the lumber room. And since I have just seen that nice Inspector Hopkins depart, I am assuming it has nothing to do with him and Mr Holmes."

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

^____^

Mrs. Hudson is a very tolerant woman, but keeping homing pigeons upstairs is probably stepping over a line ^^"

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^^

[debriswoman]

Wonderful!
And I do like Hopkins' mastery of the cliffhanger:-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^^ And I think for Hopkins it was luck there rather than mastery :P

[debriswoman]

OK...
I do like Hopkins' accidental mastery of the cliffhanger:-p

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Oh, v. amusing :P

[debriswoman]

I do like my comments to be accurate:-p