St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-10-12

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man speak of the speed of Smiths
i launch, the Aurora, SO thought SHE
j would be a handy craft for our escape
I Iengaged with old Smith, and was te
give him q big sum II he got us safe te
4 pur ship. He knew, no doubt, thai
there was some screw loose, but he was
4 not in our secrets. All this is the
], truth, and if tell tito you, gentlemen.
lit is motto amuse you-for you have
not done me, a very good turn-but it's
z; because believe the best defense I
can make is just to hold back nothing,
but let all the world know how badly
/ have myself been served by Mai.
Sho1to. and how innocent i am of the
4 death ofThis son. $50
- a very remarkable account, said
Sherlock Holmes. Il fitting wiind-iulp
TO an extremely interesting case.
There islnothing at all new to- me IN
the latter part of your narrative, ,ez-
cept that you brought your own rope.
That [ did not know. BY the way. /
had hoped that Tonga had lost all his
darts, yet he managed to shoot one at
MS in the boat"
He had lost them all, sir. except the
one which wash his blow pipe at the
time. b IL Il
All, of course said Holmes. 81
had not thought of that ,.s.
| Is there any other point which Won
would like to ask about2n asked the
convict, affably.
II think not, thank you" my CONF.
panion answered.
Well, Holiness said Athe1ney
Jones, you are man to be flurnored,
and we all know that you are con-.
neisseur of crime, but duty sdutV, and
have gone rather far in, doing what
you and your friend asked me. / shall
feel more at ease when we have our
story-teller here under lock and key
The cab still waits, and there are two
Inspectors downstairs. am much
obliged to you both for your assistance
Of course, you will be wanted at the
trial Goodnight toyou.n sg
Goodnight, gentlemen, both, said
Jonathan Small.
.ssss You first, Small, y remarked the wary
Jones as they left the room. ssI'll take
particular care that you don't club me
with you wooden leg, whatever You
may have done to the gentleman at the
Andaman Isles . Nv
Well, and there is the end Of our
drama. I remarked, after we had sat
some time smoking in silence. ssT fear
it shall be the last Investigation In
which shall have the chance of study
ing your methods. Miss Morstan has
done me the. honor to accept me as
husband in prospective =
he gave most dismal groan. II
feared as much, . said he, 81 really can
not congratulate you.
| was little hurt. Have you anv
reason to be dissatisfied with NV
choice2" asked.
Not at all / think she is one Of the
most charming young ladies ! ever met,
and might have been most useful in
such work as we have been doing She
had decided genius that way; wit
ness the way in which she preserved
that Agra plan from all the other pa
pers of her father. But love is an emo
tiona1 thing, and whatever is emo
tionaI is opposed to that true cold rea-
son which place above all things. i
should never marry myself, lest bias
my Judgment 2
4 trust, said I,laughing, "tilat nv
Judgment may survive the ordeal. But
yon look weary. z iss
Yes, the reaction is already upon
me. / shall be as limp as rag for |
week. !"
Strange said j, chow terms of
what in another man / should call I
laziness alternate with. fts5of splendid
energy and vigor. +.
Yes,' he answered, there are IL /
me the makings of.a very fine loafer
and also of pretty spry sort of fellow.
often think of those lines of old T
Goethe:
sschade dass die Natur nur einen Mensch aus
IN dirschuf. is &. ia.
Denn zum wurdigen Mann war una yum Sohel-
men der Stoff.',
By the way, apropos of this Norwood
business, you see that they had, as 1
a confederate in the house,
who could be none other than LaI Rao,
he butler; SO Jones actually has the
honor Of having caught one
ish IN his great haul.
The division seems rather unfair, J,
emarled. You have done all the
york In this business. 4 geta wife out
4 it, Jones gets the credit, pray what
emains for youq', L
{ For me- said Sherlock Holmes,
there still remains the cocaine bottle. =
md he stretched his 1eng white hand
IN for II