Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-21

however, l never lost sight of my purpose. 1 would dream of ShOlto Rt night. hundred times 1 have killed him in my sleep. Al last, however, some three or four wars ago, NC fuund ourselves in England. Lad no great difficulty in find ing where Shulto lived, and I set to work to discover W whCthCr he had realized the treasure or if Ee still had it. I made friends with some ono who could belp me -I name no names, for I don't want to got any unc else in holC-and l soon found that he still had the jewels. Then tried tu get nt him in many ways, but he was pretty sly and bad always two priZCtlghtrrS. besides his sons and his knit mutgar, on guard over him.
 "One day, however got word that he was dying. I hurried at once to the gar don, mad that he should slip out of my clutches like that, and looking through the window l saw him lying in his bvd, with his sons on each side of him. I'd have come through and taken my chance with the three of them, only even as looked at him his jaw dropped, and knew that he was gone I got into his room that same night, though, and l searched his rap, Is to sec if there was any record of where he had hidden our jewels. There was not line, however so l came away, bitter and savage aS a man could be. Before left I bcthought mo thnt if ever met my sikh friends agnin it would be n satisfaction to know that I had left some mark of our hatred, sO l scrawlCd down the sign "f the four of Us, Hs it had been on the chart. and pinned il on his | bosom. It was tuu much that he should be taken to the grave without some token | from the men whom he had robbed and bcfoolrd
 We earned d living at this timo by my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs and other | such places as the black cannihal. He would cat raw meat and dance his war | dance, so We always had a hatfUl of pen niCs after a days work. l still heard all the news from PondicAprry Lodge, and for some years there was no news to hear, CN- l ccpt that they were hunting for the treas
 urc. At last, however, came what We had
 waited for so long. The treasure had been found Ii WIS up at the top of the house,
 in Mir. Bartholomew Sholto's chemical la 1 boIatOry. l came at once and had look | at the place. but could not sec how, with | my wooden leg, was tu make my way up | to it. l harmed, however, about a trap
 door in tie roof, and also about MT. Shol- | to's supper hour, It seemed to me that | could manaG" the thing easily through l Tonga. 1 brought him out with mo with 1 a long rope wound round his waist, He 1 could climb li.lr q cat, and he soon made | his way through th" roof; hut, aS ill luck | would have il. Bartholomew SholtO was | still in the room, to his cost.
 Tonga thought he had done something
 very clever in killing him, for when l
 came up by the rope I found him strutting
 about us proud as a peacock. Very much
 surprised was he when InNdc at him with | the ropes end and cursed him for little
 hloodthirsty imp l took N}r treasure box
 and let it down and then slid down my
 self, having first left the sign of the four | upon the tahlc, to show that the jewels l had come hack nt last 10 those who had
 most right tA thcm Tonga then pulled
 up the rope, rlo~t.d the window and made
 oir the way that he had come
 l Il don know tEat have anything els,
 to tell NuU. l hGd heard a waterman ~l ,i1b
 of the speed of smiths launch. the AU
 rcra so thousht shr would hr :. l.indy
 craft fer "j;; escape. engaged with ult
 smith ul:I WA~ tu give him a hig sum il
 he got Ji~ ~,.lv 10 eur ship He knew, Il,
 doubt. that there wuS somr screw loose
 but he W;t~ Nut in our s> >Cr,I- MI this i.
 the truth, nI.d if l trll it to Huu, p,nJlr
 men. II l. l."t tu anus" Hui-tCr NUu have
 not done IH' u Nrry good tUrE-but il i,
 bCcau~c I,li,vr the hr>t d3Grus,' l ,aI
 make i> jt'-; ;o h,ld back notkinP lut lc
 all the wcr.d .',,w how badly havr E,y
 sllf bv> Il served ! ; NaJrr ShoIto and low
 innorl mt l "lr ri t.,,' q, aIh of his s,l.
 'A NtlI l,Dlrkalle account, >ait | Sherlock u-Ilul> A fitting winuup |,
 an CXtrCm, Iy iHt,:v>.Ing case. There |
 nothing al Ill >. W 10 lIIt iA tAu latter lar
 of your nalrat.>t except tLat you hrougA I your OWL ru!n. That did nut know. E,
 the way, L..u IuYrd thai Tonga had los
 all his darts. Mt hr managed tO shoo
 one al uS in rlr beat
 He had Ipst them uIl, sir. except th
 one which wns in lis hlowpipp at ih
 time.
 An, of course, said Holmes I ha,
 not thought orthat.
 Is thoro any uth,r point which yol would like to ask ahouti' asked the con
 vict alfahly.
 Il think n":, thank you, my con,ran ion answered.
 "Wcll, Hulmc, said Athclncy Jones , 'you are man tu ho humorcd, and wc nl  know that you arc a connoi,>, ur of crime ] but duty is duty. and have gone rathc far in doing what you and your fricn, | asked mo. 1 shall feel morn at case whCi we have our stor! tCli,r htrc safe undo lock and key. The cab still waits, ant there arc tw" inspectors down stairs.
 am much obliged In yuU both for your as ! sistancr. Of course lou will he wanted a tho trial Gou, night {" your Good night, gentlemen both" sai Jonathan Small
 . You first, Small, " I, marked the war Jones as they left inc room. I'll tak particular care that you don't club III with your wooden leg. whatever you ma
 have done to the gentleman at tho Andc man isles.
 "WCll. and there is the end of our littl drama" l remarked after we had sg somo timo smoking in silence. | fcC
 that it may be tho last investigation , which 1 shall have the chance of studyin . your methods. Miss Morstan has done n ! the honor to accept me as a husband - prospective"
 a He aavo most dismal groan. Il foare a as much, said he. II really cannot coI . gratulatc you"
 ' Twas little hurt. Have you any rc " son to be dissatisfied with my choicC:' . asked
 |" Not at ali. think she is ohc of u most charming young ladies I ever m . and might haHc been most useful in sue . work as we have been doing. She had 7 decided genius that way. Witness u
 way in which she preserved that Agl Q plan from all the other papers of her f ther. But lovo is an emotional thing, ar Q whatever is emotional is opposed to tn n true cold reason which I place above q d things. I should never marry myself, le m bias my judgment
 ,r II trust" said l, laughing, that Il o. judgment may survive the ordeal. B
 you look weary
 Ia Yes, the reaction is already upon m nI I shall be as limp n rag for a week. at Strange, said I, how terms of wh P in another man I should call lazincss .n ternate with fits of splendid energy al ar vigor."
 ,a Yes" ho answered, there are in I ,d the makings of a very fine loafer and al te of n pretty spry sort of fellow. I oft ,st think of those lines of old Goethe: