The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-06-14

us see how It fits in with the sequel.
Maj. Sholto remains at peace for some
years, happy in the possession of his
treasure. Then he receives a letter
from India which gives him great
fright. What was that?"
"A letter to say that the men whom
he had wronged had been set free"
Or had escaped. THAI is much more
likely. for he would have known what
their term of imprisonment was. 1t
would not have been a surprise to him.
What does he do then? lie guards him
self against a wcodea-legged man-a
white man. mark you, for he mistakes
a white trades-aan for him. ard actual
" fires pistol at him. Now. only one
white mans name is on the chart.
The Others are Hindocs or Moham-
medans. There is no other white man.
Therefore we may say with confidence
that the wooden-legCcd man is identi-
cal with Jonathan Small. Does the
reasoning strike you IS being faulty?"
No: il is clear and concise"
''Wen. now, let Us put ourselves il
the place of Jonathan Small. Let Us
look at it from his point OF view. He
comes to England with the double idea
1 of regaining what he would consider to
be his rights and of having his revenge
upon the man who had wronged MIN.
/ He found out where SholtQ lived, and
| very possibly he Established ccnmuni-
cations with some one inside the house.
| There is this butler, Lal RaO, whom we
have not seen. Mrs. Berrstone gives
! him lar from = good character. Small
could rot find out, however, where the
! treasure was hid, for 10 one ever
knew, save the major and one faithful
/ servant who had died. Suddenly Small
| learns that the major is on his death
bed. IN frenzy lest the secret of the
| treasure die with him, he runs the
gauntlet of the guards, makes MS way to
the diving mans window, and is only de-
| TERED from entering by the presence
! of his two sons. Mad with hate. how
ever. against the dead man, he enters
the room that night, searches his pri-
vate papers in the hope of discovering
some memorandum relating to the
treasure, and finally leaves menento
of his visit in the short inscription upon
the card. He had doubtless planned
beforehand that should ne slay the
major he would leave some such rec
ord upon the body as a sign that II was
not a common murder, but, from the
point OF view Of the four associates,
| something in the nature of an act OF
Justice. Whimsical and bizarre con-
ceits of this kind are common enough
in the annals of crime, and usually al
ford valuable indications as to the
criminal. Do you follow all this?'
Very clearly"
s'Now, what could Jonathan Small
do? He could only continue to keep q
secret watch upon the efforts made to
find the treasure. Possibly he leaves
England and only comes back at inter
vals. Then comes the discovery of the
carret, and he is instantly informed OF
it. We again trace the presence OF
some confederate in the household
Jonathan. with his wooden leg, is ut
terly unable to reach the lofty room Of
Bartholomew Sholto. He takes with
him. however, q rather curious asso
ciate, who gets over this difficulty, but
dips his naked foot into creosote
whence come Toby, and six-mile
limp for half-pay officer with dam
aged Achillis tendo."
But il was the associate, and not
Jonathan, who committed the crime.
Quite so. And rather to Jonathan:
disgust, TO judge by the way hi
, stamped about when he got into thC
room He bore no grudge against Bar
tholomew Sholto, and would have pre-
ferred if he could have been simply
, bound and gagged. He did not wish K
put his head in a halter. There was NJ
| help for it, however: the savage in
| stincts of his companion had broker
out, and the poison had done its work
! so Jonathan Small left his record, low
, cred the treasure-box TO the ground
and followed it himself. That was tn,
train of events as far as can deciphei
/ them. Of course as TO his personal ap
, pearance he must be middle-aged, anC
: must be sunburned after serving hi
/ time in such an oven as the Andamans
{ His height is readily calculated from
the length of his stride, and we know
; that he was bearded. His hairines
/ was the one point which impresse'
itself upon Thaddeus Sholto VIXEN b
D saw him at the window. don't know
D that there is anything else"
1.-The associate?"
/ s'Ah, well, there is no great myster.
: In that. But v"'' will know all abou