Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-20
CHAPTER MI

A very patient man was tho inspector in tho cab. fur it was q weary tiMo brfOrc rCjoincd him. His fAcc cloudcd over when l showed Lim tho empty box
 ''Thrro goes tho rcward!" said he gloom fly Where thrrc is no money thCro k no pay This nights work would have been worth u tcnn"r each to sam Brown and mo if the treasure had hccn there
 MT ThaiGtus Sholto is n rich man, said H. will sc that you nre reward cd, trcaSurc or To.
 Tho .pspC>ior shock h!e head cespond. oa;ly. nuwtv>F II $ bad juh, he rC. pcat,d, and so Mir A;hclney Jones will think
 His forrcast proved 10 be correct, for the detective looked blank enough when got to Baker strCct and showed him the empty box. They had only just arrived, Holmes, the prisoner and he. for they had changed their plans so far as to report themselves at n station upon the way My companion | loun2cL in his armchair with his usual | listlcsS cXPr, sSiOn, while Small sat stOlidly l opposite to him with his wooden leg cooked | over his sound one. As l exhibited tho | empty box he leaned back in his chair and laughed aloud
 This is your doing. Smnll. said | AthClnCy Jones Angrily
 | Yes. have put 1t away where you | shall never lay hand upon it., he cried l exultantly. ' II Is my trcasurr and if l can't h&yc tho loot III take alarmed good 1 care no ono else does tell you that F" .AG man has any right to it unless | 1t ls thrce mon who are In the Andaman convict barracks and myself know now | that l cannot have the use of il, and l know that they cannot. l havc acted all | through for them much for myself It's been the sign of four with us always Well know that they would have had me | do just what l have dOno and throw the treasure into tho Thames rather than let | it go to kith CT kin of ShultO Cr of Nor stan. fl was not to mako them rich that wo did for Achmct. Youll find tho treas, ure whcro tho key is and where little Ton ga is When saw that your launch must catch us, put tho loot in n safc place, There aro no rupees Gcr you this journey. Vt
 You are dcCcivinS us, Small." said Atholney Jones stcrnly. "!f you had wished to throw tho treasure into tho Thames 1t would have been easier for yor to have thrown box and all. "
 Easier for me to throw and easier fol you to rccovcr," he answered, with shrewd, sidclong look. Tho man tha
 was clever enough to hunt mo down ii
 
 the bottom of n river. Now that they ar,
 scattered over flvo miles or so 1t may be
 harder job. It went to my heart to do 1t
 though I was half mad when you cam
 up with us. However there's no goot
 erieving over 1t I've had ups in my life
 and I've had downs, but I've learned no
 to cry over spilled milk
 This is n very serious matter, Small,
 said tho detective. If you had helpe,
 justice, Instead of thwarting 1t in thi
 way, you would have had better chanc
 Ut your trial
 "Justico!" snarlcd the ex-conviot "l
 pretty justice! Whose loot is this if 1t i
 not oursS Where Is the justice that shoul
 givo 1t mp to those who have never earne itt Look how have earned itl Twent
 long years in that fever ridden swamp, al day at work under the mangrovc trees, al
 night chained up in the filt 0y convict huts i bitten by mosquitoes, racked with aguC
 bullied by every cursed black faced police man who loved to take 1t out of a whit
 man. That was how earned the A ST treasure, and you talk to me of justice bt cause l cannot bear to feel that hay
 paid this price only that another may CT , joy itl would rather swing a score ( times, or have one of Tonga's darts in m hide, than live in a convict's cell and fe' l r with the money that should be mine . Small had dropped his mask of stoicisn |, and all this onme out in Q wild whirl ( v words, while his eyes blazed. and th handcuffs clanked together with the in passioned movement of his hands I coul . understand, as I saw the fury and tt
 passion ofSthe man, that 1t was no grounC less or unnatural terror which had po , sessed Major Sholto when he first learne that the injured convict was upon h track
 f You forget that we know nothing of a 7 this. said Holmes quietly. We havO n' heard your story, and we cannot tell ho
 far justice may originally have been c . your side
 l. Well, sir, yon have been very fair SD n ken to me. though can sec that have yC . to thank that have those bracelets upc e my wrists. Stin Ibear no grudge for tha
 1t is all fair and above board If you wal
 tQkeaK xgtary, have 70 wish to he