The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-19

cast off. Jones, Holmes and I sat in
the stern. There was one man at the
rudder, one to tend the engines, and
two burly police inspectors forward.
"Where to?" asked Jones.
ITO the tower. Tell them to stop
opposite to Jacobson's yard"
Our craft was evidently very fast
one. We shot past the long lines of
loaded barges as though they were sta
tionary. Holmes smiled with satisfac-
ton as we overhauled river steam
er and left her behind us.
''We ought to be able to catch any,
thing on the river he said.
swell, hardly that. But there are
not many launches to beat u.s."
'We shall have to catch the Aurora,
and she has name for being a clipper.
l will tell you how the land lies, Wat
son. You recollect how annoyed was
at being baked by so small thing?"
Eyes"
"Wen, gave my mind thorough
rest by plunging into chemical
analysis One of our greatest states
men has said that a change of work is
the best rest. So it is. When | had
succeeded in dissolving the hydrocar-
bon which l was at work at, came
back to our problem of the Sholtos, and
thought the whole matter out again.
My boys had been up the
river and down the river without
result. The launch was not at
any landing stage or wharf, nor had it
| returned. Yet it could hardly have
been scuttled to hide their traces
though that always remained as pos
sible hypothesis if all else failed. |
knew that this man Small had a GER
tain degree of low cunning, but l did
| not think him capable of anything in
| the nature of delicate finesse. That is
usually product of higher education.
| l then reflected that since he had GER
tainly been in London some time-as
we had evidence that he maintained a
| continual watch over Pondicherry
| lodge-he could hardly leave at mo-
| ment's notice, but would need some
| little time, if it were only a day, tC
arrange his affairs. That was the bal
ance of proba ability, at any rate"
1T seems to me to be little weak, ;
said |. 1T is more probable that he
| had arranged his affairs before ever he
set out upon his expedition"
mo, hardly think so. This lair OF
| lis would be too valuable retreat in
case of need for him to give it up until
he was sure that he could do without
| it. But second consideration struck
me: Jonathan Small must have felt
| that the peculiar appearance of his
companion, however much he may
| have top-coated him, would give rise
| to gossip, and possibly be associated
| with this Norwood tragedy. He was
quite sharp enough to see that. They
| had started from their headquarters
under cover of darkness, and he
would wish to get back before it was
broad light. Now, it was past three
o'clock, according to Mrs Smith, when
they got the boat. 1t would be quite
bright, and people would be about in
an hour or SO. Therefore, / argued,
they did not go very far. They paid
Smith well to hold his tongue, reserved
his launch for the final escape, and
hurried to their lodgings with the
treasure-box. In a couple of nights,
when they had time to see what view
the papers took, and whether there
was any suspicion, they would make
their way under cover of darkness TO
some ship at Gravcscnd or in the
Downs, where no doubt they had al