The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-26

four of US, as it had been on the chart,
and pinned it on his bosom. 1t was
too much that he should be taken to
the grave without some token from the
men whom he had robbed and befooled.
I'VE earned living at this time by
my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs and
other places as the black cannibal. He
would eat raw meat and dance his war
dance; SO we always had hatful of
pennies after a days work. ] still
heard all the news from Pondicherry
Lodge, and for some years there was
no news to hear, except that they were
hunting for the treasure. At last, how
ever, came what we had waited for so
long. The treasure had been found
1t was up at the top of the house, in
Mr. Bartholomew Sholtos chemical
laboratory. I came at once and had a
look at the place, but l could not see
how with my wooden leg was to make
my way up to it. ! learned, however,
about trap-door in the roof,
and also about Mr. Sholtos sup
per hour. 1t seemed to me that
| could manage the thing east
ly through Tonga. l brought him
out with me with long rope wound
round his waist. He could climb like
cat, and he soon made his way through
the roof, but, as i'll luck would have it,
Bartholomew Sholto was still in the
room, to his cost. Tonga thought he
had done somethingVery clever in kill
ing him, for when l came up by the
rope / found him strutting about as
proud as a peacock Very much sur
prised was he when l made at him with
the ropes end and cursed him for lit
tie bloodthirsty imp. took the treas
ure-boX and let it down, and then slid
down myself, having first left the sign
of the four upon the table. to show
that the jewels had come back at last
to those who had most right to them
Tonga then pulled up the rope, closed
the window, and made off the way
that he had come.
Il don't know that have anything
else to tell you. had heard water
man speak of the speed of Smiths
launch, the Aurora, so l thought she
would be handy craft for our escape.
/ engaged with old Smith and was to
give him big sum if he got us safe to
our ship. He knew. no doubt, that
there was some screw loose. but he was
not i'll our secrets. All this is the
truth, and if tell it to you. gentlemen,
it is not TO amuse you-for you have
not done me very good turn-but it is
because ! believe the best defense l
can make is just to hold back nothing
but let all the world know how badly
I have myself been served by Maj
Sholto, and how innocent l am of the
death of his SON."
"A very remarkable account" said
Sherlock Holmes. "A tittlng wind-up
to an extremely interesting case
There is nothing at all new to me in
the latter part of your narrative, ex-
cept that you brought your own rope
That / did not know. BY the way, l
had hoped that Tonga had lost all his
darts; yet he managed to shoot one at
us in the boat"
He had lost them all, sir, except the
one which was in his blow pipe at the
time"
''Ah, of course" said Holmes. 81
had not thought of that"
us there any other point which you
would like to ask aboutP" asked the
convict, affably.
II think not, thank you," my COM
panion answered.
well, Holiness" said Athelney
Jones, You are man to be humored,
and we all know that you are con-
noisseur of crime, but duty is duty, and
have gone rather far in doing what
you and your friend asked me. shall
feel more at ease when we have our