Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-19
The Adventure Of
Black Peter
No. @ of the Series
CONTINUED from Yesterday

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$50 I snouiu say. IL Will be OIL,
fault IL we are not there 10 receive
him. Meanwhile let me see the inside
of the cabin"
The traces of the trngedy had been
removed, but the furniture within the
little room still stood as II Ind beer
on the night of the crime For two
hours with most intense concentration
Holmes examined cvers object in turn
but his face showed that his quest was
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than elsowbere n mov have hoon .
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boon n boy we'll vol, con A. nn,,
inc moro Tot ma wall, 4, th.so hoou
tiful WOODS watson and yIve n ,ew
hours IN tho birds and tho aowora W.
shall meet Won here infer Uonr,ns
and COO ~ wa con coma 10 c,ooor ,,,o,
tors Wien tho oont,o,no,, ,.,,n nas at,
mi. vis,t IN tho piyb,"
n WINS INST n o,cloc, who, ,vo form.
oil our I,tt,e ombusc,do Uo,r,rs ,os
FOR ,ooy,p, tho door ~ tho hu, ,nor
but Holmes was of tho onipion tbot
thIs would rouse tho susnic,op. NJ the
stranger. The lock was n perfectlv
simple one. and only n strong b,odo
was needed TO push II back Holmes
also suggested TINT We should waIt No,
-,
inside the hut, but outside 1t among
the bushes which grew round the far
Their window. In this way we should
be able to watch our man II he struck
a light and see what his object was In
this stealthy nocturnal visit.
1t was q long md melancholy vigil,
and yet brought with II something Of
the thrill which the hunter feels when
he lies beside the water pool and waits
for the coming OF the thirsty beast OF
prey. What savage creature was 1t
which might steal upon us out Of the
darknessf Was II fierce tiger Of
crime, which could only be taken light
Ing hard with Flashing fang and claw.
or would 1t prove to be some skulkins
jackal, dangerous only to the weak and
unguarded!
In absolute silence we crouched
among the bushes. waiting for what.
ever might come. AT first the steps
of a few belated villagers or the sound
of voices from the village lightened our
vigil, but one by one these Interruptions
died away ana an absolute stiffness fell
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W. '' ',''''u upo. '"e ''e"e "''''''
ihe hoc'urn", v'sitor was youht
man, run anu 'h'n' Win plack mus
tache, which intensified the deadly
pallor of his face. He could not have
been much above twenty years Of age
l have never seen any human being
who appeared TO be in such a pltiablt
fright, for his teeth We're visibly chat
tcring, and hc was shaking In every