The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-05

when Holmes pulled my sleeve and
pointed up the line.
nAlready, you see, said he:
Far away, from among. the Kentish, |
woods, there rose a thin spray OF
smoke. A minute later a. carriage and
engine could be seen flying along the
open curve which leads to the station.
We had hardly time to take our place |
behind a pile Of luggage when it passed
with a rattle. and a roar, beating a
q blast trs of hot air into our faces:
I've watched the carriage swing and
rock over the points. aThere are linn
Its, you see, to our friend s intelligence.
It would have been a coup de maitre
had he deduced what I would deduce
ahd acted accordingly"
IN And what would he have done had
he oyertaken usY'
There cannot be the least doubt
| that he would have made a murderous
game at which two, may play; The
question now is whether we should take
a premature lunch here or run, our
chance of starving before we reach the
buffet at Newhaven.
We made our way to Brussels that
night and spent two days there. NOV
ing on upon the third day as far as
Strasburg. On the Monday morning
Holmes had tele7graphed to the f LONDON \
police, and in the evening we FOUND ma Il
Holmes tore it open. and then, with
III might have known it!'s he
groaned. '"He has escaped"
"Moriarty?''
'tThey have secured the whole gang
with the exception of him. He has given
them the slip. OF course, when l. ha az
cope with him. But I did think
that had put the game in their hands.
Z think that YOU had better return to
England, Watson"
"Because you will find me danger
Gus companion now. ms man an occu-
| to London. If I read his character
right he will devote his whole energies
Ito revenging himself upon me. He said
as much in our short interview. and l
fancy that he meant it. l should GER
tainlv recommend you to return to your
practice
It was hardly an appeal to be sue
cessful with one who was an old cam
paigner as we'll as an old friend. We
sat in the Strasburg lle-a-manger ar:
guing the question for half an hour, put
the same night we had resumed oul
journey and were well on our way tc
Geneva. .z
For a charming week we wandered
up the valley of the Rhone, and then
branching off at Leuk, we made oul
way over the Gemmi pass, still deep II
snow. and So by way Of iterl lake TIC tt
dainty g5?en o. Of tn the yRriag aba1s bn
: it was clear to me that never for ONE
instant did Holmes forget the shadow
, which lay across him. In the homell
Alpine villages or in the lonely noun
tain passes. / could still tell by his quicl
;, glancing eyes and his sharp scrutiny O.
We'll convinced that, walk where W,
!, would, we could not walk ourselve
i clear of the danger which was doggin|
t our footsteps. -.
Once, 1 remember, as we passed owe
r the Gemmi, and walked along the borde
r rock which has been dislodged from
e the ridge upon our right clattered dow
/, and roared into the lake behind us. II
Q an instant Holmes had raced up on t.
the ridge, and. standin upon loft.
u pinnacle, craned his neck IN every dl
j. assured him that. fall of stones. was
n common chance in the spring time a
r that spot. He said nothing, but h
/, smiled at me with the air of a man VIII
q sees the fulfllment of that which he ha
v expected.
v And yet for all his watchfulness h
y was never depressed. On the contrary
= I can never recollect having seen him j
:. % such exuberant spirits. Again and agai
. he required to the fact that if he coul
be assured that society was freed fro1
= Professor Moriarty he would cheerful
= bring his own career to a conclusion.
= ~ think that / may go SO far as
q say, Watson, that have not live
g wholly in vain,'' he remarked. 81
q my record were closed tonight I coul
m still survey it with equanimity. TIL
air of London is the sweeter for m
r, presence. In over a thousand cases
am not aware that have ever used m
IF + have been tempted to look into tn
problems furnished by nature rattle
than those more superficial ones fo
t. which our artificial state of society
responsible. Your memoirs will dra'
l. to an end, Watson, upon the day ths
4 extinction of the most dangerous an
r. capable criminal in Europe
re shall be brief, and yet, exact, in til
" little which remains for me to tell.
le is not subject on which I would will
r, ingly dwell, and yet I am conscious thu
" duty devolves upon me to omit 4
le details.
- 1t was on the Sd of May that "
reached the little village of Meiringe
where we put up at the Englischer Ho
then kept by Peter Steiler the elder. O,
h. landlord was an intelligent man, an
spoke excellent English, having serve
for three years as waiter at the Gro
Sc venor> hotel in London. At his advic
% on the afternoon Of the 4th we set Q
~ together, with the intention of crossiI
~, M the hills and spending the night at IL
tV hamlet of Rosenlaui. We had strict i
- functions, however, on no account
ha pass the falls of Reichenbach. which a
7 about half way up the hill, witho,
,ff making small detour to see them.
= It. is, indeed, FEARFUL place. II
id torrent, swollen by the melting sno,
id plunges into a tremendous abyss, fro
10 which the spray rolls up like the smol
ne from burning house. The shaft I'M
at which the river hurls itself is an in
w mense chasm, lined by. glistening Goa
an black rock, and narrowing into crear
TX ing, boiling pit of incalculable dept
which brims over and shoots the strea
onward over its Jagged lip. The lo1
sweep OF green water roaring forev'
down, and the thick Pickering curta
of spray kissing forever upward, tu1
man giddy with their constant viii
at and clamor. We stood near the ed,
at peering down at the CLEAN of the brea
at ing water far below us against ii
black rocks, and listening to the hal
re human shout which came booming
ST. with the spray out of the abyss.
az The path has been cut halfway rou1
Z, 20 the fall to afford a complete view, b
nj it ends abruptly, and the traveller h
ue to return as he came. We had turned
,st do so, when we saw a Swiss lad con
- running along it with letter in h
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