Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-01
The Adventure OIL
the Six Napoleons
No. 8 OF the Series
Continued from Yesterday


had emerged again. As he came out
into the glimmering patch Of light we
saw that he carried something white
under his arm. He looked stealthily
| all round him. The silence Of the de-
serted street treasured him. Turning
his back upon US, he laid down his bur.
den, and the next instant there was tho
sound Of a sharp tap, followed by n
clatter and rattle. The man was so
intent upon what he was doing that he
never heard our steps rs we stole
Of n tiger Holmes WINS on his back,
ord m ,nstor, Ioter Iostroda and I
had him nv either wrist and tbe hand.
cunrs had haon Fastened Az We ,urn.
cd him over I saw n hidcous. sallow
foce with writing. furious features.
p,orInp mn nj us. and I knew that II
wos indeed the man of the photoprapb
whom we had secured.
Rut II was NOT orr prIsoner to whom
Holmes was giving his attention.
Souotted on tho doorstep no was on.
papod I'm most cnrefuIIv examining that
which tho non had brought from tho
house II was n hust M Nonolaon ike
tho ono which wo Ind soon that morn.
inc and II Ind baon broken into similar
frngments CorcfuIIv Holmes hold eocb
son,r,to shorJ 10 th, IIgbt hut In no
wav ala II dIoror from nnv other shot.
tered niece of n,oster uo had inst
co,nnIotoJ bIs denomination whom tho
Roll iIohto ao,, m ,ho door ononoJ and
,bo ounor M Tho house n ioviol ro,uns
ec,,,ro In sh,r. OIL ,rn,,s.rs nrason,oJ
bims.Is
''---- .
"Mr. Josiah Brown, I suppose?" said
Holmes.
YES, sir: and you, no doubt, are Mr..
Sherlock Holmes? | had the note
which you sent by the express messen-
ger, and did exactly what you told
me. We locked every door on the In
side and awaited Developments. Well,
I'm very glad that you have got the ras-
cal. hope, gentlemen, that you will
come in and have some refrcshment."
However, Lestrade wns anxious to
get his man into safe quarters, so
| within few minutes our cab had
been summoned and we were all four
upon our way to London. Not n word
would our captive say, but he glared
at us from the shadow OF his matted
hair. and once when my hand was
within his reach he snapped Mt It like
II hungry wolf. We stayed long enough
ut the police station to learn that a
search Of his clothing revealed nothing
save n few shilllngs and a long sheath
knife. the handle OF which bore CO
pious traces Of recent blood.
That's all right" said Lestrade rs
we parted. "llill knows all these gen
try, and he Will give name to him.
You'll hnd that my theory OF the Malta
VIII work out oil right. hut I'm sure
l am exceedingly obliged to you, Mr..
Holmes, for the workmanlike way In
which you laid hands upon him. i
don't quite understand 1t all yet
II fear 1t IL rather too late an hour
for explanations" said Holmes. Be
sides, there are one or two details
which are not finished of. and 1t Is
one OF those cases which are worth
working out to the very end. II you
VIII come round once more to my
rooms at o'clock tomorrow l think
shall be able to show you that even
now you have not grasped the entire
meaning or this business, which pre-
sents some features which make 1t
crime. II ever I hermit Won to chron-
icle any more OF my little problems.
Watson, l foresee that YOU will emily
en- your pages by IN account of the
singular adventure OF the Napoleonic
busts."
When We mot opoIn NEXT evon,np IL.
strade was furnished with much in.
formation concerning our prisoner, His
name n onnoorod was Ranno sccond
name unknown He was n we'll known
ne,er.do.weu omong tho Italian col.
onv He had once been , s,tIlIful scnIn-
tor and had earned an honest living
but ne Ind taken n OWL courses and
had tyvice already hoo, IN ,oi,-once ,or
a Nlyn "a l..