Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-10-03
what a yell.he pavet And his face

what a yell he gavel And his face {, { I
between me and my sleep. / stcol
there, with his blood splashing round
me, and waited for bit, but all
was quiet, so took heart once more.
l looked round, and there was the tin
box on the shelf | had as much right
to it as Peter Carey, anyhow, SO took
it with me and left the hut. Like a
| fool, left my baccy pouch upon the
table.
Now I'll tell you the queerest part
of the whole story. had hardly got
outside the hut when 1 heard some
one coming, and l hid among the
bushes. A man came sinking along,
went into the hut, gave cry as IL he
had seen ghost and legged it as hard
as he could run until he was out of
sight. Who lie was or what he wanted
Is more than can tell. For my part,
walked ten miles, got train at Tun-
bridge Wells, and SO reached London
and no one the wiser.
i well, when l came to examine the
box l found there was no money in 1t
| end nothing but papers that would
not dare to sell. had lost my hold
| on Black Peter and was stranded in
| London without shilling. There was
only my trade left saw these ad-
vertisements about harpooners and
! high wages, so l went to the shipping
agents, and they sent me here. That's
! all know, and say again that if
killed Black Peter the law should give
me thanks. for l saved them the price
of hempen rope
"a very clear statement" said
Holmes, rising and lighting, his pipe.
II think, Hopkins. that YOU should
lose no time in conveying your pris-
oner to a place of safety. This room
is not well adapted for cell, and Mr..
Patrick Cairns occupies too large a
proportion of our, carpet"
"Mr. Holiness" said Hopkins, ~ do
not know how to express my gratitude.
Even now l do not understand how
you attained this result"
Simply by having the good fortune
to get the right clew from the begin
ming. 1t is very possible if 1 had
known about this notebook it might
pave led away my thoughts, as it did
yours. But all heard pointed in the
one direction. The amazing strength,
the skill in the use of the harpoon, the
rum and water, the sealskin tobacco
pouch with the coarse tobacco-all
these pointed to 4 seaman and one
who had been Il whaler. | was con-
WINGED that the initials p c. upon the
pouch were Il coincidence AID not
those of Peter Carey, since hc seldom
smoked and 10 pi.;e was fuGnd in his
cabin. You rcnlcii Der that | asked
whether whisky ;,:ii bran;,y were in
the cabin. You said tAey We're How
many landslnen are there who you'll
drink rum when tley could ct these
other spirits? Yes, was certain it
was Il seaman"
''And how did you Gn,l him?"
"My dear sir, tie prob,em had be-
CONG q very simple ore. II 1t were Il
seaman 1t could only be IL seaman who
had been With him on the Sea Unicorn.
So far as l could learn lie had sailed
i'll no other ship. l spent three days in
wiring to Dundee, and at the end Of
that time / had ascertained the names
of the crew of the Sea Unicorn in 1888.
When l found Patrick Cairns among
the harpooners my research was near!
Ing its eud---I a,.onsaa--t II, "a, A.
q time. / therefore spent some days
In the east end, devised an arctic eS=
petition, put forth tempting terms for
harpooners who would serve under
Captain Basll-and behold the result"
"Wonderful" cried Hopkins. "Won-
derfulv'
"You must obtain the release Of
young Neligan as soon as possible"
said Holmes. II confess that / think
you owe him some apology. The tin
box must be returned to him; but, Of,
course, the securities which Peter Ga
rey has sold are lost forever. There's
the cab, Hopkins, and you can remove
| your man. If you want me for tho
trial, my address and that of Watson
will be somewhere In Norway. III
send particulars later"