The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19

| blind two nights before2 No, no, Hop
| kins. it is another and more formida-
| bic person for whom we must seek
The detectives face had grown
| longer and longer during Mr.
] Holmes speech. His hopes and
his ambitions were all crum-
/ bling about him. But he would not
abandon his position without a strug-
| sic
You can't deny that Neligan was
present that night, Mr.. Holmes The
1 book viii prove that. 1 fancy that
| have evidence enough TO satisfy a
jury, even if you are able TO pick a
hole in it. Besides, Mr.. Holmes, 1
have laid my hand upon my man. As
to this terrible person OF yours, where
is he?"
Il rather fancy that he is on the
stair" said Holmes, serenely- i
| think, Watson. that you would do
| well to put that revolver where YOU
can reach it" He rose and laid a
| written paper upon a side table. Now
we are ready" said he.
| There had been some talking in gruff
| voices outside. and now Mrs Hudson
| opened the door to say that there were
| three men inquiring for Captain Basil
| Show them in one by one" said
| Holmes.
The first who entered was little
| ribstOn- pippin of a man., with ruddy
! cheeks and fluffy white side whiSkers-
| Holmes had drawn letter from his
pocket.
What name?" he asked.
| James Lancaster"
| 4 am sorry, Lancaster, but the berth
Is full. Here is half d sovereign for
your trouble. Just step into this room,
and wait there for few minutes
/ The second man was Il long. dried-up
| creature, with lank hair and sallow
| cheeks HIS name was Hugh Pattins.
He also received his dismissal, his half
| sovereign, and the order to wait.
! The third applicant was a man of re
mdrkable appearance y fierce bull
! dog face was framed in tangle of
| hair and beard, and two bold, dark
! eyes CLEANED behind the cover Of
! thick, tufted, overhunG eyebrows. He
| saluted and stood saiIor-fashion. turn
| ing his cap round in his hands.
| Your name?' asked Holmes.
Patrick Cairns"
J 'Harpooner?''
Yes, sir. Twenty-siX voyages"
| Dundee, L suppose2"
| Yes, sir"
And ready to start with an ex-
pioring ship?'
! YES, SIR
What wages?'
! Eight pounds a month"
| could you start at once?"
! CAS- soon as get my kit
! Have you your papers,"
Yes, sir" He took a sheaf Of worn
| and greasy forms from his ppOcket.
! Holmes glanced over them and re-
! turned them
| You are just the man I want" said
! he. Here's the agreement on the side
! table. If you sign it the whole matter
| Will be settled
| The seaman lurched across the room
/ and took up the pen.
| shall I sign here?' he asked, stoop-
/ ing over the table.
! Holmes leaned over his shoulder and
/ passed both hands over his neck
This will do said he.
! I heard a click of steel and a below
/ Ike an enraged bull. The next in
! slant Holmes and the seaman were
/ rolling on the ground together. He
/ was a man of such gigantic strength
! that. even with the handouts which
/ Holmes had so deftly fastened upon
/ his wrists. he would have very
| quickly overpowered my friend had
| Hopkins and 1 not rushed to his res
/ cue. Only when l pressed the
/ cold muzzle of the revolver
/ to his temple did he at
/ last understood that resistance was
/ vain We dashed his ankles with cord
I and rose breathless from the struggle.
! Il must really apologize. Hopkins. -
/ said Sherlock Holmes, 4 fear that the
! scrambled eggs are cold. However. you
/ will enjoy the rest of your breakfast
: all the better, Will you not, for the
/ thought that you have brought your
| case to a triumphant conclusion.
! Stanley Hopkins was speechless with
! amazement.
/ It don't know what to say. Mr.
! Holiness he blurted out at last. with a
/ very red face. 1T seems TO me that
! have been making a fool of myself
! from the beginning I understand now
a
/ that I am the pupil and you are the
! master. Even now l see what you
| have done. but I don't know how you
| did it. or what it signifies
! We'll. WE'LL said Holmes. good hui
| moredly I'VE all learn by experience
/ and your lesson this time is that you
should never lose sight of the alterna-
! tive. You we're so absorbed in young
! Neligan that you could not spare a
! thought to Patrick Cairns. the true
murderer of Peter Carey
The hoarSe voice Of the seaman broke
| in on our conversation.
See here, mister" said he, II make
no complaint of being man-handled III
/ this fashion. but I would have you cal
/ things by their right names. You say
/ murdered Peter Carey, / say 1 killed
! Peter Carey. and there's all the differ
! euce. Maybe you don't believe what
/ say Maybe you think 1 am just sling
! ing you yarn
/ Not at all" said Holmes. Let us
/ hear what you have to say"
| IT'S soon told. and. by the Lord
J every word of il is truth. L knew Black
/ Peter. and when he pulled out his knife
! 1 whipped d harpoon through him
1 sharp for l knew that it was him OF
! me. That's how he died You can cal
/ il murder. Anyhow. I'd as soon die
| with a rope round my neck as with
| Black Peters knife in my heart"
| How came you there" asked
| Holmes.
! III tell it you from the beginning
Just sit me up a little. so as I can SPEAK
| easy. 1t was in 50 that it happened
/ August of that year. Peter Carey was
/ master of the Sea Unicorn, and I was
} of the ice-pack on our way home. with
/ head winds and a weeks sOutherly
| gale. when we picked up a little craft
/ that had been blown north. There was
! one man on her-a landsmaD. The crew
! had thought she would founder. anC
! had made for the Norwegian coast il
| the dinghy l guess they were al
! drowned. Well. we took him on board
! this man. and he and the skipper haC
/ some long talks in the cabin. All tins
/ baggage we took off with him was one
| tin box. So far as 1 know. the mans
name was never mentioned. and on the
! second night he disappeared as if ht
! had never been 1t was given out that
| he had either thrown himself overheard
/ or fallen overheard i'm the heavy wealth