The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

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quarter, Well this dead man had
some catholic emblem round his neck.
ana that. alOnE with his color made
mo tF1DE he was from the south. In
speCtor Hin knew him the moment he
caught sight Of him. His name is Pie
tU0 NenuCCi. from Naples and he is ona
Of the greatest Cur-t threats in London
He is connected with the Mia. which.
as you know. is Se-Vet political so
! cietN- enforcing its DEGREES BY rullrdor
Now. YOU see how tho affair begins 10
clear UD. The other fellow is probably
an Italian also. and member of tho
. Malta He has broken tho rules in some
fashion. Pictro Is set upou his track
Probably tho photograph We found iu
I his pocket is the mau himself. 80 that
/ b" may not knife the wrong person. He
dogs the fellow. he secs him enter q
house, he waits outside for him, and in
the Scuffie he receives his own death
/ wound. How is that. Mr.. Sherlock
Holiness"
Holmes cIsppod his hands APPROX
( i0Ely.
cried But / didn't quite follow Your
explanation OF the destruction Of the
| buStS.'
The busts. You never get those
! bustS out Of Your head. After all. THAI
is nothing: petty larceny. six months at
| tn" most II is tho murder that we src
really investigating. and 1 tell you that
! am gathering all the threads into my
hands"
And the next stage"
Is very simple one I shall 70
down with Hin 10 the Italian quarter.
ind The man whose photograph We have
got and arrest him on the charge Of
murder. VIII YOU come with uS2"
II think not ] fancy we can attain
our end i'm a simpler way. / cant say
/ for certain. because II all depends-weII
II all depends upon factor which ia
completely outside our control But I
have great hOpeS-in fact. the betting
Is exactly two To cne-that If YOU W in
come with us tonight / shall he able
10 help you TO lay him by the heels"
In the Italian quarter
NO, I fancy Chiswick is an address
which is more likely to find him II
YOU viii come with me TO ChiSwick TO-
night. LeStTade. III promise To so TO
the Italian quarter with YOU tomorrow.
and no harm VIII be done by the delay.
And now 1 think that few hours sleep
would do us all SOCd. for ] do not pro
pose 10 leave before n o'clock. and ii is
unlikely that We shall he back before
morning You'll dine with US. I.estrade.
and then YOU arc welcome TO the sofa
until il is time FOR us 10 start I'm the
meantime Watson, 7 should he glad II
You would ring for All express u4eSseu-
ger. for have a letter 10 send. ana it
Is Important that 1t should 80 at once"
Holmes spent the evening in rum
aging among the files Of the old daily
Z
rooms was packed. When at last he
descended. il was with triumph in his
eyes. but ne said nothing to either of
us to the result Of his researches.
For my own part. 7 had followed Step
by step the methods by which he had
traced the various winnings or this
/ complex case. and. though I could not
/ Yet perceive the goal which we would
reach. l understood clearly that
Holmes expected this grOtCsGue
4 criminal Q
! Two remaining buStS, one OF which
{ remembered was at ChiSwick- IA
I doubt the object OF our journey was tC
catch him i'm the very act. and could
not but admire the cunning with which
my friend had inserted wrong clue in
3 the evening paper. 50 a s. to give tho
fellow the idea that no could continue
! his scheme with impUDity. 7 was not
surprised WheT. Holmes suggested that
: should take my revolver With me
He had himself ulcked ND the loaded
! hunting crop which Was his fsVorito
/ WelDuU-
: 4 four-whceIcr WIS at tho door az
J eleven. and i'm il We drove to a. spot the
/ other sid" Of Hammorsnith Bridge.
J Here the cahmaH was directed To- wait
/ y short walk brought us TO tho Sc
/ Guided road friugcd with pleasant
! houses. each standing i'm its own
/ grounds lu the light OF q street lamp
/ We road "Idbmuum Villa uDun tho
4 Earc-poSt of one 0r them. The Ot~u-
/ pants bad evidently retired TO rest. for
! AN Was dark save for a fauIizIf over
tho hall door. which shed a single
+ blurred circle on to the garden path.
. Tho wooden feuc" which separated the
/ grounds from the road threw "a dense
f black shade uuon the inner side. and
3 mere 1T was that we CrCUched-
~ fear that yOu'il have \ lonE wait
Holmes whispered We NAV thank
/ our stars that II is not raining. 7
! don think We can even venture 10
/ smoke TO pass the time However. it's
! "a two to ono chance that we get some
! thing 10 pay MS for our trouble
n proved. however. that our vigil was
not TO be 50 long a. Holmes bad led
} us To fear, and il ended i'm very sud
/ den and singular fashion I'm am in
StaUt. without the least sound to warn
/ us of his coming. tho garden gate
swung open and a 1.-the, dark figure
as swift and active a. an ape. rushed
MP the garden path We saw il whiSk
/ past the light thrown from over the
/ door and disappear against the black
3 shadow of the house There was a. long
{ pause during which we held our breath
| and then a very gentle creakinE sound
came to our ears. The window was be
! ing opened The noise ceased, and
! again there was a long silence The
! fellow was making his way into the
/ house. We saw the sudden flash Of A
! dark lantern inside the room. What
/ he sought was evidently not there, for
/ aSaiu we saw the flash through an
! other blind, and then through another
! Let us get to the open window. We
/ will nab him AS he Climbs out" Les
/ trade whispered.
! But before we could move. the man
( had emerged again And he came out
/ into the Glimmering patch of light we
| saw that he carried something white
/ under his arm. lie looked steaIthiIy
all round him. The silence OF the de-
! serted street treasured him Turning
EiS back upon us he laid down his bur
/ den, and the next instant there was
/ the sound Of a sharp tap, followed BIZ
| "A clattcr and rattle The man was so
/ intent upon what he was doing that
| he never heard our steps as we stole
/ across the grass plot. With the bound
| OF tiger Holmes was on his back and
an instant later Lestrade and 1 had
him by either wrist, and the handouts
/ had been fastened As we turned him
oyer I saw q hideOus, SalIOW face with
| Writing, furious features, glariug -up
at us, and 1 knew that il. was indeed
the man of the photograph whom we
| had secured.
| But it was not our prisoner to whom
Holmes was giving his attention.
Squatted on the doorstep, he was en-
gagged i'm most carefully examining thar