The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-12

and strength upon some lever with the result that
there came long whirring. grinding noise ending
once moro In a powerful click. He straightened
himself then. and | saw that what he held in his
hahd was sort OF a gun, with curiousl y mis-
Shapen butt lie opened II at the breech. put some
thing in, and snapped the breech- block Then
crouchlng. down. he rested the end of the barrel
upon the ledge OF the open window. and j saw his
long moustache droop over the stock and his eve
CLEAN as il peered along the sights. [ heard a lit
1 tie sigh of satisfaction he cuddIed the butt to
his shoulder and that amazing target the black
man on the yellow ground, standing clear at the
end of his foresight For an instant he was rigid
and motloRless Then his finger ti~htened or the
trleger There was strange, loud whiz and long
sIlvery tlnkle of broken glass. AT that instant
Holmes sprang hike tiger on to the marksman's
back, and hurled him fiat upon his face He was
up again IN moment. and with, convulSvc strength
he seized Holmes by the throat, but I struck him
on the head with the butt of my revolver and he
dropped again upon the floor. / fell upon him.
and as held him my comrade blew shrill call
upon whistle There was clatter of running
feet upon the pavement. and two policemen in uni
form, with one plain-clothes detective. rushed
through the front entrance and into the room
That you. Lestradel' said Holmes
! yes, Mr.. Holmes. I took the job myself It's
good to see you back in London, SIR
Il think you want little unofficial help. Three
undetected murders in year won't do Lestrade
But you handled the Moesey Mystery with less than
Your usuai-thats to say, you handled it fairly
WE'LL
We had all risen our feet, our prisoner breath
ing hard, with stalwart constable ON each side of
him. Already a few loiterers had begun 70 collecs
IN the street. Holmes stepped up to the window
closed 1t. and dropped the blinds. Lestrade had
produced two candles, and the policemen had un-
covered their lanterns was able at last to have a
good look at our prisoner.
| 1t tremendously virile and vet sinister
face which was turned towards With the brow
| of philosopher above and the jaw of sensualist
below, the must have started with great capsci
or for evil Rl1t l.
upon his cruel blue eyes, with their dropping cvn-
zeal lids upon tho fierce aggressive nose and the
threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Ma
lures painest danger signals. He took no heed of
US, but his eyes fixed upon Holmes face with
| an expression in which hatred and amazement were
equally blended. "You fend!7 he kept on mutter-
ing, '.you clever, clever fendr'
"Ah, Coloneli" said Holmes arranging his rum
pied collar, journeys end in lovers meetings. as
the old play says. / don't think I have had the
pleasure of seeing you since you favored me with
those attentions [ lay on the ledge above the
Reichcnbach Fall"
The Colonel still stared at my friend like a man
IN trance You cunning, cunning fend~
all that he could say.
81 have not introduced you yet" said Holmes.
This gentlemen is Colonel Sebastian Moran. once
of her majestys Indian army. and the best heavy
game shot that our eastern empire has pro-
duced. / believe / am correct. Colonel in saying
that your bag of tigers still remains unrivaledl"
! The fierce old man said nothing, but still glared
at my companionist with his savage eyes and brist
/ ling moustache he wonderfully like tiger
himself.
Il wonder that my very simple strategem could
deceive old shikari" said Holmes. 1T must be
very familiar you. Havc. you not tethered
young kid under tree, lain above it with your
rifle, and waited for the bait to bring up your
tiger. This empty house Is my tree, and you
my tiger. You have possibly had other guns in
reserve in there should be several tigers in
the unlikely suppositOn Of your aim failing
/ YOU. These" he pointed around, ARE my other
| guns. The parallel Is exact"
Colonel Moran sprang forward with a snar of
rage but the constables dragged him back The
! fury upon his face terrible to look at
Il confess that you had small surprise for
me-" said Holmes. Il did not anticipate that you
would yourself make of this empty house and
| this convenient front window. l had imagined you
/ as operating from the street, where my friend
Lestrade and his merry men were awaiting YOU
With that exception all has gone as / expected
Colonel Moran turned to the official detective.
you may or may have just for
resting me-" said ne, ''but least there can be
reason why l should submit to the gibeS of this
person If IN the hands of the law, let things
be done in a legal way"
"WeH, that's reasonable enough" said Lestrade.
! Nothing further you have to say, Mr. Holmes,
before goE
Holmes had picked up the powerful air gun
from the floor, and was examining It's mechanism
"An admirable and unique weapon" said he,
.'noiseless and of tremendous power. knew Won
Herder. the blind German mechanic who con-
structed 1t the order of the late Professor Mort
arty. For years / have been of it's existence.
though have never before had the opportunity of