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

seemed to hear Morartys voice screaming at me
out of the abyss. \ mistake would have been fatal
More than once, tufts of grass came out l.. my
hand or my foot slipped in the wet notches of the
rock, thought l was gone. But l struggled up
ward, and at last ! reached ledge several feet
deep and covered with soft green moss. where 7
could he unseen in the most perfect comfort
There L stretched when YOU, nv dear Watson
and all your following were investigating in the
most sympathetic and inefficient manner the CIR
cumstances of my death.
AT last, when YOU had all formed your newt
able and totally erroneous conclusions Won de-
parted for the hotel. and | was left alone [ had
imagined that had reached the end of my adver-
lures, but very unexpected occurrence showed
me that there were surprises still in store for me
huge rock, falling from above doomed past me-
struck the path and bounded over into the chasm
For an instant | thought that 1T was an accident
but moment later. looking up [ saw a mans
mead against the darkening sky. and another stone
struck the very ledge upon which | was stretched
within foot of my head. OF course, the meaning
OF this was obvious Moriarty had not been alone
"A confederate-and even that one glance had told
me now dangerous man that confederate was
had kept guard while the professor had attacked
me- Prom distance. unseen by me. he had been
a witness OF ms friends death and of my escape.
lie had waited, and then. making his way round to
the top of the cliff, he had endeavored to succeed
where his comrade had failed
L did not take long about it. Watson Again
saw that grim face look the cliff. and knew
that 1t was the precursor Of another stone. {
scrambled down on to the path. [ don't think 7
could have done it in cold blood. 1t was q mndr cd
tunes more difficult than getting IN But TsaJ
no time to think of the danger for another - ,no
sang past me as hung by my hands from the crl.e
OF the ledge Half way down I slipped. bu+ Inv
the blessing of God, I landed, torn and blesFin..
upon the path. took to my heels did ten miles
over the mountains in the darkness. and a. week
later found myself in Florence. with tho certainty
that no one In the world knew what had become
of me
4 had only one confdant-my brother Mvcrof+
owe you many apologies, my dear Watson, but It
was all-lmpOrtant that 1t should be thou; gIt was
dead, and 1t Is quite certain that YOU would not
have written convincing an account of M. nm
happy end had YOU not yourself thong Int that If
was true Several times during the last, three wears
L have taken up my pen to write to YOU but always
feared lest your atectionate regard for should
tempt you to some indiscretion which would h,trav
my secret For that reason | turned away from
you tins evening when YOU upset my books. for
IN danger at the time, and any show of surprise
and emotion upon Your part ght have drawn at
tentlon to identity aud led to the deplorab
and irreparable results. A. TO Mycroft I had To
cOnfde IN HIM III order to obtain the money which
L needed The of events in London did not
run so well ] had hoped for the trial Of tn,
MOriarty gang left two of its most dangerous
members. my own most vindictive enemies at lib
erty L travelled for two years in Tibet, therefore
and amused myself by visiting LhasSa and spend-
ing some days with the head Llama. You may
have read of the remarkable explorations of a Nor
weg1an named Sigerson, but l sure that If
never occurred TO you that YOU were receiyino
news of your friend. then passed through Persia
looked IN at Mecca, and paid short but interest
ing visit to the Khaifa at Hhartour1 the results
of which have communicated to the foreign office
Returning to France, l spent some months IN a
research into the cOalar derivatives which CON
Quoted IN laboratory at Montpelier, In the south
of France Having concluded TINS to my salts
faction, and learning that only of my enemies
was now left IN London. / was about to return
when my movements were FASTENED by the news Of
this very remarkable Park Lane mystery which not
only appealed to me by It's own merits but which
seemed to offer some most peculiar personal oppor-
tunltles. came over at TO London. called
IN my own person at Baker street. threw Mrs Hud-
son into violent Mysteries, and found that Mycrofr
had preserved my rooms and my papers exactly as
they had always been So it was, my dear Watson
that at O'Clock today | found myself in my old
arm chair III my old room, and only wishing
that l could have nv old friend Watson In
the other chair which he has so often adorned"
Such the remarkable narrative to which I
listened that April evening" narrative which
would have been utterly incredible to me had ii not
been confirmed by the actual sight of the tall spare
figure and the keen. eager face which had never
thought to again. In manner he had