The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-03

to you, but always feared lest your
afectionate regard for me should tempt
YOU to some fndiscretion which would
betrav my secret. For that reason I
turned away from you this evening
when YOU upset NY books, for was in
danger at the time, and any show or
surprise and emotion upon your part
might have drawn attention TO my
identity and led to the most deplorable
and frreparabIe results. As 70 Mycrotc'
I had to confde in him in order to OBJ
tain the money which 1 needed, The
course Of events in London did not run
50 well as 1 had hoped, for the trial Of
the MOriarty gang left two Of its most
Dangerous members, my own most via
dictive enemies, at liberty. / Travelled
for two years in Tibet, therefore, and
amused myself by visiting Lassa and
spending some days with the head
lama. You may have read Of the re-
markable explorations OF a Norwegian
named Sigerson, but 1 am sure that it
never occurred to you that you were
receiving news Of your friend. ] then
passed through Persia, looked ia at
. Mecca and paid a short but interesting
visit to the kh8Hfa at KhaTtuTn. the re-
suits of which I have communicated
to the foreign Office. Returning TO
France, 1 spent some months in re-
search into the coal tar derivatives,
which 1 conducted in a laboratory at
/ Montpelier, in the south Of France.
( Having concluded this TO my satisfac-
! ton and learning that only one OF my
( enemies was now left in London, I 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 its own
merits, but which seemed TO offer some
most peculiar personal opportunities.
! I came over at once to London, called
/ in my own person at Baker street.
threw Mrs. Hudson into violent hys-
/ terics and found that MycrOft had pre-
| served my rooms and Ivy papers exact
/ " as they had always been. So il was,
nv dear Watson. thu at 2 O'Clock to-
day I found myself I'm my old arm
chair in my own old room and only
wishing that I could have seen my old
/ friend Watson in the other chair which
! he has so often adorned"
/ Such was the remarkable narrative
/ 20 which 1 listened on that April even
ing. a narrative which would have
+ been utterly incredible to me had It not
/ been confirmed by tie actual sight Of
/ the tall, spare figure and the keen, ca
/ ger face. which 1 had never thought to
I see again. In some manner he had
: learned Of my own sad bereavement,
/ and his sympathy was shown in his
manner rather than in HIS words.
Work is the best antidote TO sorrow,
my dear Watson" said ne, "and have
/ q piece Of work for as both tonight
which if we can bring It TO a success
full conclusion will in itself justify a
mans life on this planet" In vain 1
/ begged him to tell ne more. you win
hear and see enough before morning, -
/ he answered. 1--WE have three years OF
/ the past to discuss. let that suffice IN
/ til half past Q, when we start UPON the
! notable adventure Of the empty house"
It was indeed ike old times when at
! that hour I found myself seated beside
/ him in q hanson, my revolver IN hly
pocket and the thrill Of adventure 10
my heart. Holmes was cold and stern
and silent. As the CLEAN Of the street
lamps flashed upon his austere features
I saw that his brows were drawn down
i'm thought and his thin lips cOrnpres scd
. I knew not what wild beasts we were
about to hunt down in the dark Jungle
Of criminal London, but I was wei as
sured from the bearing Of thi1 masoer
huntsman that the adventure was a
most grave ono. while the sardonlc
smile which occasionally broke through
his ascettc gloom BODIED Httlc go9l for
the object of our quest
had imagined that we were bound
for Baker street. but Holmes stopped
the cab at the corner OF Caveudish
SQUARE. I observed that as De stepped
ont he gave q most searching glance to
right and Left and at every Subsequent
street corner be took the utmost pains
TO assure that he was not followed.
. Our route was certainly q singu' ar one.
. Holmes knowledge OF tie byways Of