The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-12


iup to the window, closed it, and drop
4 ped the blinds. LeStrade had produced
two candles, and the policemen had
uncovered their lanterns. / was able
at last to have a good look at oul
prisoner.
| It was q tremendously Virilc and
vet sinister lace which was turned to-
wards US With the brow of phil
osopher above and the jaw of a SEN
sualist below, the man must have
started with great capacities for good
or evil. But one could not look upon
| mis- cruel blue eyes, with their droop-
ing, cynical lids, or upon the fierce,
Iag2 ressivc rose and the threatening,
deep-lined brow, without reading ma
lures p}atnest danger signals. He
| took no heed of any of us, but his
| eyes were fixed upon Holmes face
with an expression in which hatred
and amazeuent were equally blended.
you fiend:" he kept on inulIerinS,
Won clever. clever ilend!"
| "Ah. Colonel" said Holmes arrang-
ling his rumpled collar, journeys end
in lovers meetings as the old play
! says. | don't think ! have nad ,.lc
| pleasure of seeing You since YOU fay-
: CURED me with those attentions AS
| lay OF the ledge above the Reichen-
| bach Fall.
| The Colonel still! stared at my friend
| like y, man in a trance. You cunning.
| cunning tend," was all that he could
| say.
II have not introduced you yet"
said Holmes. This gentleman is Col
| ouel Sebastian Moran, once of her Ma
| iesty's Indian Army. and the best
| heavy game shot that our Eastern En-
pirc has ever produced. | believe |
am correct. Colonel. in saying that
your pag Of tigers still remains un-
| rivalled 2"
| The fierce old man said nothing. but
| S;il glared at my companions. With
| his savage eyes and bristljng NOUS
tache he was wonderfully like Il tiger
| himself. .,..
Il won4er that my very simple
| stratagem could deceive SO old q
| shikari," said Holmes at must he
| very familiar TO you. Have YOU not
| tethcrcd a young kid under q tree,
| lain above. il with your rifle and wait
ed for the bait 10 bring up your tiger ?
| This empty house is my tree, and you
/ are my tiger. You have possibly had
| other guns in reserve in case there
should be several tigers, or in the un-
| likely supposition Of your own aim
falling vou. These he pointed
around. "are my other guns. Tie par.
allel is exact"
: Colonel Moran sprang forward with
81 snarl of rage. but the constabl"s
dragged him back The fury upon
| his face was terrible 10 look at.
4 confess that YOU had one small!
| surprise for me" said Holmes. II did
not anticipate that you would yourself
! make use of this empty house and this
| convenient front window. 1 had ina.
| gned you as operating from the street
| where my friend Lestrade and his
merry men were awaiting you. With
| that exception, all has gone as | eX-
| ptcted."
| Colonel Moran turned TO the official
| detective,
you may or may not have just
| cause for arresting me- said he, but
at least there can be no reason why
should submit to the gibes of this per
| son. If am in the hands OF the law,
| let things be done In legal way"
| We'll. that's reasonable enough,
| said Lestrade Nothing further you
| nave 10 say, Mr.. Holmes, before We
So?"
! Holmes had picked up the powerful
| air-gun from the floor, and was exam
! lining its mechanism.
| AN admirable and unique weapon,
| aid he, "noiseleSS aud of tremendous
| power. | knew Won Herder, the blind
| German mechanic. who constructed
| il to the order of the late Professor
| Moriarty. For years have been
aware OIL us ehfSteuC", lHouEti nav,
| never before had the opportunity Of
handling It, / commend it very spe-
cially 90 your attention. Lestrade, and
also the bullets which fit it,
You can trust us 10 look after that,
! Mr.. Holmes" said Lcstrade. as the
whole party moved towards the door.
/ Anything further to say
| "Only TO ask what charge You in
tend TO PREFER"
| f~I, C.iS
! the attempted murder Of Mr.. Sherlock
| lIolmsc."
| Not 50. LeStradc. I do not propose
| to appear in the. matter at all. To
| you, aud to you only. belongs the
credit of the remarkable arrest which
YOU have effected. Yes. I|cstrade,
couglutulatc you With your usual
happy mixture OF cunning and audac-
ity. YOU have got him
Got him! Got whom. Mr.. Holmes %
The man that the whole force has
been Seoking in Nain--COloncl ScbaS.
tan Moran, who shot tho Honorable
Roma Id Adair with an expanding bullet
from on air gun through the open Win
dow of thc second floor front Of No
APT Park lane. upon the Goth of last
month That's The charge. LcStrade.
And now, Watson, if YOU can endure
The drlusht from a broken window.
think that half an hour In my studs
over cigar may afford you some pro
iitablc amusement"
our old chambers had been left TN
changed through the supervision o.
MNCroft Holmes and the immediate
care Of Mrs. Hudson. AS ] entered
| saw. Il is true. an unwontcd udincSS
but the old landmarks We're all in Their
place. There was the chemical corner
hand the aCid-Stained. dHal-tnppcd ia
II BILE. There upon q shelf was tho row
of formidable scrap Books and book!
nf reference which many Of our fellow
citizens would have been SO glad Il
burn. The diagrams. the violin case
and the pipe ract-eVcn the Persian
clipper which contained tho tobacco
all met my eyes as | glanced round me
| There were two occupants Of the room
Que. Mrs. Hudson, who bcamcd up
on US both as VIC cntercd--thc other
he strange dummy which had playe,
50 important q part IN tho evening!
adventures. 1t was a waX-colOreC
model of my friend, so admirably done
that il was perfect facsimile. I
stood on q small pedestal table with
an old dressing gown Of Holmes 81
/ draDed round il that The illusion froJr