The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-04-05
ui-THE ADVENTURE OF THE
DANCING MAN.-Coatinued.

eRid the Inspector, warmly. hou VIII
excuse me. however. " | speak frankly
Co you You are only answerablc To
yourseif bot I have To answer tn my
eupcrlors If this Abe Slaney. living az
Eirigr's. Is indeed the murderer. and u
ne has made his escape while I ann
seated here. I should certainly get into
serious trouble
You need no, b. uneasy. lie will
not try to escape
How do you know
TO rs would be confession OF
guilt
Then let US 60 and arrest him"
Z EXPECT him here every instant
"Rut why should he come
because I have written and asked
him"
..Rut this IL Incredible. Mr.. Holiness
why should It, come because you have
asked him? Would not such request
rather arouse his suspicious and cause
him Co ilyT''
4 think I have known how To frame
the letter" said Sherlock Holmes. In
fact. IN I am not very much mistaken.
here is the gentleman himself coming
~ the drive"
a man was striding up the path that
TED 10 the door. He was "a tall. hand
some. 1warthy fellow. clad In suit
OF grey flannel. with "A Panama hat
bristlirg black beard. and "a great ag-
gr-Esive hook ed nose. and nourtshing
cane as he walked. He staggered up
the path as " the place belonged to
him. and we heard his loud. confident
peal ut the bell
Il think, gentlemen" said Holmes
quietly. that we had best take up our
position behind the door Every pee
caution IN necessary when dealing with
such n fellow You will need your
handouts. Inspector. You can leave
the talking 10 me"
We waited in silence for minute
oae OF those minutes which one can
never forget. Then the door opened
and the man stepped In. In an In
slant Holmes clapped a pistol 10 his
head and Martin slipped the handouts
over hts wrists. II was all done so
swiftly and denly that the fellow was
helpless before he knew lac was 1T
tackled. lie glarcd frcm one Ia the
other of uS With pair OF blazing black
eyes. Then he burst into bitter
laugh
We'll gentlemen. you have tho
drop OF me this time. I seem To have
knocked UP against something hard.
But I came here Ia answer to u let
Ter from Mrs. Hilton 'ubltt Don't
trii me that she IN ia this" Don't tell
rue that she helped TO set trap Tor
mrT'
Mrs. Hilton Cubitt vas seriously iu-
tured. and Is at deaths door"
The man gave a hoarse cry az grief.
witch rang through the house.
You're crazy" he cried. iercely. 1T
was he that was hurt. not she. Who
would have hurt little Elsie 7 may
have threatened hcr--C;od forgive me!
but | would not have touched a hair
et her pretty head. Take Il back-you.
Nay that she Is not hurt"
She was found. badly wounded, by
thr side of her dead husband"
lie sank with q deep groan onto the
srttee and buried his face IN his man
ncied hands. For five minutes he was
Aiient Then he raised his face once
more and spoke with the cold COM
posture az despair.
4 have nothing To hide from you.
gentlemen" said h.. IL I shot the
man he had shot NJ me. and
there's no murder In that. but IL you
think I could have hurt that woman
then you know neither me or her. I
cell you. there never was man In the
world loved woman more than loved
her ] had right IL her. She was
pledged 90 me years ago. Who was this
EnglishmIn That he should come be-
tween us" I tell you that l had the
hrst right To her. and that l Was only
ciaimug my own
she broke away from your influence
when she found the man that you are. ="
said Holmes sternly. she fled from
America To avoid you, and married an
honorable gentleman IN England. You
dogged her and followed her and made
her life n misery To her ia order to
induce her To abandon the husband
whom she loved and respected la order
Co ny with you. whom she feared and
hated. You have ended by bringing
about the death OF a noble man and
driving his wife Co suicide. That is
your record in this business. Mr.. Abe
Sianey, and you will answer for IL TO
the law"
"ff Elsie dies I care nothing what
becomes ~ me-" said the American.
tie opened one OF his hands and looked
q, a note cTumplcd up Ia his palm
''sscr here. mister" he cried, with a
gteam ~ suspicion la his eyes. you're
not trying to scare me over this. are
you' n the lady IL hurt as bad as you
sly. who was II that wrote this note .?
lie tossed 10 forwards onto the table.
Il wrote u. To bring you here"
You wrote IT. There was no Ola,
su earth outside the Joint who knew
ths secret Of the dancing men. How
came you 90 write N -
What enc man can invent another
eau diFcoycr." said Holmes. There /,
cab coming To convey sou To- Nor.
wsch. Mr.. Slaney. hut. meanwhile. yot
have time To make some small rcparn,
tisn for the injury you have wrought
Are you aware that Mrs. Hilton Cubit
hts herself lain under grave suspicion
pf the murder OF her husband, ant
that ~ MAS only my presence here, ant
the knowledge which I happened [,
tAlsHess. which has saved her from IN,
accusation: The least that YOU uwt
her " to make clear 10 the whole worl,
that she was In no way. directly or In
directly. responsible for his tragic end.
4 ask nothing better" said the Am
erican. Il guess the very best case
eau make for myself Is the absolut
naked truth"
It b. my duty 90 warn YOU that
will b. used against YOU" cried the ia
spectoT. with I'll" magnificent fair pla
st the British criminal law.
Slnucy shrugged his shoulders.
''Iil chance that" said lac. First Q
alt. 1 want you gentlemen 60 under
stand that I have known this lady sine
.yhs was child. There were seven &
as iu gang Ca Chicago. and Elsie
father vas the boss OF the joint. ii
was "A clever man, was old Patrick.
wiz he who invented that writinl
which would pass NJ a chiid's scrav
unleSs you just happened To have n
KEY Co Ia. Well. Elsie learned some
our ways. but she couldn't stand N
business. and she had bit OF hone,
money OF her own. so she gave us a
ihr slip and got away To London. Sh
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