Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-02-09
THE ADVENTURE OF THE
EMPTY HOUSE-CONTINUED

THE ADVENTURE OF THE
EMPTY HOU9E-CONTINUED
II am glad to stretch myself. Wat
SON" he said. 1T is no joke whan u
t,u r,an ha. IN taF.r q foot of bte sfaf-
lz 49,. IL.
WIG Iva p" '" "'
dear fellow, IN the matter OK these ez-
plantations, we have, il / may ask for
yonr co-oDgratlon. a hard and danger
rla NIGHTS work in front OF Us. Per
hans Ia would be better If : gave YOU
am arrOuD of the whole situation when
maj work "a Hniehad.p
i am fun of curiosity, I should much
prcfer 10 hear now"
oTourIl come with me. tunight?'
"3Nrhnn YOU like and where YOU like
"Thig ia, indeed. like the old days. We
shall have time for "a mouthfui og din.
ner before we need 60. Well. then,
about that chasm. had no serious
diHigRltv la getting ont Of il. for the
very simple reason that / never was
ia IT,"
"Ycu never were I'm it2"
"No, Watson, / never was i'm it. Ny
note 30 YOU was absolutely genuine
I had little doubt that ] had come
TO the end or my career When per-
ceiFea the somewhat sinister inquire oI
the late Professor horiarity STANDING
upon The narrow pathway Whlch lea
10 saT ny. e an IneAotable puF-
rose ~ ms Sfey EYES. e~&cn'nSe
autl5 tS,ii4tNn VIII ititlI -
opt"lHSu ms touile0us pyluLl9a'oa ~
VIE 'le aioLt noe nlCh you "ltII-
"al9s trCSlNsg' lgaI y WIZ iny 80 !
49, ~ aI1 ny 7tITN' ~ ! NJ. 4.
aloHs We i8IiWay' Moil1Iity SUI :
NY IlesiS. Nugh l reached ue S'lt !
nkOOQ III. DAY. Tie uEEN 10 MEtliblls bNA
= as ~ - he ~ ~" &c
alnlS alounu ine. ne Knew In"t ne
omh b".L4 ~ W, ny mas oiLs ~
~ ~ NlI5 h.tl7eii I'LL - ~
toIISigU lostlheI upoH Lhe Dillh ", :.
Is". : haFe So!ne hnoWIIuse
VI oai.1ou' ~ ne o"P"LS7e -
mreslh"s, wien mas more tIan oneS
oeeh 10y uaeLul ~ tue; onppGu
lLous niS stip, anu ne WIN 9 noIiiD.e
aeISaM hichTu Ilauly 10. " -" 9eI-
1ty9 - " thy ~ VIZ 10
ms Minus but LOT all ms SloL.s ne
Suuia ny ~ hls n~alahcc' aHu w y
49, NJ ~ s,m ~ 1aoe ~ 11e TIN
Ia str1ai, : rocI bn,,n1ad of INA
grlaSba5 f,to a. - torS 80
! hStcIISd Win d~ildZGtleht 70 tHlS
plaL.tlIh, WHEN GoIhles deuFeu oe-
tNGGt ING pulls OF ms c46afetle.
but lhe t'aNh9 ! SliSu. As'"'
Win my own eyes that TWO Went down
the pam ana zone returned.
1t came about in this way. The in
slant that the professor had disap-
peared, IL struck me what a really eX-
fraofdinarily lucky chance fate had
placed IN my Way. | knew that Mort
arlty Nas not the only man who mad
sworn my death. There We're az least
three others whose desire Tor Nenge-
an6s upon me would only be increased
by tho death OF their leader. They
Wee All most dangerous men. One or
other would certainly get nae. ON the
other hand, if all the world was con-
WINGED that | was dead they would take
liberties, these men, they would soon
lay themselves open, and sooner or
later could destroy them. Then II
would be tine for me to announce that
WAS still in the land of the living.
50 rapidly does the brain act that be-
lt9ye had thought this all out before
Professor Moriarity had reached the
bottom OF the Reichenbach fail.
II strod up and examined the rocky
wan behind me. In. YOU picturesque
account OF the matter. which | read
with great interest some Month later,
you assert that the wall was sheer
That was not literally true. A few
small footholds presented themselves.
ana llfEfe was some lnOlCNtlDn OF a
ledge. The cliff is so high that To climb
ii at all was an obvious impossibility,
and Il was equally impossible TO make
way along the wet path without
lenving some tracks. might. IL Is
have reversed my boots, as / have
on similar occasions. but the sight
of three sets Of tracks in one direction
would certainly have suggested q de-
on the whole. then. IL was
best TINT / should risk he climb. Ii
MA not 4 pleasant business. Watson.
The fan reared beneath me. | am not
II farciful person but | give you my
word that | seemed to hear Moriarity's
voice screaming AT me out of the abyss.
A ,eistalxa would have been fatal. More
once. as tufts of grass came out
in my hand or my foot slipped i'm the
wei notehes Of The rock. Thought !
w,,s gone Rut 7 inward
and nt last I reached a ledge several
faet deen ann covered WITH soft green
moss where / could lie unseen IN the
n,f,st nerfect camfort There was
stratchad when va, my dear WATSON
aud All vollr following were inyesii-
eating I'm the most sympatheiic and
inaeBciant nanncr the ctrc,lmgtances of
NV death
ssAt last when vo, all had FORMED
your inavi,ahla ana totalIv -erronaous
soneIusinns Won denarted for the hotel
ana .,,s ,aft aIopa r bad -inaginad
,ta. T had raachad The end ~ nv al.
,,ant,,ras b,t i varv -unavnactad ~.
e,,.araa sbau,ad We that ,hara u.ara
surnrisas SIN IN store for mo hugo
$50 Sai,,ag fran, ahoye hno,,ad nast
,ea strucl The natb and houndad over