The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-07
TIE ADVENTURE OF BLALn
PETER.-Continued.


PETER.-Continued.
"Tou are just the man I want" said he
here's the agreement on the s.dc-tablc
N you sign it the whole matter will b.
-gsttJed."
The seaman lurchcd across the room nnt
took up the pen.
Shall sign hcrc?'' he asked, STOPPING
over the table.
Holmes leaned over his shoulder ant
passed both hands over his neck.
This will do" said he.
[ heard a click of steel and a below like
an outraged bull. The next instant Holmes
ara tie seaman were rolling on the
ground together. He was a man Of such
gigantic strength that even with the hand
cuffs which Holmes had so deity fastened
Gpon his wrists, he would have very
quickly overpowered my friend had Hop
Kills and l not rushed to his rescue.
Only whcn l pressed the cold muz-
ale OF the revolver to his temple did he at
last understand that resistance was vain.
We flashed his ankles with cord, and rose
GREATNESS from the struggle.
"T must really apologize, Hopkins" said
Sherlock Holmes. II fear that the
scratnbled eggs are cold. However, you
Will enjoy the rest of your breakfast all
the better, will you not, for the thought
stiat you have brought your case to a
triumphant conclusion"
Stanley Hopkins was speeches. with
eHlazement.
"r don't know what to saw Mr.
Holmes" he hlurted out at last, with a
gery red face. 1T seems to me that I
have been making a fool Of myself from
cite beginning. | understand now, what I
stIousd never have forgotten, that l am
The pGpti and you are the master. Even
TOW l. see what you have done, but
FONT know how you did it, or what it
atgutties."
Wet we'll said Holmes, good hum
sredtJ, I'VE all learn by experience. and
%FouE lesson this time is that you should
aever lose sight of the alternative. You
we're SO absorbed in young Ncligan tina
Yuo could not spart A thought to Patrick
Cairns, the true murderer of Peter Carey"
Eths hoarse voice of the seamon broke
"a an our conversation.
see here. mister" said he, IT make no
sousptatnt of being ~man-handled in this
tzshtsc. out | would have you call things !
by their right names. You say murdered
2eter Carey, l say I killed Peter Carey,
and there's all the difference. Maybe you
GOAT believe what 1 say. Maybe you
shfnk [ am just singing you a yarn"
Not at ALL" said Holmes. Let us hear
what you have to say"
les soon told, and, by the Lord, every
'Tord of It Is truth. | knew Black Peter.
krsd when he pulled out his knife I whipped
q harpoon through him sharp, for 1 knew
sttat 1t was him or me. That's how he died.
Rdu can call 1t murder. Anyhow, I'd as
coon Ole with a rope round my neck as
With Black Peters knife in my heart"
Gtow came you there?" asked Holmes.
MW aautt you from the beginning. Just
nit me up a little, SO as I can speak easy.
1t was In $50 that it happened-August of
ttsst year. Peter Carey was master Of the
Sea UrLcorn, and l was spare harpooner.
We were coming out Of the ice pack on
s1r way home, with head winds and a
Heek.s souts1eTlr gale, when we picked up
a ENels craft That had been blown north.
fIhs1e was one MIN on her-a landsman.
fIthe crew had thought she would founder
md had made for the Norwegian coast in
L'e dinghy. / guess they We're all drowned.
Nes, we took him on board, this man.
and he and the skipper had some long
'ratks In the cabin. All the baggage we
'aoa& off with him was one tin box. So far
Ks / saaow, the mans name was never
ineistie1sssa. and on the second night he
e1SaEsssSzTea as ii he had never been. 1t
Was given out that he had either thrown
himself overheard or fallen overheard in
stio heavy weather that we were having.
0uiy one man knew what had happened
10 ntu1. and that was me, for, with my
own eyes, l saw the skipper tip up his
heels and put him over the rail in the
middle watch of a dark night, two days
oeeore ave sighted the Shetland Lights.
NeiI. I kept my knowledge to myself,
And waited to see what would come of 1t.
when we got back to Scotland 1t was
-aastly hushed up, and nobody asked any
questions A stranger died by accident, ,
FRI 1t wss nobody's business to inquire.
shortly after Peter Carey gave up the
sna. and 1T was long years before I could
s.nd whore he was. l guessed that he had
name the deed for the sake of what was
e. alst tin box, and that he could afford
O to pay me we'll for keeping my mouth
Z found out where he was through a
saiiar sstsn that had met him in London,
Srx2 HaWn I went to squeeze him. The
urae night he was reasonable enough, and
was ready to give me what would make
IRE ersse nf the sea for life. We were to
ak &c all two nights later. When l came,
q found him th-ee-parts drunk and in a
'Etie temper. We sat down and we drank
szlfa we yarned about old times, but the
msire he drank the less I liked the look
his face. I spotted that harpoon on the
waI, and ] thought l might need 1t be-
cdre ] was through. Then at last he
broke out at me, splitting and cursing. with
sftfirlser In his eyes and a great clasp
kFaals 81, aaas hand. He had not TING tvsset
ee traEn the sheath before I had the har-
through him. Heavens. what a yell
se saset and his face gets between me
sud my sleep. / stood there, with his
astasid splashing round me, and / waited
rar a bit. but all was quiet, so I took
heart once more. I looked round, and
theVe was the tin box on the shelf. had
ms much right to 1t as Peter Carey, any,
how, SO l took 1t with me and left the
hrif Like a fool l left my baccy pouch
tine table.
Cow III tell you the queerest part OF
the whole story. I had hardly got outside
she hut when / heard someone: coming, and
z I'D among the bushes. A man cane
at1rGfng along. went irto the hut, gave a
cry as tf he had seen a ghost, and legged
C as nard as he could run until he was
CUT OF sight. Who he was or what he
wanted is more than / can tell. For my