The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14


oooF' ana StoseN II Nehihd us Putting OIL
my hano l iSit several coats hanging fsor
me wall, ana 0ndeTSIoo8 u WAS i
4 p2SS&SS We P&S$c3 AseMs Il, and HolEnt,
very seh"N o9e2Sd Z door &>oN ile rlSht
hahe St%S- S9raeiht0S rushed u at e
%"H ny "S&'t S&itHS Nato my fAo2IN, NG
Se"td gave iA0&hN0 wAen / TE&hz~i thA
~ WIS ,Gs S"N n hSe vas N&'Nii2S N 'a%
new roaia, and again The air WAS heavy
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1t Was ) eood lr,. am. ,ar room WI.
illuminated Ns i: Near t}le Ggs>. | saw
the S'Ha"s q &a r,Nl:yie switch haI +.
was unnecessary. even * :: had been safe
"a ;s.a It oU, ~ one Ss&S q Tie fireplace
MAS i acavy r&isa:i walsh severed ;Ne
bay window I'VE hal Sse. iron, outside Uv
the o;hsr Side MAS tho door which cev,.
11GHisS:s2 w5,a tEc varauEs. desk stood
lin ,nc Nelller. wt:a q !..rnfas CHAIR al shi0.
IG& :NI .HGtl>yv 0yv,as!.e was laYsr
bookcase, with aAaru's &aaSc OF A;Ncac or
[Gr .Cn. In .Ma Cp..r- between tbr
bookcase and tsc wall. ,sere s;sat = ,sN.
green sl5N. size a-a2f4sM. azsrynS sack fvor,
;1e polished bra&S ksanS ugan It's face.
Z E1.,s9s Stole .l.sss a.s 1,a&gE p. 81 Thrr
pc e"sn: - Sac door ii ;ta bedroom ard
S5E1G w5t. ssa~.5@- head listening Intent
lE No sol9si ea&Mo Eg1,a w!shIn Mean
while Il. had struck @se tl?a. fl; NNcuId be
W!s1 - sstUTa oUv yglraa. taroueh The OUT
+ or GSor. - ! examined IL To nv amaze
H.e21 Il was me5ta2r locked nor Nolted. I
{ tpuShe5 Holmes or ;.c arm. anf he turned
h5s masked E.cc ta ,ast direction. l saw,
him St@rl. us& he wss cv.aculv as sur
/ 2c.Sa2 as l.
u dom. f;ka Il L., ,.,-is,c~,4 r,,t+i,-
his Inns u, my ,s~,. .ar - 80, o,,it,
max, y ,rs Ar,,r,v, =, h,,n 10 49,,
10 lose"
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les stan" ny me door. If YOU hear
''So' COME OCT II on the INSIDE, ana we
Cai s%t away a. We came. If they come
me otnef way, we can get through the
C"oE II our 700 IS zone, or hide behind
tReSe Wlndo" curtains il it is not. Do
YOU uhuoEslana:
| no"aea ana STOOD by the door. My first
tSS.!nS . le&F nau passed away, and l
.HElt!sd no" with a keener zest than I
mad ever enjoyed when We were the de-
lenders OF the law instead Of its detiers.
AHe hlSh OBJECT Oh our mission, the con-
seriousness that II was unseltlshand chiVal-
fous, the INFAMOUS character of our op-
poneNt, All ADDED 10 the sporting interest
Oh 'Ae adventure tar from feeling guilty,
| lSJoieco ana eAulico IN Cur dangers.
With a glow of admiration l watched
homes unroll!ng his case of Instruments
ana choosing ms 1901 with the calm, scien-
ti.iC accuracy of a surgeon who performs
q uelcate operation. l kne" that tho
op.,"nS y 's@'G9 Was d particular hobby
WIN MN, ana l understood the JOY which
II gave mn 10 DC confronted with this
green ana soiu monster the dragon which
nelu IN us ma" lhe regulations of many
falr ladies. Turning up the cuffs of his
oiess coatIht hau p!aced MS oVercoat on
d c"alr-f1olheS iald OUT TWO drills, a
Jimmy ana seNeial skeleton keys. |
S.oo" at the center door with my eyes
slahclhs at each OF the others, ready for
any emergency, though. indeed, my plans
wtic Soihe"i!'t vague as 10 what l should
40 II We were interrupted. For half an
hour Holmes worked with concentrated
energy, laying down one tool, picking up 4.
n2hdllhS each with the strength
ana ueicacy OF the trained mechanic.
dann , eas d cich' me proad green
aIo ~ opel' ana INSIDE L mad a
eanh Ga = " nunloe, OIL paper packets,
49, 'ea.c" anu inscribed. Holmes
~ ~ o!rI out, nut IL was nara 70 read
li++I> l,,J- a
Me- ~ Iu,i.eln, LOT II was too danger
it - nnseit'n IN the next room, to
san, ~ tnc elecliic llsht. Suddenly [
on 7" nun 49, LLS,Sil lhtently, and then in
80 "a 81 le I'Au swung the door of the
LooI. j., ptGNeu up MS coat. stuffed his
+bo ~ Tue POCKETS, and darted behind
no NV" cuitaih' rhotlonlng me to do
- 1''H
1t was only when had Joined him there
nat L heard what had alarmed his quick
senses. There was a noise somewhere
nlthih the hH'se. a door slammed in the
Instance. Iheh a confused, dull murmur
itself into the measured thud Of
leaVy footsteps rapidly approaching. They
we're IN the passage outside the room.
Lhey paused at the door. The door op-
ned. Ihere was a sharp snick as the
iectrlc light was turned on. The door
losed once more, and the pungent rcek
i a strors cigar was borne to our nos
Us 81 ineh the tootsteps continued back
20 go ~ wv ior"arus, and for
a.u', mltnlh icy" yards OF US. Finally
80 vas d creak from a chair, and the
~ .''elSs CEASED. Ihen a Key clicked in a
ana l neard the rustic Of papers.
so far | had not dared to look out, but
l gently parted the division of the