The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-05

that bust which we had already seen NOR
than once In fragments.
9 Holmes took a paper from his poke
4 and laid a ten-pound note upon the table
i ''You will kindly sign that paper, MI
4 Sandeford, in the presence OF these VII
4 ncsses. It is simply to say that you trans
fer every possible right that you ever ma
in the bust to me. / am a methodical man
1 you see, and you never know what tufl
events might take afterwards. Than
YOU. Mr.. Sandeford; here IS your money
and l wish you q very good evening.
When our visitor has disappeared, Sher
lock Holmes movements were such as e
rivet our. attention. He began by taking {
clean white cloth from a drawer and lay
ing It over the table. Then he placed his
I newly acquired bust in the center of the
cloth. Finally, he picked up his hunting
: crop and struck Napoleon a sharp blow or
the top Of the head. The figure broke into
! fragments. and Holmes bent eagerly over
the shattered remains. Next instant, with
a loud shout of triumph he held up one
| splinter, m which a round, dark object
was fixed like a plum in a pudding.
"qcntlemcn." he cried, 'let me introduce
you to the famous black pearl of the Bor-
gias."
Lcstrade and 1 sat silent for a moment.
and then. with a spontaneous impulse, we
both broke out clapping, as at the we'll
wrought crisis of n play. A flush OF color
sprahS TO ilolhlC' Paie FhSeNs' anu ne
po"e" 20 us nNe tHe A""stSt ulaiIattse VINO
receives the noHldSt u MS auulehce' IL
was at such moment that for an instant
he ceased to be a reasoning machine, and
betrayed his human love for admiration
una APPLAUSE. 1He SAINT s,"S ul"liS plouu
anu Eese[ESH idIuio winch 'utheu away
win uls"a'l rom popu'ai no'olietS "h'
CdP"ple Oh 't-llS iioNeu y - u'p'hs NY
sPontaou9 "o"uo XIV pta"o Ho o.
IincLu. -.
seiticlhttI, saN ne, - Nv
mus lahIouS pearl no" eNisILS III the
"orAo ara II mas oeeh my sooo fortune
w " Cou.lsCeeu Ia % tioucliVe Is"soi,-
MS ~ "a II = ri0 piniUo u ~
Ia . c".ootl - u Duole ho'ei' "Het
Iost IF tbn eli, busrs ~ Nano1oor u,bt.h
vyar. ,on,,f,cturod b,, co,dor g. o. 80
S+on,oy W. Vii ronor,bor Tos+r,ao
thn senseti,n caused by tho dts, nnoo ranco
nf thts v,I,,,h1o inr.oi ond ~ ,o;r .f1
fnrts Of the IonSon no,jca RI Ioco,or r.
7 WI. nv,elf cens,,lted nnon tbo oas. h,t
vo, rnahi. ~ - 49, ~ ~ ~ e" 80 a.
| s,snfri,n r.,l r,on tba roid as +ha nr,a
cess Who vas an Italian ava - 70.
nrnve5 th,t she bod o hrotbor ~ Ta,a.n
hut y. ra1.d m trace INV cornoo+ion 49,
tween them rh. maid,s narna was ~
creti, y-n,,cci and +here !. ~ aa,,ht :,
NV mind that This pietro who was murd-
,rod two nisbts 90 nos ~ $3.50
hay, been l~oos;nr IN +ba dotos IN tba ,,d
flies Of the - amer ana T snG th,t tha disN
appearance of the nearl was avactly two
days before The arrest of Benno Gov samo
crime of yiolence-an event hicb took
Mace in the factory of c.nldor e. r. ~
the very noment whom theea ,Ists r.ro
being u,ade Now vo,, cl.arlv Coo +ho CO.
duence of events, though YOU see them.
of course in tho inverse order ~ tbe WOW
in which tb.y nresented themselves ~
me, Eeppo had the nearl in his nossossion
He NAV have stolen if from, pfetra he
NAV haIr heen pietro,s confe5or. 70 ba
NAV have heen the po-hetvnen of Puerto
and his sister II is of no consaouence
to Ms which is the correct so,,,tion
..T,o ,,a;n roo+ >. tho4 ;. 49,,
and at tb,t non,an+ l'' u AZ -; a olo peI -
nnr.o, ~ ,. nI "aS ~ ~
mada for the fo nu,Su1 ~ ny tne ponce. re
and ha lne1. 49, 10 w. III ~ - No.
NC ~ NJ 40 - d unis le" mn
,,o1,,o " ~, ~. - oot,ceal LIZ enormously
found on him when he was searchad CIV
plaster casts of Nar;oleon were drying IN
the passage. One of them was still sotr.
In an instant Beppo, a skil1ful workman.
mad a small hole in the west plaster
dropped in the pearl, and with a few
touches covered over the aperture once
llOle. II was an admire Die hiding nlape-
No one could possibly find 1t. Rut
Beppo was condemned to O. wears
imprisonment, and in the meanwhile his
six busts were scattered over London He
could not tell which contained his treas
ure. Only by breaking them could no Seq
shaking would tell him nothing for
as the plaster was wet it was nrohahle
that the pearl would adhere to it-as in
fact, it has done. Beppo did NOT desnair
and he conducted his search with consid,
cradle ingenuity and persevera MOO
Through a cousin who works with Gelder
he found out the retail firms who had
bought the busts. He managed 70 fnd ON
ployment with Morse Hudson. and IN that
way tracked down three of them ~
pearl was not there. Then with tha 49,
Of some Italian emnlove he s,oceadoa ~ ~
out where the ether threa h,s+.
had gone. The first vas at a. ri,or,s
There he was logged nv his ,nfodarat
who held Beppo responsible ror tha 1oss 20
thep pearl and h. sta bbed him in tho soMee -.
which followed"
.1f h.. r.s III.
- hts US why shoulo
Ai' l asked.
AS d means OF tracing him, If he wished
10 inquire ehont MIN from n third per
son. maj was the OBVIOUS reason. Wen,
after the murder l calculated that Beppo
Woulo Propaoly hurry rather than delay
ms movements. ne would fear that the
poEce weuld read his secret, and so Ire