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

( ter and rattle. The man was SO inter
upon what he was doing that he neve
heard our steps as we stole across III
7 grass plot. With the bound of a tige
! Holmes was on his back, and an fnstar
later Lestrade and I had him by eithe
wrist, and the handouts had been fas
! tened. AS we turned him over I saw
: h%tdeous, sallow face, with writing, fur
I ious features, glaring up at us, and
> knew that it was indeed the man of tn
! photograph whom we had ecurcd.
/. Bat 1t was not our prisoner to whor
: Holmes was giving his attention. Squatte
on the doorstep, he was engaged in mos
careful examining hat which the MAJ
mad brought from the house. 1t was
bust of Napoleon, like the one which W
mad see that morning, and it had beer
broken into similar fragments. CAREFUL.
Holmes held each separate shard to tn,
, light but in no way did it differ from any
other shattered piece of plaster. He hat
Just completed his examination when the
nan light flew up, the door opened, nnt
the owner of the house, a joviaI, rotunC
figure in shirt and trousers, presented
himself.
NJ Josiah Brown, I supposc?" said
Holmes.
Yes, sir; and you, no doubt, are Mr..
Sherlock Holmes? 1 had the note which
you sent by the express messenger, and !
did exactly what you told me. We locked
every door on the inside and awaited de-
vclopments. Well, i am very glad to see
that You have got the rascal. l hope, gen.
tlcncn, that you will come in and have
some rcfreshment."
However, Lestrade was anxious to get
his man into sato quarters, so within a
few minutes sur cab had been summoned
and we were all four upon our way to
London. Not a word would our captive
say, but he glared at US from the shadow
Or his matted hair. and once, whcn my
hand seemed within his reach, he snapped
at it like a hungry wolf. We stayed long
enough at the police station to harn that
a search Of his clothing revealed nothing
save a few shillinss and a long sheath
knife. the handle Of which bore copious
traces OF recent blood.
THAT'S all right" said Lestrade, as we
parted. "Hill knows all these gentry, and
he will give a name to him. You'll find
that my theory of the Malta will work out
all right. But I'm sure I am exceedingly
obliged to you, Mr.. Holmes, for the work
manlike way in which you laid hands upon
him. I don't quite understand it all yet"
Il fear it Is rather too late an hour for
explanations" said Holmes. Besides,
there are one or two details which are not
finished off, and it is one of those cases
which are worth working out to the very
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meaning of this business, which presents
some features which make it absolutely
original in the history of crime. If ever
l permit you to chronicle any more of my
little problems, Watson. l foresee that you
the singular adventure of the Nano1aonic
b,sts."
When we met again newt evening les
trade was furnished with m,,ch informa-
ton concerning our prisoner. His name. it
appeared, was Beppo, second name I'M
known. He was a well-known ne'er-do-
well among the italian colony. He had
once been a skillful sculptor and had
earned an honest living, but he had aiken
to evil courses and had twice already been
in ~Saol-once for a petty theft, and once,
as we had already heard, for stabbing a
fellow countrynan. He could talk Eng
fish perfectly well. His reasons for de-
stroylng the busts were still unknown, and
nc refused to answer any questions upon
the subject, but the police had discovered
that these same busts might very we'll
have been made by his own hands, since
he was engaged in this class of work at
the establishment of Gelder & Co. To all
this information, much of which we al
ready knew, Holmes listened with polite
attention, but /, who knew him so well,
clearly see that his thoughts We're
elsewhere, and I detected a mixture of
mingled uneasiness and expectation be-
meath that mask which he was won't to
assume. At last he started in his chair,
and his eyes Frightened. There had been
4 ring at the bell. A minute later we
heard steps upon the stairs. and an ell
derby, red-faced man with grlzzled side
whiskers was ushered In In his right
hand he carried an old-fashioned carpet
bag, which he placed upon the table.
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to me about a bust that is IN my posses
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