The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-15
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
Copyright, 1908.
by Mcclure. Phillips q Co.

Indian army, ana the best heavy-gam,
shot that u eastern empire has eve,
produced. | believe | am correct, col,
onel, in saying that your bag of tiger:
still remains u~n~ivalei.
t The fierce old man said nothing. bu'
sttl glared at my ~conpaniouist with
: his savage eyes. and bristling muStache
he was wonderfully like a tiger him
self.
Il wonder that my very simple STRAIT.
5 agem could deceive SO old a shikari,'
said Holmes. 1T must be very familiar
TO You. Have You not tethered a youns
J Kid under q tree. lain above it with
your rife, and waited for the bait tc
bring up your tiger? This empty house
is my tree. and You ara my tiger. You
have possibly had other guns in reserve
IN case there should be other tigers, or
IN the unlikely superstition of your own
aim falling you. These" he pointed
around the room. ARE my other guns.
The parallel is exact"
Colonel Moran sprang forward with
a snarl OF rage, but the C~onstahles
dragged him back. The fury upon his
face was terrible to look at.
4 confess that you had one small
surprise for me- said Holmes. It did
not anticipate that YOU would yourself
make use Of this empty house and this
convenient front window. l had i'm
aslned YOU as operating from the
street. where my friend Lestrade and
ms merry men were awaiting you.
with that exception, all has gone as
l expected"
Colonel Moran turned 10 the official
detective.
You may or may not have lust
cause for arresting me-" said he, ''but
at least there can be no reason WHY
l should submit to the gibes of this
| person III avn ia thA Io~l- 30 -.
law. let things be one in a legal way"
Wen, that's reasonable enough"
said Lestrade. Nothing further Won
have to say. Mr.. Holmes, before we
go.
Holmes had picked up the powerful
air-gun from the floor, and was ex-
aiming it's mechanism.
Al admirable and unique
said he. "noiseless and tremendous
power. | knew Won Herder, the blind
German mechanic. who constructed it
to the order of the late Professor MORT
arlty. Fo- years l have been aware of
It's existence. though I have never be-
lore had the opportunity of handling
1t. l commend it very specially to
Your attention, Lestrade, and also the
bullets which fit it,"
You can trust us to look after that,
Mr. Holiness said Lestrade, as the
whole party moved towards the door.
-AHS SAii4S+.lti NitI 70 SLY
Only to0ask what charge you intend
to p~efer?"
What charge, sir? Why of course.
tne attempted murder of Mr.. Sherlock
Holmes"
Not SO. Lestrade. I do not propose
TO appear in the matter at all. To you,
and to you only, belongs the credit
Of the remarkable arrest which YOU
hay" effected. Yes, Lestrade, I con
graduate you! With your usual happv
mixture OF cunning and audacity, you
have got him.
Got him. Got whom. Mr.. Holiness"
The man that the whole force has
Deelt seeking in vain-Colonel Sebas-
nan Moran, who shot the Honorable
Ronald Adair with an expanding bullet
from an air-Gun through the open win
or the s~eCOnd-frOnt of No. 427
Park Lane, upon the 3Oth Of last
MONTH. That's. the charge. Lestrade.
ana now. Watson, if you can endure
the draught from a broken window.
think hat half an hour in my study
over d clgar may afford some profitable
amusement"
* $
Our old chambers had been left I'M
changed through the supervision of
Mycroft Holmes and the immediate
care of Mrs. Hudson. AS I entered
| saw, it is true, an unwonted ti1iness
49, 'ANA n - W CT Z VI III |
There was the chemical corner and the
aclu-stained. deal-topped table. There
upon a shelf was the row Of formidable
crap-bookS and books of reference.
which many of our fellow citizens
would have been so glad to burn. The
ilagrams, the violin-case, and the pipe
the Partisan slipper which
the toDacco-all met my eyes
as ! glanced round me. There were
Two occupants of the room-one. Mrs.
hudson, who beamed upon us both as
entered-the other, the strange
mummy which had played SO important
l part in the evenings adventures n
vas a wax-colored model Of my friend,
50 admirably Gone that it was a perfect
&C smile. 1t stood on q small ped
estal table with IN old dressing gown Z
Holmes so draped round it that the
fusion from the street was absolutely
ions, Mrs. Hudson" said Holmes.
i went to it on my knees, sir, inst
IS you told me-" :
Excellent. You carried the thine s
,ut very we'll. Did you observe where /
bullet went?" +
yes sir. I'm afraid it has spoilt !
our beautiful bust, for it passed right {
Inrough the head and flattened itself /
IN he wall. l picked it up from the i
arpet. Here 1t Isl" $
Holmes held it out to me. "a soft /
,evolVer bullet. as You perceive, Wat I
son. There's genius in that. for who s
you'd expect to find such a thing fired 7
rom an air-gun. All right, Mrs. Hud- /
am much OBLIGED for your assist
nee: N now. Watson, let me see /,
Tou in the old seat once more; for there
lre several points which 1 should like t
o discuss with YOU" {
he had thrown off the seedy frock /,
'oat, and now he was the Holmes Of s
In the mouse-colored dressing ;
Nv which he took from his efigy. !
The old shikari's nerves have not !
ost their steadiness, nor his eyes their {
said he with a laugh. as he
Inspected the shattered forehead of the
,ust.
Plumb in the middle of the back of
he head and smack through the brain.
was the best shot in India. and /
xpect that there are few better here
n London. Have sou heard the
No, / have not {
We'll. well. such Ia famc, Rut then