The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-15

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minister to Persia. Educated Elton anc
oxford. Served in Jowaki campaign
Afghancampaign, Charasiab dispatch.
esq, Sherpur and Cabul. Author Of
Heavy Game of the Western Himalay-
as C1SS1); Three Months in the Jun
gle QSS4). Address. Conduit street
clubs, the Anglo-Indian, the Tanker
On the margin was written, ir
Holmes precise hand: The SECOND
most dangerous man in London"
This is astonishing" said I. as ]
handed back the volume. The mans
career is hat OF an honorable soldier
1T is true" Holmes answered. up
to a certain point he did we'll. He was
always a nan of iron nerve. and the
story is still told in India how he
craWled down a drain after a wounded
m~an-eating tiger. There are some trees,
Watson. which grow to a certain height,
and then suddenly develop some I'M
slightly eccentricity. You will see 1t
often in humans. I have a theory that
the individual represents In his de-
velopment the whole procession of his
ancestors, and that such a sudden turn
to good or evil stands for some strong
influence which came into the line of
his pedigree. The person becomes, as
1t We're, the epitome of the history Of
his own family"
= II coiSly ldlllel lullCilul.
We'll, I don't insist Upon it. What.
ever the cause. Colonel Moran began
to so wrong. Without any open scan
DIAL, he still made India too hot to hold
him. He retired, came to London, and
again acquired an evil name. 1t was
at this time that he was sought out by
Professor Moriarity. to whom for a
time he was chief of staff. Moriarity
supplied him literally with money, and
used him only in one or two very high
class Jobs. which no ordinary criminal
could nave undertaken. You may have
some recollection of the death Of Mrs.
Stewart. of Lauder, in 1887. Not?
Well. am sure Moran was at the bot
tom of it, but nothing could be proved.
So cleverly was the colonel concealed.
that. even when the Moriarity gang
was broken up, we could not incrim-
mate him. You remember at that
date, when I called upon you In your
rooms, how | put up the shutters for
fear of air-guns? No doubt you thought
me fanciful. I knew exactly VIA I
was doing. for I knew Of the existence
OF this remarkable gun. and I knew also
that one OF the best shots in the world
Would be behind 1t. When we were In
Switzerland he followed us with MORT
arity. and 1t was undoubtedly he who
gave me thai evil five minutes on the
Reichenbach ledge.
iio illil Lildl L ISdu llG
papers with some attention during my
so1ourn in France. on the lookout for
any chance Of laying him by the heels.
SO long as he was free in London, my
life would really not have been worth
living. Night and day the shadow
would have been owe me. and sooner
or later his change must have come.
What could I do? 1 could not shoot
at sight, or l should myself be in
the dock. There was no use appealing
to a magistrate. They cannot inter-
ferc on the strength of what would APP
pear to them to be a wild suspicion.
could do nothing. But watched
the criminal news, knowing that SOON
er or later I should get him. Then
the death of this Ronald Adair.
My chance had come at last. knowing
L did, was 1T not certain that
Moran had done it? He had
played cards with the lad, he had fol-
him home from the club, he had
him through the open window.
There was not a doubt of it. The bull
cts alone are enough to put his head
n a moose. I came over at once.
was seen by the sentinel. who would,
knew, direct the colonel's attention
o my presence. He could not fail to
my sudden return with his
rhine, and to be terribly alarmed. I
vas sure that he would make an at
up ~ 81 III OdI VI Tie way at once,
would bring round his murderous
Weapon for that purpose. 1 left him an
mark in the window, and.
laVlng warned the police that they
be needed-by the way, Watson,
spotted their presence in that
doorway with unerring accuracy
ook up what seemed to be a %judicious
,ost for observation, never dreaming
he would choose the same spot
or his attack. Now. my lear Watson,
loes anything remain for me to ex-
lain ?"
Yes" said I. "You have not made
clear what was Colonel Moran's
motive in numbering the Honorable
ronald Adair?"
"Ah! my dear Watson, there we come
nto those realms OF conjecture. where
he most logical MIND may be at fault.
may form his own hypothesis
the present evidence. and yours
S as likely to be as correct as mine"
You have formed one, them"
L think that it is not difficult to
Xplain he facts. 1t came out in evil
that Colonel Moran and young
Adair had. between them, won a con-
amount of money. Now,
1oran undoubtedly played foul-of
hat | have long been aware. l be-
that on the day of the MURDER
Adair had discovered that Moran was
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privately, and had threatened to
him unless he voluntarily re-
igned his membership of the club,
nd promised not to play cards again.
t is unlikely that IL youngster like /;
Adair would at once make a hideous
candal by exposing a well known man
o much older han himself. Probably
le acted as I suggest. The exclusion
his clubs would mean ruiz to
doran, who lived by his ~ilI-gotten
ard gains. He therefore murdered
Adair. who at the time was %endeayor-
ng to work out now much money he
hould himself return, since he could
lot profit by his partners foul play.
lie locked the door lest the ladies'
hould surprise him and insist upon
what he was doing with these
lanes and coins. Will it pass?"
Il have no doubt shat you have hit
lpon the truth"
1T will be verified or disproved at
he trial. Meanwhile. come what may.
Moran will trouble us no more.
The famous air-gun will embellish the
Yard museum, and once more
ir. Sherlock Holmes Is free to devote
lis life to examining those interesting
title problems which the complex life
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