The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-05-03

should not lay much stress, upon THIS
when lady is in most desperate need
of his help?"
you will he in such false position"
"Well, that is part of the risk. There
is no other possible way of regaining
these letters. The unfortunate lady has
not the money, and there are none of
her people in whom she could confide.
Tomorrow is the last day of grace, and
unless we can get the letters tonight
this villain will be as good as his word
and will bring about her ruin. | must
therefore abandon my client to her
fate or must play this last card Be
tween ourselves, Watson, it's a sport
ing duel between this fellow AIilverton
and me. He had, as you saw, the best
of the first exchanges, but my self re-
spcct and my reputation are concerned
to fight it to Il finish"
"Well, l don't like it, but suppose
it must be- said /. when do we
start:"
you are not coming"
''Then You are not going" said I. 81
give you my word of honor-and new
er broke 1t in my life-that l will take
cab straight to the police station and
give you away unless you let me share
this adventure with you"
You can't help me-"
How do you know that? You can't
tell what may happen Anyway my
resolution is taken. Other people be-
side YOU have self respect and even
regulations"
Holmes had looked annoyed. but his
brow cleared. and he clapped me OH
the shoulder.
We'll. we'll, my dear fellow, be it so.
We have shared this same room for
some years, and it would be amusing
if we ended by sharing the same cell
You know, Watson. don't mind con-
Tossing to You that have always had
an idea that | would have made
highly efficient criminal. This is the
chance of my lifetime in that direction.
See here" He took Il neat little leath-
er case out of Il drawer and. opening
| it, he exhibited IL number of shining
| 10 date burgling kit. With nickel plated
| Jimmy, diamond tipped glass cutter,
adaptable keys ana every modern inn
proNcmGnt which the march of civilian
| ton demands. Here, too, is my dark
lantern. Everything is in order. Have
you Il pair of silent shoe,?"
Il have rubber solcl tennis shoes"
s.ISycnllnrt, And ~ ,,,.sl.."
~ can make Il couple ont of black
silk"
II can see that You have strong
natural turn for this sort of thing.
| Very good, YOU make the masks. We
shall have some cold supper before we
start 1t is now $50 At II we shall
drive as far as Church row. 1t is a
quarter of an hours walk from there
to Appledore Towers We shall be at
work before midnight AIlverton is a
heavy sleeper and retires punctually
at 1890 With any luck we should be
back here by . with the Lady Eva's
letters in my pocket"
Holmes and put on our dress
clothes so that we might appear to be
two theater goers homeward bound. In
Oxford street we picked up Il hanson
and drove to an address in Hamp-
stead Here we paid off our cab, and
With our greatcoats buttoned up, for
1t was bitterly cold and the wind
seemed to blow through us, we walked
along the edge of the heath.
Its IL business that needs delicate
treatment" said Holmes. These docu-
ments are contained in a safe. in the
fellows study, and the study is the
Interoom Of his bed chamber. On the
sther hand like all these stout little
men who do themselves WELL he is q
plethorlc sleeper. Agatha-tnat's MY
ants hall that it's impossible to wake
the master. He has Il secretary who
is devoted to his interests and never
budges from the study all day. That's
why we are going at night. Then he
has il beast of Il dog. which roams the
garden. met Agatha late the last
two evenings, and She locks the brute
up so as to give me Il clear run. This
is the house. this big one in its OWL
grounds. Through the gate-now to
the right among the laurels. We Nigh,
put on our masks here, think. lol
see, there is not q g!immer of light il
any of the windows, and everything i
working spiendidly,"
With our black silk face coverings
which turned Us into two of the mos,
truculent figures in London. we sto.s