The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-28

"'You must drop 1t, Mr.. Holmes,
said he. swayfng his face about. You
really must, you know
LATTER Monday said 1.
"'Tut, TUT said he. I am quite
sure that a man of your intelligence
will see that there can be but one out
come to this affair. 1t Is necessary that
you should withdraw. You nave worked
things in such a fashion that we have
only one resources left. 1t has been an
intellectual treat to me to see the way
in which you have grappled with this
affair, and I say, unaffectedly, that 1t
would be a grief to me to be forced to
take any extreme measure. You smile.
sir, but 1 assure you that 1t really
would
"'Danger is part of my trade I re-
marked.
""This is not danger said he. 1T
Is inevitable destruction. You stand
In the way not merely of an individual,
but of a mighty organization, the full
extent of which o with all your
c%leverness, have been unable to realize.
You must stand clear, Mr.. Holmes, or
be trodden under foot
"I am afraid said 1, rising, that in
the pleasure of this conversation I am
! AlC6lGSLiAA9 ~
which awaits me elsewhere
'He rose also and looked at me in
silence, shaking his head sadly.
"'Well, WE'LL said he, at last. 1T
seems a pity, but I have Tor what l
could. 1 know every move of your
game. You can do nothing before Mon
day. 1t has been a duel between you
and me, Mr.. Holmes. You hope to
place me in the dock. l tell you that
l will never stand in the dock. You
hope to beat me. I tell you that you
will never beat me. If you are clever
enough to bring destruction upon me,
rest assured that 1 shall do as much
to you
"eYou have paid me several com
pliments, Mr.. Moriarty,' said 1. Let
me pay you one in return when ! say
that if / were assured of the former
e~ventuality l would, in the interests
of the public, cheerfully accept the
latter
"I can promise you the one. blu
not the other he snarled, and so turnet
his rounded back upon me, ant
went peering and blinking out of thu
room.
"That was my singular interview
with Professor Moriarty. i confess tina
1t left an unpleasant effect upon my
mind. His soft, precise fashion o
speech leaves a conviction of sincerity
which a mere bully could not produce
OF course, you will say, Why not take
police precautions against him? Tht
reason is that / am well convinced
that it Is from his agents the blow
would fall. 1 nave the best of proofs
that it would be So
you have already been assaulted?'
MY dear Watson, Professor MoriartN
is not a man who let's the grass grow
under his feet. / went out about mid
] day to transact some business in OK
! ford street. AS I passed the corner
/, which leads from Bentinck street on t.
Z the Welback street crossing a two
j horse van f~uriously driven whizzeC
J round was on me like a flash.
sprang for the %footpath and savet
} myself by the fraction of a second
The van dashed round by Marylebon'
lane and was gone in an instant.
kept to the pavement after that, Wa
son, but as | walked down We're stree
a brick came down from the roof o
: one of the houses, and was shattered
, to fragments at my feet. / called tn
, police and had the place examined
! There were states and bricks piled VI
on the roo preparatory to some re
pairs, and they would have me believ
that the wind had toppled over on
of these. OF course / knew better, bu
l could prove nothing. / took a ca
: after that and reached my brother
rooms in Pail Mall, where I spent tn
| day. Now / have come round to you
l and on my way l was attacked by
rough with a bludgeon. l knocked hir
[ down, and the police have him in Gus
[ tody; but l can tell o with the mos
absolute confidence that no posslbl
connection will ever be traced betwee
the gentleman upon whose front teet
= I have barked my knuckles and the re
D firing mathematical coach, h Is,
dare say, working out problems upo
a blackboard ten miles away. You wi
not wonder, Watson, that my first &C
4 on entering your rooms was to clos
your shutters, and that l have bee
compelled to ask your permission t
= leave the house by some less conspicu
! Gus exit than the front door,
! l had often admired my friends cour
= age, but never more than now, as h
. sat quietly checking off a series of in
, cidents which must have combined t
make up a day of horror.
LOU Will SpCllu Inc hl5lN hNAO'
said.
mo, my friend, you might find m
G a dangerous guest. 1 have my plan
o laid. and all will he well. Matter
I have gone so far now that they ca
|, move without my help as far as the al
/ rest goes, though my presence Is nee
essary for a conviction 1t is obviou
therefore, that l cannot do better tina
d get away for the few days which re
e main before the police are at hbert
e to act. 1t would be a great pleasur
n to me, therefore, if you could com
on to the Continent with me-
d The practise is quiet" said 1, IAN
/ have an accommodating neighbor.
should be glad to come"
"And to start tomorrow morning?"
n "If necessary"
e ooh yes, it is most necessary. The
Y these are your instructions, and 1 bei
e my lear Watson, that you will ODE
them to the letter, for you r nov
e playing a double-handed game with m
o against the cleverest rogue and tn