The farmer and mechanic., 1911-07-11
.aiuS see no object in continuing the

hands see no object in continuing the
business" 'ho
Wait Bit" cried Gregson. eagerly.
II GO YOU this justice, Mr.. Holmes
~ ~ ! was never in case yet that |
oluh Ieei stronger for having YOU on
my side. There's only the one exit TO
these flats, 50 We have him safe
Who is he?"
Weil, we'll, we score over you for
ohee, MI doImeS. You must give US
best the time He stuck his stick
Sharply upon the ground on which a
cabman, his whip in his hand, saunt-
cred over from d four-wheeler which
May | introduce you to Mr.. Sherlock
is Mr.. Le:erton of Pinkerton's s
Holiness he sad to the cabman This
Is Mr.. LeVerton, of the PinkertonS
American Agency
The hero of the Long Island Cave
mystery said Holmes. Sir, / am
pleased to meet you"
The American, a quiet, busin esslike
young man, with clean-shaven.
hatchet face. flushed up at the words
Of commendation. 4 am on the trail of
my life now, Mr.. Holmes said he.
If | can get Gorgiano-
+ What? Gorgiano Of the Red Cir
cle?'
"Oh, he has a European fame has
in America. We know be is at the
bottom of fifty murders, and yet We
have nothing positive we can take
him on. l traced him over from New
oTk, AID I've been close to him for
a week in London. waiting some ex-
cuSe to get my hand on his collar. Mr..
GregsOn and I ran him to ground in
that big tenement house, and there's
only the one door, SO he can't slip U.s.
There's three folk come out since he
went in. bu. I'll swear he wasn't one
of them
Mr. Holmes talks Of signals" said
Gregson, L expect, as usual. he knows
| a good deal that we don't
In a few clear words Holmes ex-
| planned the situation as it had appear
| ed to us. The American struck his
| hands together with vexatiOn.
He's ON to U.S. he cried
'Why do you think so?''
| ''WeH. it figures out that way. does
it not? Here he is, sending out mes
eagAs to an acconaplice-there are
several Of his gang in London Then
suddenly. just as by your own account
he was telling them that there was
! danger. he broke short off. What
| could it mean except that from the
window he had suddenly caught sight
of us in the street, or in some way
come to understand how close the dan
| Sc
away # he was to avoid it? What do
| you suggest Mr. Holmes?'
THAT we go up at once and see for
ourselves"
but we have no warrant for this
| arrest"
| ''He is in unoccupied premises under
| Suspicious circumstances, said Greg
son That is good enough for the mo-
| ment When we have him by the heels
We can see if New York cant help us
| to keep him. III take the responslbrll
Of arresting him now"
! Our official detective may blunder
in the matter of intelligence but new
er that Of courage. Gregson climbed
the stair to arrest this desperate muir
derer with the same absolute quiet
| and businesslike bering with which
he would have ascended the offlcla
staircase of Scotland Yard. The Pink
erton man had tried to push past him
but Gregson had firmly eibowed him
back London dangers were the priv
ilege of the London force.
The door of the left hand flat upon
| the third la lding was standing a1ar
| Gregson push ed it open. Within q FL was
absolute silence and darkness.
struck a match. and lit the detect tive'S
lantern AS l did So and as the flicker
stead;ed into a flame, We all gave a
gasp of surprise On the deal boards
of the carpetless floor there was out
lined a fresh track Of blood. The red
| steps pointed towards US, and lee
away from an inner room. the door
of which was closed. Gregson flung
it open and held his light full ablaze II
front of him whilst we all peereo
eagerly over his shoulders.
In the middle Of the floor of the
empty room was huddled the figure OF
an enormous man. his clean-shaVeT
swarthy face grotesquely horrible II
it's contortion and his head encirclec
by g'hastly crimson halo of blood
living in a broad wet circle upon the
white woodwork His knees were draw
up. his hands thrown out in agony
md from the centre of his broad
brown. upturned throat there pro
, iected the white haft of knife driver
blade-deep into his body. Giant as ne