Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-13

Holmes face With an expression IN
which hatred N amazement were
on muttering. you clever, clever
flend!"
'Ah, %colonel!" said Holmes, arrang-
ing his rumpled collar, Journeys end
in lovers meetings. as the old play
says. 1 don't think 1 have had the
pleasure Of seeing o since you ia
vored me with those attentions as 1
lay on the ledge above the Reichenbach
fall"
The colonel still stared at my friend
like a man in a trance. "You cunning,
cunning tlend!" was all tina he could
say.
The Colonel.
II have not introduced YOU yet" said
Holmes. This gentleman is Colonel
Sebastian Moran, once OF her majesty's
Indian army and the best heavy game
shot that our eastern empire has ever
produced. 1 believe I am correct. Colonel
in saying that your bag of tigers still
remains ~unrivalled?"
II fierce old man said nothing, but
still glared at my companionist with
his savage yes and bristling mustache
he was wonderfully like a tiger him.
self.
II wonder that my very simple STRAIT
agem could deceive so old "A shikari,"
said Holmes 1T must be very familiar
to you. Havey you not tethered "a young
Kid under a tree. lain above 1t with
your rifle. and waited for the bait to
bring up your tiger? This empty house
Is my tree, and you are my tiger. You
have possibly other guns in reserve in
case there should be several tigers, or
in the unlikely superstition of your own
aim failing you. These" he pointed
around, ARE my other guns The par
allel is exact"
Colonel Moran sprang forward with
a snarl of rage, but the constables
dragged him back. The fury upon his
face was terrible to look at.
II confess that you had one small
surprise for me-" said Holmes. II did
not anticipate that you would your
self make use OF this empty Gus and
this convenient front window. 1 had
Imagined you as operating from the
street. where my friend Lestrade and
his merry gang were awaiting you.
With that exception all has gone as 1
expected"
Colonel Moran turned to the official
detective.
You may or may not have just cause
for arresting me-" said he. but at
least there can be no reason why I
should submit to the gibes of this per-
son. If I am in the hands of the law.
let things be done in a legal way"
Well. that's reasonable enough"
said Lestrade. Nothing further you
ave to say Mr.. Holmes. before we
go?"
Holnle had picked up the powerful
airgun from the floor, and was ex-
amining its mechanism.
An admirable n unique weapon"
said he, 'noisless and of tremendous
power. J. knew Won Herder. the blind
German mechanic, who constructed it
to the order of the late Professor Nor
iarty. For years l have been aware Of
Its existence, though 1 have never be-
fore had the opportunity of handling
1T. commend it very specially to your
attention. Lestrade, and also the bull
let's which fits it,"
You can trust us to look after that,
Mr.. Holiness" said Lestrade, as the
whole party moved towards the door.
ANYTHING further to say?"
Only to ask what charge you intend
to prefer?"
the attempted murder of Mr.. Sherlock
Homes"
Not so. Lestrade. 1 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 have
effected. Yes. Lestrade. 1 congratulate
you! With your usual happy mixture
of cunning and %audacity, you have got
him."
Got him! Got him, Mr.. Holmes?"
THE man that the whole force has
been seeking in vafn-Colonel Sebastian
Moran. who shot the Honorable Ronald
Adair with an expanding bullet from
an airgun through the open " indow of
the second floor front OF No. 427
Park Lane, upon the 3Otil OF last
month. That's the charge, Lestrade.
And now. Watson, if you can endure
the draught from a broken window.
think that half an hour in my study
over a cigar may afford you some
profitable amusement.
My collection of Ms is a fine one"
said he. "Moriarty himself is enough
to make my letter illustrious, and here
is Morgan the p%oisoner, and Merridew
of abominables memory, and Mathews.
who knocked out my left canine in the
waiting room at Charing Cross, and
finally. here is our friend of tonight"
His Motive.
Yes said T.. You have not made
motive in numbering the Honorable
Ronald Adair?"
All! my dear Watson, there we come
into those realms Of conjecture. where
the most logical mind nay be at fault.
Each may form his own hypothesis
upon the present evidence, and yours
is as likely to be correct as NINE
"You have formed one, then?'
II think 1t is not difficult to explain
the facts. 1t came out in evidence that
Colonel Moran and young Adair had.
between them. won q considerable
amount OF money. Now, Moran un-
doubtedly played foul-of that / have
long been aware. l believe that on the
day of the murder Adair had discoy-
cred that Moran was cheating. Very
likely he had spoken to him privately.
n q threatened to expose him IN.