The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-22

without the least sound to warn us os,
garaen gate swung open, and 1.-THE a.%a
as swift and active as an ape. rusbas aark e.
path We saw it whsk past tho l;ns up The a.
over the door and disappear against ~ ,a,a'cs,
of the house. There was long nausa eaeE u
we beld our breath, and then a vcrr aufins
sound came 70 our ears. The w;nas 1u
opened The noise ceased and asa,r a. va
silence. The fellow was making NJ. Ht
house We saw the sudden flash q, ~ ah
inside the room. WAT be sought v. usik II
there, for again we saw the flash heelJ
blind, and then through another. uRl II
Let US get to the open window. u
as ne climbs out, Lestrade WHISPERED viii ns
But before we could move, the man H.,
again. AS he came ont into the olin,aau aad ca,
light, we saw that he carried n,n,h;nefing ,td/
his arm. He looked stealthfry all ,ng ling Whit =
silence OF the deserted street reassursS "Ia I nH
ms back upon Ms he laid down his hrSsn. LIN. Il
next instant there was the sound NJ oaHIak, al
lowed by clatter and rattle. The sns'p a,
tent upon what be was doing that ;" ban ,,r W.
eSs tSs hosnd seePs a; as we stole across the .
instant later Lestrade and / had him 40 10 oeeh n
and the handouts had been fastened aug
hlm over l saw hideous, sallow face Nh~ vi
features, glaring up at us. and I knew" "ta ~. Nd
cured. "uom NJ d,
But il was not our prisoner to whom ",
giving his attention. Sqnatted on the Soo,Ssoss Soss
engaged in most carefully examining tS.. !
man had brought from the house. r. 'r1s ws. sra
Napoleon, like the one which we had .esn ~
ing, and and; 1t r had been broken into simila, an
light, but in no way did it differ from ma o.
shattered piece of plaster. He had ;us, =!
bis examination when the hall lights flsx
door opened, and the owner of the bor.ss" s"
rotund figure In shirt and trousers n,~rss
self. p'seu's
(, Mr.. Josiah Brown, [ supposel" said E,.
Yes SIR and YOU no doubt, are Mr. Il ~
press messenger, and did exactly wha,~ y - ~
me, We locked every door on the ,usids ,,5 ~
ed developments. Well, I IN very glad 10 ws az ~,
have got the the rascal Ss hope gentlemen thai ~
However Lestrade was anxious to eet u.
into safe quarters, so within few minuts. :,
had been summoned and we were all four uss M
but he glared at us from the shadow Of II, W.
hair. and once, when my hand seemed T;E,
roach, he snapped at il like hungry vol
stayed long enough at the polco.station 10 lem !
shillngs and long sheath knife, the handle y I:
bore copious traces Of recent blood
mThat's al, right said Lestrade, as wa ~.
Hil knoTs vs. al these fa gentry and be will
will work out all right. But IN sure an ,,'3
ingly obliged TO you, Mr.; Holmes, FOR the rsri1
like way in which you laid hands upon min. / 4
quite understand 1t all YETI
tions" said Holmes. tsBesides, there ara ous
details which are not finished off, and ii i c,,|
those cases which are worth working out to is
end. If you will come round once more 70 ny n
at six clock tomorrow, ! think / shall be stt|
show you that even now you have no, grapk
entire meaning Of this business which pre.enn i
history of crime, If ever l permit You 10 sima
any more of my little problems Watson. fOr,ss 4
You will enliven your pages by au account Of IL 4
guar adventure of the Napoleopic bussP
When we met again next evening Lestnls I
furnished with much information concerning on 4
oner. His name, it appeared was Beppo, aco,d 4
unknown, He was well known ne'er'dowal irI
the Italian colony. He had once been skill!u t|
tor and had earned an honest living, but y I
taken to evil courses and had twice already bsr|
jail-once for petty theft and once, as We had ~
heard, for ,stabbing, a felIow,countIyman G
talk English perfectly we'll. His reasons for sa,
answer any questions upon the subject but
lice had discovered that these same busts ngA
well have been made bv his own hands, 81
was engaged in this class of work at the en,
OF which we already knew, Holmes listened Vi
lie attention. but /, who knew him. so vel
clearly see that his thoughts were elsewhere y
detected mixture Of mingled uneaslne" ana 2
tation beneath that mask which be was Tes
assume. At last he started IN his chair, and
frightened. There had been ring Of ne
minute later we heard steps upon the STAN. >
elderly, red faced man with grizzled adessu
was ushered in. In his right hand be eenF
old.fashioned carpetbag which be placed rpa 1
table. go
''Is Mr.. Sherlock Holmes herei" ID
Nv friend bowed and smiled MI Ss',
of Reading ! suppose?' said he. ~
''Ycs, sir / fear that ] am little hls ~
trains were awkward. You wrote TO ns ="
bust that is in nv possession.
"Exactly,' m :, -
~ have your letter here. You said. }!
TO possess a copy of Devine's Napoleon, and y
pared to pay you ten pounds foi t1e Wv
in your possession Is that rlght'
''Certaiply.' . ,s4s
''1 was very much surprised az your -
I could not imagine how YOU knew mat 0''''
a thing. i..a n Z
"Of course YOU must have been suT2nk%
explanation is very simple. MI haiuns' hsi les ~
ing Brothers, said that they had sola YOU =
copy, and he gave me your address an vr Z
"Oh, that was 1t, was iti pio 10 -"
] paid for it?'
HWeu, ! am an honest man. tnougp, -, n ia
rich one l only gave fifteen thiiineS innt hsfus =
and ] think you ought to kno" 'nA' j
ten pounds from you. ,ou hosm
III am sure the scruple does you .;,s . d
ssndeford. But ! have named mat P''''
tend to stick to it ..,n ", s.
''Wen, il is very handsome OF YOU YOU ..ii 4
I brought the bust up with me, IS YOU YOU and
do. Here it ISL He opened his .s. Gss, sssSrs|
we saw placed upon our table eunp ann more TN
that bust which we had already seen i"'''
in fragments -; ,oskst sl
ten.pound note upon the table. NJ ss-it|
s'You viii kindly sign that phpe'' II Il Gs;t
in the presence OF these witnesses, r;sb- tit
sav that YOU transfer every poss'o' metholltl
ever had in the bust TO me am an urn svesp