The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-04

power TO surprise YOU r
crept forward and looked at the familiar mill
cry Of amazoment The blind down, and strong nc
night vHo Is Ssnes ieed d h the sa
p hard black outline upon the os screen oS the
head the squareness Of the shoulders the sharpness
e b f ees wa that of one Of black
which grandparents loved to frame 1t was
threw out my hand to make sure that the himself
was standing beside me, He was quiVerine VIII" S''
lent ..Nsi1s RgfRtsF. ss5 said he
s'5ood Heavens!' cried CIT .ig marveous.
stale mt trust B5s that saS iG h snd
in his voice the JOY and pride which ths ails' s ma is
II should be prepared to that it was yon
Oscar Meuner, of Grenoble, who spent some days IN
doing the moulding It is bust in way The stTst rest
| arranged myself during my visit to Baker street
this qttern9on,,, ate noon,
possible wishing certain people to think that
there so %hs soag tSs Ts foom srs
8, knew that they were watched
'By my old enemies, Watson BY the charming
society whose leader lies in the Rechenbach Fall You
that was still alive Sooner or later they believed
that should come back to my rooms They watched
them continuously, and this morning they saw me
'sHow do you know?''
fellow, Parker y name: gIrrotsr y trade and Ia
nothing for him. But l cared great deal for The
' h bosom s c e nn
the rocks over the cliff the most cunning and dang
d IT pa That 1s IS be man who no
is quite unaware that we arc after him.
selves From this convenient retreat. the Watchers
were being watched and the trackers tracked. That
the hunters In silence we stood together in the dark
ness and watched the hurryipgg figures who passed
moioniess; but could tell that he was kcenIy alert
and that his eyes fixed ntently upon the stream
and the wind whistled shrly down the long street
Mary people were moving to and fro most of them
it seemed to me that had the same figure
S be @ S yho s a doe
way, OF house some distance up the street | tried
tinued to stare into the street. More than he
the R Ts It ad nas d Pa o NE @
was becoming uneasy and that his plans were not
midnight approached and the street gradually cleared
he paced up and down the room in uneontrollabe ag
when raised my eyes to the lighted window, and
again experienced almost great surprise as be
be shadow has moved IT, acG cried don'e' upwards
It indeed longer the profile but the back,
Three years had certainly not smootbed the as
perties of his temper his impatience with a less
active intelligence than bis own.
''Of course it has moved said he. Gam such
af fareicsl bunger Watson, that should
in Europe Would BE- deceived by it, ne W s3e
been in this room two hours, and Mrs. Hudson has
in every quarter of an hour She works it from the
'front.' so that her shadow may never be seen. Ahl''
In the dim light saw his head thrown forward his
whole whole attitude [sld with attention Outside the
still be crouchng III the doorway but could no longer
se See Reo M sess % on and % dark & % only brill
outlined upon its center Again in the utter silence
suppressed aar p0be he OF nsd @
@ pack INTO the backest corner of the room, felt
ms Rana N The Ths
stretched lonely and motiouless before US.
But suddenly 7 was aware of that which his keener
had already distinguished low stealthy sound
but from the Back OF the verT hose ., IN bs
we lay concealed. door opened and shut An
to sp s d ST @ Nhsh
" through the empty house. Holmes croucbed back
Aoa o mS Sd SS
the gloom, | saw the vague outline of man shade
stood for an instant, and then he crept forward
crouehlng, menaeing, into the room He was within
myself to meet his spring, before realized that he
had no idea of presence He passed close beside
noseess raised it for half foot be bSofy ssr and nd
tine Level of this opening the light of the street no
face The man seemed TO be beside himself with ex
es We're o worHs Ho one like stars and his
man, with thin, projecting nose, a high bald forc,
head, and huge grizzled moustacbe. An opera hat
was pushed to the back of his head and an evening
dress shirtront CLEANED out through his open over
coat fs face was gaunt and swarthy scored With
deep savage lines. In his hand he carried what
appeared to be stick, but he laid it down upon
inc tioor ~ gave metallic clang. Then from Inc
POCKET or MS overcoat he drew a bulky oh ect anJ
he busled himself in some task which ended with a
ouu, snnrP snGk as II spring bolt fallen into
lts pace SIN kneeIIng upon the floor he bent for
ward ward ana threw all his weight and strength upon
SOME lever, with the result that there came n Innn
whlring, grinding noise ending once more in now
oIlH I click lie Strengthened himself then and saw
tnat what be held in his hand was a SORT of gIn
WIN curlously msshapen butt. He opened il nt tbs
preeeh' put something in and snapped the breecb
Dlock' lhen, crouching down, he rested the end ~
the barrel The edoe Of Tie onan - - euu or