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

mIhat you' Lestradel'' said gol,Sa. aaa itb
a res, MI. holmes. took tho ;oS
good to see yon back in London al, ]]99o m
"1 think you want q little unaf:, sir:
undetected murders in one veor ruoIncla "a
But you handled the Molesey mv..at moat "a
your usual-that's to say, yov o''SSry stt
well.' ''u naudled }
We had all risen to our feet
ing haId, with stalwart constable STl p Ipnsas
the street. Holmes stepped IN D4a ~ oegn u
it, and dropped the blinds. Lesttsass. eD ras Trls,
two candles, and the policeman hsaaa hasaa Aad
lanterns. / was able at last IN hs%. uau aneos
our prisoner. us'e al
1t was tremendously virile and -,
which was turned towards US, WIZ q VI
the man must have started with a,.sa Sasali
good or for evil But one could not Hest ieis an
blue eyes, with their dropping cvn,sa, ,yOI Ipa
the fierce, aggressive nose and w. AMsl sSl ID
lined brow, without reading Natnrs n tsaseaa> Hsaa
signal. He took no heed Of anv ~ pAitA
were fixed upon Holiness face viii w. ~ q
% %W4lcn naIred ana amazement were sousSl
clever fiendl' '''ag
'Ah. Colonel!'' said Holmes arr,,u.
collar, journeys end in lovers' meas;aa q,
play says. / don t think I have hesnls hes l,st
seeing you since you favored we wifS aS Ma Ias
as ] lay on the ledge above the Resk,.aSIaas .Sas
The colonel still stared at my frsrd
in trance. "You cunning cupn,na ,';aa "a e
that he could say. 'lelc'
have not introduced You "a, ~ i.
"This gentleman, is Colonel sebss2., y
of her ulaJesty's Indian army. ana -.
game shot that our eastern empira t,s% %
| believe [ am correct, Colonel. in ssI.a sra
bag Of tigers still remains unrivaIledj ~
The fierce old man said nothing. bu. AN
my companionist with his savage eyss We .ua ,.a
Jnousf che hn yCos yvon6arfu11,, I,f 81
II wonder that my very simpls rs,,...
deceive so old shikari,' said Holmes ICY y?
very familiar to you. Have Won NOT ts,, y
kid under a. tree, lain above it with snsa Tan
waited for the bait to bring up your tigs,s ,Si !,
house IS my tree. and you are NV tIss, =
possibly had other guns in reserve in csss Is.
be several tigers, or in the unlikely supuo5;e
own aim failing you. These" be 'fsS,. no;,,a
are my other guns. The parallel is er,st Ii n
Colonel Moran sprang forward with
rage, but the constables dragged him ba,k !
upon his face was terrible to look at
81 confess that You had one small M
me- said Holmes. ''I did not antjSu,.
would yourself make use of this empty =
this convenient front window. I had .,I
as operating from the street where nv a.
trade and his merry men were awaiting h.
that exception, all has gone as | expscnS y
Colonel Moran turned to the Official lds1
'iou may or may not have Just caus e.
ing me- said he, 'b but at least there can M
son why I should submit to the gibes Of iis|
If L am in the hands of the law, let tlirn
in legal way
ttWeI, that's reasonable enough aa h
"Nothing further you have TO say, NJ, MS
fore we go?o
Holmes had picked up the powerful ,itz
the floor, and was examining its mechanic /
'An admirable and unique weapou,n 4
"noiseless and of tremendous power | h
Herder the blind German mechanic who ~
it to the order Of the late Professor Msdrn
years ] have been aware of its existence 4
have never before had the opportunity h 4
1T. | commend it very specially 10 yout Y
Destrade, and also the bullets which fit ~
You can trust lis to look after that, NJ q
said Lestrade, as the whole party moved as|
door. Anything further to say'"
''Only TO ask what charge you intend h 4
'FWhat chargeq Why, of course, the sts755|
der of Mr.. Sherlock Holmes,
"Not so. Lestrade. I do not propose b d
the matter at all. To you, and to you mJ'|
the credit of the remarkable arrest whit. n
effected. Yes, Lestrade, l congratulate ~
your usual happy mixture of cunning aSd
you have got him.
t'Got him Got whom, Mr.. Holmesi"
"Tbe man that the whole force has bee
orable Ronald Adair with an expanding -
an air"guu through the open window Of ~!
floor front Of No. 427 Park Lane, upon "
last month. That's the charge, LestEats Y
Watson, if you can endure the drsught frcs J
window. ] think that half an hour in ny
a cigar may afford YOU some profitable ~,
Our old chambers had been left unenasea n
the supervision of Mycroft Holmes and hs
care OF Mrs. Hudson. AS I entered sas, y
an unwonted tidiness, but the old lands,E,a
all in their place. There was the. cnes11|
and the acid-stained, dealtopped table
shelf was the row OF formidable serIp
books Of reference which many Of our tslg
would have been so glad 10 bum lN
the violin case, aud the pipe racS-evSsa w
as 7 glanced round me. There were NV
of the room-one, Mrs. Hudson, VINO ps
us both as we entered--the other, the ssls,s
which had played so important part ~ ~ y !.
adventures. 1t was wax-colored nodei ol n
80 admirably done that it was peIle.
II stood on a small pedestal table WIZ
ing gown of Holmes s so draped ronna
illusion from the street was Absolutely ~ r
~ hope you preserved all precau'lop'
sop9' said Holmes.
g went to it on my knees, sir, Ju''
me-
excellent, You carried the thing sHn
Did you observe where the bullet wea', r,,,
eyes, sir IN afraid it has spN' yuJJ
bust, for it passed right through tue ;, nsas ~
carpet. Here it isl -, ~
Holmes held il out to me. " SOW g
let. as you perceive, Watson: There ~,
for who would except to fnd such : 'u'. 5ra
an air-gun. All right. Mrs HUDSON; .aor sr b
for your assistance, And nos, "a.iv wv, IN
points which 7 should like to discuss sn vat
He had thrown off the seedy iroSss irooSs.'ssss
he was the Holmes Of old IN the pv#I .sssy
ing-eowu which he took from ms n ea's1 no,
steadiness oa nor IGNs his ewes their @ keennss s
laugh. as he inspected the shattered ivy
bust ~. n.,k Of q
''Plumb in the middle of the pasS a. ,Ss
and smack through the brain re 1"n woo igs
in India. and | expect that tpeio peiens,n
London, Have you heard the "a"
'No. / have not. p,,, thea il
"WeIl, well. such is fame. pu', ,sms Of
Der right, YOU had not heard tae ,bs 1s crs,i
James Moriarty. who. had one .u o, my nv iiudsi