The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-05
PART FOUR.

The Honorable Ronald Adair, second
son of he Earl of Maynooth, was found
murdered one night in the house
where he lived with his mother and
sister. He had been playing whist
that afternoon with Mr.. Murray, Mr..
! John Hardy and Colonel Moran. He
! had lost little, but a few days be
! fore, he and Colonel Moran, as part
ners had won over four hundred
! pounds. So his losses could not have
! troubled him. He went to a front,
! secOnd-floor sitting-room at 10 o'clock.
When his mother and sister returned
about an hour later they found the
! door locked, On getting no return
! they had it broken in and found him
shot dead with an expanding revolver
| bullet. There was no revolver in the
: room. A fire was burning and a win
| dow was open, but a bed of crOcusseS
under the window was undisturbed.
| On the table was some money and
! same papers on which the young man
| had apparently been figuring his loss
es or gains at cards. DR.. Watson,
made familiar with the methods of
! Sherlock Holmes, follows the case and
tries TO reason it out as his old friend
}
went TO look at the house. In the
crowd about him he noticed a plain
clothes man and an awkward old fell
low with some books under his arm,
who was quite put out when Watson
! jostled him.
Later in the evening the old book
seller came to see him, threw off his
disguise, and revealed himself as Sher-
lock Holmes. Watson tainted from
surprise and 10Y for the last he had
known of Holmes he had disappeared
in Switzerland over a precipice with
his enemy Morarty. Holmes explain
ed that he had never gone over the
!precipice, but had climbed up the cliff
to a ledge.
Then seeing above him a friend Of
Moriarty who tried to kill him by
dropping a stone on him, Holmes fled
: through the mountains and escaped.
always afraid of MOriarty's friend,
. who knew he was living. That was
= three years before He had returned
- to London when he heard Of the Adair
; murder. He and Watson went out and
| entered the back Of an empty house
= opposite Holiness room in Baker
; street.
. TODAY'S INSTALLMENT
l I crept forward and looked through
= the familiar window. A. my eyes tel
upon it, | gave a gasp and cry OF
? amazement The blind was down, and
a strong light was burning in the
t room The shadow of 7 man who was
- seated in a chair within was thrown
l in hard. black outline upon the lumi
l nous screen of the window. There
J. was no mistaking the poise of the
. head. the squareness Of the shoulders
! the sharpness of the features. The
face was turned half-round, and the
effect was that of one Of those blacl
/, silhOuettes which our grandparents
; loved to frame. It was q perfect re
+ | production of Holmes. So amazed
5 was | that | threw out my hand t
$ make sure that the man himself wa
t | standing beside me. He was culver
I ing with silent laughter
: Good Heavens!' I cried. 1T i
| Marvellous
: Il trust that age doth not wither no
> custom stale my infinite variety" salt
l. he, and ! recognized in his vOce thu
= 10y and pride which the artist take!
. his own creation. IT really is rattle
d like me- is it not
Il should be prepared TO swear tina
9 it was you"
L The credit Of the execution is du
to Monsieur Oscar Meunier. of Gre
:. noble, who spent some days in dOinj
Ii the moulding. 1t is a bust in wax
The rest | arranged myself during m
o visit TO Baker Street this afternoon.
y But Why"
6 Because, my dear Watson, had tn
y strongest possible reason for WISHING
= certain people to thing that I wa
there when I was really elsewhere.
And YOU thought the rooms wer
Watched?"
Il knew that they were watched"
BY whom"
BY my old enemies. Watson. B
the charming society whose leader lie
in the Reichenbach Fall You must re
member that they knew, and only the
knew, that | was still alive. Soone
n or later they believed that [ shout
D come back to my rooms. They watche
them continuously, and this mornin
- they saw me arrive"
49, How do you know
- Because | recognized their sentine
- when l glanced out of my window. H
- is a harmless enough fellow, Parker b
- lame. a garrOter by trade. and a II
- markable performer upon the lew
-. harp, | cared nothing for him. But
y cared a great deal for the much NOR
u fOrmida BILE person who was benin
~ him the bosom friend of MOTiarity tn