The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-22

, least quarter of an hours delay at
the boat. He will catch US there
"One would think that we were the
| criminals. Let US have him arrested
on his arrival
| ut would be to ruin the work CT
three months. We should get the big
| fish, but the smaller ones would dart
right and left out of the net On Mon
day we should have them all. No, an
arrest is inadmissible."
| What them"
I'VE shall get out at Canterbury"
| And them"
| well, then We must make a cross
| country journey to Newhaven, and so
over to Dieppe Moriarty will again
do what | should do. He will get on
to Paris, mark down our luggage, and
wait for two days at the depot In
the meantime we shall treat ourselves
to couple of carpet-bags, encourage
the manufacturers of the countries
through which We travel, and make
our way at our leisure into SwitZer-
land, via Luxembourg and Basic
At Canterbury, therefore we alight-
ed, only to find that we should have to
wait an hour before we could get 4
train to Newhaven
! was still looking rather ruefully
after the rapidly disappearing lug
gage van which contained my ward
robe, when Holmes pulled my sleeve
and pointed up the line.
Already, you see," said he.
Far away, from among the kentish
woods there rose a thin spray of
smoke. A minute later carriage and
engine could be seen flying along the
open curve which leads to the station.
We had hardly time to take our place
behind a pile of baggage when it
passed with a rattle and a roar, beat
ing blast of hot air into our faces.
There he goes" said Holmes, as we
watched the carriage swing and rock
over the points. There are limits,
you see, to our friends intelligence.
1t would have been a coup-de-maitre
had he deduced what | would deduce
and acted accordingly"
And what would he have done had
he overtaken u.s."
There cannot be the least doubt
that he would have made d murder
Gus attack upon me. 1t is, however,
a game at which two may play. The
question now is whether we should
take a premature lunch here, or run
Tour chance of starving before We
reach the buffet at Newhaven."
We made our way to Brussels thai
night and spent two days there, NOV
ing on upon the third day as far a:
Strasburg. On the Monday morning
Holmes had telegraphed to the Lon
don police. and in the evening We
found a reply waiting for US at oul
hotel Holmes tore it open, and ther
= with bitter curse, hurled it into the
I CRATE.
81 might have known it," he groan
ed He has escaped"
"Moriarty?"
| "They have secured the whole gan;
with the exception of him. He ha
given them the slip. OF course, whel
/ had left the country, there was NJ
one to cope with him. But | dir
think that had put the game in thei
Il hands. l think that you had bette
return to England, Watson"
O "Why?"
!, Because you will find me a danger
Gus companion now. The mans occI
: patton is gone He is lost if he re
t turns to London. If I read his charat
e ter right he will devote his Who'll
energies to revenging himself upo
r me- He said as much in our shol
interview, and | fancy that he mean
it. | should certainly recommend 70
r to return to your practice
1t was hardly an appeal to be SUI
cessful with one who was an old can
It paigner as well as an old friend. "
, sat in the STRAIT burg Salle-a-manoe