Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27

II - with a heavy heart that take up
which | shall ever record the singular
sii,- hy which my friend. Mir Sherlock
Holmes, was distinguished In an IN
cuhcrcn, aud, a. ! deeply feel ,an entirely
d,Quatc fashion, | have cndeavorcd
10 Ne some account of my strange cx-
LICENCES An hi- company from the chance
period oi the study In Scarlet" IL was
my intention TO have stopped, and
,o have SAID nothing of that event which
has created n void IN my life which
the lapse Of two years has done little To
hll. My hand has been forced. however, +,
lN IN. recent letters in which Colonel
James Noriarty defends the memory
oi his brother, and | have no choice but
a. lny the facts before the public exactly
o. they occurred. alone know the
absolute truth of the matter. and | am
satisfied that the time has come when
no good purpose ~ 10 bo served by Its
suppression As far a. know, there have
lccn only three accounts IN the public
press. that IN the Journal de Gencvc on
MAY q. 1891, the Reuters Dispatch in
the English papers on May Z, and finally
the recent lcttcrs TO which | have al
ludcd. Of these the first and second
wcrc extremely condensed. while the
last II, a. shall now show, an absolute
psrycrsion oi the facts. II lies with me
60 tell for the first time what really took
place between Professor Moriariy and
Nlf sherlock Holmes.
u may I've remembered that after my
marriage, and my subsequent start In
private practice, the very intimate re-
luiiuns which had existed between
Holmes aud myself became 10 some
extent modified. lie still came TO me
from time 90 time when he desired a
companion. m his Investigations, but
thcsc occasions grew more and more
soldom, until | find thst In the wear
iSoO there were only three cases OF
which | retain any record. During the
winter of that wear and the early spring
oi 1891, | saw IN the papers that he
had been engaged by the frnech govern
fucnt upon matter of supreme inn
portancc, an l cccivcd two notes from
Holmes, daic,. .om Narhonnc and from
Mines. from which | gathered that his
stay IN France was likely TO he n long
one. II was with some surprise, there
fore. that saw him walk into my con-
sultinr-rOom upon the evening of April
% II struck me that he was looking
even palcr and thinner than usual.
YES, | have been using myself W
rather too freely" he remarked, IN an.
svcr 90 my look rather than TO my
words "A have been a little pressed
ol late. Have YOU any objection TO my
closing your shutters
The only light in the orom came
from the lamp upon the table AZ which
I had been reading. Holmes edged hi
way round the wall, and fiinging the
shutters together, he bolted them Sc
cuwly
You are afraid Of something?"
nskcd.
We'll, am"
"Of WHAT"
'Of air-guns"
My dear Holmes, what do yo'
meant"
n think that YOU know me wei
enough, Watson. 90 understand that
am hy no means nervous man. A
'ho same time, it ! stupidity raihe
than courage 20 refuse 20 Recognize
dnngcf when % i close upon YOU
Nirht ! trouble YOU for a match?'
~ drew in the smoke Of his cigarette
o. Il the soothing influence Was crate
iul 20 him.
n must apologize for calling so late,
Faid hc. and ! must further beg yol
81 hc 80 unconventional a. 10 allow M
o. leave your house presently b,
scrambhng over your hack gardeI
val
But what does Il al mear?" asked
lir held out his hand, and ] saw II
thr lcit of the lamp that wO OF hi
knurklcs were burst and bleeding
TITS not an airy nothing. YOU see.
snii De-. smiling "on the contrary,
b. ohd enough for q man 90 break hi
hand over J. Mr.. Watson in"
"~hc b. away upon a vislt.
"luducl You are alone
Quite
hen o. makes u the easicr for m
o. propose that you should come ava
WITH me iof o. week 10 the Continent.
'Whcro''
"Oh. nnyv here. It's al the same Z
ne
There wns something very strange
oil thIs n wac Dot Holmo-' nature {
.|N NIINII AI|'lINAaN NAAANA "NNAAtf AAAaAA
about his pale. worn face told me tha
o. nerves were ut their highest ten
s.0u IT, saW the question IN my eye,
ard. putting his hnger-tips togethC
end Dr. elbows upon his knees, he "a
planned thc g;unuon.
You have probably never heard {
Professor Morlariy!' said he.
'NCter
cave. there's the genius and n
wonder 90 thc thing be cried. "Ti
man rcryades London, and no one ha
hoard of hm That's what puts hil
0n o. pinnacle in lhe record OF GRIM
t0l vou. Watson. IN al seriousness
thai i ] could beat that man. #
e1uld lruc soc.ctv ol him, should fe
thnt my oUn career had reached !
summit, and ] should be prepared
turn to some more placid line N lli
Between ourselves, the recent cases
which ] have been ~ assistance 10 q
s.s,r.. coo. n. sa,rs