The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-25

lamp: we will, however, take the pre-
caution to open our window to avoid
the premature decease Of two deserv-1
ing members of society, and you win
seat yourself near that window in an
armchair, unless, like a sensible man,
You determine to have nothing to do
with the affair. oh, you viii see 1t
out, will you? / thought knew my
Watson. This chair l will place OPP
posite yours, SO that we may be the
same distance from the poison, and
face to face. The door we viii leave
ajar. Each is now in a position to
watch the other and to bring the ex-
pertinent to an end should the symp-
toms seem alarming. Is that all
clear? Well, then, ! take our powder
or what remains of it-from the en-
elope, and l lay it above the burning
lamp. So! Now, Watson, let US sit
down and await Developments
| They were not long in coming.
had hardly settled in my chair before
was conscious of a thick, mucky odor,
subtle and nauseous. At the very first
whiff of it my brain and my magma
tion were beyond all control A thick,
black cloud swirled before my eyes,
and in this cloud, unseen as yet, but
about to spring out upon my appalled,
senses, lurked all that was vaguely
horrible, all that was monstrous and
inconceivably wicked in the universe
The turmoil within my brain was such
that something must surely snap.
tried to scream, and was vaguely
aware of some hoarse croak which was
my own voice, but distant and de-
tached from myself. At the same mo-
ment, in some effort of escape, broke
| through that cloud of despair, and
had a glimpse of Holiness face, white,
rigid and drawn with horror-the very
look which had seen upon the fea
lures of the dead. 1t was that vision
(which gave me an instant of sanity
and of strength. ! dashed from my
chair, threw my arms round Holmes
and together we lurched through the
door, and an instant afterwards had
thrown ourselves down upon the grass
plot and were lying side by side, con
scious only of the glorious sunshine
which was burning its way through the
lhellish cloud Of terror which had CIR
ms in.
upon my word, watson!" salt
Holmes at last, with an unstead.
voice, 81 owe you both my thanks AMI
an apology. 1t was an unjustifiabl,
experiment even for oneself, ant
Idoubly so for a friend. I am reall.
very sorry. ! confess that neve
imagined that the effect could be 81
sudden and so severe" He dashet
to the cottage, and reappeared witt
the burning lamp held at full arm
length, threw it among bank o
brambles. I'VE must give the room ;
, little time to clear. take it, Watson
: that you have no longer a shadow o
doubt as to how these tragedies wer'
: produced?"
None whatever
"But the cause remains as obscur
as before. Come into the arbor her
azd let us discuss it together. thin
. We must admit that all the evidenc
points to this man, Mortimer Trs
gennis, having been the criminal
! the first tragedy, though he was tn
, victim in the second one. We mus
!. remember, in the first place, tina
= there is some story Of a family qua
rel, followed by reconciliation. Wei
in the next place, you will remembe
a that this idea of someone moving
) the garden, which took our attentio
!. for a moment from the real cause, {
: the tragedy, emanated from him. II
had a motive in misleading US. FIJI
: ally, if he did not throw this substanc