Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

ltl'Al isNN AlNiisN u
AT last, when YOU had all formed
your inevitable and totally erroneous
conclusions, YOU departed for the hotel,
and ! was lett alone. | had imagined
that | had reached the end of my ad-
ventures. hut very unexpected oc-
currrncc Shaved me that there were
surprises still M store FOR me. \ huge
rock, falling from above. Doomed past
inc, struck the path, and bounded over
into the chasm. For an instant.
though, that u was an accldent. but
moment later, looking up, ! saw n
mans head against the darkenlng sky
and another stone struck the very
ledge upon which | was stretched
within a foot oi my head. Of course
the meaning Of this WAS obvious.
Moriarty had not been alone \ con-
iedcratc and even that one glance had
told me how dangerous a man tht con-
fcdctale was had kept guard while the
Professor had attacked me. From n
dislanre. unseen by me, he had been
witness of his friends death and Of
my escape. lie had waited. and then
mailing his way round 90 the top Of the
che, he had endcavorcd 10 succeed
whcrc his comfadc had failed.
did not take long 90 think about
y. Watson Again | saw that grim
face look over the cliil and ] knew
that u was the precursor Of another
stone. | scrambled down ON 20 the
path. don't think could have done
" IN cold blood II was n hundred
tunes moro difficult than getting up.
lsut had no time 20 think OF the dan
yer, for another stone sang past me
~ hung hy my hands from the edge
~ the ledge Halfway down ] slipped
hut, hy the blessing of God, | landed
torn and bleeding upon the path.
took 20 my heels, did ten miles over the
mountains In the darkness, and week
later, | found myself IN Florence, with
the certainty that no one IN the world
knew whs, had become OF me.
II had only one couildant my
brother Mycroft. | owe YOU many
apologies. my dear Watson, but il wa,
Oh important that II should be thought
] was dead, and Il is quite certain that
YOU would not have written so con-
vincing an account OF my unhappy end
had YOU not Yourself thought that il
was trnc. Several times during the
last three wears, ! have taken up my
pcn 20 write 60 YOU. but always ! feared
lest your asfectionatc regard for ms
should attempt you 20 some indiscretlor
which would bctray my secret. Fol
tha, reason | turned away from yOI
this evening when YOU upset my books
for |. was IN danger AZ the time, anC
any show OF surprise and emotion upor
your par, might have drawn attention
20 my identity and led TO the most de
plorahe and irrcparable results A,
10 Mycroit, ! had 90 confde in him il
order 10 obtain the money which
needed The course OF events in Lon
don did not run No well as | had hoped
for the trial of the Moriarty gang lef
two OF its most dangerous members
nv own most vindlctlve enemies, a.
liberty. ! travelled for two years il
Tibet. therefore, and amused mysel
hv visiting Lhassa. and spending SOM
days with the head Llama. You ma,
have read of the remarkable explora
tlon- Of Norwegian named Sigerson
hu, | am sure that II never occurred {,
YOU that YOU were receiving news O
your friend ] then passed througl
Persia. looked in at Mecca. and pait
n short bu, interesting visit 20 IA,
khallia M khartoum, the result o
which have communicated TO IN,