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— Nerves Have Not Then His Round at Our Old Rooms the Starting- the Room THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. to the two policemen uniform, with one heavy game our Eastern em- over a cigar may you coat, now he waa the Holmes o£ he had been a witness of his friend's Ft>n, to draw a little nearer in shot that afford some and dressing- window, talcing every precaution not plain clothes detective, rushed pire has ever produced. Ibelieve I profitable amusement." ola in the mouse-colored ny escape. He had wir- his etfi#y. d*ath and of to yourself, and then to look up through the front entrance and into am correct, colonel, in saying that Our old chambers had been left un- gown which he took from ed,-&cd making way to sfcow — nerves have not then his round at our old rooms the starting- the room. your bag of tigers still remains un- changed through the supervision of "The old shikari's cllli, steadiness, eyes their the top of th« he had endeavored point of so many of your little fairy "That you. Lestrade?" said Holme9. rivaled ?" Mycroft Holmes and the immediate lost their nor his to had see if my three years "Yes, Mr. Holmes. Itook the The fierce old man nothing, As I Ikeenness," he, with a laugh, aa succeed where his comrade 1ales'* We «rfl3 Job said but care of Mrs. Hudson. entered 3aid ot failed. ""%;\u25a0#\u25a0\u25a0 of absence has entirely taken away myself. It's good to see you back in still glared at my companion. With saw, it is true, an unwonted tidiness, he inspected ike shattered forehead surprise London, savage "Idid not take long to think about it, my piv.er to you." sir." his eyes and bristling mustache but the old landmarks were all in their hia bust. looked at "Ithink you a unofficial he was wonderfully like a tiger him- place. was the chemical cor- "Plumb in the middle of th« ba^lc "Watson. AgKia 1 saw that grim face Iercpt forward and across want little There window, As my eyes fell help. Three undetected murders in self. nei acid-stained, deal-topped of the head and smack through the over cliff, and knew that it the famiHnr and the India, look the I upon it Igave a gasp and a cry of one year won't do, Lestrade. But you "I wonder that my very simple table. There upon a shelf was the brain. He waa the oest shot in was the precursor of another stone. I The blind was down, and handled the Molesey mystery with less stratagem could so old a shi- scrap-books and and Iext.ect that there are few better amazement. kari," deceive row of formidable scrambled down to the path. I a stron? light was burning in the than your usual— that's to say, you said Holmes. "Itmust be very- becks of reference which many of our in London. Have you heard the don't think Icould have done it in cold room. The shadow of a man who was handled it fairly well." familiar to you. Have you not teth- fkllow-citizens would have been so name .'" " It as a -hundred times more seated in a chair within was thrown We had all risen to our feet, our ered a young kid under a tree, lain glad, to burn. The diagrams, the "No, Ihave not." blood. hard, above it your — "Well, well, But. difficult than getting up. But Ihad no In black outline upon the lumi- prisoner breathing hard, with a stal- with rifle and waited for v.olin-case. and the pipe-rack even such i3fame! nous screen of the window. There was wart constable on each side of him. the bait to bring up your tiger? This the Persian slipper which contained then, if Iremember right, you had not time to think of the danger, for an- empty my are — eyes as name hung r.o mistaking the poise of the head, the Already a few loiterers had begun to house is tree and you the tobacco all met my Iheard the of Professor James other stone sang past me as I squareness of th°. shoulders, the collect in the street. Holmes stepped my tiger. You have possibly had glanced round me. There—were two Moriarty, who had one of the great "by. my hands from the edge of the sharpness of the features. The face up to the window, closed it and other guns in reserve in case there occupants of the room one, Mrs. brains ot the century. Just give me ledge. Half way down Islipped, but, was turned half-round, and the effect dropped the blinds. Lestrade had pro- should be several tigers or in the un- Hudson, who beamed upon us both as down my index of biographies from by .the blessing of God. Ilanded, torn was that of one of those black sil- duced two candles and the policemen likely supposition of your own aim we entered —the other, the strange the shell." houettes which our grandparents had Iwas failing you. These," he pointed dummy played so im- over the pages laaily. and bleeding;, upon the path. Itook to loved uncovered their lanterns. around, which had He turned t' frame. Tt was a perfect reproduc- able to a good look at "are my other guns. The evening's ad- in his and blow- my heels,' did ten miles over the moun- at last have portant a part in the leaning back chair tion of Holmes. amazed was Ithat our prisoner. parallel is exact." # wax-colored model ing great clouds his cigar. in the darkness, and \u25a0 we k Pu ventures. It was a from tains later. Ithrew out my hand to sure that tremendously Colonel Moran sprang my friend, admirably that it "My of Ms Is a rlne one," Florence, with the make It was a virile and forward w-ith of so done collection Ifound myself in the men himself was standing besi>:« yet sinister face which was turned a snart of rage, but the constables wa.s a perfect fac simile. It stood on said he. "MorUtrty nimself is enough certainty that no aM in the worldknew me. He was quivering with silent toward us. With the brow of a phi- dragged him back. The fury upon his a small" pedestal table with an old to make any letter illustrious, and of < laughter. • losopher of a face waa terrible to look at. Holmes' so draped here is Morgan the poisoner, and Mer- what' 'had come me. above and the jaw sensu- dressing-gown of only one confidant— my broth- "Well?" said he. alist below, the man have started "Iconfess that you had one small round illusion from the ridew of abominaoie memory, and "Ihad must me," it that the HycruCL Iowe you many apologies, "Good heavers!" Icried. "It Is with great capacities for good or for surprise for said Holmes. "I street was absolutely perfect. Mathews. who knocked out my left er. did not anticipate that you would you precau- at Charing my de«! Watson, but it was all-im- marvelous." evil. But one could not look v.ion hi.s "I hope preserved ill canine in th:? waiting-room "Itrust that ape doth not wither nor eyes, drooping, yourself make use of this empty house t'ons, Mrs. Cross, and, .Inaliy. here m our portant it should be thought I cruel blue with their Hudson?" said Holmes. friend that custom Male my infinite variety," said cynical lids, or upon the fierce, ag- and this convenient front window. I my knees, sir, just Ol to-night." dead, it is quite certain that imagined you as operating from "Iwent to it on was. and be. and Irecognized in his voice the gressive nose and the threatening, had you me." He handed over the book, and 1 you not have written so con- takes deep-lined reading the street, where my friend Lestrade as told Sobaatian, Would joy and pride which the artist in brow without na- You carried the thing read: "Moran. Colonel. vincing an account cf my unhappy end his own creation. "It really is rather ture's plainest dangar signals. He took and his merry men were awaiting you. "Excellent. Unemployed. Formerly i3t Bengalore that exception all has gone as Iout very well. Did you observe where had you not yours?lf thought that it 1 ke me, is it nnt?" no heed of any of us, but his eyes wer^ With Pioneers. Born London, ISU&. Son prepared swear upon 1 an expected." the bullet went?" Moran, C.8., once wa« true. times during thr- "Ishould be to that fixed HolmeB face w'th ex- of Sir Augustus Several you." Colonel Moran turned to the official "Yes. sir. I'm afraid it has spoiled years Ihave taken up my it was bust, right British Minister to Persia. Educated last three of the is due detective. your beautifu} for it passed Oxford, JowaJsi pen rite you. but always I "The credit execution flattened itself liton and rierved in to to to Monsieur Oscar Meunier of Greno- "You may or may not have just through the head and Campaign, Afghan Campaign. Char- feared lest your affectionate regard for ble, who some days in Joine the for arresting me," said he, "but on the wall. Ipicked it up from the spent cause it a&lab (despatches), Sherpur. and Ca- me should tempt you to some indis- molding. It is a bust in wax. The rest at least there can be no reason why carpet.
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