Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 332, 8 December 1921 — Page 7

PAGE SEVEN The Ad venture of the Empty House By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Copyright, 1923. y Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement with The McClare Newspaper Syndicate.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1921.

Holmes had picked up the powerful air-gun from the floor, and was exam-: inin.e its mechanism. "An admirable and unique weapon,"; said he, "noisless and of tremendous; power. I knew Von Herder, the blind tjerman mechanic, who constructed it; 10 the order of the late Professor Mo-, riarity. For years I have been aware j of its existence, though I have never! before had the opportunity of handling it. I commend it very special!' i your atteniion. Lestrade, and also the bullets which fit it." "You can trust us to look after thai.i

Mr. Holmes,'' said Lestrade, as the whole party moved toward the door. Any thins further to say.'" "Only to ask what charge you intend to prefer'" "What charge, sir? Why of course the attempted murder of Mr. Sherlock Holmes." "Not so. Lestrade. 1 do not propose io appear in the matter a: all. To you. and to you only, belongs the credit of the remarkable arrest which you have effected. Yes. Les'rade, I congratulate voul With your usual happy mixture of running and audacity, ou have got

him." ! "Got him! Got whom, Mr. Holmes?" j "The man that the whole force has! been seeking in vain Colonel Sehas-j tian Moran. who shut th Honorable : Ronald Adair with an expanding bullet, from an air-sun th rough 'he open win-i dow of th- second floor front of No. I 427 Park Lane, upon the Ct'th of last ' month. That's the chanic, Lestrade.! And now, Wat .-on, if you can endure the rl:auj:ht from a bioker. window. 1 think that half hour in my study over a cigar may afford you some profitable1 amusement. !

round it that the illusion from the street was absolutely perfect. "I hope you preserved all precautions, Mrs. Hudson?' said Holmes. "1 went to it on my kcess, sir, just as you told me." I "Kxceilent. you carrietl the thing out very well. Did ou observe whre the bullet went?" : "Yes sir. I'm afraid it has spoilt; our beautiful bust, for it passed light: through the head and flattened itself on the wall. I picked i' up from the carpel. Here it is!" Holmes luid it out to inc. "A salt revolver bullet, as you perceive, Wat-,

i son. There s a genius in that, for who j would expect to find such a thing fired ; from an air-gun. All right, Mrs. Hud-: Json. 1 am much obliged for your as-' j sistance. And now, Watson," let me; ' see. you in your old sea', once more,, ! for there ai'-1 several noints whic'i I '.

ihnuld like to discuss vi;U you." i He had thrown off Hit; seedy frock-' coat, and now he was the Holmea of; old in the mouse-colored dressing I gown which he took from his effigy, i "The old shikari's nerves have not !

i lost their steadiness, nor his eyes their ! , keenest," said he, with a laugh, as he ! inspected the shattered forehead of his i 1 bust. I

Our old chambers had been left

e hanged t h re.tip !i the supervision of M croft. Holmes and the immediate are of Mrs. Hudson. A? I entered I s-aw, it is line. ;m unwonted i idines.-', but the old landmarks were all in their place. There was the chemical corner and the acid stained, deal-topped

table. There upon a sh if was lhe1 row of formidable snap-books ;nd heioks of reference which many of our lel'ov.-ci'izens would have been glad j to burn. The diagiams, the iolin-case, ! ;nd the pipe-rack- --even the I'ersianj . Upper which e-on'ained the tobacco j all met my ees as I glanced round inc. There were two oocupam s of the room1 - erne, Mrs. Hudson, whj beamed upon, us both as we entered 'he other, the range dummy which had played so' important a part in the evening's adventure-. It was a w ax-' eileired model eif my friend, so admirably done that '. it was a pe rfect facsimile. It stood on' a small pedestal table with on tU! . dressing gown eif Holm so draped j

To fie Continued j Collectors in Egypt j Deceived By Natives, Wealthy collectors searching in! L-'yt-t i'cr treasure's and and relics are edte'ti impose d on by c raity' Arabs, who manufacture mummies, using the bod- ' ies of their own elead, which they swathe in the mummy windings and

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cases. The duped collector, after secretly ; negotiating wiili a mysterious Arab. ; is led to an abandone d pyramid, where !ihe fake mummy is discovered. Then ithe Arab aids the collector in smuggling the mummy out of Egypt, so the ;Kgyptian authorities, whet examine all , if lies taken out of the country, may ' not re-veal his sw indie.

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Attractive Doll Carriages for the little one $2.50 uu

OFF on the remainder of our stock of

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Ladies9 Footwear

Ladies' brown Viei Kid lioot v.iih Goodyear we!t sole. wingioot rubber

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tips: also in tips

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