The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 7, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 December 1895 — Page 3

CHAPTER L-Coxnsvni I I have coursed many creatures in tunny eountries during my checkered career, but never did sport give me such a wild thrill as this mad, dying man hunt down the Thames. Steadily we drew in upon them, yard by yard. In the silence of the night we could hear the panting and clanking of their machinery. The man in (the stern still Crouched upon the deck, and his. arms were moving as though he were busy, while every now and* then he would look up and measure with a glance the distance which still separated us. Nearer we camo and nearer. Jones yelled to them to stop. We were not more than four boats’ lengths,behind, them, both boats flying at a tremendous pace. It wai a clear reach of the river, with Barking' level upon one side and the melancholy Plumstead marshes upon the' other. At our hail the man in the stern sprang tip from.the deck and shook Ms two clinched fists at Us, cursing the while in a high, cracked voice. He was a ; good-sized, • powerful man. and as he stood poising himself ■with logs astride 1 cpuld see that from the thigh downwards there was but a i Wooden stump upon the right side. At i the Sound of hi-, strident, angry cries there was movement in the huddled < bundle, tipon the deck It straightened itself into u little black man the smallest I have ever seen—w ith a great, i misshapen head anil a shvxtk of tangled, ! .disheveled haii t . : Holmes had already j drawn his revolver, and I whipped out ' mine at the sight of this savage, distorted creature. lie was wrapped in some sort of dark Ulster or blankest, fvhich left only his face exposed; but . that face was cndug’.i to give a man a sleepless night. Never have' I seen features so deeply marked wit-ball liestiality find cruelty• His small eyes glow ed andd'nrncj with asoml'cr light, and his thick lips were writhed l«ack from his teeth, w hich grinned and chattercd at us with a half animal fury. •■Fire if he raises his hand,” said H<»lmes,. quietly. We were within.a beat’s length by this time, and al within touch of our quarry. I can sec the two of them now as they stood, the white man with his legs far apart, shrieking out curses, and the unhal* lowed 1 dwarf, with hishid,eousface, and his stp-iig yellow- teeth gnashing.at us In the light, of our lantern. It was well that we had so clear a view of him. Even'i£s we looked he plucked out from under his covering ,a - short. . round, piece of wood, like a. school [ruler, and clapped it to. his lipa. Our pistols rang out together. He whirled ' round, threw up his arms, and with a kind of choking cough fell sideways 'into the stream. I caught due glimpse of his . venomous, menacing cygs amid the white swirl of the waters. At the. lame tn n..-nt the w < soden-legged man threw himself upon the rudder anal put It hard down, so that his Lett made straight in for the southern bank. While we shot past her stern, only clearing her by a few feet. We were round hfter her in an instant, but site was already nearly ait the bank. It was a- wild arid desolate place, where the moon glimmered upon a w ide expanse of marsh land, w ith pools of stagnant water and beds of decaying vegetation. The launch, with a dull thud, ran up on the mud bank, with her bow in the air and her stern flush with the water The fugitive sprang out, but his stump instantly sank its wh. ’.«- te.ngth' into the soddens soil. In vain he and w rithed. Not one step could he possibly take either foj-wards or. lackwants. He yelle»l in imp* tent rage, and kicked fra; into the m.ud w ith his other : foot. but his struggles only bored his

/ -s y - ipV OS JJsLtx ( ■_. - l ■■ MIOOK HIM TWO CLUtCHW FISTS at rs. ■ . A ' wooden pin the deeper' Into the sticky bank. When we brought our launch alongside he was-so firmly anchored that it was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we w ere aide to haul him out, and to drag him, like «•»»■ evil fish, over our side. Tli* two Smiths, father and son. sat snDenly In their launch, but came aboard meekly! enough when commanded. The 1 Aurora herself we hauled off and math' fast to our stern. . A solid iron chest of Indian workmanship stood upon the deck. This, there could be no question. was the same that had contained the ilhomcned treasure of the Sholtos. There was no key. but it was of considerable weight, so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin. As we steamed slowly upstream again, we flashed our search-light in every direction, but there was no sign of the islander. , Somewhere in the dark oose at the bot tom of the Thames lie the bones of that strange visitor to our shores. “See here.” said Holmes, pointing to the wooden hatchway. “We were hardly quick enough with our pistols.” There, sure enough, just behind where we had been standing, stuck one of those murderous darts which we knew so well. It must have whirred between us at the instant that we fired. Hohnea trailed at it. and shrugged his shoulders in his easv fashion but I confess that it turned me sick to think of the horrible death which had passed so close to us that ■WM- , CHAPTER XT. THE GBKAT AORA TRRAWna. Our captive sat in the cabin opposite to the iron box which he had done an much and waited ao long to gain. Ba

was a sunburned. reekless-eyed fellow, with a network of lines and wrinkles all over bis mahogany features, which told of a hard, open-air life. There was a singular prominence about his bearded chin which marked a man who was not to be easily turned from his purpose. His age may have been fifty or thereabouts, for his black, curly hair was thickly shot with gray. His face in repose was not an unpleasing one, though his heavy brows and aggressive chin gave him. as I had Jately seen, a terrible expression when moved to anger. He sat now with his handcuffed hands upon his lap and his head sunk upon his breast, while he looked with his keen, twinkling eyes at the box which had been the cause of his ill-doings. It,seemed to me that there was more sorrow than anger in his rigid and contained countenance. Once he l«K>ked up at me with a gleans, of something like humor in his eyes. “Well, Jonathan Small," said Holmes, lighting a cigar, "I am sorry that it has come to thia" . ‘ “And so am I." he answered, frankly. “1 don’t believe that I can swing over the job. I give you my word on th§ book that I never raised my hand against Mr. Sholto. It was that little hell-hound Tonga who shot one of his cursed darts into him. I had no part ‘ in it, sir I was as grieved as if it had been my blood-relation. I welted, the little devil with the slack end'of the rope for it, but it was done, and 1 could not undo-it again." “Have a cigar," said Holmes; “and you had best take a pull out of my flask, for you are rerywet. How could you expect so small and weak a man as this black fellow to overpower Mr. Sholto and hold him while you were climbing the rope? “You seem to know as much about it as if you were there, sir. The truth is that 1 hoped to find the room clear. I knew the habits of the house pretty well, and it was the time when Mr? Sholto usually went down to his supper. I shall make no seeppt of this business. The best defense that I can make is just the simple truth. Now, if it had been the old major 1 would have swung for him with’a light heart. I would havp thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar. But it's cursed hard that 1 should lie lagged over!) this young Sholto, with whom 1 had-ip* quarrel whatever ? “You are under the charge <>f Mr. Athelney Jones, of Scotland Yard. Hie Is going to bring you up to my rooms, and I shall ask you for a true account Os the matter. You must make a clean breast of it. for if you do I hope that I may be of use to you. I think I can prove that the poison acts so quickly, that the man was dead before ever you reached the room."

“That he was. sir. I never got such a turn in my life as when I saw him ; gritining at me with his head oh ‘lps ; shoulder as I climbetl through*the wsn- i dow. It fairly shook ne. sir. I’d have half killed Tonga for it if he had not scrambled off. That was how he came to leave his club, and some of bis darts, top, as he tells uie, which I dare say helped to jjut yrn on our track: • though how you kept on it is more than I can tell. I don’t feel no malice against you for it. But It'does seem a queer thing," he added, with a bitter smile, "that I, who have a fair claim to nigh ujim half a- million of money should Spend the first half of my life building a breakwater in the Andamans, and am like to spend, the other half diggin’ drains at Ikirtmoor. It was an civil day for me when first I clapped eyes upon the merchant Achmet and hacf. to do with ,the Agra treasure, which never brought anything but a curse yet upon the man who owned it. To him it brought murder, to Maj. Sholto it brought fear ahd guilt, to me it has meant slavery for life." At this moment Athelney Jvmes thrust his broad face and heavy shoulders into the tiny cabin. "Quite a family party,! he remarked "I thin,k 1 shall have a pull at that flask. Holmci Well. 1 think wc may all congratulate each other. l‘ity we didn't take the I other alive; but there was nochoice. I ; sav. Holmes, you must confess that you cut it rather fine. It was all that we Could do to overhaul her." "All is well that ends well." said Holmes. ‘ But I certainly did not know that the Aurora was such a clipper." “Smit, says that she is one of the fastest launches on the. river, and that if he had had another man to help'him with the engines we should never h».ve caught her. He swear* he know# nothing of this Norwooil business." ' "Neither he did." cried our prisoner —*not a Word. 1 chose his launch) be- i cause I heard that she was a AVer. IVe bdd him nothing, but we paid (him < well, and he was to get something handsome if we reached our vessel} the Esmeralda, at tiravese nd, outward bound for the Brazils." “Well, if he, has done no wrong we shall see that no wrong comes to him. If we are pretty quick in catchinji our men. we are not so qqick in condemning them.” It was amusing to n,>tiee how the consequential Jones wap al- ( ready beginning to give himself aigs on ( the strength of the capture. From the alight smile which played over Sher-l<x-k Koi nes’ face. I c >uld see that the speech had not been lost upon hln». "We will be at Vauxhall tridge presently." said Jones, "and shall land you. Dr- Watson. ; with the treasuret»>x. I need handy ti ll yon th-.it 1 am I taking a very grave responsibility upon myself in doing thia. It is most irregnfar; but **f courpe an agreement is an agreement- I must, however, as a matter of duty, send an inspector with vou. since’ you have so valuable a cha’rgc. You wdl drive, no doubt? ” “Yes, I shall drive.” “It is a pity there is no key. that we may make an inventory first- Yop will i have to break it open- Where is the key. my man?" . “At the bottom of the river," said Small, shortly. “Hum! There was no use yen giving this unnecessary trouble. We have had Work enough already through you. Howevyr. doctor. I need not warn you to be careful. Bring the box! back with you to the Baker street rooms. You will find us there on our way to the station.” They landed me at Vauxhall with my heavy iron box and with a( bluff, genial inspector as my companion. A quarter of an hour’s drive brought us to Mrs. Cecil Forrester’s. The Servant seemed surprised at so late a visitor. Mrs. Cecil Forrester was out tor the evening, she explained, ami likely to be very late. Miss Morstau. however, was in the drawing-room; so to the drawing-room I weak box ini hand, leaving the oUigiflff luspectoc in tha aaK )

She was seated bfthe open wtndowt dressed in some sort of white, diaphan* otis materia], with a little touch of scarlet at the neck and waist. The soft light of a shaded lamp fell upon her as she leaned back in the basket chair, playing over her sweet, grave face, and tinting with a dull metallic sparkle the rich coils of her luxuriant hair, one white arm and hand drooped over the side of the chair, and her whole pose and figure Spoke of an absorbing melancholy. At the sound of my footfall she sprang to her feet, however, and a bright flush of surprise and of pleasure colored her pale cheeks. “I heard a cab drive Up.” she said. “I thought that Mrs. Forrester had come back very early, but I never dreamed that it might be you. What news have you brought me?” “I have brought something better than news," said I, putting down the "box upon the table and Speaking jovially and boisterously, though my heart was heavy within me. “I have brought you something which is worth all the news in the world. I have brought you a fortune." She glanced at the iron box. "Is that the treasure, then?” she asked, coolly enough. “Yes. this is the great Agra treasure. Half of it is yours and half is Thaddeus Sholto’x You will have a couple of hundred thousand each.. Think, of that.’ An . annuity of ten thousand pounds. There will be few richer young ladies in England. la it not glorious?" I think that I must have been rather overacting my delight, and that she detected a hollow ring in my congratulations. for I saw her eyebrows rise a little, and she glanced at me curiously. “If I have it," said she, “I owe it to you." “No. no.” I answered, “not to me, but to my friend Sherlock Holmes. With all the will in the world. I could never have followed up a clew which has taxed even his analytical genius. As it was, we very nearly lost it at the last ini>mcnt.". “I’ray sit down and tell me all about it, I>r. Watson." said she. 1 narrated briefly what had occurred since I had seen her last—Holmes’ new method of search,, the discovery of the Aurora, She appearance of Athelney Jones, bur expedition lathe evening, and the wild chase down, the Thames. She listened with parted lips and shining eyes to my recital of our adventures. When I spoke of the dart which had so narrowly missed ms, she turned so white that I feared she was about to faint. . “It Is nothing," she said, as I hastened to. pour her some water. “1

IwiP “the trexsvbe is toeT," said miss MORSTAX. am all right again. It Was a shock to me to hear that I had placed my friends in such horrible peril." "That is all over." I answered. “It was nothing. I will tell you no more gloomy details. Let us turn to something brighter. There is the treasure. What could be brighter than that? I got leave to bring it with me, thinking that it would interest you to be the first to see it." ' . “It would be of the greatest interest to me," she said. There (was no eager-n<-s in her voice', however. It struck her. doubtless, that it might seem ungracious upon licr part to 'be indifferent to a prize which had Cost so much to win. “What a pretty box!’ she said, stooping over it. •‘This is Indian work, I < .«uppose?" . “Yes; it is Benares metal-work." "And so. heavy!’’she exclaimed, trying to raise it- “The box alone must be us s me value. Where is the key? “Small threw it into the Thames.” I answered. “I must borrow Mrs. Forrester’s poker." There was ip the front a thick and broad hasp, wrought in the image of a sitting Buddha. Under thia I thrust, the end of the poker and twisted it outward as a lever. The hasp sprang open with a loud snap. With trembling fingers I fluhg back the lid. We I* th st.sxi gating in astonishment. The box was empty! No wonder that it was heavy. The iron work, was two-thirtls of an inch thick all round. It was massive, well made and s*«lid, like achest constructed to carry things of great price, but rot opeeshredor crumb of metal or jewelry lay within it It waa absolutely and completely empty. “The treasure ia lost," said Miss Morstau. calmly. As I listened to the words, and realized what they meant, a great shadow seemed to pass from my soul. I did not know how this Agra treasure had weighetl txte down, until that it was finally removed. It was selfish, no doubt, disloyal, wrong, but 1 could realize nothing save that the golden barrier was gone, from between u* “Thank God!" I ejaculated from mj very heart. : • She l.K»kwi at me with a quick, ques. tioning smile. “Why do you say that?" she asked. “Because you are within my reach again." I "said, taking her hand. She did not withdraw it. “Because 1 lore you, Mary, as truly as ever a man loved a woman. Because this treasure, these riches, sealed my lips. Now that they are gone 1 cun tell you how I low vou. That is why I said: ‘Thank God.” “Then I say ‘Thank God,’ too,” sh< whispered, as I drew her to my side Whoever had lost a treasure. 1 knav that night that 1 had gained ana. jxo ax coxvisusa) A Statement ItetcteA. Mrs. Thcvdaupe tto tramp at Um door i -I don’t believe you ever did any thing in all your life. , Tramp—Oh, yeskn; I’ve acne Tammany Times. HI» Answer Wnnlil Be Buena Jikniks—The more a man has th* more he wants. Biskit- -Did you ever have twins a ywr house?— Detroit Free Preaa.

CREDIT IN PERIL. President Cleveland Warns Congress of Impending Danger. Financial Situation So Sertons a., to Call from Him a Special Menajc i u Which Congress Is Asked to Act I miued lately. Washington, Dec. 21.—1 n the senate St 4:30 p. m. Friday the following special message was received from the president ou the subject of bonds: “To thx'Cqnorßss: In my last annual message the evils of our present Hnan» cfal system were plainly pointed out a'.d the causes and means of the depletion of gold were explained. It was therein stated that after all the efforts that had been made by the executive branch of the governrqent to protect our gold reserve by the Issuance of bonds amounting to more than IUB.OnO.IW, such reserve then amounted to but little more than i78.o6o.000; tha» about 110.0u0.000 had been withdrawn from such reserve during the month next previous to the date of that message, and that quite large withdrawals for shipment In the immediate future were predicted. "The contingency then feared has reached us, and the withdrawals of g* id since the communication referred to and others that appear Inevitable threaten such a depletion in our government gol 1 reserve as brings us face to face with the necessity of further action for Its protection. This condition Is Intensified hy the prevalence in certain quarters of sudden and unusual apprehension and, tjmfdlty In business circles. We are tn the midst of another season of .perplexity' caused by our dangerous- amt fatuous financial operations. These rosy be expected to recur w ith, certainty as long as there is no amendment In our financial system. If In this particular Instance our predicament Is at all influenced by a recent insistence upon the position we should occupy in bur relations to certain questions concerning our loregn policy, this furnishes a signal and Impressive warning that even the patriotic sentiment of our people la not an adequate substitute f~; a sound financial policy. "Os Course there can be no doubt in any thoughtful mind as to the complete solvency of our nation, nor can t here be any just apprehension that the American people will be satisfied with less than an honest payment of our public obligations in the recognised money of the world. We should not werlo->k the fact, however, that aroused fear Is unreasoning and must be taken Into account In aH: efforts to avert public loss and the sacrifice’of our people's Interests. The real and sensible cure for our recurring troubles can only be effected by a complete change in our financial scheme. Pending that, the executive branch of the government will hot relax its efforts nor abandon Its determination to use every means within Its reach to maintain before the world American credit, nor will there be any hesitation In exhibiting its confidence In the resources of our country and the constant patriotism of our people. ' . "In view, however, of the peculiar situation now conffontlng us. 1 have ventu-eil to herelif express the earnest hope that the Congress, in default of the inauguration of a better system of finance, will not take a recess from its labors before it has by legislative enactment or declaration done something not only to remind those apprehensive among our people that the resources of this government and a scrupulous regahl for honest dealing afford a sure guarantee of unquestioned safety ani soundness, .but to reassure the world that with these’ factors and the patriotism of our citizens the ability and determination of our nation to meet tn any circumstances every obligation tt Incurs do not aefinit of any question; I ask at the hands of the congress such prompt aid as It alone has the power to give to prevent in a time of tear and apprehension any sacrifice of the people’s interest and the public funds or the impairment of our public credit in an effort by executive actloq to relieve the dangers of the present emergency. “Grovkh Cleveland. "Executive Mansion. Dec. 20, ISba."

SIX PERSONS DROWNED. Skiff Collides with a Tree and Is Split Wide Open. St. Louis, Dec. 21.—Cuivre river is very high, all over the bottom from the bluff to bluff, anil is up to the houses on the prairie bottom east of Old Monroe. John Heitman, who lives on a high place on the Cuivre river, went in his skiff to August. Longnecker’s and found the water np to the floor, and persuade*! < the family to go with him in the skiff to his house. They all started—John Heitman. August Longnecker. Henry Loiigiiecker, Thonias Callwell. Wiliinm Meadows and wife and a stepson ofJanies Blankingship named .Vkhrtin. The current was strong, and it seems, that the skiff struck a tree and split wide open. Those in the boat were drowned, except Thomas Cai!well, w ho clung to a tree from about nine in the morning until five o’clock Friday evening, when he was rescued. None of- the bodies has yet been recovered. WILL DECLARE HIMSELF. Salisbury to Announce Ills Sentiments Toward America. London, Ilec, 21. —Lord Salisbury, through his private secretary, Mr. Harrington. Friday night said that he would probably take early occasion to express his ;>ersonal sentiment's tow art! the United States in some public address.. Lord Salisbury made this statement in reply to a retptest for a message from him in his personal anti unofiicial capacity, freed from rite restraints of official communication to the American people. Thirty-Eight Ilodlra losmd. IZaleigh. N. C\ Dee. 21. —At Cumnock, the scene of the terrible explosion in tl.c Egypt coal mines, the work of rescue began late Tburxlay afternoon, Ail the IxMlies discovered were brought to the bottom of the main shaft, but none was brought to the surface until eariy Friday morning.when 24 bodies were brought Up. Eight bodies were found afterward and are lying at the foot of the shaft. Two more bodies have been discovered, but are almost cpmpletely buried. They are ntw being dug out. Edmond*, t’lveips and White Will Probably Go to VeoexnelM. N>vv York. Dec. 21.—Excellent information is that the three commissioners whom the president will appoint to investigate the Venezuelan boundary dispute will be: -Ex United States Senator George F. Edmunds, of Vermont; Andrew D. White, president of Cornell university, and Edward J. Phelps, ex-minister to the court of St. James. Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Phelps are generally regarded as specially qualified for the work on account of their thorough knowledge of international law. Wanted to Eat a Chicago Man. San Francisco, Dec. 21.—William P. Harrison, the son of Carter H. Harrison, the late mayo- of Chicago, arrived in this eity from an extended trip to the antipodes. During his stay on the Samoan islands be states that 25 individuals were devoured by the cannibals, six white and 19 natives. By accident he escaped the same fate. Will Meet In Baltimore. New York. Dee. 21.—President Willison, of the League of American Wheelmen, has decided that the national assembly shall be held in Baltimore, on Monday, February IT.

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