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iwbbeSead atil. Aa iy ab Ai laughter, Geveral letters were walting for Holmes at Baker street. one of them up, opened It and burst out Into a tripmphant chuckle of “Hxcellent, Wataon! Tho alternative develops. Have you telegraph forms? Just write a couple of messages for me; ‘Sumner, Shipping Agent, Rateliffe Highway. Send three men on to arrive 10 to-morrow morning. Basil,’ That's my name in those parts, The other {s: ‘Inspector Stanley Hopkins, 46, Lord street, Brixton, Come breakfast to-morrow at 9,30, Im- portant, Wire if unable to come, Sherlock Holmes,’ There, Watson, this infernal case has haunted re for ten days, TI hereby banish it com- pletely from my presence, To-morrow’! trust that we shall hear the last of it forever.” Sharp at the hour named Inspector Stanley Hopkins appeared, and we sat down together to the excellent breakfast which Mrs, Hudson had pre- pared. The young detective was in high spirits at his aiccoss. “You really think that your solution must be correct?” asked Holmes, “I could’ not imagine a more complete: case,’ “It did not seem’ to‘me conclusive,’ “You astonish mé; Mry Holmes, What miore could one ask for?” “Does your explanation cover every point?” st “Undoubtedly. 1 find that young Neligan arrived’ st the’ Brambletye Hotel on the very day of the crime, He came on the pretense ef playing golf. His room was on the ground floor, and he could’ get ont when he liked. That very night he wont down to Woodman’s Lee, siw Peter Carey at the hut, quarrelled with him and killed him with the harpoon, Then, horrified by what he had done, he fled out of the hut, dropping the note- book,which he had brought with him In order to question Peter Carey about these different securities. You may have observed that some of them were marked with ticks, and the others—the great ,majority—were not, Those which are ticked have been traced on the London market; but the others, presumably, Neligan, according to hi rere still in the possession of Carey, and young own account, was anxious to recover them in order to do the right thing by his father's creditors, After his fight he did not dare to approach the hut again for some time; but at last he forced himself to do so in order to obtain the information which he needed. Surely that is all simple and obvious?” Holmes smiled and shook his head, “It seems to me to have only one drawback, Hopkins, and that is that it 18 intrinsically, impossible, Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details, My friend Watson could tell you that I spent a whole morn- ing in that exercise, !t is no easy matter, and requires a strong and prac- tised arm, the toapon sank deep into the wall, But thig blow was delivered with such violence that the head of Do you imagine that this anaemic youth was capable of so frightful an assault? Is he the man who hob- nobbed {n rum and water with Black Peter in the dead of night? Was it his profile that was seen on the blind two nights before? No, no, Hop- king; {t is another and more formidable person for whom we must seek,” ‘Tue detestive’s face had grown longer and longer during Holmes’s speech. His hopes and ambitions were all crumbling about him, But he would not abandon his position without a struggle. . “You can’t deny that Neligan was present that night, Mr, Holmes, Th: book will prove that, jury. even if you are able to rick a hole in ft, I fancy that I have evidence enough to satlafy a Besides, Mr. Holmes, I have laid my hand upon my man, As to this terrible person of yours, where is he?” “T rather fancy that he is on the stair,” said Holmes serenely, “ think, Watson, that you would do well to put that revolver where you can reach it.” are ready,” sald he, There had been some talking in gruff voices outside, and now Mrs, Hudson opened the door to say that there were three men inquiring for Capt. Basil. “Show (hem in one by one,” sald Holmes, WHERMRW HH KARA RRR Mr. Bullfrog’s LD BULUFROG used to have a school Down in the weeds beside the O pool, At night when all was dark and cool / He taught young frogs most everything, To hop and dive and how to. spring} But most of all, to croak and sing. As itime went on his pupils left And s00n the sehool was quite bereft, Tho’ at his work B, Frog was deft. The nelghbors told him then one day: "Because your volee is cracked, they say "Your school can never, never pay," 80 old B, Frog he closed his eyes; For two whole days he caught no files, And then he had an idea wise, He rose and laid a written paper upon a side-table, “Now we New Business. "Ns well," he said, "to keep abreast With fashion's whims, I've had st, And now to business with new zest, “Mud baths, 1 he are all the rage Among the humans of this age; So them I'll try''—thus quoth the sage. Soon frogs and turtles passing by A strange sign saw susponded high And stopped to gasp "Oh me! oh my!" B, Frog was coining money then By giving baths; Russian, Roman, Turkish and Mud—just Iike real men The pond folk came, were scrubbed and steamed, And went beamed, And old B, Frog he croaked and dreamed, away with smiles that cheeks and fu: his pocket. “What name?” he asked. “James Lancaster.” : tus THE WORLD: SATU] iho drut. who entered:was a litte ribston-pippin of a man, with ruddy white side whirKors, ‘Holmes’ had drawn @ [étter from “I am sorry, Lancaster, but the berth is full, Here is half a sovereign for your trouble, Just step into this room and wait there for a few min- utes.” The second man was a long, dried- up creature, with lank hair and sal- low cheeks, His name was Hugh Pattins. He also received his dis- missal, his half-soverelgn and the order to wait. The third applicant was a man of remarkable appearance, A fierce, bulldog face was framed ina tangle! of hair and beard, and two bold, dark eyes gleamed behind the cover of thick, tufted overhung eyebrows, He saluted and stood sailor-fashion, turning his cap round in his hands, “Your name?” asked Holmes, “Patrick Cairns.” ‘“‘Harpooner?” “Yes, sir, Twenty-six voyages.” “Dundee, I suppose?” “Yes, sir,” “And ready to start with an ex- ploring ship?” “Yes, sir,” “What wages?” “Might pounds a month.” “Could you start at once?” “Ag soon as I get my kit.” “Have you your papers?” “Yes, sir” He took a sheaf of worn and greasy forms from his pocket, Holmes glanced over them and returned them. “You are just the man I want,” said he. “Here's the agreement on the side table. If you sign it the whole matter will be settled.” The seaman room and took up ‘the pen. “Shall I sign here?” he asked, stooping over the table, Holmes leaned over his shoulder, and passed both hands over his neck. “This will do,” said he, T heard the click of steel and a bel- low like an enraged bull, The next in- stant’ Holmes and the seaman were rolling on the floor together, He was a man of such gigantic strength that, even with the handcuffs which underetand that resistance was vain. , rose breathless from the struggle, lurched across the @4 Stanley Hopkins was speechless with amazement. “1 don't know what to say, Mr. Holmes,” he blurted out at last, with @ very red face, ‘It seems to me that I have been making a fool of myself from the beginning. I understand no ten, that I am the pupil and you are the master, Even now | see what you have done, but I don't know how you “A Man of Remarkable Appearance." Holmes had so deftly fastened upon his wrists, he would have very quickly overpowered my friend had Hoplins and I not rushed’ to his reseue, Only when I pressed the cold muzzle of the revolver to his temple did he at last We lashed ils ankles with cord and “T must really apologize, Hopkins,” said Sherlock Holmes; “I fear that the scrambled eggs are cold. However, you will enjoy the rest of your brenkfast all the better, will you not, for the thought that you have brought your case to a triumphant conclifsion?” CHAM NAMM NA RE RRR NN AO HoH a ea ITT HH RR HPA MMH RH RO PAGE FOR THE The Trilobite Club.. | By William M. Rownd. (im Two Parts.) PART I. (A senior class at Grandison School was M a tumult. The old Professor of geology had been called to a higher position, We knew all about that when school closed in June, but we did not expect on our re- turn in September to see In his place a slender, boyish-looking fellow, "T tell you it's too bad,” grumbled Will Tompkins to his chum, “What can he know?” But, while we complained In private, there was something about the young professor that prevented any liberties In the classroom, ‘As the time for the geological trip drew near the spirits of the class re- vived a Iittle, On so important an odeasion a special name for the clase must be chosen, All the ingenuity ot the class was exercised, but no one could think of a suitable word, It | was settled for us at last by a “lucky find,” One day Harry Jones brought intto the classroom a fossil rare for that region, From its peculiar shane he thought it was a petrified butte Bat the professor sald That's a Trilobite, Where did you fing it?” Before a reply could be made, John Tibbits, who shouted: “That's the name for our ¢ Hlobite The following Monday the ub set out for a week's trip. The nearest coal mine was about thirty miles distant by rail, When we reached the mine the profes- gor arranged with the mine boss to b our guide, ‘The entrance to this mine Daytime. By Harriet Nutty, The baby is waking, ‘Tho muffins are baking, The kottle’s beginning to st The birdies ane s The school bell is ringing, And Pussie Qat's drinking sume cream, was class president, | . was on a level with the valley, It was ike a long, dark cave. From the main line of the railroad a track extended Into the mine, go that loaded cars could | be drawn out by a small engine, After | attaching miners’ lamps lo our hats, we entered the tunnel, walking along the railroad tracks with our guide, The darkness was but little relieved | by our lamps, but our guide was ff miliar with the way. We had advanced some distance and had become famiflar with the coal formation, when a rum- | bling in the distance told of a coming | car, The train of empty cars was surely backing in, Could they have forgotten us? A glance at our guide| partly reassured us. As the noise of the car increased in volume, we began to crowd to the front, to be as far as | possible from the danger. The pro- | fessor sald nothing, but from the quiet! twinkle of his eyes some of us knew | that he understood, ‘Nhe row¥ of the | train seemed just upon us when our feelings were relieved by the sudden, Q@ppearance of one coal car drawn by | a donkey! The mine ss informed us that, owing to the low roof of that | part of the mine, the engine could not | come so far, } To enter the mine we were next to) explore we went down a shaft 75 feet deep. Here we found foot vein of coal. TM ventilate so a mine re-| quired Ul utmost care, Huge engines were at work to pump out the gas, which constantly collected, and to pump jin fresh air to the miners far under- ground, After a careful survey of the mine, a lecture by the professor and |many explanations by the guide, we came toa pl he vain had been tested many ‘8 before to determine its whicki and quality before the company dad been organized to work t “We are now i half mile from the ons -| trance and at least 600 feet below the surface,” sald the guide. into a hole," cried Harry ay sald the guide ore mining was begun several tests were made, A bore was made here from the surface to test the vein of coal, ‘That ladder was made in sections and extends to the surface, It was securely fastened to the rocks, so that mon went up and down it lo make sure of some tt We Wanted to uow, But 1 suppo has beon up or down it for five ix years,” Would ft be sate tom Lawrence, the fat boy of the till be sound, your girth would searcely pa that hole, which is but little reply, point waist quiet l vas his touchy point. Wishing t the laughter of the cl he declared his readiness to reach the surface by the narrow way id: "Tmove we limb up the Che motion would haye been carried, but the gulde insisted that he would not permét us to make the attempt. “Lam responsible for your safety, | Mlk abe tabbed aA RA Pao (o ellmb: now?!) me eahaint baggage we ‘took off with him was man’s name was never mentioned, peared as if he had never been, before we sighted Shetland lights, “Well, I kept my knowledge to myself, and waited to see what would come of it. When we got back to Scotland it’ was easily hushed up, and nobody: asked any gnestions, A stranger died by accident, and it was cc ua r HHH RTARTA TT HILDRE PRESIDENT PUZZLE: KGIWOVNNNR OLOVAAARYI EOBARIMHSN BENMEMIELJ LRIELHLNLO LANDOCAIAMR ‘ liere we have the names of four Presidents of the United States, toyetuer with wie dates of their terms in office, “Hore is a ladder running right up| Who can find the correct names and dates? To the fifty girls or boys under fourteen who send in correct answers we will Address EVENING WORLD PRESIDENT PUZZLE, P, O. Box 1703, solution of last week's President Puzle and the names of the prize-w inners will be found on Page 10 of send a Zoboharmonophone, The to-day's young men werous a feat,” said’ t s ‘The more waht of it the the climbing of that ladder seeme | feat by which our class coukl dis- vii itsalf #f we wore given the per- | about half way back to the! ut the guide halted a moment said fans have stopped; we must but soon met a} in the oppo carted to run, the others?” re the final brovkdown," ran on in the da KB LO ¢ do the + ye a super Dey m They car ld} the ulde (To Be Campleted Next Saturday.) AR LE rbabs ae ON UREA i at , sorbed in young Neligan that you It was given out that he had either thrown himeelf overboard or fallen overboard in the heavy weather that wo were having, Only one man knew what had happened to him, and that was me; for, with my own eyes, I saw the skipper uip up his heels and put him over the rail in the middle watch of a dark w, What I should never have forgot- did it, or what it signifies,” “Well, well,” said Holmes, good humoredly, “We all learn by « ... ence, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative, You were so ab- could not spare a thought to Patrick Cairns, the true murderer of Peter Carey.” The hoarse yoico of the seaman broke {n on our conversation, “See here, mister,” sald he. “I make no complaint of being. man- harfdied in this fashion, but I would have you call things by their right names, You say I murdered Peter Carey; I say I killed Peter Carey, and there's all the difference. Maybe you don’t believe what I say. Maybe you think J am just slinging you a yarn.” “Not at all," said Holmes. “Let us hear what you have to say “It's soon told, and, by the Lord, every word of it is truth, I knew Black Peter, and when he pulled out his knife I whipped a harpoon through him sharp, for I knew that it was him or me, That's how he died. You can call it murder, Any- how I'd as soon die with a rope round my neck as with Black Peter's knife in my heart,” “How came you there?” Holmes, “T'll tell it you from the beginning. Just sit me up a little, so as I can speak easy, It was in '83 that it hap- pened—August of that year. Peter Carey was master of the Sea Unicorn, and I was spare harpooner, We were coming out of the ice pack on our way home, with head winds and a week's southerly gale, when we picked up a little craft that had been blown north, There was one man on her—a landsman, The crew had thought she would founder, and had made for the Norwegion coast in the dingy. I guess they were all drowned. Well, we took him on board, this man, and he and the skipper had some tong talksin the cabin, All the one tin box, So far as I know, the and on the second night he disap- asked ight, two days i his hand, between me and my sleep! should gf that the man was pr'y country for a time. ee teas tor and it. was | he had done the i he could afford now to pay mé ‘I found out where he was through. met, London, and down I went to squeeze him, ‘The first night he was | able enough, and was ready to give me.what would make me fre sea for life, We were to fix it all two nights later, him three parts drunk and in-a vile temper, We sat down and we dra and we yarned about old times, but the more he drank the lees I Mked look on his face. I spotted that harpoon upon the wall, and I tl might need it before 1 was through, Then at last he broke out spitting and cursing, with murder in his eyes and a great clasp-knifa He had not time to get it from the shoath before 1 harpoon through ‘him, Heavens! what a yell he gave; and hig I stood there with his blood splashi me, and I walted for a bit; but all was quiet, so I took heart once looked round, and there was the tin box on the shelf, I had as mu¢ to it as Peter Carey, anyhow, so I took it with me and left the hut, a fool, I left my baccy-pouch upon the table, “Now, I'll tell you the queerest part of th got outside the hut when I heard some one coming, and I hid an bushes. A man came slinking along, went into the hut, gave a ¢ he had seen a ghost, and legged it as hard as he could tun until out of sight, Who he was or what he wanted, is more than 7 6 For my part T walked ten miles, got a train at Tunbridge Wells, | reached London, and no one the wiser. “Well, when I came to examine the box I found there was in it, and nothing but papers that I would not dare to sell, Thi hold on Black Peter and was stranded in London without a shilling, was only my trade left, I saw these advertisements about h and high wages, so I went to the shipping agents, and they se) That's all I know, and I say again that if I killed Black Peter, ve me thanks, for I saved them the price of a hempen fo} “A very clear statement,” said Holmes, rising and-tightin) “T think, Hopkins, that you should lose no time in conveying you toa place of gafety, This room is not well adapted for a cell, s too large a proportion of our carpet.” said Hopkins, ‘I do not know how to expresa | tude, Myen now 1 do not understand how you attained this result” “simply by having the good fortune to,get the right clue from: ginning. It 18 very possible if I had known about this notebook { have led away my thoughts, as it did yours, But all I heard point d one direction, The amazing strength, the skill in the use of the! the rum and water, the sealskin tohacco pouch with the coarse all these polnted to a seaman and one who had been a whaler, 1 vinced that the Initials ‘P, ©,’ upon the por thos: of Peter Carey, since he seldom smoked, and no pipe way his cabin, You remember that I asked whether whiskey and brat in the cabin would drink rum when they could get these other spirits?. ‘Yes, 1 f tain it was a seaman.” ‘Mr, Holme: You sald they were, “And how did you find him?” ‘i “My déar sir, the problem thad become a very simple one. | seaman, it could only be a seaman who ‘had been corn, §o far an I could learn he had sailed in no other Hay days in wirlng tq Dundee, and at the end of that time I hi names of the crew of the Sea Unicorn in 1883, Cairns among the harpooners my reseatch was nearing its @ bably in London and that he would desire I therefore spent some days in the Wast an Arctic expedition, put forth tempting terms for serve under Capt. Basil—and behold the result! “Wonderful!” “You must obtain the release of young Neligan a8 soon Holmes, “I confess that I think you owe him some spol must be returned to him, but, of course, the securities has gold are lost forever, There’s the cab, Hopkins, and your man, If you want me for the trial, ,, will be somewhere in Norway—1'll send partioulans later, (THE END.) “Wonderful!” oriati Hopkins. Raler par (al Ta met hint When I came whole story. I had te were a coincidence, How many landemen are ith him on th ‘When T my address and This is the Sixth Story of the Se © amusing faces may be the in ry them, 1 firs use the letter U, in the webride Lan Acide edi ol « The Younes Artist. drawn, using letters of the alphabet for mark- second Jetter V and in the cried third letter O, You will readily seo that by means of letter U laughter is indl- | | cated, sorrow by V and astonishment by 0. Sherlock Holmes Stories. y Mystery of Charles Augustus Milverton published in a Special Color Supplement EVENING WORLD of Saturday, Mare! will be Thirteen Stories in all, one app Saturday. | | ' viduality, The seven 2) About ‘b i| & Washi been turned account of i President Roosevelt,” ‘to contrast the beautifu to-day with the Ws tury or so ago, if ‘Until 1800 Congrese _ places, The question weriou, (one, There was) tho States, each wan of the capital, New. Kingston, Maryland: New Jersey Prince! the Jerseyltes made that there the inmer well looked’ after: ’ fish: could be caught: least threo iv George Washington) and States were how ‘hard a matter It woul @ selection, The only a compromise. He advised: a tract of land bel {n particular, to all Maryland and) Vi || to the Government a the Potomac River, and) leoted, It was known for ag the Territory of Columb the very region over whid as boy and youth had) hi and tapped and surv laid out and built was given the name all honor Washington, Some the olty In many wa} man, It has the same tures, calm symmetry and Washington ne hie own name with it, but and writing he always Federal City, This is of the modesty of the mak, ‘The city wos planned man, who called it L’ x This name was in the prophooy. He took Caplto centre of his scheme—the wheel, From this streets radiate lke spokes of bearing names of thi States. The clty grew sixty years it was unattraotiye after the war closed, when men: fired with paitrlotiem, dkt ‘the waken to the fact that the oapl should be beautified, Nhe story ladin’s palace was ropeatied, magnificent bulldings were lovelled, swamps drdined, #6 out, fine residences bullty planted, and people came, dered, Tho population grew inal surprising fashion, and the ington now has a papi ty ter of a million, and all Americans can welt be