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There Are Men in Employ of Uncle Sam Who Are
High of Brow and Deep in the Lore of BooKs, Who
Co Oat in the Open and Perform Such Feats in the
Name of Science as Would MaKe the Soul of Many,
an Adventurous Spirit Quail With Dread These
Bespectacled Daredevils See Their Performances
Only in the Light of Science, and Declare That
There Is No Danger and No RisK in Their TasKs, for
Danger Comes Through Encountering' the Unex
pected, While They Have Foreseen Every Possible
Emergency and Discounted IL
IT Is Just at this late Summer season
that those swashbucklers of science.
th men who In her name penetrate
to the remotest cornera of the earth
and wrest secrets from the unknown,
are at their busiest.
It la now that the explorers of the
Government departmenta are In the
field, penetrating to the far Interior of
frosen Alaska, ac alius- the highest
mountains of the continent, delving Into
the unknown cornera of the deserts of
the Southwest. In accomplishing; these
taaka they are meeting? such emergen
dea aa hare turned back the adventur
ous spirits of the West who have left
their bonea to bleach on the trails that
lead toward these accomplishments.
The unathletlc aclentlst has shown
himself the prince of explorers. And
he holds that there Is a reason. The
scientific theory of adrrnture la this:
For the wise It does not exist. The
only man who has an adventure la the
man who does not know. A scientific
man starting out to accomplish a given
end sees every emergency that It la
possible for him to encounter, prepares
for It and meets It. It Is impossible
to surprise htm. therefore an adventure
sever comes his way. There la no risk,
no chance of disaster theoretically.
Lrtrnlnf Alaska's Scrrrt.
There Is Alaska, the inhospitable, for
Instance. The men of the Govern
ment's a-eolnglral survey went Into
Alaska ahead of the prospector. When
the iroMseekers came later there waa
the mark of the Government surveyor
as location basis. When great de
posits of fold or roal were found there
waa a report from a geological survey
man which told all about It. When the.
Cunningham claims came Into promi
nence tne a-eoloarlcal survey had all the
Information with referenre to outcrop-plna-s
around Carbon Mountain. It
knows the atreama that lead to the
arrest Interior, and what la at their
headwaters. It knowa the passes that
tnuat be mushed In a-ettlns; from
stream to atream that will float 'sup
piles. Its men of science have discov
ered these secrets In their Summer
trips to the new land. Had men other
than scientists passed thrnua-h the ex
periences of these men there would
have been romance and to spare In the
work. But In thla rase a knowledge
of the difficulties has discounted the
adventure. Put here are some of the
experiences of the Individual men.
A. H. Brooks. geologist In charge- of
the Alaskan work, knowa more about
that territory than any man llvlnc. lie
It was who took the first expeditions
Into Alaska. atudled Its geology,
mapped Its mountain ranges and re
sorted upon Its mineral resources. He
It Is upon whom Congress or any of the
government departmenta call when
they want to know the farts with rela
tion to things Alaskan. Mr. Brooks is
a scientist, a geologist, wears specta
cles, baa Ion bair. does not believe In
adventure.
One day In the Alaskan wilds Mr.
Brooks gave directions for the moving;
of camp. Hla directions were misunderstood-
lie spent the day In explor
ing, aad at night reported at the point
where be had ordered the camp made.
It was not there. He could eee no slg
sal amok. No answer came to signal
hots from bla pistol. There waa noth
Compensation
tywptb mi FrM!ic Chapter.
ator Anthonjr ;! and fctt wtf. Ja
llt. of Ohio, ar prmtnnt la Wubtnaton,
p. C. aociatr at a tlma suppoa to loclud
PrMldnt AooMrr4t' Administration, aad
thm story pnm with xhmlr otn to tha
coming-out party of Via Kathln War
raa a your, g g!r1 bom thr had mt
yaars pravtoualy. Other iruat at tha party
ar Sooator Harwood. Carter Howard, tha
Senator aphr. and Locti Paca. a friend
of tha ftnator'a Young lonn Karwood
per marked attention t Kathleen. fact
that la aoted by Major Warrena, tha roun
ladr's father. A debata la depicted In tha
Vnlted Mate nat. whera Senator Steel
deliver a jpeeca In favor of railroad rcu
la no a. Senator Htnrood. who la In tha
emptor of the "interest a. oppo ttele.
L'hrtrtmaY va In Washington. D. C- la
pictured, and Mra, Pteeie buv a doll for a
irrsnct Ilttl girL Tha tel give a New
Year party at their camp, and eome of
the iDMti Indulge In cfc-ver vaudeville,
among thra being Kathleen Warr-na, who,
to the diatrva of her married at-ter. Doro
thea, give Spanish dance In coatame.
enator H:eel grove Indifferent to hi wife
and suspect that ha 1 reailv In lor whti
Kathleen. Mra. Pg arrives, becomes sue
picloua of the fetation existing between
tete and Ksthleen and 1 saved br tha
latter from being badlr burned when her
drees catches fire, senator Z La Vega, a
foreign diplomat, become interested la;
Kathleen and take hr and other mem
bers of the party trr a wik through tha
enow of Bald Mountain, The become l"t.
and Steele and Carter organ lie a searching
party. Meele finds Da La Vega and Kath
leen together, shivering with cold, and a
he rarriee home Kathleen, ehe call him
"Anthony." and ha ca. e her "little faiend."
Tha house party return to Washington. D.
C. Mra. ffteele begin ta feel that her bus
band I drifting away from her. Senator
Her wood and hi secretary. Mia Traynor.
conspire against Steele.
CHATTER XX (Concluded.)
W1.. I bar an appMntmr-nt. Ollle.
Too finish up all that T. U T. crr
rffndenf.i and answer tha Invita
tions. Hts tea roe with sonorous
Importance. n don't know about ac
cepting; thoee Browns. I hear they ar
Quits- noovo reJu However." h
pulled down Ms wattroat with careful
nonchalance "you do as you think
best; I don't want to t tha reputa
tion of being; snobbish or over particu
lar. Good-bye. m dear." If pecked at
her cheek with his soft colourle lip
'and went out, humming; -Violets" In a
rather wheeiy tenor.
311st Traynor made sure that ha had
irons; than sha took out her handker
chief and rubbed hr fhwk till It was
scarlat. After that she locked both
doors, pulled down tha shades, and drew
a nota from tha folds of her blouse.
This shs read four times, although It
was only a few lines, and klad It with
a sort of fierce passion before hldlnr
It again In bar gown.
Hr amp. oyer roeaaarhUa was drlvlrif
ing; to eat snd no blankets upon which
to sleep. He spent the night alone In
the solitude, and the next day took hit
back trail to the old camp. From there
he followed the trail of the party Into
the camp where It awaited him. Tet
these two day In the solitude, with
his life dependent upon his ability to
follow so email a thins; aa a trail made
by a single man. were not considered
an adventure.
Battling Icy Streams.
The possibility of exploring; aiich a
region aa Alaska eVpends upon the
ability to carry provisions. . It would
require many mules to pack the provl
aiona that may be conveyed In a sin
gle small boat. The streams therefore
are the highways to the Interior. Mr.
Brooks was once guiding a boat up
one of these streams while bis partner
pulled It from the bank. Under thla
arrangement, when the boat strikes the
bottom the man In It always JurrTps out
to lighten It. that It may float free. On
one such occasion when the boat struck
the bottom Brooks Jumped out. but In
stead of leaping Into ehattow water, as
he had expected, he jumped Into-a deep
channel alongalde the boat. He waa
carried a long; distance down the
atream by the current. but finally
scrambled aahore and overtook hla
partner, who was tugging away at the
boat unmindful of the things that had
happened to Brooks.
Geologist Elliott . Blarkwel.ier was
another man In the Geological Survey
who has penetrated to interior Alaska.
A trip up the- Alseck River Is one of
the accomplishments to 4he credit of
his party. The atream la swift and
shallow. Sometimes they poled and at
others dragged the boat from the bank.
High up the i!rAm a series of rapids
was encountered, with the snout of a
glacier on one side and a precipitous
mountain on the other. The stream
waa too swift for poling and too deep
for wadiag. It became necessary to
carry the supplies along the foot of
the mountain and deposit them at the
head of the rapids. On one trip, aa the
party crept along the foot of the pre
cipice, the rumble of an avalanche
was heard from' a!tov. The melting
snows had softened the mountainside
and the voices of the packers had
Jarred loose an overhanging rock,
which started the landslide.
It bore directly down upon them.
They cowered beneath an overhanging
rock and thousands of tone of earth
passed over them. The boat was de
molished, but no member of the party
waa Injured. ,
Topographer R- II. Sargent and two
assistants found themselves near, the
headwaters of the Talkeetna River one
Summer aa the season came to a close.
There waa danger of being caught In
an Alaskan Winter. The Talkeetna
River waa swift and strong, but Its
course was unknown and there was
the possibility of encountering rapids
or a waterfall at any point. Tet the
party built themselves a raft of such
strength that no contact would break
it up. tied their provlalona securely to
the raft and got aboard. As had been
expected many difficulties were en
countered. The experiences .of a sin
gle day Included the turning upside
down of the raft when It ran aground
In swift water, the knocking down of
all three men when It struck a rock
CZJ' Anus
briskly down th avenue. At Ninth
street ha met Nelson Just coming; out
of the bank.
"Oet In. mjr boy. rt In." he called
with ponderous geniality. "Haven't seen
you for a week. How are you making;
It these days, eh? No more of those
wild larks you bad In Paris. Ill bet!
No. I suppos you are settling- down
Into Quite a man of business. He
laughed, a aly throaty chortle, (rlvlns;
Nelson a meanlna- wink and a playful
nuda-e In the ribs to punctuate bla
subtle humour.
Nelson smiled responslvely. He did
not entertain an overwhelming- affec
tion for his ancle, but was Impelled, by
the same Instinct which, as a child,
made him drop bis bread butter-slda up.
to show the gentleman a tolerant
friendliness.
"Tea." he agreed with amiable mod
esty. "1 think I am doing- fairly decent
ly. Uncle Nelse. Of course, a young
fellow can't expect big things Just at
first, but Mr. H.Uy said today that
he'd make me assistant cashier the first
of the month, when Graham drops out.
and that will be quite a good thing. "
"You bet It will!" cried bis uncle,
slapping his heir on the knee In an em
phasis of Joy. "I tell you. Nelse, the
almighty dollar rules the world. By
the bye." a sudden Idea seemed to
seise hla Jocularity "how are you and
Miss Farrena coming on these dayaT
Anything doln'T Own up now." He
prodded Nelson once more In the ribs,
with a delicate faretlousnees which hla
nephew found It difficult to appreciate.
The boy flushed a little as he an
swered. "Why, of course, you know I
care for Kathleen. Uncle Nelse. I
reckon everybody knows that. And I
think she likes me, too. only she's so
Jolly unsentimental, and and sort of
friendly all the time, that I can't really
tell what she does think. However."
the eternal masculine conquering timid
ity "all girls are queer that way. They
pretend they don't rare a pin for you.
and then when you come right down
and ask them; they Just topple over like
ripe fruit. On. I think Kat will have me
ail right, when I get enough to marry
on." He smiled complacently, remem
bering how she had said she liked tall
men with fine dlattngusbed heads. Nel
son was satisfied that his own head, with
rts crop ot close brown curia and high,
narrow modeling, fitted perfectly Into
her prescription: in fart, lately, be had
had his hair cut more aeverely about
hla temples. In the happy thought that
It made hts profile purer Greek.
"Yes. I gu.ss she'll have you ail right,
and gladly." the Senator grinned un
pleasantly, turning over the Informa
tion of tbe morning; "but I hear that I
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at breakneck speed, and leaving one
of them stranded on a rock, and the
pulling off of two of the men by a
-sweepir" or overhanging tree. In this
latter emergency one man swam ashore
and the other was lassoed around the
neck by the man still on the. raft and
pulled aboard.
Mixing It AVIth the Mountain Goat.
The experiences of the wild are of
ten strange and unprecedented, but
Thomas G. Gcrdlne holds the record of
having fought the only hand-to-band
duel with a mountain goat on a pre
cipitous ledge that ' has ever been
chronicled. Gerdlne Is one of tha
stout hearts of the Geological Survey,
and the late 90s found him placing
his mark on many a lofty mountain In.
many regions previously untrod by the
foot ot. the white man. Jt was while
exploring Copper River In 1900 that
he was separated from the rest of his
party, and waa following a narrow
ledge aOove the stream in an attempt
more than one person is Interested in
that quarter." he shot a keen glance at
Nelson "married and single, they all.
eem to have capitulated to the charm
ing Kathleen.? His voice rolled her
name wtih a lingering,' disagreeable
drawl.
"Married what -do you mean?" For
the moment Nelson's mouth was almost
firm.
"Tou don't know, then? You're there
so much. I should think you would have
noticed It long ago. They say he doesn't
make much effort to hide his interest."
The sneer tickled an embryo suspicion
In Nelson's memory, but before he had
time to answer, the carriage stopped In
front of the Capitol and a group of men
claimed the Senator-
"I'll wait for you In your committee
room." muttered Nelson, turning Into
the- elevator. His expression waa not
pleasant as he swung open the door
labelled' "Committee of Finance." nor
did it lighten any when his eye fell upon
Mrs. Page draped effectively against a
tall leather chair by the desk.
"What a naughty face!" she chlded,
tapping him coyly on the arm with her
heavy Jade lorgnette. . "Has Miss War
rens been unkind to you, poor boy?"
Her cool, tinkling laugh tantalized his
sulklness, and he glowered at her youth
fully. He was decidedly too simple to
play opposite her with any success.
"No," he said with short conciseness,
"I haven't seen her for a fortnight."
"So that's why!"' The widow's pro
voking eyes gleamed green through the
lorgnette and a few folds of blue tulle.
Ehe had recently affected long stream
ers on her hats, which she fastened In
a fluff under the left ear. The whole
scheme was ss Incongruous as a sun
bonnet on Satan, but to Mrs. Page It
appeared dellclounly piquant. "Come
over here and tell me all about it."
She moved the- Pomeranian from the
chair beside her onto her blue broad
cloth lap, where he bit nastily at a
complicated gold chain.
Nelson dropped into the vacated seat
with the enthusiasm of a condemned
Innocent. '
"You know," Lucile continued talking,
as she saw no reason for being bored
by other people's speech when she could
easily hold the floor. "I was afraid at
first that you would drop out of the race
when you aaw what a formidable rlvat
had entered, but you have really shown
a great deal of pluck." The frank ad
miration in her voice waa quite clever.
"And Tony is very attractive, too: I
can quite understand her weakness for
him." Mrs: Page dropped her shadowed
to find a passage around the mountain
front. It waa out on a narrow ledge
that he met the goat. The animal had
probably never seen a man before and
as a consequence was not afraid of
him. Gerdlne was Indisposed to give
up the ledge .and the goat showed
equal determination. Gerdlne was
armed with a small hatchet and the
goat was armed with the effective
frontispiece which Is worn by all his
kind. The goat charged Gerdlne. who
sidestepped and attempted to use the
hatchet. This process was repeated
several times without much damage
being done on either side. Finally. In
a passage at arms, Gerdlne emitted a
great shout, whether of fright or ex
ultation it Is not stated. The sound
so frightened the goat that It Jumped
over the cliff and left the mountain
aide to the explorer.
Robert H. Chapman Is a slender, rath
er delicate and unathletlc-appearlng
sort of man, yet to him Is due the
credit of wrestling many of Its secrets
from that land of tragedy of the ex
lids as demurely as sweet 16. as she ut
tered this charitable extenuation.
Nelson added his uncle's two to Lai
die's' tne, and did a furious sum of
quick addition. Being too Inexperienced
to analyse motives, and too untrained
to conceal his own emotions, he precipi
tated the results of his arithmetic with
crude haste.
"What do you mean?" he asked thick
ly. "Do you mean that"
"Dear boy, don't let yourself' be upset
by such a common occurrence."- soothed
his tormentor. "In our world those
things happen every day, you know, and
no one thinks anything about them. Of
course, I feel terribly sorry for Juliet"
conscientious loyalty struggled through
the crust of rose cream until something
like an expression of regretful virtue
permeated It "terribly sorry for her,"
she added pensively. "And I bad such
faith In Tony he always was so dear
to me. But there's no use crying over
split champagne, and you must remem
ber that 'many men nowadays have to
take their wives second-hand." She
laughed at him without mirth. It was
quite diverting o tease this boy.
The boy's brain had cinematographed.
with lightning distinctness, the almost
forgotten picture of a man and a girl
standing on the stairs of a mountain
camp, with their bands clasped and their
faces drawn by some tense strain. It
was a tableau which at the time had
only Impressed him as odd hurrying
home from a late train he had merely
caught a glimpse of them through the
window but It stung his Imagination
now Into the blind Jealousy of a weak
nature. ; He wanted to be alone to
think: but Lucile was enjoying herself.
"And do you know," she leaned for
ward, enveloping Nelson In a fog of
sachet and chiffon "one day when I
had come here to-see your uncle about
poor George," she raised an intricately
embroidered handkerchief to her eyes,
but prudently "I got into the wrong
room really it was most embarrassing
and Tony came in with Miss Warrens
and was dreadfully cross at finding me
there. Oh. I assure you, Mr. Harwood.
they were both quite disturbed." Any
older person would have suspected the
thick layer of Jeune fllle helplessness,
but Nelson did not notice It. "Of course
I told them they must not feel badly,
that I would never tell a soul only I
had to tell you.' somehow." She looked
at him with a marvelously childish con
fidence, which was one . of the best
things she hsd ever done in-that line.
It failed to awaken any appreciation
from Nelson, however; he seemed disin
clined to talk and only stared moodily
at the pale pink bird on Mrs. Page's
plorer. Death Valley. In California.
Here are the great stretches of burning
sand extending for hundreds of miles
with no water to quench the thirst of
the man who would cross them.- It Is
In the making of Just such trips as are
here necessary that the scientific mind
has Its particular advantage over that
of the prospector.
The scientist knows exactly how far
he can travel on a given amount of
food and water. So, with, a given dis
tance to travel, he knows exactly how
much food and water to take along.
Ten pounds extra weight make it im
possible for him to cross a given des
ert. A shortage of one drink of water
might make the same eccompliahment
Impossible. The scientist- also refuses
to make a farther trip into such a re
gion as this than he can retrace with
his given water supply.
Meeting the Thirst Demon.
There Is a section of Death Valley
that boasts In Its area of 950 square
miles but a single watering place.
hat. Just as she was planning a new
attack. Senator. Harwood came In, puffily
and In great good humor. He bowed
over the widow's blue suei-a hand with
what he mentally termed "an old-world
courtliness" he had read the phrase In
Chit-Chat with Royalty, and liked It.
"Well. Nelse, see you later, m' boy,"
he clapped Nelson on the shoulder
paternally. "Mrs. Page and I must get
to- business. So long." When he had
shut the door on his nephew, he came
back to the chair where Nelson had been
sitting. ' .
"I have Just been teasing your young
nevvy the weentiest bit," cooed Lucile
with awonderful attempt at Juvenile
mischief? "I don't think, he enjoys shar
ing his old playmate."
Harwood leaned toward her until the
Pomeranian snapped at his watch-charm.
"Is there really anything In that?" he
asked In a loud whisper.
Lucile laughed her Insistent, meaning
less little laugh. "My dear friend," she
demurred, toying with the noisy Jeweled
bangles on her wrist, "if you want tho
latest scandal of society, never come to
me! I go outtoo little to hear any."
Excluslveness was a newly-developed
cult, and Mrs.' Page never missed an
opportunity to declare her retiring
habits "quite an- old stay-at-home," she
called herself blithely. "Of course,
though. I have my eyes open," she went
on, unable to resist the chance for a
barbed speech, "and I see Just what
everyone else sees." She settled her
streamers with a conscious air of re
spectability. One might have thought
had one been only listening to her
that the white-minded LucTle and Im
morality had never brushed skirts; In
fact, her convent-built speech would have
been a great card, had she taken pains
to dress up to it. But unlike Olive
Traynor, Mrs. Page had no eye for con
sistency. She failed to see the humor
of chaste Innocence worn in conjunc
tion with 24 false puffs and a rosy mask
of French enamel.
But the old Senator was not without
the saving sense, and he smiled de
lightedly over the nun-like seclusion of
the lady's pose. "Well, anything you
find out about that little affair will be
worth money to me and Influence," he
added with significant emphasis. 'I
need a story like that, nicely worked
out. and with no weak points, mind,
v , .k. this T. L. & T. transaction.'
he pulled his chair up to the desk and
rolled up the top "bow are the women
taking to it
For some hours the two heads one
sleek and white, with a round pink
..,,,-. h other an elaborately undu
lated Titian, under a large blue chip hat j
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known as Mormon Well. Another sec
tion, including the Sheep Range of
Mountains, has only the flow of Corn.
Creek, which runs a few miles and then
sinks into the sand. It was from this
latter point that a surveying party un
der Mr. Chapman set out to triangu
late the country from the top of Sheep
Range, 9000 feet above the sea. It de
veloped that In one particular this
party was not truly scientific. When
it was five miles from camp it was
discovered that one of the canteens
had been left behind, and this threw
the reckoning of water Bupply versus
the distance to be traveled somewhat
out of balance. Tne Journey was con
tinued, however, as It was not regarded
as a dangerous one. Bat when the top
of the peak chosen for the triangula-
bent over papers and rating sheets,
comparing figures with certain names
that had been crossed off in a thin blue
book, and noting new additions to a list
that finally found Its way to Mrs. Page's
rattling bag. Late In the afternoon
Mary Mathews and her mother passed
the two, taking a very cordial leave of
each other at Luclle's door.
Mrs. Mathews turned to her daughter
with triumphant conclusiveness. "You
remember what I told you yesterday,
Mary! And here they are again I
wouldn't be at all surprised, not one
particle. If that would be a match!"
(To be continued.)
Gcmeroslty and Xcrve.
Popular Magazine.
Among newspaper men, the borrow
ing and lending of money Is no unusual
thing, and the man who has a few- dol
lars 19 always ready to share them
with the fellow who "is hard up.
One afternoon a middle-aged man.
who looked seedy and hungry, and who
had not had a shave for four days,
leaned against the 'wall near the en
Return of Skerlock Holmes
CONTINUED
slon In the Rhodesian police, and I am
going out to South Africa at once." "
"I am indeed pleased to hear that you
did not intend to profit by your unfair
advantage," said Soames. "But why
did you change your purpose?"
Gilchrist pointed to Bannister.
"There is the man who set me in the
right path." eald he. '
"Come now. Bannister," Baid Holmes.
"It will be clear to you, from what I
have said, that only you could have let
this young man out. since you were left
in the room, and must have locked the
door when you went out. As to his
escaping by that window, it was in
credible. Can you not clear up the last
point in this mystery, and tell us the
reasons for your action?"
"It was simple enough, . sir. if you
only had known, but, with all your
cleverness, it was impossible that you
could know. Time was, sir, when I
was butler to old Sir Jabex Gilchrist,
this young gentleman's father. When
he was ruined I came to the college as
servant, but I never forgot my old em
ployer because he was down in the
world. I watched his son all I could
for tha sake of the old days. Well, sir. ,
tion was reached it was found that a
sister mountain was of still greater
elevation, and It was necessary to climb
to Its top to secure the observations
desired! All this required more time,
and the short water supply bred dan
ger. Night came on before the return
to camp could be made, and it was
necessary to sleep on the -mountain
top. The next morning .the party set
out with its eyes on the green tree
tops of Corn Creek, and rode until the
horses fell beneath their, riders. Suf
fering greatly, the men staggered on
toward camp, resisting the Impulse to
grovel in the sands of the roadside,
which always overtakes the man suf
fering from thirst. But for the fact
(Cnncludfed on Page 6.)
trance to a big" newspaper building In
St. Louis. When a young man came
out of the door, the older called him,
and said:
"Dick, lend me half a dollar. I'm all
In, and I need something to eat."
"I'm sorry. Barney," replied Dick,
"but I haven't a cent. I'm Just on my
way to pawn my watch for a five
spot." .
"AH right," said Barney; "I'll wait
until you get back. Then you can let
me have the half."
Dick did.
A Divinity In Japan.,
' Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Until 1870 it was against the law ano
sacred custom for any subject to look
at the Emperor of Japan. His political
advisers and attendants saw only his
back. When he first left the palace
the shutters of all the houses had to
be drawn and no one was permitted Jn
the streets. Even today, when the
Emperor has the prividege of driving
through the streets like one of his sub
jects, it Is not considered quite proper
to cast a glance at him. ,
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when I came Into this room yesterday,
when the alarm was given, the very
first thing I saw was Mr. Gilchrist's
tan gloves a-lying In that chair. I
knew those gloves well, and I under
stood their message. If Mr. Soamea
saw them the game was up. I flopped
down into that chair, and nothing
would budge me until Mr. Soames he
went for you. Then out came my poor
young master, whom I had dandled on
my knee, and confessed It all to me,
Wasn't It natural, sir, that I should
save him, and wasn't it natural also
that I should try to speak to him as
hie dead father would have done, and
make him understand that he could not
profit by such a deed? Could you blame
me, sir?"
"No, indeed," said Holmes, heartily,
springing to his feet. "Well, Soames,
I think we have cleared your little
problem up, and our breakfast awaits
us at home. Come, Watson! As to
you, sir, I trust that a bright future
awaits you in Rhodesia. For - once
you have fallen low. Let us see, in
the future, how high you can rise."
(Copyright, 1911, by Sir A. Conan
Doyle.)