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chapter X Tins END OF THE ISLANDER. Our meal was a merry one. Holmes tonld talk exceedingly well when ho c ho.w. and that ulpht he did choose. H« appeared'to he in a state of nerv ous exaltation 1 have never known j r e** ‘.y arranged for passages to America or the colonies.” "Hut the launch? They could not have taken that to their lodgings." "Quite so. I argued that the launch must be no great way off, in spite of iU invisibility. I then put myself in him so brilliant He spoke on a quick the place of Small, and looked at it as I a man of his capacity would, lie would probably consider that to send back I the launch or to keep it at a wharf would j make pursuit easy if the police did j happen to get on his track. How, then, j could he conceal the launch and yet | have her at hand when wanted? I I wondered what I should do myself if I ! were In his shoes. I could only think of one way of doing it I might hand the launch over to some boatbuildcr or repairer, with directions to make* trifling change in her. She would then and 1 caught some- l,e removed to his shed or yard, and so gaycty. None of us ! ^ effectually concealed, while at the same time 1 could have her at a few hours' notice.” “That seems simple enough.” “It Is iust these very simple things which are extremely liable to be over- joccession of subject*,—on mirnele- plsys, <>n medieval pottery, on Stradi- rsrius violins, on the Huddhism of Cey lon, and on the warships of the fn- tore- handling each us though he had Bicde a special study of it. His bright humor marked the reaction from his black depression of the preceding days. Athelney dones proved to be a sociable ioul in his hoars of relaxation, and faced his dinner with therair of a bon rivant. For myself, I felt elated at the thought that we were nearing the end of our task thing of Holmes’ alluded during dinner to the cause which had brought us together. When the cloth was cleared Holmes glanced at his watch and filled up three glasses with port. "One bumper,” said he, “to the success of | look od. ^ However, I determined to act onr little expedition. And now it is high time we were off. Have you a pistol. Watson?” “I have my old service revolver in my desk.” “You had best take it, then. It is well to be prepared. I see the cab is at the door. I ordered it for half-past six" It was a little past seven before we reached the Westminster wharf and fdnud our launch awaiting us. Holmes eyed it critically. "Is there anything to mark it as a police boat?” “Yes—that green la ap at the side." “Then take it off.” The small change was made, we otepped on board, and the ropes were ICWES, HOLMES AND I SAT ON TDK DECK. cast off. Jones, Holmes and I sat in the stem. There was one man at the rudder, one to tend the engines, ami two burly police inspectors forward. "Where to?" asked Jones. “To the tower. Tell them to stop opposite to Jacobson's yard.” Our craft was evidently a very fast one. We shot past the long linos of loaded barges as though they were sta tionary. Holmes smiled with satisfac tion as we overhauled a river steam er and left her behind u^. “We ought to be able to catch' any thing on the river," ho said. “Well, hardly that. Hut there are not many launches to beat us." “We shall have to catch the Aurora, and she has a name for being a clipper. I will tell you how the land lies, Wat son. You recollect how annoyed I was at being balked by so small a thing?" “Yes.” “Well, 1 gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical analysis. One cf our greatest states men lias said that a change of work Is the best rest. So It is. When I had rwceeded in dissolving the hydrocar bon which I was at work at. I curac back to our problem of the Sholtos, and thought the whole matter out again. My boys had been up the river and down the river without result. The launch was not at any landing stage or wharf, nor had It returned. Yet it could hardly have been scuttled to hide their traces— though that always remained as a pos sible hypothesis if all else failed. 1 knew that this man Small had a cer tain degree of low cunning, but I did not think him capable of anything in the nature of delicate finesse. That is usually a product of higher education. I then reflected that since he had cer tainly iieen in London some time—ns we had evidence that he maintained u continual watch over Pondicherry lodge—he could ban ly leave at a mo ment’s notice, but would need some little time, if it were only a day, to arrange his affairs. That was the bal ance of probability, at any rate.” "It seems to me to be a little weak,” said I. “It is more probable that ho had arranged his affairs before ever he act out upon his expedition.” “No, I hardly think so. This lair of his would be too valuable a retreat in ease'of need for him to give it up until he was sure that he could do without it. Hut a second consideration struck me: Jonathan Small must have felt that the peculiar appearance of his companion, however much he may have top-coated him, would give rise to gossip, and possibly be associated ’•’ith this Norwood tragedy. He was quite sharp enough to sec that. They had started from their headquarters under cover of darkness, and he would wish to get back before it was hroad light. Now, it was past three o'clock, according to Mrs. Smith, when they got tho boat. It would be quite bright, and people would be about in an hour or so. Therefore, I argued, they did not go very far. They paid Smith well to hold his tongue, reserved his launch for tho final escape, and hurried to their lodgings with the treasnre-box. In a couple of nights, when they had time to see what view the papers took, and whether there was any suspicion, they would make their way under cover of darkness to some ship at t> rave send or in the Iv.wtu* where no doubt they had al- on the idea. 1 started at once in this harmless seaman's rig and inquired at all the yards down the river. I drew blank at fifteen, but at the sixteenth— Jacobson's—I learned that the Aurora had been handed over to them two days ago by a wooden-legged man, with some trivial directions as to her rudder. ‘There ain't naught amiss with her rudder,’ said the foreman. ‘There she lies, with the red streaks.’ At that moment who should come down but Mordeeat Smith, the missing owner? lie was rather the worse for liquor. I should not, of course, have known him, but he bellowed out bis name and the name of his launch. ‘I want her to-night at eight o’clock,’ said he—'at eight o'clock sharp, mind, for 1 have two gentlemen who won’t be kept waiting.’ They had evi dently paid him well, for he was very flush of money, chucking shillings about to the men. 1 followed him some distance, but he subsided in an ale house; so I went back to the yard, and, happening to pick up one of my boys on the way, I stationed him as a sentry over the launch, lie is to stand at the water's edge and wave his handkerchief to us when they start. We shall be lying off in the stream, and it will be a strange thing if wc do not take men, treasure and all." “You have planned it al) very neatly, whether they are the r' mt men or not,” said Jones; "hut if the affair were in my hands I should have had a body of police in Jacobson's yard, and arrested them when they came down.” “Which would have been never. This man Small is a pretty shrewd fellow, ilc would send a scout on ahead, and if anything made him suspicious he would lie snug for another week.” “Hut you might have stuck to Mordecai Smith, and so been led to their hiding-place,” said I. “In that case I should have wasted my day. I think that it is a hundred to one against Smith knowing where they live. As long as he has liquor and good pay, why should he ask ques tions? They send him messages what to do. No, 1 thought over every pos sible course, and this is the best.” While this conversation had been proceeding, wc had been shooting the long scries of bridges which span the Thames. As wc passed the city the last rays of the sun were gilding the cross upon the summit of St. Paul’s. It was twilight before wc reached the tower. “That is Jacobson's yard,” said Holmes, pointing to a bristle of musts and rigging on the Surrey side. “Cruise gently up a*d down here under cover of this string of lighters.” Uo took a pair of night glasses from his oocket and gazed some time at the shore. "I see my sentry at his post,” he remarked, “but no sign of a hand kerchief.” “Suppose we go down stream a short way and lie in wait for them," said Jones, eagerly. We were all eager by this time, even the policemen and stok ers, who had a very vague idea of what was going forwanl. “We have no right to take any thing for granted,” Holmes answered. “It is certainly ton to one that they go down stream, but w <; cannot be certain. From this point we can see the en trance to the yard, and they can hardly see us. It will be a clear night and plenty of light We must stay where we are. See how the folk swarm over yonder in the gaslight.” "They are coming from work in the yard.” "Dirty-looking rascals, but I sup pose every one bus some little immortal spark concealed about him. You would not thiuk it, to look at them. There is no a priori probability about it. A strange enigma is man!” “Some one calls him a soul concealed in an animal,” I suggested. “Winwood Ueade is good upon the subject,” said Holmes. "He remarks that, while the iudividual man Is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he liecomes a mathematical certainty. Y’ou can. for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician. Hut do 1 see a handkerchief? Surely there is a white flutter over yonder.” “Yes, it is your boy,” I cried. "1 can sec him plainly." “And there is the Aurora," exclaimed Holmes, “and going like the devil! Full speed ahead, engineer. Make after that launch with the yellow light. By heaven, I shall never for give myself if she proves to have the heels of us!” She had slipped unseen through the yard entrance and passed behind two or three small craft, so that she had fairly got her speed up before we saw her. Now she was flying down the stream, near In to the shore, going at a tremendons rate. Jones looked gfavely at her and shook his head. “She Is very fast,” he said. “I doubt If wc shall catch her.” "Wa must catch her!” cried Holme*. roared, and the p.—trfsl en gines whirred and elanffad. hhe a rrtr.t metallic heart. Her sharp, steep pr-w cut through the still river water and tent two rolling waves t~> right and to le.t of us. With every throb of U:c en gines we sprang and quivered like a living thing, tine great yellow lan tern in our bows threw a long, nicker ing funnel of light in front ,.f us. Uight ahead a dark blur upm. tho wa ter Showed where the Aurora lay, and the swirl of white foam behind her spoke of the pace nt which she was go ing. We flashed pest barges, steamers, merchant-vessels, in and out, ItehinU this one and round tho other. Voices hailed us out of the darsness, but si.ill the Aurora thundered on. and still we followed close upon her track. ’Tile it on, men, pile it on!" cried Holmes, looking down Into the engine- room, while the fierce glow from l)c- low beat upon his eager, aquiline face. “Get every pound of steam you can." “I think we gain a little," said Jones, with his eyes on tho Aurora. “I am sure of it.” said I. “We shall be up with her in a very few min utes.'’ At that moment, however, as our evil fate would have it, a tug with three barges in tow blundered In between us. It was only by putting our helm hard down that we avoid ed a collision, and before we could round them and recover onr way tho Aurora had gained a good two hun- "AND THERE IS THE AntORA!” EXCLAIMED HOLMES. dred yards. She was still, however, well in view, and the murky uncertain twilight was settling into a clear star lit night. Our tioilers were strained to their utmost, and the frail shell vi brated and creaked with the fierce en ergy which was driving us along. We had shot through the pool past tho West India docks, down the long Dept ford Beach, and up again after round ing the Isle of Dogs. The dull blur in front of us resolved itself now clearly enough into the dainty Aurora. Jones turned our searchlight upon her, so that wc could plainly sec the figures upon her deck. One man sat by the stern, with something black between his knees over which he stooped. Beside him lay a dark mass which looked like a Newfoundland dog. The boy held the tiller, while against the red glare of the furnace I could see old Smith, stripped to the waist, and shoveling coals for dear life. They may have had some doubt at first as to whether wc were really pursuing them, but now as we followed every winding and turn ing which they took there could no longer lie any question about it. At Greenwich wc were about three hundred paces behind them. At Hlackwali wc could not have been more than two hundred and fifty. I have coursed many creatures in many countries dur ing my checkered career, but never did sport give me such a wild thrill as this mad, flying man hunt down the Thames. Steadily we drew in upon them, yard by yard. In the silence of the night wc could hear the panting and clanking of their ma chinery. The man in tho 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 came and nearer. Jones yelled to them to stop. We were not more than four boats’ lengths behind them, both boats flying at a tremen dous pace. It was a clear reach of the river, with Harking level upon one side and the melancholy Plum- stead marshes upon the other. At our hail the man in the stern sprang up from the deck and shook his two clinched fists at us, cursing the while in a high, cracked voice. lie was a good-sized, powerful man, and as he stood poising himself with legs astride 1 could see that from the thigh downwards there was but a wooden stump upon the right side. At the sound of his strident, angry cries there was movement in the huddled bundle upon the deck. It straightened itself into a little black man—the smallest I have ever seen—with a great, misshapen head and a shock of tangled, disheveled hair. Holmes had already drawn his revolver, and I whipped out mine at the sight of this savage, dis torted creature. He was wrapped in some sort of dark ulster or blanket, which left only his face exposed; but HR SHOOK HI* TWO CLINCHED AT UK FISTS that face was enough to give a man a sleepless night. Never have I seen features so deeply marked with all bes tiality and cruelty. His small eyes glowed and burned with a somber light, and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chat tered at us with a half animal fury. "Fire if he raises his hand,” said Holmes, quietly. (> e were wit am a boot’s length by this time, and almost j within touch of our quarry. I cau see I the two of them now at; they stood, the j white man with his lags for apart, shrieking out curses, and the unhal- lowed dwarf, with his hideous face, and 1 hi:, strong yellow toeth pnathing at us j in the light of our lantern. It was well that we had so clear a j view of him. liven as we looked he | plucked out from under his covering a 1 short, round piece of wood, like a school ruler, and clapped it to his lips. Our pistols rang out together. I lie whirled round, threw up his j amis, and wi h a kind of chok- ' ing cough fell sideways Into the stream. I caught one glimpse of his venomous, menacing eyes undd the white swirl of the waters. At the same moment the wooden-logged man threw himself upon the rudder and put I it hard down, so that his boat made straight in for the southern bank, ! while we shot pant her stem, only ; clearing her by a few feet. We were j round after her in an Instant, but she : was already nearly nt tho liank. It ! was a wild end desolate place, where the moon glimmered up u n wide ex panse of marsh land, with pxils of stagnant water and licds 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. Tho fugitive sprang out, but bis stump instantly sank its whole length into the sodden soil. In vain ho struggled and writhed. Not one step could he possibly take either forwards or backwards. He yelled in impotent rage, and kicked frantically into the mud with his other foot, but bis struggles only bored his wooiien pin the deeper into the sticky bank. When wo 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 wore able to haul him out. and to dreg him, like some evil fish, over our side. The two Smith 1 ;, father and son. sat sullenly in their launch, but came aboard meekly enough when com manded. The Aurora herself we hauled off and made fast to our stern. A solid iron chest cf Indian workman ship stood upon the deck. This, there could be no question, was the same tbat had contained the ill-omened trc:i ure of the Sholtos. There was no I.c;\ but it was of considerable weight, so we transferred it carefully to onr 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. 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Returning leave Lucknow 6.45 a. m. and 4.20 t> in., sr riving Atkins 8.15 a. w. and 5.50 ; . in. Daily except Sunday. Trains on Wilmington, Chad' nura and Conway Railroad leave ' had- bourn at 11.30 a m, arrive at Conway l. 45 p m, returning leave Conway at 2 30 p. m.. arrive Chadbourn 4:50 p. m. I-eave Chadbourn 8.35 p m arrive at Hub 6.20 p. in. Re turning leave Hub 8.15 a m, arrive at Chadbourn 9.00 a in. Daily exepet Sue lay. Trains leave Pregnalls 8.80 a. m., Summerton 9.48 a. m., Sumter 10.35 a. m., Darlington 11.55 a. m., Ben- nettsvilie 12.48 p, m., arrive Hamlet l. 40 p. m. Returning, leave Hamlet 2.10 p m., BennetteviUe 3.00 p. m., Darlington 3.52 p. m., Sumter 5.11 p. m, Summerton 5-58 p. m., Pregnalis 7.21 p. m. JOHN F. DIVINE. Gen’l Sac It,