Show I r The 1 J Man 71 With zt h t the h e Twisted 1 d L Lip ip By ConanD Sir Arthur ylo I. I I PART C. C n By SIR SIK c X DOYLE DOrM Copyright 1021 by Harper Bro Dros Published Pub Pub- by special arr arrangement with the ilc- ilc Cluro Newspaper Syndicate The story thus thu far tar One Ono night Dr Watson made mado his bio way Tray Into I an opium den elen denIn In search March arch of a a. friend who was Wa as there and noticed sitting among Amon the of af the place plue a a- stooped 01 old 1 man As Aa ho passed the tho old man spoke to him himself as al Sherlock Holmes Holme and aad aada I a asked k d Watson to wait watt outside for him This Dr Waton on did and Holmes asked I him Mm to so go with him to Lee Leo In Kent ent a suburb sub sub- urb to help with a case cle They went to the I I of Neville St. St whose hose disappearance disappear disappear- ance anco Holmes was Investigating air lr StClair St St. Clair had hAil a I large rge suburban house houa many friends friend a charming wits wife two children and pl plenty nty of money mony But he had disappeared the Monday before This was vas Friday ay Every day ho went to to- the city to att attend nd to the which In Interested In several se companies In he hev v was ws j though he ha had no regular business On Monday lon his wife vrUe had hall been bun called to to town for an express package And andon on leaving the express of office rico hall had seen sun her husband huband without without with with- out a collar beckon wildly to her hn from a a. window over the opium den He lie had hall then suddenly enl disappeared as If It he had been I Jerked back out of ot sight She ran In in but the tho Lascar scoundrel who kept the opium den wouldn't let her go 0 upstairs She got the police pollee They went up There was noone noone no noone one In the room but Ii a a. horrible cripple awell awell a a. I 1 well welt known beggar who made his tile homo home there H Ho denied all 1111 I knowledge ce of lit t. t Cl How How-eTer on a table was watI a a. be box of blocks such uch as St. St Clair had promised l to bring home honi for his children On looking about they found traces trace of blood on the window sill overlooking the j I river at the back Behind a curtain were ere I St. St clothes The cripple a a. hideous fellow fello with a Q twisted lip Up a scar near from eye I to chin and a a. rough shock of or orange hair dented denied all alt 1 knowledge of the tho He Ho was however locked up When hen the tl tide e went out St. St Clair Glair's coat weighted with pockets full ot p pennies was found In the tho mu mud ot of the river bed Holmes Holme had been ben able to find nothing more hen When he and Watson Vatson arrived atThe at atThe atThe The Cedar Ceder St. St Clalra Clairs house hou thc they found Mrs Iu St. St Clair much ouch disappointed Holmes asked her some sonio questions about her habits habit She displayed a 01 short note not containing aring a aring ring of her husbands that she had Just received pot potted posted d In Watson ahon slept but Holmes Holmen stayed 4 awake thinking and smoking all alt night Early In Inthe Inthe inthe the morning ho he Watson and to together they drove e to London They went to t the o now street Jail where the beggar was wan au Im Imprisoned Im- Im and asked to see Ite him He lie was I the time Jall jailers Jailer r. r Bald a vr very dirty man and I would I n not t bath bathe Holmes II said ILl t he had Imagined as much produced a sponge and quietly stepped Into the cell celt of the still still- i I sleeping man Ho w wot wt t the tho sponge washed the mans man's face fac and anc raid ald Let me Introduce Intro Intro- duce luce you u to Mr Neville e St. St of Le Lee j TODAY'S INSTALMENT Never In my life ha e I s seen Been en such a 3 I sight The mans man's face faco peeled ot off under the tho sponge like the bark from a tree Gone was tho coarse brown brownS tint Gone i top too was the horrid scar near which hail had seamed Beamed it across and the twisted lip lipI which had given the repulsive sneer to I the face A twitch brought awa away the tho tangled Jed red rd hair and there sitting sitting- up In his bed was a pale palf sad faced rc- rc looking fined man haired black and smooth skinned rubbing his e eyes es and I staring starIn- about him with sleepy Wll- Wll I derment Then suddenly realizing tho the thoI exposure he ho bro broke broce e into a a. scream and I threw hm himself down with his face to the tho pillow Great heavens cried the Inspector I It i Is Is Indeed the missing man I know I him from toni the photo photograph raph r The Tho prisoner turned with Ith tho the reckless I nil of a n man mon who abandons nb himself to I his destiny Be Do It so said aId he ht And I pray pra what am 1 I charged d with 1 With making awn away with Mr Ir Neville re I St St. St.- St. Oh come you ou cant can't be bo charged with that unless they make a a. case of ot attempted suicide of It It lt said the tho In Inspector In- In inSpector p with Well Vell ell 1 I h have e been twenty seven years In iti the tho force fore but this really takes tho rho cake If lt I nm am Mr Neville St Sc ClaIr then It Is obvious that th no crime has been and and that therefore I 1 am Il II- II legally leg detained No crime crime- but a a. very try great creat error has been committed said Holmes You would have O done better to to- have trusted your wife It Il was not the wife It was S the children groaned the prisoner Go GoI l help me me- meI I would woula not have them ashamed of or th their lr father My ty God J What an exposure ex exl exposure ex- ex l What hat can n I Ido do If U you ou leave It to a court of or law to clear tho the matt matter or up salt saId Holmes of or course you OU can hardly avoid a publicity On Om tho the other hand If It you oU the police authorities J that there Is no possible pos pea sible case against you ou I do not know know- that Is la Rn any reason that the tho details should find their Wl way Into tho the papers Inspector n would I am sure suro make notes upon anything which you OU might tell us and anil submit It to the proper prop prop- er authorities The case then never go 10 Into court at all 1111 God bless you ou cried th the prisoner passionately I 1 would h have hae endured imprisonment nt ac aye even execution rath ruth er than have left m my miserable secret asa as asa 1 a L family blot to m my children You are the tho first who have ever heard my ator story atory My father tather a a schoolmaster In Chesterfield where I received ed an excellent education I traveled trav traY clod In my ray youth took to t the e st stage and finally became a 1 reporter on an nn eve- eve London One day my editor editor edi edi- tor wished d to to have ha a a. series of articles upon begging In the m metropolis and I volunteered to supply them There was waa the the point point from which all aU my adventures started It was only only- by trying be bagging gln as an that I could get et the tho facts upon which to base my articles When an nn actor 1 I had of or course learned all tho secrets or making of-making up and had been famous in In- Inthe the greenroom for my skill I took advantage now of or my attain attain- meats ments I 1 painted m my face race and to make myself as pitiable as possible 1 I made a a. good scar and fixed one side of or my Up lip In a i. i twist b by the aid of ot a n small slip of ot flesh lesh colored plaster luter Then Thom with a red bond bend of or hair and an appropriate dress I took m my station In the busiest part orI of or tho the city ostensibly as a n. match seller but r really as a 3 beggar I I wrote my and thought lit tie more of or the matter until some time later I backed a bill for a a friend and had hada no ai writ served upon me for tor 25 5 pounds I I 1 was wasat at m my wits' wits end where to got ot tho the mone money but a a. sudden idea come came cometo cameto I II to me rae I begged beg a a. fortnights fortnight's grace I j or 4 from the creditor asked d for fora a holiday hoU holida ny from my m employers and spent he In begging In the city elt under my dIsguise dis dIs- guise In ten da days I had th mone and had paid the debt y Well you youcan ou cnn can Imagine Inc how hard It 1 L was as to settle down to arduous work at al t 2 pounds a no week when I know knew that J I could earn as much In L a. day by smearIng smear- smear smearIng smearing Ing my face with a a. little hitIe lI paint laying my cap on the ground and sitting still It was a n. long fight between my m and the money mone but the dollars won at nt lost last and 1 I throw up reporting and sat day day after after day In the tho corner which I I. had hod hadI first flut chosen Inspiring pity by my ray ghastly face and tilling filling my pockets with coppers Only one man knew my roy In secret He was the tile keeper of or a lowden low low- lo loden loWden den In which I 1 used to lodge In Swan- Swan dam Lane LaneS where I could every morning every morning emerge as as a It squalid beggar and In the tho evenings transform myself Into a a. well well- dressed sed man about town This fellow a a. Lascar was WitS well paid by b me for lor his hIli rooms so that I knew that my ray m secret was safe in his possession Well very ery soon I I found that I was i saving savin considerable sums of money mane I do lo not mean that any beggar In the tho streets could earn earn arn year pounds a year year- which is less Joe than m ray average takings tal but but I 1 had exceptional advantages In my power or of making up and also In a faculty facility of or repartee which Improved by b practice and made mo me q a n. recognized character In th the city All AU day da a L stream str nm of ot pennies varied by silver sliver poured In upon me and nond it was a very cr bad day In iii which I failed to take 2 pounds I OU As s s I grew richer I grow gr w more ambitious ambitious am am- took a house In the country countr and anti eventually married without anyone anono having hl a suspicion as to my m real roal patton pation My h dear wife knew that I had business In the city Sho She little knew what I Last Monday I had finished for tho the day rIa and was dressing dressIng- In room my-room above tho the opium den when I looked out of ot my window and saw to my horror and as ns- ns that my wife was as standing In tho the street with her eyes ees fixed full tull upon me I gave a 3 cry cr of ot surprise threw up up my arms to coyer my face fac and rushing to my confidant the Lascar Las Las- car car entreated him to prevent anyone from coming comInS' up to me I hoard heard her voice downstairs but bul I know that she I could not ascend Swiftly I threw off of m my clothes pulled pulle-d on those of ot a L beggar and put pUL on my and wig Even Evena a wife's eyes ees Auld r not pierce so corn com a a. disguise nut Gut then It occurred to ime me me that thero there might be a a. search In lii tho the room and that thal tho the clothes might ht betray me mc I threw open the window reopening by b my ray violence a a. small sm ll cut cui which I 1 had Inflicted upon myself in the bedroom that morning Then I I coat which whIch was weighted by b the coppers which I has Just transferred to it from rom the leather Jeather far nag hag In which thich 1 I carried my takings I hurled It out of ot the window Indo and It disappeared Into the tho Thames The other clothes would have m followed but at that moment there was wa a fL rush of or constables up the tho stair 8 and a a. few minutes after aCtor I found rather I 1 confess to my m relief relict that Instead Int tead or of be being be- be ing InK Identified as Mr lr Seville Neville St. St ClaIr I was wag arrested arr as his murderer I 1 do not know that there Is Js anything else for me mae to explain I 1 was determined deter deter- mined to preserve my disguise as tang lung as a possible and hence my preference for a dirt dirty airty face Knowing that my m wife would bo bl terribly anxious I slipped off of ni m my ring and confided It to the Lascar r at a a. moment when no constable was watching w me together to with a n. hurried scrawl telling her that she sho hod hM no cause LURO to fear feor ear That note only onh reached reache 1 her yesterday yester yester- day said Holmes Good God hod What a week she must have spent nt The police have watched this Las 1 La Lascar I car said Inspector and 11 I can cnn quite understand that t t he ho might find It difficult to post a a. letter Jetter unobserved Probably he handed It to some eo me sailor Kallor customer of or his hiM who forgot all nIl about It for or some orne days daTa I That was It It said Holmes nodding approvingly I 1 have no doubt of It nut I have uwe you ou never been prosecuted for j begging oo Many uny times but what was a 0 fine I to me ner It must stop atop here however sail said I Bradstreet It If the th police are to hush uh I this thing up there must be bo no moro more of ot of Hugh Hone Bone l 1 have sworn It 11 by the th most solemn I I oaths oath which a man can cati take mice In that case I r able ablo think that It is I that no further steps may ma be bt taken Hut But If tr I you are aro found again then all AU all all' must come out 1 I am sure aure Mr Ir Holmes I that we are very ery r much Indebted d 0 I to you tot for having cleared cI ared he matter flatter up u I wish I knew kne how ow you OU reach Teach suits your our re- re U I reached d this ono one said Id m my by sitting upon th five pillows f a loll ounce ot of sling I 1 think and t co COIl COIl- I son on that t It if w te to fO tl hall be just In tune for tor |