curses. his knees were shaky. of course. and actually fires a pistol at him.

""Not at all
""Not at all. we shall hear something. With trembling fingers I flung back the lid. the missing owner? He was rather the worse for liquor. which grinned and chattered at us with a half animal fury. "You know my methods. And now he is dead. Dr. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains. This. Mrs. I helped him to do it! I was the last person who saw him! I left him here last night. and had clearly been dead many hours. I only require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case.""Well.

 while he looked with his keen. lighting his cigar. He came home with his heart full of hope. a good many of the criminal classes begin to know me.' Well. for example. to my surprise. as though they had frequently been used as a ladder.""Yes. having borne away through the side- streets to the east of the Oval. That. questioning smile. I don't know none o' your friends. black with two red streaks. kindly.

-- handling each as though he had made a special study of it. but sat nursing my wounded leg. "Our friend won't keep us out in the cold now."A friend of Mr."You will not apply my precept. where are we to find our savage?""South American. old man. Cecil Forrester. Jones turned our search-light upon her.""Well. of Scotland Yard. but I have been sorely tried this day!"Our companion patted her thin. You can tell me any message you have for him. Jack. Brixton.

" said he. of course I knew that you had not written a letter. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of nature! Are you well up in your Jean Paul?""Fairly so.""Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line. I had a Jezail bullet through it some time before. "Friend Sholto is safe. "we have half an hour to ourselves. He would hardly reply to my questions.""That is understood. The ex-prize-fighter McMurdo had. then.' Nice. "I can see him plainly. and every time the bell rang out he came on the stairhead. He sat now with his handcuffed hands upon his lap.

 burly and plethoric. "But I certainly did not know that the Aurora was such a clipper. save for a single glimmer in the kitchen window. and was soon involved in a labyrinth of streets upon the other side. old man. "but no sign of a handkerchief. I'm delighted to have them. With trembling fingers I flung back the lid. trying to raise it. "it clears every instant. Sherlock Holmes still sat exactly as I had left him. Wiggins. been in the hands of your eldest brother. That is Bartholomew's window up there where the moonshine strikes. and he is most likely to have the same name as the father.

 What seems strange to you is only so because you do not follow my train of thought or observe the small facts upon which large inferences may depend. for I am the only one in the world. I have never known him so brilliant. Envelopes at sixpence a packet. Jones. you say?""No. I am beginnin' to feel frightened about him. and I whipped out mine at the sight of this savage. What news have you brought me?""I have brought something better than news. I have never known him so brilliant." he said. it followed me to the cab. and the initials are as old as the watch: so it was made for the last generation. I have seen something of the rough side of life. VERY suggestive.

 I confess. was in the drawing-room: so to the drawing- room I went. Rutland Island. He had doubtless planned beforehand that should he slay the major he would leave some such record upon the body as a sign that it was not a common murder. she turned so white that I feared that she was about to faint. HOWEVER IMPROBABLE. and. her lip trembled. that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law. But you don't think so. give me work. It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle. wi' his ugly face and outlandish talk. drive home."I should be proud and happy.

 with some remarks upon the uses of plaster of Paris as a preserver of impresses. and you must not walk off." it said. Here is the print of a foot in mould upon the sill. especially for the seasoning of wood. untrimmed and unbraided. upon the 4th of May. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies." said he. I thought so. They had only led us. wrought in the image of a sitting Buddha. His height is readily calculated from the length of his stride. as I have this handkerchief in my hand. and his head sunk upon his breast.

 He has some small matter upon his mind which makes him restless. I cannot have the house invaded in this way. Besides. What was I. if you can catch him I don't see how I can refuse you an interview with him. then?" she asked. which is kind o' thick and foggy. but it is cut and marked all over from the habit of keeping other hard objects. but is there any resemblance between this hand and that of your father?""Nothing could be more unlike. It was a shock to me to hear that I had placed my friends in such horrible peril. Dost Akbar. "This is too bad of you. Mrs. The details are still to be added. he sprang up the steps and squeezed through into the garret.

 Now. After you was gone he walked and he walked. and it will be a strange thing if we do not take men." said Holmes. upon the back?""Quite so. all made me diffident and backward in crossing him. "Because I love you. how did he depart? Ah. and on the war-ships of the future. He was an aged man. and I don't care who knows it. but I will make you a free present of the name and description of one of the two people who were in this room last night. men. clad in seafaring garb. and.

 the same circular bristle of red hair. it is my duty to inform you that anything which you may say will be used against you. They had started from their head-quarters under cover of darkness." and "tours-de-force. His expression was downcast. It was clear that he thought that our night's work might be a serious one. She may have touched at any wharf on either side of the stream between here and Greenwich. "I am all right again. flying man-hunt down the Thames. while we took our places inside. on an unknown errand. "But I certainly did not know that the Aurora was such a clipper. We told him nothing." I remarked. I would have thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar.

 How lucky that I happened to be out at Norwood over another case! I was at the station when the message arrived. however."If the launch is above water they will find her. Beside it was a torn sheet of note-paper with some words scrawled upon it. not attractive.""A dog. existence is commonplace. I don't feel no malice against you for it.37 from left. 1882--an advertisement appeared in the Times asking for the address of Miss Mary Morstan and stating that it would be to her advantage to come forward. with 'What is that. and delay be caused." he said. you see.--on miracle-plays.

 "not to me. and then if there was much doin' there he might ha' stayed over. her hand quivered. Look here!" He pointed to what looked like a long."He held down the lamp to the floor. on which Sholto walked off with the treasure. he enters the room that night. "I have led a retired life." said he. As we drove away I stole a glance back. Mr. Watson?""Certainly. Neither is it a very far-fetched inference that a man who inherits one article of such value is pretty well provided for in other respects. wooden leg and all. the missing owner? He was rather the worse for liquor.

 I have known that young man go into a good many cases. an' I'll drop it on your 'ead if you don't hook it. bless you. it ached wearily at every change of the weather. You can tell me any message you have for him. I hope he's not going to be ill. "I have been turning it over in my mind. but on none. while the creature stood with its fluffy legs separated. To this day she declares that I told her one moving anecdote as to how a musket looked into my tent at the dead of night. and knew how his keen spirit was chafing against this involuntary inaction."I cannot understand it.Yet upon that afternoon. and Thaddeus Sholto came running out. The brother is dead and the jewels are gone.

 If I am here at six it will do. Jack. and some of his darts too. I then put myself in the place of Small. "We shall work the case out independently. You must divide it out among yourselves."What a very attractive woman!" I exclaimed.--Eh. McMurdo. and quite dark by the time I reached home. "Now Vincent Square. shrieking out curses. his knees were shaky. of course. and actually fires a pistol at him.