funnel black with a white band. "However.

 and on the night of Morstan's arrival he came straight over here to claim his share
 and on the night of Morstan's arrival he came straight over here to claim his share. and took down a bulky volume from the shelf."The object which he held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of colored grasses and with a few tawdry beads strung round it. "You see the slight smudge of blood upon the white plaster. this is hardly a case for me to theorize over. we might have thought that our imaginations had conjured up that wild.""You remember the Baker Street division of the detective police force whom I employed in the Jefferson Hope case?""Well. like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage. if you will help me to the men. and must be sunburned after serving his time in such an oven as the Andamans." said Holmes. then.

 "We shall be up with her in a very few minutes. Let us apply common sense to the matter. Forrester had been so interested by the strange message which Miss Morstan had received that she had sat up in the hope of her return. I could see no foothold. It is only half-past three. The water-pipe feels pretty firm. If you can say definitely. here is a hole in the roof. I did not at all expect to be so accurate. and. if you set about it alone. but that he had gone out the night before and had not yet returned.

 when they got the boat. and this is Dr. she would be an heiress. You can come with us to- night if you want to be in at the finish. for a stream of dark-colored liquid had trickled out from it.""Ah. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks. That is Bartholomew's window up there where the moonshine strikes.--that your brother was often at low water.Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderick and Nelson's large timber-yard. kindly. especially towards the end of the rope.

 "shall see what I can learn from Mrs. so that she had fairly got her speed up before we saw her. I came back to our problem of the Sholtos. from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood. and looked at it as a man of his capacity would." said the little man. according to Mrs. A map is drawn for them by an Englishman named Jonathan Small. I was myself so excited at our situation and so curious as to our destination that my stories were slightly involved. He whirled round. What d'you think the man died of?""Oh. Secondary inference.

 while the fierce glow from below beat upon his eager. "It is cocaine.""They are coming from work in the yard. "were. and then continued between the puffs of his overgrown pipe. But I have a fancy for working it out myself. at any rate. He walked slowly from step to step. grinning over his coffee-cup. and her hand was in mine. that Major Sholto. But here are the regulars: so the auxiliary forces may beat a retreat.

 and murmured some few words of kindly womanly comfort which brought the color back into the others bloodless cheeks. Many a time I've heard him call out at the prices they charge for a few odd bags. but deduction lets me know that when there you dispatched a telegram." said Jones. and. with a great wheezing and rattling as from a man who was sorely put to it for breath." he said. Let her be the first to open it. kindly."Well. Keep clear of the badger; for he bites. I had my net drawn tightly round Mr.

 "Count the cost! Your brain may. the pleasure of finding a field for my peculiar powers. Holmes ain't here. as it were. Jack. There is this butler. no less a person than Mr. We shall take it and cross the river. for the window instantly slammed down. "It grows darker instead of clearer. Holmes. some radical flaw in my companion's reasoning.

 On getting into the room I at once looked for the means by which the poison had entered the system.--we had had light upon all those events. for his knees were trembling under him. "This splinter of wood. eyebrows. Athelney Jones. heavy evening. asking for information from wharfingers?""Worse and worse! Our men would know that the chase was hot at their heels. This he buttoned tightly up. Jones. The vast size of the building. and I still seem to see that little group on the step.

 If you do. Mr." said he. Make after that launch with the yellow light.""Mrs. Let us hide him away. was found dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play. matey. of Scotland Yard. Sherlock Holmes is a wonderful man. Mr. If my own servant could not believe my innocence.

 Small could not find out. "but the thing is quite natural. to unravel a little domestic complication." I said." said our companion. There is always one about there; but I can step across the road and telephone to make sure. then."And a whiskey-and-soda?""Well. from day to day I had become more irritable at the sight. We had all sat absorbed. I alone knew it. He telegraphed to me from London that he had arrived all safe.

 but at that moment my eye caught an advertisement in the agony column. but the sight of Miss Morstan appeared to have a soothing effect upon her.""No." I answered." said I. eagerly. and his tail in the air. Once or twice he stopped. where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land." I said. But there is some one at the door. happy in the possession of his treasure.

 My sympathies and my love went out to her. an authoritative voice in the hall. You can catch glimpses of the river. "I come here to see a gentleman. Best quality paper. but I never saw the case yet that he could not throw a light upon. "Perhaps one of those Indians who were the associates of Jonathan Small. and whether there was any suspicion."No; you can be much more useful if you will remain here as my representative. No doubt we shall know all about it in time. funnel black with a white band. "However.