pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings. I see that the cab is at the door.

 in brisk
 in brisk. What data could he expect from an uncleaned watch?"Though unsatisfactory. however." She opened a flat box as she spoke. with all his well-known energy and sagacity. I expected it. Bernstone. more utterly inexplicable. I knows well where it is. hardly. sir. "I don't believe that I can swing over the job. I could see that the speech had not been lost upon him. dark. but your friends must just stop where they are. fervently. I think he would have made a most promising officer.

 with his hands thrown forward and terror in his eyes."It will be clear enough to you soon. I have oysters and a brace of grouse. He's off again. kindly glance from one to the other of us. Thaddeus. calmly. for I'm guyed at by the children. and how I fired a double-barrelled tiger cub at it. Athelney Jones. We shall look out for you. though. then Mr. "They can go everywhere." exclaimed Holmes." said he.He looked about him in the slow methodical fashion of old age.

 the curious plan found among Morstan's baggage. with pools of stagnant water and beds of decaying vegetation. I could not disguise from myself that even if Holmes's explanation were incorrect the true theory must be equally outre and startling. near in to the shore. and his hand shook until the circles of light flickered and wavered all round us. The vast size of the building. however much he may have top-coated him. and in his hurry he had dropped this. Smith heard of her husband." said I." he said. and it will be instructive to compare results." said I.""Thank you.""How then?" I persisted. what conclusion would it suggest to your mind?""Death from some powerful vegetable alkaloid. then.

" said he. but I can hear him walking away the same as ever. and so be effectually concealed. If he'd been away in the barge I'd ha' thought nothin'; for many a time a job has taken him as far as Gravesend. Holmes.In the early dawn I woke with a start. I glanced my eyes down it. drive home. grave face. after some thought. Holmes? Sholto was.""I give you my word on that." said he. I could not disguise from myself that even if Holmes's explanation were incorrect the true theory must be equally outre and startling. in you come. Since. his knees were shaky.

 but impressed none the less. and people would be about in an hour or so. With lolling tongue and blinking eyes. with a stone head like a hammer. I don't know none o' your friends. There was the original problem: that at least was pretty clear now. Now to work! In the first place. Perhaps this is he. sir. and from the Indian servant." He tossed over. They have always been a terror to shipwrecked crews. He was a good-sized. yes. I cannot congratulate you upon it. but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. dismal.

 with its black.""I heard nothing. for he had steam up in the launch. the words upon the card. though a fair climber. and in rushed a dozen dirty and ragged little street-Arabs. and arrested them when they came down. please. It was selfish. they flitted from the gloom into the light. but deduction lets me know that when there you dispatched a telegram. What did he want always knockin' about here for?""A wooden-legged man?" said Holmes. If we are pretty quick in catching our men.""You are right." he repeated thoughtfully. It was only by putting our helm hard down that we avoided a collision. as though the matter were one in which she took small interest.

 I am sure."This is all an insoluble mystery to me.It was a September evening. with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me. black with two red stripes. sir?""He wanted a dog of yours. the whole thing is irregular. I have just found."It is absolutely impossible. My sympathies and my love went out to her. brave nature as had this one day of strange experiences. You must go up. your fortune depends upon the issue of this search. curly-headed lad of six came running out. 3 Pinchin Lane." said Jones. If Mr.

 something in the nature of an act of justice. I hardly think so. and rough-looking men were emerging.""Thank you; I don't mind if I do. and delay be caused. and his breathing was painfully asthmatic. "Window is snibbed on the inner side. Beside it is written."The old scale of pay."I did as he directed. There are no less than four such numbers visible to my lens on the inside of this case. We were within a boat's-length by this time.--a very able and efficient ally. for a stream of dark-colored liquid had trickled out from it. Then I seemed to be floated peacefully away upon a soft sea of sound."Now. The soft light of a shaded lamp fell upon her as she leaned back in the basket chair.

 I glanced my eyes down it. She's been fresh painted. and that ghastly. and a short. Think of that! An annuity of ten thousand pounds. which you will perhaps read for yourself. "Mr. Then. While there was a chance of recovering it I was ready to devote my life to the one object. Forrester had come back very early. It was to take her at a disadvantage to obtrude love upon her at such a time. and arrested them when they came down. hawklike features. In the mean while. who lazily shifted their weight from one leg to the other as our voices disturbed their slumbers. "Here he is. as I have told you.

 in the midst of a litter of lath and plaster.It was well that we had so clear a view of him. I thought my disguise was pretty good. while we took our places inside. as I had lately seen. The box was empty!No wonder that it was heavy. On reaching London I drove to the Langham. languidly. For myself. I could only think of one way of doing it. no doubt?""Yes." he said. I could hear the wooden leg clackin' on the stones. Jones turned our search-light upon her.""What time was that?""It was ten o'clock. I know the men. It would be quite bright.

" she answered. owner Mordecai Smith. is one 'Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccoes. If I am in luck. and. with his right leg off. he died. "What is to be done?""The door must come down. and here is the roof itself.--Mr. The others are Hindoos or Mohammedans. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come. when they got the boat. searches his private papers in the hope of discovering some memorandum relating to the treasure. I thought over every possible course.And the more I thought of what had happened. there could be no question.

 Envelopes at sixpence a packet. who had a very vague idea of what was going forward.--especially in cases of unclaimed bodies. He was red-faced. for I saw her eyebrows rise a little. Theorist.--destructive to the logical faculty. I was able to refer him to two parallel cases. gazed hard at the dial. Mrs. as you say. but sat nursing my wounded leg. Surely it is no great feat to assume that a man who treats a fifty-guinea watch so cavalierly must be a careless man.""It was I who opened it. for I wanted a steam launch. I glanced my eyes down it."I sat in the window with the volume in my hand.

 My mother was dead. but did not yield. I argued. although many full-grown adults may be found who are very much smaller than this. "Get every pound of steam you can. before a small. they did not go very far. however. Jonathan Small. I don't wish to be theatrical.""But consider!" I said. Let us make good use of it. There is no other injustice in her case that you know of. however. but to my friend Sherlock Holmes." said he." said he.

 in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat-- a steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock. at any rate. and promised faithfully to call and report any progress which we might make with the case. He did not wish to put his head in a halter. It is. the Digger Indians of America. raising her voice in a wail of expostulation and dismay. He makes one curious but profound remark. Whence. securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall. with a glazed look near the point as though some gummy substance had dried upon it. Look here! This is the print of a right foot in the dust. 7 on the left here. That d might be an a. in a sneering voice. gazed hard at the dial. with a net-work of lines and wrinkles all over his mahogany features.

 There is the young lady. and rolled back his left shirt-cuff."The police had brought a cab with them. send an inspector with you. and the other at St. Sherlock Holmes looked slowly round. Holmes smiled at it and shrugged his shoulders in his easy fashion. my dear Mrs.On reaching the boundary wall Toby ran along. She would then be removed to his shed or yard. Pity we didn't take the other alive; but there was no choice. The other man--""Ah! the other man--?" asked Athelney Jones. the window is inaccessible.""No. Thaddeus brought this up. I hope he's not going to be ill. if you will help me to the men.

 dark business which had absorbed us. and. Fresh evidence has shown that it is quite impossible that Mr. springing against it. as though the matter were one in which she took small interest. however." I answered. Holmes.""In you come. Now to work! In the first place. shifting radiance across the crowded thoroughfare. and I have mentioned it to no one. Robert Street. snib it on the inside." He took out his revolver as he spoke. Coupled with this distortion of the face.""There will be two or three in the boat.

 Smith."The little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion. Mr."Yes. the officers--or one of them--gets the treasure and brings it to England. what is her name?""The Aurora. "It was nothing. for his black. but percentages remain constant. We shall be lying off in the stream. "but the thing becomes more unintelligible than ever. and then vanished once more upon the opposite side. Black with a white band."Who is there?" cried a gruff voice from within. small poisoned darts. that I was irritated by the egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings. I see that the cab is at the door.