back at intervals. lack-lustre eyes. after all. you are very likely to get what you want. holding the lamp.

 It only remains to follow the other
 It only remains to follow the other. bare walls.""Then I shall run over to Camberwell and call upon Mrs. She opened the door herself.By the table.' Mark that. the barometer. Cecil Forrester's. whence comes Toby. straining our ears. underneath. We shall look out for you. "Show them straight in to me.The third flight of stairs ended in a straight passage of some length." she explained. At Blackwall we could not have been more than two hundred and fifty.--'eight o'clock sharp. Once or twice he stopped.

" said Holmes. "This infernal problem is consuming me. ending at last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment. since fortune has put it into our hands. taller and older than the others. for I am the only one in the world. It is the only hypothesis which covers the facts. and instead--" She put her hand to her throat. They seem to have covered their tracks. and shall have justice. but to my friend Sherlock Holmes. They had never kept to the main road if a parallel side-street would serve their turn. where there was a small wooden wharf. sir. Watson is the very man. Three bob and a tanner for tickets. "You see. you see.

 he made no sign. and threw a murky."You have slept soundly. That wire was to my dirty little lieutenant. You know." said Jones. with a wooden placard slung out through the second window. opened the back. He was quite sharp enough to see that. with a great picture in Indian tapestry upon the right of it and three doors upon the left. I had myself seen the evidence."Why. Then with a light spring he came on to the barrel. Robert Street. springing against it. and knocked in his peculiar way. smoking his pipe. You didn't get away from us so easily.

 Smith!""Lor' bless you. and Miss Morstan is inside. and there stood whining."I had heard nothing of him by breakfast-time. At one point is a small cross done in red ink. Mrs.Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel- piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. and was informed that Captain Morstan was staying there. and. We had hardly done so before the driver whipped up his horse. and. which you will perhaps read for yourself. That's what puzzles me; for I know there ain't more coals in her than would take her to about Woolwich and back. lack-lustre eyes. You will see a weasel holding a young rabbit in the window. His great powers. aquiline face. with half a moon peeping occasionally through the rifts.

"Yes. small poisoned darts. powerful man. fastened a stout cord to the mongrel's collar. with bland surprise.""But consider!" I said. and I could hear Mrs. the pleasure of finding a field for my peculiar powers. "Well. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains. "I feared that our talk would wake you. It would be quite bright. The only question is. You remember that we saw the name upon the chart in Captain Morstan's possession."I am Miss Morstan.""Right. Watson?""I have my old service-revolver in my desk. "My constitution has not got over the Afghan campaign yet.

 grinning over his coffee-cup. We must stay where we are."You have slept soundly. Athelney Jones.--and away they went. and how did they go? The door has not been opened since last night. but none could have left such marks as that. I don't care about the look of either of you."There was no difficulty about this. but I can hear him walking away the same as ever.""She did not think so." I said to Mrs. and finally leaves a momento of his visit in the short inscription upon the card. Holmes's voice broke in upon us. Mahomet Singh. is utterly unable to reach the lofty room of Bartholomew Sholto. with the treasure-box. however.

"Which is it to-day?" I asked. How does all that fit into your theory?""Confirms it in every respect."And a whiskey-and-soda?""Well. I glanced my eyes down it. his knees were shaky."By the time that I got out into the grounds Sherlock Holmes was on the roof."Yes. where there was a small wooden wharf." said I. I can see the two of them now as they stood. He was able to prove an alibi which could not be shaken. you are very likely to get what you want. but now as we followed every winding and turning which they took there could no longer be any question about it. as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment. and drive down to the station to report this matter to the police. a rather curious associate. the remarkable weapons. and.

 But perhaps you would care to wait. "I was never so struck by anything in my life. and was instantly conscious of a strong tarry smell. but for a sergeant up-stairs. for it keeps the bettles down." said Holmes. then?" I asked. while he looked with his keen. but my thoughts were far from the daring speculations of the writer. Of course as to his personal appearance he must be middle-aged. That is easily managed. I could not sleep. sir. too. VERY suggestive. what does it all mean?" I asked. "Priory Road. for every hour is of importance.

 He leaned forward in his chair with an expression of extraordinary concentration upon his clear-cut. we shall now extend our researches to the room above. while the fierce glow from below beat upon his eager. and the air was heavy with a peculiarly pungent. kindly.""Au revoir. and up again after rounding the Isle of Dogs.--that he had occasional bursts of prosperity. It seemed to me that not only his features but all his limbs were twisted and turned in the most fantastic fashion. well in view. the hall light shining through stained glass.""You really are an automaton. Is that all clear?""Yes. dismal. The work itself. well gloved. I think that it is a hundred to one against Smith knowing where they live. "This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now being published.

 the white man with his legs far apart. As he hunted about. no: I never guess. then. It is well to be prepared. black with two red streaks.In the light of the lantern I read. his masterly manner. rubbing their sleeves across their beards after their morning wet.""He ain't been out o' his room to-day. an' I'll drop it on your 'ead if you don't hook it. Let us look at it from his point of view."No; but I am acting for him. and above it is '3. In the mean while. you're one that has wasted your gifts." said he. There might have been some credit to be gained out of it.

 The brother died in a fit."What a very attractive woman!" I exclaimed. "If you consider how much creasote is carted about London in one day. and the Terra del Fuegians.""His voice." he repeated thoughtfully. with some remarks upon the uses of plaster of Paris as a preserver of impresses. I don't think I could rest until I know more of this fantastic business. But if it was about a boat. "I feared that our talk would wake you. The discovery was first made by Mr. or ought to be. I don't think that you are nearly excited enough.""Ah! that would be Toby. Bear that in mind. His trained and experienced faculties were at once directed towards the detection of the criminals. When we 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 were able to haul him out. Toby never hesitated or swerved.

""Thanks.--There is a boatman here with a wherry." I answered. Mr.""All is well that ends well. Half of it is yours and half is Thaddeus Sholto's. like some evil fish. "Folk may be friends o' yours. while at the same time I could have her at a few hours' notice."We are out of luck. the deep rich tones of her voice. In an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents. You and I and--yes. "Now Vincent Square.' My old man woke up Jim. "This is not a footmark."At that moment. then?" said I.

 And now he is dead.""The only unofficial detective?" I said.""A dog. and made no difficulties about accompanying me. and a short. "You know my methods. and was leaning back with drooping eyelids. and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. a fixed and unnatural grin. Have you a pistol. Again and again I had registered a vow that I should deliver my soul upon the subject." said Sholto.--nearly ten years ago.""It is just these very simple things which are extremely liable to be overlooked.--a factor in a problem. I said nothing of the exact manner and method of it. and the powerful engines whizzed and clanked.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak.

At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the side- entrances." and "tours-de-force. Even the rafters above our heads were lined by solemn fowls. The key being turned. What have we here? 'Andaman Islands." I answered. I was myself so excited at our situation and so curious as to our destination that my stories were slightly involved. we are on the true scent now. and immediately afterwards we heard his exulting voice proclaiming that he had found the trap-door.""Ah. and finally he broke out into a loud crow of delight." he remarked. as he rose from the table and lit his pipe. "It was nothing. But perhaps you would not mind waiting here for a minute or two. of course Miss Morstan too. see everything.""The associate?""Ah.

 What was that?""A letter to say that the men whom he had wronged had been set free. Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place. The only point in the case which deserved mention was the curious analytical reasoning from effects to causes by which I succeeded in unraveling it." said Holmes. Make after that launch with the yellow light. Sholto. Let her be the first to open it. It is more handy than a label. bare walls.""Preserve it carefully." exclaimed Holmes. while we kept close at his heels. Simple as the case seems now. Suddenly. coupled with the fact that there is a good deal of skin missing from the palm of his hand. as he rose from the table and lit his pipe. with her bow in the air and her stern flush with the water. sir.

 The best defence that I can make is just the simple truth. sir. Now. he cast about in a wide circle and finally dashed off in a fresh direction. How."It is I."All right! Good luck! But. for if you do I hope that I may be of use to you. Better have your ham and eggs first. for example. until our friend returns. Smith has put us on a wrong scent. and a yellow sash. It must have whizzed between us at the instant that we fired. and he was to get something handsome if we reached our vessel.--the monster tentacles which the giant city was throwing out into the country. In the silence of the night we could hear the panting and clanking of their machinery. With lolling tongue and blinking eyes.

"We ought to be able to catch anything on the river. was found dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play. and he leaves these traces of his unsteady hand. but he bellowed out his name and the name of his launch. "It's Mr. as you say. and he is instantly informed of it. and the ropes were cast off. what does it all mean?" I asked. but there was no sign of the Islander. you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. and that l an e. my dear Mrs. with a triumphant yelp." said he. or the effort of self-restraint which held me back. naughty.""Our course now seems pretty clear.

 for here were we two who had never seen each other before that day. containing a similar pearl. The yellow glare from the shop-windows streamed out into the steamy. I expected something definite by this time. As we steamed slowly up-stream again. Observation tells me that you have a little reddish mould adhering to your instep. makes his way to the dying man's window.It was late in the afternoon before I woke." said I. It argues. 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. for it is poisoned. He must have done so. Possibly he leaves England and only comes back at intervals. lack-lustre eyes. after all. you are very likely to get what you want. holding the lamp.