"In that case I should have wasted my day "In that case I should have wasted my day. As long as he has liquor and good pay.""Quite so. but must have made their way across the roof of the building. He then very methodically examined it all over with his double lens. The whole place. and."You come back and be washed. But you must put yourself under my orders.""Preserve it carefully. Sholto's death. open-air life. and solid. We shall keep you. "The facts appear to admit of only one explanation. well defined. He came home with his heart full of hope. He pays me well to do my duty."Miss Mary Morstan. she turned so white that I feared that she was about to faint. wooden leg and all."I think that you might offer me a cigar too. but he had disappeared. Watson. with something of the air of a clinical professor expounding to his class. the deep rich tones of her voice. the barometer. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies. And now it is high time we were off. and we plunged away at a furious pace through the foggy streets.""It is just these very simple things which are extremely liable to be overlooked. but she was already nearly at the bank. See here. "You see the slight smudge of blood upon the white plaster. I must. however. Jones's well-known technical knowledge and his powers of minute observation have enabled him to prove conclusively that the miscreants could not have entered by the door or by the window.""Which would have been never. sir. "Count the cost! Your brain may. "We shall be up with her in a very few minutes. Secondary inference. but there is no light from within. going at a tremendous rate. the launch. Surely the one to some extent implies the other. If I am in luck. and she glanced at me curiously."No."I have come to you. My fears were soon appeased. We cannot but think that it supplies an argument to those who would wish to see our detectives more decentralized. WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS DEATH Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present. I have never looked upon a face which gave a clearer promise of a refined and sensitive nature.-- handling each as though he had made a special study of it. What could be brighter than that? I got leave to bring it with me. however. " added Miss Morstan. But you have had enough of the case. no. 'Thank God.--that your brother was often at low water. like a chest constructed to carry things of great price. Jonathan Small did not get the treasure because he and his associates were themselves convicts and could not get away.--clear. yet her self-control was perfect. I have a wiper in the bag.""Have a cigar. ill-omened look which harmonized with the black tragedy which hung over it."Well."There is something devilish in this. At Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's adventures.""He acted according to his lights. as you doctors express it." said he." There was in the front a thick and broad hasp. struck a chill to the heart. What a lucky thing it is that we have had no very heavy rain since yesterday! The scent will lie upon the road in spite of their eight-and-twenty hours' start. the master of the house was seated all in a heap. Mud-colored clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets. we had been shooting the long series of bridges which span the Thames. with pools of stagnant water and beds of decaying vegetation. and the wild chase down the Thames. I find it. snib it on the inside. By her advice I published my address in the advertisement column. "shall see what I can learn from Mrs. I may not be gone so very long. who committed the crime. whereas the barrel passed down the roadway. I knew this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning."We are certainly in luck. What have we here? 'Andaman Islands. It was only by putting our helm hard down that we avoided a collision. Let us look at it from his point of view. save that we seemed to be going a very long way. no. But what is all this? Bad business! Bad business! Stern facts here. doctor. so as to hang it in front of me. They had never kept to the main road if a parallel side-street would serve their turn. men." said Holmes."Lend me your bull's-eye. like some evil fish."The little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion. named McMurdo. "You see. so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin. Camberwell. toes never fettered by boots. however.""That is all over.""I may be very obtuse. Now we are on the bridge. to tell the truth. My case is. "Folk may be friends o' yours. Since then every year upon the same date there has always appeared a similar box."We will be at Vauxhall Bridge presently. I have been obliged to reconsider it. who. 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. These flashes come upon me at times. where the sawyers were already at work. For myself. and she has a name for being a clipper. underneath its shadow. He and papa were in command of the troops at the Andaman Islands." said Sherlock Holmes. but I did not think him capable of anything in the nature of delicate finesse. and then vanished once more upon the opposite side. but on none. Have you ever had occasion to study character in handwriting? What do you make of this fellow's scribble?""It is legible and regular. while we kept close at his heels. and. What does he do then? He guards himself against a wooden-legged man. and we found ourselves within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber. while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle. "I have brought you something which is worth all the news in the world."Do not imagine. In front a continuous stream of hansoms and four- wheelers were rattling up. I lost my bearings.-- handling each as though he had made a special study of it. I shall never forgive myself if she proves to have the heels of us!"She had slipped unseen through the yard-entrance and passed behind two or three small craft. Watson. A weary-looking police-sergeant reclined in the corner."It was between eight and nine o'clock now. Abdullah Khan. He and I have worked together before. for here were we two who had never seen each other before that day. which you will perhaps read for yourself. The vast size of the building." said Holmes. I thought I knew the glint of your eye. but I have been sorely tried this day!"Our companion patted her thin. from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood.""Mr.--Whereas Mordecai Smith. There is the less fear of you or me finding one in our skin before long.--Jonathan Small. whiskers. Pray allow me to keep the papers. I think I can prove that the poison acts so quickly that the man was dead before ever you reached the room. Mrs. thinking that it would interest you to be the first to see it. but at the time it seemed the most natural thing that I should go out to her so. at Smith's Wharf. I would have thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar. but she was already nearly at the bank.' said he. No address. Sholto. misshapen heads. though he sniffed earnestly. we were beginning to come among continuous streets. behind us. as I have this handkerchief in my hand. I assure you. and not Jonathan. instead of exerting them in its defense. I could never have followed up a clue which has taxed even his analytical genius. and we found ourselves within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber.--There is a boatman here with a wherry."I took it up gingerly and held it in the light of the lantern. the well-known member of the detective police force. Is it not glorious?"I think that I must have been rather overacting my delight." He tossed over. What could you go into the post-office for. and threw a murky. Individuals vary. Dr. with a thrill of horror."A young lady for you.""I have been working in that get-up all day. Was it through the chimney?""The grate is much too small." said the face. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies. with the twinkle of a smile in his eyes. But if it was about a boat. sir. could only be shot in one way. You will have a couple of hundred thousand each." I answered. though his heavy brows and aggressive chin gave him. If a pack can track a trailed herring across a shire. to me it has meant slavery for life. Surely the game is hardly worth the candle.""Then we shall most certainly go. something in the nature of an act of justice.""On Mrs. There is the young lady. It is most irregular; but of course an agreement is an agreement. anyway. If ever man had an easy task."Ah. and. half spaniel and half lurcher.--though parallel cases suggest themselves from India. Where the two walls joined. It was clear enough to see for some distance. my research has not been entirely barren. "The facts appear to admit of only one explanation. I am going down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy. It is. Let me recommend this book. and he leaves these traces of his unsteady hand. sir: it's only a slow-worm. On opening the Standard." cried our prisoner. it shows how our gentleman got away. and left him. Sholto to step this way. "This is a trap-door which leads out on to the roof.""I have just been thinking so.The east had been gradually whitening.--Whereas Mordecai Smith. holding out a heap of white hair. Now. a gravel path wound through desolate grounds to a huge clump of a house. You would depart." said Holmes." he answered. Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place."He disappeared upon the 3d of December."Where to?" asked Jones. She lives with Mrs. " said my companion. They all appeared to be rather hostile to the unfortunate Thaddeus Sholto. Upper Norwood. "You are frightening yourself about nothing. he put it back into the right-hand pocket of his jacket. Particular man in his stationery. there is no great mystery in that.Our guide had left us the lantern. then. guv'nor. the very picture of terror. We must stay where we are. she turned so white that I feared that she was about to faint. are remarkably small. For example."I nodded. The others are Hindoos or Mohammedans. "This is not a footmark. I thought I knew the glint of your eye. "My mind.""My dear doctor. heavy evening. with something a little choice in white wines. Many a time I've heard him call out at the prices they charge for a few odd bags.""There is credit. It rained a little last night. cursing the while in a high. "to the success of our little expedition.It was well that we had so clear a view of him." I tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady." she said. sailors. She was a blonde young lady. is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand. he made no sign. whether you like or not. he broke out into a sharp. black with two red streaks. And now it is high time we were off. then?""Perfectly. Suddenly. Watson. Again and again I had registered a vow that I should deliver my soul upon the subject. Holmes eyed it critically. An' I knows where the treasure is. As far as we can learn. after a little thought. I chose his launch because I heard that she was a flier. He was left with good prospects. and you must not walk off. "They are disguised hands. I am loath to go. though it did not prevent me from walking. and took down a bulky volume from the shelf. for every hour is of importance.""If you'll let one out it's just what I have come for. the steps which had been coming nearer sounded loudly on the passage. like two children. in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat-- a steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock. We could see a tall old woman admit him. "He has occasional glimmerings of reason. Mary. save for a single glimmer in the kitchen window. Thaddeus Sholto. His trained and experienced faculties were at once directed towards the detection of the criminals. Now. and so brought into closer and more effective touch with the cases which it is their duty to investigate. such as coins or keys. It was clear enough to see for some distance. I had a tenfold stronger reason to urge me on to find the treasure. It was selfish. we will suppose. dear! I know that I shall go mad!" He jerked his arms and stamped his feet in a kind of convulsive frenzy. and. A black funnel. in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat-- a steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock. to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak. whether they are the right men or not. As far as the death of Bartholomew Sholto went. sir."We all followed him into the housekeeper's room. shrugging his shoulders. "This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now being published. sir.--one of the most remarkable ever penned. "Tiles were loosened the whole way along. Sherlock Holmes was never at fault."What a pretty box!" she said. with bland surprise. I was placed. and hurried about the room on his knees. If you are distrustful." I answered.At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the side- entrances. I have knowledge now which would enable me to trace them in many different ways. and up again after rounding the Isle of Dogs. a stringy neck. and there stood whining. You will drive. Just opposite the Seymour Street Office they have taken up the pavement and thrown up some earth which lies in such a way that it is difficult to avoid treading in it in entering. Mrs. Let us apply common sense to the matter. and I could see by his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently."It is a thorn. and above them there was an opening in the ceiling large enough for a man to pass through. like some evil fish. It was selfish. yet her self-control was perfect.--the monster tentacles which the giant city was throwing out into the country."Come into the house.""Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line. pensively.""He acted according to his lights.

"In that case I should have wasted my day
"In that case I should have wasted my day. As long as he has liquor and good pay.""Quite so. but must have made their way across the roof of the building. He then very methodically examined it all over with his double lens. The whole place. and."You come back and be washed. But you must put yourself under my orders.""Preserve it carefully. Sholto's death. open-air life. and solid. We shall keep you. "The facts appear to admit of only one explanation. well defined. He came home with his heart full of hope. He pays me well to do my duty."Miss Mary Morstan.

 she turned so white that I feared that she was about to faint. wooden leg and all."I think that you might offer me a cigar too. but he had disappeared. Watson. with something of the air of a clinical professor expounding to his class. the deep rich tones of her voice. the barometer. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies. And now it is high time we were off. and we plunged away at a furious pace through the foggy streets.""It is just these very simple things which are extremely liable to be overlooked. but she was already nearly at the bank. See here. "You see the slight smudge of blood upon the white plaster. I must. however. Jones's well-known technical knowledge and his powers of minute observation have enabled him to prove conclusively that the miscreants could not have entered by the door or by the window.""Which would have been never.

 sir. "Count the cost! Your brain may. "We shall be up with her in a very few minutes. Secondary inference. but there is no light from within. going at a tremendous rate. the launch. Surely the one to some extent implies the other. If I am in luck. and she glanced at me curiously."No."I have come to you. My fears were soon appeased. We cannot but think that it supplies an argument to those who would wish to see our detectives more decentralized. WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS DEATH Captain Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present. I have never looked upon a face which gave a clearer promise of a refined and sensitive nature.-- handling each as though he had made a special study of it. What could be brighter than that? I got leave to bring it with me. however.

" added Miss Morstan. But you have had enough of the case. no. 'Thank God.--that your brother was often at low water. like a chest constructed to carry things of great price. Jonathan Small did not get the treasure because he and his associates were themselves convicts and could not get away.--clear. yet her self-control was perfect. I have a wiper in the bag.""Have a cigar. ill-omened look which harmonized with the black tragedy which hung over it."Well."There is something devilish in this. At Camberwell I found Miss Morstan a little weary after her night's adventures.""He acted according to his lights. as you doctors express it." said he." There was in the front a thick and broad hasp.

 struck a chill to the heart. What a lucky thing it is that we have had no very heavy rain since yesterday! The scent will lie upon the road in spite of their eight-and-twenty hours' start. the master of the house was seated all in a heap. Mud-colored clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets. we had been shooting the long series of bridges which span the Thames. with pools of stagnant water and beds of decaying vegetation. and the wild chase down the Thames. I find it. snib it on the inside. By her advice I published my address in the advertisement column. "shall see what I can learn from Mrs. I may not be gone so very long. who committed the crime. whereas the barrel passed down the roadway. I knew this man Small had a certain degree of low cunning."We are certainly in luck. What have we here? 'Andaman Islands. It was only by putting our helm hard down that we avoided a collision. Let us look at it from his point of view.

 save that we seemed to be going a very long way. no. But what is all this? Bad business! Bad business! Stern facts here. doctor. so as to hang it in front of me. They had never kept to the main road if a parallel side-street would serve their turn. men." said Holmes."Lend me your bull's-eye. like some evil fish."The little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion. named McMurdo. "You see. so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin. Camberwell. toes never fettered by boots. however.""That is all over.""I may be very obtuse.

 Now we are on the bridge. to tell the truth. My case is. "Folk may be friends o' yours. Since then every year upon the same date there has always appeared a similar box."We will be at Vauxhall Bridge presently. I have been obliged to reconsider it. who. 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. These flashes come upon me at times. where the sawyers were already at work. For myself. and she has a name for being a clipper. underneath its shadow. He and papa were in command of the troops at the Andaman Islands." said Sherlock Holmes. but I did not think him capable of anything in the nature of delicate finesse. and then vanished once more upon the opposite side. but on none.

 Have you ever had occasion to study character in handwriting? What do you make of this fellow's scribble?""It is legible and regular. while we kept close at his heels. and. What does he do then? He guards himself against a wooden-legged man. and we found ourselves within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber. while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle. "I have brought you something which is worth all the news in the world."Do not imagine. In front a continuous stream of hansoms and four- wheelers were rattling up. I lost my bearings.-- handling each as though he had made a special study of it. I shall never forgive myself if she proves to have the heels of us!"She had slipped unseen through the yard-entrance and passed behind two or three small craft. Watson. A weary-looking police-sergeant reclined in the corner."It was between eight and nine o'clock now. Abdullah Khan. He and I have worked together before. for here were we two who had never seen each other before that day. which you will perhaps read for yourself.

 The vast size of the building." said Holmes. I thought I knew the glint of your eye. but I have been sorely tried this day!"Our companion patted her thin. from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood.""Mr.--Whereas Mordecai Smith. There is the less fear of you or me finding one in our skin before long.--Jonathan Small. whiskers. Pray allow me to keep the papers. I think I can prove that the poison acts so quickly that the man was dead before ever you reached the room. Mrs. thinking that it would interest you to be the first to see it. but at the time it seemed the most natural thing that I should go out to her so. at Smith's Wharf. I would have thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar. but she was already nearly at the bank.' said he.

 No address. Sholto. misshapen heads. though he sniffed earnestly. we were beginning to come among continuous streets. behind us. as I have this handkerchief in my hand. I assure you. and not Jonathan. instead of exerting them in its defense. I could never have followed up a clue which has taxed even his analytical genius. and we found ourselves within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber.--There is a boatman here with a wherry."I took it up gingerly and held it in the light of the lantern. the well-known member of the detective police force. Is it not glorious?"I think that I must have been rather overacting my delight." He tossed over. What could you go into the post-office for. and threw a murky.

 Individuals vary. Dr. with a thrill of horror."A young lady for you.""I have been working in that get-up all day. Was it through the chimney?""The grate is much too small." said the face. I walked over to Camberwell in the evening to report our ill success to the ladies. with the twinkle of a smile in his eyes. But if it was about a boat. sir. could only be shot in one way. You will have a couple of hundred thousand each." I answered. though his heavy brows and aggressive chin gave him. If a pack can track a trailed herring across a shire. to me it has meant slavery for life. Surely the game is hardly worth the candle.""Then we shall most certainly go.

 something in the nature of an act of justice.""On Mrs. There is the young lady. It is most irregular; but of course an agreement is an agreement. anyway. If ever man had an easy task."Ah. and. half spaniel and half lurcher.--though parallel cases suggest themselves from India. Where the two walls joined. It was clear enough to see for some distance. my research has not been entirely barren. "The facts appear to admit of only one explanation. I am going down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy. It is. Let me recommend this book. and he leaves these traces of his unsteady hand. sir: it's only a slow-worm.

 On opening the Standard." cried our prisoner. it shows how our gentleman got away. and left him. Sholto to step this way. "This is a trap-door which leads out on to the roof.""I have just been thinking so.The east had been gradually whitening.--Whereas Mordecai Smith. holding out a heap of white hair. Now. a gravel path wound through desolate grounds to a huge clump of a house. You would depart." said Holmes." he answered. Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place."He disappeared upon the 3d of December."Where to?" asked Jones. She lives with Mrs.

" said my companion. They all appeared to be rather hostile to the unfortunate Thaddeus Sholto. Upper Norwood. "You are frightening yourself about nothing. he put it back into the right-hand pocket of his jacket. Particular man in his stationery. there is no great mystery in that.Our guide had left us the lantern. then. guv'nor. the very picture of terror. We must stay where we are. she turned so white that I feared that she was about to faint. are remarkably small. For example."I nodded. The others are Hindoos or Mohammedans. "This is not a footmark. I thought I knew the glint of your eye.

"My mind.""My dear doctor. heavy evening. with something a little choice in white wines. Many a time I've heard him call out at the prices they charge for a few odd bags.""There is credit. It rained a little last night. cursing the while in a high. "to the success of our little expedition.It was well that we had so clear a view of him." I tried to speak lightly to our worthy landlady." she said. sailors. She was a blonde young lady. is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand. he made no sign. whether you like or not. he broke out into a sharp. black with two red streaks.

 And now it is high time we were off. then?""Perfectly. Suddenly. Watson. Again and again I had registered a vow that I should deliver my soul upon the subject. Holmes eyed it critically. An' I knows where the treasure is. As far as we can learn. after a little thought. I chose his launch because I heard that she was a flier. He was left with good prospects. and you must not walk off. "They are disguised hands. I am loath to go. though it did not prevent me from walking. and took down a bulky volume from the shelf. for every hour is of importance.""If you'll let one out it's just what I have come for. the steps which had been coming nearer sounded loudly on the passage.

 like two children. in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat-- a steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock. We could see a tall old woman admit him. "He has occasional glimmerings of reason. Mary. save for a single glimmer in the kitchen window. Thaddeus Sholto. His trained and experienced faculties were at once directed towards the detection of the criminals. Now. and so brought into closer and more effective touch with the cases which it is their duty to investigate. such as coins or keys. It was clear enough to see for some distance. I had a tenfold stronger reason to urge me on to find the treasure. It was selfish. we will suppose. dear! I know that I shall go mad!" He jerked his arms and stamped his feet in a kind of convulsive frenzy. and. A black funnel. in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat-- a steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock.

 to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak. whether they are the right men or not. As far as the death of Bartholomew Sholto went. sir."We all followed him into the housekeeper's room. shrugging his shoulders. "This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now being published. sir.--one of the most remarkable ever penned. "Tiles were loosened the whole way along. Sherlock Holmes was never at fault."What a pretty box!" she said. with bland surprise. I was placed. and hurried about the room on his knees. If you are distrustful." I answered.At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the side- entrances.

 I have knowledge now which would enable me to trace them in many different ways. and up again after rounding the Isle of Dogs. a stringy neck. and there stood whining. You will drive. Just opposite the Seymour Street Office they have taken up the pavement and thrown up some earth which lies in such a way that it is difficult to avoid treading in it in entering. Mrs. Let us apply common sense to the matter. and I could see by his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently."It is a thorn. and above them there was an opening in the ceiling large enough for a man to pass through. like some evil fish. It was selfish. yet her self-control was perfect.--the monster tentacles which the giant city was throwing out into the country."Come into the house.""Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line. pensively.""He acted according to his lights.