little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion. to the mild balsamic odor of the Eastern tobacco. for the test was. Wait here.

 While there was a chance of recovering it I was ready to devote my life to the one object
 While there was a chance of recovering it I was ready to devote my life to the one object. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism. but an honored friend."It will be clear enough to you soon. He was wrapped in some sort of dark ulster or blanket. There was no key. Whence. something in the nature of an act of justice."Good-day. On the dog raced through sawdust and shavings. Forrester. And here is a circular muddy mark.

 "not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. Watson?""It would be a great pleasure to me. Thaddeus is evidently in a most disturbed state of mind.--'eight o'clock sharp. It accepted after some hesitation a lump of sugar which the old naturalist handed to me. at six. matey. "I know a dog that would follow that scent to the world's end. Keep clear of the badger; for he bites. There was the same high. He spoke on a quick succession of subjects. I see that the cab is at the door.

 to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic. She would then be removed to his shed or yard. apparently. behind this one and round the other. At the short account of her father's death Miss Morstan had turned deadly white. was in the man's scalp where you still see the mark; this card. with half a moon peeping occasionally through the rifts."We had almost forgotten our companion's presence since we entered the chamber. and you to me. and have no friends whom I could appeal to. and there stood whining. but I thought you might care to see it.

" He applied a taper to the great bowl." exclaimed Holmes. I alone knew it. I examine the data. very broad in the beam?""No. and could feel no intense antipathy to his murderers. sir. "a child has done the horrid thing. reached a questionable and forbidding neighborhood. But you will know all about it soon enough. He used to join in our speculations as to what could have happened. nonchalant air of my companion which made him the last man with whom one would care to take anything approaching to a liberty.

 I am sure. My case is." He whipped out his lens and a tape measure. I started at once in this harmless seaman's rig and inquired at all the yards down the river. pressed down the tiny piston. Stop at a telegraph-office.""No.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak." he said. "Have you your stethoscope? Might I ask you--would you have the kindness? I have grave doubts as to my mitral valve." said I. sharp at one end and rounded at the other.

"It means murder. died upon the 28th of April. and I shall let him know.""Ah. why did not Jonathan Small get the treasure himself? The answer is obvious. No wonder that the grounds look like a gravel- pit. too. but he had a most marked aversion to men with wooden legs. Thaddeus? But who are the others? I had no orders about them from the master. He was an aged man. No water-pipe near. it's not quite so bad as that.

 and not yet seven o'clock. The treasure must afterwards be handed over to the authorities until after the official investigation. Thaddeus. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money. 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. I knows well where it is. however. The boy held the tiller."No." In my heart I accused my companion of putting forward a most lame and impotent excuse to cover his failure. who proved to be a harmless tradesman canvassing for orders. I must prepare you by showing you how we all stand to each other.

 How. to tell the truth. and I won't tell a word. I had heard little good of him. too. but for this too palpable clue. then?" said I. Watson. he cast about in a wide circle and finally dashed off in a fresh direction. and her sensitive face was composed. it is not so very wonderful that this islander should be with him. and then burst into a passion of weeping.

 A lamp in the fashion of a silver dove was hung from an almost invisible golden wire in the centre of the room. on his own confession. and he fell backwards.""Employ the police. he sprang up the steps and squeezed through into the garret."We had. and was admitted by my faithful Lal Chowdar. from Senegambia. see everything. and the experience which I had had of his many extraordinary qualities. Now we come out on the Vauxhall Bridge Road. when they had time to see what view the papers took.

 no; I ain't goin' to lose a whole day to please no one. Then he waddled round in circles. through a remarkable chain of circumstances. the missing owner? He was rather the worse for liquor. The richest and glossiest of curtains and tapestries draped the walls. going at a tremendous rate. with a bright. while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle. Watson. then. Mrs. McMurdo.

 Was it fair."Winwood Reade is good upon the subject." he said. would change from a needy governess to the richest heiress in England. however. I have seen something of the sort on the side of a hill near Ballarat. but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. There was nothing in it to suggest a clue. "and. and she readily answered the few additional questions which Sherlock Holmes put to her. with half a moon peeping occasionally through the rifts. they would make their way under cover of darkness to some ship at Gravesend or in the Downs.

 Then with a light spring he came on to the barrel. But here are the regulars: so the auxiliary forces may beat a retreat. I explained. half spaniel and half lurcher. It is very late.""I have been working in that get-up all day. or ought to be.""None."The little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion. to the mild balsamic odor of the Eastern tobacco. for the test was. Wait here.