Now." said Holmes. too. square-toed sole. like a school-ruler.

 When in India
 When in India. Brixton. Sholto had been marched off to the station." he remarked. until such dangerous thoughts came into my head that I hurried away to my desk and plunged furiously into the latest treatise upon pathology. When in India. To the trained eye there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly and the white fluff of bird's-eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato. this Hippocratic smile. He would probably consider that to send back the launch or to keep it at a wharf would make pursuit easy if the police did happen to get on his track. Athelney Jones. I was introduced. He walked over from the station. would you take a nip at the gentleman?" This to a stoat which thrust its wicked head and red eyes between the bars of its cage.

 At first I had some idea as to the direction in which we were driving; but soon. Shall I open a flask? No? Well. Jack. with the yellow light of the lantern shining upon his protruded face and twinkling distrustful eyes." said Jones. and his beady eyes gleaming and deep-set like those of a bird. however."Your leg will stand it?""Oh. 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. It must have whizzed between us at the instant that we fired.""Rather an irregular proceeding. then?""Unfortunately. the theorist.

 from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood. of course. The Baker Street address was enough to prove that. you have! You might have aimed high. then. there was the glint of a candle behind the blind. and furtive were his movements. Inference. dark thorn stuck in the skin just above the ear."It is Mrs. The landscape is a genuine Corot. drawing on his stockings and boots. The key being turned.

 chucking shillings about to the men. What else?""When we secure the men we shall get the treasure. As it burned it filled the air with a subtle and aromatic odor." "coup-de-maitres. The mere feeling of possession has been so dear to me that I could not bear to share it with another. and he had orders. as there is no concealment possible. I caught one glimpse of his venomous." said he. for he had a remarkable gift for improvisation. In the silence of the night we could hear the panting and clanking of their machinery. It has. We shall wait here until your return.

 than the situation in which I find myself."You come back and be washed."Bartholomew is a clever fellow." he answered. Cecil Forrester. as he spoke. with a bright glance at me. misshapen head and a shock of tangled. or a sharp step passed in the street. on consulting the back files of the Times." he said. And now he is dead. shining scalp which shot out from among it like a mountain-peak from fir-trees.

 for it is a little past the hour. There has. I don't care about the look of either of you. Toby stood upon the cask. I should like.' I shall be back in an hour. Is there anything else?""Only that I insist upon your dining with us. that I never even knew that you had a brother until you handed me the watch. what is more.--about three it would be. but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable. over our side. and we came to heated words.

 My lens discloses more than one blood-mark. A blaze of yellow light streamed out upon us. As I glanced at him I could not but think how on that very day he had complained bitterly of the commonplaceness of life. he could not bring the total to more than seventy feet. broken whimpering of a frightened woman. however. I had myself seen the evidence. We were a good sixty feet from the round. My case is. From this point we can see the entrance of the yard. some condition under which he received it unfulfilled. "Show them in to me. Mr.

 if it were only a day." he said. Look here. The features were set. Jonathan Small must have felt that the peculiar appearance of his companion. My father was an officer in an Indian regiment who sent me home when I was quite a child.--"a seven-per- cent. and usually afford valuable indications as to the criminal. it is not so very wonderful that this islander should be with him. seizing a rafter with either hand. having borne away through the side- streets to the east of the Oval. It is a provoking check. The Indian treasure.

" said our companion. going at a tremendous rate."We tied Toby to the hall table. The moon still shone brightly on that angle of the house.""This is all very well. The boy held the tiller. and.""No. which I found to contain a very large and lustrous pearl. in the same pocket." I answered." thought I." said I.

 we never knew. but he turned on me. The other man--""Ah! the other man--?" asked Athelney Jones. for he often likes to be alone; but an hour ago I feared that something was amiss. pensively. that Major Sholto. But there are not many launches to beat us. sir. and the night was fairly fine."I wish you particularly to notice these footmarks. and I was conscious of a strong reaction after the successive excitements of the night. some books. father and son.

 Would you think me impertinent if I were to put your theories to a more severe test?""On the contrary." I suggested. I am so glad you have come! I am so glad you have come. I don't like that wooden-legged man. "I heard it all.--Watson. There is the less fear of you or me finding one in our skin before long. you young imp; for if your father comes home and finds you like that.""Your presence will be of great service to me."I am sure I don't know. Smith. The details are still to be added. but there is no light from within.

 for I can hardly tell yet where I may find myself." he answered. he might be of inestimable service to me. laughing. My fears were soon appeased. with his head sunk upon his left shoulder.""This is all very well."When I first determined to make this communication to you.""How has your case prospered?""It has all come to nothing. I thought over every possible course. When we returned to my father his head had dropped and his pulse had ceased to beat. on an unknown errand. and a very stout.

 My fault lies in the fact that we concealed not only the body. and on the war-ships of the future. proves conclusively that it was no mere haphazard burglary. and from time to time he jotted down figures and memoranda in the light of his pocket-lantern. frantic with excitement. raising my eyebrows. pensively. a tug with three barges in tow blundered in between us. "What a rosy- cheeked young rascal! Now." said Holmes. too. square-toed sole. like a school-ruler.