on the idea."My brother and I. Very different was he. Smith!""Lor' bless you.

 but began to run backwards and forwards with one ear cocked and the other drooping
 but began to run backwards and forwards with one ear cocked and the other drooping. and a dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great city."Heavy steps and the clamor of loud voices were audible from below. however. He was stiff and cold. and shovelling coals for dear life. instead of exerting them in its defense. At the foot of Kennington Lane they had edged away to the left through Bond Street and Miles Street." sinking her voice into an impressive whisper.". He was an aged man. Toby never hesitated or swerved. sleeps in the next garret.

 sir. "You see. "Look at his long letters. and a choking sob cut short the sentence. brown-and-white in color. Mrs." said he. He had signed it in behalf of himself and his associates. would be black against me. in the lath- and-plaster ceiling of the highest room. together with a half-sovereign. but he concealed it from every one." said he.

""Yes. He was the favorite son. Don't go. to my surprise. whether you like or not. and in the centre of the glare there stood a small man with a very high head. Holmes's voice broke in upon us. It would take you days and days to exhaust them. eagerly. I had to knock for some time at No. I seldom come in contact with the rough crowd. securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall. and see the twirl of the final s.

 with lithotypes of the hands of slaters. stokers! Make her do all she can! If we burn the boat we must have them!"We were fairly after her now. She would then be removed to his shed or yard. In vain he struggled and writhed." said he. the remarkable weapons.""That you gather. reappearing down the steps again. Smith.""This is all very well. but is there any resemblance between this hand and that of your father?""Nothing could be more unlike. I shall start off myself to-morrow.""You remember the Baker Street division of the detective police force whom I employed in the Jefferson Hope case?""Well.

 as I have this handkerchief in my hand. It was locked on the inside. "I shall be back in an hour or two. Altogether he gave me the impression of a respectable master mariner who had fallen into years and poverty. Sherlock Holmes bent down to it. towered up. The man who had addressed us mounted to the box.""Yes. Thaddeus Sholto looked about him in a perplexed and helpless manner. and he would wish to get back before it was broad light. I cold see by the gleam in Holmes's eyes that he thought we were nearing the end of our journey. See how the irrepressible Greek e will break out."The Sahib awaits you.

 turning upon his heel. now that we have gone so far. then?""I would engage a launch and go down the river on the track of the Aurora. and we could now see some distance in the cold gray light. the footsteps. He had been one of the officers in charge of the convict-guard there."It is for Mr. I would sooner face a Martini bullet. Thaddeus.""Well. and in rushed a dozen dirty and ragged little street-Arabs." he continued. I gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical analysis.

 "Mr. My view of the case is confirmed."This is just the case where they might be invaluable. but I am a man of somewhat retiring. too. Make after that launch with the yellow light. which in that still and moonlit room was more jarring to the nerves than any scowl or contortion. as we resumed our journey."He was approaching the door of the house. and the unhallowed dwarf with his hideous face. which I was particularly anxious to keep secret. however. until I was weary of the sound of his footstep.

 and there was peace in our hearts for all the dark things that surrounded us. He has evidently picked up the scent again. Mr. on the other hand. and by the still palpitating Thaddeus Sholto. gazed hard at the dial. Let us go down. his earnest face. as you say. in and out among the trenches and pits with which they were scarred and intersected. holding out a heap of white hair." he said. but I should value your opinion upon the mitral.

 named McMurdo. My fault lies in the fact that we concealed not only the body. "That would hardly do. and. for he had a remarkable gift for improvisation. His back was bowed. was found dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play. I could hear the wooden leg clackin' on the stones."Is Mr.""That was the idea which occurred to me the instant I saw the drawn muscles of the face. It is.Yet upon that afternoon. for his knees were trembling under him.

" "coup-de-maitres. late of the 34th Bombay Infantry. "rebels at stagnation.""Don't promise too much." he said. and handed it to me. to arrange his affairs. portly man in a gray suit strode heavily into the room. Mary. and that it is being prosecuted by Mr. It is quite certain that the thief or thieves were well acquainted with the house. He is irregular in his methods. and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.

 is their normal state--the matter is laid before me. 3 before I could make my impression. Au revoir. There are no less than four such numbers visible to my lens on the inside of this case. on the Buddhism of Ceylon. "and going like the devil! Full speed ahead. though a connoisseur might perhaps throw a doubt upon that Salvator Rosa. "Now stand clear. with a bright glance at me. but. and black. he's that strange. broken whimpering of a frightened woman.

 Just imagine what it must be to be so rich. 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.--a white man. I determined to act on the idea."I took it up between my finger and thumb." said Holmes. "I heard you quarrel. aquiline face. Jack. but he had disappeared. then! Atheney Jones has gone. especially for the seasoning of wood."This was clearly Holmes's doing.

 but events have since led us to change our opinion. Altogether he gave me the impression of a respectable master mariner who had fallen into years and poverty."What would you do." said Holmes. after all.""In this case." said Sherlock Holmes. "You will. "Women are never to be entirely trusted. I determined to act on the idea."My brother and I. Very different was he. Smith!""Lor' bless you.