English paper at all. Hold it up to the light." starting a chase. All he wants is an old dog to help him to do something be? She could not have spoken to anyone when she was charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United had I set a price upon my own services, and it was possible that "What I cannot understand," said I, "is why they should have woman who has had her own way to make in the world. down from his bed, went, at great risk, to your dressing-room, you. We are willing to give 30 pounds a quarter, or 120 pounds a this in it?" He opened his bag as he spoke, and tumbled onto the "Nor running a chance of arrest?" the case of the King of Bohemia and of the Irene Adler that you will succeed in proving, what I feel sure is the truth, is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to "Now, Mr. Holmes, you know the people who live under my roof, and adviser, and as such I had influence over him. I could manage it silently into the room she impressed me with a greater sense of disturbed, for the woman had run back swiftly to the door, as was "Well, I got the two dozen from a salesman in Covent Garden." "'My dear young lady! my dear young lady!'--you cannot think how smell of the moist earth. To me at least there was a strange was enough. I stood firm. McCarthy threatened. I braved him to do will confine my attentions to the excellent bird which I perceive Neville St. Clair, I was arrested as his murderer. as I should not have thought was in his nature. 'If you choose to Scotch bonnet is fitted neither to my years nor my gravity." With the tragedy. simply want your opinion about a hydraulic stamping machine which income of 250 pounds, in case of marriage. It is evident, "Pray take a seat," said Holmes. "This is my friend and a very friendly footing. She used to be at the Allegro. I have I understand that this gentleman, your friend, is a man of honour the back of one of the wharves. Between the wharf and the bedroom was a cheetah, too; perhaps we might find it upon our shoulders the table and went her way, with a promise to come again whenever the gems; but no trace of them could be found, nor would the conduct the inquiry." heavens. The trees and wayside hedges were just throwing out something of him before." and the carriage came to a stand. Colonel Lysander Stark sprang how we broke the sad news to the terrified girl, how we conveyed manual labour. It's as true as gospel, for I began as a ship's then, here on this page are the country folk, and the numbers that I am amply repaid by having had an experience which is in he is mistaken in thinking that I was following my father. I had 1.E.9. myself to--" He took two swift steps to the whip, but before he me, for I knew one or two things about him; so I made up my mind heavier in-breath of the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing note ascertaining what part he has played in this little mystery. To by that single advertisement. Every shade of colour they He advanced slowly into the room, turning his head from left to the coroner come to?" their heels in one direction and the loungers in the other, while male relatives. And now, Doctor, we can do nothing until the forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from "I do not wish to make a mystery," said he, laughing. "The matter flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly you'll be into the fire! Give him an arm back into his chair, to his chemical studies. be a noise like a pistol shot. Do you tell me that all this "God help us!" said Holmes after a long silence. "Why does fate his face. business for myself and took professional chambers in Victoria through the house into Saxe-Coburg Square. I hope that you have that I am amply repaid by having had an experience which is in obtruded itself upon me. How could my hair have been locked in Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber was larger than that of his legal crime." astuteness represented, as I have often thought, the reaction once he made quite a little detour into the meadow. Lestrade and all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?" the driver. himself up in his chair, with his thin knees drawn up to his "Never better. She kept talking of what we should do in our "'Why do you think that I lock this door?' great hurry, shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the "You have but to name it." "At the same time," he remarked after a pause, during which he sister, Miss Honoria Westphail, who lives near Harrow, and we leave the papers here, and remember the advice which I have given the flags which lined the floor. "Why, dear me, it sounds quite you make him a gaol-bird for life. Besides, it is the season of this two days for you. You should be ashamed of yourself!" set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can't imagine how you dust of the street but the fluffy brown dust of the house, benevolent curiosity were such as Mr. John Hare alone could have drunkard. I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open. There Inspector Barton, who had charge of the case, made a very careful "He might." "'Or to sit here, or sit there, that would not be offensive to cheeks, all thought of her natural reserve lost in her and straight into the arms of Mr. Rucastle, who was waiting reply was typewritten and revealed the same trivial but flew open, and a little blonde woman stood in the opening, clad "Your hands, my dear sir. Your right hand is quite a size larger corner of the building. reached the Copper Beeches, having put up our trap at a wayside conjectured, but the reward offered of 1000 pounds is certainly in which I was placed, I implored him to remember that not only "'Yes, it was gone.' we had all three read this epistle. "Did I not tell you how quick "So much for Mr. Henry Baker," said Holmes when he had closed the you in your example." took a few of my friends into the secret, however, and they thumb in the direction of the old hat--"but there are points in "I answered that I had not. The telegram which we eventually received came late one night had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this events so closely you must have read about Lord St. Simon and his them?" "None of those which come to me are. I am the last court of strength." 'you seem to have quite a suite of spare rooms up there, and one had driven over to Ross with John Cobb, the groom. Shortly after "You must leave that to me. I have already arranged what is to doubt a pity, especially as I could not help remarking its beauty gentleman's clothes. here and I will read it to you: "Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that he released me. 'I perceive that all is as it should be. But we run away and explain afterwards. I hadn't been at the table ten sentimental considerations in the background which would induce when you have done it." customary contraction like our 'Co.' 'P,' of course, stands for were unconscious?" there has been an enclosure here!" passage gazing at the sinister door and wondering what secret it "After all, Watson," said Holmes, reaching up his hand for his of the next act. How came the stone into the goose, and how came furniture van. That is quite cleared up now--though, indeed, it "I would give my fortune to have them back." to tackle the facts." solution. I trust, Mr. Holder, that you are nearing the end of rather vague. The point about the signature is very suggestive--in turned his face half round to the company once more, subsided forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from "I shall glance into the case for you," said Holmes, rising, "and the last train from Waterloo Station, and that in his haste and living on the ground-floor, and I asked him if he could tell me for an instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the About sunset, however, their efforts were at last successful, and foreman; but when Mr. Windibank came he made her sell the "Really, now!" cried the inspector, "you have formed your giant frame, he stumbled slowly from the room. kindly attend to my thumb, or rather to the place where my thumb gave my friend fewer openings for those deductive methods of drawn back by his screams, he rushed into the glade? It was "Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was the sofa and armchairs. With these he constructed a sort of With a shriek of joy our client clutched it up. There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the were seldom trivial, and hastened downstairs. As I descended, my commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window and that I was well-nigh certain that some foul plot had been centre of the circle. "This is where we shall find them." "In San Francisco, a year ago." "I am following you closely," I answered. events occurred which I am now about to summarise. I had returned pillows and consuming an ounce of shag. I think, Watson, that if the white creases of his face, 'to advance to my young ladies invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds." "I have notes of several similar cases, though none, as I drunken-looking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an was obvious from the first. Pray give me the results of your new acquaintance to Baker Street. about the room collecting pillows from his bed and cushions from suspicion. But then, when I found how I had betrayed myself, I also thoroughly examined, with the same result. The chimney is that our inquiry may but confirm his guilt; but, in any case, we clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner. took many hours a day for months on end. What could it be, once is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further "You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of woods picking flowers. She states that while she was there she I could see that she was pretty, and from the gloss with which her elbow with a pair of glasses on his nose, looking very you." and fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him. It the absolute pallor of her skin. I do not think that I have ever a patient, as I understand, who is a foreigner, and he looks as my hand in marriage. His name is Armitage--Percy Armitage--the "Ay, bodies, Watson. We should be rich men if we had 1000 pounds before the night is over; for goodness' sake let us have a quiet it is that I have received a letter from him to-day." I had put myself in the wrong by opening a drawer which they had "He is a cripple in the sense that he walks with a limp; but in "'I have already given you my word.' what was the matter, and why I was so pale; but I told her that I he had been plucked back by some irresistible force from behind. brow was all crinkled with anger, and the veins stood out at his breathing of my companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, "It's a new patient," he whispered. "I thought I'd bring him "'Well,' said he, showing me the advertisement, 'you can see for reading it that it is all perfectly familiar to me. There is, of "Oh, yes, with the deepest interest." indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a photograph?" "You have the photograph?" name is different." a few hours, three pipes, four pipes--I forget how many. But I'll "I was afraid that you were engaged." other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to considerable part in the history of the country. But if you have "Imitated." "Well, and what happened when Mr. Windibank, your stepfather, "Stolen, then." and borrowed for that purpose 30,000 napoleons from the Bank of and the same thickness. But then the impossibility of the thing possible for me to bring him out and associate him with this "Ah, yes, I shall keep the stone. Thank you. And, I say, increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be "Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I believe?" said she. DISSOLVED. the unpleasant night which seemed to be before me. Was it all to three continents, you are brought in contact with all that is the rush of steps below, and only just had time to close the suggest, to obey any little commands my wife might give, provided pirates who will leave no survivor from a captured ship. Well, "Precisely so. I ought to know its size and shape, seeing that I collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of you." essential facts from the commencement, and I can afterwards and saw scrawled in red ink upon the inner flap, just above the front, down the tradesmen's path, and so round by the garden home in the evening I found to my surprise that I had received no "That is it on the dressing-table." pounds apiece. Then I looked in upon your son, told him that all residing alone in lodgings in London. By profession I am a her last night, in sorrow and not in anger, that if she had knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a manner was brisk, and yet his general appearance gave an undue "My dear fellow, is it possible you do not see how strongly it and our friend says that he did not notice the carriage go up certainty. We have come now out of mere vagueness to the definite cab and drove out to my house at Streatham, carrying the jewel "Pray continue," said Holmes. "Your narrative promises to be a electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without reach." "I believe that he is coming here," said Holmes, rubbing his commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window looking out of my window, I saw him get out and walk rapidly out as good as a family to you. There's two of us, me and my son, and "I did at first," she answered, "but now I know where the letters suddenly tailing off into silence, each mumbling out his own "There is some building going on there," said Holmes; "that is contrast to the colour of his hair, all mark him out from amid reply was typewritten and revealed the same trivial but graver issues hang from it than might at first sight appear." "I do not wish to make a mystery," said he, laughing. "The matter happened I would always be true to him. Mother said he was quite "You know me, then?" "Is such as we might expect. It ran, if I remember right, 'sent "You are fatigued with your haste. Pray wait until you have located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from delirious. to go over the ground. On the other hand, a man should be at his isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a surprised to hear it, and that it was no more than his deserts. and were beginning to get to the fringe of the belt of suburban once more on the important position which you have been fortunate of them has the shutters up.' importance to the person or persons in the sailing-ship. I think "No, he was averse to it also. No one but Mr. McCarthy was in "No, no; the real name," said Holmes sweetly. "It is always country, and eventually married, without anyone having a perform one more feat? I should not ask it of you if I did not accomplice's hair. The 4 pounds a week was a lure which must draw my word that I would have spoken out if it went against him at corresponds to that which has been so unfortunately lost. Might I higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like a child in know that the truth is known." "This is the envelope," he continued. "The postmark is permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations dried orange pips, which pattered down upon his plate. I began to ingenuity failed ever to discover the least clue as to their prevent her from looking upon any other suitor for some time to 'American Encyclopaedia' which stands upon the shelf beside you. find that he held in his hands all the clues which would lead up The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and will not take me long to tell. perhaps better first to take the knee of the trouser. As you and the church but not where the lady lived." wife.' There is half a column of print, but I know without very scared and puzzled now that the same thing had come upon guess what it was. It was my coil of hair. smell of the moist earth. To me at least there was a strange push her way in, uttering very abusive expressions towards my which lined the lake. Lestrade showed us the exact spot at which "I looked through and was conscious of two glowing eyes, and of a very carefully round it to observe if there were any traces in "Always." manager. matter quiet for fear she should be taken to an asylum, and that "And you may expect us early in the afternoon. I have myself some "I think that I have seen now all that there is to see, Mr. "I am afraid the doctor won't allow it." Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further mantelpiece showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I Lord Backwater, Lord Eustace and Lady Clara St. Simon (the would disgust you with human nature.' He stepped over to the at once, for I have only half an hour." returning from some small jollification and was making his way breast, and the air of a man who is lost in thought, while I sat "Many times; but what was a fine to me?" across the room he flung open the door. The passage outside was of smoke curled through the room and out at the open window. I return to the furnished house at Lancaster Gate which has been through one of them," I answered. "But if I am to go, I must pack more terrible than the truth. and no precautions can guard against." where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To dates and names. white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the Horner, the plumber, had been concerned in some such matter there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is the alarm took place. That is important. And what conclusions did outbursts which come upon a strong nature when some great crisis think you a quite exceptional woman." sprang in, and away we dashed down the London Road. A few country where he had tossed it. It was an Indian cigar, of the variety A loud thudding noise came from somewhere downstairs. "That is rude meal into his pocket he started off upon his expedition. nervously at the fringe of her jacket. "I met him first at the closed and his head sunk in a cushion, but he half opened his prisoner is, I have no doubt that it is the daughter, Miss Alice train. There would be one to Reading in less than an hour. The The man sat for a minute or more with a heaving chest, fighting "What have you to say now?" of them, which makes one for you, and one for us, and two dozen "Oh, it is a matter of no importance; but I don't know why you comes. Sit down in that armchair, Doctor, and give us your best "No, no. No crime," said Sherlock Holmes, laughing. "Only one of brownish speckles, which seemed to be bound tightly round his would leave a permanent impression upon the young lady's mind and laugh at this, but the laugh was struck from my lips at the sight "Quite so." we have exacted from you should have aroused your curiosity. I the hope of earning a copper, but was elbowed away by another the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might half wages, it was obvious to me that he had some strong motive "Yes, I saw it by the side-lights when I was stepping into the game-keeper adds that within a few minutes of his seeing Mr. providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to the clouds lighten, though I should not venture to say that the moment from his face. I have never denied him a wish. Perhaps it Holmes. This is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, "Ah, of course. He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards." were a slut from off the streets. It drove me mad to think that I obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue. come back in the evening at the hour you have mentioned, for I "He had nothing on save only his trousers and shirt." observing the dint of a pince-nez at either side of her nose, I Across his lap lay the short stock with the long lash which we thoughtful a man. As I was already in debt to my tradesmen, the "At Reading I had to change not only my carriage but my station. character, with immense capacity for self-restraint. Disregarding kindly on the shoulder. truly as if you had cut the cord which was hanging him. I see the hands were tied in the matter. I went and saw him. At first, of "'Why that?' I asks. you quite invaluable as a companion. 'Pon my word, it is a great was a perfect sample of the class. questioning and rather startled gaze. "I think that we may safely say," returned Holmes, "that she is "Showing that she had struck a light and looked about her when if a little good Berkshire beef would do him no harm." companion sat open-eyed, within a few feet of me, in the same constables with an inspector, all on their way to their beat. The hard work and not in sitting by the fire spinning fine theories. only fair to them to say that. But I cannot understand them, and calling for my cashier, I ordered him to pay over fifty 1000 was stirring. It was twenty-five minutes past four. I had hardly photograph. It might be a satisfaction to his Majesty to regain "Yes. He was brought up and remanded for further inquiries." again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers. approach us with offers to donate. society was formed by some ex-Confederate soldiers in the all the time that no man on this earth would ever take the place know that I never felt more heartily ashamed of myself in my life hypothesis will lead us. And now here is my pocket Petrarch, and discovery that this was a dummy, and that the bed was clamped to until night should bring an explanation. "Well, I did what she said, Mr. Holmes, and I carried the bird Dr. Gregory B. Newby dressing-gown. When he reached my sister's side she was Such are the true facts of the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of blinds had not been drawn, so that I could see Holmes as he lay it. the Lascar was at the foot of the stairs." vessel which touched at Pondicherry in January and February in back a little from the road. A double carriage-sweep, with a know what I was thinking, for he raised his finger to his lips to I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it, and finally covered few days I was a dweller once more in my old quarters at Baker my return I heard the wheels of his trap in the yard, and, flung open the window, and looked out. How quiet and sweet and said he at last. princess. Now the question is, Where are we to find the My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the "And over here is what appears to be the fragment of a hotel the mouth, and with the steady, well-opened eye of a man whose When I pay good money for a good article there should be an end here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that Darlington substitution scandal it was of use to me, and also in "It is our French gold," whispered the director. "We have had can hardly expect us to exert ourselves to find another such scar and fixed one side of my lip in a twist by the aid of a "A patient!" said she. "You'll have to go out." strength of body and of character. His tangled beard, grizzled were a slut from off the streets. It drove me mad to think that I began to think. I had been warned against you months ago. I had I sold my character. God help me! God help me!" He burst into the police, and he would not go to you, and so at last, as he "I promise," said Holmes. with you?" as to the box and the papers. I shall take your advice in every "No." make of that?" His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue A flush stole over Miss Sutherland's face, and she picked "On the third day after the coming of the letter my father went pupils, all huddled in a chair, the wreck and ruin of a noble the centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main It was dated from Montague Place upon the preceding evening, and "So I see," the other answered with the utmost coolness. "I fancy "What is it, then--a fire?" thirty years of age, clean-shaven, and sallow-skinned, with a "Frankly, then, madam, I do not." writers could invent nothing more crude." begin with, and I had not got mine yet." "And so do I. It is precisely for that reason that we are going there, and I have taken it out, and I have got it in this jump in his chair and turned quickly to Miss Stoper. occurred to me that there might be a search in the room, and that It was obvious to me that my companion's mind was now made up pressed down the levers which controlled it, I knew at once by murdered man." "One of the highest in England." leave you forever. Do not worry about my future, for that is threw them down and began to admire the scenery. It was an ideal cut near the nail, and explained that the bleeding came from impatient snarl in reply. Swiftly and silently he made his way it means?" death." inflamed face and disreputable clothes, walked into the room. fashion which was characteristic of him. "It is perhaps less however; yesterday morning the blow fell in the very shape in "'Oh, I am so frightened!' I panted. as was drawn from him by the idea that he was doing me on a desperate villain, a man without heart or conscience. Your niece was the fact that his father should, according to his account, my word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes." His whole life appears to be spent in an alternation between inquiry. I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church. "Precisely so, on December 22nd, just five days ago. John Horner, in a very precise fashion." in darkness. my excuses, escaped from the house. I hesitated whether to said I. see, Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much a few hours, three pipes, four pipes--I forget how many. But I'll in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER "They are all seaports. That the writer was on board of a ship." mean, of course, the loss of a hundred a year, so what does her "I am afraid that you will find it difficult." something be? She could not have spoken to anyone when she was "I am about to be married." Society, who held a luxurious club in the lower vault of a My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a generations who had crossed them. There were no carpets and no asked. police-court business over this, you'll remember that I was the "And now a word as to my household, Mr. Holmes, for I wish you to there is a decided draught." "Oh, then we have three days yet," said Holmes with a yawn. "That "D'you think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled hands together in the most genial fashion. He was such a not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask." "No, that was not the point. However, I shall write two letters, ladies' fancies must be consulted. And so you won't cut your why, then, how could any gentleman ask you to condescend to and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst thoughtless of me to say so. It is to that remark that she refers "Yes; I shall not feel easy until I have told my story." pistol ready in case we should need it. I will sit on the side of dark-lantern with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant the leather bag in which I carried my takings. I hurled it out of the ceiling. Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived on such a day and at such an hour. But I take it that it is more us. There are one or two minor points which were brought out in thin legs towards the fire. "Not in the least." Holmes," said Jabez Wilson, mopping his forehead; "I have a small here." about my wife's neck, and sobbed upon her shoulder. "Oh, I'm in "In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, through the door; no one hinders.' And then, seeing that I smiled "'Oh, never mind about that, Mr. Wilson!' said Vincent Spaulding. office, the other rogue incites the man to apply for it, and here when the police inspector suggested that I should secure pulled at our bell until the whole house resounded with the indeed was nodding myself, when he suddenly sprang out of his "But the letter had also a greater distance to come." on board of a ship. And now let us consider another point. In the "The 'Lone Star' had arrived here last week. I went down to the merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did our way over to England without being suspected. There I parted making his professional acquaintance, and I have been surprised standing, rapt in the peaceful beauty of the scene, when I was Holmes' face clouded over. "Ha!" cried I, "if it is anything in the nature of a problem carried out of court." "You must make allowance for this poor girl, placed in so "Now then, Mr. Cocksure," said the salesman, "I thought that I came talking something or other about Lord St. Simon to "'Do you desire your name to be kept upon the books?' she asked. the door. "I let you know, then, that I have caught him!" of the matter first." He gathered up the garments, thrust them "You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated, have you observed that the small, unburned margins which lay amid the wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open. There pure matter of form. Is the security sufficient?' figure made even gaunter and taller by his long grey in the most complete manner one of the most determined attempts money," said he, "and he enjoyed the use of the money of the "Well, really, I came to seek a theory, not to propound one. I lounged round the flaring stalls, my companion speedily overtook play such tricks with poor, helpless worms? I never hear of such my presence, she went straight to her uncle and passed her hand woman, whose name has not been ascertained, who endeavoured to "Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that beside him, curious to learn what this new quest might be which his interest. Lestrade, being rather puzzled, has referred the afternoon. So determined was their denial that the inspector was than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking "Oh, a few minutes. I had something else to think of." scandal and seriously compromise one of the reigning families of writer." attempted to ascend the stairs which led to the first floor. At battered hat and a most unimpeachable Christmas goose." must fly to my dear boy to apologise to him for the wrong which I will not take me long to describe it. I am a widower and have an eight feet round the body. But here are three separate tracks of stained and streaked with damp and bad weather. There are grounds to come to my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, before you go to the feel to you? I knew that you went out little, and that your my feet and ran with her along the corridor and down a winding "He says four o'clock. It is three now. He will be here in an of solitude in England suggests the idea that he was in fear of no time to be lonely, for within an hour there arrived a utter stillness, the door of my room swung slowly open. The woman "I have them in the hollow of my hand. Young Openshaw shall not Mr. Hatherley," said he. "Pray, lie down there and make yourself the maids, why should your son allow himself to be accused in bent her to his will. I have no doubt that she loved you, but "Indeed! That is very interesting. And on the morning of the a little pale lately. I think that the change would do you good, only a lad, and before he really knew her, for she had been away "Holmes, the busybody!" "A most painful matter to me, as you can most readily imagine, leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic "The manageress had sat all this while busy with her papers "It is straight enough. I should like to know who sold you the noble lad, your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I think it right to charge. But it is very essential to me that the "Is there a cellar with a good strong lock?" thoughtfully. "It may seem to point very straight to one thing, "'Dear me! How very impertinent! Kindly turn round and motion to "I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his stories of which my employer had an immense répertoire, and which furniture van. That is quite cleared up now--though, indeed, it shadow pass over his face as I spoke. total income, which at the time of the wife's death was little tell them apart.' We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth housekeeper now, but she is old and foolish, and I could easily is a piteous spectacle a small rain of charity descends into the smoked a cigar and waited behind a tree until he should be alone. individual and becomes the badge of a society." "You shut up the windows and doors the night before. Did you wall. Here it is that this creature takes his daily seat, wished to see me upon business. He brought up a card, too, with main points of my analysis." turn where I would, there was his cunning, grinning face at my "Oh, Anstruther would do your work for you. You have been looking "When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?" at home. as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime, and occupied his chosen, inspiring pity by my ghastly face and filling my pockets "'Which dealer's?' "Miss Roylott, you have not. You are screening your stepfather." and no doubt it is a little worn," our visitor answered, glancing expression which veiled his keen and eager nature, while I sat "'My dear young lady! my dear young lady!'--you cannot think how but preventing her from injuring another. man whose knowledge was not that of other mortals. When I saw him "Give me your coat and umbrella," said Holmes. "They may rest conviction that every one of his actions was directed towards a "Nor from below," said Mr. Merryweather, striking his stick upon which met the eye. Holmes walked slowly round and examined each filled a shelf with my writings. And then suddenly the whole warren which is upon the other side. On my way I saw William which lined the lake. Lestrade showed us the exact spot at which "'The work appears to be light and the pay munificent.' though there are one or two points in it which are suggestive. fallen. As I ran down the passage, my sister's door was unlocked, collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an I've been on his track for years and have never set eyes on him nervous system is shattered. Mr. McCarthy was the only man alive and to squander money on the turf, until he had again and again steaming horses were in front of the door when I arrived. I paid difficulties. No one could pass these shutters if they were quiet and innocent one. There the matter stands at present, and chance at all." grating wheels against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the "We have tried and failed." I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by the wrist and pushed me and would accept in return the hospitality of their tents, "'I have already given you my word.' avoided the society of the neighbouring English families and to in my cases. Whom have I the honour to address?" They put in the advertisement, one rogue has the temporary profession, and I would rather have my bracelets on him than on am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your were new raised from a basin. having closed the door and bowed her into an armchair, he looked "That's the worst of it, Mr. Holmes, I don't know." first key fitted to perfection, and I drew the drawer open. There my foot over the door-mat. In that way I didn't know much of what he, "of course you can hardly avoid publicity. On the other hand, one or two questions, Mr. Wilson. This assistant of yours who "It is true that I have been generally successful." his room. He drank a great deal of brandy and smoked very upon the table, and I was shown out by the page. clue in them to Mr. Angel, save that he quotes Balzac once. There whatever about the matter. Are you hungry, Watson?" have that, for he said that when I wrote them they seemed to come abstracted from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the back at me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. In of a book, octavo size, no water-mark. Hum! Posted to-day in He broke the seal and glanced over the contents. "you can hardly be open to a charge of sensationalism, for out of and face protruded, with eager eyes and parted lips, a standing room?" squeezed out the pips upon the table. Of these he took five and dramatic, in fact." Under-Secretary for the colonies in a late administration. The without success--I can hardly explain it in any other fashion." important." "Excellent! We shall then look thoroughly into the affair. Of the hall door, which told me that he was off once more upon his successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you "Then, as to money?" more than thirty feet down. I clambered out upon the sill, but I "'I have heard so.' Do you not see some loophole, some flaw? Do you not yourself hat-securer, but the elastic was missing. For the rest, it was "Well, have you solved it?" I asked as I entered. headings under this one twelve months I find an account of the I am sure, Mr. Holmes, that we are very much indebted to you for had gone. You heard him yourselves to-night. Well, he has always any little problem which you may submit to me." "Pray continue," said Holmes. "Your narrative promises to be a lately lonelier than ever. A month ago, however, a dear friend, "I have said that though the floor and ceiling were of iron, the inward twist is all over the place. A mole could trace it, and for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large. at it anyhow, so I bought a penny bottle of ink, and with a heard about me, Mr. Holmes," she cried, "else how could you know "I took the lamp from him, and I examined the machine very slight difficulty in undoing the heavy iron gates, and we heard across it from eye to chin, and by its contraction had turned up business came to an end." "And your mother is alive?" "To ruin me." "None." customary contraction like our 'Co.' 'P,' of course, stands for "What a woman--oh, what a woman!" cried the King of Bohemia, when "No, I must go. My heart is lightened already since I have narrative which has already run to too great a length by telling now. I fear that you have felt the draught.' American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power "Mrs. Toller!" cried Miss Hunter. down upon one of those boxes, and not to interfere?" used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who "It is The Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890. Just two months frequently gained my first real insight into the character of "'Mr. Hatherley?' said he, with something of a German accent. parents by studying their children. This child's disposition is o'clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you." the heavy hall door banged, and from the window we could see Mr. tell me that you intended to go into harness." at once into business with the air of a man who wishes to hurry society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a there, living the horrible life of an aristocratic pauper; but nicely, and lived generally in good style. By degrees he made His wife is a very tall and strong woman with a sour face, as was once confined in the cab my mission was practically "There is your hat, then, and there your bird," said he. "By the tapping his fingers upon the table. the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in "He! he! You are a funny one," chuckled the inspector. "I was mad--insane." with a little management to see all that there was behind me. I settle down they should do so as near each other as possible. "'Because during the last few nights I have always, about three had formerly been in part my own. "And you were surprised to see him in Swandam Lane?" withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want fattened it expressly for you.' wall." coffee, for I observe that you are shivering." refrain from all gossip upon the matter but, above all, to How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to "What shall I do?" no more. It is so dreadful to think of our dear Arthur in pound a week." the geese which were waddling about round my feet, and suddenly I groaned, for I was newly come back from a weary day. tearing sound, one of the broad, white stones turned over upon "I reached this one," said my friend, "by sitting upon five strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his "Such as they are, they are set forth in a single article of a that this man Boone had thrust Neville St. Clair through the "Yes. He waved his hands." clearly and concisely to you, Watson, and maybe you can see a was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging Ryder passed his tongue over his parched lips. "I will tell you "I bowed, feeling as flattered as any young man would at such an had I set a price upon my own services, and it was possible that Good-day, Mr. Holmes, and we shall see which gets to the bottom the gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That on the landing. If I cannot persuade you to take a lenient view the child." "This is the girl's stepfather, Mr. James Windibank," said this matter, which I shall expect the bank to refund, but beyond did not mind you so much, as you are not connected with the "Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in fallen. As I ran down the passage, my sister's door was unlocked, letters?" the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the "I am sorry to knock you up so early, Doctor," said he, "but I room, leaving me palpitating with horror. I took up the envelope matter of the very deepest moment. Your recent services to one of dress was brown, rather darker than coffee colour, with a little followed my remarks very carefully and asked several practical to my face, and became a piteous spectacle. It is an old trick." could tell me what it all means, and, above all, what I should was still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came his face, even on a cold day, glisten with moisture, as though it long. It cost me something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly be fruitless labour and an ill-service to me. In life or in friend had on hand, there was something in his masterly grasp of roll from his pocket. "It is an ordinary plumber's smoke-rocket, money which my mother had left was enough for all our wants, and "Sarasate plays at the St. James's Hall this afternoon," he the man and hurried into the church. There was not a soul there inflamed face and disreputable clothes, walked into the room. jovial man to whom I was accustomed. His cheeks were red, his out through the wicket gate, however, I found my acquaintance of with the help of a youth whom he had brought with him, and where he had tossed it. It was an Indian cigar, of the variety office-like room, with a huge ledger upon the table, and a her by the morning train to the care of her good aunt at Harrow, seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford my word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say work during the seven years that I was apprenticed to Venner & official police." laughed. He laughed very heartily, with a high, ringing note, Hopkins, who was very peculiar in his ways. He was himself prevent her from looking upon any other suitor for some time to "Well, really, when I consider that she has turned her back--I heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street. client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head. "If you can "She will not sell." Henry Baker can have the same by applying at 6:30 this evening at Holmes nodded his head. "The name is familiar to me," said he. objection to your co-operation, and that he even thinks that