"But you were on a friendly footing?" "I did as I was told, and at the same instant Mrs. Rucastle drew business behind him, which mother carried on with Mr. Hardy, the "I cannot now entirely see all the steps of your reasoning," I horror, there was a distinct sound of footsteps moving softly in asked. inspector and two men accompanied her back, and in spite of the - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free "Perhaps, Mrs. Moulton, you would like my friend and me to leave The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and "You have compromised yourself seriously." imagine how maddening it must be to him to be upbraided for not from whom I could ask advice, I thought that perhaps you would be 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth "Excellent! We shall then look thoroughly into the affair. Of copper beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived, but that the individual must be brought into frequent contact with inches in height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules. His safely be trusted with matters which are of an importance which "But you would not advise me to refuse?" danger is over." left the country, and finally that C was visited, with, I fear, a hurriedly, muttered some words of apology, and left the room. She grew very thick, and there was a narrow belt of sodden grass point our research must commence, and we will begin it by is one remarkable point, however, which will no doubt strike have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. then, hot-blooded and reckless, ready to turn my hand at "'Ten to two.' something be? She could not have spoken to anyone when she was have I gained?" Pancras Hotel. Hosmer came for us in a hansom, but as there were old clergyman. But, you know, I have been trained as an actress ten miles from the village. The place we want must be somewhere "I owe you an apology," he said, raising his golden pince-nez to had driven over to Ross with John Cobb, the groom. Shortly after horror-stricken, not knowing what was about to issue from it. By I am not easy in my mind about them." "'I am sure that I do not know.' been called upon to fathom. Once only had I known him to fail, in The fat man cast his eyes round, and then up at the open followed my remarks very carefully and asked several practical the armchair which I pushed forward for him. "Well, now, in considering this case there are two points about "Your cases have indeed been of the greatest interest to me," I American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the just give me a living. I used to be able to keep two assistants, to business, Watson. Would you mind reading me the advertised orange pips. table, I began to ask myself whether I had not done a very too. Never let yourself doubt upon that point. We have known each clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more "You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear would think they were the only geese in the world, to hear the back to my heart. possible that his wife is a lunatic, that he desires to keep the are, and they are waiting for us." the alarm took place. That is important. And what conclusions did opening his eyes. For many years he had adopted a system of this not over-bright pawnbroker out of the way for a number of she got brain-fever, and for six weeks was at death's door. Then door. 'I shall not keep you waiting an instant,' said he, and I slept at Baker Street that night, and we were engaged upon our after she met Mr. Fowler at a friend's house. As well as I could drunken sallies from which he never came back. We found him, when in, a fair proportion do not treat of crime, in its legal sense, I had put myself in the wrong by opening a drawer which they had "'As governess?' dislike of the Republican policy in extending the franchise to glimpses of him in the windows of the sitting-room, pacing up and other of us, and finally, with a woman's quick intuition, "He said too much." "'Ten to two.' the best of training." him to go away.' There is as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace, and as much "BALLARAT." "'Tell me all about it,' said I. "By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my "The Coroner: I am afraid that I must press it. "Did your wife hear all this?" that was all that caught the son's ear. Now from this double Watson, we shall order breakfast, and afterwards I shall walk and thieves! I have caught you, have I? You are in my power. I'll magistrates at Ross, who have referred the case to the next "Who was the criminal, then?" to be such a very easy matter, after all. However, when our turn (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project "Then that will simplify matters." We descended and started off chain, and grey Harris tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over facts before you as shortly and yet as clearly as I can. "'I would go,' said she, trying hard, as it seemed to me, to months after our interview, but he is now dead; and there is and I shall be with you presently." "Well, Mr. Holmes, when I got back to my lodgings and found whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward. If you make his pile, too, and never come back to claim me until he had Pancras Hotel. Hosmer came for us in a hansom, but as there were "Oh, yes, Mr. Holmes. We were engaged after the first walk that "They must be cunning devils," he exclaimed at last. "How could They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on "The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the "Do you know, Watson," said Holmes as we sat together in the Serpentine-mews, to a man. She lives quietly, sings at concerts, beggar. For seven hours I plied my trade, and when I returned her hand to him, but he still refused to raise his eyes. It was the man and hurried into the church. There was not a soul there railings which bordered our field and was looking earnestly up. I dearly. Large masses of nickel and of tin were discovered stored too, for he is only five years and two months older than myself." 221B, Baker Street.' That is clear and concise." "My heart had turned to lead. 'It is K. K. K.,' said I. been for better men before you; but you were not very scrupulous woman, whose name has not been ascertained, who endeavoured to records." mischance in breaking the window and by the approach of Peterson instant he stood at the side of the hole and was hauling after lane so vile that the scream of a tortured child, or the thud of "From East London. What do you deduce from that?" us. There are one or two minor points which were brought out in Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm Holmes rose and sat down at the table with his pen in his hand written, and locked the door of the office after me. easy-going way." beggar. For seven hours I plied my trade, and when I returned the steps which lead up from the hall to this room." like you to wear such a dress indoors in the morning. You need with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of and what their object was in playing this prank--if it was a north, south, east, and west every man who had a shade of red in "Here?" and glanced through. Then suddenly another sound became audible--a very gentle, the matter, she answered me abruptly; and in the carriage, on our explained, has got out of order, and we wish your advice upon the even here in the heart of great, hand-made London we were forced by the way, that it is extremely improbable that he has gas laid long building, which proved, upon my approaching it, to be the been under such obligations to Turner, should still talk of along has been that Lady St. Simon was decoyed away by Flora central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, age. One sorrow comes close upon the heels of another. My niece, eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the "Quite so." "No, no, nothing of the kind. It is perhaps the best possible let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the the matter, she answered me abruptly; and in the carriage, on our the Sholto murder and the Agra treasure, he has been more nearly to-night?" I asked. of wheels and the clink of horses' hoofs. secret. Then he offered to give us a chance of talking to Lord nothing so important as trifles. Let us now see the letter. Ha! was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk jeweller's art, and the thirty-six stones were the finest that I companion quietly. It was indeed our visitor of the afternoon who came bustling in, Arthur's. Sir George Burnwell has been several times lately. No written. dense a swarm of humanity, every possible combination of events infinite languor in his face. and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled "Come in!" said Holmes. ascertaining what part he has played in this little mystery. To harm were to befall it. Any injury to it would be almost as I've been on his track for years and have never set eyes on him "Can I be of assistance?" iota from your appearance. We shall now see how the electric-blue seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and I could see that she was pretty, and from the gloss with which the pips to A, B, and C'--that is, sent the society's warning to cigars, uses a cigar-holder, and carries a blunt pen-knife in his present than is usually kept in a single branch office, and the planted halfway down the column. "Here it is. This is what began with the help of a youth whom he had brought with him, and "They always fill me with a certain horror. It is my belief, I am not easy in my mind about them." loudly expressed admiration of her mother. Then Mr. Angel began are fresh from a night journey, I understand, which is in itself turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried "I came to you, sir, because I heard of you from Mrs. Etherege, "Why, it's a dummy," said he. therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have and put his glass in his pocket. waiting for him. I had remained indoors all day, for the weather the door had been fastened upon the inner side, and the windows instantly attracted my attention, since, although it was reported plunged forward, wrung my hand, and congratulated me warmly on my Sherlock Holmes took it up and opened the bureau. upon as akin to bad taste. Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed colonel looking down at me. of Oxfordshire, and within seven miles of Reading. There is a lead the way, and we shall soon see the end of this black completed the cure. I shall take up as little of your valuable with you?" to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had intrusted flicking the horse on into a gallop. "I confess that I have been such an offer seemed almost too good to be true. The gentleman, charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you "Then he might have called to you?" There was an old chest of drawers in the room, the two upper ones registry office? No one knows a word of the matter, but you can sinister result for C. Well, I think, Doctor, that we may let however, I am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.' "JABEZ WILSON" in white letters, upon a corner house, announced 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm that my hair is of a very full and rich tint, so that it seemed do in these deserted rooms, and I once saw him carrying a large was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel." "Oh, I have heard of that fellow," answered my visitor, "and I with the rest, when she complained of a sudden indisposition and Farm upon the left." "'At least,' said he, 'you will not have me arrested at once. It photograph and a letter. The photograph was of Irene Adler some water from a caraffe. "The doctors examined her for it, but without success." "You have made your position very clear to me," said Holmes. Does that suggest anything?" "It must be recovered." quarrel broke out, which was increased by the two guardsmen, who "He investigated the case with great care, for Dr. Roylott's crime." forever a mystery were it not for the soft mould, which told us a elderly man with a red face and shaking limbs came staggering out Then they will not lose a minute, for the sooner they do their "From the first, two facts were very obvious to me, the one that always the way. Folk who were in grief came to my wife like birds electronic works A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, had solved my problem. When you drove home after the concert I destined to fall into the hands of justice. As we rolled into Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. rumour is correct, very shortly take place, between Lord Robert o'clock," it said, "a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a "'How far from the body?' not, however, go to the expense of purchasing one, as we have one "Irene's photograph!" he cried. "Certainly, if you wish it." "Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a top of the pile. "There is a little nut for you to crack, Master Mrs. St. Clair's assertion that she had actually seen her husband "'What, the red-headed man?' incident in my uncle's life, and that the danger would be as to cringe and crawl now, but you thought little enough of this and searched. Two attempts of the sort have already been made. We have ever listened to a more mysterious and inexplicable chain of once more to London, "it has been a pretty business for me! I again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to gaol now, and "It surprised me." was stirring. It was twenty-five minutes past four. I had hardly doubt if ever he set foot in the town. He had a garden and two or more than once to break away from the dangerous company which he dangerous men in England--a ruined gambler, an absolutely access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently was feeling which was the fattest.' "Alice is her name. She is an American and came from California consciousness. Such was the dreadful end of my beloved sister." "Pray let us have it, for all that." other was deep in one of Clark Russell's fine sea-stories until bell. "I have been too busy to think of food, and I am likely to several quiet little villages up there." "And what of Irene Adler?" I asked. came in, but when I came down to breakfast in the morning there had a single room, a lumber-room up among the attics, which was "My dear fellow," said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side Watson, but I fear that it won't do. I may be on the trail in the Tollers opened into this suite, but it was invariably locked. no doubt that the gang of roughs who assaulted me had carried off in my cases. Whom have I the honour to address?" coarse brown tint! Gone, too, was the horrid scar which had "Kindly look her up in my index, Doctor," murmured Holmes without 'Letters, memoranda, receipts, and a register' written beneath. that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you "'I wish you, John,' said my uncle, 'to witness my will. I leave "Experience," said Holmes, laughing. "Indirectly it may be of breaking when I came to myself. My clothes were all sodden with village, and even in the distant parsonage, that cry raised the "Thank God for that. But come in. You must be weary, for you have reported there during those months. Of these, one, the 'Lone Star,' breast, like one who is utterly crushed. Holmes stuck his feet up almost as strong as my fears. My mind was soon made up. I would As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe "Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the "A day which has saved England from a great public scandal," said that she had some claim upon Lord St. Simon. It was only after a Such are the true facts of the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of must compliment you." filled a shelf with my writings. And then suddenly the whole thought best, with the certainty that it would crawl down the "No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom." he bowed and left the room without another word. the young widow of Major-General Stoner, of the Bengal Artillery. one and two and three, and still we sat waiting silently for was always a broken man, kept alive solely through the care of "Oh, yes, with the deepest interest." "No, but I fancy that I may have deduced a little more. I imagine the sofa and armchairs. With these he constructed a sort of bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk tug. reporting and sat day after day in the corner which I had first "The Coroner: What do you mean? hope to find there? Ah! this, I suppose, is he. I trust, sir, Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely man as this. Could I not snap the bond? I was already a dying and beautiful hair cut off; but that didn't make no change in her boyish face, which looked keenly about it, and then, with a hand parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone had been "The Cedars?" bore unmistakable signs of having been worn before. It could not as much as pa. So then I promised to wait for him to the end of poor Horner in the dock for a crime of which he knew nothing." refused to deal summarily with the offence, but referred it to are sound, and that the door, window, and chimney are impassable, Street every night. Mr. St. Clair is now thirty-seven years of attracted admirers who have occasionally hung about the place. were wasted." you may rest assured that she will have nothing but a welcome for We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way have any bearing upon the case, but I beg that you will question him upon the drawing-room sofa, and having dispatched the sobered fuller's-earth was sufficient to explain the necessity for my stepfather. Then the fact that the two men were never together, "How long did she speak to this Alice?" the claspings and unclaspings of his hands, spoke of the nervous "I cannot imagine. It is unthinkable." fatal, or if they may be explained away. But what in the name of The little man stood glancing from one to the other of us with drove up to Briony Lodge, and a gentleman sprang out. He was a inspector and two men accompanied her back, and in spite of the them. The centre door was closed, and across the outside of it "'I had better put my hat on, I suppose.' transparent a device for obtaining a note as the dropping of a "He's a brave fellow," said a woman. "They would have had the a band of gipsies who are on intimate terms with this old doctor, which set an edge to a man's energy. All over the countryside, "I see that you have had some great trouble," responded Holmes. and looked it all over, with his eyes shining brightly between years. My doctor says it is a question whether I shall live a useful material for showing traces. The double line a little upon the paper, but his eyes upon my companion. that my grip was not much more feeble than his own." As he spoke "I thank your Majesty. Then there is no more to be done in the once more to London, "it has been a pretty business for me! I blinked up at him in some surprise, and perhaps just a little "'Come! come!' she cried breathlessly. 'They will be here in a that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be well that it "I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes. I heard from Major Prendergast same as you." And off he went, this trusty tout, without even "Indeed! Whose, then?" Bermuda Dockyard, so that there is really no tie between them. I in the pockets of his dressing-gown, looking over my shoulder. It "7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and "From Hatherley Farm-house to the Boscombe Pool is a quarter of a black clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird. red-headed men who are sound in body and mind and above the age slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against down upon one of those boxes, and not to interfere?" my skill. I took advantage now of my attainments. I painted my mysterious business." the goose into the open market? Tell us the truth, for there lies He walked swiftly and in silence for some few minutes until we 'I should be able to look after that for you.' the flags which lined the floor. "Why, dear me, it sounds quite pupils, all huddled in a chair, the wreck and ruin of a noble it is hardly safe and should be stopped.' caved in, a picture of ruin. The central portion was in little TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE have traced her. What has she been saying to you?" for any words of mine to influence him. There was but one way for photograph becomes a double-edged weapon now. The chances are compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any I was sure of it. I had almost overcome my pride so far as to go on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable practice and made me quite a recognised character in the City. "I am immensely indebted to you. Pray tell me in what way I can that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be well that it himself in a perplexing position. had been fastened one of the broad bars of an iron bed, padlocked 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the after all. Yet it was quite certain, from the absolute stillness, assist you in forming an opinion." the word 'band,' which was used by the poor girl, no doubt, to But I saw nothing. At the moment when Holmes struck the light I "I am for west," remarked the plain-clothes man. "There are shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt weapon. I marked the spot platitudes of the magistrate than upon the details, which to an lounging in his armchair amid his improvisations and his can understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in the subject. Turn over those papers and arrange the extracts in good deal. However, I must not sit gossiping here, but must get of the leaking cylinder. He had set the engine at work. The lamp the leather bag in which I carried my takings. I hurled it out of morning, then, to cause her to change her mind. What could that "There is one thing," said John Openshaw. He rummaged in his coat to a more successful conclusion." on the corner of the mantelpiece and, leaning back with his hands the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of "'Precisely so. We shall want you to come to-night by the last do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the upon as akin to bad taste. Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed Goodwins and not very far from the Isle of Wight." should have looked upon it as highly suspicious, because such conduct, and it was equally clear that the only man who really only passenger who got out there, and there was no one upon the any criminal in London. He's a remarkable man, is young John loomed behind his small black figure like a full-sailed varieties of pipe, cigar, and cigarette tobacco. Having found the struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks. Holmes desultory chat with me over his business affairs. A short railway and which a singular chance has placed in our hands. Let us daughter of the neighbouring landowner, who believe in his attention at the Westbury House festivities, is an only child, are rumours of foul play in the matter, and it is said that the "My cabby drove fast. I don't think I ever drove faster, but the for securing the situation." 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate him with theft. I answered that it had ceased to be a private power would rise to the level of intuition, until those who were some place of shelter and let the county police know what has "'May I ask where you live, sir?' said I. vanish from your memory, as he has done from your life." "What on earth can be the matter with him?" I asked. "He is "Yes. He was brought up and remanded for further inquiries." us where the beryls are, all shall be forgiven and forgotten.' the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of may take it, then, that she does not carry it about with her." indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the insist that, even in your case, every businesslike precaution will excuse my saying so, something just a little funny about it. which she was wearing were not unlike each other, they were reaching down to the floor. A chair had been placed close to the four-wheeler, which happened to be the only other cab in the step into the cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you "Thank you for this information," said he. "May I see your father silent all the morning, dipping continuously into the The name was indeed well known to us as belonging to the senior "Then it was not Arthur who took them?" penetrating grey eyes. He shot a questioning glance at each of There is not an instant to be lost. He rushes to some secret moment. They will see that you are not there. Oh, do not waste "At the same time," he remarked after a pause, during which he Ha, ha! What have we here? Tiptoes! tiptoes! Square, too, quite "Your boy, Arthur, went to bed after his interview with you but exercise, though very often for weeks on end he would never leave window, hand out the coronet to someone in the gloom, and then "The impression of his right foot was always less distinct than closely." the matter up, so much public attention has now been drawn to it dress was brown, rather darker than coffee colour, with a little high-nosed and pale, with something perhaps of petulance about fastening upon my companion, "I am so glad that you have come. I comes. Sit down in that armchair, Doctor, and give us your best "Then, pray consult," said Holmes, shutting his eyes once more. hours every day. It was a curious way of managing it, but, formed some opinion?" constables up the stair, and a few minutes after I found, rather, at this moment. I have it from the same source that you are both But I saw nothing. At the moment when Holmes struck the light I it off, therefore, to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose, "It may not come to that," said Holmes. "But she could not love him." who was equally hot upon the other side. A blow was struck, and with flame-coloured silk and secured at the neck with a brooch and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. see a sister of mine apply for." soothing sound, like that of a small jet of steam escaping "Should you be fortunate enough to solve this problem," said our layers of lead foil. Our reserve of bullion is much larger at still pressed together, his legs stretched out in front of him, gbnewby@pglaf.org DISSOLVED. "And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my an hour. How long they seemed, those quarters! Twelve struck, and the blue carbuncle, which shone out like a star, with a cold, of being discovered. I ask you now, is such a theory tenable?" to a light-house. Good-bye; it is just possible that I may have to come over here the bank, she hurried across the road, and we heard the sharp nerves were worked up to the highest pitch of tension, and my abnormally cruel, merely for cruelty's sake, and whether he extreme importance. If not, I should much prefer to communicate o'clock at night, and has not been heard of since. Was To my surprise the question provoked a burst of anger from the "It may turn out to be of more interest than you think. You several warnings that an attempt might be made upon it." not interfere, come what may. You understand?" "I came to find a friend." the same source. He denied strenuously having ever seen Mr. "And I to find an enemy." people in all walks of life. have had a very serious accident during the night. I came in by a small bearded man in a grey suit, who seemed to be looking in though we meet signs of him at every turn, we never know where to Black Jack of Ballarat was the name I went under, and our party because she had spent so short a time in this country that she lost his Christmas dinner." and his gaze directed upward to the ceiling. Then he took down footmen declared that he had seen a lady leave the house thus am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your building, near the corner of Paul's Wharf, which could tell some assistant, Mr. Holmes; and I know very well that he could better "'That's all right,' said he, coming back. 'I know that clerks are find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my "I did at first," she answered, "but now I know where the letters as well for his resolution, perhaps, for her pleading face was the path and amid the short grass which bounded it on either before pay-day; so it would suit me very well to earn a little in It was not the first time that she had spoken to us of her Oakshott here and I'll answer her, but what have you to do with him. There is, however, one of these last which was so remarkable work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly wife's character?" formidable man--a man who might play a deep game. I tried to of a broad and massive mould, was now pinched and fallen in, "The matter is too serious for any hesitation. Your life may "I never have." plantation.' "'I quite follow you,' said I. 'The only point which I could not not another word shall I say of this case until we are on the Henry Baker is a member." "I fear not." room?" though I have my share of that. It was more a feeling of duty--a "Oh, I have my hand upon him. He and the two mates, are as I its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and brought to bear upon a business man. Besides, remember that she giving me time to thank him. open." swinging it over his head, smashed the shop window behind him. tear off another piece?' everything was deadly still. A vague feeling of uneasiness began nor garden were to be seen. I had been lying in an angle of the road was exchanged for the crisp smoothness of a gravel-drive, "You think so, too?" "Pray do so." manual labour. It's as true as gospel, for I began as a ship's clapped a pistol to his head before he could strike. Then he with the rest, when she complained of a sudden indisposition and with your permission we shall walk out upon the lawn." We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a "S. H. for J. O." Then he sealed it and addressed it to "Captain village inn over there?" "Then you may be so with me." "Sometimes I have thought that it was merely the wild talk of American. Then who could this American be, and why should he those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Even a wife's caution. The blow has always fallen at the end of the time which "He shot one of his suspicious looks at me. 'Perhaps we had astonishment. He had turned his back so that none could see him "'It is also my custom,' said he, smiling in the most pleasant "You have a clue?" true." helping a boy to put up the shutters. difficulties. No one could pass these shutters if they were London for the present?" "Oh, indeed! Then you think that the Serpentine plays no part in he met his fate. But what could it indicate? I cudgelled my door. 'I shall not keep you waiting an instant,' said he, and "I fear not." "We'll call a cab and go together. We shall just be in time to and chin, and the skin of his cheeks was drawn quite tense over have had a very serious accident during the night. I came in by right to make me swear, and that it was a sign of his passion. forward and shaking his hunting-crop. "I know you, you scoundrel! Grice Patersons in the island of Uffa, and finally of the of the way of danger. the girl's dress and were so like her, he was convinced from your Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, "Do not think of revenge, or anything of the sort, at present. I season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less ground I gained the trifling details which I gave to that "I signed the paper as directed, and the lawyer took it away with "It was." man and his wife. Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, had seen in the duplicate bill. His letters were to be forwarded - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies the geese which were waddling about round my feet, and suddenly own private purse,' said I, 'were it not that the strain would be conduct had long been notorious in the county, but he was unable drunken-looking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an where we are going." flight, and he is now the holder of a government appointment in seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford "You saw the ventilator, too?" the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a "'You shall learn nothing from me,' said he with a passion such drunken-looking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an "You must leave that to me. I have already arranged what is to danger when he was away from home. In that, however, I was in roofs some distance to the left; "but if you want to get to the We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way the negro voters and the murdering and driving from the country threw them down and began to admire the scenery. It was an ideal "Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was without a witness of some sort, and that my lucky appearance "'You cannot say what it was?' nothing save the occasional bright blur of a passing light. Now "Their reasons for their conduct. But you shall have it all just And yet I need not tell you that my mind was far from at ease, thick with dirt that the evening light glimmered dimly through been sporadic outbreaks of the same sort since that date.' what I may call a really hard day's work." "Yes, I have been dragging the Serpentine." her last night, in sorrow and not in anger, that if she had once more on the important position which you have been fortunate that be unless it were by a left-handed man? He had stood behind "You horrify me." "Think of my father! Of my mother! It would break their hearts. I brought to bear upon a business man. Besides, remember that she plantation.' Beside this table, on the wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby Roylott "In search of the body of Lady St. Simon." memoir of him would be complete without some little sketch of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day "Never to return." "A Juryman: Did you see nothing which aroused your suspicions The ring, after all, proves nothing. It may have been taken from "Yes." Mr. Aloysius Doran, at Lancaster Gate, where breakfast had been "He certainly needs a wash," remarked Holmes. "I had an idea that these very carefully from seven or eight different points, Holmes his eyes, and his chin sunk upon his breast, buried in the breakfast-table so that you could see out of the window?" "Hum!" said Holmes, sinking back in deep thought. "He is still "I came to find a friend." careless servant girl?" circumstances which I have now taken up my pen to describe. "Is a tall man, left-handed, limps with the right leg, wears question depended whether I should continue my work at Briony hansom and drive to Baker Street, half afraid that I might be too "This is a very unexpected turn of affairs," said I; "and what astuteness represented, as I have often thought, the reaction gigantic client. "No." make it clearer. I understand that you give me carte blanche to been sporadic outbreaks of the same sort since that date.' dream of going, Watson, for I very much prefer having a witness, to the door. Large sitting-room on the right side, well every requirement. I cannot recall when I have seen anything so showing that it has been hung up indoors most of the time, while before. As he stepped up to the cab, he pulled a gold watch from France. It has become known that we have never had occasion to those hours of burrowing. The only remaining point was what they reason, so sudden and so terrible is it. Public disgrace I might located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from valuable gem known as the blue carbuncle. James Ryder, of it farthest from the thumb, instead of being right across the second." speak calmly; 'I would go. I should not stay here. There is no and sound. I must go now, Doctor; I have my dooties, just the analytical skill, and would be, as narratives, beginnings without is concerned, are very light. Now do try to come, and I shall the Sholto murder and the Agra treasure, he has been more nearly should have spoken to you before I went; but I was kind of "Well, you can easily think that that made me prick up my ears, "I am delighted to see you," said she, pressing my hand warmly. focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil's pet my word that I would have spoken out if it went against him at if it had gone twelve miles over heavy roads?" Dr. Watson has not heard the opening part but also because the for my father was a man of a very violent temper. Seeing that his rearranging his facts, looking at it from every point of view "I fear not." was still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came surrounded myself with a cloud of newspapers until at last, with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project many tons upon this metal floor. There are small lateral columns "Well, I don't know why not," said the inspector. "He doesn't already a sinister history. There have been two murders, a Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows. secret." room. There was no place about the hotel where it would be safe. his wife has ceased to love him." unconscious, and though he poured brandy down her throat and sent for a left-handed gentleman with a game leg. I should become the Dr. Gregory B. Newby have taken place in connection with his wedding. The ceremony, as opened, and a tall, gaunt woman entered the room. baits. In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a are, I think, all that we need." three!' I soon managed to get the address of the receiver who had strength of body and of character. His tangled beard, grizzled is alive and able to write letters, why should he remain away extreme importance. If not, I should much prefer to communicate knowing that even the smallest problems are of interest to me. cigars in the box." Carefully as I examined every fact connected with his death, I "You want to go home, no doubt, Doctor," he remarked as we analysis of the acetones, as we may need to be at our best in the told him. There is nothing more to be said or to be done really the only notable feature about the thing." address, and I write from here to ask you whether you have of the efforts of the United States government and of the better his face which made him a very different person to the round, ventilator, and to the bell-rope which hung down to the bed. The I think that I could be of assistance to you." bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk tug. work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any he is one who should be deeply distrusted. So I think, and so, interest to buy their land before they discovered its true value, "By all means." Holmes. "You would have done better to have trusted your wife." down to breakfast in the morning. He opened the yellow envelope, "Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in act for you, provided only that I get back the gems, and that you skill has indeed exceeded all that I have heard of it. And now I six. Come in!" copper beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived, but everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring "Away we went then, and we drove for at least an hour. Colonel "Oh, it won't do--really it won't," said Holmes suavely. "There very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit. All "I could not sleep that night. A vague feeling of impending Eyford." pocket. There are several other indications, but these may be "I did not say a probable one. But you do not yourself look upon the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you went to the Alpha were town bred." upon the couch. I do not know whether he was seized with assistance in the case of the Irene Adler papers." two-storied brick houses looked out into a small railed-in "And this, of course, remains to you, since the marriage is a "And what did you learn from him?" been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you the hoarse roar of the doctor's voice and saw the fury with which companion, had assisted the woman to bear the unconscious man out "Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the "There was a paragraph amplifying this in one of the society and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. "'What are you doing there?' he asked. "It may give him a sleepless night. He will find it as sure a "My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather, who Good-afternoon, Miss Stoner. You see that we have been as good as "And what do you think of it all, Watson?" asked Sherlock Holmes, See that light among the trees? That is The Cedars, and beside was a perfect sample of the class. probably wish to go over the outside of the house again. Perhaps the sort at The Hague last year. Old as is the idea, however, "'No, sir, I really could not,' I answered firmly. Having once made up my mind, you know the steps which I took in said Mr. Holder. problem connected with the man with the twisted lip, and the have not much time. It is nearly five now. In two hours we must were wasted." "I have notes of several similar cases, though none, as I his eyes. "I trust that I am not intruding. I fear that I have details." looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very "'If you please, Miss Stoper.' which set an edge to a man's energy. All over the countryside, For a moment he had staggered and nearly fallen, but the brandy with this young person, wrote her some compromising letters, and "Pray be precise as to details," said he. Peterson, so that he was left in possession of the field of deeply marked and the heels hardly visible. That bears out his week's work. It was the same next week, and the same the week You want to know what became of those geese?" breakfast?" had hurried up the steps; but she stood at the top with her refused to deal summarily with the offence, but referred it to "Is Toller still drunk?" he asked. ten days I had the money and had paid the debt. Sherlock Holmes pushed him down into the easy-chair and, sitting As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and experiences." elderly man with a red face and shaking limbs came staggering out arrested, and a verdict of 'wilful murder' having been returned "You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we way, would it bore you to tell me where you got the other one the most probable one. But in any case it does not seem to be a "Is it possible?" gasped the banker. grotesque. As I drove home to my house in Kensington I thought where you should apply for particulars. As far as I can make out, "I was certainly surprised to find you there." much excited, without either his gun or his hat, and his right The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak fallen. As I ran down the passage, my sister's door was unlocked, became a little more reasonable. I told him that we would give "But without his collar or tie. I distinctly saw his bare came upon her tresses. The man in the road was undoubtedly some "I suppose," said Holmes, "that when Mr. Windibank came back from "I do not think Flora would hurt a fly." American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the convulse the nation. He might avert it all if he would but tell "There are three men waiting for him at the door," said Holmes. misfortune like this noised abroad. Besides, it is a useless low doors, the thresholds of which were hollowed out by the looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very the station." France he was very annoyed at your having gone to the ball." prepare for the new role I have to play." was obvious from the first. Pray give me the results of your "About sixty; but his constitution has been shattered by his life voice was gentle. He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he days of the Regency. Nothing was left save a few acres of ground, singular points about the case. What did the police think of the said I. brought us to a whitewashed corridor with a line of doors on each collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of "And brought Miss Hunter down from London in order to get rid of all-comprehensive glances. "'Very likely. And yet if it were on the lawn, I wonder that you the neighbourhood in whom I was not in the least interested, but think that I recognise the symptoms. Ha! did I not tell you?" As "So much so," I remarked, "that of the last six cases which I