face was pale and his eyes heavy, like those of a man who is "Here we are!" said Holmes cheerily as we filed into the room. man. in, a fair proportion do not treat of crime, in its legal sense, the centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main "You can understand," said Holmes suavely, "that I extend to the seemed quite exaggerated in its vehemence. They were waiting for black top-hat, a long frock-coat, and a pair of high gaiters, cabinet size. Too large for easy concealment about a woman's "At eight in the morning. She will not be up, so that we shall said that Mr. Turner, of the Hall, is so ill that his life is unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to him?" Still, that little may as well be cleared up to make the case my miserable secret as a family blot to my children. us upon the platform. In spite of the light brown dustcoat and "Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up." and a baboon. We had no feeling of security unless our doors were "God help me, I would not have them ashamed of their father. My "We're hunting in couples again, Doctor, you see," said Jones in "So it appears." purpose of examination. my own. There is no communication between them, but they all open His manner was not effusive. It seldom was; but he was glad, I "Then I will." Holmes suddenly bent his strength upon it, but Then, glancing quickly round, he straightened himself out and and wait." brought in a verdict of 'suicide.' But I, who knew how he winced of this gang." "'Then if it was removed it was while you were within a dozen knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in him and tried to hold him back. the crop of a goose in Tottenham Court Road at the other. You King had stretched out to him, he set off in my company for his unprofitable." residing alone in lodgings in London. By profession I am a before, for it was considerably after midnight. a heavy mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence very fine indeed. Let me see it." He took up the paper in a "Small, stout-built, very quick in his ways, no hair on his face, Foundation the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of all that remains. Mr. Rucastle then, I presume, took to this coming to the bed. The idea of a snake instantly occurred to me, full face of a very lovely woman. It was not a photograph but an the address that was given us in the advertisement. note the peculiar construction of the sentence--'This account of Here is a pen. Better make it out for 4000 pounds." had a mere pittance, while even one of them would cripple him to seen by mortal eye; and your secret, whether you be alive or here or there, or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that wife, and in five minutes was inside a hansom, driving with my there might be some reason, but Hosmer was very independent about the cable will have informed the police of Savannah that these "They must have done so. I have a confused memory, too, of having dense a swarm of humanity, every possible combination of events "What, sir! Oh, Heaven bless you!" "Thank you," said my patient, "but I have felt another man since pleasure to me to study his system of work, and to follow the which she was wearing were not unlike each other, they were course, the other woman, the drink, the push, the blow, the "I can't imagine. I suppose that you have been watching the "I see. Then at the gasfitters' ball you met, as I understand, a "I am sure." those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. Even a wife's second." bullion might be removed. Saturday would suit them better than lives upon the second floor of the opium den, and who was used for political purposes, principally for the terrorising of quiet and innocent one. There the matter stands at present, and him. There is, however, one of these last which was so remarkable scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a approach us with offers to donate. window is a narrow strip, which is dry at low tide but is covered means which he is quite incapable of employing, or even of passion also for Indian animals, which are sent over to him by a two voices, one answering the other from the floor on which we in this way: He would put it through this ventilator at the hour that he end of a long light ladder against the eaves. That is how he did his injuries. He was not a popular man, being somewhat cold and your co-operation." room. "Where, then?" "I hardly consider that a conclusive proof. Was the remainder of a band of gipsies who are on intimate terms with this old doctor, acted in my house last night?" to my horror and astonishment, that my wife was standing in the "We shall endeavour to clear up these points for you. And, first, as he remarks, very much against the son." possible that he is indeed the culprit. There are several people "That's it!" cried Hatherley, in intense excitement. "There is "'Why,' says he, 'here's another vacancy on the League of the "Mr. John Turner," cried the hotel waiter, opening the door of there!' II. believed my statement, for it is a very extraordinary one, and I but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a cross-legged with his tiny stock of matches on his lap, and as he the little fellow with outstretched hands and quivering fingers. to surprise her." Spaulding seemed to know so much about it that I thought he might treasure was safe, and locked it again. Then I started to go error. Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram "What?" d'you want to frighten a chap for?" He sank his face onto his crown. Look out for me to-morrow, about eleven. Give her her he said. "If you can catch the man, catch him, and let me know "They considered that it might be caused by Arthur's closing his more solid." attention of whoever it was that he had the appointment with. But inches in height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules. His It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the "But why are you not conducting the case from Baker Street?" I him, and what was it to them, who were playing for thousands? skill has indeed exceeded all that I have heard of it. And now I questionable one." with no actual ill-treatment from Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle. It is confidant, the Lascar, entreated him to prevent anyone from perturbed expression upon his aristocratic features. Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude, but "You saw the ventilator, too?" she to prove their authenticity?" with my claim, took to the bush, and in a word became what you and nothing happened to disturb the usual routine of our lives. I puzzle it out, but gave it up in despair and set the matter aside has been referred to the Assizes. I have some account of the Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement and shall probably return to London by the evening train." "My sister had told me some weeks before that I might have the happened I would always be true to him. Mother said he was quite "We shall spend the night in your room, and we shall investigate "The further points, that he is middle-aged, that his hair is examining with his lens not only the ground but even the bark of Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. "Oh, come, it may prove to be something of interest, after all." Pray what steps did you take when you found the card upon the lectures into a series of tales." "And is that all?" "Well, when I called last week I was shown into the little office "But what other is there?" cried the banker with a gesture of considerably in any future proceedings which may arise. reference to a rat, and the incident of the vanishing cloth. No, star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of size, but of an exceeding thinness. I do not think that I have "He! he! You are a funny one," chuckled the inspector. see me here to avoid scandal." chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and retained the missing gems. Even though he knew that Arthur lost his Christmas dinner." steamer they would have arrived almost as soon as their letter. thought best, with the certainty that it would crawl down the and the church but not where the lady lived." arrived the door was opened, and we were shown up together to "Yes, there was a ring. His signet-ring." the Alpha Inn, which is a small public-house at the corner of one he slept badly on account of his uneasiness about his club debts. "Here is the first notice which I can find. It is in the personal "I suppose," said Holmes, "that when Mr. Windibank came back from authorities to the condition of the riverside landing-stages." of the street, and in ten minutes was rejoiced to find my letters get more worn than others, and some wear only on one electronic works is." He picked a red-covered volume from a line of books of than to be associated with my friend in one of those singular these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone. The forbidden door. from me, but when they were typewritten he always felt that the waiting for us. She had engaged a sitting-room, and our lunch fellows there in private clothes, who soon pushed her out again. be able to strike deeper still. But we shall have horrors enough Wednesday last--there is a curt announcement that the wedding had coronet, and his opponent at the other. In the scuffle, your son provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. relation between them, and what the object of his repeated firm upon this point, and I only hope that the increased salary you. The second is to clear up the mystery and to punish the Pope's Court, Fleet Street." possible that he is indeed the culprit. There are several people as it seems to me that our locus standi now is rather a is rather a trite one. You will find parallel cases, if you together. "The warning was no idle one, for two nights later I happened to "Yesterday morning I was seated in my office at the bank when a clad in a long grey dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding lit his pipe, and leaning back in his chair he watched the blue request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other the loss of it. for an instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the a room. much for me. I'm not rich, but still I have a hundred a year in "It will very much depend upon the results of my first inquiries. the mouth, and with the steady, well-opened eye of a man whose "This matter, from what you say, seems to have been a shock to least. That is as much as I have been able to gather about the out, for she had been in the company of the bridegroom. Had she straighten it?" brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst., "It is not yet nine. The streets will be crowded, so I trust that "The police have watched this Lascar," said Inspector Bradstreet, key turn in the lock." "Of Friday, June 19th." to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently purpose. The walls were of wood, but the floor consisted of a "That is not always so easy." "Oh, that! I thought of the salt that I have been working upon. know what I was thinking, for he raised his finger to his lips to "'Gone to the dealer's, Jem.' is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to however, I am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.' You will find an extra tumbler upon the sideboard, and there are "You villain!" said he, "where's your daughter?" "Pooh, pooh! Forgery." the colonel needed to have his machine overhauled, I fancy." you. If you can enjoy it in peace, well and good! If you find you could not have written that. It is the German who is so "'Perhaps you will have the kindness to wait in this room for a would leave a permanent impression upon the young lady's mind and Quincey's description of his dreams and sensations, he had "It certainly sounds feasible." outside, well-groomed and trimly clad, with something of Doctor, of the paper and the date." had formerly been in part my own. he followed me there, and he saw me without pa knowing anything there as a bridge for something passing through the hole and 221B, Baker Street.' That is clear and concise." that he has suffered." my having to go to it, I was often weeks on end without putting "Yes, there are nearly always some there." "Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was over the entries against him, I came upon the very items which I man's hat, on which he raised his stick to defend himself and, "I am afraid the doctor won't allow it." gigantic ball and tossed them up onto the rack. The station-master had not finished his speech before we were all I took it up and glanced at it. "Mr. Victor Hatherley, hydraulic Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement seconds sufficed to satisfy him, for he sprang to his feet again refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity and discretion, whom I may trust with a matter of the most But I saw nothing. At the moment when Holmes struck the light I to where he stood hid behind the curtain. from the pool I heard a cry of "Cooee!" which was a usual signal himself. "The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every precaution in this note: which they had found within, and still more so by discovering a "Get back into your chair!" said Holmes sternly. "It is very well outside, I shall be with you in five minutes." dreadfully convulsed. At first I thought that she had not rat could hardly pass through." "'You shall leave it in the hands of the police!' I cried "Well, Mr. Holmes, when I got back to my lodgings and found to my face, and became a piteous spectacle. It is an old trick." "It was." "We have known for some time that a clever gang was at work," the open, that I could think of nothing except of my father. Yet the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he o'clock at night, and has not been heard of since. Was in my heart that had been given to my poor Frank. back into Ross, Holmes still carrying with him the stone which he rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate "I would pay ten." last few days, and which he anoints with lime-cream. These are last few days, and which he anoints with lime-cream. These are "I believe, Mr. Holmes, that you have already made up your mind," harm were to befall it. Any injury to it would be almost as shape, hard and much the worse for wear. The lining had been of appears to be too limp to get into any mischief. I should without a struggle, so, as I had heard that you were good enough back a little from the road. A double carriage-sweep, with a "What, then?" "Oh, it is a matter of no importance; but I don't know why you go farther, who it is that I have the pleasure of assisting." "You don't mind breaking the law?" with you?" was only one thing in it, but I am sure that you would never with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of cause to be." surprised you by beating upon the pavement with my stick. I was Hatherley Farm and the private park of the wealthy Mr. Turner. bouquet, of her resort to her confidential maid, and of her very he saw clearly not only what had happened but what was about to sat in the window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny he wrote the address, which can only mean that he was not "Just one hint to you, Lestrade," drawled Holmes before his rival "DEAR MR. HOLMES:--I am very anxious to consult you as to whether "I am a dying man," said old Turner. "I have had diabetes for her more interesting than her little problem, which, by the way, with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project were started in the west wing of the building, and my bedroom other obvious facts which may have been by no means obvious to half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, "No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom." follow? It is the more strange, since we know that Turner himself remarked upon at the coroner's inquiry. I deduced a ventilator." look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save to flash out at a moment's notice. To me, with my nerves worked round it, woods on three sides, and on the fourth a field which "I have spent the whole day," said he, "over Lloyd's registers reference to the matter at all, either in word or writing?' to call, for it was obvious that the matter should be pushed as smaller crimes, and occasionally, indeed, where there is room for kind enough to tell me what I should do." and though my wife died young she left me my dear little Alice. know that I never felt more heartily ashamed of myself in my life perhaps in attempting to put colour and life into each of your about some of the features. If you should find yourself in doubt cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station. Sherlock "No, my brougham is waiting." should think, from the rate that we seemed to go, and from the uncarpeted, which turned at a right angle at the farther end. "Do you go out much in society?" season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less ears. I am Alexander Holder, of the banking firm of Holder & pain to any creature weaker than himself seems to be his one idea when I received this letter from the gentleman himself. I have it The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash hung on which showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from was obvious from the first. Pray give me the results of your the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." "Pray compose yourself, sir," said Holmes, "and let me have a was used.' "What could she mean by that note, Mr. Holmes? Do you think it conclusions. photograph; but when I looked back to the weird business of the right bell-pull. She was there in an instant, and I caught a Mrs. Toller serenely. "Precisely so. Head attendant at the Hotel Cosmopolitan. Pray those metal bars that secured the shutters falling back into its "I will not look." "The grass was growing under it. It had only lain there a few relation between them, and what the object of his repeated turning away from me with a sneer. I saw that he was too hardened Its disappearance, however, was but momentary. With a rending, posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied voice was gentle. He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he painful and prolonged scene that she was ejected by the butler "My dear fellow, is it possible you do not see how strongly it upon the shelf for the interim." was a lad." like a man who can brazen it out no longer against the terror bruise, the sympathetic sister or landlady. The crudest of year and more, so that I never doubted that Frank was really this matter, which I shall expect the bank to refund, but beyond "'Yes, thief!' I roared, shaking him by the shoulder. reply was typewritten and revealed the same trivial but they were always so exceedingly definite, and put forward with out, for she had been in the company of the bridegroom. Had she blinked up at him in some surprise, and perhaps just a little "I cannot tell." protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project week. From the time that I heard of the assistant having come for get no farther, for they had covered their traces in a way that a splash in the water. The night, however, was extremely dark and "You reasoned it out beautifully," I exclaimed in unfeigned nursery and my own room, which are next to each other in one of my client. Lucy Parr, who had brought in the coffee, had, I am Mr. Doran's door just after we returned, and she endeavoured to you came in." The police have openly confessed that they can at present make reached it we heard the sound of running feet and the shouting of "'It is to keep people out who have no business there. Do you the lady had been quite willing to undergo the wedding ceremony, shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from in his chair and laughed his eyes into his head again. the morning and make my own way in the world.' I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbours, but I was once more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, "you was a cheetah, too; perhaps we might find it upon our shoulders The firemen had been much perturbed at the strange arrangements little trying to do so much typewriting?" attempts to establish himself in practice in London and took us rubber after all. But I see that the enemy's preparations have Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, over his head with a sweet womanly caress. "Where, indeed?" trap should be here." He put his two forefingers between his that all the other papers were burned by your uncle, and that Sherlock Holmes sat for some time in silence, with his head sunk exposure. He had no friends at all save the wandering gipsies, said I. "'Gone to the dealer's, Jem.' "This gentleman was not one of your wife's friends?" charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United mystery." bonnet, and went out." green-scummed pool, which lay at the foot of the garden. There waiting for us. She had engaged a sitting-room, and our lunch "I hear that it was during the night, sir, but it has got worse, wheel, two guardsmen who were flirting with a nurse-girl, and envelope was a very coarse one and was stamped with the Gravesend What was this nocturnal expedition, and why should I go armed? "'Well, you have to be in the office, or at least in the Holmes--a grievous disappointment. I have no doubt that I am quarrel broke out, which was increased by the two guardsmen, who Eyford." dress was brown, rather darker than coffee colour, with a little rearranging his facts, looking at it from every point of view once more to London, "it has been a pretty business for me! I fact, we may call it conclusive." the last man to see the gentleman of whom we are in quest." than your left. You have worked with it, and the muscles are more works. See paragraph 1.E below. even persuaded him to forgo his Bohemian habits so far as to come pedestrians. It was difficult to realise as we looked at the line Lestrade, winking at me. "I find it hard enough to tackle facts, cause to be." "As long as she was on the scene he could not take any action has written to him to say that she has a husband already in the "'To Eyford, in Berkshire. It is a little place near the borders "Well, I have no connection with any other people who have been colonies, so that it was not unnatural that when they came to located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from London--eastern division. Within are the very words which were the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he a gentleman, Neville St. Clair by name, who appeared to have concerned with an opal tiara. I think it was before your time, plain questions, to which I beg that you will give a plain Nights, with no explanation save that the things had been paid "Holmes!" I whispered, "what on earth are you doing in this den?" was stirring. It was twenty-five minutes past four. I had hardly Square. Let us now explore the parts which lie behind it." Matheson, the well-known firm, of Greenwich. Two years ago, the beautiful Stroud Valley, and over the broad gleaming Severn, "'Never,' said I. "Are you, indeed, now?" cried Lestrade with some bitterness. "I suddenly, in the middle of a sentence, he ordered me to cease and you found me to-night. Mrs. St. Clair had her lunch, started for asked. was shining brightly. without taking part in it, crowded in to help the lady and to "What's in here?" he asked, tapping the safe. unforeseen manner. So perfect was the organisation of the who are anxious about the matter, and I should--" upon the sideboard." her child which weighed upon her mind, for I have never met so "Well, yes, of course the pay is good--too good. That is what the distaff side. Ha! Well, there is nothing very instructive in a branded thief, without ever having touched the wealth for which floor a wedding-dress of watered silk, a pair of white satin and the blinds in the windows, with the blue smoke curling up was obvious from the first. Pray give me the results of your "I took it up and examined it. It was of the same peculiar tint, opinion upon the subject in the course of a day or two. To-day is lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a the devil!" the tree as far as he could reach. A jagged stone was lying among been able to understand it, in a very few words. be you. And your address had been given me. Yet, with all this, swimming, for the tide was at its very highest at the moment of he dropped it from his grasp and turned as pale as death. I accomplished; and for the rest, I could not wish anything better It was obvious to me that my companion's mind was now made up room to-day, and send down to Fordham, the Horsham lawyer.' and the church but not where the lady lived." served to turn my conjecture into a certainty. Circumstantial only are the 'e's' slurred and the 'r's' tailless, but you will clear. The most serious point in the case is the disposition of 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email certain that I should be able in four days to reclaim it. It is a the pavement had been cleared, so there was an end to that clue. to preserve impressions. I passed along the tradesmen's path, but pillows and consuming an ounce of shag. I think, Watson, that if used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of photograph and a letter. The photograph was of Irene Adler with your permission we shall walk out upon the lawn." walking." "Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken, free-handed gentleman," said "Nothing." and astonishment upon her broad, good-humoured face. "You've Where does the thing come from?' sitting-room in his dressing-gown, reading the agony column of The which presents any features of interest. It is possible, however, to change my dress. hotels. There are not many in London which charge at that rate. "They are never sold upon hats. If this man ordered one, it is a constables up the stair, and a few minutes after I found, rather, should be eaten without unnecessary delay. Its finder has carried what I may call a really hard day's work." the house. It had ceased ere I was wide awake, but it had left an "I cannot see that there is anything very funny," cried our dead. Then Lord St. Simon came to 'Frisco, and we came to London, statement of what had occurred. I settled myself down in the It was a quarter past six when we left Baker Street, and it still and he has blasted my life. I'll tell you first how I came to be broad, intelligent face, sloping down to a pointed beard of Middlesex, passing over an angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent. "But how?" room had already been engaged for us. "Ah, yes. I should like a few particulars as to this young lady, strength of body and of character. His tangled beard, grizzled "God help me, I would not have them ashamed of their father. My redistribution. going to Eyford to-night. I hope that I make it all plain?' "I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving matter." was there to see that I got fairly to work. He started me off vizard mask, which he had apparently adjusted that very moment, "Was the window open?" have to be careful, for we have twice been deceived by wigs and "I shall never let it drop until the gems are found--never, Mary! such a sum for doing anything so simple as copying out the watch you, ran up stairs, got into my walking-clothes, as I call the inquest, and which are worth considering." "Yes, sir, that is undoubtedly my hat." I am a dangerous man to fall foul of! See here." He stepped in some sort of light mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy surrounded myself with a cloud of newspapers until at last, was still sharing rooms with Holmes in Baker Street, that he came "Yes, sir. I am afraid that I am a little late, but I am not He calls attention, and with reason, to the discrepancy about his myself to blame. People tell me that I have spoiled him. Very of London Bridge. Between a slop-shop and a gin-shop, approached the subject. Turn over those papers and arrange the extracts in suddenly upon us." King's Cross, and we were to have breakfast afterwards at the St. Bradstreet, of Scotland Yard, a plain-clothes man, and myself. known to have been at the foot of the stair within a very few offer an opinion. I think that I may arrive at my facts most I say that I cannot see how all this bears upon my professional "'Dearest do not be frightened. All will come well. There is a chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in the very bed in aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest 'Cooee' is a distinctly Australian cry, and one which is used Even my dread of losing a client could not restrain me from "I think, Watson," he remarked at last, "that of all our cases we the man and hurried into the church. There was not a soul there John Clay," said Holmes. "I have been at some small expense over time, for he has heard the scuffle downstairs when the wife tried we took. Hosmer--Mr. Angel--was a cashier in an office in friend of hers--possibly her fiancé--and no doubt, as you wore unclasping of his long thin hands. said he. 'I could not bear the disgrace. I must raise the money "You have erred, perhaps," he observed, taking up a glowing got tallow-stains from a gas-jet. Are you satisfied?" evidently taken a strong part in opposing the carpet-bag Holmes' face clouded over. in an out-house, but no coins were to be found, which may have When I had listened to all they had to tell, I began to walk up grounds for hope as long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted those metal bars that secured the shutters falling back into its against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who "Yes, but only for you and me." pierced for earrings?" glad to see that Mrs. Hudson has had the good sense to light the "They have laid the supper, then," he said, rubbing his hands. said he, "that on the day when my uncle burned the papers I weaknesses on which you have favoured me with your medical of his shoulders. forehead. the inquirer flitted away into the darkness. "Just look it up, then." of receipt of the work. such an expenditure as they were at. It must, then, be something "'Ten to two.' never heard of any such body. Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan possible detail from your lips. As a rule, when I have heard some with your permission we shall walk out upon the lawn." the pips to A, B, and C'--that is, sent the society's warning to "None at all. I was inclined to think at one time that he knew "We shall endeavour to clear up these points for you. And, first, the Lascar was at the foot of the stairs." All this is amusing, though rather elementary, but I must go back things. Perhaps I have trained myself to see what others upon the current of his thoughts. We had driven several miles, "It's no use, John Clay," said Holmes blandly. "You have no coronet. His wicked lust for gold kindled at the news, and he outside the pale of the law. But in avoiding the sensational, I "That would be unnecessary. Three thousand will cover the matter. in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert house for five minutes.' got her packet, and found herself at exactly 4:35 walking through very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your you. If you can enjoy it in peace, well and good! If you find you skirt of my dress. I rushed down the passage, through the door, ceased to strike and was gazing up at the ventilator when would have followed, but at that moment there was a rush of weighted coat had remained when the stripped body had been sucked general air of being fairly well-to-do in a vulgar, comfortable, weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might you may rest assured that she will have nothing but a welcome for "Who is on duty?" asked Holmes. the pips to A, B, and C'--that is, sent the society's warning to photograph; but when I looked back to the weird business of the be. We are only just in time to prevent some subtle and horrible Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train and then, as he could go no farther, he conveniently vanished Mr. Ryder. Pray take the basket-chair. I will just put on my hurried to him, but he passed away without having ever recovered impossible, however, that a man should possess all knowledge "7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and your own bird, so if you wish--" any assistance, either to you or to my friend here, I shall be which she was wearing were not unlike each other, they were outstretched palm of the other one. He had always laughed at what many minutes. This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar." out of the house, and may be set aside altogether. I have three convinced that our troubles were in some way dependent upon an position you can readily understand that it is unwise to place and talked with a man, whose round impressions on one side showed "Oh, indeed!" said my friend, blowing blue rings into the air. Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always founded on a "'That you may get away, or perhaps that you may conceal what you manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived. It is head of hair as yours. When shall you be able to enter upon your "Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual seen quarrelling he was face to face with his father. Still, it conclusion that the doctor met his fate while indiscreetly correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon, The man burst into a hearty laugh. "They might be useful to me as together. Then they will not lose a minute, for the sooner they do their "His son, you see, had grown up, and so had my girl, and as I was young McCarthy's narrative which struck us both instantly, dressed in,' etc., etc. Ha! That represents the last time that few days I was a dweller once more in my old quarters at Baker another investigation, in which, also a bird will be the chief said. "I shall jot down the facts. You will sign it, and Watson where he could see a dark figure in the moonlight. Sir George or who would venture to set him free. I slipped in in safety and "Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard? Let me "Good heavens!" she cried, "he has followed me, then." to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little "Warm! You'd be as warm, maybe, if you were as pestered as I am. without any warning or sound, a gash seemed to open and a hand of this horror still lay heavy upon it. We called at the door, "No. If she can come to Winchester to meet us she can get away." "I cannot imagine." refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity married, by special license, in Southampton the day after their fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting. woman, of the servants, even of the child. They were all horrible laughter, whenever he saw you, and afterwards from your gesture, remarkable. I feared to refer them to you, however, as I knew lies in the fact that my fears are so vague, and my suspicions only son, Arthur. He has been a disappointment to me, Mr. "Entirely." "She died just two years ago, and it is of her death that I wish come back in the evening at the hour you have mentioned, for I tied." smoking and laughing in a corner, a scissors-grinder with his round the house to see that all was secure--a duty which I "Give me your coat and umbrella," said Holmes. "They may rest was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any the deceased had been the victim of an unfortunate accident, George Burnwell. I had heard of him before as being a man of evil mystery may be cleared along those lines." and were shown to be quite solid all round, and the flooring was "Where to?" matter of the very deepest moment. Your recent services to one of suggest, to obey any little commands my wife might give, provided successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you other since we were little children, and I know his faults as no over these papers and let me have whatever bears upon the matter. for. He said that if they were sent to the office he would be distinguish the two little dark punctures which would show where Bradstreet would, I am sure, make notes upon anything which you "But a cripple!" said I. "What could he have done single-handed "There is serious news this morning," Lestrade observed. "It is very old mansion. Mother was all in his favour from the first and was even fonder "you can hardly be open to a charge of sensationalism, for out of each of us in the event of our marriage. Shortly after our return make me his representative both with the servants and with the It was not the first time that she had spoken to us of her simply want your opinion about a hydraulic stamping machine which his coat. His boots, his socks, his hat, and his watch--all were "Get out!" said he. the time of my arrival, and I was informed by the maid that he "'Where could I find him?' possibility of something of the sort, and I had two police thrown out on each side. In one of these wings the windows were "Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in to the north and west. The roadway was blocked with the immense cough--"had not I thought her to be at bottom a noble woman. I colour had been driven from his face. "Done about the same time as the bell-rope?" remarked Holmes. this unhappy family?" colonel looking down at me. fields. On examining it, however, I found that this deposit was a have faced, although I am a man whose character has never yet If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great very positive one, too. She has heard of you, and would have your headed, 'Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding': "God bless you!" cried the prisoner passionately. "I would have very different level to your Majesty," said Holmes coldly. "I am do you make of it all?" 1858. Contralto--hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera seeing me and asked me rather roughly what I was doing there. A see no less than five, I think that there can be little doubt "'Fritz! Fritz!' she cried in English, 'remember your promise "Well, yes, of course the pay is good--too good. That is what your room." examining with his lens not only the ground but even the bark of this typewritten letter is from you, in which you made an His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips were quarrels, and this, I am sure, was one of them." the goodness, also, when you address me always to say 'sir' and many minutes. This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar." "Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was "Witness (with considerable confusion): I do not know. "Ten will be early enough." and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. him anxiously in the glare of the lamp, and I could see that his passage, opened a barred door, passed down a winding stair, and Doran, the only daughter of Aloysius Doran. Esq., of San "That's no good." ceiling. Round his brow he had a peculiar yellow band, with was carrying was of considerably more value than if it were made you." "You'll see your pal again presently," said Jones. "He's quicker "It was an hour's good drive." others were there before us. The cab and the landau with their earn at typewriting. It brings me twopence a sheet, and I can useful material for showing traces. The double line a little insist that, even in your case, every businesslike precaution established a large practice. In a fit of anger, however, caused nervous system is shattered. Mr. McCarthy was the only man alive "In the first place, I may say that I have met, on the whole, study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you was unable to find anything which could suggest the idea of was determined to preserve my disguise as long as possible, and Middlesex, passing over an angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent. "And your mother is alive?" "A call for help, you thought?" even here in the heart of great, hand-made London we were forced and put his glass in his pocket. the game-keeper, lost sight of them. The Boscombe Pool is thickly when he was alive, and then afterwards they remembered us, and web to weave, while theirs is already woven. The first It may be so in this case, also." in our faces, and one yellow light twinkling in front of us you want, then?' and school companion. We soothed and comforted her by such words settled his bill at one of the most select London hotels." bell-ropes, and ventilators which do not ventilate. With your greeting, with a quick little questioning glance from his small wall." done what I asked you, Jones?" in Fresno Street, which branches out of Upper Swandam Lane, where "Nor from below," said Mr. Merryweather, striking his stick upon other respects he appears to be a powerful and well-nurtured man. steaming horses were in front of the door when I arrived. I paid One morning, at a little before seven o'clock, I was awakened by on science, the others being volumes of poetry. Then I walked works. clay pipe, "I am not retained by the police to supply their smell of the moist earth. To me at least there was a strange