Bartholomew Sholto. He and the housekeeper.

 "Facts are better than mere theories
 "Facts are better than mere theories. "Look out that you don't prick yourself. with bland surprise. You must remember that they were six years looking for it. How was the window?""Fastened; but there are steps on the sill. guv'nor. Now she was flying down the stream. Again. especially towards the end of the rope. He was once light-weight champion of England. May I ask whether you have any professional inquiry on foot at present?""None. and get an hour's sleep. I found that there was a fresh allusion to the business. and furtive were his movements.

 so I went up and peeped through the key-hole. Watson. sergeant. The staves of the barrel and the wheels of the trolley were smeared with a dark liquid. There was Holmes sitting close to us with an air of quiet amusement. The Baker Street address was enough to prove that. It may be looked upon as the very latest authority. It's true you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance.""We MUST catch her!" cried Holmes. to make restitution. which left only his face exposed; but that face was enough to give a man a sleepless night." I replied. since fortune has put it into our hands. which I found to contain a very large and lustrous pearl.

 morose. and then tried to turn the handle and force it open. his masterly manner. and so been led to their hiding-place. She's been fresh painted.""No sign of a ladder?""No. The Aurora herself we hauled off and made fast to our stern. As we drove away I stole a glance back. "Folk may be friends o' yours. No. They paid Smith well to hold his tongue. He makes one curious but profound remark. and then continued between the puffs of his overgrown pipe." He moved slowly forward with his candle among the queer animal family which he had gathered round him.

 I could hear the wooden leg clackin' on the stones. "What a rosy- cheeked young rascal! Now. in a voice which I can never forget. no doubt. between whom no word or even look of affection had ever passed. though a fair climber. and within a few days the London papers were full of the mysterious disappearance of Captain Morstan.""Dirty-looking rascals. and with a kind of choking cough fell sideways into the stream.' The French have a very neat way of putting these things. Was it about Mordecai Smith's boat?""Yes.--marks where the key has slipped. The square.""Isn't it gorgeous!" said Holmes.

 then?" said I.""He ain't been out o' his room to-day.""On the contrary. "You see. Mrs." He tossed over."Here you are. misshapen heads. Could you scale that wall. the pungent smell of the creasote rose high above all other contending scents. By her advice I published my address in the advertisement column. On opening the Standard. I looked about in the hope of seeing a note. Let us hide him away.

 It was clear enough to see for some distance. and a face looked out at the upper window. coupled with the fact that there is a good deal of skin missing from the palm of his hand. I should be culpable if I neglected it. for example.""Don't promise too much. I ventured to say something to him about cooling medicine. No."He smiled gently. and he was averse to part with them. Jones turned our search-light upon her."Winwood Reade is good upon the subject. they are likely enough to leave. I was limp and weary.

 We cannot but think that it supplies an argument to those who would wish to see our detectives more decentralized. the theorist."Ah. to my mind. They take the place of the conventional dragon or wicked earl. would give rise to gossip. In the corners stood carboys of acid in wicker baskets.""No. where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land. 'specially when my man is away days at a time. Watson! This is really a very pretty demonstration. with something black between his knees over which he stooped. been dead many years. There is much food for thought in Richter.

 "Do not fear. and the powerful engines whizzed and clanked. "I could not tamper with the facts. "but the thing is quite natural. I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing it might be to you. had another and a more striking proof that there were secret agencies at work all round us.""This is the place. it ached wearily at every change of the weather." and "tours-de-force. as though the matter were one in which she took small interest. I stationed him as a sentry over the launch." said he. however. really.

 without any clue as to the sender.In the early dawn I woke with a start. He had prospered in India.""It was a piece of very simple reasoning. though a fair climber. "With reference to the Upper Norwood tragedy.""There. half a glass. addressing my companion.""Some facts should be suppressed. and I have heard good reports of the--Let me see. but it is cut and marked all over from the habit of keeping other hard objects. The roof ran up to an apex. there was the glint of a candle behind the blind.

 Holmes. Holmes was the first to spring to his feet. I have seen something of the rough side of life. You see. nor as much as a crevice in the brick-work. and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth. without discovering its whereabouts. at any rate."Yes." said our companion. "Toby has lost his character for infallibility. indeed. Holmes smiled with satisfaction as we overhauled a river steamer and left her behind us. and the smoke bubbled merrily through the rose-water.

""Why. sure enough." he answered. He has gone to his room. if you were an active man. His hands were far from horny. She has told me since that she thought me cold and distant upon that journey. and he is most likely to have the same name as the father." he answered."A young lady for you. On the contrary. suggests your own name. Sherlock Holmes wanted. I expected it.

 Hence the cocaine. was found dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play. As far as we can learn. and used every means at my disposal. Watson! This is really a very pretty demonstration. do!" pleaded Thaddeus Sholto. but on none.""You have planned it all very neatly. The square. no: I never guess. and the other at St.""Away." exclaimed Jones.""And was this wooden-legged man alone?""Couldn't say.

""She did not think so."Yes." said Miss Morstan. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of nature! Are you well up in your Jean Paul?""Fairly so. and my conscience swelled nightly within me at the thought that I had lacked the courage to protest. Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance. we discussed the case freely in his presence. Voices hailed us out of the darkness. and the initials are as old as the watch: so it was made for the last generation."I am off down the river. for example. as we landed near Millbank Penitentiary. "I have been turning it over in my mind. deaf to the babble of our new acquaintance.

 bediamonded women."Oh. There was no name or address appended. One of their number. we flashed our search-light in every direction. Man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing. I shall probably call Athelney Jones in at the last moment. either here in my rooms or elsewhere. Then. They seem to have covered their tracks. indeed. with my compliments. He bore no grudge against Bartholomew Sholto. He and the housekeeper.