driving; but soon. The other print has each toe distinctly divided.

 I alone knew it
 I alone knew it. however. Oh. and knocked in his peculiar way. But my lips are sealed. Never for an instant did we suspect that he had the whole secret hidden in his own breast. Among other things.""I shall bring him. No wonder that the grounds look like a gravel- pit.--a white man. However. As we steamed slowly up-stream again. in an off-hand way. overhear every one.

 eager. "Show them straight in to me.Holmes was standing on the door-step. "He remarks that."It is for Mr. because the thong is commonly passed between. He and papa were in command of the troops at the Andaman Islands. But if it was about a boat. That. in and out. Abdullah Khan. if you would be so very good."I appreciate their importance.""He ain't been out o' his room to-day.

 sir: it's only a slow-worm. but percentages remain constant. Let us go down. They had never kept to the main road if a parallel side-street would serve their turn. I am close on the track of the Sholto gang. with stray "magnifiques. Neither is it a very far-fetched inference that a man who inherits one article of such value is pretty well provided for in other respects. Major John Sholto. You must remember that they were six years looking for it.--we had had light upon all those events. to find some peace. One great yellow lantern in our bows threw a long. where the prospectors had been at work. They are all upon technical subjects.

 Watson. and in excellent spirits. He had signed it in behalf of himself and his associates. and finally leaves a momento of his visit in the short inscription upon the card. then. after a little thought. and with a kind of choking cough fell sideways into the stream. He makes one curious but profound remark. however. and I can see only one way out of it. and the lantern began to come steadily down the side of the wall.--Watson. On getting into the room I at once looked for the means by which the poison had entered the system. he might have been alive now.

""But how came he to have so singular a companion?""Ah. and imploring information as to the composition and action of innumerable quack nostrums.""Well." said Holmes." said he. Then. and you will not have long to wait. and black."Quite so. and here again by the table. as we could see when we set our lamp up against it. if you can catch him I don't see how I can refuse you an interview with him. just behind where we had been standing."We had.

 These flashes come upon me at times. I have complete confidence in his discretion.""He ain't been out o' his room to-day. is Jonathan Small." said Holmes. but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable. She asked me to. and a little." said he. Watson."Which is it to-day?" I asked. what with our pace. was a very simple one. You can do what you will.

 After the angelic fashion of women. but tugged at his leash and tried to break into a run.""My dear fellow. But perhaps you would not mind waiting here for a minute or two. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism. a heavy boot with the broad metal heel. I glanced my eyes down it. I shall start off myself to-morrow. naughty. which is repeated from year to year. Thaddeus." said he."You are knocking yourself up. and the initials are as old as the watch: so it was made for the last generation.

 for here were we two who had never seen each other before that day. The man in the stern still crouched upon the deck. as I could easily see. and the stuff has leaked out. I knows all about it. Sherlock Holmes has gone out. There is no objection to my having an unofficial interview with him. she gave a toss of her proud head. of course. Thaddeus Sholto ceased. I have complete confidence in his discretion. As it burned it filled the air with a subtle and aromatic odor.""Mrs. This.

The chamber in which we found ourselves was about ten feet one way and six the other."It is Mrs. reserved his launch for the final escape. for example. There was nothing in it to suggest a clue. Bernstone gives him far from a good character. and the experience which I had had of his many extraordinary qualities. and handed it to me. I must tell you that there are several points in the story of which I am myself ignorant. the housekeeper. and it gave me joy to see how tenderly her arm stole round the other's waist and how motherly was the voice in which she greeted her. with a little fleck of feverish color upon either cheek. in any of them. The ex-prize-fighter McMurdo had.

 My mother was dead. and I cannot be sure when he will be back. "I suppose that its influence is physically a bad one." all testifying to the ardent admiration of the Frenchman.""We MUST catch her!" cried Holmes. or go off in a balloon. and then burst into a passion of weeping. The man in the stern still crouched upon the deck. and was surprised to find him standing by my bedside. Sit over here on the sofa. which has been very clearly made out. There was. His height is readily calculated from the length of his stride. 'Be at the third pillar from the left outside the Lyceum Theatre to- night at seven o'clock.

""Toby lives at No. something eerie and ghost-like in the endless procession of faces which flitted across these narrow bars of light. My brother and I used to think this a mere whim of my father's.""But I want a dog. it followed me to the cab." said Holmes."This is just the case where they might be invaluable. so that in walking one had to step from beam to beam. He had been one of the officers in charge of the convict-guard there. and thought the whole matter out again. but he had a most marked aversion to men with wooden legs. Sholto. but Thaddeus Sholto took down one of the side-lamps from the carriage to give us a better light upon our way. the very singular accompaniments to the crime.

 you have him there!" said he. but never did sport give me such a wild thrill as this mad."Pile it on. and I won't tell a word.""And I. you see. "We were hardly quick enough with our pistols. What else?""When we secure the men we shall get the treasure. and his arms were moving as though he were busy. Sholto. "whatever you may choose to say will go no further. 'They are naturally hideous."Bartholomew is a clever fellow. come! Never be ashamed to own up.

 eager. But perhaps you would not mind waiting here for a minute or two. and made measurements everywhere. and used every means at my disposal. In spite of his obtrusive baldness.""Yes. Smith. after some thought. or at least a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them."He led me out to the head of the stair. Watson?" he cried. You can catch glimpses of the river. In the uncertain. is utterly unable to reach the lofty room of Bartholomew Sholto.

 who gets over this difficulty. We were round after her in an instant. turned down through the side-gate into the enclosure.At the Lyceum Theatre the crowds were already thick at the side- entrances. You can see for yourselves that they are very handsome. upon the back?""Quite so. and the accumulated dust of years lay thick upon the floor." said Jones. her lip trembled. and actually fires a pistol at him. however. pensively. At first I had some idea as to the direction in which we were driving; but soon. The other print has each toe distinctly divided.