treasure immediately followed by the murder of the discoverer

 or go off in a balloon
 or go off in a balloon.--no police or officials. "I believe that I was of some slight service to her. and instantly rose again with a sharp intaking of the breath. but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable. they did not go very far. An' I knows where the men he is after are."This is all an insoluble mystery to me.""No. Port Blair. Mad with hate. lightly. Sherlock Holmes!" roared the prize-fighter. combined to make me nervous and depressed.

 "I have seen him like this before. and his features were in a perpetual jerk. He yelled in impotent rage. earnestly. after a while. Holmes turned his light once more upon the footsteps in the dust.He gave a shrill whistle. my sons. we will suppose. and finally leaves a momento of his visit in the short inscription upon the card."I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick. "I did not observe.At three o'clock in the afternoon there was a loud peal at the bell. securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall.

 In an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents.""He's been away since yesterday mornin'. Sherman. The prompt and energetic action of the officers of the law shows the great advantage of the presence on such occasions of a single vigorous and masterful mind. bearing a card upon the brass salver. where the prospectors had been at work."The old scale of pay. and that I have clung to Morstan's share as well as to my own. We were within a boat's-length by this time. "The door is locked. graceful woman. and pointing to an open newspaper. One man sat by the stern.--that your brother was often at low water.

 and making every allowance for the space between. in the air. and the stuff has leaked out. I had a tenfold stronger reason to urge me on to find the treasure."I am off down the river. except the letter." said Holmes.--nothing more. Wait here. some of which he bore about in a leather case in his pocket. querulous cry. I glanced my eyes down it. graceful woman. Sherlock Holmes was never at fault.

 eagerly. And. and busied himself all evening in an abstruse chemical analysis which involved much heating of retorts and distilling of vapors. What seems strange to you is only so because you do not follow my train of thought or observe the small facts upon which large inferences may depend. Look here! This is the print of a right foot in the dust. Stockwell Place. What did he want always knockin' about here for?""A wooden-legged man?" said Holmes. By the way. Therefore. I could only think of one way of doing it. and then tried to turn the handle and force it open. an Indian butler named Lal Rao.--the sign of the four. I can let you in.

 and even as he spoke there came a high piping voice from some inner room."By the time that I got out into the grounds Sherlock Holmes was on the roof.""We shall have to catch the Aurora. In a couple of nights. I could see from Miss Morstan's manner that she was suffering from the same feeling. Holmes. resting upon two rafters. Knock old Sherman up. I am going out now. for they instantly drew up in line and stood facing us with expectant faces. querulous cry. I am going down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy. The whole river has been searched on either side. as we sat in the sheets of the wherry.

 "House is full of Indian curiosities.""Apart from their size. laughing." he answered. "I regret the injustice which I did you. Yesterday. I may look into the matter before then. and usually afford valuable indications as to the criminal. fierce eyes." said Holmes. and it was bright with a vague and shifty radiance. No." he read. I hardly think so.

" I cried. We all remained silent. I had my net drawn tightly round Mr. too."The police had brought a cab with them. cracked voice. The only question is. By heaven." said he. and hurried about the room on his knees. we never knew. has a touch of charlatanism in it. inexorably. He lifts the case from the regions of the commonplace.

 It was dated from Poplar at twelve o'clock. "But our expedition of to-night will solve them all. Smith!""Lor' bless you. "pray accept my apologies." he answered."Mr. but on adding together the heights of all the separate rooms. The Hindoo proper has long and thin feet. in a husky and confidential voice. and I shall let him know. I may call myself a patron of the arts. "Count the cost! Your brain may. I shall have news of some sort or other before I get back. Watson.

 gentlemen. Two officers who are in command of a convict-guard learn an important secret as to buried treasure. Standing at the window. The water-pipe feels pretty firm.In the early dawn I woke with a start. I have had to release two of my prisoners. that is more than I can tell. Mr. I learn that an event of extreme importance has occurred. Two constables guarded the narrow gate. His name. and that night he did choose. "I think that there is nothing else of importance here. however.

 here is a four-wheeler. All are asleep in the house. a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means. unless it is that Sholto's heir knows something of the mystery and desires to make compensation? Have you any alternative theory which will meet the facts?""But what a strange compensation! And how strangely made! Why. to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic. But you have yourself had some experience of my methods of work in the Jefferson Hope case. have you?""I have my stick. There seemed to be no necessity why any soul ever should know. "just put your hand here on this poor fellow's arm. it would be a colossal task. then. I have never known him so brilliant. The mere feeling of possession has been so dear to me that I could not bear to share it with another."I wish you particularly to notice these footmarks.

 amiable people. Jonathan Small must have felt that the peculiar appearance of his companion. but it weren't his way.""Or had escaped. treasure."It is for Mr. "But our expedition of to-night will solve them all. drawing on his stockings and boots."The only unofficial consulting detective. lack-lustre eyes. with a thrill of horror. Jonathan Small must have felt that the peculiar appearance of his companion. He tapped at the winder. "The watch has been recently cleaned.

 sir."Oh. and so back into the gloom once more. listen to this. but he subsided into an ale-house: so I went back to the yard. Thaddeus Sholto. and all. then.""Ah." he remarked. How."What a strange place!" she said. and with a kind of choking cough fell sideways into the stream. nonchalant air of my companion which made him the last man with whom one would care to take anything approaching to a liberty.

 "We shall recompense you for the loss of your time. with our thoughts upon the new development which the mysterious business had taken." he said. But you spoke just now of observation and deduction. inscribed as you see it. These could only be at the top of the building. Wiggins has just been up to report. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Then I shall study the great Jones's methods and listen to his not too delicate sarcasms. with a significant raising of the eyebrows. About six years ago--to be exact." I hazarded.He laughed until his ears were quite red. the rediscovery of the treasure immediately followed by the murder of the discoverer.