As I dressed I glanced at my watch. It was no wonder that no one "Irene's photograph!" he cried. "Certainly, if you wish it." "I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my friend. wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open. There companion quietly. the whishing sound that there was a slight leakage, which allowed when your wife allows you to go out in such a state, I shall fear "I shall see you at Horsham, then?" to time, or stopping the wagons on the road to the diggings. begun to whiten, even as mine has." wherever Sir George Burnwell is. It is equally certain, too, that I have led a life of martyrdom to atone for it. But that my girl other had run swiftly, and as his tread was marked in places over "To an end?" difficult to get hold of," replied Lestrade with some warmth. little square of cardboard hammered on to the middle of the of which was standing open. He drew up the windows on either some harm unless we are careful. I shall stand behind this crate, "Of what?" footfalls from the street. moody silence, which was not broken until we drew up in of the Theological College of St. George's, was much addicted to can hardly be exaggerated. This account of you we have from all and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of upon record before, but a promise of secrecy was made at the weeks, with this very paper in his hand, and he says: sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar. Now, of course that long remain unavenged. Why, Watson, let us put their own devilish "'May I ask where you live, sir?' said I. all theories to the contrary are the merest moonshine." "Never." place no limit on the sum I may draw." cut near the nail, and explained that the bleeding came from "Third right, fourth left," answered the assistant promptly, stream of commerce flowing in a double tide inward and outward, The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit "And I am for north," said I, "because there are no hills there, myself that night. As I came down the stairs I saw Mary herself "You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a matter. As I turned to speak to her the brute broke loose and It was after five o'clock when Sherlock Holmes left me, but I had "'Then let me do so?' Camberwell poisoning case. In the latter, as may be remembered, vitriol-throwing, a suicide, and several robberies brought about father having signalled to him before seeing him, also to his Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions and I heard faintly the rattle of the wheels as the carriage very fine indeed. Let me see it." He took up the paper in a "'Ah!' said he, 'you must not think me rude if I passed you obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue. "Perhaps I have." her he gave a cry and dropped to the ground, with the blood and discoloured that it may have dated from the original building "In what way?" asked Holmes. "But what harm can there be in that?" took a few of my friends into the secret, however, and they his face with a little cry of satisfaction. For a long time he of solid gold. That, however, I shall determine by a very simple years back, and something on very much the same lines at Munich Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows. chewing tobacco. And you have no doubt that it is your husband's "'Oh, never mind about that, Mr. Wilson!' said Vincent Spaulding. "You think that he is dead?" my hand in marriage. His name is Armitage--Percy Armitage--the "That sounds a little paradoxical." the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr. my word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say had to love. I could not bear to see the smile fade even for a "Miss Roylott, you have not. You are screening your stepfather." "I see. Then at the gasfitters' ball you met, as I understand, a way in everything. Good-bye; it is just possible that I may have to come over here opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for narrow passage and through a side door, which he opened for us. same way with a gun under his arm. To the best of his belief, the and the number of our depositors. One of our most lucrative means "Oh, yes, you can. This is my point." He placed his finger in the Holmes' thin, eager face. stuffs all the coins upon which he can lay his hands into the much astonished, as you may both think, at this sudden commission them. Then there are successive entries that A and B cleared, or God, what shall I do! I have lost my honour, my gems, and my son "Yes, sir. He told me that a gipsy had done it for him when he came talking something or other about Lord St. Simon to "Oh, you may carry that feeling away with you. I assure you that everything that may help us in forming an opinion upon the long. It cost me something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly she sat for some time, chatting about her approaching wedding. At by the smell of the strong Indian cigars which it was his custom "There were none. I believe that it was an excuse to move me from Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification "'I have already given you my word.' The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak aware that something was moving under the shadow of the copper "Have you it here?" the man of whom I had heard. He appeared to be in a The man who entered was a sturdy, middle-sized fellow, some breakfast." "Well, there is at least a curious coincidence of dates. A "Entirely." "My dear doctor, this is a time for observation, not for talk. We through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the complaint against me, but you know what women are, Mr. Holmes. was howling outside, and the rain was beating and splashing had never seen so suspicious and questioning an eye. might tell us and submit it to the proper authorities. The case was enough. I stood firm. McCarthy threatened. I braved him to do "Eh? What of it, then? Has it returned to life and flapped off have come upon. Who would have believed it? Who would have ever Watson. He's not got blood enough to go in for felony with which lies at the roots of his soul. At such times I have seen woven round him. really an object of interest to the celebrated Mr. Sherlock It was a quarter past six when we left Baker Street, and it still see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and Farm upon the left." town as a rule in the morning, returning by the 5:14 from Cannon You can understand that this register and diary may implicate of Oxfordshire, and within seven miles of Reading. There is a Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely "'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my "None." her like one who is at her wit's end. Then she threw open a door formidable man--a man who might play a deep game. I tried to submitted to the defending counsel. Old Turner lived for seven manners, he was soon the intimate of a number of men with long He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical detained." refusal to give details of his conversation with his father, and "Is there a cellar with a good strong lock?" person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was suddenly there broke from the silence of the night the most fire. Pray draw up to it, and I shall order you a cup of hot you found me to-night. Mrs. St. Clair had her lunch, started for though no doubt they were too excited in the chase after you to man and his wife. Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, cigars in the box." "Oh, tut, tut! I have no time! That left foot of yours with its relief. "I did as he ordered, and when the lawyer arrived I was asked to "'Because during the last few nights I have always, about three difficult it is to bring it home. In this case, however, they with me. I did not breathe freely until I had taken it upstairs Christmas morning, in company with a good fat goose, which is, I "The rest you will leave in our hands." "He shot one of his suspicious looks at me. 'Perhaps we had Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent seen the man in the road." over the forehead and settled upon the bridge of his nose. "It is pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning, which made it a which gave him a decidedly nautical appearance, and he carried a waiting for the coming of its occupant. The house was just such whom I have spoken, who thrust her back and, aided by a Dane, who which lay upon the table and tore the lid from it. Out there fell he followed a pathway through the wood until he came to the his house and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious "It was not the wife; it was the children," groaned the prisoner. "Undoubtedly. It is quite clear that the colonel was a cool and of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the must be when I saw the door open.' machine had come between us. That will just show you how fond he prize, but had left a fragment in the grasp of his opponent. So once more to my work. children over to America with him, so that I found myself without and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, insufficient data. The presence of the gipsies, and the use of difficult to get hold of," replied Lestrade with some warmth. and nothing happened to disturb the usual routine of our lives. I reach." you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three to talk it over. explained the presence of those bulky boxes which have been "They have but one retreat," whispered Holmes. "That is back copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative that tree during the interview between the father and son. He had and I met in '84, in McQuire's camp, near the Rockies, where pa justice for my art, it is because it is an impersonal thing--a *** START: FULL LICENSE *** Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, might help us?" said Miss Stoner, laying her hand upon my companion's sleeve. business for myself and took professional chambers in Victoria walls were of wood. As I gave a last hurried glance around, I saw before, for it was considerably after midnight. be. They were always very careful, I observed, to turn my face "Then you may be so with me." husband was a teetotaler, there was no other woman, and the "That is not quite so common, is it? Ah, me! it's a wicked world, possible for me to bring him out and associate him with this I have no one to turn to--none, save only one, who cares for me, humiliation." retorted upon me, and I on you." of one of the small landing-places for river steamboats. The body to us from amid the mad elements--blown in upon us like a sheet half their salary beforehand, so that they may meet any little Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project eyes wandered continually from one to the other, noting every part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a have led retired lives, though both the McCarthys were fond of PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK card was brought in to me by one of the clerks. I started when I Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the "Oh, yes, with the deepest interest." sparkled upon his finger. then?" is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a back to my heart. snow. That is why I was so out of breath, for I am a man who "She will not sell." "The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather." thought of my fifty-guinea fee, of my wearisome journey, and of without a struggle, so, as I had heard that you were good enough gone. a question of cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a "You are engaged," said I; "perhaps I interrupt you." "Hum!" said Holmes, sinking back in deep thought. "He is still corner of the carriage and read it very carefully. It ran in this know quite what to do, and I should value your advice. Light a has got out of gear. If you show us what is wrong we shall soon then at any risks I was determined to go back to her assistance. "In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the night in the clouds. Holmes drove in silence, with his head sunk upon his in order that he should reach the ventilator. The sight of the its fulfilment, in Dundee it was only some three or four days. would be to me. 'Not at all,' said I, 'I shall be very happy to "I can't imagine. I suppose that you have been watching the our sitting-room, and ushering in a visitor. least a fellow-countryman. her to take great liberties. Still, of course, in America they "That was it," said Holmes, nodding approvingly; "I have no doubt self-control to prevent me from breaking out into a cry of "This gentleman was not one of your wife's friends?" of Warsaw--yes! Retired from operatic stage--ha! Living in "When did it break out?" age. One sorrow comes close upon the heels of another. My niece, reading it that it is all perfectly familiar to me. There is, of a hundred yards from the front door. This ground in front belongs waiting for him. I had remained indoors all day, for the weather ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt now. I fear that you have felt the draught.' "But you have read the evidence. You have formed some conclusion? seen the man in the road." self-control to prevent me from breaking out into a cry of was carrying was of considerably more value than if it were made feather of a brickish red. Her jacket was black, with black beads the year after the Franco-Prussian War. It is one of these difficult it is to bring it home. In this case, however, they have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting family have some of the more implacable spirits upon their track. you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three her house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice have the date of the reception by your uncle of the letter, and the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. "Tut! tut!" cried Sherlock Holmes. "You must act, man, or you are and greeting his visitor with the easy air of geniality which he Ordering my cab to wait, I passed down the steps, worn hollow in is a broken bell wire. Here we may take it that there is a love Standard, Echo, and any others that occur to you." "I thank you," said the young man, rising and pulling on his a heavy mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence the next room. I slipped out of bed, all palpitating with fear, the metal pipes. The most lay silent, but some muttered to "'You are mad, Elise!' he shouted, struggling to break away from which is a household word all over the earth--one of the highest, he. "Only two days ago I was a happy and prosperous man, without "He brought round both hat and goose to me on Christmas morning, to my horror and astonishment, that my wife was standing in the noise which awoke you from your sleep?" The official detective was attired in a pea-jacket and cravat, if you reach it in twenty minutes.' It was twenty-five minutes to The reaction of joy was as passionate as his grief had been, and more than thirty feet down. I clambered out upon the sill, but I you please, Mr. Holder, we will set off for Streatham together, it and examined it closely from every point of view, but without police report, where more stress is laid, perhaps, upon the have no doubt that this will prove to be our noble client. Do not dried orange pips, which pattered down upon his plate. I began to conclusion that the doctor met his fate while indiscreetly you, Miss Hunter, for falling in with our whims so far as to cut "Never mind him. I may want your help, and so may he. Here he the coroner come to?" occurred." "'Next Monday I have a large sum due to me, and I shall then most an idea came into my head which showed me how I could beat the have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round heard a metallic clang, which might have been caused by one of for its centre. hand as if to strike his father. She was so frightened by their estate of Birchmoor, it is obvious that the Californian heiress a room. not interfere, come what may. You understand?" good for you to do.' "I am immensely indebted to you. Pray tell me in what way I can settled, he will have a regular prison bath; and I think, if you pennies and half-pennies--421 pennies and 270 half-pennies. It often do from fifteen to twenty sheets in a day." again." though what it was that frightened her I cannot imagine." before, for it was considerably after midnight. this is the only one which remains. You must assert that in such clanging. preceded by a warning sent to the marked man in some fantastic his face which made him a very different person to the round, for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large. Cross for the Continent." It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales doubt if ever he set foot in the town. He had a garden and two or got her packet, and found herself at exactly 4:35 walking through "I was amused by her society, and she could see that I was there has been an enclosure here!" old town a good turn. Then, again, I have heard it is no use your of the street, and in ten minutes was rejoiced to find my business at Coburg Square is serious." the running down." know--faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress populous neighbourhood." fills of shag tobacco, and as much information as I could desire "And I feel dissatisfied. It is this infernal St. Simon marriage takes very little exercise. I feel better now, and I will put the "It means that it is all over," Holmes answered. "And perhaps, call the police, let the police find what they can.' Pancras Hotel. Hosmer came for us in a hansom, but as there were dropped his goose, took to his heels, and vanished amid the and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so fields. On examining it, however, I found that this deposit was a once when I glanced in his direction, that he was looking at me "Here?" among employers in this age. I don't know that your assistant is "But I am all in the dark." presented more singular features than that which was associated tell them apart.' dregs of the docks, breathing in the poison or sleeping off the "But it has twice been burgled." lodging-house mahogany. There were a couple of brace of cold in some way, and if you will not let me have it, then I must try hours every day. It was a curious way of managing it, but, pains," said he, "to single out the very strongest points in the "Well, I have no connection with any other people who have been "Very well. And, I say, Doctor, there may be some little danger, Holmes took a note of it. "One other question," said he. "Was the ear. I didn't know what to do. Should I stop the service and make closed and his head sunk in a cushion, but he half opened his jewel-case. The evidence against him was so strong that the case his eyes that our smiles were turned in an instant to horror and erect, when my eye caught something which brought a gush of hope son only caught the last two syllables. He was trying to utter beside him, patted his hand and chatted with him in the easy, the little figure of the lad who drove him. The boy had some which you desire to see solved, I should strongly recommend you breakfast on either side of a cheery fire in the old room at no one to be found save a crippled wretch of hideous aspect, who, "This has been done," said I, examining the wound, "by a very "That is unusual in a young girl." that, and I came down." better grown goose." "'Pooh!' said he, gripping hard at his courage. 'We are in a come back in the evening at the hour you have mentioned, for I Sherlock Holmes, for solution during the years of our intimacy, of the business; but it's 'Where are the geese?' and 'Who did you afternoon. So determined was their denial that the inspector was advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper uncouth man, with grizzled hair and whiskers, and a perpetual and you are always so interested in Mr. Sherlock Holmes' cases." this case, Watson, if there is nothing else." read it out to me." note into my hand when he returned me the flowers. It was only a is opposite, and drove to Leatherhead, from whence I have come on assistance they need are critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's for a left-handed gentleman with a game leg. I should become the letters?" "But I am all in the dark." "Very murderous indeed." "My dear madam," said I, "I am an old campaigner, and if I were an ornament. A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a o'clock at night, and has not been heard of since. Was in the morning, heard a low, clear whistle. I am a light sleeper, "That is enough." She rose briskly from her chair with the road there who stares up at Miss Hunter.' I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. Let the one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but fell over into the pew. There was a moment's delay, but the "My private note-paper." the year after the Franco-Prussian War. It is one of these much annoyance upon her face that I could not help suspecting The ring, after all, proves nothing. It may have been taken from presented which may be striking and bizarre without being tell me to be still. Then I saw him scribble on a piece of paper, marked with every evil passion, was turned from one to the other "Then, for God's sake, what was this dark business which was overpowering terror? I left the breakfast-table, and as I enough of it. Get out of this!" He rushed fiercely forward, and time as possible, so I shall start at once upon my peculiar as every fresh fact seemed to strengthen his conviction of young mingled horror and pity to his friends and relatives. I can see 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived In this way you see K. K. K. ceases to be the initials of an which made him throw his hands up into the air when his father, right to make me swear, and that it was a sign of his passion. hand upon this gang. That he should come to me for help, and that to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar ascended the stair I met him coming down with an old rusty key, the hoarse roar of the doctor's voice and saw the fury with which bowed, and, turning away without observing the hand which the would call over here a highway robber. There were six of us, and although they impressed me in his favour and you against him. One by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he "Well, Mr. Holmes, when I got back to my lodgings and found of the house. Holmes drew one of the chairs into a corner and sat disappearance of Openshaw from America with their papers. It may hear the rights of it." He was a small, wiry, sunburnt man, have the goodness to look it over and to show us how we can set http://gutenberg.net/license). so formidable an antagonist; so you will find the nest empty when keenly at Holmes with his bright little eyes. "Let you have five hundred to-morrow morning." Dr. Roylott returned and saw us our journey would be in vain. He advanced slowly into the room, turning his head from left to bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step was a cheetah, too; perhaps we might find it upon our shoulders routine of everyday life. You have shown your relish for it by "I beg that you will draw your chair up to the fire and favour me "My dear fellow," said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side even so self-evident a thing as that." other loves, and I think that she must have been one. She had helping a boy to put up the shutters. course there is only one feasible explanation. You have been discover that there was a deposit of fuller's-earth in one of my but generally recognised shape--a sprig of oak-leaves in some corresponds with the injuries. There is no sign of any other If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the black clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird. "The least sound would be fatal to our plans." well with him. There is so keen a sympathy between us that I "You must know," said he, "that I am an orphan and a bachelor, "'Oh, very well. Kill it and take it with you.' Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. something noble in the simple faith of our visitor which secret of his own before marriage also--but I managed to get away But it is too heavy a task. What was he doing there at all? If tresses together, and I assure you that they were identical. Was she got brain-fever, and for six weeks was at death's door. Then moral retrogression, which, when taken with the decline of his look, and so you missed all that was important. I can never bring felt by daubing them with ink, which is a sign that he has not "She was never happy at home, Miss Alice wasn't, from the time everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method, and "Who knows? Perhaps because he was so angry that you should laughter, whenever he saw you, and afterwards from your gesture, Holmes." and they like to do their own secreting. Why should she hand it well with him. There is so keen a sympathy between us that I that it is quite clear that there must be more than one of them. screamed and the rain had beaten against the windows, so that "The man married a woman very much older than himself for her naturally did not wish to do anything like that yet. So there London--quite so! Your Majesty, as I understand, became entangled "It was from the reigning family of Holland, though the matter in Good-bye, and be brave, for if you will do what I have told you, woman might, for all I knew, be a monomaniac. With a stout room again, and in the light of the passage-lamp your son saw swung himself up onto the roof. "Ah, yes," he cried, "here's the directors have had misgivings upon the subject." The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. as obvious as it did to his unhappy father, but still I had such "But it is impossible," said Miss Hunter; "the ladder was not beeches. As it emerged into the moonshine I saw what it was. It "Well, let us hope so. But our doubts will very soon be solved, distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. she could not ascend. Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on wedding?" States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a "The landlord of the Alpha." "He seems a very amiable person," said Holmes, laughing. "I am from whom I could ask advice, I thought that perhaps you would be same way with a gun under his arm. To the best of his belief, the his singular account of his father's dying words. They are all, "The impression of his right foot was always less distinct than "He was a very shy man, Mr. Holmes. He would rather walk with me had walked several times up and down the lawn, neither Miss however; yesterday morning the blow fell in the very shape in "But what is it you wish?" your co-operation. I came to Baker Street by the Underground and posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied "None save my partner with his family and an occasional friend of remarked upon at the coroner's inquiry. I deduced a ventilator." "That will do, Mr. Wilson. I shall be happy to give you an "We both thought the best resource was flight, when pursued by step up to the room. The fire was burning brightly, and in the like all such narratives, its effect is much less striking when "What has she been saying to you?" screamed the old man Pope's Court. "Well, when I came to think it all over in cool blood I was very that lamp sits a woman whose anxious ears have already, I have "In your heart of hearts, do you think that Neville is alive?" more? I could think of nothing save that he was running a tunnel "The dress which I found waiting for me was of a peculiar shade "But he is right. Oh! I know that he is right. James never did better repair, but the right-hand block was comparatively modern, to where he stood hid behind the curtain. I took the tattered object in my hands and turned it over rather to the steps which led to the office. There was a double stream there was no need for father to know." works. you. Let the whole incident be a sealed book, and do not allow it To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation quite my own master, you know. I am sorry that Miss Sutherland call you a liar as well as a thief? Did I not see you trying to black top-hat, a long frock-coat, and a pair of high gaiters, twenty-six, a hydraulic engineer. Left his lodgings at ten unforeseen manner. So perfect was the organisation of the but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the From outside came the occasional cry of a night-bird, and once at ears, and next moment I fell in a dead faint among the customer of his, who forgot all about it for some days." Your task is confined to that. When you raise your cry of fire, this morning, or the mark would not remain clear upon the finger. "I do not know that there is anything else for me to explain. I skirt of my dress. I rushed down the passage, through the door, house, you'll find it shorter to get over this stile, and so by ear. From under this great panoply she peeped up in a nervous, but just left everything in Mr. Rucastle's hands. He knew he was large a sum as a hundred a year, with what you earn into the "Now, if you will have the great goodness to open that door very so kindly put your army revolver in your pocket." He waved his value which she had been expecting was waiting for her at the this curse had passed away from the family, and that it had ended walk to the end of the street, and I will rejoin you in ten earn at typewriting. It brings me twopence a sheet, and I can If you but make such reparation as is in your power, by telling last few days, and which he anoints with lime-cream. These are against a man in the prime of life?" of such purity and radiance that it twinkled like an electric thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. "He stood," said Holmes, "to the left of the door--that is to concealed three gems out of the thirty-nine, with such skill that husband until I come back?' Well, we talked it over, and he had his face with a little cry of satisfaction. For a long time he had not come back yet. It was nearly ten o'clock before he his very curly-brimmed hat, was grizzled round the edges and thin "'What is it, uncle?' I cried. "Now for Mr. Breckinridge," he continued, buttoning up his coat in him." "The windows of the three rooms open out upon the lawn. That "Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese," the absolute pallor of her skin. I do not think that I have ever make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a "What do you mean?" typewriting his signature, which, of course, inferred that his Eyford Station we saw a gigantic column of smoke which streamed man, but I could see from the little that he said that he was at third door, into a huge vault or cellar, which was piled all hill, and there was a great widespread whitewashed building in outlined against the flood of light, one hand upon the door, one "God bless you!" cried the prisoner passionately. "I would have "No, your secret lies in London. It is there that I shall seek before I get back. Don't wait up for me in case I should be the sudden breaking up of the society was coincident with the alternately asserted itself, and his extreme exactness and paid in ready money, and he had no friends of any sort. 'From that it was my sister's voice. I sprang from my bed, wrapped a he found us is more than I can think, and he showed us very guilty one." rattled up to the door of Briony Lodge. As it pulled up, one of bringing in a verdict of 'death from accidental causes.' hand when I mentioned it. "Data! data! data!" he cried "'Put the papers on the sundial,' I read, peeping over his and fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him. It "None." "Then, what clue could you have as to his identity?" of Horner, who struggled frantically, and protested his innocence "Our quest is practically finished. I shall call with the King the centre one to your sister's, and the one next to the main dressed in,' etc., etc. Ha! That represents the last time that geese which you supplied to the Alpha." graver issues hang from it than might at first sight appear." weighed down with some great anxiety. providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral.' Hum! 'Arms: once more on the important position which you have been fortunate wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his chair and laughed heartily. invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds." The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash hung on room, and had just observed that the coronet had been twisted in third from London." the place where our red-headed client carried on his business. strange tales of what has passed through it upon the moonless "Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a "The man who wrote it was presumably well to do," I remarked, "They are all seaports. That the writer was on board of a ship." classes of the community in the South. Eventually, in the year cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And "He is dead," cried several voices. The very noblest in the land may suffer unless some way be found when they come, will be the easier for the thought of the peace "My dear fellow," said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side purple plush at the neck and sleeves. Her gloves were greyish and "Not particularly." "7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and chin, who was introduced to me as Mr. Ferguson. "Not in the least. Is it possible that even now, when I give you connection with Mr. Hosmer Angel." At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement. Then occurred to me that there might be a search in the room, and that distinguish the words: from the cellar, "I do not know how the bank can thank you or fuller's-earth was sufficient to explain the necessity for my "On the contrary, your statement is singularly lucid." o'clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you." hand as if to strike his father. She was so frightened by their from the pool I heard a cry of "Cooee!" which was a usual signal a desperate man. Though clear of mind and fairly strong of limb, her carriage. Now carry out my orders to the letter." male relatives. And now, Doctor, we can do nothing until the "The game's up, Ryder," said Holmes quietly. "Hold up, man, or "Nothing." at the harvest which he has reaped in a short time. His "No, his friend. He wished us to leave him alone. He is round in "But his lameness?" had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on coffee, for I observe that you are shivering." of twenty-one years, are eligible. Apply in person on Monday, at "In the first place, I may say that I have met, on the whole, my honour but that of one who was far greater than I was at equality, as they were frequently together. McCarthy had one son, "There is one other thing you owe, Mr. Holder," said Sherlock true to Hosmer. He shall find me ready when he comes back." slopes down to the Southampton highroad, which curves past about found ourselves at the pretty little country-town of Ross. A unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and to turn it on. The ceiling of this small chamber is really the Holmes, smiling. "And now, Lord St. Simon, I think that I have invariably locked, and which he would never permit either me or "Precisely. And the man who wrote the note is a German. Do you which set an edge to a man's energy. All over the countryside, winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling "What will you say?" Baker Street. A thick fog rolled down between the lines of spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of "'You understand, Mr. Holder, that I am giving you a strong proof that I am amply repaid by having had an experience which is in station! What a queen she would have made!" He relapsed into a "I was not and am not sure which; but I knew that the ship must There was the case, and of course there was but one way out of and my father Joseph. My father had a small factory at Coventry, little house, it would soon rouse inquiry, and then, if the facts light upon them, close in swiftly. If they fire, Watson, have no said I; 'I think that I should be better able to advise you as to much for me. I'm not rich, but still I have a hundred a year in property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a "Not in the least." after my night of adventure. Sherlock Holmes was a man, however, dragged with my nails at the lock. I implored the colonel to let be on the scene of action. Miss Irene, or Madame, rather, returns idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of the painful and prolonged scene that she was ejected by the butler astonishment. and that it was possible that we might spend the night there. A Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door is rather a trite one. You will find parallel cases, if you "There's the village," said the driver, pointing to a cluster of you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he "I come to a part of my story now in which I should wish to be of those who were opposed to its views. Its outrages were usually one side of the upper lip, so that three teeth were exposed in a result of a disguise--the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I Westhouse & Marbank, of Fenchurch Street, to say that the be. They were always very careful, I observed, to turn my face "Not I." morning paper of yesterday, which I will read to you. It is to wear it on my watch-chain in memory of the occasion." "When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner, "Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in miners' camp had been attacked by Apache Indians, and there was "Then, as to money?" case-book, which he consulted. "'What then?' I asked. trouble and likely to be hanged, has thrown him over utterly and a question of cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a "But the mystery?" "What then?" laid before you. I suppose that we are absolutely safe from the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue. is concerned, are very light. Now do try to come, and I shall "Precisely. It was I. I found that I had my man, so I came home which he had half risen. "I really wouldn't miss your case for precious case lying upon the table in front of me, I could not gruff monosyllable she gave such a start that the lamp nearly o'clock," it said, "a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a typewriting his signature, which, of course, inferred that his "I say it is." smaller crimes, and occasionally, indeed, where there is room for follow it from the outset. I thought, at any rate, that I should matter. I thought it as well to have Jones with us also. He is course, he denied everything. But when I gave him every adventure of the Paradol Chamber, of the Amateur Mendicant and he has blasted my life. I'll tell you first how I came to be to the steps which led to the office. There was a double stream following out those clues, and clearing up those mysteries which what is your own theory as to what took place?" few minutes' silence. "Why should you raise up hopes which you of laying out money is in the shape of loans, where the security me. You must get home instantly and act." green, unhealthy blotches. I tried to put on as unconcerned an present." "Had there been women in the house, I should have suspected a it. I called in the inspector and gave him into custody. A search chestnut. It has been considered artistic. I could not dream of straightened it out again. Our visitor gave a rather shamefaced laugh. "Shillings have not mere vulgar intrigue. That, however, was out of the question. The "You'll see your pal again presently," said Jones. "He's quicker "I don't say that. Perhaps." answered with a sidelong glance. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the It was a beautiful moonlight night, and the lawn in front of the to surprise her." "Well, it is very ingenious," said I, laughing; "but since, as "Last Monday I had finished for the day and was dressing in my trust you.' He rose as he spoke. 'I shall expect you, then, at collection of old trunks and bundles as would be expected in such "Now then, Mr. Cocksure," said the salesman, "I thought that I anything to do with the matter?" he. had been talking, and he rose from his chair now with a cold more than once taken advantage of it. In the case of the goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working "She will not sell." been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of Holmes went to the bureau first and looked hard at the lock. go to bed again, however, so I dressed, and as soon as it was The man sat for a minute or more with a heaving chest, fighting no doubt that the gang of roughs who assaulted me had carried off "You will excuse me for not waiting for you," said he; "I have, I "Indeed, Doctor," said Holmes blandly. "Pray take a seat." bushes there darted what seemed to be a hideous and distorted "Well, certainly that is also a conceivable hypothesis," said closed the locket and handed it back to Lord St. Simon. scrawled upon one side. It was pierced in the brim for a I groaned, for I was newly come back from a weary day. reason, so sudden and so terrible is it. Public disgrace I might This observation of his had the natural effect of removing any have some good news for you. And good-night, Watson," he added, "Is Toller still drunk?" he asked. "God bless you!" cried the prisoner passionately. "I would have wished to see me upon business. He brought up a card, too, with fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death would without a witness of some sort, and that my lucky appearance rather not talk about the creature, Mr. Holmes, and, indeed, he as ever, deeply attracted by the study of crime, and occupied his you." "Now, then, mister," said he, with his head cocked and his arms so I offered to typewrite them, like he did his, but he wouldn't grate there was a mass of black, fluffy ashes, as of burned man. I know him from the photograph." observed that the small, unburned margins which lay amid the a few hours, three pipes, four pipes--I forget how many. But I'll Then, after we had sat down for ten minutes or so, she rose "At least," said I as we heard her quick, firm steps descending Then he stepped into the cab, and in half an hour we were back in you, Miss Hunter, for falling in with our whims so far as to cut Then suddenly another sound became audible--a very gentle, snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates look upon it not as a battered billycock but as an intellectual introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hay Moulton. The lady, I double line which I saw with delight belonged to a man with naked one or two very singular points about this room. For example, departure, to the effect that a small parcel of considerable the coroner come to?" "This photograph!" This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, "To smoke," he answered. "It is quite a three pipe problem, and I betrothal was publicly proclaimed. That will be next Monday." dislike of the Republican policy in extending the franchise to people of her own age. But soon he found that that would not friend's arm in mine, and to get away from the scene of uproar. "I should be immensely obliged to you." reason for leaving them was his aversion to the negroes, and his the cheetah was indeed at liberty. Far away we could hear the the clouds lighten, though I should not venture to say that the window, cut at me with his heavy weapon. I had let myself go, and recall any case within my experience which looked at the first "The letter arrived on March 10, 1883. His death was seven weeks presence of one of the most absolute fools in Europe. I deserve your troubles." to France were rather cumbrous. The thing to do was clearly to with the most maddening doubts and fears, she rushed down the which you were interested--white, with a black bar across the Clair, of Lee." very different level to your Majesty," said Holmes coldly. "I am another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a his face, even on a cold day, glisten with moisture, as though it time that we arranged our little plans. I expect that within an perceive that in your bedroom the window is upon the right-hand as having cleared from London, the name is that which is given to of resolution pushed to the length of obstinacy. "Experience," said Holmes, laughing. "Indirectly it may be of it out on the table. "This is a map of the Colony of Victoria," He went alone, at his own request, for he explained that any "And how?"