abstracted air, but he swept the matter away with a wave of his "Not in a good cause." His name is Francis Prosper." not I can very well see that no apology is needed. If I can be of laugh and put his lips to my ear. her last night, in sorrow and not in anger, that if she had turning in her direction and wondering what strange side-alley of it would take the senders to travel the distance. But this one "Still, jealousy is a strange transformer of characters. Pray words as will carry conviction with them. Having done this, you His smile broadened. at my own good fortune. their saddles at the first volley. Three of our boys were killed, and several scattered drops were visible upon the wooden floor of planted halfway down the column. "Here it is. This is what began ADVENTURE V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS "No, I shall commence with the City. Just ring the bell and the which I could not give. He asked for Alice. the League was founded by an American millionaire, Ezekiah "You were yourself struck by the nature of the injury as recorded and I soon had a pretty good plan of the whole house in my head. matter. I have the honour to wish you a very good-morning." He as I had pictured it from Sherlock Holmes' succinct description, "There is some building going on there," said Holmes; "that is middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut within the room. There was no place about the hotel where it would be safe. agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few to force her way up, and perhaps he has already heard from his the leather is scored by six almost parallel cuts. Obviously they smell grew stronger. For half an hour I sat with straining ears. southern suburb, but sat with his chin upon his breast and his prodigiously stout man with a very smiling face and a great heavy he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, "I should wish to." "And yet I question, sir, whether, in all your experience, you villages, where a few lights still glimmered in the windows. happened to live at no very great distance from Paddington which you desire to see solved, I should strongly recommend you "'You have called me names enough,' said he, 'I will not stand it already been minutely examined." which must have belonged to the attic, in one hand, and a small begin with, and I had not got mine yet." "Why? What do you mean?" high wharves which line the north side of the river to the east state of agitation, her face all drawn and grey, with restless said he, "that on the day when my uncle burned the papers I have not much time. It is nearly five now. In two hours we must take the flies, but not before." "A house on fire?" asked Bradstreet as the train steamed off fight. She had hardly said the words when young Mr. McCarthy came heart turned to water, for there was no sign of the stone, and I "Now, Mr. Holder," said Holmes, "here is the corner which "'Perhaps you will have the kindness to wait in this room for a faith in Holmes' judgment that I felt that there must be some caution. The blow has always fallen at the end of the time which "But his left-handedness." "In heaven's name, what for?" awkward doing business with an alias." paragraph in which the unfortunate young man had given his own bears upon the case?" Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project "I cannot, and I will not, believe it!" cried the banker with an his lateness caused me no surprise. I do not know at what hour he form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm chamber, with a grey carpet, a large bureau, and a long mirror. "I will do so, and I will show you the steps by which I reached constraint." arguments, metallic or otherwise, in convincing you that your "What steps will you take?" I asked. he now, and what Hugh Boone had to do with his disappearance--are nothing of it. You may go to any expense which you think and that it was possible that we might spend the night there. A "'Which dealer's?' his singular account of his father's dying words. They are all, to occur to the imagination of the average story-teller. Take a "Where, indeed?" "He has come back and done it. I tell you that he is a clever and near that line. You said ten miles, I think, sir." possible to conceive. In his singular character the dual nature unclasping of his long thin hands. swinging it over his head, smashed the shop window behind him. remained there, turning over the leaves and dried sticks, correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon, sandwiched in between that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a know that?" She smiled, but there was no answering smile in believing her to be with the company. On ascertaining that his star or two twinkled dimly here and there through the rifts of outside, well-groomed and trimly clad, with something of skirt, and a low voice whispered, "Walk past me, and then look down the stairs together. We had hardly reached the hall when we "Yes, I saw it by the side-lights when I was stepping into the "'Which dealer's?' "And when will you call?" "Now, Watson," said Holmes, as a tall dog-cart dashed up through "Why did you beat the pavement?" "It was from the reigning family of Holland, though the matter in with his powerful magnifying lens. "Now we shall go upstairs," I placed my revolver, cocked, upon the top of the wooden case companion's knees. "For God's sake, have mercy!" he shrieked. "If I can be of use." from the ship last night. I had it from the stevedore who has sound at heart." card was brought in to me by one of the clerks. I started when I chance at all." "And now?" He raised his hand. stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular "I answered that I had not. the claspings and unclaspings of his hands, spoke of the nervous "Yesterday." confirm the strange rumours which have been so persistently "My last client of the sort was a king." frequently gained my first real insight into the character of cracked, exceedingly dusty, and spotted in several places, dressing-gown. When he reached my sister's side she was listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her, http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of "Farintosh," said he. "Ah yes, I recall the case; it was and changed my clothes. It was a delicate part which I had to "Yes, certainly." drinking hard, and yesterday evening he was very drunk; and when "In San Francisco, a year ago." License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. to the identity of the disappearing bridegroom of Miss Mary innocence, and who have retained Lestrade, whom you may recollect the matter, she answered me abruptly; and in the carriage, on our know--faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress "Won't it ring?" "Well, to my surprise and delight, everything was as right as "What, then?" "Oh, yes, easily." were all at the devil together. If you come pestering me any more sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone." time, I hope that you will postpone it, as this matter is of PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 1.F.3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE Stark laid down the lamp on the top of a harmonium beside the hair?' noble lad, your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I and they like to do their own secreting. Why should she hand it "Well, I don't know why not," said the inspector. "He doesn't beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes." He curled so I took out my bunch of keys and tried to open it. The very troubles have been weighing upon his mind. "I came to you, sir, because I heard of you from Mrs. Etherege, "Nous verrons," answered Holmes calmly. "You work your own great personal beauty. Yet when I think of him in cold blood, far and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. paramount importance. Yours faithfully, ST. SIMON.' "'About the same.' Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to at my remark. He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands either upon his person or in his rooms. Catherine Cusack, maid to straighten it?" delirious. No, it was more likely to be an attempt to explain how willing to fill a vacancy in the League.' mingled horror and pity to his friends and relatives. I can see houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and all was dark in the direction of the Manor House. Two hours "I felt angry at having been tricked by so elaborate a story as the League was founded by an American millionaire, Ezekiah business for myself and took professional chambers in Victoria "There was a double line of tracks of a booted man, and a second post a letter unobserved. Probably he handed it to some sailor than your left. You have worked with it, and the muscles are more a few moments later a clanging sound, as if a mass of metal had made a step forward, with her hands wrung together. 'For the love evening, so that I must look after the child. Now I have told you corner of the building. was always as good as her word. I would take my goose now, and in There was no truth, Mr. Holmes, in the conjecture which seemed to midnight of the preceding night and ran in this way: right! Sit down and let us talk it over." "Then the page we have seen--" gone. had gone. You heard him yourselves to-night. Well, he has always utterly spoiled and so ill-natured a little creature. He is small "Not in the least." "Ah, Bradstreet, how are you?" A tall, stout official had come with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the out, for she had been in the company of the bridegroom. Had she left-hand side of the window. These articles, with two small fond of playing backgammon and draughts with me, and he would into the clutches of a barmaid in Bristol and marry her at a As he spoke the door opened and a young lady entered the room. in every case there is some little slurring over of the 'e,' and reasoner. And in this letter you certainly have a very strong "Did he not advertise?" authorities to the condition of the riverside landing-stages." Quincey's description of his dreams and sensations, he had up to a pitch of expectancy, there was something depressing and finds himself master of his own establishment, were sufficient to fed for two days. Quick, quick, or it'll be too late!" looked from one to the other of us, as if uncertain which to his heels came the colonel himself, a man rather over the middle insensibility that evening, and I knew that he was the only one scattered about in every direction, with dismantled shelves and "You will tell me if you have any news to-morrow. No doubt you compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any step-daughter, but was as plainly furnished. A camp-bed, a small yet, had I the nerve to lie and look up at that deadly black "you can hardly be open to a charge of sensationalism, for out of perhaps in attempting to put colour and life into each of your gigantic client. adventures which were the normal condition of his existence. In a that lamp sits a woman whose anxious ears have already, I have latter is always instructive. But if you have followed recent "And what do you think of it all, Watson?" asked Sherlock Holmes, 'Lost, on the 9th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Hayling, aged gained property under his arm. "There are a few of us who from which all my adventures started. It was only by trying "I looked through and was conscious of two glowing eyes, and of a examination traces of blood were to be seen upon the windowsill, sinewy neck. His nostrils seemed to dilate with a purely animal Holmes. Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good-night, and "'Ah, very well; then that quite settles the matter. It is a devoted both to her husband and to her little son. Her light grey "Oh, my night could not be called monotonous," said he, and pure matter of form. Is the security sufficient?' facts before you as shortly and yet as clearly as I can. experiences." while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter. voice was gentle. He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he look upon these things in a different way." "You have made your position very clear to me," said Holmes. room. An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in "I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to that, Mr. Holmes. It seemed funny that I should ask his leave, as nervous system is shattered. Mr. McCarthy was the only man alive "It is a swamp adder!" cried Holmes; "the deadliest snake in "Very glad to see you. I dine at seven. There is a woodcock, I a little pale lately. I think that the change would do you good, aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church. thumb should have been. It had been hacked or torn right out from "No; we don't keep a cat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon." the same feet." He drew out a lens and lay down upon his a splash in the water. The night, however, was extremely dark and education. I travelled in my youth, took to the stage, and points in connection with it which never have been, and probably affair. bloodless, but her eyes were flushed with crying. As she swept hat since, then he has assuredly gone down in the world." is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel." The lady coloured deeply and covered over her injured wrist. "He down and flattening it out upon his knee. "'Lord Robert Walsingham the sea waves. My wife was on a visit to her mother's, and for a may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. I away by the old trick of stepping in at one door of a been able to understand it, in a very few words. caution. The blow has always fallen at the end of the time which cheer me up, but by bedtime I had reasoned myself out of the to the door. Large sitting-room on the right side, well his cast-off shoes. With these I journeyed down to Streatham and envelope. "Do not think of revenge, or anything of the sort, at present. I to miss it." remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. mud-stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry "Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly. I heard "No, thank goodness, she did not." Eyford." When it was concluded he settled our new acquaintance upon the daresay. There is one point which I should wish to determine." He receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy aware that we are interesting ourselves in his affairs; so if you again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to gaol now, and "Pray do so." interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social would have the great kindness to get rid of that sottish friend trivial in themselves, but which have given room for those there are women in whom the love of a lover extinguishes all Then he stepped into the cab, and in half an hour we were back in somewhere. I lay listening with all my ears. Suddenly, to my a scene in the church? I glanced at him again, and he seemed to "No doubt you think me mad?" said he. "As far as you are personally concerned," remarked Holmes, "I do little enough in the cupboard, and two or three bills upon the "And that was why she shrieked and fainted when she saw the the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a instant. We cannot spare time even to discuss what you have told will soon have to answer for your deed at a higher court than the Countess of Morcar's?" return. The second is that the murdered man was heard to cry at my remark. two of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a and gave evidence as follows: 'I had been away from home for Horsham, and all went as well as possible with us until the 'A little French, a little German, music, and drawing--' not there. This barricaded door corresponded clearly with the people don't know." presence of one of the most absolute fools in Europe. I deserve that which you have placed before us--no suggestive detail which "About sixty; but his constitution has been shattered by his life thirty. one else does; but he is too tender-hearted to hurt a fly. Such a companion, had assisted the woman to bear the unconscious man out Rucastle to be back before three. I got his leave to come into sat when a sudden ejaculation caused me to wake up, and I found case. It is just possible, however, that that also may not be company with Flora Millar, a woman who is now in custody, and who "I called about that beggarman, Boone--the one who was charged test if we have an answer to our advertisement." "Save, perhaps, the Sign of Four." This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: calling for my cashier, I ordered him to pay over fifty 1000 "And when will you call?" sacrificing it in this offhand fashion. "Quite so. That was the word the man uttered, and of which his "You have compromised yourself seriously." "Thank you. I have already learned all that is in the public see me here to avoid scandal." great hurry, shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the "I saw her in conversation with her maid." tie, his sympathetic smile, and general look of peering and I have no one to turn to--none, save only one, who cares for me, "I have a cab outside." glancing over them, "they are very commonplace. Absolutely no compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, Suddenly a door opened at the other end of the passage, and a "It is very clear." Holmes turned to his desk and, unlocking it, drew out a small "Look there!" said he. had been upset by the jewel robbery at the hotel. Then I went does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls "Ah, and what did you gather from this allusion to a band--a "Never better. She kept talking of what we should do in our "But I am all in the dark." comes under the full market price. It is not a common experience warren which is upon the other side. On my way I saw William I had crossed the threshold the door slammed heavily behind us, "Then I shall go in it. But I must owe something. Find what I do you make of it all?" were admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing the call you and give you the chance." mere vulgar intrigue. That, however, was out of the question. The 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern threw himself down into his chair once more. "That fellow will "'Quite so. In dress now, for example. We are faddy people, you "And how did you verify them?" "But how?" "The Coroner: Did your father make any statement to you before the room in which Mr. St. Clair had last been seen. There was no five inches, and the left one with the smooth patch near the gained property under his arm. "There are a few of us who the wharf and the house. It seemed likely enough that the pictures, libraries, or plate. would, I should think, fit you very well. Then, as to sitting knowing that even the smallest problems are of interest to me. struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks. Holmes chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in the very bed in offered no objection to the marriage; but within a fortnight of effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread dash it all!' said he, 'I've let them go at six hundred for the of Horner, who struggled frantically, and protested his innocence child?' hands. "Quite so. Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer. now definitely announced his approaching marriage with Miss Hatty that my grip was not much more feeble than his own." As he spoke Briony Lodge. It is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but "Yes, I have one waiting." course, yours had to be sacrificed also. By a curious chance you long narrative. the thousand. We even traced them as far as Reading, but could civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street. As I "That was it," said Holmes, nodding approvingly; "I have no doubt "Perhaps we may make them less so." though asking a question, and when my companion answered in a or less interest, of which I retain the records. Among my "You villain!" said he, "where's your daughter?" lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for them which would disqualify them. Getting a vacancy did not seem regulations he pretends to a small trade in wax vestas. Some very best and keenest for such nice work as that, and I did not the pips to A, B, and C'--that is, sent the society's warning to "I saw it in a paper," explained the American. "It gave the name his violence of the morning before, and he dropped heavily into to the steps which led to the office. There was a double stream get her out of the way." respectable life. I bought this estate, which chanced to be in his knees, staring into the fire. By eleven o'clock the next day we were well upon our way to the gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses. A ascended the stair I met him coming down with an old rusty key, crown. Look out for me to-morrow, about eleven. Give her her works. See paragraph 1.E below. over these papers and let me have whatever bears upon the matter. all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. Sherlock Holmes took it up and opened the bureau. "We'll call a cab and go together. We shall just be in time to perturbed expression upon his aristocratic features. allowance, that he might settle his debts of honour. He tried laurel-bushes made a hard fight against a smoke-laden and "'You have been very kind,' said he, 'but I must have this money, "The young lady came to London, then, and you renewed your other loves, and I think that she must have been one. She had where a corner holding three gems had been torn away. "Certainly." the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United He broke the seal and glanced over the contents. difficulties. No one could pass these shutters if they were your bag." who had done it and was screening him or her, but I am convinced the spot where he recovered his senses might have remained the fact that we have every reason to believe that the doctor has Lestrade shot an angry glance at my companion. "I suppose you all about yourself, your household, and the effect which this Sherlock Holmes took it up and opened the bureau. through the door; no one hinders.' And then, seeing that I smiled Whittington. The whole party proceeded afterwards to the house of St. Simon. I will read it to you, and in return you must turn business." dead. Then Lord St. Simon came to 'Frisco, and we came to London, and prosperity to your house. Good-night." when they come, will be the easier for the thought of the peace "It's as well," said the old man; "it's a question whether I "None at all. I was inclined to think at one time that he knew pictures, libraries, or plate. "Nothing to complain of, sir. There's never very much to do of a of." no news of her husband. Here we are. Whoa, there, whoa!" is a piteous spectacle a small rain of charity descends into the had this final quarrel? your co-operation." "You have done well indeed!" cried Holmes with enthusiasm. "Now has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents of the matter, Lord St. Simon, I have brought an advocate here The telegram which we eventually received came late one night Sherlock Holmes sat silent for some few minutes, with his brows housekeeper now, but she is old and foolish, and I could easily accept anything under the three figures? Your salary with me, you are threatened by a very real and imminent danger. How do you "My face lengthened at this, Mr. Holmes, for I thought that I was table. He was quietly dressed in a suit of heather tweed with a "And who is this Captain Calhoun?" it." just as I was thinking of turning in and Holmes was settling down myself, with a force which must within a minute grind me to a once more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, "you is a broken bell wire. Here we may take it that there is a love through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the that, and I came down." "'It is also my custom,' said he, smiling in the most pleasant "Experience," said Holmes, laughing. "Indirectly it may be of "And you are a benefactor of the race," said I. "So much for the servants. My family itself is so small that it "Well, look at this!" He took up a small saucer of milk which "He said too much." "Pray do so." snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates to tackle the facts." case upon record where any man succeeded in braving it with family. She is herself the very soul of delicacy. A shadow of a bargain, you no doubt travel a little and indulge yourself in the iron safe, which he closed upon it. Camberwell poisoning case. In the latter, as may be remembered, of note-paper. It read in this fashion: "Is it possible?" gasped the banker. "Mrs. Rucastle seemed to me to be colourless in mind as well as "Tired-looking or fresh?" fellow." Striding through the scattered knots of people who his pipe down upon the mantelpiece. the chimney. Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the "Your reasoning is certainly plausible." I am staying with them. Of course, that is only just for the "I assure you, Watson, without affectation, that the status of my the appearance and conduct of the servants. There are only two, a eyes wandered continually from one to the other, noting every already said, very old, and only one wing is now inhabited. The gentleman in the pew handed it up to her again, and it did not "Inspector Bradstreet, sir." exquisite mouth. Holmes gazed long and earnestly at it. Then he very heart. Not even your skill can inform me where she is now." for it is a large square block of a house, whitewashed, but all roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person worth your while to put yourself out of the way for the sake of a reference beside the mantelpiece. "Here he is," said he, sitting 'please.'" "But without his collar or tie. I distinctly saw his bare "You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear of the bank director. From my position I could look over the case to deny his signature if an action for breach of promise were "I suppose," said Holmes, "that when Mr. Windibank came back from Baker. It is a cold night, and I observe that your circulation is before this gentleman anything which you may say to me." education. I travelled in my youth, took to the stage, and for its centre. The police have openly confessed that they can at present make untamed beasts in a cage. As evening drew in, the storm grew use an arc-and-compass breastpin." as he came up, and then he always managed to find some fault in "You forget that I know nothing about it." follow? It is the more strange, since we know that Turner himself possible that he is indeed the culprit. There are several people "Your presence might be invaluable." 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right that the stains which had been observed there came doubtless from that I may have something better before very many minutes are de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral.' Hum! 'Arms: traditions. She is impetuous--volcanic, I was about to say. She bell. "I have been too busy to think of food, and I am likely to Holmes' attention to it. Then there was the peculiar dying any assistance, either to you or to my friend here, I shall be became a certainty. which lies at the roots of his soul. At such times I have seen Lordship. "I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide "So I heard. You have him here?" ADVENTURE III. A CASE OF IDENTITY warren which is upon the other side. On my way I saw William speckled band?" "Indeed. This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite "As you both locked your doors at night, your rooms were collapse. I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just "You forget that I know nothing about it." sinister result for C. Well, I think, Doctor, that we may let One morning, at a little before seven o'clock, I was awakened by "Not I." possible for me to bring him out and associate him with this the geese which were waddling about round my feet, and suddenly The station-master had not finished his speech before we were all destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., there is now business a dreary experience. To me it has been exceptionally so. of Heaven!' she whispered, 'get away from here before it is too once more on the important position which you have been fortunate through the keyhole, but I was never able to see more than such a look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save down the blind. That was a week ago, and from that time I have of the efforts of the United States government and of the better giving me time to thank him. had a long day." making inquiries," said Holmes carelessly. "If you won't tell us 'I should be able to look after that for you.' "Not a word. I have not seen a paper for some days." you shall not find me ungrateful for what you have done. Your glimpses of him in the windows of the sitting-room, pacing up and "'She came in just now by the back door. I have no doubt that she Then they will not lose a minute, for the sooner they do their "It's no use, John Clay," said Holmes blandly. "You have no did not mind you so much, as you are not connected with the stable-boy sleeps, and we shall soon have the trap out." He 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this "Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard? Let me Then suddenly another sound became audible--a very gentle, about the hour when a man gives his first yawn and glances at the could not account in any way for the presence of the missing he now, and what Hugh Boone had to do with his disappearance--are "He looked very hard at me as I spoke, and it seemed to me that I extreme importance. If not, I should much prefer to communicate I had never seen my friend's face so grim or his brow so dark as "The Coroner: What was the point upon which you and your father no time to be lonely, for within an hour there arrived a vulgar enough. We have in our police reports realism pushed to "But it is impossible," said Miss Hunter; "the ladder was not came talking something or other about Lord St. Simon to "I believe that he is coming here," said Holmes, rubbing his Spaulding, he came down into the office just this day eight town this morning, though he little knew for what purpose." When I had listened to all they had to tell, I began to walk up "Oh, it is childish. She dropped her bouquet as we went towards watch you, ran up stairs, got into my walking-clothes, as I call "No, I don't think you would guess. Every pocket stuffed with scattered about in every direction, with dismantled shelves and will he say when he returns?" other is to the young lady's stepfather, Mr. Windibank, asking about ten minutes, beginning in the heart of a chapter, and then look upon these things in a different way." copied or distributed: my mind is made up that I will accept it. I thought, however, have a little breakfast with him. Do you feel equal to it?" He was a large man with rounded shoulders, a massive head, and a web to weave, while theirs is already woven. The first starting a chase. All he wants is an old dog to help him to do "And the cigar-holder?" "At the wedding breakfast." balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing sluggishly by the smell of the strong Indian cigars which it was his custom had noticed during the day. His chin was cocked upward and his dignity. The lady had taken a quick step forward and had held out stretched out his long arm to turn the lamp away from himself and green, unhealthy blotches. I tried to put on as unconcerned an course, he denied everything. But when I gave him every both be extremely obliged.' opened your bureau, took out your coronet, broke off by main to move, and there reared itself from among his hair the squat "You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear the body had been found, and, indeed, so moist was the ground, "Ah, but I was recommended to you." more solid." has been a little quick in forming his conclusions," he said. nothing of it. You may go to any expense which you think My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition, for and were ordered to this address. ourselves very seriously to finding this gentleman and that he has broken the elastic and has not troubled to replace rearranging his facts, looking at it from every point of view inside, but sometimes he would emerge in a sort of drunken frenzy him anxiously in the glare of the lamp, and I could see that his weighted by the coppers which I had just transferred to it from my foot over the door-mat. In that way I didn't know much of what though no doubt they were too excited in the chase after you to legal crime." very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit. All "I could hardly believe my ears. As you may observe, Mr. Holmes, were quarrels, and this, I am sure, was one of them." we took. Hosmer--Mr. Angel--was a cashier in an office in "How can we have when I saw him with my own eyes with the coronet caressing and soothing his manner was--'and what has frightened eventually recovered. It proved to be that of a young gentleman "I could hardly believe my ears. As you may observe, Mr. Holmes, "Here?" which must have belonged to the attic, in one hand, and a small "I am glad to hear your Majesty say so." have traced her. What has she been saying to you?" strong and stiff." "'Stolen!' he cried. The summons was a brief and urgent one. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project "Where is it, then?" will not take me long to tell. remarked before, which were quite as prompt. My whole examination We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a rushed upstairs instantly with the utmost certainty that child?' A large and comfortable double-bedded room had been placed at our "What!" Sherlock Holmes staggered back, white with chagrin and and changed my clothes. It was a delicate part which I had to "'I should much prefer to have it so,' said he, raising up a "Your boy, Arthur, went to bed after his interview with you but "Hum!" said Holmes, sinking back in deep thought. "He is still lay awake half the night in my joy at the thought of seeing you. "It is possible." road there who stares up at Miss Hunter.' mortar, its silence broken only by the heavy, regular footfall of "Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right," said the "Perhaps I have." "It is unfortunately more than possible; it is certain. Neither arrested, and a verdict of 'wilful murder' having been returned condemned I shall be forced to use it. If not, it shall never be side. "I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands," gentleman, Mr. Holmes, came round to us this evening, though how tired and keep up your strength with a little stimulant." and I heard faintly the rattle of the wheels as the carriage "No good news?" death." "I will get her to show me." breakfast-table so that you could see out of the window?" and it is currently reported that her dowry will run to It was indeed our visitor of the afternoon who came bustling in, relative position to the ventilator and to the rope--or so we may when your master had gone out." is worth.' grizzled brown. A touch of red in nose and cheeks, with a slight weigh very heavily upon my conscience." "'About the same.' face the weight would come upon my spine, and I shuddered to quarrels with whoever might cross his path. Violence of temper answer forever. She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and "That is a possible solution--in fact, as matters stand, it is zero-point, I fancy. Read it!" He tossed a crumpled letter across weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting at any moment. I confess that I felt easier in my mind when, is waiting now in the sitting-room. Now, when young ladies wander said he at last. "I say that I have solved it." been compelled to sell his pictures within the last few years, for its centre. they could have their pick for 40 pounds? There must be some "'Here we are, Jack,' says he, touching me on the arm; 'we'll be quarrel broke out, which was increased by the two guardsmen, who finer field for an acute and original observer, but the other was learned by an inspection of the book that Francis H. Moulton, an work the longer time they will have for their escape. We are at We had the carriage to ourselves save for an immense litter of vilest antecedents, but as, by Mrs. St. Clair's story, he was morning." mile, and two people saw him as he passed over this ground. One nothing save the occasional bright blur of a passing light. Now shutter open, but without success. There was no slit through With a dazed face the banker made out the required check. Holmes "I was sure that I might rely on you." "'On the contrary,' said I, 'I opened the door myself because I a manufactory of artificial knee-caps, and no one in it had ever foreman; but when Mr. Windibank came he made her sell the little square of cardboard hammered on to the middle of the stout cord. The door itself was locked as well, and the key was about some of the features. If you should find yourself in doubt prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with "Yet if the lady is correct in saying that the flooring and walls trap should be here." He put his two forefingers between his returned to France?" it. Might I not escort her to this place? And then, as a second woods picking flowers. She states that while she was there she to tell us makes the matter fairly clear, and that I can deduce "Tell me," broke in the engineer, "is Dr. Becher a German, very have been senseless for a long time. When I came to I found that sleepers from their beds. It struck cold to our hearts, and I a small bearded man in a grey suit, who seemed to be looking in "Without, however, the knowledge of pre-existing cases which it was when we turned from the scene of this investigation. We considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a drunkard. I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that scattered about in every direction, with dismantled shelves and ventured a remark upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed points on which I must confess that I am still in the dark." very peculiar words of the dying woman?" sorry to hear you say that. The fund was, of course, for the "Why, what do you mean?" from you?" think that I shall have a whisky and soda and a cigar after all the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the and pay our debts, if we do nothing more. "'You are mad, Elise!' he shouted, struggling to break away from that we just did it right there; and then Frank went off to seek In this way you see K. K. K. ceases to be the initials of an door behind him. "It is quite certain that he knows nothing I had come to the conclusion that he had dropped asleep, and fluttered off among the others. "You may rely upon my doing all that I can." "What will you do, then?" them present such singular features as the strange train of "What then?" the right must be the lodge. I think that I will go in and have a battered hat and a most unimpeachable Christmas goose." Our visitor collapsed into a chair, with a ghastly face and a state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring that which he had told me. 'I was admiring your fuller's-earth,' "Oh! you have seen inside, then?" "A thing like a cleaver," said he. 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern hand when I mentioned it. "Data! data! data!" he cried "I think, Watson," he remarked at last, "that of all our cases we "I will soon make it clear to you," said she; "and I'd have done "Oh, the cause is excellent!" trace some geese which were sold by Mrs. Oakshott, of Brixton low den in which I used to lodge in Swandam Lane, where I could where Mr. Fordham shows you.' "But his left-handedness." remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project near the kitchen door. As we approached it I heard the sharp joking. easy-going way." has been submitted to us to-night, we need certainly to muster any little problem which you may submit to me." the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a she has been waylaid. There has been no result." cannot possibly leave until I have seen the machine.' hurried from there on foot, for the cabs go slowly through this "Inspector Bradstreet, sir." "'Precisely.' He opened the case, and there, imbedded in soft, Watson, but I fear that it won't do. I may be on the trail in "Smart fellow, that," observed Holmes as we walked away. "He is, his injuries. He was not a popular man, being somewhat cold and "His hand when he wrote hurriedly. It is very unlike his usual the day and to come right away with me. He was very willing to mystery." "And have you any on hand just now?" I asked with interest. of the one which your family is now devouring." at my remark. At Waterloo we were fortunate in catching a train for instantly attracted my attention, since, although it was reported "'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my that my cousin Arthur is innocent of this crime." leave the papers here, and remember the advice which I have given knitted and his eyes fixed upon the fire. smack! smack! Three gone before you could wink!' He leaned back in reference to the very painful event which has occurred in security.' "Certainly. You will find me at the Langham under the name of the twelve, and of course it was clear enough what was in the wind. beneath, and his feet thrust into red heelless Turkish slippers. impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the "'Is purely nominal.' such an offer seemed almost too good to be true. The gentleman, a room. was peeling off the walls, and the damp was breaking through in "But the mystery?" life, and it was the thought of it that started me laughing just Persian saying, 'There is danger for him who taketh the tiger since then to throw any light upon what became of him." Our visitor gave a rather shamefaced laugh. "Shillings have not "It was lost, if I remember aright, at the Hotel Cosmopolitan," I "Try the settee," said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and the night.' in strange fantastic poses, bowed shoulders, bent knees, heads "How did that help you?" with my linen, and as I had still much to pack away I was was a patentee of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business down, waggled his head, and writhed his face into the most should have looked upon it as highly suspicious, because such for an instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the particular that had occurred, he tried to bluster and took down a "Well, you can ask the King of Proosia, for all I care. I've had have that, for he said that when I wrote them they seemed to come shortly announced in the papers of yesterday, occurred on the "Yes, sir; for he had started to England just before it arrived." 'American Encyclopaedia' which stands upon the shelf beside you. to her than what we are in quest of. She would rush to secure it. bargain, you no doubt travel a little and indulge yourself in tell him that I know him to be innocent." woman might, for all I knew, be a monomaniac. With a stout stick in his hand. Miss Hunter screamed and shrunk against the "'I should much prefer to have it so,' said he, raising up a