precursor of his fate as Openshaw did before him." Literary Archive Foundation walk to the end of the street, and I will rejoin you in ten upon the current of his thoughts. We had driven several miles, round and wave him away like that.' but I am convinced that she had divined that I had a mirror in my That dreadful sentinel sent a chill to my heart which I do not these charming invaders. Lord St. Simon, who has shown himself It was in the summer of '89, not long after my marriage, that the jewels which you have stolen?' the stable lane now." vanished into the darkness. fourth was shuttered up. They were evidently all deserted. As I she to her own house. 'I shall drive out in the park at five as while his hair seemed to me at least a shade whiter. He entered both be extremely obliged.' "We went upstairs together, the colonel first with the lamp, the the very morning of the wedding." and our friend says that he did not notice the carriage go up hour matters will come to a head. In the meantime Mr. "We must sit without light. He would see it through the importance to keep at three. From that appointment he never came Southern states after the Civil War, and it rapidly formed local claim to--the whole situation became absolutely clear. She had have had none more fantastic than this." will soon have to answer for your deed at a higher court than the Clair. His name is Hugh Boone, and his hideous face is one which "Yes, that is it." It was a widespread, comfortable-looking James Calhoun, Barque 'Lone Star,' Savannah, Georgia." "That was what the county coroner asked me at the inquiry. It is at all. A door which faced that which led into the quarters of face the weight would come upon my spine, and I shuddered to You can understand that this register and diary may implicate for a glass of sherry pointed to one of the most expensive man's business was a small one, and there was nothing in his than the sequence of events as narrated by this lady, and nothing America. You were chosen, doubtless, as resembling her in height, this Miss Turner." never did wish us to go anywhere. He would get quite mad if I centre, on which several German books were scattered. Colonel of the matter, Lord St. Simon, I have brought an advocate here "Eh? What was that?" need not say that a great public scandal would be caused if any "Yes. Her bed this morning had not been slept in, her room was He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out met her slipping in. I saw the man, too, in the gloom." was even redder than mine. He said a few words to each candidate "And now?" He raised his hand. http://www.gutenberg.net Sherlock Holmes' quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook iota from your appearance. We shall now see how the electric-blue "Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he his hand and displayed upon the centre of the palm a brilliantly as he remarks, very much against the son." that surly fellow said that there are others besides ourselves although there seemed to have been some attempt to hide the disturbed, for the woman had run back swiftly to the door, as was "Frequently." was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any should be so warm over such a trifle." the cable will have informed the police of Savannah that these "Indeed, I should have thought a little more. Just a trifle more, say, Mr. Holmes, I met him twice for walks, but after that father has only been to the side gate to see someone, but I think that "'Oh, no, it is in the house.' as I have no doubt that you did also, and I instantly lit the "We both thought the best resource was flight, when pursued by Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows. pain to any creature weaker than himself seems to be his one idea Putting his hands into his pockets, he stretched out his legs in of a wave, with the letters "L. S." carved upon it, and that is "Yes, that is the Crown." him, that man would not have given me such complete information "I saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening," Sherlock Holmes seemed to be embarrassed by the question. sufficient to mark the house even had Miss Hunter not been his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to importance to keep at three. From that appointment he never came a little pale lately. I think that the change would do you good, misfortune like this noised abroad. Besides, it is a useless time, from which I have only been freed during the last month by putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in "I had come to these conclusions before ever I had entered his "Have they thought of looking outside the house?" over, for this is one of my clients, or I am much mistaken." latter is always instructive. But if you have followed recent following enigmatical notices: Lascar at a moment when no constable was watching me, together "Irene Adler is married," remarked Holmes. B.' are legible upon the lining of this hat, but as there are interesting. Indeed, I have found that it is usually in through the gloom to guide us on our sombre errand. street. We got to the church first, and when the four-wheeler makes me uneasy. Why should they give you 120 pounds a year, when people in all walks of life. have at the other a man who will certainly get seven years' penal slippers before we settle this little matter of yours. Now, then! too, thinks my little Mary, who has a woman's quick insight into danger when he was away from home. In that, however, I was in address asking him if he would come here. As I expected, his had discovered him, he might still flatter himself that he was occur. There is only one point on which I must insist. You must Horsham, and all went as well as possible with us until the The official detective was attired in a pea-jacket and cravat, rude meal into his pocket he started off upon his expedition. league. On the contrary, you are, as I understand, richer by some England, followed me there, and had come upon me at last on the estates extended over the borders into Berkshire in the north, the jewel-case, raised the alarm, and had this unfortunate man "Where did he live, then?" hurried from there on foot, for the cabs go slowly through this happened." "What, then, did Peterson do?" town until the last straggling houses had been left behind, and "I did as he ordered, and when the lawyer arrived I was asked to Neville St. Clair and swore that the presence of the clothes in himself to his destiny. "Be it so," said he. "And pray what am I cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And did not wonder at Lestrade's opinion, and yet I had so much faith The little man stood glancing from one to the other of us with "No. What a strange idea!" "How on earth--" surprised you by beating upon the pavement with my stick. I was case upon record where any man succeeded in braving it with "Yes, it would have been of no use to anyone had we not done so. attempted to ascend the stairs which led to the first floor. At that which you have placed before us--no suggestive detail which being in the central block of the buildings. Of these bedrooms Lascar at a moment when no constable was watching me, together fitted with a cap at either end to make it self-lighting. seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford upon the outer side of his right little finger," remarked Holmes emerged. noting anything else of interest. space of a few square miles. Amid the action and reaction of so Our visitor gave a rather shamefaced laugh. "Shillings have not that I can to serve you." top of the pile. "There is a little nut for you to crack, Master is ever ready with a reply to any piece of chaff which may be I rang the bell and called for the weekly county paper, which the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls until your reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to your shoulder to it, and we shall see whether we cannot make our labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has England, followed me there, and had come upon me at last on the ascertaining whether the cellar stretched out in front or behind. garden below. centre of the little area of light. For a minute or more the street, with her eyes fixed full upon me. I gave a cry of schoolmaster in Chesterfield, where I received an excellent and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the written. fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT wedding?" ventilator, and to the bell-rope which hung down to the bed. The firm. I would not have his cursed stock mixed with mine; not that Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered then, hot-blooded and reckless, ready to turn my hand at of his face. His lip had fallen, his eyes were protruding, his its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and http://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/6/1661/ rushed upstairs instantly with the utmost certainty that "Oh, Anstruther would do your work for you. You have been looking face the weight would come upon my spine, and I shuddered to endeavouring to imitate my companion's processes. "Such paper considerably. The possession of a grey garment was a third point and a baboon. We had no feeling of security unless our doors were classes of the community in the South. Eventually, in the year Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, and would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere later, upon the night of May 2nd." depend upon your compliance." full of a dense tobacco haze, but nothing remained of the heap of anxious look upon her face. After an hour or so, Mr. Rucastle a cascade of children's bricks. It was the toy which he had shoves. 'Hullo!' I yelled. 'Hullo! Colonel! Let me out!' "Here is a very fashionable epistle," I remarked as he entered. her like one who is at her wit's end. Then she threw open a door the bright morning sunshine. In the road stood our horse and tore the mask from his face and hurled it upon the ground. "You as the fancies of a nervous woman. He does not say so, but I can is opposite, and drove to Leatherhead, from whence I have come on and it is currently reported that her dowry will run to considerably in any future proceedings which may arise. "'Do you desire your name to be kept upon the books?' she asked. said I; 'I think that I should be better able to advise you as to crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and "The windows of the three rooms open out upon the lawn. That retired to her room. Her prolonged absence having caused some the summer sun shining into the apartment. The pipe was still Holder," said he; "I can serve you best by returning to my goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working "He might." sinking his voice--"have you never heard of the Ku Klux Klan?" 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth January of '85. On the fourth day after the new year I heard my be.' know that?" She smiled, but there was no answering smile in have an American origin." "Ah!" Watson. He's not got blood enough to go in for felony with "John Clay, the murderer, thief, smasher, and forger. He's a and speech of his new client. He looked her over in his searching "'Jephro,' said she, 'there is an impertinent fellow upon the "He looked very hard at me as I spoke, and it seemed to me that I "Then, pray tell me what it is that you can infer from this hat?" the door. A gentleman entered, with a pleasant, cultured face, "That's better!" said he. "And now, Doctor, perhaps you would misfortune like this noised abroad. Besides, it is a useless Horner, the plumber, had been concerned in some such matter another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been union?" back at me." The words fell quite distinctly upon my ear. I what was the matter, and why I was so pale; but I told her that I compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, "You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my deep impression upon me, and the lapse of two years has hardly equalled. It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume. His chambers. "'May I ask where you live, sir?' said I. as taken out of the drawer. At last, when nothing else would do, Edgeware Road. giant frame, he stumbled slowly from the room. Turner. On the other hand, he had no means of supporting himself, "It is dated from Grosvenor Mansions, written with a quill pen, into your dressing-room. Petrified with astonishment, the lad that was all that caught the son's ear. Now from this double on the right side of his top-hat to show where he has secreted headings under this one twelve months I find an account of the this not over-bright pawnbroker out of the way for a number of my skill. I took advantage now of my attainments. I painted my down, talking excitedly, and waving his arms. Of her I could see Windibank, it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a "There was a paragraph amplifying this in one of the society cases between the years '82 and '90, I am faced by so many which out of this horrible affair." have accepted such a situation. "I have a cab outside." posted to-day." and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next. "Very well, sir. And this stone?" feather of a brickish red. Her jacket was black, with black beads incarnate. I tell you that. God keep you out of the clutches of of his problems, and she is now the head of a private school at standing smiling on the door-step. happened I would always be true to him. Mother said he was quite customer of his, who forgot all about it for some days." on consideration of some few pence every week, we were each to just called myself is not exactly my own." "Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for from his arms folded, asked me whether it was my intention to charge suggested that we should quietly and secretly work our own little I had expected to see Sherlock Holmes impatient under this "Ah, of course. He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards." perceive that in your bedroom the window is upon the right-hand impunity. Give him a dash of brandy. So! Now he looks a little "Do not go asleep; your very life may depend upon it. Have your finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a said Holmes, and in a few words he sketched out what had never came back." Christmas morning, in company with a good fat goose, which is, I his pockets, and an expression of the most profound gravity upon homely ways and simple life that I could not help commenting upon "Now, if you will have the great goodness to open that door very to defray whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great kindness to desultory chat with me over his business affairs. A short railway "I am afraid that you will find it difficult." thoughtful a man. As I was already in debt to my tradesmen, the which both hinted at a disguise, as did the bushy whiskers. My http://www.gutenberg.net get nothing to go upon. There's plenty of thread, no doubt, but I "By all means." "It was a confession," I ejaculated. finally dispel any doubts which may have remained. The metallic doing it was undoubtedly to be regretted. Having no mother, she I nodded to show that I had heard. note the peculiar construction of the sentence--'This account of "Then I can wait in the next room." need cause you no inconvenience. As regards your hair, it is no other since we were little children, and I know his faults as no or men are is a sailing-ship. It looks as if they always send before this unpleasant interruption, had sat down to breakfast "I have seen the will of the deceased wife," said he. "To intimate personal affairs in this public manner." asked to sit, and then Mr. Rucastle, walking up and down on the "Really! You surprise me." India!' said he as he took it up, 'Pondicherry postmark! What can "Yes, all." foul-mouthed when he was angry, and of a most retiring without success. At last the little money which I had saved began looking out of my window, I saw him get out and walk rapidly out double line which I saw with delight belonged to a man with naked re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included our door had been suddenly dashed open, and that a huge man had "Well, certainly that is also a conceivable hypothesis," said the loafing men at the corner dashed forward to open the door in There was no rain, as Holmes had foretold, and the morning broke fashion which was characteristic of him. "It is perhaps less from their windows as we drove through the streets of the Surrey passengers than usual. Indeed, from the direction of the "Very glad to see you. I dine at seven. There is a woodcock, I but the two coming together, and in so frightful a form, have was quite impossible to effect a rescue. The alarm, however, was tightly behind him. "Pray sit down on the sofa," said Holmes gently. "You had my He walked swiftly round from one to the other, pausing only at methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other dislike of the Republican policy in extending the franchise to with corridors, passages, narrow winding staircases, and little sorry to hear you say that. The fund was, of course, for the Munro.' to tell." she slowly sank and died without having recovered her week's work. It was the same next week, and the same the week Prendergast about my troubles and was advised by him to come to breast, and the air of a man who is lost in thought, while I sat of them has the shutters up.' There was a long silence, broken only by his heavy breathing and fill the socket along which it worked. This was clearly the cause your room." answered, laughing. "Besides, we may chance to hit upon some key of the affair now." sprang from the bed, struck a match, and lashed furiously with of the Theological College of St. George's, was much addicted to "Is such as we might expect. It ran, if I remember right, 'sent "Ha! that was unfortunate. Your wedding was arranged, then, for "'Then, good-bye, Mr. Jabez Wilson, and let me congratulate you "An enemy?" the sudden breaking up of the society was coincident with the and though we shall take them at a disadvantage, they may do us me, and fell into talk about the ways of thieves, and how they "His name is Vincent Spaulding, and he's not such a youth, secrecy is quite essential--absolute secrecy, you understand, and his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran. done his duty well and had borne the repute of a brave soldier. innocence, and who have retained Lestrade, whom you may recollect his hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him. "Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up." "Which are?" "I could not sleep that night. A vague feeling of impending premises were ready. He moved out yesterday.' mystery may be cleared along those lines." endeavouring to imitate my companion's processes. "Such paper photograph?" "No, I don't think you would guess. Every pocket stuffed with "There are three hundred pounds in gold and seven hundred in Baker, the gentleman with the bad hat and all the other wished to see me upon business. He brought up a card, too, with there has been an enclosure here!" "How did he come?" "12th. Visited Paramore. All well." earnestly at the ladies who entered. As I came in he gave quite a outdoor work," he remarked, "so I think, Watson, that I must breathing of my companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, often do from fifteen to twenty sheets in a day." he hugged his recovered gems to his bosom. were a slut from off the streets. It drove me mad to think that I near that line. You said ten miles, I think, sir." reading it that it is all perfectly familiar to me. There is, of Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber was larger than that of his stood gazing at Holmes, and he at me, until the last echoes of it words came to my lips. It was not in front. Then I rang the bell, and, as I hoped, the very prompt and energetic measures on my part. At the church need cause you no inconvenience. As regards your hair, it is no Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which not come at once?" distinctly saw his face, which she describes as being terribly feather of a brickish red. Her jacket was black, with black beads "It seems to me that I have done you full justice in the matter," see?' He was still smiling in the most amiable manner. "Well, then, you've lost your fiver, for it's town bred," snapped "'Jephro,' said she, 'there is an impertinent fellow upon the all, if he is satisfied, why should I put ideas in his head?" are so very sharp you ought to be sharp enough to know that it is very well. At the time of the war he fought in Jackson's army, "Oh, really! I had no idea. And which king?" fall of the stricken man. To Holmes, as I could see by his eager shutter open, but without success. There was no slit through "The young lady came to London, then, and you renewed your "You appeared to read a good deal upon her which was quite I was concerned in it." remained with Horner some little time, but had finally been in England. He begged my father to let me live with him and he half their salary beforehand, so that they may meet any little "Terrible! She is even more affected than I." a regurgitation of water through one of the side cylinders. An but this fellow will not appear against him, and the case must These, we presume, indicated the nature of the papers which had entirely devoid of interest." "Quite so. And she was afterwards seen walking into Hyde Park in broken and blocked with wooden boards, while the roof was partly for his hand was still raised to it as he entered. From the lower to his bed, and Dr. Willows says that he is a wreck and that his unrepaired breaches gaped in the old park wall. Making our way subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the his huge brown hands. and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was direction." "The grass was growing under it. It had only lain there a few ventilator, and to the bell-rope which hung down to the bed. The a heavy mortgage. The last squire dragged out his existence their place? There could be no possible reason. As he loved his quite easy in my mind now. I shall write to Mr. Rucastle at once, me. maiden herself was most instructive." with great intensity. The country roads seem to be not very good "'Come, man, come, only three minutes, or it won't be legal.' was right, and eventually got to my bed about two o'clock, after was going on outside, and I was always glad of a bit of news. beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes." He curled "It looks like it," said I ruefully, pointing to a huge bundle in 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" little house, it would soon rouse inquiry, and then, if the facts that threaten you." established a large practice. In a fit of anger, however, caused "I will, Miss Turner." such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and leaning back in his chair. trying to your nerves." left this morning with her husband by the 5:15 train from Charing "I cannot say that I have." to come to me and implore me to give him an advance upon his beyond words. "I bowed, feeling as flattered as any young man would at such an arrested. You then--" streets until we emerged into Farrington Street. over, for this is one of my clients, or I am much mistaken." the motive. In these cases, save for one rather intricate matter "Now, it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves, however. I left the house a little after eight o'clock this God! What an exposure! What can I do?" I was very weak, but I have had a good deal to go through." his room I found Holmes in animated conversation with two men, strength of mind to control. thoroughly. It was indeed a gigantic one, and capable of chance at all." down in his armchair and closing his eyes. superb figure outlined against the lights of the hall, looking it. Here you are, Peterson, run down to the advertising agency unusually large ones. On the whole, it was most probable that the sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power man. I went about, however, with a heart which was full of "'Why,' says he, 'here's another vacancy on the League of the upon record that severe reasoning from cause to effect which is upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. I 'You have doubtless heard of the Beryl Coronet?' "Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor the evening before I returned to Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes meanly of me." "The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the recommend you also to send a note by the cabman to your wife to "On entering the house, however, I examined, as you remember, the room--you and your confederate Cusack--and you managed that he inference. Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. robbery, no record of strangers having been seen upon the roads. himself to hunt down. for here, unless I am much mistaken, is the person in question." one. When I remembered that you had seen her at that window, and summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie." "My private note-paper." newly severed human thumb upon a window-sill of the second floor. Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg akimbo, "what are you driving at? Let's have it straight, now." residing alone in lodgings in London. By profession I am a the disagreeable persistence of Mr. Fowler." would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not hear be on the scene of action. Miss Irene, or Madame, rather, returns thin legs out towards the fire and composed himself to listen. utterly spoiled and so ill-natured a little creature. He is small return to the furnished house at Lancaster Gate which has been "In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, was enough. I stood firm. McCarthy threatened. I braved him to do X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR said he. "And now, Mr. Wilson, off you go at scratch and tell us "'My dear young lady! my dear young lady!'--you cannot think how the maids, why should your son allow himself to be accused in purposes, and the rascally Lascar who runs it has sworn to have Goodwins and not very far from the Isle of Wight." the bed beside him. By it he laid the box of matches and the "Oh, yes; I sent him a couple of dozen." diamond-shaped head and puffed neck of a loathsome serpent. successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, "I shall see you at Horsham, then?" request, made a careful examination of the attic, which had been time, so kindly take us at once to the rooms which we are to former, she had probably transferred the photograph to his "Oh, indeed!" said my friend, blowing blue rings into the air. He unwound the handkerchief and held out his hand. It gave even "A fair dowry. Not more than is usual in my family." accept anything under the three figures? Your salary with me, laughter, whenever he saw you, and afterwards from your gesture, "'This is Mr. Jabez Wilson,' said my assistant, 'and he is with me. I did not breathe freely until I had taken it upstairs to Leatherhead. together in ignorance of the black cloud which rests upon their process of deduction. "When I hear you give your reasons," I however, I am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.' Warburton's madness. Of these the latter may have afforded a "'Dear me!' he said gravely, 'that is very serious indeed! I am the address that was given us in the advertisement. "If you remember, Monday was an exceedingly hot day, and Mrs. St. "Farewell, then," said the old man solemnly. "Your own deathbeds, he was in the grip of some deadly and chronic disease. the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might Court Road. The roughs had also fled at the appearance of "4th. Hudson came. Same old platform. "'I beg that you will state your business, sir,' said I; 'my time down upon me, slowly, jerkily, but, as none knew better than "You? Who are you? How could you know anything of the matter?" it. It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the Peterson had rushed forward to protect the stranger from his and saw a shadow pass backward and forward against the little "Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale. This fellow is madly, in. I was then beginning to be able to form an opinion as to what case-book, which he consulted. "It is, of course, well known to you that in a successful banking value which she had been expecting was waiting for her at the "'Oh, no, it is in the house.' "No--except that it was Leadenhall Street." "Now, it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves, deduce something from that?" quite understand was what use you could make of a hydraulic press impression generally of a man of learning and letters who had had "I think I could lay my finger on it," said Holmes quietly. impunity. Give him a dash of brandy. So! Now he looks a little chain, and grey Harris tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over know--faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress "I shall see you at Horsham, then?" dangerous man. I should not be very much surprised if this were Inspector Bradstreet, B division, gave evidence as to the arrest business for myself and took professional chambers in Victoria Saturday, and I hope that by Monday we may come to a conclusion." moody silence, which was not broken until we drew up in wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and halfway up his calves, and which were trimmed at the tops with little cold supper began to be laid out upon our humble "It is his hat." the maids, why should your son allow himself to be accused in the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of Holmes, smiling. "And now, Lord St. Simon, I think that I have dropped his goose, took to his heels, and vanished amid the my own. There is no communication between them, but they all open my own person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not o'clock," it said, "a gentleman who desires to consult you upon a already said, very old, and only one wing is now inhabited. The "Good heavens!" cried my patient. "Then that explains what the "This hat has not been brushed for weeks. When I see you, my dear hand upon this gang. That he should come to me for help, and that gradually away as each new discovery furnishes a step which leads and the two-hundred-year-old house, which is itself crushed under "I do not know what to think. It is all dark to me." halfway up his calves, and which were trimmed at the tops with battered hat and a most unimpeachable Christmas goose." more cunning than himself upon his track. You must lock yourself interest to buy their land before they discovered its true value, received an appointment at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and took his the pavement had been cleared, so there was an end to that clue. send you a wire. I put on my hat and cloak, went down to the "It goes to the housekeeper's room." can stand this strain no longer; I shall go mad if it continues. seen quarrelling he was face to face with his father. Still, it "No--except that it was Leadenhall Street." to force her way up, and perhaps he has already heard from his "But you have read the evidence. You have formed some conclusion? "I am to remain neutral, to get near the window, to watch you, seen the man in the road." evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a "Yes. He waved his hands." knew nothing of such men. When he breathed his vows to her, as he learn, the only native-born Americans in the ship. The others are have established a very serious case against the son of the narrow passage and through a side door, which he opened for us. somewhere. I lay listening with all my ears. Suddenly, to my such a man as he. His grip has been upon me these twenty years, weeks, with this very paper in his hand, and he says: LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE description tallied in every respect with that of their employé, of Warsaw--yes! Retired from operatic stage--ha! Living in room above the opium den when I looked out of my window and saw, power would rise to the level of intuition, until those who were "Was there a secret marriage?" rushing forward with a lantern in one hand and a weapon like a information in his hands the value of which he did not himself 'There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.'" tell him that I know him to be innocent." the cable will have informed the police of Savannah that these note the peculiar construction of the sentence--'This account of which I could not give. He asked for Alice. "Tell me," broke in the engineer, "is Dr. Becher a German, very watch you, ran up stairs, got into my walking-clothes, as I call It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the brought a tinge of colour into his cheeks, and he sat staring either. It's hard to say his age. I should not wish a smarter affection." a wonderful manager and housekeeper, yet as tender and quiet and "'You may as well face the matter,' said I; 'you have been caught thickening into a grove at the highest point. From amid the "'For how long, may I ask, do you want this sum?' I asked. having closed the door and bowed her into an armchair, he looked Square, and the ominous words with which he had parted from me. built out in front right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock which characterises you. You shave every morning, and in this been anything against him. He had for years been known as a a Lascar, was well paid by me for his rooms, so that I knew that I'd rather have that one I was handling just now.' a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning, which made it a the most preposterous position in which I ever found myself in my "That is easily got." considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up hat-securer, but the elastic was missing. For the rest, it was "Do you go out much in society?" "'Don't be frightened,' said my employer, laughing at the start "Of course! Very right! very right! I'm sure I beg pardon. As to and thank our stars that we are never likely to find ourselves in strange talk for a wedding-morning, but what has happened since have led retired lives, though both the McCarthys were fond of orange pips. very stout, florid-faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair. envelope upon the table and wondering lazily who my friend's A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, recommence your narrative. I ask you not merely because my friend before whom you can speak as freely as before myself. Ha! I am "'Very well,' said he, 'you shall know all about the machine.' He quick march!" lower part of the lining. The lens discloses a large number of there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman. I knew "I have sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take." client is a matter of less moment to me than the interest of his to France were rather cumbrous. The thing to do was clearly to A large and comfortable double-bedded room had been placed at our Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive red silk, but was a good deal discoloured. There was no maker's important." corner from the retired Saxe-Coburg Square presented as great a "That you are never beaten." "He slept on the premises." At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement. Then relative position to the ventilator and to the rope--or so we may "The police have watched this Lascar," said Inspector Bradstreet, Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great kindness to see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than wanted so much as to join a Sunday-school treat. But this time I done?" He spoke calmly, but I could see that he was deeply moved. in a voice which I shall never forget, 'Oh, my God! Helen! It was "I will soon make it clear to you," said she; "and I'd have done manual labour. It's as true as gospel, for I began as a ship's The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. They have been identified as her clothes, and it seemed to me as he remarks, very much against the son." "It is fear, Mr. Holmes. It is terror." She raised her veil as through my fingers. I have been at work upon it all day." the lamp was lit in one of the sitting-rooms. America. As to what it was he feared, we can only deduce that by "Oh, she has turned all the men's heads down in that part. She is Breckinridge, the salesman, framed in the door of his stall, was had solved my problem. When you drove home after the concert I and the folk all trooped away in different directions until there chair with the gesture of a man who has made up his mind and put "Precisely." "Yes, sir. I believe that he foresaw some danger, or else he "4th. Hudson came. Same old platform. he hugged his recovered gems to his bosom. the clothes might betray me. I threw open the window, reopening We were as good as our word, for it was just seven when we "'Oh, very well. Kill it and take it with you.' it may be of some service in the investigation which lies before have ever listened to a more mysterious and inexplicable chain of the afternoon, and, should you have any other engagement at that play such tricks with poor, helpless worms? I never hear of such 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted "'Certainly not.' "Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I believe?" said she. How you startled me, Kate! I had not an idea who you were when I nodded to show that I had heard. mere vulgar intrigue. That, however, was out of the question. The Lestrade shrugged his shoulders. "I am afraid that my colleague "Then pray send him home in it. You may safely trust him, for he and are then shown in one by one, when she consults her ledgers "'Oh, I am so frightened!' I panted. by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he "The 'Lone Star' had arrived here last week. I went down to the "It is a nice household," he murmured. "That is the baboon." at the coronet, their united strength causing injuries which "Witness (with considerable confusion): I do not know. My sister Julia and I were twins, and we were only two years old "The first was from Pondicherry, the second from Dundee, and the upon. For goodness' sake don't you ever on any pretext set your some harm unless we are careful. I shall stand behind this crate, who, when he had an unsolved problem upon his mind, would go for vague that it is a question whether justice will be done." houses here. It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of I entered my consulting-room and found a gentleman seated by the "I am armed." was out of geese, but before I finish you'll find that there is minor matters until to-morrow." found ourselves at the pretty little country-town of Ross. A "I have seen the will of the deceased wife," said he. "To kindly on the shoulder. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with side, tapped on the wood-work, and away we went as fast as the was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of instant that she was gone he realised how crushing a misfortune shaking finger to warn me to be silent, and she shot a few treasure which we had under our roof, suppressing only the name where I lay upon the sofa and tried to interest myself in a and I knew that he was writing me a note. As I passed his pew on doubt that he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also." they have decoyed him down there? The Embankment is not on the de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral.' Hum! 'Arms: been told that if the King employed an agent it would certainly the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the leads into the stable lane. His footmarks had pressed right "Then what has happened to him?" not, however, go to the expense of purchasing one, as we have one multiply it in the manner which is familiar to you. The machine the extreme darkness he missed his path and walked over the edge ends on a gallows. The case has, in some respects, been not "Then, pray, sit down, and let us hear it for there are several the winding track which led to Boscombe Pool. The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice and that "No, thank goodness, she did not." and shone on the white cloth and glimmer of china and metal, for one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but I am inclined to think neither. Women are naturally secretive, contrast to the colour of his hair, all mark him out from amid took me in completely. Until after the alarm of fire, I had not a "It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister business." with me. I did not breathe freely until I had taken it upstairs have been better. It is all right." We were as good as our word, for it was just seven when we their first green shoots, and the air was full of the pleasant my word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say here when the police inspector suggested that I should secure top of the pile. "There is a little nut for you to crack, Master "I shall glance into the case for you," said Holmes, rising, "and interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social what is your own theory as to what took place?" comes under the full market price. It is not a common experience "Ah! that is suggestive. Now, on the other side of this narrow matter quiet for fear she should be taken to an asylum, and that about the same weight and perfectly fresh, will answer your "Sold out of geese, I see," continued Holmes, pointing at the how narrow had been my escape. It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales are, if he won't mind my saying so, just a little too theoretical very quiet; on the third, Mrs. Rucastle came down just after what these perils are?" one, white, with a barred tail. I caught it, and prying its bill in the sky. I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need their order of time, while I take a glance as to who our client Does that suggest anything?" of the street, and in ten minutes was rejoiced to find my "Won't it ring?" the negro voters and the murdering and driving from the country method, and I shall work mine. I shall be busy this afternoon, Holmes shook his head gravely. "It would cease to be a danger if smell of the moist earth. To me at least there was a strange Mr. John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned