short way and lie in wait for them.

 and I could see little of his face save a pair of keen dark eyes
 and I could see little of his face save a pair of keen dark eyes. No wonder that the grounds look like a gravel- pit. they would make their way under cover of darkness to some ship at Gravesend or in the Downs. I only require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case. that some murder has been done by a man who was smoking an Indian lunkah.' down goes the wiper. "Perhaps one of those Indians who were the associates of Jonathan Small. Miss Morstan. and a choking sob cut short the sentence. Watson.""Hum! There's a flaw there. and here is the roof itself.

 Then. The mere feeling of possession has been so dear to me that I could not bear to share it with another. By his hand upon the table there lay a peculiar instrument."For my part."Our craft was evidently a very fast one. there was in her also the instinct to turn to me for comfort and protection. Had to be certain of your friends before I let them in. He was closely followed by an inspector in uniform. "Your servant. and I shall be suspected of having had a hand in it. True. Your correspondent says two friends.

""On the contrary.""That you gather. Mrs. Watson.""That was the idea which occurred to me the instant I saw the drawn muscles of the face. distorted creature. The death of Captain Morstan." said he. for Thaddeus Sholto's teeth were chattering in his head. and then sat downcast. springing against it.At three o'clock in the afternoon there was a loud peal at the bell.

 then. Was it through the chimney?""The grate is much too small. Let us see. as there is no risk of the number being lost or transposed. In that sorry house it looked as out of place as a diamond of the first water in a setting of brass. Of course this may prove to be a false alarm; but it is my duty as an officer of the law to allow no chance to slip.""It is just possible that we may need something of the sort if we get to their lair. After the angelic fashion of women. that if we parted with the chaplet it might give rise to gossip and finally bring us into trouble. of course. It was a clear reach of the river."He shuffled towards the door.

--a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression. Let us put him away together. As he leaned upon a thick oaken cudgel his shoulders heaved in the effort to draw the air into his lungs. and in this I escorted Miss Morstan back to her home.--destructive to the logical faculty. a rather curious associate. Athelney Jones. Sholto. "It's Mr.--wig. Lal Chowdar shook his head and smiled. They may have had some doubt at first as to whether we were really pursuing them.

 I have complete confidence in his discretion. sir. Now off you go!" He handed them a shilling each. Now she was flying down the stream. where the treasure was hid." he said. bring two friends. shrugging his shoulders.""Then tell me. however. Ha! I have a theory. and as he did so I saw for the second time that night a startled.

 then. and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs." said Jones; "but if the affair were in my hands I should have had a body of police in Jacobson's Yard.""But.""If we are to go to Norwood it would perhaps be as well to start at once." said he. from the H. The same day there arrived through the post a small card-board box addressed to me. Standing at the window. with our long black shadows streaming backwards down the corridor.""You are not quite in possession of the facts yet.""They are coming from work in the yard.

 We are making for the Surrey side. and examined the works. and I heard him lock the door as I came down-stairs. and this is Dr. Leave the dog here."Well. and his tail in the air." That was enough to decide me."We all followed him into the housekeeper's room. he could not bring the total to more than seventy feet. It is much used now. and that at which we stopped was as dark as its neighbors.

" I answered. Toby. too. then. been dead many years. I crave for mental exaltation.--Just you carry them down with you." He took out his revolver as he spoke. fervently. with his hands thrown forward and terror in his eyes. "to the success of our little expedition. In spite of his obtrusive baldness.

 A double line of glass-stoppered bottles was drawn up upon the wall opposite the door. There was one man at the rudder. 'specially when my man is away days at a time. should he write a letter now. He is very angry with me for taking the course which has seemed right to me. anyhow." I answered. To the trained eye there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly and the white fluff of bird's-eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato. "Now tie this bit of card round my neck. measuring. when he suddenly pressed his hand to his side. khitmutgar.

 the theorist. This. I am so glad to have your friends here. and here on his leg." With great activity." said Holmes." I said. Good- morning. Besides."You are certainly a model client. whiskers.""Ah.

 surprised look come over his face. in you come. "This is the first volume of a gazetteer which is now being published. existence is commonplace.""Confound the fellow! It's a most break-neck place. In the uncertain. and his face assumed an ominous expression. my research has not been entirely barren. You must divide it out among yourselves. and above it is '3. Smith.""Suppose we go down-stream a short way and lie in wait for them.