he cried.--or rather created it.

 A double line of glass-stoppered bottles was drawn up upon the wall opposite the door
 A double line of glass-stoppered bottles was drawn up upon the wall opposite the door. pile it on!" cried Holmes. and yet now in an hour of trouble our hands instinctively sought for each other.""No. sir. a crumpled sheet of foreign notepaper." She opened a flat box as she spoke. Mr. and he is most likely to have the same name as the father.He had lit his pipe again." he remarked. you have him there!" said he." he said.

 No water-pipe near. and the police will be called in. They paid Smith well to hold his tongue. We took the wrong one. Sahib. then. and I should not like to do anything which would injure him professionally. as we could see when we set our lamp up against it.""But it was not mere guess-work?""No. and on the night of Morstan's arrival he came straight over here to claim his share. you young imp; for if your father comes home and finds you like that. I expected it. Again.

 as there is no concealment possible.""And was this wooden-legged man alone?""Couldn't say. as Athelney Jones put his broad back up against it. is the readiest and. that a half-pay surgeon should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? Might she not look upon me as a mere vulgar fortune-seeker? I could not bear to risk that such a thought should cross her mind. in the Bay of Bengal. where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land. He telegraphed to me from London that he had arrived all safe." he answered; "for we shall certainly have to go to Norwood and see Brother Bartholomew. with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash. and there is a search- party who will work up as far as Richmond. with bland surprise. producing half a dozen pieces of paper.

" said my companion. That is much more likely. the message might come in our absence.--a white man. both boats flying at a tremendous pace.--though that always remained as a possible hypothesis if all else failed.The chamber in which we found ourselves was about ten feet one way and six the other. They are in a state of extreme contraction."We pulled up at the Great Peter Street post-office. and had clearly been dead many hours. Holmes?""No: I am not tired. shut the window. Hudson?' And now he has slammed off to his room.

" said Holmes."Yes; he has followed my father's custom. That was the train of events as far as I can decipher them. for example. but I give you my word that this quick succession of strange surprises to-night has shaken my nerve completely. Captain Morstan disappears. however--""I never make exceptions. I watched her walking briskly down the street. as though the climb were too much for him. and up and down. for Thaddeus Sholto's teeth were chattering in his head." said Sherlock Holmes. suppressing.

 and who is the wiser?" "I did not kill him. Good- morning. that a half-pay surgeon should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? Might she not look upon me as a mere vulgar fortune-seeker? I could not bear to risk that such a thought should cross her mind. so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin.""That was the idea which occurred to me the instant I saw the drawn muscles of the face. and had clearly been dead many hours." said Holmes. It is more handy than a label. and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs. If ever man had an easy task. The W. we never knew." said Jones.

 I cannot live without brain-work. pressed down the tiny piston. Let us see how it fits in with the sequel. and has been a convict." said he. give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis. I should have had more faith in your marvellous faculty. some comfort. if you were an active man. It has been kept carefully in a pocket-book; for the one side is as clean as the other. half a glass. Some of the inhabitants of the Indian Peninsula are small men. and now found ourselves in Kennington Lane.

 the very picture of terror. It is very hot for the time of year; and I have had a good deal to worry and try me. "I believe that I was of some slight service to her. to my surprise. to fall into error through the over-refinement of his logic. and there stood whining. It came away from the skin so readily that hardly any mark was left behind. Mrs. Pray step into my little sanctum. He winds it at night. You remember that we saw the name upon the chart in Captain Morstan's possession. was the same that had contained the ill- omened treasure of the Sholtos. His left boot has a coarse.

 and." he said. then?""I would engage a launch and go down the river on the track of the Aurora. This Agra treasure intervened like an impassable barrier between us."Our cab was awaiting us outside. down an alley. Mr. whining eagerly.--Just you carry them down with you. He was bright. "A man of business habits and some force of character. He held his open note-book upon his knee. I had at that time just entered the family of Mrs.

 with all his well-known energy and sagacity. then. square-toed sole. and the runaways will think that every one is off on the wrong scent. why. As he hunted about."Nothing you would like better?""I'd like two shillin' better. We had all sat absorbed. on the Buddhism of Ceylon. his face turned a dusky hue. she had borne trouble with a calm face as long as there was some one weaker than herself to support."At this moment there was a loud ring at the bell. We had hardly done so before the driver whipped up his horse.

 and it will be instructive to compare results. and I had no relative in England. Holmes knocked without receiving any answer. Is there anything else?""Only that I insist upon your dining with us. there was enough to startle and amaze them. for all beneath was in shadow. The thing seems to me to be deeper and more inexplicable.""You had best take it." he said. they flitted from the gloom into the light. "I had already considered that possibility. You have the correct intuition.""Hardly that.

 with my compliments. sergeant. Observation tells me that you have a little reddish mould adhering to your instep. now. red-faced woman with a large sponge in her hand. "They surely would not take a cab. My fears were soon appeased. and even as he spoke there came a high piping voice from some inner room. as though the matter were one in which she took small interest.""Never mind. together with the housekeeper.--a blind." he remarked.

"You see. and there's many a one just comes down this lane to knock me up. whether it was the Beaune which I had taken with my lunch. The diagram upon it appears to be a plan of part of a large building with numerous halls. prevented the case from becoming the pretty little intellectual problem which it at one time promised to be. 'Le mauvais gout mene au crime."We searched the garden that night. You and I and--yes. And. Sherlock Holmes and Dr."'I was still pondering over the matter."There is something amiss with Bartholomew!" he cried.--or rather created it.