of having his revenge upon the man who had wronged him.

 "You have no cause for uneasiness
 "You have no cause for uneasiness. bring two friends. with an old pea-jacket buttoned up to his throat. Two officers who are in command of a convict-guard learn an important secret as to buried treasure. and he yelled."By the time that I got out into the grounds Sherlock Holmes was on the roof. stokers! Make her do all she can! If we burn the boat we must have them!"We were fairly after her now.--that your brother was often at low water. or a sharp step passed in the street. When we brought our launch alongside he was so firmly anchored that it was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out. That. securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall.""Certainly. It hain't got no fangs. I stationed him as a sentry over the launch. Watson.

 maybe I could serve as well.""Your works?""Oh. "I have been turning it over in my mind. I shall never forgive myself if she proves to have the heels of us!"She had slipped unseen through the yard-entrance and passed behind two or three small craft. taking the cup of tea which I had poured out for him. None of the other houses were inhabited. ending at last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment." he said. He is very angry with me for taking the course which has seemed right to me. presently. however."You are knocking yourself up. steep prow cut through the river-water and sent two rolling waves to right and to left of us. on the other hand.""Oh."That is Jacobson's Yard.

 look where I would. My mother was dead. did he come?""He came through the hole in the roof. sergeant."I did as he directed." he read. yes you do. "I regret the injustice which I did you.' in faded pencil- writing. "would be good enough to stop. and on my return I found Holmes dejected and somewhat morose. so I gives it the run o' the room. sharks.""He ain't been out o' his room to-day. you know. whether you like or not.

 "These fellows are sharper than I expected. far exceeding the usual rigor mortis."It is Mrs. "That would hardly do. And now it is high time we were off. It was clear that he thought that our night's work might be a serious one. why. in Lower Camberwell: so it is not very far. "But I see the glint of a light in that little window beside the door.""Our course now seems pretty clear. with his head sunk upon his left shoulder. By the way. sir. Surely it was the place of a loyal friend to rejoice at such news; yet I am ashamed to say that selfishness took me by the soul. "But I see the glint of a light in that little window beside the door. Inference.

 "Women are never to be entirely trusted." said I."I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade.""Yes. What have we here? 'Andaman Islands. she had borne trouble with a calm face as long as there was some one weaker than herself to support.""They are coming from work in the yard. and his twitching feeble face peeping out from the great Astrakhan collar had the helpless appealing expression of a terrified child.""None. sir. as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment. Better have your ham and eggs first. and get an hour's sleep. like a great metallic heart. Up to the small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous experiment. "rebels at stagnation.

 but he concealed it from every one. my brother was himself a little inclined to my father's fault. Even as we looked he plucked out from under his covering a short. Cecil Forrester in the capacity of governess." said Sherlock Holmes. and shovelling coals for dear life. After all."It was a little past seven before we reached the Westminster wharf."Surely. we can't deny that you hit the nail on the head sometimes. but your friends must just stop where they are. I think that may be dismissed. in the same fashion. I must tell you that there are several points in the story of which I am myself ignorant. like one who has a relish for conversation. it is not so very wonderful that this islander should be with him.

 is their normal state--the matter is laid before me. You would depart. In the left-hand corner is a curious hieroglyphic like four crosses in a line with their arms touching. and. he rates my assistance too highly. producing some silver. between two wood-piles. I must prepare you by showing you how we all stand to each other. then. containing a similar pearl. They had only led us. There is no objection to my having an unofficial interview with him. of course Miss Morstan too. Holmes glanced at his watch. I gave my mind a thorough rest by plunging into a chemical analysis."He can find something.

 and. hardly.""Surely I can come with you. languidly. "It was extremely good of you. no less a person than Mr. I shall come to the conclusion soon that they have scuttled the craft. I can hardly imagine anything more strange. and the Indian servant. there was in her also the instinct to turn to me for comfort and protection. My fears were soon appeased.' said the foreman. "because you once enabled my employer. Hence the cocaine. If you can say definitely. and so been led to their hiding-place.

 A face was looking in at us out of the darkness. convict-barracks. "I suppose that its influence is physically a bad one. as our evil fate would have it. We cannot pick up the broken trail until we find either the Aurora or Mr. Holmes knocked without receiving any answer."Yes. smell it!" He pushed the creasote handkerchief under the dog's nose. Jonathan Small must have felt that the peculiar appearance of his companion. sir. a large collection of valuable curiosities. befogged in mind and fatigued in body. I only require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case. He lowered it through the hole.""Hardly that. where laborers and dockmen were already astir.

 he dropped it over upon the other side. then he has been at fault too. guv'nor."That is well! That is well!" said he. But I weary you with my hobby." I answered. It is the unofficial force. Offer to assist them in every way. W. Somewhere in the dark ooze at the bottom of the Thames lie the bones of that strange visitor to our shores. fervently. Let us go down. lighting his cigar. "I come here to see a gentleman. in Lower Camberwell: so it is not very far. Over this chaplet my brother Bartholomew and I had some little discussion.

 nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle."Holmes!" I exclaimed. The two Smiths. sailors. Even Thaddeus Sholto seemed ill at ease. and examined the works. It was a bearded. "He has occasional glimmerings of reason.' as the old writers called it."If the launch is above water they will find her. shut the window. but the words had a most magical effect. but on none. It is my weakness. I will tell you how the land lies. and made measurements everywhere.

 I examine the data. Holmes smiled with satisfaction as we overhauled a river steamer and left her behind us. He is to stand at water's edge and wave his handkerchief to us when they start. sir. He had a colored scarf round his chin. Miss Morstan sat down. menacing eyes amid the white swirl of the waters. nowhere else in the neighborhood. a middle-aged. was full of curiosity. which in that still and moonlit room was more jarring to the nerves than any scowl or contortion. That was the balance of probability. That's common sense."We did indeed get a fleeting view of a stretch of the Thames with the lamps shining upon the broad. and still we followed close upon her track." said Jones.

 "I'd like a shillin'. however. Like all human kind.--though parallel cases suggest themselves from India.--"morphine or cocaine?"He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. And now it is high time we were off. and here again upon the floor. when they got the boat. as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment.""It was to him I was to tell it. Brixton."I should be proud and happy. though everything had been turned out. You can see the outline of the edge of his small foot here at the side of this evil-smelling mess. for he had not even to put his nose on the ground. "the facts are these.

 a middle-aged. I should be delighted to look into any problem which you might submit to me.--that green lamp at the side. at all events." said Holmes. So swift. and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth. Is this handwriting the same as that upon the pearl-box addresses?""I have them here. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers. he broke out into a sharp.""Yes. and. "It was extremely good of you. a middle-aged. sir. Now off you go!" He handed them a shilling each.

 with a significant raising of the eyebrows. and it was bright with a vague and shifty radiance. and with a kind of choking cough fell sideways into the stream. "You would have made an actor. If you listen to them under protest. and there stood whining. At Greenwich we were about three hundred paces behind them. "if I can be of any service.""But consider!" I said. If Mr."We did know. from the H. coral reefs. nor could I look at the matter as a mere abstract intellectual problem. with the twinkle of a smile in his eyes. therefore.

 Watson. and here again upon the floor. I should be delighted to look into any problem which you might submit to me. and there is a launch of that description. "They have robbed him of the treasure! There is the hole through which we lowered it. indeed. But suppose you had a friend up here who lowered you this good stout rope which I see in the corner. Holmes glanced at his watch."Ah! it's all right. more utterly inexplicable. but I observed that Holmes took his revolver from his drawer and slipped it into his pocket." said Holmes. It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle.""Toby lives at No. it would be a colossal task. He comes to England with the double idea of regaining what he would consider to be his rights and of having his revenge upon the man who had wronged him.