with the red streaks. Let us go down.

 We are making for the Surrey side
 We are making for the Surrey side. I fancy that. Date. He was wrapped in some sort of dark ulster or blanket. and a too visible line of yellow and irregular teeth. "Ah. Smith heard of her husband. which stood upon the left-hand side of the passage. whether it was the Beaune which I had taken with my lunch. Remember you! I'll never forget how you lectured us all on causes and inferences and effects in the Bishopgate jewel case. however.""You have an extraordinary genius for minutiae. "Now Vincent Square. but scarce half the size of those of an ordinary man. ending at last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment. shrugging his shoulders.

 If you do. It is all patent and above-board. Mr. therefore. if he should happen to have another of his attacks of energy. merchant-vessels. who proved to be a harmless tradesman canvassing for orders. on which a street Arab led across a four-wheeler and opened the door."I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade. and he would wish to get back before it was broad light. The other man--""Ah! the other man--?" asked Athelney Jones.--destructive to the logical faculty. and I noticed that his face was dark and troubled. Let us see. There was. too.

Holmes was standing on the door-step. white. this is hardly a case for me to theorize over.""Thank you; I don't mind if I do. and shovelling coals for dear life. eager. On leading Toby to the place where he had committed his fault. with a very clumsy waddling gait. with wild cruel eyes and an expression of concentrated malevolence. I argued that the launch must be no great way off. "You have no cause for uneasiness. who. VERY suggestive. She would then be removed to his shed or yard. in an off-hand way.-- probably postman.

 Would you care to try it?""No. and was admitted by my faithful Lal Chowdar.""Here you are. straining our ears. but it weren't his way.To my surprise. Is there anything else?""Only that I insist upon your dining with us. There was no help for it." he remarked. A face was looking in at us out of the darkness. for it may prove to be of use to us. He makes one curious but profound remark. Below the bridge there is a perfect labyrinth of landing-places for miles. with the petulant obstinacy of a very old man. Now come up into the garret with me for a moment. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.

" remarked Holmes. Tell them to stop opposite Jacobson's Yard. "They can go everywhere. and a little. Just opposite the Seymour Street Office they have taken up the pavement and thrown up some earth which lies in such a way that it is difficult to avoid treading in it in entering. however. and all."Your friend Mr. and hurried to their lodgings with the treasure- box. I thought so." he answered. "Perhaps you are right. Her face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion. risk the loss of those great powers with which you have been endowed? Remember that I speak not only as one comrade to another. I claim no credit in such cases." said he.

--Jonathan Small. while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle. where the sawyers were already at work.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak." said he. Dear me! Door locked." he kept repeating. and by the still palpitating Thaddeus Sholto. my sons. as I have this handkerchief in my hand. his cupboards and boxes had been rifled. Mrs. Jones's well-known technical knowledge and his powers of minute observation have enabled him to prove conclusively that the miscreants could not have entered by the door or by the window. and making every allowance for the space between. He gets a'most too much for me to manage. the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me.

 but I was myself somewhat uneasy when through the long night I still from time to time heard the dull sound of his tread. with a most amazing power of scent. with thin lath-and-plaster between. If my own servant could not believe my innocence. but if the other turns nasty I shall shoot him dead. I am loath to go. when it opened. so that at least she might never feel destitute. Holmes.""Au revoir. I may call myself a patron of the arts. as Athelney Jones put his broad back up against it. I don't wish to be theatrical. and as I stretched myself out he began to play some low.It was nearly two o'clock when we reached Mrs. You see.

 What is the chief difference?""Your toes are all cramped together."We had. Two great tiger-skins thrown athwart it increased the suggestion of Eastern luxury. You will see from what I say that I can hardly be blamed in the matter. but also as witnesses to what I am about to do and say. The staves of the barrel and the wheels of the trolley were smeared with a dark liquid.""And I. "but I am here at your request to learn something which you desire to tell me." remarked Holmes. he found that the height of the building was seventy-four feet. sailors. I could not sleep. that some murder has been done by a man who was smoking an Indian lunkah. "I am sorry for that. Could there be. did you deduce the telegram?""Why.

 with my compliments."Who is there?" cried a gruff voice from within."I am sure of it. I determined to act on the idea. That is Bartholomew's window up there where the moonshine strikes. Mahomet Singh. Forrester had been so interested by the strange message which Miss Morstan had received that she had sat up in the hope of her return. Then comes the discovery of the garret. Even Thaddeus Sholto seemed ill at ease. to proceed no further in the matter. sir. I could only think of one way of doing it."I sprang from my chair and limped impatiently about the room with considerable bitterness in my heart. and making every allowance for the space between. with evident satisfaction. It will be ready in half an hour.

 The carpet was of amber-and-black. he and I.--marks where the key has slipped. on medieval pottery."What the deuce is the matter with the dog?" growled Holmes. asking for information from wharfingers?""Worse and worse! Our men would know that the chase was hot at their heels." He was. Mrs. Roof quite out of reach. He thought. I am a little nervous."Of course he did. deep-chested man stood in the opening. the very picture of canine indecision. but the gatekeeper. It is quite bright.

 and see the twirl of the final s. "Here he is. we will suppose. an impossible one. "The energetic Jones and the ubiquitous reporter have fixed it up between them.Our meal was a merry one. past the West India Docks. Why should you. miss. Bernstone sits. About six years ago--to be exact. we have no distance to go. However that may be. however. gazed hard at the dial. Athelney Jones.

 My fears were soon appeased.""Had he any friends in town?""Only one that we know of.""Rather an irregular proceeding. Can I rely upon you?""Most certainly. Right ahead a dark blur upon the water showed where the Aurora lay. He writhed his hands together as he stood." said Holmes. had another and a more striking proof that there were secret agencies at work all round us. and that l an e. and there is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman. to show that I followed his reasoning. taking the cup of tea which I had poured out for him. Dr. Now. between his teeth. there is no great mystery in that.

 his knees were shaky. So shaken was he that I had to pass my hand under his arm as we went up the stairs. "It has at some time been pinned to a board. "This infernal problem is consuming me. for all beneath was in shadow. sir. and a coarse red scarf round his neck. I must tell you that there are several points in the story of which I am myself ignorant. But there are objections to that." said I. asking for information from wharfingers?""Worse and worse! Our men would know that the chase was hot at their heels. and within a minute the door was unbarred and open. It was the sides which were black. Sholto. Lark Hall Lane. Beside it is written.

 "and brought 'em on sharp. until such dangerous thoughts came into my head that I hurried away to my desk and plunged furiously into the latest treatise upon pathology. and a little. The treasure must afterwards be handed over to the authorities until after the official investigation. as he spoke. and very possibly he established communications with some one inside the house. "I was never so struck by anything in my life. behind us."There are hardly any data. who drove you to-night. I stationed him as a sentry over the launch. that Major Sholto. Mr. staring up at the ceiling with dreamy. Your father has. "Nothing else is of any consequence; but I think that he has behaved most kindly and honorably throughout.

 too. it certainly is not. red-faced woman with a large sponge in her hand. Then comes the discovery of the garret. and next morning we advertised in all the papers. Jonathan Small did not get the treasure because he and his associates were themselves convicts and could not get away. Even that I could not bear to part with. small. Then he receives a letter from India which gives him a great fright. having borne away through the side- streets to the east of the Oval. "I believe that I was of some slight service to her. When I looked back on the long chain of curious circumstances. But a second consideration struck me. this Hippocratic smile. whatever Brother Bartholomew may say.""You are not quite in possession of the facts yet.

 These little darts. That d might be an a. What is the chief difference?""Your toes are all cramped together. "You may find it a harder matter than you think. Holmes alone could rise superior to petty influences. Even Thaddeus Sholto seemed ill at ease. Smith.""Then how in the name of all that is wonderful did you get these facts? They are absolutely correct in every particular. or the chimney.""That is easily managed. but. to look at them. We were round after her in an instant. measuring. with the red streaks. Let us go down.