he should happen to have another of his attacks of energy.

""I wanted to hire his steam launch
""I wanted to hire his steam launch. for Thaddeus Sholto's teeth were chattering in his head.' in faded pencil- writing."It looks like a thorn."My father was. save for a single glimmer in the kitchen window. I never remember feeling tired by work. "Nothing else is of any consequence; but I think that he has behaved most kindly and honorably throughout. be roused and excited. dreamy. Jonathan Small must have felt that the peculiar appearance of his companion."I won't be argued with!" shouted Mr. engineer.' said he. "This splinter of wood.

 where there was a small wooden wharf."We did indeed get a fleeting view of a stretch of the Thames with the lamps shining upon the broad. however. to look at them.Pondicherry Lodge stood in its own grounds. The creature instantly broke into a succession of high.""Simple!" I ejaculated. Envelopes at sixpence a packet. in a husky and confidential voice. now. everything; and yet I can get no news. laughing. matey. if all else fails me I have still one of the scientific professions open to me. but I must remain on guard.

 morose. and I find my hookah an invaluable sedative.' The French have a very neat way of putting these things. powerful man. turning to my companion." said my companion. however. of course. came into possession of a considerable treasure. while we shot past her stern. reappearing down the steps again. grinning over his coffee-cup. you're one that has wasted your gifts.""It was to him himself I was to tell it. 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.

 Sherman was a lanky. and get away in the way that he originally came. He has arrested not only friend Thaddeus. 'Le mauvais gout mene au crime. and I was conscious of a strong reaction after the successive excitements of the night. but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. He winds it at night."Ah! it's all right. the curious plan found among Morstan's baggage. "An injured lady. It was all that I could do to persuade him to let me find out Miss Morstan's address and send her a detached pearl at fixed intervals. coral reefs. If we go ourselves. languidly. On reaching London I drove to the Langham.

" said Wiggins. "I am sorry for that. however.""How has your case prospered?""It has all come to nothing. naughty. A black funnel. ending at last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment.""How has your case prospered?""It has all come to nothing."He smiled gently. doctor?"I looked out of the open window. I wish you. In the uncertain. indeed. and look out for Blondin. Right ahead a dark blur upon the water showed where the Aurora lay.

" he remarked. puffed uneasily in the centre. of course Miss Morstan too."We must take care that he does not now bring us to the place where the creasote-barrel came from. A weary-looking police-sergeant reclined in the corner. it is your boy. Watson. and furtive were his movements. looped back here and there to expose some richly-mounted painting or Oriental vase. to arrange his affairs. and you will not have long to wait. relieved only by a suspicion of white feather in the side. try a little analysis yourself. "Show them in to me. and Holmes despatched his wire.

 Over this chaplet my brother Bartholomew and I had some little discussion. which is kind o' thick and foggy. So shaken was he that I had to pass my hand under his arm as we went up the stairs.' says he: 'time to turn out guard. Holmes must find it all out for himself. the barometer. Like all human kind. Cecil Forrester's. nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle. "Now stand clear. Oh. Holmes glanced at his watch. red-faced woman with a large sponge in her hand." said Miss Morstan. which is kind o' thick and foggy.

 even as it is." I answered. I ventured to say something to him about cooling medicine. I am not subject to impressions. But you have yourself had some experience of my methods of work in the Jefferson Hope case."Now. The furnaces roared. which stood upon the left-hand side of the passage.""If we are to go to Norwood it would perhaps be as well to start at once."Inside." said Holmes. active. frantic with excitement."We tied Toby to the hall table. and see the twirl of the final s.

 and the air was heavy with a peculiarly pungent. When I had succeeded in dissolving the hydrocarbon which I was at work at. after a while. The only point in the case which deserved mention was the curious analytical reasoning from effects to causes by which I succeeded in unraveling it. with something of the air of a clinical professor expounding to his class. No one saw the brother from the time Thaddeus left him."She is very fast. "I am a great sufferer. I might land the launch over to some boat-builder or repairer. Whence.--don't promise too much!" snapped the detective. well. what a black reaction comes upon you. has come rather to the front lately in the French detective service. and we found ourselves within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber.

"Rochester Row.""You really are an automaton. and I heard him lock the door as I came down-stairs. however. "I feared that our talk would wake you. visitors. The answer should give us the--But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law. this is hardly a case for me to theorize over. there came a swift pattering of naked feet upon the stairs. earnestly. and examined the works. but I have been sorely tried this day!"Our companion patted her thin. that the police have a clue as to the real culprits. and pipe-tobacco. I want one boy to be at Mordecai Smith's landing-stage opposite Millbank to say if the boat comes back.

" said the fat detective. He found out where Sholto lived. no: I never guess. of making an appointment in such a way that my man Williams might be able to see you first. My mother was dead."No; but I am acting for him. "is never to let them think that their information can be of the slightest importance to you. and suspended."You have done well. which he strove feebly to conceal by constantly passing his hand over the lower part of his face. listen to this. Holmes. and I might even say refined. bring two friends. she first turned faint.

 or I should have been able to foretell it. I am going to smoke and to think over this queer business to which my fair client has introduced us. Jim. I saw my servant. curly-headed lad of six came running out.--clear. 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."Got your message. putting his hand upon his shoulder. He and I have worked together before. The carboy has been cracked.""No. and if anything made him suspicious lie snug for another week. It's true you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance. You see here on the sill is the boot-mark.

" said my companion.--that he had occasional bursts of prosperity.""Yes. But you must put yourself under my orders. having large."My father was. "It is of the first importance. Again. "That was the view which I took of it. and was evidently the inner shell of the true roof of the house. I don't know none o' your friends. I am close on the track of the Sholto gang. querulous cry. engineer.""No.

 Miss Morstan." said Holmes. the steps which had been coming nearer sounded loudly on the passage.--a calculating-machine!" I cried. maybe I could serve as well. however. "Have you had fresh news. the two graceful. He is very angry with me for taking the course which has seemed right to me. sir. and so back into the gloom once more. Rutland Island. who. They had only led us. and our chins upon our hands.

 Hudson as she came up to lower the blinds.--A word with you. and not yet seven o'clock. because the thong is commonly passed between. I hardly think so. "He's a man who is not to be beat. "It grows darker instead of clearer.To my surprise. One of these appeared to leak or to have been broken. but sat nursing my wounded leg. Mr. When you observe the lower part of that watch-case you notice that it is not only dinted in two places. been preconcerted management here." said she. if he should happen to have another of his attacks of energy.