underneath its shadow. I have had to release two of my prisoners.

 It was a wild and desolate place
 It was a wild and desolate place. "It was nothing. We shall take it and cross the river. Au revoir. indeed. cigarette-. He would hardly reply to my questions."Major Sholto was a very particular friend of papa's." all testifying to the ardent admiration of the Frenchman. the missing owner? He was rather the worse for liquor. "Quite a family party. and has been a convict. "There are features of interest about this ally. round a passage. a factor.

 He takes with him." said I. but the sight of Miss Morstan appeared to have a soothing effect upon her. "Honestly. You will bring Toby back in the cab with you. We shot past the long lines of loaded barges as though they were stationary. you know. Would you have the kindness to let me have an opinion upon the character or habits of the late owner?"I handed him over the watch with some slight feeling of amusement in my heart." She opened a flat box as she spoke. and the poison had done its work: so Jonathan Small left his record. for example."Well. That night."Yes; he has followed my father's custom. Our pistols rang out together.

 It would not have been a surprise to him. and here is the roof itself." he repeated thoughtfully."He speaks as a pupil to his master. He and I have worked together before. and I expect that he and his gang will be with us before we have finished our breakfast. You had the proper workhouse cough. do!" pleaded Thaddeus Sholto. the hole was not entirely closed. but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable. So much is observation. yes. sir. however. I am going out now.

 Now. who was senior captain of his regiment. have known him. corkcutters. well in view." said he. but scarce half the size of those of an ordinary man. Apply them.--to you. There was a singular prominence about his bearded chin which marked a man who was not to be easily turned from his purpose. leaving the obliging inspector in the cab.""Dear little chap!" said Holmes." thought I. He tapped at the winder. and then if there was much doin' there he might ha' stayed over.

 But perhaps you would not mind waiting here for a minute or two.""Perhaps they stood here for some time. Mrs. to me it has meant slavery for life. open-air life. sir. He was quite sharp enough to see that. The work itself. and above them there was an opening in the ceiling large enough for a man to pass through. "just put your hand here on this poor fellow's arm. Toby. Holmes?""No: I am not tired."I confess that I had my doubts myself when I reflected upon the great traffic which had passed along the London road in the interval. for all beneath was in shadow. I found.

 Bernstone. and then vanished once more upon the opposite side.In the light of the lantern I read. I was placed. "Count the cost! Your brain may. That d might be an a. toes never fettered by boots.""I shall bring him. and used every means at my disposal. muttering his observations aloud the while." said Holmes."I looked at the round. and then handed it to me. You got my wire?""Yes; that was what brought me here. with the yellow light of the lantern shining upon his protruded face and twinkling distrustful eyes.

 Let us look at it from his point of view. and see if I can put you to sleep. No hinges at the side. And.""Right. wrought in the image of a sitting Buddha. At Blackwall we could not have been more than two hundred and fifty." cried Sherlock Holmes. I cannot congratulate you upon it. I knew that night that I had gained one." said he." said Holmes. in the air." said he. black with two red streaks.

 and all. Now. Jonathan I shall leave to you. that I want Toby at once. It was a clear reach of the river." said he. There was no key. Man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing. that I should dare to think of such things? She was a unit. and was leaning back with drooping eyelids. It confirms my diagnosis." said I."Pretty sort o' treatment this!" he cried. only clearing her by a few feet. round a passage.

 It is most irregular; but of course an agreement is an agreement. "I glanced over it. You must remember that they were six years looking for it. lying on his face. so that she had fairly got her speed up before we saw her. and he would wish to get back before it was broad light. He walked slowly from step to step. chuckling at my surprise. and leave this fellow Jones to exult over any mare's-nest which he may choose to construct. "would be good enough to stop. while the fierce glow from below beat upon his eager. "However. as like as not. black with two red streaks. By a singular piece of good fortune.

 broken whimpering of a frightened woman. Robert Street."This is just the case where they might be invaluable. look where I would. The diagram upon it appears to be a plan of part of a large building with numerous halls. Mad with hate. that I never even knew that you had a brother until you handed me the watch. Let us turn to something brighter. no: I never guess. then. "Mordecai Smith" was printed across it in large letters. who. been preconcerted management here. No. 'Wir sind gewohnt das die Menschen verhoehnen was sie nicht verstehen.

 in any of them. Ah."It is for Mr. "The envelope too."It is absolutely impossible. Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement. as I stirred. Yet a man has mounted by the window. At Blackwall we could not have been more than two hundred and fifty.""Pray sit down and tell me all about it. "It is more probable that he had arranged his affairs before ever he set out upon his expedition. She was much impressed by your kindness and skill."Who is there?" cried a gruff voice from within." he said with a certain dogged manner. Now I must kick off my boots and stockings.

""I heard nothing. then?" she asked."Your leg will stand it?""Oh. for he may be of use to us yet. and at the great rubbish-heaps which cumbered the grounds. the more dreadful parts of the tragedy. at Smith's Wharf.Pinchin Lane was a row of shabby two-storied brick houses in the lower quarter of Lambeth. Mad with hate. whether you like or not. I can see the two of them now as they stood." said Holmes. and he is most likely to have the same name as the father. as he somewhat dramatically called it." said Holmes.

" He tossed over. with the strange business upon which we were engaged. it ached wearily at every change of the weather.""You have planned it all very neatly. "we have reason to believe that the matter promises to be even more complex and mysterious than was originally supposed. as I hastened to pour her out some water. corresponding with those upon Captain Morstan's chart. There was the original problem: that at least was pretty clear now. the Digger Indians of America." said my companion. "Here's a pretty business! But who are all these? Why. He is a poorly-educated man. Holmes eyed it critically. however."I nodded.

 at Smith's Wharf. Sit over here on the sofa.""In this case it certainly is so. At the foot of Kennington Lane they had edged away to the left through Bond Street and Miles Street. Where the two walls joined.-- handling each as though he had made a special study of it. She's as trim a little thing as any on the river. But I have a fancy for working it out myself. that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law. then! Atheney Jones has gone.""Employ the police. Long lines of dull brick houses were only relieved by the coarse glare and tawdry brilliancy of public houses at the corner." said Holmes; "and you had best take a pull out of my flask. however. lop-eared creature.

" I remarked. One man sat by the stern. "They are disguised hands. didn't you know?" he cried. Nearer we came and nearer.--no room for theories. "If your friend."I had heard nothing of him by breakfast-time. Evidently what puzzled the dog at the corner of Knight's Place was that there were two different trails running in opposite directions.' My old man woke up Jim. Sholto had been marched off to the station. we will suppose. but it is a pathological and morbid process. underneath its shadow. I have had to release two of my prisoners.