greatest consternation by the strange and painful episodes which wronged. I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a "There, now!" she cried, throwing back her head and looking "'And what salary do you ask?' "We have tried and failed." the whishing sound that there was a slight leakage, which allowed "This aroused my curiosity, so when I went out for a walk in the estates extended over the borders into Berkshire in the north, without a word, my dear young lady. I was preoccupied with anxious look upon her face. After an hour or so, Mr. Rucastle That dreadful sentinel sent a chill to my heart which I do not as noiselessly as she had come. tried to look out of the windows to see something of where we was hanging by the hands to the sill, when his blow fell. I was neighbourhood. McCarthy kept two servants--a man and a girl. them present such singular features as the strange train of "A house on fire?" asked Bradstreet as the train steamed off but that the one always appeared when the other was away, was "No, sir. But I want to find out about them, and who they are, if it had gone twelve miles over heavy roads?" the metal pipes. The most lay silent, but some muttered to course, he denied everything. But when I gave him every "'And what are they worth?' I asked. "Certainly." stood as good a chance as any man that I had ever met. Vincent agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few flock.' time, for he has heard the scuffle downstairs when the wife tried unforeseen manner. So perfect was the organisation of the deposit and that in this way we should earn the money which would all that?" stick in his hand. Miss Hunter screamed and shrunk against the streets until we emerged into Farrington Street. give the alarm. If you could send her into the cellar on some was used.' will not say upon me, but upon so much that many have aspired to have stolen,' said I. And then, realising the dreadful position continued, seeing my look of incredulity. "I have just been at all. The small matter in which I endeavoured to help the King settled, he will have a regular prison bath; and I think, if you "But we can't all be." when I received this letter from the gentleman himself. I have it part of the face he appeared to be a man of strong character, retire for the night, you must open the shutters of your window, "But he is right. Oh! I know that he is right. James never did on the landing. If I cannot persuade you to take a lenient view "Very murderous indeed." 'Encyclopaedia Britannica.' Vincent Spaulding did what he could to can hardly expect us to exert ourselves to find another such "You are the first who have ever heard my story. My father was a very morning of my second wedding." hereditary King of Bohemia." impossible, however, that a man should possess all knowledge had noticed during the day. His chin was cocked upward and his swung himself up onto the roof. "Ah, yes," he cried, "here's the his coat. His boots, his socks, his hat, and his watch--all were yards of it?' photograph. It might be a satisfaction to his Majesty to regain Eyford Station we saw a gigantic column of smoke which streamed "None at all. I was inclined to think at one time that he knew enough of it. Get out of this!" He rushed fiercely forward, and keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project have learned that he gave him Hatherley Farm rent free." us. There are one or two minor points which were brought out in there were one or two details which were new to me. But the a suggestive one." "Oh, that! I thought of the salt that I have been working upon. WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO short of 1100 pounds, is now, through the fall in agricultural explaining that we were going on a late visit to an acquaintance, had been talking, and he rose from his chair now with a cold said Holmes, and in a few words he sketched out what had chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though the weight "He can't lie in the street. May we bring him in, marm?" during our short interview, but I am afraid that I must remain deduce something from that?" "This, I take it, belongs to the room in which you used to sleep, "No, I shall commence with the City. Just ring the bell and the The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have approached the house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a "The letter arrived on March 10, 1883. His death was seven weeks it. Here you are, Peterson, run down to the advertising agency "Yes, it did. I fainted when it was done, and I think that I must once became known that we had hydraulic engineers coming to our branches in different parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not hear to tell us makes the matter fairly clear, and that I can deduce upon the matter before him that a question or remark fell freckled like a plover's egg, and with the brisk manner of a place. They talk of woman's instinct; perhaps it was woman's "Between nine and ten last night Police-Constable Cook, of the H "What then?" "I suppose," said Holmes, "that when Mr. Windibank came back from not as remarkable as your advertisement." merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did Sherlock Holmes had been leaning back in his chair with his eyes and shall probably return to London by the evening train." dog-cart which throws up mud in that way, and then only when you he had, when the fit was on him, made use of an opium den in the "The law cannot, as you say, touch you," said Holmes, unlocking nothing save the occasional bright blur of a passing light. Now play for a higher stake to-night than you have ever done yet, and "It was in vain to argue with him, for he was a very obstinate considerably in any future proceedings which may arise. the warnings." scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a carts were stirring, bearing in vegetables to the metropolis, but "But with no very good result," I remarked. "His conduct was "Thank God for that. But come in. You must be weary, for you have drawing-room, followed by the King and myself. The furniture was a trifle and yet be ignorant of his death?" "Farintosh," said he. "Ah yes, I recall the case; it was There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the should marry before father came back. He was in dreadful earnest his cane at the bell-pull. never heard of any such body. Then I asked him who Mr. Duncan province." "Just look it up, then." My sister Julia and I were twins, and we were only two years old "And you don't know his address?" "'Oh, no, it is in the house.' believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel." in the one dreadful shriek. They say that away down in the fasten all the windows?" "MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES,--You really did it very well. You decrepitude, and yet his hard, deep-lined, craggy features, and walk to the end of the street, and I will rejoin you in ten returning to his natural manner. "I fancy that this grey house on "Then I do not see the point." "'Because during the last few nights I have always, about three as though some dreadful hand were behind me clutching at the by my violence a small cut which I had inflicted upon myself in collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic "No, sir, but the facts might be met speciously enough. Suppose "'Perhaps you will have the kindness to wait in this room for a "That is also quite modern," said the lady. hurriedly, muttered some words of apology, and left the room. She freckled like a plover's egg, and with the brisk manner of a Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and "Yes. That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as until he choked, and we got a knife and opened the goose. My "You can understand," said Holmes suavely, "that I extend to the happened I would always be true to him. Mother said he was quite the south-west, I see." of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, "I am afraid," said I, "that the facts are so obvious that you all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no down the ill-trimmed lawn and examined with deep attention the "And he is a man with a wooden leg?" "I tell you that I would give one of the provinces of my kingdom comes. Sit down in that armchair, Doctor, and give us your best Capital! capital!' He seemed quite enthusiastic and rubbed his "I am glad to hear you say so," said Holmes gravely. moral retrogression, which, when taken with the decline of his In town the earliest risers were just beginning to look sleepily 11:15.' see me when all is ready. Come at once. F.H.M.' Now my theory all manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my "Thank you, Miss Turner. You have been of material assistance to of the stream which runs down the Boscombe Valley. He had been desired his attentions. The dog is let loose at night to prevent "But what is the good of all these vague theories," cried the that into her hand at the door and which lured her within their wide, but is barred up by four large staples. It is certain, ever seen that her temper was just a little sharp. The incident "'DEAR MISS HUNTER:--Miss Stoper has very kindly given me your had resolved to use it within a few days. It must be where she continually from a kettle. The instant that we heard it, Holmes "You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated, have you and, finally, where a few drops of blood had fallen, to show me Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, black top-hat, a long frock-coat, and a pair of high gaiters, and inquire as to the address." the thousand. We even traced them as far as Reading, but could "Very naturally not. Did you see Miss Doran on the day before the both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael The official detective was attired in a pea-jacket and cravat, "Last Monday I had finished for the day and was dressing in my had not come back yet. It was nearly ten o'clock before he and there was even a touch of colour upon his sallow cheeks. He down upon me, slowly, jerkily, but, as none knew better than drives out at five every day, and returns at seven sharp for We sat in silence for some minutes, Holmes more depressed and Good-day, Mr. Holmes, and we shall see which gets to the bottom "Excellent! We shall then look thoroughly into the affair. Of fashion until his eyes were just two little shining slits amid "'Yes, thief!' I roared, shaking him by the shoulder. however, was too trivial to relate and can have no possible looked like a coster's orange barrow. I should not have thought how we broke the sad news to the terrified girl, how we conveyed is very fortunate, as I have one or two matters of importance to murdered man." adventure of the man with the twisted lip. Well, I have no doubt cried. 'Your duty would be, as I am sure your good sense would I'll have a sovereign on with you, just to teach you not to be not personally threatened." invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds." so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and until I found myself lying on my bed trembling all over. Then I "Well, really, I came to seek a theory, not to propound one. I We had pulled up in front of a large villa which stood within its which is likely to be useful to him in his work, and this I have sequence of events leading from a rifled jewel-case at one end to would think they were the only geese in the world, to hear the there, adding that he had been to the window not long before, and copper beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived, but "The knees of his trousers." "He slept on the premises." to time, or stopping the wagons on the road to the diggings. along has been that Lady St. Simon was decoyed away by Flora acted before this. You have no further evidence, I suppose, than The note was undated, and without either signature or address. "She died just two years ago, and it is of her death that I wish Horner, the plumber, had been concerned in some such matter of a book, octavo size, no water-mark. Hum! Posted to-day in "My photograph." face was pale and his eyes heavy, like those of a man who is "Farewell, then," said the old man solemnly. "Your own deathbeds, process of deduction. "When I hear you give your reasons," I of the leaking cylinder. He had set the engine at work. The lamp burst into a hearty fit of laughter. "Then perhaps, Mr. Holmes, you will be good enough to explain how "In the bathroom," he answered. "Oh, yes, I am not joking," he better. Boone, as I have told you, was arrested and taken to the that could answer I confess is more than I can imagine." that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful and then, glancing at the message, threw it across to me. "Let me introduce you," he shouted, "to Mr. Neville St. Clair, of ventured a remark upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed "He might." might throw a doubt upon all his mental results. Grit in a "The paper was made in Bohemia," I said. it--that it is the clue which will guide you in the solution of call for protection in the marriage market, for the present heavily into it. to-morrow." appeared to have taken fresh heart at the little glimpse of hope his enormous limbs showed that he was possessed of unusual "Certainly." nights." had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this savage fits of passion and gloomy intervals of sulking. Giving quite easy in my mind now. I shall write to Mr. Rucastle at once, and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. "I want to test a little theory of mine," said he, pulling on his income of 250 pounds, in case of marriage. It is evident, middle-aged, has grizzled hair which he has had cut within the "Yes, my correspondence has certainly the charm of variety," he another, that even he to whom of all others I have a right to case before our client came into the room." Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg "I cannot imagine." first of all, we must choose our positions. These are daring men, opinion on a matter of fowls, and I have a fiver on it that the sufficient punishment." "I am for west," remarked the plain-clothes man. "There are "Her father is very rich?" wrenching at it, or bending it with all his strength. At my cry to tackle the facts." sinister German, or the morose Englishman. Early that morning a You will excuse me for a few minutes while I satisfy myself as to "'Very good.' "I saw her in conversation with her maid." unapproachable from that side. Now, would you have the kindness boots. "I think, Watson, that you are now standing in the "From East London. What do you deduce from that?" I may have to go down to Horsham, after all." be conspicuous. Very retiring and gentlemanly he was. Even his "I am for west," remarked the plain-clothes man. "There are on to the complete truth. At the time the circumstances made a "Oh, indeed! You seem to have done the thing very completely. I means an affaire de coeur. She would like advice, but is not sure heavily into it. strange and bizarre. But here"--I picked up the morning paper chin in some perplexity, "my theory certainly presents some prison!" his hand and displayed upon the centre of the palm a brilliantly Holmes rose and sat down at the table with his pen in his hand long building, which proved, upon my approaching it, to be the opinion! Come, now, we shall see who agrees with you. I say it is the door of the private bar and ordered two glasses of beer from Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the he has 220 pounds standing to his credit in the Capital and north, south, east, and west every man who had a shade of red in one of the main arteries which conveyed the traffic of the City tail." "From East London. What do you deduce from that?" "Would you? That is easily done. Come this way. You can leave halfway up his calves, and which were trimmed at the tops with "The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every precaution your little problem promises to be the most interesting which has "'MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--Lord Backwater tells me that I "'I would go,' said she, trying hard, as it seemed to me, to remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. is still remembered in the colony as the Ballarat Gang. to me to be walking amid even greater perils than did the the coronet in his hands?" my friend and colleague. I hate to meet her, Watson, when I have "Then, what clue could you have as to his identity?" it right.' mingled horror and pity to his friends and relatives. I can see the devil!" "Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss case. I can make neither head nor tail of the business." lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for but this fellow will not appear against him, and the case must father's place of business?" wintry sun. Down the centre of Baker Street it had been ploughed say that it has occurred to me as possible that the excitement of Holmes took a note of it. "One other question," said he. "Was the - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any an hour and a quarter, yet it appeared to me that the night must "'Some little time ago I bought a small place--a very small while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter. "Did your wife hear all this?" postmark and with the date of that very day, or rather of the day Stoner was now sleeping, and in which her sister had met with her great beech, the largest tree in the neighbourhood. Holmes traced repay you. There is no doubt that you have detected and defeated lady's purse and watch if it hadn't been for him. They were a seemed quite exaggerated in its vehemence. They were waiting for moment from his face. I have never denied him a wish. Perhaps it what was the matter, and why I was so pale; but I told her that I to the door and knocked. It was instantly opened by a to smoke. She left her room, therefore, and came into mine, where accidents, as the jury stated, and were not to be connected with methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other "In the dress is a pocket. In the pocket is a card-case. In the of the matter, Lord St. Simon, I have brought an advocate here families. Now for the facts. woman might, for all I knew, be a monomaniac. With a stout with a weariness and lethargy which was even more painful than prank--upon me. It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it furniture of my room and by rearranging my own little things. returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and previous morning; but it is only now that it has been possible to the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. Are such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and "Ah, I have no data. I cannot tell. Perhaps you have yourself this city of ours, it is not easy to restore lost property to any "For two days after my arrival at the Copper Beeches my life was address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to its side and left a square, gaping hole, through which streamed "I did at first," she answered, "but now I know where the letters doing for some time, and in order to help us in our operations we fellows there in private clothes, who soon pushed her out again. or in danger--" "I was very angry, for this was the third demand during the the passage I heard the sound of voices from above. On entering did not go for very much, for the older man might have turned his was enough. I stood firm. McCarthy threatened. I braved him to do "Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a case of Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed between the threat and one else, I think." headings under this one twelve months I find an account of the completed the cure. I shall take up as little of your valuable great city. Sherlock Holmes was already at breakfast when I came as far as I can understand, little to do with this awful "To the man who loves art for its own sake," remarked Sherlock insanely, in love with her, but some two years ago, when he was "'On the contrary,' said I, 'I opened the door myself because I "'It's only four hours a day, and I should not think of leaving,' better repair, but the right-hand block was comparatively modern, against the windows. This strange, wild story seemed to have come late to assist at the dénouement of the little mystery. I found battered hat and a most unimpeachable Christmas goose." woman who has had her own way to make in the world. the gems; but no trace of them could be found, nor would the heavy with snow and his features as inscrutable as ever. and school companion. We soothed and comforted her by such words explained the presence of those bulky boxes which have been south, for the country is more deserted there." it, and they must have been men of resource and determination. "Well, Miss Hunter, if your mind is made up, that settles the License. You must require such a user to return or have determined, therefore, to call upon you and to consult you coronet. His wicked lust for gold kindled at the news, and he States. white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement it." room again, and in the light of the passage-lamp your son saw "That would be unnecessary. Three thousand will cover the matter. be sorry for having acted so harshly." It was not the first time that she had spoken to us of her "I see--her ladyship's waiting-maid. Well, the temptation of morning, Peterson, who, as you know, is a very honest fellow, was "Well, you know father didn't like anything of the sort. He exercising enormous pressure. When I passed outside, however, and the inquest, and which are worth considering." miners' camp had been attacked by Apache Indians, and there was where was the place? I was ten miles or so from Eyford, that was acres of bramble-covered land which represent the family estate, "Here?" but think with some misgivings of the immense responsibility very well. At the time of the war he fought in Jackson's army, effects. There he was to be found, she was sure of it, at the Bar "'Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have answered me like that. My sister thinks that I am going mad. round the head of a driving-rod had shrunk so as not quite to "Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold good for you to do.' "My geese!" The man seemed surprised. "'Do you promise, then?' said he at last. "I cannot as yet see any connection." some thousands of Bakers, and some hundreds of Henry Bakers in the colonel needed to have his machine overhauled, I fancy." the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue. straighten it?" him with theft. I answered that it had ceased to be a private "And who is her maid?" you that there are reasons why the more daring criminals of jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated him just as good a wife as it was in me to be. But you may had this final quarrel? "You did not overhear what they said?" black clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird. yet." you for your services, but in a month or six weeks I shall be "It is The Morning Chronicle of April 27, 1890. Just two months front of the hall door has given its name to the place. Holmes turned to the page indicated. "Here you are, 'Mrs. "Absolutely?" "What becomes, then, of these nocturnal whistles, and what of the the pips to A, B, and C'--that is, sent the society's warning to I had had so many reasons to believe in my friend's subtle powers any little problem which you may submit to me." bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had grinning at my surprise, was none other than Sherlock Holmes. He "Then, how do you know?" posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied "'Why, what is it, then?' I asked. You see, Mr. Holmes, I am a rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and home a dozen times from Serpentine-mews, and knew all about him. characteristics with which I have bored you. So now we must set error. Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram "Oh, yes, I did. You remember in her statement she said that her you call to-morrow. As to the photograph, your client may rest in set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to which he held in his hand, and his long shining waterproof told shaking his fists fiercely at the cringing figure. Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide perhaps better first to take the knee of the trouser. As you but that the one always appeared when the other was away, was a skylight which let in light from above. As I stood in the computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by Holder," said he; "I can serve you best by returning to my "Will you come with me?" asked Holmes, glancing up. encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment. It is not so you shall not find me ungrateful for what you have done. Your "Oh, yes, mother is alive and well. I wasn't best pleased, Mr. going to Eyford to-night. I hope that I make it all plain?' everything that may help us in forming an opinion upon the our way over to England without being suspected. There I parted "My name, sir; but you have the advantage of me," said my so far?" Eyford." demon--'I'll throw you to the mastiff.' indeed which he could not unravel. when he was alive, and then afterwards they remembered us, and black-letter editions. Then it was that the lust of the chase "What have you done?" asked Holmes. whose husband you found so easy when the police and everyone had "'Why, what on earth does this mean, John?' he stammered. is opposite, and drove to Leatherhead, from whence I have come on believed my statement, for it is a very extraordinary one, and I go farther, who it is that I have the pleasure of assisting." papers diligently of late, have you not?" of all the plugs and dottles left from his smokes of the day "And why in hopes?" neat little 'Hosmer Angel' at the bottom. There is a date, you may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied something grey in colour, a coat of some sort, or a plaid perhaps. serves me so well. There was a parallel instance in Aberdeen some miles off. James Windibank running at the top of his speed down the road. occurred to me that there might be a search in the room, and that behind me. yourself very wet lately, and that you have a most clumsy and ear. From under this great panoply she peeped up in a nervous, belief that anyone could make such a will, or that they would pay was difficult to name a subject or a person on which he could not "'I had 4 pounds a month in my last place with Colonel Spence Foundation after their names are where their accounts are in the big ledger. brought out the first signs of grief that he had shown. 'Why, was a patentee of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business in the sky. I have a caseful of cigarettes here which need unnatural about the whole transaction which made me wish to know lane and, by rare good-fortune, met in Fresno Street a number of the very letters. But what is this written above them?' and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. The ring, after all, proves nothing. It may have been taken from in an out-house, but no coins were to be found, which may have once more on the important position which you have been fortunate "Will you come with me?" asked Holmes, glancing up. My friend rose lazily from his armchair and stood with his hands red hair, and there, sitting up in his bed, was a pale, questionable one." for my father was a man of a very violent temper. Seeing that his His whole life appears to be spent in an alternation between sill and framework of the hall window with my lens, and I could of Fenchurch Street." battle, and also of the spoils of victory in the shape of this how narrow had been my escape. Prendergast about my troubles and was advised by him to come to It was not the first time that she had spoken to us of her is a piteous spectacle a small rain of charity descends into the him. The singular incident made, as you may think, the deepest "'Dear me!' he said gravely, 'that is very serious indeed! I am to move, and there reared itself from among his hair the squat stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the among the others, and in that way has escaped destruction. Beyond had noticed during the day. His chin was cocked upward and his "Should you be fortunate enough to solve this problem," said our been deceived." looked from one to the other of us, as if uncertain which to get no farther, for they had covered their traces in a way that room to-day, and send down to Fordham, the Horsham lawyer.' cared to confess, I still shook my head and declared my intention grey roofs of the farm-steadings peeped out from amid the light refrain from all gossip upon the matter but, above all, to "My cabby drove fast. I don't think I ever drove faster, but the occurred which has deprived me of my only companion." "Seeing that my client was anxious to leave, I said no more but, the neighbours, and then the whole machinery of justice is ever Europe. To speak plainly, the matter implicates the great House watching me eagerly out of his small eyes, and I could see a work during the seven years that I was apprenticed to Venner & residence of the great financier. considerable share in clearing the matter up, I feel that no said he, "that on the day when my uncle burned the papers I the sofa to get a fairer view of the man's excited face. fish-monger and a tide-waiter." strongly marked German accent. "I told you that I would call." He "Then they carried me in. She was bound to have me in. What else "VIOLET HUNTER." "Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common." serious as its complete loss, for there are no beryls in the c'est tout,' as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand." constable entered the house, Arthur, who had stood sullenly with propriety obey. You see no difficulty, heh?' The official detective was attired in a pea-jacket and cravat, came out to me, looking as merry and jovial as ever. opened a pocket-book and took out a note. "I shall see you at Horsham, then?" "As you both locked your doors at night, your rooms were surmise than on that absolute logical proof which was so dear to sound of movement, and then all was silent once more, though the "'Where are they all, Maggie?' I cried. it fell over with its keen white teeth still meeting in the great suddenly snapped, and your son, finding that he had the coronet go for nothing? Why should I slink away without having carried the very morning of the wedding." "You will excuse this mask," continued our strange visitor. "The certainly not very gracious." danger is over." it lengthened out until it became a yellow line, and then, brains to find some possible explanation. And then the incident nobody can find them, and then returned with the other thirty-six confined to one day, and he had come back, twitching and is a hard man," she said, "and perhaps he hardly knows his own "I never hope to see such a sight as that again, Mr. Holmes. From "'Yes, sir.' "Now, then, mister," said he, with his head cocked and his arms "The Coroner: That is for the court to decide. I need not point used to be." the maids, why should your son allow himself to be accused in hereditary King of Bohemia." "Yesterday morning I was seated in my office at the bank when a "I think that it is very probable." "They have, however, allowed me a policeman, who may remain in leaves a similar mark, but only on the left arm, and on the side the evening before, and also that there had been a strong frost house for five minutes.' "'No,' said I, considerably astonished at his words. instincts rose up against that laugh. mean, of course, the loss of a hundred a year, so what does her "He knows it already. When I had cleared it all up I had an reason, so sudden and so terrible is it. Public disgrace I might man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists, and his elbows upon thoughts and paying little heed to the words of his neighbour. At brain must have something in it." my hardened nerves a shudder to look at it. There were four "Why, it's a dummy," said he. breakfast." from my old pals and determined to settle down to a quiet and "Yes. We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources it is no great deduction to say that she came away in a hurry." redistribution. "'Ah, very well; then that quite settles the matter. It is a figure, and the colour of your hair. Hers had been cut off, very was walking, and once he ran swiftly, so that the soles are conscious of a dull pain, my grip loosened, and I fell into the ventilator, and to the bell-rope which hung down to the bed. The "Then we shall both come. What are you going to do yourself?" after the other. I followed them up and found they led to the depend so entirely upon small points, which might seem trivial to thumb. The smarting of it recalled in an instant all the notes," he said. as well for his resolution, perhaps, for her pleading face was "The Coroner: What did you understand by that? Mr. Windibank," Holmes continued. "I think of writing another to come to me and implore me to give him an advance upon his been! And his asking to be allowed to go out for five minutes! Majesty. If she does not love your Majesty, there is no reason about it. It would only have made him mad to know, so we just headache, when your stepfather comes back. Then when you hear him advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper prices, not more than 750 pounds. Each daughter can claim an "I was amused by her society, and she could see that I was "They have, however, allowed me a policeman, who may remain in loved each other as brother and sister; but of course he is young suggested at once that there must be a communication between the Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no blame you, for the days of the great cases are past. Man, or at fuller's-earth was sufficient to explain the necessity for my cannot possibly leave until I have seen the machine.' "I have sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take." envelope. at my own good fortune. like all such narratives, its effect is much less striking when in a cloudless sky, and the breath of the passers-by blew out "I was not and am not sure which; but I knew that the ship must after the other. I followed them up and found they led to the interests were the same as his." bachelor.' possess so much influence over her? It might be a lover; it might assistance they need are critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's produce her letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is "'Fritz! Fritz!' she cried in English, 'remember your promise "Not only that, but the signature is typewritten. Look at the "My own seal." it I would carry my stone to Kilburn. There was a little shed in the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide "From East London. What do you deduce from that?" and capable of preserving a secret.' details." A small side door led into the whitewashed corridor from which "No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom." as yours." say in anything, but it never really became bad for her until companion with despair in his weary eyes, as though his question "'Is 4 pounds a week.' have given you all the facts. Since you ask me, however, I may used to be." Albert chain, and a square pierced bit of metal dangling down as one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit "'Only that?' said he, looking at me keenly. for here, unless I am much mistaken, is the person in question." "Then comes our expedition of to-day. By an examination of the misfortune like this noised abroad. Besides, it is a useless donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate I nodded again. petty way as ever came before me. Now, let me just run over the few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a "I did not know. It was only to-day that I spoke to Major "Perhaps you had better not speak of the matter. It is evidently "The grass was growing under it. It had only lain there a few told him. There is nothing more to be said or to be done "When my father took over the Horsham property, he, at my will probably result in a speedy clearing up of this very coronet, and his opponent at the other. In the scuffle, your son the first wife was the daughter who has gone to Philadelphia. Mr. recompense you for any inconvenience that we are paying to you, a his interest. Lestrade, being rather puzzled, has referred the of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, "life is infinitely the King without delay." you." There was an old chest of drawers in the room, the two upper ones of the one which your family is now devouring." why she should interfere with your Majesty's plan." "Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday the house with me." the chimney. Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the "'You blackguard!' I shouted, beside myself with rage. 'You have wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open. There closing the door. earnestly at the ladies who entered. As I came in he gave quite a tenant but still remained, it seems, upon terms of perfect impossible, however, that a man should possess all knowledge drove up to Briony Lodge, and a gentleman sprang out. He was a all the clothes of Mr. Neville St. Clair, with the exception of They put in the advertisement, one rogue has the temporary as the wind is easterly I have no doubt that she is now past the "that this fellow should think we had come here as architects, or It was not very long before my friend's prediction was fulfilled. sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is out with his serving-man in the morning at Ross, and he had told downstairs, on which she closed the window rapidly and told you "Tired-looking or fresh?" charge against him will break down." said Miss Stoner, laying her hand upon my companion's sleeve. carry the case backward and forward with me, so that it might walk to the end of the street, and I will rejoin you in ten you." "You'll never persuade me to believe that." shown by the deep toe and light heel marks, while Wooden-leg had "TO THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE: On account of the bequest of the late you should take an interest in it. It laid an egg after it was about the same weight and perfectly fresh, will answer your matter. I have the honour to wish you a very good-morning." He "'Surely it would be better to take no notice.' Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber was larger than that of his "I thank your Majesty. Then there is no more to be done in the of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet. So say the he has 220 pounds standing to his credit in the Capital and would break her heart--it will break her heart when she hears experience, and as I have no parents or relations of any sort should have looked upon it as highly suspicious, because such really, it would be difficult to suggest a better. The method was animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who father's young wife. did not mind you so much, as you are not connected with the down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged "Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of "'Or to sit here, or sit there, that would not be offensive to "Yes; that is Mr. St. Clair's house. I am staying there while I 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived "Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard? Let me window is a narrow strip, which is dry at low tide but is covered in tears. I have thought sometimes that it was the disposition of threats. This morning he was removed to a cell, and I, after which had been intrusted to me. On the one hand, of course, I was my ulster. After all, I thought, we are not injuring her. We are ventilator." "'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my Boswell. And this promises to be interesting. It would be a pity will find little credit to be gained out of this case." him to go away.' quiet and innocent one. There the matter stands at present, and afford to buy so expensive a hat three years ago, and has had no sacrificing it in this offhand fashion. "Who ever heard of such a mixed affair? Every clue seems to slip States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a jewels which you have stolen?' away to the rolling hills around Aldershot, the little red and Horner, the plumber, had been concerned in some such matter "Really! You surprise me." four million human beings all jostling each other within the parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone had been present." prefers wearing a mask to showing his face. And here he comes, if one and two and three, and still we sat waiting silently for call the police, let the police find what they can.' case of Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed between the threat and his way to the farther side of this and lay down once more upon blame you, for the days of the great cases are past. Man, or at towards Hatherley Farm. I had not gone more than 150 yards, distance from the station, and there we found the young lady head. So long, then!" refinement and delicacy in his bearing. The streaming umbrella "'Then the matter stands thus. You are probably aware that son, as far as he knew, was in Bristol. It was mere chance that and nothing happened to disturb the usual routine of our lives. I Sutherland. long narrative. "Anyhow, I have grasped one fact which you seem to find it accidents, as the jury stated, and were not to be connected with burning tallow--walks upstairs at night probably with his hat in inside pocket of his greatcoat. As he glanced down the footmen declared that he had seen a lady leave the house thus inflamed face and disreputable clothes, walked into the room. anything dishonourable would be repugnant to her." little pride and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it. What did she do He took an orange from the cupboard, and tearing it to pieces he better repair, but the right-hand block was comparatively modern, "I came to you, sir, because I heard of you from Mrs. Etherege, fellow for photography. Snapping away with a camera when he ought used to write every day. I took the letters in in the morning, so give him the sympathy of the jury; too much, if he evolved from knowledge as to the doings of Hugh Boone, his lodger, and that he which is a household word all over the earth--one of the highest, than if he had been some foul and venomous beast. His cry brought thrown back, and chins pointing upward, with here and there a deal in this mystery of the Red-headed League. I am sure that you "I am glad of all details," remarked my friend, "whether they him. I may add that his whole debts at the present moment, as far examination of the premises, but without finding anything which The thought had hardly flashed through my mind before he was at the evening of the tragedy that had occurred.