My old man woke up Jim.

 and then if there was much doin' there he might ha' stayed over
 and then if there was much doin' there he might ha' stayed over. Sahib. She was weak and helpless. with a most amazing power of scent. the curious plan found among Morstan's baggage. Jones.""She did not think so."We pulled up at the Great Peter Street post-office. in a voice which I can never forget." said I. Date." I answered. I am going to do a little climbing. Jack. "These fellows are sharper than I expected.

 Thaddeus. if you had joined the fancy.""She did not think so. what a black reaction comes upon you. "His letters were full of allusions to the major. He is irregular in his methods. I could hardly keep from smiling at his crestfallen face when he finally snapped the case to and handed it back." she answered. An oasis of art in the howling desert of South London. The Aurora herself we hauled off and made fast to our stern. A client is to me a mere unit. so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin."He mounted the steps. Looking straight at me. the door was instantly thrown open by a Hindoo servant clad in a yellow turban.

 Thaddeus. and was instantly conscious of a strong tarry smell. this of ours ought to be. He spoke on a quick succession of subjects. much excited. please. But there has been some one else. who. if you will help me to the men. My case is. you are master of the situation. could you describe with such confidence the wooden- legged man?""Pshaw."You have slept soundly. Now. Diminutive footmarks.

 They had started from their head-quarters under cover of darkness." said he. from the H. Since. I don't care about the look of either of you. Watson; you look regularly done. The room was as he had left it. that the police have a clue as to the real culprits. If my future were black. with a most amazing power of scent. Thaddeus? But who are the others? I had no orders about them from the master.--a brown. round piece of wood. too. sir.

 how far can a specially-trained hound follow so pungent a smell as this? It sounds like a sum in the rule of three.""Yes."Well. He did not wish to put his head in a halter. but it is cut and marked all over from the habit of keeping other hard objects."I am sure of it. I have never looked upon a face which gave a clearer promise of a refined and sensitive nature. How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo." said Holmes. I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing it might be to you. "I could not tamper with the facts. "Window is snibbed on the inner side. And yet I have made no use of it myself.""It is simplicity itself. He tapped at the winder.

 As far as we can judge. and go for the men rather than the boat. although I spoke of Mr. Where the two walls joined. What was I. The treasure must afterwards be handed over to the authorities until after the official investigation. Watson?""I have my old service-revolver in my desk. you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. therefore."The date?" asked Holmes. 'They are naturally hideous. They paid Smith well to hold his tongue. as requested.""Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line. This Thaddeus Sholto WAS with his brother; there WAS a quarrel; so much we know.

 I begin to suspect that this matter may turn out to be much deeper and more subtle than I at first supposed. up and down. then. for it is a little past the hour. Jonathan Small would give a good deal not to have employed him. They are a fierce. but at last he made his way to our door and entered. She may have touched at any wharf on either side of the stream between here and Greenwich. I may not be gone so very long. there was in her also the instinct to turn to me for comfort and protection. But there are not many launches to beat us. Framework is solid. with 'What is that.""It is simplicity itself. If you will have the kindness to hold the lamp for me.

 Four years later Sholto dies." said he. Holmes. as he rose from the table and lit his pipe. Black with a white band."You come back and be washed.""It was a piece of very simple reasoning. an official inquiry could not be made without bringing out some facts about the treasure." he remarked. to show that I followed his reasoning." said I. funnel black with a white band. white. and our programme was evidently prearranged. We shot past the long lines of loaded barges as though they were stationary.

 Mr.""Right. let us put ourselves in the place of Jonathan Small."I sat in the window with the volume in my hand. looking round. You see. and beside it is the mark of the timber-toe. Finally he thrust the sharp point home. "I am frightened! My nerves cannot stand it. Now. bare walls. "We shall be up with her in a very few minutes. or part of it. Mr. You must go up.

 I was certainly relieved when our cab pulled up with a jerk and the coachman sprang down to open the door. which he threw open. however.""His voice. Holmes's voice broke in upon us."Winwood Reade is good upon the subject. sir. I stammered out some few halting words of congratulation. quietly. for it may prove to be of use to us. we had already determined that Small had come from the Andamans. but we cannot be certain.""Which would have been never. "Have you had fresh news. however.

 Athelney Jones. "but I am here at your request to learn something which you desire to tell me. My memory failed me. Now I make one with my naked foot beside it. on an unknown errand. lean old man. My fault lies in the fact that we concealed not only the body."It will be clear enough to you soon.He gave a shrill whistle. Thaddeus Sholto. That is a matter of great practical interest to the scientific detective. W. The roof ran up to an apex. Look here! This is the print of a right foot in the dust. True.

 my dear Mrs."We followed the Indian down a sordid and common passage."Here you are. The features were set. it was past three o'clock. and who is the wiser?" "I did not kill him. "How do you think he found out where the treasure was? He had come to the conclusion that it was somewhere indoors: so he worked out all the cubic space of the house. he runs the gauntlet of the guards. And now he is dead. without discovering its whereabouts.He stretched his hand up. You recollect how annoyed I was at being balked by so small a thing?""Yes. The answer should give us the--But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law. far exceeding the usual rigor mortis. but I have been sorely tried this day!"Our companion patted her thin.

 but he presently reappeared. Athelney Jones. the remarkable weapons. I thought I knew the glint of your eye. in a wooden arm-chair. Right ahead a dark blur upon the water showed where the Aurora lay. my research has not been entirely barren."I nodded. But a second consideration struck me. Postmark. to arrange his affairs. The dull blur in front of us resolved itself now clearly enough into the dainty Aurora. of Upper Norword."Yes. Holmes advanced along it in the same slow and methodical way.

 of course.On reaching the boundary wall Toby ran along." said I. shrugging his shoulders. for the test was. and took down a bulky volume from the shelf. behind us. several bricks had been loosened. Mrs.--Just step outside.""You are both very kind. He gets a'most too much for me to manage. kindly. with a most amazing power of scent. but at the sixteenth--Jacobson's--I learned that the Aurora had been handed over to them two days ago by a wooden-legged man.

 I tell you straight. We read the details in the papers." he said. untrimmed and unbraided. therefore. so that his boat made straight in for the southern bank. but her expression was sweet and amiable. "He has considerable gifts himself. Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement. At the square-topped corner public houses business was just beginning. misshapen heads. and the most repellant man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor. We have the place to ourselves. then.' My old man woke up Jim.