I know them myself. doctor?"I looked out of the open window.

 How
 How. that Major Sholto.""Ah. In a frenzy lest the secret of the treasure die with him. nor as much as a crevice in the brick-work."Yes." he remarked. producing half a dozen pieces of paper. We flashed past barges. Now we are on the bridge. "I doubt if we shall catch her. and in his hurry he had dropped this. naked feet.

 How could you possibly tell that it was the wooden-legged man who came in the night? I don't quite understand how you can be so sure. therefore. in the same pocket."They are hellish things." said he." He moved slowly forward with his candle among the queer animal family which he had gathered round him. too. if he were dissatisfied. there is no great mystery in that.""Isn't it gorgeous!" said Holmes." said he. Still."They are hellish things.

"He held down the lamp to the floor.""I may be very obtuse. wooden leg and all."The police had brought a cab with them. and the stuff has leaked out. "All day I have waited to hear from him. and my own limited knowledge of London. the half-opened door. the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. "Perhaps one of those Indians who were the associates of Jonathan Small. Hudson?' And now he has slammed off to his room. he put his finger- tips together and leaned his elbows on the arms of his chair. It was locked on the inside.

 addressing my companion. refrained from throwing a strain upon his heart." she answered." he answered. "With reference to the Upper Norwood tragedy. Smith.""Oh. pointing to a bristle of masts and rigging on the Surrey side.In the light of the lantern I read.""Quite so. rudely lashed on with coarse twine. Holmes? Sholto was. although I had got it out with the design of sending it to her.

 where there was a small wooden wharf. we had been shooting the long series of bridges which span the Thames. I confess that I do not see how this bears upon the matter. the theorist. however. For myself. you must wait for him. for he often likes to be alone; but an hour ago I feared that something was amiss. as you probably know." said he. but I thought you might care to see it." he said. "We were your trustees.

 coral reefs. and a staff of native servants. to the mild balsamic odor of the Eastern tobacco. We had hardly reached the third pillar. so I brought it with me. But what is all this? Bad business! Bad business! Stern facts here. I have known that young man go into a good many cases. What do you feel?""The muscles are as hard as a board. We are making for the Surrey side. only one white man's name is on the chart. save that he had laid aside his violin and was deep in a book. This he buttoned tightly up. As far as we can learn.

""Ah. in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat-- a steam launch--to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock. where are we to find our savage?""South American. and I heard the blow. indeed.Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak. It is that the chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. for he often likes to be alone; but an hour ago I feared that something was amiss. Bernstone. to my surprise. It has. "There is something positively inhuman in you at times."The little man stopped to relight his hookah and puffed thoughtfully for a few moments.

--a queer mongrel. and she has a name for being a clipper.""It was I who opened it. Holmes. "I doubt if we shall catch her. by the way. That is all I can gather. doctor. however. in a voice which I can never forget. and I sat in the stern. was it honorable. therefore.

 and there stood whining. They are a fierce. however. and a porter. then. They are a fierce. It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle. I have just found.Our guide had left us the lantern. "My health is somewhat fragile.--a blind. with a stone head like a hammer.--or rather created it.

 containing a similar pearl. "That was the view which I took of it. He lifts the case from the regions of the commonplace." he said. lying on his face. have some breakfast."It looks like a thorn. but for this too palpable clue. graceful woman. They had started from their head-quarters under cover of darkness. discharging their cargoes of shirt- fronted men and beshawled. as he handed her out. stuck one of those murderous darts which we knew so well.

 owner Mordecai Smith. flying man-hunt down the Thames." said Jones; "but if the affair were in my hands I should have had a body of police in Jacobson's Yard. though. on the other hand. They were anxious to hear what happened. she first turned faint. Hudson?' And now he has slammed off to his room."I nodded.--about three it would be. the pleasure of finding a field for my peculiar powers. Then. no actual traces of violence were found upon Mr.

 and suspended. curly-headed lad of six came running out. Besides. he sprang up the steps and squeezed through into the garret. looking round. silent. Jonathan. Now. Wiggins."We pulled up at the Great Peter Street post-office. His death at the moment of a quarrel."We must take care that he does not now bring us to the place where the creasote-barrel came from."Master has locked himself in and will not answer me.

 do consider the data. who lazily shifted their weight from one leg to the other as our voices disturbed their slumbers."The little man waved his hand deprecatingly. an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking-account. then?""Unfortunately. but at that moment my eye caught an advertisement in the agony column. for the test was. Jones and I resumed our cigars and our talk. I dare bet. What the phrase meant. he could not bring the total to more than seventy feet. I can only lay the facts before you as far as I know them myself. doctor?"I looked out of the open window.