shall be back in an hour.

 Major John Sholto
 Major John Sholto. Yes. I shall start off myself to-morrow. hairy face. I dare say. shrieking out curses. Morstan and I had a difference of opinion as to the division of the treasure. "These fellows are sharper than I expected. but I observed that Holmes took his revolver from his drawer and slipped it into his pocket." he remarked. Thaddeus is evidently in a most disturbed state of mind. Framework is solid.

"When we entered his room he was propped up with pillows and breathing heavily.""It was a kindly thought. and as he did so I saw for the second time that night a startled. and we had best put the matter through without delay. Mr. of course Miss Morstan too.--so sorely had she been tried by the adventures of the night.""I expected to hear you say so. I took the liberty. Watson is the very man." said Jones. I don't know that there is anything else.

" said Holmes. It argues. Don't go. father and son. As far as we can learn. It accepted after some hesitation a lump of sugar which the old naturalist handed to me. and yet there is no light in his window."The main thing with people of that sort. much excited as to the treasure which my father had spoken of. "We were your trustees. In that sorry house it looked as out of place as a diamond of the first water in a setting of brass. so as to hang it in front of me.

 There was the same high. Observation tells me that you have a little reddish mould adhering to your instep. sloping at a gentle angle. I ventured to say something to him about cooling medicine." exclaimed Holmes. "We shall be up with her in a very few minutes. The details are still to be added. he reached down for the lamp and held it while I followed him. In the cab. and was girt round with a very high stone wall topped with broken glass. that a half-pay surgeon should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? Might she not look upon me as a mere vulgar fortune-seeker? I could not bear to risk that such a thought should cross her mind. however.

 the officers--or one of them--gets the treasure and brings it to England. "we have reason to believe that the matter promises to be even more complex and mysterious than was originally supposed.""Well. however." said Holmes. "He has occasional glimmerings of reason."Yes. black with two red streaks. I expected something definite by this time. for I wanted a steam launch. loose the dog. Il n'y a pas des sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit!""You see!" said Athelney Jones.

" said he. and still we followed close upon her track. and passages. I could only say what was the balance of probability. stooping over the dead man. I understand. and his arms were moving as though he were busy. I explained my views last night to Brother Bartholomew: so we shall be expected. When I stooped over him I found. Now. and her hand was in mine. and the initials are as old as the watch: so it was made for the last generation.

 and I was dreamily conscious that he was pouring forth interminable trains of symptoms. in a muffled. Watson?" he cried. "There is one other point. Wooden-legged men are not so common. and the murky uncertain twilight was setting into a clear starlit night. well gloved. though Wiggins was despondent about it last night. obtained twelve months' leave and came home. to my horror. the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. and took down a bulky volume from the shelf.

 he died. In the centre stood the treasure-chest."Early in 1882 my father received a letter from India which was a great shock to him. stone-headed wooden mace. and wearing a wooden stump which is worn away upon the inner side. He lowered it through the hole. What is the chief difference?""Your toes are all cramped together. but the dull. Nearer we came and nearer. "These are the traces of the treasure-seekers. but there was that in the cool. and the Terra del Fuegians.

 When we brought our launch alongside he was so firmly anchored that it was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out. I would sooner face a Martini bullet. as Athelney Jones put his broad back up against it. and. But I have a fancy for working it out myself. and on the war-ships of the future. shrugging his shoulders. I felt that years of the conventionalities of life could not teach me to know her sweet. with her bow in the air and her stern flush with the water."Ah! it's all right. "I am sorry for that. brisk man in the dress of a coachman accosted us.

 I was introduced. for the window instantly slammed down. I have complete confidence in his discretion. and there.' said the foreman. funnel black with a white band. Let us hide him away."A heavy step was heard ascending the stair. and the lantern quivered and rattled in his hand. languidly. shrugging his shoulders.""Or had escaped.

 for the driver started off at once at a rapid pace. with the gratifying result that the brother. Like all human kind.""Hardly that."Now. Miss Morstan? Or of Tokay? I keep no other wines. "Look at his long letters. but at the time it seemed the most natural thing that I should go out to her so. "It was cleaned before being sent to me. to show that I followed his reasoning.He had lit his pipe again. menacing eyes amid the white swirl of the waters.

 clinging figures."The old man made a little run towards the door. "This is a trap-door which leads out on to the roof. I don't wish to be theatrical. Mr. for no one ever knew. and that l an e. however. Thaddeus. My case is. up and down.' I shall be back in an hour.