"Md`Project Gutenberg's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the License included with tor onlinTwww.g6.net Title:D Author:KQPosting Date: April 18, 2011 [EBook #1661] First Posted: November 29, 2002 Language: English@*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES *** Produced by an anonymouszvolunteerJose MenendezL  by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEO I. A Scandal in Bohemia II.Red-headed League II9"CaIdentity7V7Boscombe Valley Myster# #Five Orange Pips Vv1Man the Twisted Lip V1 of(Blue Carbuncle V +Speckled BandX*Engineer1umb8-Noble Bachelor Xeryl Coro=/ XCopper Beech:CANDAL IN BOHEMIA I.o she is alwayswoman. I have seldom heard him mention herWany other name. In /y` eclipses and predominateswhole ofRsex. It was not that he felt any emoakin to lovedIrene Adler. All*!s,R that one particularly, wbhorrent to+cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take the most perfect reasoningobserving machinethe world has seen, but as a lover #u#ve placed himself in a false positionnever spokkthe softer pass&Qsave aa gibeqa sneer2y . e things3theer--excellentdrawing the veil froK's motivesnB. Bu:the trained Caer tot such intru3 inown delicatfinely adjuGtemperamenn!toI* a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all<mental results. Grit sensit nstrument, or a crack in onhigh-power lenses,not be more2urbean a strongbnature7as his. And ye}rs2one mE! "waHlate}, of dubiouquestionable memoryQI hada littl^  lately. My marriage.drifted us awayJBeach2own complete happines e home-centred interests rise up aroundman who first findsuamasterestablish5rsufficid absorb4bmy attWu, whiled who loathed every form of society3hisIn soul, rem>in our lodgin Baker Street, buried amongsld book:ralternarom week to between cocai Qd amb,FQdrows drug, agfierce energyQRkeen was still, asq, deeplLBractu 1tudNRcrimenaoccupi:s immense facultiextraordinary power ain folloout those clue7clearing upm #ieq had been abandoned as hopelessoA al police. From time to " I some vague accountOtdoings:qsummonsBOdessa inc | repoff murd8his#  singular trageythe Atkinson br-s at Trincomalee,afinallEih!acished so !lyKsuccessfully AreigBfamiaHolland. Beyoqse sign1hisvity, however,I merely shared1all=Cread/the daily prfI knew1 mmer friendcompanion,One night--iotwentieth of March, 1888--I was returnrom a journey to a patR(for Bnow 5ed to civil pce), when my way led meHugh S. As I passeIwell-remembered dooRDmust be associated io3mingmy wooin<hrk incidentathe Sin Scarlet, c seize?aedesire to ser again:to know how as employi67. His roomsr brilliantly lit\0, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice silhouette st the bl B pac1e swiftly, eage 1ith head sunk upo 3chehis hands clasped behin . To me, who  2mooahabit,krattitud manner tol@ir own story rat work1hadDn oum-created dreamwm 2"ce1some new problem. I ra Q bellhown up to the chambe6 3had"ly!in ! m2. $ effusive. It Awas; h glad, I think,Qme. Wardly a word spokY 9a kindly eye,vormchair, threw acros> %ccigars1indy > Rpirit( gasogeneh3orna n he stood beforeK2fir=me over ir introspecc Dfash?"Wedlock suits you," he rked. "I k, Watson, you have put on snd a half pound"ce you." "Seven!" I answered"Indeed, I sh thought a more. Just a trif, I fancy %in3, I!e.2did not tellaintend! g o harnessQThen,ado you ?I0i[deduce it. H-I+ R getting yourself very wet ,lhave a most clumsR car- servant girlsMy dear[ ," said I, "is too much$_ certainly u burned, had lived a few centuries agois true ^!a ry walk on Thursda came homaqdful m<I changed my clothes I can't imagineWyou As to Mary Jane,incorrigiblewmy wife has givenbnoticefthere,nDfail}it out.0He chucklpand rubb long, nervoub together.xfsimplicity itselfhe; "my eyes ? q insidzy eft shoe, just whelstrikes it,W1leais scored by six parallel cuts. Obviousl _Ccaus>aomeonev2hasly scraped roude edgeA solC1ord@ remove cr2mud it. Hence,see, my double 7!ti.) !ourvile w8 ,ar malignant boot-slispecimen J London slavey , if a gentlemanT!mys smelling of iodoforma black mark of nitrate of silverrforefinga bulge "e&S Qop-haZCshowR qs secre his stethoscope, I be dull, i3if I do not pronounce1to  "e g Pmedical profession1I cnot help laughC eas rexplain Acess1. "When I hear\Bgivets," I egaappearm be so ridiculF! Deasily do it my though at each *ive instancing I am baffled untilSyet I believare as good a"rs"Quite so2!, w cigarett1ing?Bdown D. "Y1butC The distin is clear. For exampl%afreque Bseen Cstep lead uphthe hall  FJHow often?.a"Well, hundredlDtime<? ow many a#reAH?<1n'tnw!" d . That is *my point. Now,$> Bteen)Q, beAboth_By-the-way,k qyou are @   8!ento chronicler two of myz ing experiences. may beDais." Hew over a shee thick, pink-tinted note-pap3 g!ly2pen$able. "It came$last postq. "ReadBloud!ThA undated,twithout ei2sigy or address{There will callqyou to-, at a quarteight o'clock," it said, "a #hobconsul~va mattAveryest moment r recent servicOfroyal hous;bEurope^ "arwho may safeltURwith 6f an imporcJ4canbe exaggerated. ThisSyou w<Sall Zsi(EyourBthenrat hourtdo not amiss ilr visitor wear a mask9"#isB a mT," I $at)  it meansno data yet. a capital mis]]Sorize"1has>A. Ine1blyabeginsuwist fact2suiories, instead}  #ui5t8h 8. . "itI carefully examineU writBthe "  writtenw ho wrote'q presum"wei)do, endeavouro imitateC q's processes. "Such& * Bbe bRunder qa crownX&ckpeculiarand stiffWP#!--i]Dword#. not an Englis at all. Hol!up"heJrI did sosaw a large "E"a small "g," a "P,"#3a *G*st" woveQexturX :3mak#at?" aske sThe nam%e maker, no doubt; or?monogram, ra'e5NotrThe 'G'a't' stfor 'Gesellschaft,'German for 'C94y.' customary conIon like ou3.' 'P,' of c,}Papier.' Nowgthe 'Eg.' Let us g 1 atSContinental Gazetteer2ook a heavy bSvolumhis shelves. "Eglow, Eglonitz--e are, Egriawa-speak &--Q$, 2far Carlsbad. 'Remarkable as beB"ce"eaWallenstein for its numerous glass-fact{"aper-mills.' Ha, hafboy, w+ 2HisCdsparkl+ahe sen` a great blue triumphant clok6his Tqwas madqBohemia3sai4P"Rly. A s1. D5#1 co qence--'/  ' A Frenchman or Russianl aE tha\who is so uncourteou his verbs. It only remains,l fore, to disco"Qis wao 0 #isMBites n4 &Apref!ea>%h Bface1coma1f J4notnresolve all As he spokr harp sounhorses' hoofB grbwheelssbcurb, qaQBpull. Se beG!me CstletA pair,y u Yk!hebinued,#ou e window. "A nic bQ"amrn of beauties. A #fifty guineas apiece!ref$Qney ii`re is notCelse<Ik!be 3go,+g bit, Doctor. Stay !. Alostout my BoswqiAmisef sing. It$abe a pz)!to23 itBr client--Never mind hi1mayBhelpZso may he. H! R. SitUv%atnBrgive usYebest "aA slowDsteph2had{RheardCtaire passage, pGimmediately outsidDuJre was a louauthoritative tapCome in!" said A man ent3whoSzSBless% six feet six inches in h$, gAlimba Hercules. His dressBrich<qa richnhould, in,sand, bei upon asX)bad tast3 of astrakhanslashed 4lee'3fro1his qle-brea.Acoatl'e blue cloakm&M1oulf!uwas lin.flame-coloured silk^1secaDneck,brooch y Qconsiof a single flaming beryl. BootRch ex= halfway upDcalv $+qwere triQ tops!  Efur,&d Bimpr of barbaric opuledas sugge!bySwholeQ1ancB car% broad-bn9h,AwhilWwore upper par,2ing'$pa}qheekbonavizardilhhad apparently )hat veryR, fohtill rai}"aNA%hhe lowqthe fac0e!j#f character, with a hanging liKaAstraLDchinrive of u Bpushxthe leng obstinacE)had my note?t@ deep harsh voicL2a lb)4ked accent. "I told-ICY q lookeTm oneg other of us, as if uncertainIto OQPray da seatM` y'my'% colleague, Dr.> roccasioU&Vgood mBaBWhom Iahonour !x4may! m the Count Von Kramm, aP nG"an. I unders,3F, is} and discretimQtrustT7 most extremSq. If no]b much to communicateQlone.ZbI roseC ," caught me1 Qwristme back intoEhairboth, or none,i Usay 7"JB any y2S to mTbshrugg !"ermust begin he, "by biyou both?rbsolutec' two years; a1 enwqthat ti\'enb'noSA. At i 5not r to sayg"of?/wqQ it 1avenfluences qEuropeaBtory$"I  c"And I)2You+Sexcusfmask,"! our strange. "The august perso w's me wishes 5gc- be unknown(Ayou,oqconfess>2nce1itl+1cal(Syself- exactly my ownI#aw*it S drylThe circumstances)of great delicacyeQpreca%D ha taken to quench0Cgrowmense scandalAseriOr+BreigF*Qamili/" . To speak 1ly,4eimplic3BHous3Orm hereditary kings of BohemiaX6lso]!th-Amurm 1HolqRsettlqmself i Bclos* 4Ourd glanc+*(Q surp30V languid, lou)J !no qt depic qo him  incisive K4 %1/Cetici2. b '3ope3and 3 im,F/ his giganticA#"I%tMajestyondescen, sW|a )heIS4 beOto advis=T6!sp|)2his"Apacelhe room in@antrollc!ag "onm Ta gesrdesperaWhb/!reUBmask ShurlenoYr ground|C ar", cried; " Qthe K4WhyI attemptuconcealWS"Why,?u1had}espoken'pdQing Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond vonGrand DukCassel-FelEK G can ?!d, sittf once m !nd Aover)high white forehead, "! |bnot aceRdoingI#bu2Bin B. Ye^1,ot|^1fid!"pupower. IS&come incognito7QPraguapurposf*)"pr3DsultYC, shS.TN tRbrief&se: Some five r ago, d2a y to Warsa_!-the acquain= Qwell- adventuress,&:T&isa Kindly look her up 6 Tindex, out ope@'W#Cmanydopted a syste5Rdocke$ll paragraphs rY1men Rs, so"itdifficulRa subject or a$ o #he!no once furnish inform"B. In .1I fqher bioy sandwiched in betwee` of a Hebrew rabbi staff-comman@Ca&phdeep-sea f !Le Jsee! "Hum! Bor%New Jersey `year 1858. Clto--hum! La Scala,  Prima donna Imperial Opera--yes! RetirEvc stage--ha! LivingLondon--quite so! lI71 be#entangled  Syoung,L2herh% ing letters.w desirou -6/D bac6!2 soJ 4howWr) marriagemNb"No legals or certifc 1 , 2 pA2for1maie #orSs*/ais sh prove their authenticityO$_!Pooh, pooh! Forge My private note-C!6TStole M S sealI drMy photcBought cWe wer& 21Oh,l/1! TAZy bad5 haB#acommitVn inzmad--insa 2You!ed  Faonly CI!PrH'1the@w)#ng!butrty nowEt recoverA"WeQtriedEfailDWpay. QO"i2She0tnot sel,DFive+ sAbeenN. Twice burglarbmy pay ransack"er&. Once we diverterluggage7she travelled`hen waylaidarno resulSaNo sig| Absolutelyla laugh]%Ia pretty("heRBut a4me," ret1  reproachful5Veru R. Andedoes she proposrdo withHZo ruin mm SaboutL#So[-To Clotilde Lot~von Saxe-M}en, second dof Scandinavia. Y*Aknowstrict principl her family. Sh"he3$ssoul of cy. A shadow of a  mo 5ducr_Se matN)Tan enm IThreatens to s"hep sr3.F !at|YA-%2her"shaa soulRsteelh6 fa !moPRautif"Dwome0 i.% qmen. RaqYXmarry anBwoma9r# no length Fgo--ja@Br nt it ye4sur1qBecause\2has n1senT!on~dK betrothalmpublicly'Alaim2hatHbe next Monda!OhBn we9AthregTs yetCaa yawn!at Actunate  one or two, S into just at presenf,/&y  ?Cv!lyOFQ findrLangham8 hi'+ V s/drop you a liU1letow we progressCedo so.Jb#danxiet4oneBarte blanche^I I62youfId$giQprovi.qkingdom^!>p&t expens TVEtook'uchamoisA6#ba! (ai /%1a pound2golUseven!"in&fs," hem&scribbled a receipt_ /!hi1e-band haI:2himAnd Mademoiselle'i?}Rasked+#Is Briony Lodge, Serpentine Avenue, St. John's Wooe"no$tit. "OnFF  a cabinDt wagood-night,{ S # I2#we.asoon KKAnews2you[<(!dd,L%/<%qrolled !treet. "Ifb0to-morrow afternoon3ree o'clockould likc4his R over A IIAW Vp0Iat Baker Sm1hadE yet } landladyeQd lefB hoRortlye eight qmorning3*ewn be_$Afire /D a intenaof awa.s him, . long he4be.already#!lyKr! inquiry, for, though/asurroubW /1gria'$ wfeatures associat(two crim*# recorded, stilli! n]~.be exalted sta&3hisyA gavas! of its own. Indeed, a"rinvestigbmy friend had on hand!re}AsomeVn masterly grasp of a situXhis keen,Cing,^it a pleaX 1o mHQstudy R work_=quick, subtle method:H7most inextric2])(SoRwas Is invariKrsuccessR possibility off(had ceas?! #bmy heajb closerCfour2door open!ndB runken-looking groom, ill-kempt(side-whiskeredzbflamed [!Arepuib?a, walk!toroom. A#as]'s amazingLJP1useBadisgui:I"topTtimesc }(<$ hCAa no.hvanish2bed"Awhenq emerg%minutes tweed-suitarespec of old. P1hisJ=Qhis p2s, JAetcht#2leg=3(%Cstily foJ,:qreally!1k,t&:ce chokW2aga+Rtil hQoblig lie back, limhQhelplVe chair$it t's quite!ufunny. # D youoever guess: 2I Ted myB, or4I e!." B"up1hatq!tc,Rhabit perhaps%, of MissNuQ3so;@re seque 3 unusual5ill 5. I a littlet (a 1 ouSAwork"ra wonderful sympathC freemasonry among horseyxB9 mdW know allotmqto knowo Xund ". a bijou villa garden Tbut builtin front r5up ad, two stoChubb lock +oor. Large^-MVside, well fur^Clong/qs almostthe flo./ prepost3 6=q fastenx1hich a child+open. BehiGr/rY4A, sa7Apass~07aB4topacoach- \ 2 i`8"it"ly{Cever$> of view without "V&!el ZI^loung SI expected,%Qa mewca lanebruns down by one wall" }!ntostlers a in rubb7"JLvf exchange twopence, a glasSAhalfAhalfa fillshag tobacco|sas much H [desire [Miss Adler, to say1zd dozeneople inF neighbourhood i&m!nothe least!ed whose bir$ie4Acomp\vssten toBa}H?" I@"OhGpqe men'si .aFtdaintiesng under a bonnet is planet2 c(6e Q-mews`Ra manblWbquietl@g qts, dr$bout atA2day85for dinner. SZ&goKQotherY)s, exceptsings. H+uone mal( a good deaahim. HJRdark,BsomeAdash scalls l7 n once aA ofwSXa Mr. Godfrey Norton, Inner Temple. SeK1sadvantaHqa cabmaa confidant. Theyp sn him hom{  rand kneXCWhen e r!to, I began toU2 upInear23mor`2inkc!my of campaign:KThisD was evida0n,?#orO" was a lawyer.saominous. W{R rel "em>w0qe objec his repeated visits? Waf,8 `  his mistress? I formerad prob(?transferre   keeping#e latter, i less likely. OAissux oB dep !whK# Ic,3 myQt# !ord my atIe gentleman'(2mbeTthe SaR+"teit widenfield of myZ. I fearGq I boreD se details, butve to leo !sej@ #qies, ifNa~T 05e ] 8 1ing:closely," I answereM".^ M!inY !innsom cab d D  ;a sprang out'Iqhandsome man,- aquilinQmoust %--z3f"ha dk 3in a great hurry,kt4the q"itbrushed pasR mai7jzA air1 maoaly atO!He tN 5R hourcatch glimpse3him n  , pacing u-Q, taltexcitedcQ2wavs arms. Of"1see hBPres33he 4,Aing dmore flurri:a'fRA&Rstepp+Qpulle\old watchE & G "lot it earnesSa'Driveevil,' he b, 'fir Gross & Hankey'!Res)qaa n3hurch ofdMonicaEdgeware Road. H guinea i|L2Twenty!!'JAway they wenRjust >ingNnot do well(m!up !caDneatbrlandau, 1itho!co (!ly-buttoned"rhis tie1earl=!agrhis har:ere sticqbucklesdhadn't $uprshe shoh%H!an_caught a Z$erXmoment, but sha lovely woa2F cdie fo/'T3, John,'d!'al!sovereign#;.;!wab o Q$seOP- 1runm!it rperch bRher CnRa cabh!th~s. The driver?ed twice at sucFhabby fare[Bjump@Qbefor9/" G /. r' said Ii h/ i?aJnty-,o twelv6 Tclearow) wind. "My cUfast.Nthink I ever!"the oth:3ere."usy1cabG$ththeir steamiI\gaw arrived. I paidu !ndi!tocBr`1notu(Cre a surpliced clergyho seembe expostulatingmy  ing in a k2frothe altar\side aisl3anyF5idl,Qs droa Suddenly;!myQrise,:} 4running a7-towards me'Thank God,'<ried. 'You'll do. Come!' jthen?'!'Cc fi!'t@Cegalhalf-dra9 IRwhere$ .myself mumbling responBhichqwhisper my ear,!2vou3Afor rxqgeneral 1ssiChe secure ty b, spinJto 3, bml$nan instaFp > Q than~"meBe on&%dyVEothe6the}a beameNm66 qpositioG!in 3lif`i&!hoRof it 1sta*"meCqing juspwRseems-&had been /0 Rlicenaabsolutely refu. 3m  a witnes= 2sormy luckyAabridegh to sally!vs in sea a best ma7Ss aI mean.1weaoB Q-chaidmemory(occasion."$is+$unof affairs,"4; "0! \JWC%s+ly menaced. Iti@K_H Btake ?F departuoso necess;P" Qrompt'9mspart. At /" asepara xD4ack! -!o tA"wn16. ''&$utlEparkVas usual ljBleftIl no more1drove away in different directionsQ I we5fk5rrangements.~3are;%61col#Qbeer,B, riz; J"too busyO;Sf foo ^Lbe busierE!evT-1. B way, Doctor, |want your co-oT:&!be&gh1b,2n'tIAbreaw%NogX6NorR chanp,jarrest<a Dcaus;)+E is o!T m&$masShat ITvrely on%B"But!is5,sou wishWhen Mrs. Turner\0= DtrayCRqosR. Now!he^ed hungri9ample f!ha`r landlad provided, "I2adiscusGQI eat%A I p2notAtime~is nearly five n two hours we_x QaW., or Madame, r .," # (2-2. We! bj ~Ueet hxw1You6 leZ!o kalready arra !isQoccurHGre ioApoinQkbinsist,mVBfereM R2may(EWto be neutral#To/h ehateveFwill5b)!sm`!un%antness. Do not joiPCQend i)Raconvey[ \rFour or!#)RwardshBopenoS'Ayour ,CopenB4Yes G3 memb:ble2;B= Araishand--so--ll throw waI give$'2rowWTwill, 2sam&%,g b fire#?$ mcEntirelyI JformidableS2, t a long cigar-shaped roll $4an ordinary plumber's smoke-rocket, fitu)a cap at eie Qself-Cing. Your task i&-minded NonconuEst . His broad black hat,bbaggy trouserswhite tie%-E3smiC  \ and benevolent curiosit,Qs Mr. Hare alonh*0B 3illS#b1be !toA3rums'ris herK2ageP!oubordersde lettAs he spo"Ugleamj 2idees of ac 3ounAcurvC[the a [ smar$"(r rattl   1. A#!,_jSloafi= 3 db\q forwar2opeh^ 1hop2earT coppwas elbowed away by anb loaf!o  &"up0"1ame-ntion. A fierce quarrew;ake out"!chrincreas|9pAtooksp9YrID ,P.p1equ2hotAthera. A blow,Rstruc F_*Alady%R, wasrQcentra(1kno"flSand strugglc" savagely3achRxa fistsssticks. # )#inAcrow0fprotecQ; but ! a<Areac^Sher ha Droppae #nd#the blood tbfreely 1hisA. At !faeQsmen !toDqir heel Bone 1ionaounger"sHle b$-?#edo'e scuffle!ta\ 2!inOuto helpQco attthe injured man.0 I.Sr>h&ha,"O!Bteps%5too#toher superbsU"utcagains6ighQhall,ing backA @the poor rvmuch hurt?" 1Hdead," cried|ral voice aNo, no re's lif.Sim!" (". e'll be gone'qyou can!hihospitalHvA brave fellow,"o 1. "hw!hax lady's purseA2 ifd!en for hiW#D ga !1a r>one, too. Ah, he's breavK`an't litreet. May w#ng+, marm?"Surely. B!@ q a comfortNzy2r &THo3youI5ll-; 9 s^ oas on A her-2incQt onc "rui  she values mosteGis aroverpowDcimpulsIQ mornpFaken= 2. I5"ca4Darlington substitutscandal -}k"ndRArnsworth Castle/ woman grabs Dbaby; an un'Bone s her jewel-box' qour ladato-dayz#4precioushy9$att in quest of~secure it.Qd of fixAdmir:Adonecwere 3to shake nerv9RsteelQrespo d !lyY o 1a r^,Q5 a sliding panel just abot'e right bell-pulrs$I P W:r+half-dre$ouYI#ou "it , , she repl5it,?g!at: ,'2not(her sinc #roO1, m my excu>K1esc Ahous9hesitated!mpAt, 91hadCe infs2wat2qme narr+ismed saftwait. A1Qover-qpitanceutruin al}And nowC#urqis prac7j*AnishD shaqH% Q9k!if c>!coukQth us b\;&wn v to wai_bis prob52hatsn"me2may 1neiBus nIm a satisf:+1 toMajesty to regain 1own s(il>*AAt enrmorning1a6 up\"we aWfield%wesc0l!t$ may meacmpleteM$xVW:rbits. IX!wiAKing!ouzl%WCd#!tov door. HeX| )-sthe keyRomeonI# Aaid:- GhUlMister"TEwerelUpeoplI-1pavl0j3timU:MAgree &NQa sli.#thZ who had !byB"I'vDvoic!," Holmes, stad dimly lit# "_"wo"ho the deucRt" h$beb3 ImUaI slepl g anight,wI t Qtoast$QcoffeeWm2int=QA "Y vKlly got it!cried, graspingS by xі1his UNot y)"Bu)Thopeso P!." 1com[!am{simpatieD Fbe g?]W]Sa cabJNo, my bXQam is)OTr*2ill 3ifys." We descee6aoff oFA)or&i XEed,".M"Fd! W6tYesterd11"BuP4whoUTo anMalawyer~id Norton `not loveOxl"inzshe doe4ABeca dRspare2 all fear of future annoya|  loves her husband #y0^E. If$ #< Are i])Q why8 interfere '.LIt is true.Ryet--Well! I wis bown station!Sa queN made!" He relapsto a moody^ Uroken_ j /up) S 4ope} n elderly HstootSstepsatched ua sardonic eyed'j5the rM, I believe?"sh3Mr.O%,"G my companionv k 1a "io %nd'tartled gazjndeed! My mistressy w1ere likel Acallb left.1 byx5:15 tra}(Am Chq Crossp-EtontinenmWhat!"staggered8tachagri surprise. "Do she has sEngland1Nevt 5r!AnQj"?"KAoarsE"All is los Q see. p A pasT ?&rrawing- 2e]a<2 furnitur[ Acatt3t'in every direc+adisman(ashelve! qdrawersiChad l4hS themw4!f-aqbell-pu\1oreR$Dll Jp!er}R, plu9!in5 hbHXout a ^a%* T  50S(!I_superscrib rEsq. To@1ft .xfor." My friend toh 1allr.together. Itdqat mid " oAprec .t:PDY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES,--You re.!diGAwellO$m f Qly. U'atR!nosuspiciontI/3howbetrayedU, I 'Pd8war!you months ago*  -iaemployl!f agent*certainly be:P4our.ugiven me. Yet}Qis, 'se revea)1antf1. E}1ZIY1D5us,6C)r U evil{ a dear, kind old clergy#"Bubs[Qan acH" Pd. Male2!ne) R6ake# rfreedomf it givesent JohnJ, to watcran up st+@6 anto mying-cloth!1s Imi)CdownYsOsdeparte"WeQyou tyrK"so=Swas W#anD62 of   celebratedO4Dn I,imprudently, g*4 f);@$my QWe boIosest resourcvqpursued 'so)9A an Tonist; so\#fivnest empt to-morrow9*1#0may rest in peace. I; aand am Zqa bette>1hrmay do!llout hindrone whom tcruelly wronged. I keep it ong safeguara1pre# a weapondalwaysm2any +"heQ takt32turieave a 9 possess;[IX9,J  _ "Very trulyC/s,: "IRENE NORTON, née ADLER  woman--oh,!'2 w Eaepistlq id I not tellhow quick }eE awas? W5 1she8a* %anned ? Is it)yoE>Dleve!FrF%_Dseen!3lad@eems indeesbe on aDCZ q coldlyXCam sorr2notqo bringS%'sxa conclusiOz6"myLsir,4; "Ob{cn24Bwordbviolat& {w/!af-Rif itR i4fir0 qglad to  s say so,qimmense3debyou. Prayz 1wayQn re%/,(aring-- Rslippemerald snake afrom inger and hel^cout upB$;Y Bsome;I=rld valuA { highlbU{bRny%t-!"Bstar *e\ 'AL$"C 4~I>kHJ1mor%beK m . A hon?ojRyou aTgood-Ya" He 0>A, tus $bobserv$4"re odQhim, At of# y@9chambersMEa how a greattszRaffec^qkingdom (#Aplan  {wtS8a'1. Heg}make merry o he clevernesawomen, b3heard him do iu'And when2ApeakF\ Adler, or3he E6r ?aways uEDitle| ADVENTURE II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE m,q one daMthe autum[last yea)Bfoun!in deep conversatio:jstout, florid-faced,\/with fiery red ]gAWithZ Rpolog#my*>v !to AdrawP Jme abruptle |Dqand clo9# !meyZnot possibWve come ato k( osaid cordially\Rfraid1you.xAam. W FmuchN:QI canSAnext6$C!No3all5Wilson, hasmy partn&a helpL#S manyJ"mo>3ase4$r doubtn b!utE!usBy%I$al32TheR;=WBroseV,Ahis iNa bob of,*" a t S> fat-encircled eyT e settee," said,42inguhis arm7 pIkEtips,!asacustom judicial moods Eknow ~xyou sharAlove aDqbizarre?qoutsideantionshumdrum r+everyday2%. , your relish[Qit by enthusiasm #ase T, and will excussaying so,f6 to embel|Sown adventur`Rcases Q  "me]Y ;r ?Qthe o Bday,TAwe [OBvery"2 BblemZZ"by:LMary Sutherl8for strange eTextraH combina Qgo toq itself"ch+far more d&%any efforVthe imag`!."A\}iMXI87he libermpO;uYou didW,n}1ss 2ustrBq view,EwiseA#aon pilC#ac" 1fac Ryou qason br$Fdownoacknowledges m slight indic@1 !,  to guidez|thousandq t simila ToccurW[,NvCforc 3dmi @!far9Cbk+"celief,TortlyQpuffeF3hes#anH4Qpridee ba dirt9wrinkled newspapO6!inQpocked2hisAcoat#he d8advertis3d columM2Ahrus92war{#aper flat@his knee,aDlook&2manJ}endeavoured,3ash< Bto r6e e m}b or appea BI di]Bgain much, however, by my inspoT. Our0mS borAA mar$6Han averag+ monplace British tradesman, obese, pompouB AslowDwore !N"grey shepherd's check trousers, a not over-cleang9 frock-coat, unbuttoned5 Rfront8a drab waistegbrassy Albert [8square piecbKmetal danAas an ornament. A frayBp-ha%a faded brown% velvet collarEa#r |uhim. Alc pLQwould{  [tBsaveQBblazb_igYthe expresszextreme!disconten` rhis fea D ,[ ' 2eye" iXM!b shookDhead2smiiced my s. "Beyo1obv8&Ih !at Q1don!ual labour !he*vs snuffis a Freema[! qin China nAa corQmount!wrj( lately,Ga deduching else !st)1 upk,iM2ore! u!, 1his5`T"How,!of3-fortune,7k!llR ?H*#%. Y4for example,> "  . It's aT' as gospel@"I as a ship's carpenter?R"YourZ.1sir 1r rhand is quite a5L larger 3 u#efY1hav#kei Ruscle; } eveloped6thew$enIex#ryH%I won't insultintellig 1by !ng !^QespecD as,CastrictO eQordero B us@rc-and-compass_ Sstpin)Ah9rI forgoA. Bu 7a can b3ica0]rcuff soAshin five inch1the22p smooth p 1nea! H 3you-$sk2butThe fishyy tattooed`lbvh2uld"Ml%Atudy oGH"ev atribut2Qliter"asubjectqat tric@cstaini AfishR#ca*aa delV pinkK "to/a. When^1add]g$Qsee a#ese coin ha& cwatch-jtatter 7Qmore simplB;!ed=iSI never!8he. "I thoughBfirsg"ady#cl !seJa Gm$3all?"inCink, "WIaa mistak R expl. 'Omne ignotum pro magnifico,'Qand ms 3or  Qreput5 , such as4, will sufferz wreck if I am so candid. C> #fi 8^O!Yek%0R now,T+<4QthickQplantRlfway lumn. "HPCt is"is S41all&8Miy q#sih\ j"hih=#as$s(/TO7: On acc2abequesL ate Ezekiah HopkinswLebanon, Pennsylvania, U. S. A.8 re is now another vacancy *Qentitq memberbhe League x.Qsalar}4 pounds a weekp H nominal+ices. All red-head_VA who4sound in bodm2min ;cthe agwenty-one years,Celigible. Appi person on, at el4qo'clock Duncan Ross, Rofficf:, 7 Pope's Court, Fleet StreetWhat on earth doC1qis meanN8aejacul I had twice :1ove  announce D *"hq3bwrigglU  Qhabit Ihigh spirits>_"ofbeaten track, isVt?" <1AndA, of[ go at scratchftell us allMzhousehold Sffecty ]LAupon 5s. Gnote, DoctorQsCdate&QIt is,"Mo Chronicl5 April 27, 1890. Just two(+S agoJKAgood=3Ajust"  > A, moppingH 3; "|cpawnbrokerC$ at Coburg Square,_CCity 5notU B aff$nd5 itg!Qhan 1giv'a living. I usT(two assistants, but n,Bonly%Aone;pRa job to pay him but 1t h="wim 8owages so ao learz$ 6#is4m0Soblig %th1t.1His5 is Vincent Spaulding%#het youth,71hars!s U>$"shDrterPoazJsvery we#$1betB1him0Band &BwiceQI am 9!to,)BBut,%%|satisfied, whyI put idea?DRh? You seem'ate in having4mployé who comesRQ full| Qet prEIta exper8" V!ertWdon't,'^[s`)r t4Oh, (aults, tooA. "N3was fellowphotography. SnaGBawayo a-4ra #E " QimproWvhis min1n d :cellar like atbits hoc-k_ Vhis main o! wC/a worker. T)RAno v!inHe is stillayou, ID3umem bsir. HTa girl of fourte1o"a b cookd8aplace R--that's|"! 73am a widowK" 'qany fam W5i quietlyC +D!weq a roofA ourqas andMour debtsUwe do3mor#Ol x!ataus outH  ' Pmk0(  lSday eReeks,apaper sIXC say "'I@(eBLord4hwas a Aan.'2'Wh"?'a'Why,'lc he, '  6 Rc 3MenOUworth   bny manEgetsI"st #at#arH !ie7n ben, so!Bthe Qces areh ir wits' end /$doe money. If my&! wUonly chanblour, )q a nic!tl8b%QreadymgAstepP.iDthen"edC 2seeF! <stay-at-home ma!asqusiness(.eaead ofbEz#to!3it,Eweeks on0*AputtZWSmy fowgdoor-matat way I didismuch of~was going on$$1!gl4new"Hah1ear H X q?' he BCopen I wonderS"at1youh Aself#onMhVD!at@iKGorth 4Oh,Ha couple of hundred a r"th>9,"Sit ne]!u>Kwith one's$& eAWell0 LbeasilyK|"atAmck up my ?$ 4h(Qover-@n"$Aan _  ShandyAbTell m9!it2id IC!"'he, showing m 4, '!se$ Q 1hy u8b wher!sh{abfor particulars"aAout,Ew!unR y an American millionaire, % 1whoGupeculiaAwaysjCwas i p reat sympath9alluen; so 1dieRS;qnormousWDtuneXhG!xrinstruc(#to^!th'Athe B df easy berth7P"se%!isS!. 3. 3ear[rsplendi1and $cto doh6'Bu2, '/$beK" )QNot so many A (,'3. ' # K<confined to Londonengrown mennThad [Cfrom=2wasmiLBhe wdAto dr old t#1turiTgain,sQno usS1r Qing i'r' !uor dark 2any' rreal brWG,.`_B car+xt, Mr. 3you_just walk in;5 p%3 it#hardly be `  2whi 6putt3out 2 waptP ke of a few:WNtfact, gentlemeD mayu1vesz%at: 2L7ich tint DM kAat ir "anUC!etmatter I H`s` a Uce ast [I ~Dmet. M=73uch0i$I 9prove usefulIaed himQut upqshutter dm%me}.! a holidaywdmv!uph2off)?$- civen uB `_B hop $eesP$at + north, sAR east CwestC6 aa shadr"Ahair Qtrampt?! c{9o `XHwithBfolk]#3ed Dcoster's or9 Cbarr(Anot G~"re2f?acountrqwere br together K(at singl1. E09 they were--straw, lemon,, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; b=s Q said 2not~]Mreal vivid flame-!ed' I saw howA"MA#it"rdespairWVp* it. How he"eit I c'imagine,hF1lcbutted Ih_Ccrow!up=!leW+o stream upon_!stCsome] !up`2operback dejected&we wedged i"well as wlR soon\ % office."z GYouru4a2ent,l ne," remarked 1 as client paPAefre-ACemor&a huge pint%. "Pray continu  X22tatyNin qwooden 3a deal tszs behindYsW6  )7a *even redd n said a few word0Ceach&!at$bame upAthen gRmanagtJ'rfault ilmndisqualify them. Ge% am*AseembCeasyzA all Awhenaturn rAittlAmuch2b favou'MAn to!ofcT,he8!edC" 1 ha privatl$u _'q&my<3, '(Fis W fillMrcLeague $'A:y@ry suiteBB . 'He has ebrequir I cannot reCFseen so fine.' H)a backward, cockh}Qn onel gazed ; until I felt quite bashfuln suddenly1plu2forrRwrung Oscongrat rme warm.Cmy 8.$'Iu beAsticOpX#he( will, hI am sure,6"3 tah\*precaution.' Wit%$hedg ?U tuggrQI yebain. 'iXeMB Feyes as he releasedH'I perceiveis as it"be}'#we  2car cfor we3wic!deX6BwigsPqonce bywCt&Qcobbld 2wax disgust you Shuman(21ste?A!j" ^ "ho&"ite top of4voiUTthe 1wased. A groan of disappointment#Sbelowthe folkmAtrooA!wadifferent directionssRthere0'1my N^4" rvMy name%3, ' ""ndOJqpensioners 3fun!bynoble benefactor. AreTB a mTI man% a family?I "edI 2notHis face fell@)'Dear me!' :id gravely, 'i} Qserio Qdeed!?Eoqyou say"waU%c@ $the propag'W"sp#f  W"irVtenan##exelRly un,#at be a bachelord"My*lengthenBthisbHolmesBthatG#to%healjS; but\Rfor uminutese$bCrigh"'I h7$of "bjGbe fatal we must stretch a 3 inpW such a frK#en]1youbble tot#new duties^#awm4fora!al#,'?%I3Oh,8'c"!' "X. 'I:41forcO'"B b Thours#ed1TenwND+$!isL Cly d:qan even"w.TThursnfFriday5Twhich% before pay-day; s7D1sui K vto earn"in{ mornings. Besides, I knew   5manze8 turned upJ/ha 1I. L 2E<'Isy)-Dwork+Is)-!doS '@BWellb 0  i 1, o{SleastnS bui$j!Atimeyou leaveZaforfeir+ :RSforev!,Cclead" I#Scompl|rthe con.smb budgeuffice dur )BIt's/Bfour& a day, and> !no!nk&eP$ $No Eavai B; 'n% sicknessQ6nortM4 ` yEAstay"osr billetfH E!py!the "Encyclopaedia Britannica."xGfirst volu&i%at press own ink, penQ bloq-paper,wbe this! sPCVly,' z T0good-bye Q)aand len C you8 Dmore!important d1bee& l@Bgain( 1bow % B roo|.I went hCd( ,"knJ1wha say or do,%R so pu " 2own#$h 6all#bftin low,;7dnpersuaded B ^baffairI"be+hoax or fraud," b its k I/bed $al2 pa3lieTanyonz~ySpay %1sumd!#so& as copy@? ''H2didu cheer !bu qbedtimed reason)i _ I determPaa look_i=how, so I bHa penny bo_"of#anP]Eill-^ssheets of foolscap 8Ic4to my surpris'2deli3s rVs03TheV)!etbfor me 1 weN#se I got fairly to workzm|letter Ag`"me e!in! 4to 1allRme. A.qo'clockbu"?&complimeIp$!am2q writtBnd l74oor mcon dayon Saturd anager !in}Tplank@golden sovereign "myT(#'s!It*H#amLBweek}rQeek r <5at noon I a. By degreeusin onlyd&}n,!noj -t-B. StKd for an inf.w$BsureݞH9O #oncqme so w  Brisk 1los>iEweeks pass1lik- about AbbotIr ArcherM1Arm-citectuLRAttick>T hop'$di<!ge2S B's  very long1cosBsome%in!L}q pretty1aly fira shelf$my;3s. 7 ehole T4 en=!Toj/And?"{9-O468n .Awork-Qusual$en=1hut|Z,a EQsquar cardboard hammere6lQmiddl'the pane.Qa tac"rea"nGD!!f."HeVup a piec]WwhiteZ=1siz"et of note' is fashion: THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE+/IS! DISSOLVEDY5October 975K 2I surveye2ZIcurt7&bruefulPabehind, QmicalMC Aso etely overtopVotherA0Mthat we both bursinto a roadlaught[i#Eunny|YRour x, flushing upOqhis flashead. "~1can];b&"e,y1 goBRwhereu"No, nor$sh1*m  [ !hehalf risen. "I reall !ss#3{\AorldjyTRusualW&~P{Fjust/RfunnyPray what_Bs di3tak2youDcarde door?" "SstaggQir. IR#no-jQto doV nAlled> rs roundnTNm B%_ " Mcit. FiM[the landlord*BWhat0>4Yes+$OhWhe, 'hisWilliam Morrif2solicitor}3rwas usixroom as a temporarq!veniencehew premises# g QmovedyesterdayDWherI4him!Oh[=ai%di (&!. #17H[Edward Street, St. Paul'9 2but@ D $atn! i a manuyErtificial knee-cap Qno on ieever M" oy>. #AnM"do2"hto Saxe-;Ctook[1vic^Emy +;%h%"lp2N"wa21onl3`-!if ~Ahear1#os`oGoC ! AwishY;%osM7 without a struggle, so, as yu2eres#a<rto poor2who2ain neeZ"it*3 a7you1youvery wise{_5 "YQ( o%; Iqbe happe.MO1tol Ii6 graver issue g from in!"at! s cappearSGrave]"!" p#q. "Why,vh t9! ,! a QdAs far,"ar!on#concerned&!, "I do ^ any grievanceI1is 2WlwOc`4munderstand, richesome 30A, touv C knowledge6!A ga5#onu+FsubjA <3. YSe lostv9b&s#Nop1ButnBout BthemO!whDy arߕq7L!wa,1plaZprank--iflC a m!ex ave jok ,&Ait Athem| Qirty MsG#We;Q5 toAb theseAyou. And,1, H requestionlWilson. uS! oi Qrs wh%1rst,Xerr atten; P ,--how long hadL#ee(!AbA mon$#en1How2me?#In~' s:RWas honly applicantDNhad a dozr1Whyryou pick him3vhBhand1 ScheapAt half-wagesH4fac)%Ye!haZ2ke, bSmall,^r-built,1qui G5B, no oB@Tface,JB he'Cshor}irty. Has aasplash@"ci ! 1ore 4 sa-3his* in considerSexcit("m# l),oUhe. "# sobserve his ears are pierc(earrings23YesHF!th+Qgipsy!it\ b4a lD"Hum, sinking)b deep gtIh?ROh, yD$r;L tleft hi)! Bbeend i r absenc6N>to complain ofd#'s!Q1muc!do$ !"T*bill doB1youopinion /5the  !rs 2a dtwo. To-day is I2!haMonday we m-!me)#jeWell, _cc our visitor%left us, "whatz4iTwI$Git,"a frankMI." щEioustAAs aP&"ea1 th$IlessZ!itre$beC A, fejOA2criRich aS lly puzzling, just F"ismost difficulidentify1musUprompC4tte W:!go ol -g "ToF," h~Bquit7qree pip$bl0bI begd Bon'tg.for fifty Ts." HɎ7F41!1his knees drawn his hawk-like nosI t!hexFDeyesy.2and?QblackQ3Bthru0Aout Xthe bill ofvstrange bird. .NP "drfaasleepcZ3eed8 "ddRself,k{-Cspra +" Lsc1of  2has>!up_}M2putqpipe doZe mantelpiece'qSarasatD!ys!heJames's HallafternoonT" U Tthinkh1? C4jpatients spar"(#Og OA to-day. My practic Gvery absorbQen pugDn.g+K,K a we cabHd lunch"gIr1dealGerman musicAprogramme-' rather1to my tasteItalian or French introspectiv9 . Come along!oAWe t+!le!the UndergrouC AldersgateSFa short walkui%ce singular m`nw]7c/v boky, =, shabbyCeel wAline&dingy two-storied7 houses look9[4railed-in enclosur ere a lawn of weedy grasEa few clump~faded laurel-bushea hard fQgains/moke-lad:2d uncongenial atmosphere. Three gilt ballbbrown with "JABEZ WILSON" in "s,a corner,Pda-W'A car]  .0sbin fro i1heaG%onKf ,=6 byes sh7b ly between puckered lidJ b walkeM_!lyh##eeN;Athen]! +, Baing keaHs*2n*e pawnbroker'1, h( thumped vigorously 1pavn Qstick#or!tih."heo!79Adoor qknockedWrly open"2a P-,n-shaven young LPGT in.a mnk you I" !wi8tFg!owB goFFStraQhird , fourth left,"aeQ6Tkly, closs &USmartdthat,"  9Ra.& , in my judgment,_qsmartes; in London!fo!ing I am 2!urRa claqbe third. _!knkW m  vEvident FI, " ''s0W=! is mysteryC)6"you inquireE4wayG"in@s X!7seeG7Not1 xe qs trous= 3see;KqI expec4So see8Z#beAMy dear doctor 2B%$fo!atd"notalk. We are spi1#fxmain arteri 4con  Dffic0cCity jnMD- !stcr roadwa6b"4thexq streaǗcommerce flow#>utide inNgoutward, whil footpaths weree the hurrswarm of pedestrians srealisei#liKfine shopjustately CtheyJ3 a?!ono Bside{!adyYSgnant#r2hadTquitt"Le7%,eeU4ing and glancY l@"'Blikepto remembe# H  hobby of min an exactQBof OO bMortimobacconis>little iBshop-h1bra 2CitSuburban Bank, Vegetarian RestaurLVand McFarlane's 1aged>Adepo"atRes us  now, DSwe've4ur work, so it's( ;d play. A sandw!cug:Scoffe  off to violin-q )cweetne rdelicac/rharmony are no  }evex usir conundrumsN:s2tic4ian, being c#noE1a acapablvaformerv12pos4no 0c merit]7the*ne stalls wrHmost perfect hbVBess,T!2y w his longn fingerpG! !leFrsmiling\ languid, dreamy eyes Qas un2tho_RHolme#sleuth-hound,Q rel "1ss, !-wQ,'y-handed criminal ag acwas possi71con=A. In charact6CdualR= alternCasserted it>j4 astute%re4 Toftentreactio sq poeticAcontemplaqCmoodoccasionally predomin@!inu a The s` aptook him$ or to devo5energy; anCknew, sN$so trulynsu,l4dayS<1had2Qs loungvrhis armAamidimprovis o-letter ed7L#it.5!usR1hasL6uld3com2him>ahis brG$nt reasonjbpower F4risLQ levetAintu,B+! unacquainthis methodsZlook ask}S ! aK3a sn .#ofdmortal;I saw him 'cl so enj~usic atcI fellran evil $be3/*m6setqto hunt. 5YouE!go5qsdoubt, kbremark w9HtSb%weUf4And Esome*ouwill tak$Ahourm1usi _ is serioukD"Why A! i%on@Aever 3sonwCliev wb#dstop i^$ complicates matterspyour help to-n>"#At iI2Ten=be early enoughIat Baker Street& V$3ellm UI sayjYm  danger, so kindlyarmy revolveEbpocketX1wav;4nd,O TBheel,2dis#<3 am crowd.g!ru5at Kmore densn my neighbours,O* always oppress?1a s=$ofCstupiditmy dealings$Sherlocka. Here &"&$rd seen3see(1yetaTwordse;! w6rlyR uad happened4wasf#o$en"!thdl3wasQconfu2 nd grotesque. As I droveg1 toG1ousGCKensO o7bt all,:the%F sto{ b copi Ythe "8U" dow Avisi B~ Tminoup bparted5W]as this nocturnal expN] 3bgo armed? * we going1/cto do?T"in!smooth-faced' jVman--|bplay a'!game. I tried9L!qbut gavup in despai1set " aAnigh"auld brn explan quarter-past nine$ W I st2homn m8y way acrossBParklso through Oxford="toM" N. Two hansom d.*rentered apassagV ound of voices[Babov(@+ his room I f4 1+!im bconver  uwo men,.!whCqrecognis Peter JonesX 8ial police -  H S, sad{3man Ushinyxively respect frock-coat"Ha! Our party is#-etAbuttY 2 upNpea-jackez5!ta#!vy, ing crop{sack. "p"*1youc*.of Scotland Yard?mMZaroduce!to6MerryweatherY#is"ou7as#&in!'s:'n$UWe'rein couplest*2 inOconsequential 4Our"he} a wonderful man for la chase 2ntsb, old dog to" h"dorunning dowI hope a wild goosQnot pZ-$98hase," dm gloomil ^rYou mayc &confidence inHj%IIs loftil!1has4ownD  Dch are, if3ox4nM4#B!toxoreticalAfantastic,ma ?cAIt Ut tooE&1sayY once or twice5&at "ofSholto murdethe Agra treadhBbeen n correct tha6}Dforc!Oh.aay so,!itr"ll the strange"deference. "Still`/AonfeJ miss my rubber. I_First=for seven-and-0pS yearIOanot ha[ Iy"( Dfind _ C&a| q will < higher stake V Y- ever done y"thK#W2 beexciting. F,x vb 30,000 poundsDyou,@!itp!th@1qay your"gs John Clay,e ief, smask|ger. He's a ?manq but heWfYarofessSand I have my braceletmAhan &ny#1ablR, is qJohn C.His grandfProyal duke%heo3has2qto Eton$OQbrain3s cU,we meet signsAm atfy a, we nvBknow@ /ll crack a crib indone week,be raising moneyLuild an orphanagCornwall(next. I'vetw3for$avtset eyeD yeI[UD of 1ing"hayo<turns also r agree!2you !.  past ten, howeverZp)3timwJ ;Qtwo z)+ ", J nIr followTe second 2not>/communicative du. 3:ong driveblay baj/the cab humm !Stunesz K. We rattled)  dless labyrinth of gas-litwReets we emergsto Farr [  W1cloere now," m_(CThis"(  bank direct personally i !st {0t 2avefu/Bis nT3bad,Hۑbsolute imbecil  He has oneJve virtuee! a"ve,qbulldogYas tenaciousslobsterg 2get claws up1yon]j ay,!waT for WQreachoEoP1farAwhic-Rhad e P. 3cabbdismisse0^2, ;Aguid!of |DpassKFa narrow a side doo Copen12us.X!rea small corrid<2end]aAmassiron gate4#as%l1 fl!qof windstone stepR D ter$atS r;Mr.-'2to ia lanternpconducted us Z1a dCearth-smelZ<2so,0 ! $g^ vault or cellarwas piled all r>Rcrate]b boxes83You<avulnerUg#,"Z 5d held@(iSgazedA2himm2NorU1belOsaidEstri'BuponC Dflag1linIS"$or92deaJAit sX quite hollow!,(ZK0!re3ask! b + ore quietN4 severe 81 al>q imperi~7LRsucceGVour %1. MRI beg BouldwM/1ood#cto sit/8cf thos Bfere0The solem3a perch1!on ;ateinjured exB*41ace#le@vRhis &_C andeva magnif$lens, begaexamine minutelyD s0+7s. A fewvs suffic satisfyfor he spranr1et :+j1putAglas1hav1lea S hour(K us, "for they can hardly take?Z21afe! b,R 2not>a42oon1y drAir HQongerPir escape. !atcsq Doctor--d#&Cdivined--b j1CitU !ncm e principal LondonsAchai0%of% ,# hexplain to,S5sons why]za f!s!sh u  $is:r." "$ou?1 gold," whisper4 %. ~{al warningsan attempt mrbe madei Yv?1Yes W! to strengN5our~sFcborrowiG epurposFnapoleon$1the%aRFranc7Acomenw to unpacG=[still lyn$ou2. T#at/ I sit contains 2dpacked layersWbd foil !reL; of bulliomuch large#Dais usu1kep%a single<f $ 0snisgivings upo= @WBwere Awell\(^ifiedO.. "And nowV) V!ar ~"pl), Bour As wi z!a <Ameann , we must pu screen ov!at 1Ande"afraid so. I#c At a j!of\M/#my.v Rthat, gaie carrée@your rubbery all. But IBthe enemy's preparation1 g] Co fawe cannot ris(%Ea9 . And, %fof all^!ch3our !on!"esO@!81theaa disadvantageAy ma"us0 harm unless wfcareful. 4!Tstand.Qthis !do conceal y 2!os !en)n I flasO5ght>#m,in swiftly. IfFDfire(,nN1uncAabout shoot m;I^!zg,d ooden case crouchedB sho7XslideHfront of  = in pitch&aness--.K$ S as I5eve% Qexper1wasA(as:qall was! '1 saZ*e rmarked a chink 53ton1ItsJGanceary. WithM6C, ts>05one$2roatr"edrits sid1a s7, gapingw,'dstream% B.2. Ol Qe edgrre peeplean-cut, boyish_!ch!ed0#ly"it$on)Qaperture, drew01er-Qwaist,Ione knee Oedge. In$ *hdo+1andFrhaulingq! ^b, lith.5likIAa paca shock of tred hai$X"t'J!Rclear\IQhiselmqbags? Greatt! Jump, Archie, jand I'll_1qfor it! N+< asprungL73eiz!inrcNr colla other dived( HChole+J, cloth as7AclutaRskirt ;  -Qbarre a 3butx Q' hun crop came down AAman's pistol cli"`n" wno use,/c" saidj blandno chance 1ll.2"SoC!,"4_sanswereathe utQcoolnog"I fancy my pal if#ri3Bough`I 1 gon coat-tailsT"are three men. i&:oorBOh, F2! Y''m81don 2ver[1. I5`aplimen And I you,"g', jBAideae2new 2eff%U1You2 rD^%tl%&'s quicker at climbr'n I am. Just hol&)RI fixdderbie 3illnVuch m rr filthUs," iQrison,Whandcuffs cl/Obrists.A maysRbe aw $at=#AblooM0my veins. HaveYBgood7Ralso,G,you address gF%0to say 'sir'.'!2e.'AkzQstare'a sniggee BouldaS, sir, march up{s#rea get a !to yBdr High$olice-st? Eette# serenely. H aa swee1bow,!re!us|Dquietly offustody ofMtR,1 )aAfoll/ethem ;Q"I doknow how^bank can*kjor repay you *V=defeated )x mannerg  hwsrrobberyv#coSP @$cscoresX Ao seL Hzrbeen ato/Uae over1s mJ c!ha^p)to refundi'cbeyond!Amply repaid b^ a%#is in many ,Rby he4theAmark 'gR^8w&se (  5hU!" 1sat5q a glas'Swhiskoda in Baker"$q, "it  QerfecbWbviou,=2theFpossible oQis ra# fantastic7advertise\ 3opyYthe 'o",']b#et( Qver-b2 way for a number Ye0WMI Aa cu(81 wajBmana;thC, ri"ity: be7Bsuggest aa metho % +Clay's ingen"mi{"Blour )Rs ac8Bce's{ c The 4*+q a weekdraw him2wha4h ;A plafor thousands?Ty put Brogu%_" d +bincite/mBappl!ita togevasecureDUE*%c week(IM3 3ssin <come for d4wag:%asIhOsome strong motive forTAsitub1Buttayou guJC was!HaMrhSwomen1 ho ICsusp mere vulgard*qigue. T@)8was\question. Tl&'sSwas a#on4 10"no i <3ichcelaborates"snditure y!atAmust{LB' 60c. Whatait be?3oq`%q's fon photography3tri9RanishvF ce| "! w! ee,8tangled clRen Im inquirieso0JZ1fou-i0deal withAcooltnd mosts in London Foingh&--q took Qa dayRTmonth@, once mor;1%ofqL!at!qas runn#q tunnel building.SQI had`wD1wen7):bhe sce aT. I A&rby beati~my stick. I was ascueing wh !`|MPr2w=# Bn I $Ahe b\ wBQhoped9( @swered it. WeYFskirmishes>jAd n set eyesCeach$$Elook; face. His6sqI wishe2seeQ`yfBhow worn, D sta@(@"dy spok !os*rAburrU+) only remBpoinvCtheyn8B forclked rWQa H) H abutted on our friend4mis'$2I lved my problemB8you=2afttq concer@Dcall_b1AYard#+% 3"h:94esu2 4see"An0eU CmakeJ&! Q to-)$?"U\they closir League sT 1ign ay carebg&mMr. Jabez4]sence--ina word:;had complet!2ess}9t wst soon,iAmighI discovered, o bullion%removed.6w1suijm C tha4o 4dayr21givmTAdays'! #llbreasons I aTcome 1son out beautifully,"IRed in unfeigned admir}  's a chain3yet5 link rings true!ItQd me QRennui*, yawning. "Alaslready feel it#mefQ6Aspen"onP)q effortP}ommonplaceaexiste&DThes# qs help cc do so"Anr1are qnefacto 4aceI\He shruggeSers. wperhaps,#Bit i(4som-eF. "'L'homme c'est rien--l'oeuvre tout,' as Gustave Flaubert wrot< George S1U ADVENTURE III. A CASE OF IDENTITYRG3 n either @ w#his lodg7',atinfinitely)43angA any  !th, 4man nvent. We !no sN*ally mec]SIf wep1fly!at1qow hanhand, hover this great city, gentRor roofspeep in ?A queEW 3 arC3 on; coincidenc@planning33ss-N* wonderful"[vents, work rBgeneaa lead" M coutrésball fictioUg its coqionalit nd foreseu2Aclus'most staleunprofitableA1not_Aince?!itF# e# iR papers area rule, baldH# O i reports realism pu Qextre62mitn]i\ Knfessed, nbfascin nor artistic  R sele!anZ"1cre^"usoaproducg " tic effect,"+ 57ais wan! N) r;.!stuwis laid]\ =Rtitud QagistV+,q detail81ich&n Aar cont.he vital)the whole. Depend _$it,J&is o unnatural a_{BI sm4!nd(k"H1eadg2can3lt)k5osaid. "Of courseiy]*a of un ial advis/rlper to body who is absolutely puzzl6  !ou!re%B2tin/2Are b%8ccontac1allj 6 isu*bizarre here"--I pick qpaper the ground--"let us p&v practical test. H4the+h"I come. 'A husba} cruelty to>cwife.'is half a column of1m" I{D$3 rt "at.3 qfamiliam,G$Rdrink Bpush Ablow bruise sympath'Rsister or landladybcrudesswritersi3mor.q"Indeedr exampl-a ortunate one forargument," saiIC, ta;W Qeye dt!isCthe Dundas sepa&it happens,c engagRclear sn@li6W3e Aa teetotalAB w& conductA !ofK7he had drif<Chabi!in"up meal byL1out9QfalsehVAhurldbthem a%Cwife!alY<c81lik to occur"Aimagverage story-teller. T5 65&sacknowl+%ave scor%U you." He 9snuffbox of old golda aamethy4 'Ad. Igqlendourin such contras^his homelaand si" !2not RcommeH1upo( 4"Ah he, "I forgotpI)qnot see p RweeksMifAittl $Vvenir KaBohemiareturnL&myO#ceeuIrene Adlers""AP,Cat aYBUu spark3his(IAreig)dyWXl q2qQ in g#1rvem"ofTZ annot confide it even tE1J4gooA to chronicl!orldof myAOBny o just nowVrinteresX+"Some tenlelve, but noRN4ichZ#]bfeatur<I h/are important%K2outZ=Ting. +G5ein uneTAfielA observation,e$ analysiBcaus 3:Achar/avestig\06acrimes !ap"be@!r,9the bigg e6Nq "is|motive. I s ,[0intricat %8en referrrMarseill~AsGZ|UERI mayAsomes<K,V2SEi0 oQmy cllB, orH!much mistakHAArisehm ;/"taDabetweek parted blinds gazL&dull neutral-tinted London street. Loo+Y3, I'2at Propposit%re stoodj2rge a heavy fur boa * her neck 8ct red fe6 a broad-brimmed e"2til| a coquettish DuchesDevonshirether eaW0(great panoply sh-@a nervous, .]!at6bwindow !le roscillaDackw!fo2Y3herCs fidgetedTher glove fQs. Suddenly a plunge*e swimmer\ SleaveQbank,xhurriedS3roawvKr{ sharp clang]Cbell*Kose symptomsN(.wC cigarettefire. "O:@ DXa mean affaire de coeur. SheAlikeckXA surt3tooitIRon. AkPudiscriminatea(!se1#ly wronge"Qa mannI&erB+Dsualiu 81ken! wC1tak^5["t maidensP angry as perplexed, or grieTcomes inIa to re:6Sdoubt SAs he(was a tap$do oZ1 efdnnounce Miss Mary b+ dy herself loomed behindsmall black figureM full-sailed merchant-man?a tiny pilot boatZ welcomed her&!sy^Atesy{ h2abl"4, h#2los/ 3 do7b)hY !to1 !rmsC, he1I yet abstractedDpecu<FD| not finds`!"t2ithshort si3a  etryingSWtypewriting?"did at first,"}Bansw"` w`etters ar)1outSing."_<sq=!he art of2she gave a+fent starI1#up3fea˅astonishment$2her, good-humou52ace.1've7rH,me+ ed, "else#%BknowfCthatSNm m laughing; "it is my F`!toc things. Pj "trZmyself to see%1othoverlook. I"E, wh1you0 onsult meBI ca:rsir, beb &2youhaMrs. En!gek 'O rso easy.Colic veryone had given him updead. Ohq!bwould do as for me. I'm@Brich# CJa+h,1bQ !ke!chjI5}dit all1com.hsmer Angel.gWhy di1awata hurry+ &he-tips (1and{reyes toqceiling1Aga2 startled look+!ov ehd"qvacuous`1 ofC+ D". cx\bang ' "for ith&#meG!wa\!MrMndibank--6is, my f1 c--tookC. Heenot go   $+o at lastK n2andDRon sa@ r1no Qdone,;m_ I*2my -pB awa3CYour Y "your step, qly, sin(ae namdifferent"YeY?2. I04himr+gh it sounds funny,~'h_only five yearn5two'!ldw#anT Qour m  is alivQOh, y 8Rwell.Mn't best pleased|$ 2whee #ma  sso soon$D's death!" AnearSfteenTyoungZ 1. FE/ !mbTottenhaml% R he left a tidy f m $chc\Mr. Hardy foreman; butEMr. f1de n (%e}was very superioming a travYb in wiG 5whosbe our L "it4 *? "I suppo#;henacame bSrom 3Rannoy1Syour 1gon3all1Oh, g-!itUed, Iy/ , 13Adeny0k+$toT s Uher wQI see9X took -!rnsi1neeJ1Wer \' ahd,U,"WeOI#kAirstDtookZ --Mr. Angel--was a cashierP~ice in Leadenhall Street--and--!ha$icQThat'r worst of i  Bdylive, thenUqHe slepTA 4hisEDNo--except" i% T4youK!leW T Nq Post O",CZs7Q foryK boK d##ff!llcclerks}#y, so I o  p "m,Bhi;eZ7h& "I  7hey,Pcome from me hi"t k4 fea85r7e"Aus. FyAshowchow fo !wa  TittleTk ofaDmostHB,iv 6hbeen an axiomh7are<4m~&a. Can $Tthing$` <!Hea!sh$ 2rat$ "lk Cme }"evdBdayl 7Qhe ha49Ao bspicuous. Very reti,6andC!ly Ras. Ers voic(a. He'd+the quinsyswollen gla| hsQyoung ڞ;-d2himaa weakPat, and a #I1spe$f speechS}1wayURll dr2Aneat-8u;Qweak,B as 3 wore tinted glassessr5glal c Phat happened!  " (++ ] t &  CpropQ at we shTmarryIEbackLin dreadful earne%nds1h}&TestamentQwhateH  q be truqhim. Mo"sa#waa righu /sa sign passion. Z0Al in}bfavour!as6!erl 2han tK"ofm" %I e3ask{;KBboth Ato #Gc0"to2him }$ )1 I+^"$n'83liks% $ItR3 I r1aske1leasaQa few [e1wan'dors)o;oU at BordeauxrX company has its FreeRficesRJ8ett"9Ae on ^Bmorn \vweddingmissed him " !EnYit arrived_2Ha!o8wasd. Yournbarrang5!enG1Fri W } in church~qquietly!wab>St. Saviour's, near King's Cros)w "tobreakfast St. Pancras Hotel B camTusa hanso"ac rj two of us he put usda%iRsteppto a four-whee-the only Qcab i1 s 2. Wd  o" Bup we wait< oBQ~#he1didUthe cabman got down1box:Qlooke !onfere! TE hDnot imagi0dq"<zexm .1own as lastY#(Qseen fDard " /t3 orw Z r!beVAseemmm C QshameA4Aed,". #! 8 1too(&kbo leav1o. \ !,,* Qtrue;o=y2!ifP# %un^=Coccu/% q$usY%totIRpledg3him {d 3uld$hi- k8t!!edUange talka-5hasW"%qs a meaDto iMost certainly it doesZown opinion i ?"n,s 4catastropsDK himb :h!esme danger, or else U 2notKatalked325?2inkY B/NnC$!io]!toV3 it4Nonv#On2question. How?;cmatterH1She4n%qOn#toFG^#3? D&Jtell'hew9Wms%6hadA" thear ofP9 #. 5-1aid(&atc#an(vbringing m4the doors ofM!en<1? Now, ifyaborrowI! G, or!m#my0zRsettlvIFG2rea\$utindependent Blook7Ashil"!of #ye<?4whyUwrite? Oh,rives me half-madi(m't sleep a winZ." She pul?6handkerchieff(her muff sob heavil$o 9ui8esC youd c1, r,3, "kD!! sQreach2 decE result. Le A wez cC res6bme now{d/1 le ,1 dupon it further. Above all, tr.le` vanish<1emo 2has\!4lif2TheI'll see him:yQI feaB=?C "ou55 in%. n accurate descrip<n s~  F spI advertis$ !inJD's C<:<she. "H`2the slip "ar m" Thank youaour ad[ No. 31 Lyon Place, Camber)"]Ht'!ha1. W!isq" S's pl,Vbusin#He's3BWest?R& Marf5&d clare-1ers Fenchurch S7"Qstate0very clearly+Awill"Gv a paper!e,?!dv .! ~s whole GEa sealed boocallow it+SaffecHyJkind 2but&n^ gall be <o$me ready*T 1mes<5Forpreposterous h9the. ZK1nobusimple faitl4ourb.e`Rspect6l'Qbundl: {?uW2ablM1wenh5C wayWa promise to come =(shbqummonedM *sat silentb4gb gtips still=qgether,(legs stretchedin front this gaziQed up39/ P"he7adown JTthe rSt1oldoily clay pipUB Q as aqnsellor0,!ithe leanedOM5Cwithhick blue cloud-wkas spin" "up#hi'a0Dof f languorgAfaceA"Qui ring stu,#at7r5>!ed%Cfounm6!mo$*(RA, byAway,q8|1a tUone. find parallel cases9 1you&bsult m x, in Andove1'77  =w qsort atKHlRyear. Old asFidea[=r two detailwere new < b the \38D v1Rppearread a good deainvisible","#FNot &but unnoticed,("di Qknow &1 to8kes^1a1allsD &ls%he13Rsleev;e%cumb-nails8 0Aissu4g2a boot-l  U k4g "at%"#'sance? Describe p1shea slate-coloured,>bstraw 1ith>!of>ickish red;b jackeRblack0 beads sewn / a) 2qjet orn"sbq dressdbrown,BdarkBn coffee [) '!e?Dm>s21grel& were worn thr+3Hr Bfore4Hsboots I<$&Mhad small rougold earrings,2a -PAl ai"be?2irl,a-to-dov! vulgar, comfortL;r easy-W#w& "clɞhKnds softlydchuckl1'Po 5wor, qare comV1B.wonderful wYBally 9 well indee}03tru4 Rr every'ofo /#hi bethod,P#a quick ey7J2. NF1rus impressMrbmy boyuqconcent / a. My ;R. In 4it is perhaps$K&to+1knef Y arouserR9b, thisGRplush1herN  FAmost$ful materUQ showmBrace double lineathe wris"er!3isto Hwas beautiP"edvssewing-!,hCype,J milar markDonly9sleft arUqit fartt!e ,4!ea%B broadest part'Ras. I2d a fDand,qRhe din a pince-nez at ei) p3herA3I 3d a>1twriting  asurprie1r."%It4d m26But8i.G7Gmuch@y Ring down to~ vJ" s/1wea)!C.!unio /$odd ones;e@ 1a scorated toe-cap Y a plainQ "On Dbtwo lower sf&Xt rbfifth.:ylh- a young lady,wise neatlywaed, ha!be awayBhome !od/Ats, !Qed,  no great deduc*hat she O])Dhurr22And Felse]Q, keexDIHwas, by 2!'s4siv~E="I noted Apasse 8 written a*t beforeBNSafter7 {d2herb glovEtornUy RapparYP+Rboth LBand rstainedviolet ink$ "dier pen too3musTabeen \ Cmarkh(1notoin clearu3theA. A i 4amur  !el)#arrI!go3 W Cnd roYmz+ h%MrMAngel?" I helSe 2 pr%Sslip ."MiX"c=caid, "S1fourteen- /=d.Angel. About five ft. seven in. in height; ongly built, sallowScexion, Uhair,q bald i!e W)4shy1side-whiskers/moustache; t# &,- infirmity&4Was,C infrock-coat with silkwaistcoat,O aAlbert*_grey Harris tweed% s: brown gaiters obelastic-sided Ss. KnCbeen employed - . Anybody84ing-g**doL3A. "A#sqcontinu{'8~+"#ari JY Absolutely no clueUm to vC, sam (otes Balzac onc2Are 9eoUaill no- rt strik0.hd71are 7!on*"at.1the&3atuBc. Lookhd neat'*'#q bottomb Maa date A set no super..aLeadenRQStree Bich > BvaguA,B abo ? ,--in fact, wePAiy>5lus&?"Of whats`e is itooAo noU how Jit bearsCcaseY2&do unlesd !he88 &1bledeny hisfWbfor br f w}unstitut#No52 e3. H@|2all vetters,G FDOA. One5Cfirm>Q CityS 1 o5;~ )'sC 1wasa to sp7into a E+drive to Bakerhalf afrai 1I m)be too lat7dassistadénou .Walone` #"hi#4&sn formVthe rece1!ofZ1arm . A formidarray of "le test-tubeK the pungent nly smell of hydrochloric acid,3a spent!dathe chemical workTAyou SFd itSDePd55YesMthe bisulphatbbaryta}a"No, ne!" I criN"Oh3! I#aB+5hrupon. { !evy  ,_,said yesterday, som!arm.only drawback istiM2laweaDLat can toucscoundre"1Who!he nws%!asQobjecGBdeseHMiss~h T !eswas hardly-amy mouGnd Holmes hayet openedvlyOA repX hen we heard a heavy footf3bpassag0 UETthe girl WJames "Q. "He < F#he1be at six. Come in T$Tn whowa sturdy, middle-sized fellow1rty yearBage,T-shav]a-skinnith a blancsinuating manner3a p*Ybpenetr9Ceyes%#Eot a Aing Se at ! R us,$shiny top-hat a cideboaC bow sidled!arK3haiSGood- C. "I|'"th  # iZ&P#in1adei!ap Bment2 A!"YW-+am&am 3latnot quiteq master] .)Rsorry7 GQ hasy2ble%is!atV1for63inkIWSfar  Xth linen 1sorIepublic! j,Rst myF!sha very excitable,!ulOAgirlmJ !an?(1 isLaeasily 1tro  ssup her mind on a. Of cour"di'U much!ar - 5ialFS3but]not pleasanYchave awB misfortune likenoised a. Besides,Ra useless 3howj 4you{#y 8is O}O/H quietly; "'e #" IRsuccebdiscovQ; i." " gTrnt star=SdroppoCam rhear it3sai0Aa cuQ]gnAtypeUr has\Qindividuality& mChand1. Ug ~Eqnew, nocm.exactly alike. Some 1getoE@!"anosM2earo#c side4youJy ,qC in Aslur 1ove~the 'e,' and 1 de)~de taildi'r.' T,3tee characteristicsfe obviousa"We do allcorrespondencxamachinffice, andTiaaworn,"XQvisitO]1swe$Qglancn`$atXiahis br OA rQ5nowRA 3is Jj ' X$,"z?!ofytnother 2monYtse days+aand it/!laJ "to=f0 "su #too[qdevotedi.  .QwhichDL!orWc1Bfrom.t man. T1ten"Rcase, ZR'e's'mAr's'3lesy( observe(! cMAo us 3k  =qalluded6 edsprang ^fBpickhis hat. "I canno t_9qof fant%7G) C," DA. "Ii can cat Cman,#hi&"alet me ! b$1i/Certainl, pw Qd tur]+the key in4"lekcaught him "What! where?" shouted r,wwhite to' `+Q abou] Aa ra),Xp !Oh won't do--  rsuavelycQmpossible getA W"it5". =too tran 2"ntvi2badi6 3s# 1%im3foro6P4 so0/ . That'sA1! S+9!wnl9!itw." OqcollapsBto aa ghastlyUa glittmoisture onbrow. "It--it' aaction " he stamm  very much' ^#noQAbetwurselves, as as crueZqselfishheartlese1ricaa petJ5cam!m(~just runP 5 of eventzL 1dicif I go wrong:qsat hud3sead sunJhis breastIo>o is utterly crushV+a stuckfeet up o r mantelpie,/7ackAands ahis poT,hC1alk"QmselfJ it seemed, Rto usr]S woma=.1oldapd1or Emonehe, "and he enjoyu[1onet d(erXs3vQ them consider2sum 1peoQu`ivmean, op1a h@1d azwhat doe& <3 doavent it? He takese   n5herZ<%AorbiDqto seekFcompany of :!of&own age. But soon he^@ BanswRBever%!berA, inOxd4&B-announce.h2of .C ball. WR1 clc X1henOqconceivb idea Bcred-1hea1Xrt. WRnivanacRcis wif3NQsguisN coveredN k}#y }$ glasses, mI_#faE a moustach$ $,clear voic6Qto anwhisper,-yۍaaccoun~ hort sight, he appi-asYkeeps offp lovers by making love/" % A jok<first," groan7c. "We e71thoI   been so ci0Q"Very ^$r!Smay b!'very decidedly\!, Oh? :Jhwas in Fran9s suspic&treacheryf# instant9awas fl#edT6 gentleman's atewincreas=loudly expD*V admiEb#n(RAngelA toWS ld be pushA fa\go if a real!er #beӀ/re were meet2n engagement, whichBsecua(i owards anyone els}[deception cvkept upwT pretended journeysB(!ra#Qcumbr@PcThe thVdrly to R6 0!ensuch a dramatic$itD"lecapermanm#ioX5 ="'s her from!2ingP!su 1forQ timecome. Hencekvows of fidelity exacra Testah<Aalso QallusO iI!of}Sahappen  o weddingF1 wi ;h&bso bou'Sso un$1 asQhis f<1foryAyearacome, l=1y r)$blisten3As iCthe ;?!do$ ! bm6, !as[go no farther>rconveni .Bed awayC oldc &ofuin at one,ofK%ou .w1ain' u dhad re QassurSwhileR had F Brose2his7A now  ld sneer a>"ce I2 soF#nouQhe, "If you arlQsharpW)H6!en.!to<Q is !ho)2brethe law Et metDdone'1 a=L 3the%a"1 asBkeepcdoor ۑyou lay yBlf o0 )qassault)qillegaldstrainT3ay,? Eaunlock1and9Cwingc, "yetd=`a man who d Ed purqmore. I 3 has a br1 orQbF, helay a whip54youWers. By Jove!Y-Q flusD3up L bVqface, "+art of my dutieamy clir"bu 2e's^ Jcrop handyNh+Bjust(A myQto--"` 1ookQswiftLu1thetBhe tgrasp ibwild cH s"th2!rs!1vy T-bQ6andwindow w,see Mr. /trunning4topw4spethe roadGcold-blooded"!q, laughh1as hDhrew bQ 2onc! #at! will ri"cr ^&I%Q enda gallowcase has` .brespec1"enentirely devoi*n t/!se T reasoning," I emGWell' /.4+.w$1foryvAduct2u1equu l0%f$ Bly T 6da, 3fac bwo men 1tog%.W, bu+%on\]Ded wV1way& d0B. Sodu4epectac'%he"vo !bo5Eat a=" re. My s~aBfirmRteculiar-Din 1ingRsignaJr, inferJ"atqso famig!to- recogniseb! mallest samplxit. Youse isolated fact.minor on"ll"lame directionVAnd hVPa verif1m?"HBonce spottedN%anqeasy toTrcorrobo. I knew03for ~o j2tak_1 prI1cri c. I eld~d #it^D Qresul]W--the6the I and I aW mAa re]&V#ey!inC+ame whuB it $edK1 ofSU Eir Pss d alreadb #icSitieslRI wro1the\ address^2 him if hB com I expected,&)J2revDK trivial but!W!wsame post m9@eofrom Lcof Fen9 -)9theeb talli<eo employé,4. Voilà tout 2"Ans *"If I tell>s4!ll qbelieve zYou mayLold Persian sayE'3 isTW!im- ataketh1tig""ubbdangeroso snatche6eF !.'qas much sens*8bHafiz Z1Hor ) knowledgBorld$ ADVENTURE IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY We!se5"at fast one#, my wifeIX: Emaidg!mmb# papers  &ha`[him. Amose he rumms ,1val bnote-t!aniBmedi, until wpast Rea1Thesuddenly r.AthemF pa gigantic ballJBtoss #on BrackO4you&3n ; ?,|4N1Eword!no`"An a Jw3day"The LondonJ1 haw$3Dfull^M n( 71ughthe recent|s in orde 02particulars#bseems,&Ather{ !be Rose *aextremIvifficul$at sounds radoxicalprofoundly true. S2<2ityWmost invariably1lue)!fe(98and(B# a_i)h tto bring it h=I- *Rq they bestablaU#bagainsz5son Amurdl $ma"a  pD,conjectu dbe so.)4"? for graoopportunit HL#l,o it. I bexplai1ing>1youlto underst# t7few wordsp - iuntry district u"fa ! Rfin Herefordshir)largest la0proprietor aBis a+John Turner, his money(Uustralia}QreturAsome#As ag#u}Ajde farm`he held,of Hatherleq let to8Charles McCarthywas also%x-n1en had know-ogloniesanot un"al1wheAy ca settlew$sh so as near.x#asORle. qRappar#ic}$his tenant Sstill%!edB971ermH ! !1itywere frequQogeth sJone son, ad of eighteen,bhad an (same age,nFmgwives livingyq#1 to"r avoidb socie7aighbousEnglish##to!leired live95thes Fraof sp X#nd<DseenTrace-c!G5e Uhood.cQ kept servants--and a girl8d 3) {Bhold:M5doz! !. %isx4 3D.gqes. Now #ctOn June 3ris, on MondayQ}&7Eat x!re the afternooTwalke {% SCPoolP^ lake fo pqLRout s stream8 runs dowd2. H hM%ouU s serving-manhad toldm Rat he 8hur5bbappointme&$ t r aBIthat7hcback aliveFFroma Farm-hq BPooliCquar"ca miltwo people saZk! p/ Kis ground<Rn oldse name iamentio<|et%William Crowd game-keepK1 ofta. Bothsn~ASdepos8'MrRwas w R alon( p1add'+in^=UMr. 0Dpass,id1on,6-B, goR 1e 2way Ra gun his arm. TB# bhis belief 1 f"ctd#ing2sonBfollV1him/ht no mor"$A6 ?!in1 evr$ [had occurredTl7HTBtime &tc, lostmthickly woodedKZlcqa fringgrass anQRreeds0 qedge. A5 of5R, Pat3Mor! ivElodg estate,&in# es picking fUsb 5Bhile>f$d saw,b AwoodAlake'v, 1hav$ ;rquarrelU the elder usQ language to"sht/#tter rais* as if to strik Iee+so frighten;'2ran#ol* s6ached homs7s "UMnearJpAGF to8#htr$adCs4e zZ, !$upoM"ay[Cdead fUo ask1helK"$KAexciaewithouYhis gun o 2hatfAhis nd sleeve0 eobservTstain3fresh bloo >kthe dead Rtstretch!po" _abesideBpool!hea beateby repeated blR* Bheav}blunt weapor injuries?+2s \Ivery well i uinflict-r butt-e t's gun 3was!ly^& P7pacbody. Undse circumstances!ma instantly arres 1ver6of 'wilful'|H (Q inqu_n Tuesday, qon WednQbefor magist; "wh 5 re&!#$next AssizeRose aU main factv;1 ouNRd coron#heBT-courI imagine a1dam case," I "If everCtial51ce 8tinal itL%>'!."RC Egbtricky&," eHolmesU1Qfullyirseem totraight to oneR& n*b shiftL%3own=uof viewB,~amay fi$! n$uncompromiBmannAsome& Rt. ItP b(Afess9 Bowev(looks exceedingly grav2you2is indeeqculpritrsseveral)  4Tand acm Miss   I3UandowiX innoce2R}mLestrademrecollect "the Stud> qScarlet*M6outQin h3wterest.rb 0Qpuzzl)as $  hH wo middle-aged gentlemen ahAwestkat fifty mi]&Q hour.eAquie7!diW ir breakfasts7PBI, "W's*so%3Qyou E06-xi{zQis no5Aecep7%anvafact,"!*.<*A. "Bhs, we may ch2hitDsome6Qwhich7x1beewno mean 4o/Qknow oi2ink~eQboast-fwhen IH 1I s deither' or destroy] theory by:hCquite incapabl ##bor eves0!#irst examp8band, Ihclearly perceiZiE Qr bedS],"isvZQght-h23sidWyet INhRaS&!no so self-2t aBaHow on earth--!My!3,1, ICTwell.2ilitary neatness)C&es8!sVeveryn#2andQis s+n-x sunlight;Asinc3r sAis l1and A3ete++get farther back w tuntil it becomeitively slov O 2angWthe jaw,!su,#A1sidless illumin ,$. 8not#anr habits?# 'i'\ Dtsatisfi   result. I only qu (ha' Qof ob77inferenchrein lies%*cétier\ZCAthatQmay b`some servicthe investigvd 1 uX dIcone orV2nor)Ewere 5out e!ar&%thiA!"W "y?SI3earI b+2not:eplace D#?Qter $6 to4. Ospector oftabulary inforXk2hima prison6 $not surpris chear iTY/7Ahis 63ts. This(!of"hat effect of remo1dny tr8 Sdoubt XjNde mind@ #  s's jurye#Itr i"I ejaculat"No$7a protest5of edComingpctop ofkt Bseri6k#at %stv<#usfucontrarC1 3Qthe bntest rifHI can at present sejclouds. H E3be,4"ul#ben absolute imbecilofA: Bwere^Ublack Sad heY(edc3owngBfeigBdign!atUI shCF"edit as highly|, becaus}u or angD( _G dces, O( 2estV&aa scheWman. His frank acceptaU'the situTmarksP at man,1elsOEZrc !inm' firmness-/ 2lso4$un#!ifqXstood.a"of a,Tz,#no5 very day s ; forgottenfilial dutto bandy wordA hims even, accordingRittle(" c&soo 1hisb ! reproachi"arF1lay& f'melAsign8a healthy> of a guilty one." I shook my head. "Many \hanged on far sli$  {r "So^BhaveGbmXwrongfullycQis th3 3'Accou2is, aafraid-OencouragSupporcB ~82Gare 85f You >qit hereg may rea1forC!HeX2 I "#d N:iJ)%)# iAcare(a. It r a way:r$Mr@ K&awas then called7gav:Qs: 'I3bee7!om 9Qe dayrBristolR2nly Amornrf  s3rd. MybAat !im} my arrivaI7T  o #aiT"he^?!dr"ov3Ros3John Cobbgroom. ShorVAftero# Iothe wheelhis trap Ayard!,uI #myu,Y"ge Balk rapidlyYUnot awar  3dirIV ! n@"enr is mis7!intHE 6ing!. Q no #J/T in fronse. When\KAyard lEpool@Aa cr"Cooee!"D 5 usual signal betwee#W4 anwRhurri3w~a him j)4ingApool vVmuch a Cat 1!mex -4 me,"ly$OdT!~7! C"rs censuedlxChighand almos'Xf, for%!mavat temp6!eeAis sm!Ting ungovernable, I lef 2mowards#|*g5B Rn 1505, .,N[ a hideous outcry behind meAcausj to run,UagainFe2expA!ou Ld terribly injuadroppe4Aheld !inQarms,$he~LTknelt 2him,Dsome#H+to Mr. Turner'sm,X X%be@*"esQassisw .Pno one n*G, 1howF1amekajuries@w/Ra popj$an{Asome=1col!O\>-know, no active enem"fuUn D !.'GRThe CA: Di5rQAmake;-B he died?L!Wic: He mumbled a few&*only cata allu"tomW.U 2Wha2you%+at1It d4yed Bo me"Soughte was deliriou)G \ d1you!Bf9LN#  aprefer;#toT RI mussSI^ "re/m?e2ell4q assur aBit hhC1do @t#d tragedyz! FC+1for.Acour1decAI nete*zqcarefusaP prejudicr2l=any future pros Rarise{f6.$fu" I4the''2"  I 1 }1How\!it "n,he uttere ~ wISeven Ao   ! (Aableq): I doBknowA Jurymans\1aroP1!on y:GM@R fat 3: Nsdefinit  nKmeanBAso dZ!beq exciteTI rusx$O3Up/ 5 ofRexcepk s. Yet a vague impr9 .4ran  k lay ("he "of;bt seem B"be hin colour,a?Asorta plaid 1. 4 bI rosefIr1for!buݦ&'D&it peyou went for help?6'YeWou cannot sa  :Nt<"hae(d?rQ1HowhT1the&L"A 06  P'E <1edg5oodH^m{tThen if3#-*!r-Rhin a# Df itf4b/"my ' #ithconcluded^bexamin wN$I see," said In1glaXdeXolumn cN"v3ingTs was B#e\. He callT6rp [(iscrepancy1hisqaher ha4lF3himU  Y 3lso! sgive detaikP  s nu[)'s dying _$y.ball, v0"s,jBmuch sceon." =>laughed softlym'g})"ou! cushioned seat. "Both$X'!att pains7he, "to si u1ver*!on7 "th{favour. Don'!se  alternatelyShim R#`2too5*%,#oo#1? TNsittle, ifn cn \a4 ofY CwoulPe sympath_the jury;sDmuchdSevolv0own innerciousness=so outré as a?_ /c]Sing cloth. No, sir, all approach4 catd of viawhat y man says is true#we#qsee whi}that hypothesisW rlead usn rFyw`q PetrarlAnd !noTCwordk9$N!wei1e D of action. We lunch at S.n !be>Qtwent$ButesIn$1 o'clockZ.Qwe at, +Qng th` beautiful StroudE!ov qad gleaaSevernund ourselz]tcpretty  country-tow!Rovn, ferret-likedrfurtive]qly-lookG%bwas warfor usEB. In spitHl*brown dust1andther-legg@ h}!~dhis rusticBZ/5no t>? brecogn*P%, of Scotland Yard. Wm we drov 5the;q Arms w1a %Kbeen engag- M o>aU$2satRa cupbea. "IP your energetic natu7obe happy4 ) ( 3rim^#ni_complimentajSyou,",rIF!Itv,a&of barometric ^ #urvbstartlR Squite^"," i*1Howhe glass? TA-ninqsee. No/fha cloudRky. Ia/ful of cigarettes_ need sm)he sofa iCdperior Tusual hotel abo .  z&sprobabl2I 1use}i to-nigh(aVaindulg~=A. "Y"ve, no doubt,:!  s|]he newspapers Cs`&r plainpikestaff6more one goes into it_8(er'. Still, ,<acan't -N2adyb#e very' one, too54s7vA#ndWyour opini  I2 Ald har!" :Qyou c#doMtyd9Why, bless m 2ul!i[BdoorH 5TpokenHnV!omI"ofO<clovelyYSwomen}*GiXlife. Her IRt eyedwQ?fps parted, a pink flush[her cheeks,EAough2heral reserve los+8qoverpow'7|DRncernROh, M7M!" she cried,/ 8r," Rof use#lyBa woYquick intu!r, fast[:8#myGfX"Qso glC'come. I  5 so?TJames"do!'RI wanj"to1you k1,E1, 7N!le8r Bdoub %  CA+uwe wererhildrenYp Qults S$ a3;P!is tender-heartS1hur ;ly. Such aRg4Qabsur(anyone whoknows himZa"I hop2maya1$2x 6P1. p!"lyf#my#alDTo!Bubprxrhe evid+ 3? eXloophole,0gflaw? ) h,innocent?"JIjATherdwd2thrZAback?!heCding defianH $t ear! He gives me , shrugged#;U<plleague hCen ago1Uso8rI Oh! n[2did,H6And s{$1rea?Dhy hPCpeakU2 )" =q&#it"InSway?" fH"no>>Ehide"anmA had(ygreements>me. Axqanxiousr #reV# m   (us lways loved each Sas br nd sisterlH5$has seenK"ofQ1yet--and--well,3!lynot wish to d; Ryet. Y'Are U@%th'sG hnn4the  Q "Wasn5 ofh qunion?"1No,yas aversB!it 1one Fin \cit." A}b-Cf!es^ "ngk%asPDshothis keen,32ingves at hBqank you}ainform !he)s#e) A ifPll to-morrowxe doctor w(_fT =1Yes^Qnheard? Poo4 haIC years back,}r( 2himYcompletely. R qs takenJ!bhis be% Dr. Willows6qa wreck0is nervous system is shattered#thvTman aliveERX!da$)"ldg'in VictoriaVHa! I!\importand D min"Quite so;t Qgold-",/t j !R mad ,Smoneyncertainl [of material!c to mc"{*' $me-!hay  8sM2priB2. Obyou do a, do y1himEo beT1I w R go home now1s_;Nbe missso if IEkhim. Good-by1Godi undertak4e She #&{; aDAulsi2 t4hadKOwe (&er!ra_.#of+StreetX am ashamed06,oz with dignity after a HR' silL 5"Wh[N7youbDCopesare boun4 Qdisap !? "no- 1 of eh2ll it cruelI $clearingo McCarth3D. "H"anchim inIabut onz-;EThenTreconsider my re3$io("*E out" 1timtake a trQon{8AmpF n let us do WE I f8<%-b slow"I ;qbe awayt1upl ChourE IL 5^Bthem+wanderedsj Ttown,>   , where I la4 1ofattZ[L.in a yellow-back%#1vel puny plo R2torXK!so w(deep mystery(a grop4andd my at+2 so continu `&r>,IsB fluiURacros1nd gave&up!to{A da8ApposhRis uno BGqere ab%3elyF#qhat hel1Q ,/' P and extraordinary calamityLV0  | "Bhe p[= 1 mo0when, drawn) 2 by<creams, hBglade? I[! )*erdeadly. # it be? M7#no  5the,)Xc9'y medicalAincts? I raCe beYCcallAeeklEAnty 8+ contained a verbatimSquestWe surgeon's Ni!5=c1hirthe left parietal bon:S halfu occipi(% N  by a heavy blowaTHaI marke spot !read. Cl NIastruckd" ,.e "oz extent@ the accused,h4een#O  "to #Dit ;bgo for" older man mbturned =Gfelli<b#th #!to"'t `t!he peculiar >BthatM&$ IR9*Qum. A%dya suddenG3notb(#lyoCu%No$!moko be an attempy)!ex how he met@3fat|4whait indicate? I cudgemy brains to fin sW?gn2. AO incidendTb&cloth seen bL C_M91tru murderer.2somT is dress,!umY\2his2coaZlz7andWhe hardihood to =P1rry^i-c instaDs0a knee8$t dozen p>f^a tissue ofiimprobabilitiKfwas! I|hwonder5's M(<s"Qfaith EQ' insIrnot los" a!b as every 8fac(astreng!hi1vico Dng '!ce e  !ed?/=Alone rAstaygRn lod# i3towT ] Ckeep Bhigh#re1sat.of importab!ha T j"Vto go!g 2. OQhand,nn~! AbestSkeeneZ|I!as$I' i!faDlongz .2And "di Tlearn& "m?&!No4Czbrow noD,n#1all^qas inclNE2inkCUvhe knewAdone!ndDBscre=1him Q$er am convinced as puzzlAiy quick-witte%th3com1looIr, soun@4earVuBdmirtaste," Ia)ed, "if i=indeed a fact '/Rbso chaaslady as%ZAereby ha1 rapainful tale. *Bfelly!madly, insanely,v+Btwo ~Aago, ! vRa lad{h1llybfor sh0GDfive_t a boarding-sch[idiot doqget ine clutche&a barmai_bBristoK rmarry ha regist%#fice? No on1s a!* m you can imagine how madd"it"Wbe to4supbraid Rnot G2givhuBeyesA,,'be #G` B sheo&nz'Dsort Sm thrhands up b3airs+"  "irinterview, was goadr"m aproposbMiss e/Lf?TRself,=nO~!by accounts yR man,."n2verL2Qly ha3the truth>l'Qith Ys6wifhad spen!la>,4ree# A9 MH a. Marke! i +r has coS of evil, 9$ R 1J2thebspA!sea d trou( ] qhanged,\2andwwritten.2says5z"sb$;Aread=(the Bermuda Docky<"so< 6dno tiel?! I`1!bi`2newebconsolX  6all5UufferB3But,4has/Ah! who? I \B {particularlycoQs. OnnCthe  dQ h <Asome5pf"#noyhis son  I-heTwould6 osecondw% !arcry 'Cooee!'  51. TF2areIrcrucial7s1whi-ea(w depend"- talk about George MerediteSpleas#weESminorgs * T!waArainwsforetolorning broke brigh  cloudless. At nine-|u7Bcwe set off M the Boscombe Pool.  cCious4his&,"p !obA&qd. "It q"?=,Hall, is so i#2hisis despairbq"An eld!mapresume?" saidnARsixtyQ  Qstitu `+life abroa/ain faiGZ2som}  busines4hadbad effec%1him5  n old friend of't , I may ad great benefactorI? eQhe ga d! r6Qree."gIndeedz"st qqOh, yesaa hund DwaysDbhelpedEverybodytQspeak4his kindH Really! D*td_you as a 2 singularoFthisS, whonBb"av=Yq# been ugqobligat+ato Tur3P\talk of * 2's daught. ia, heicz] Sestat#in="Acock$?2, 0K!itTs merely-S of a a 2allL afollowexWstrange,(k5 `5! o 2dea]q told ulWmuch.P'r deducF a!We1 goA"BeducSs$ _3, wEQat me&3"it !enpjto tackleSBs, , without flyingk2EtheoUfanci!You are  demurely; "you dowAhardt #th2BAnyhGhave graspedT 4facP=m#Bq to get hold of," replied Bwithqwarmth.LNat is--"W{u seniorRdeath#!ju#!atALcontraryF[ moonshinW&Z^!erg than fog, laughing. "BuYGmuchGf/H ley Farm")% a widespread, comfortable`4 building, two-stox-slate-roofed7yvblotchesoflichenBwall*V l:Tre smoke]Xchimneys oAit aGe#ck3t the weighais horror3laytGUit. W  BdoorVmaid, at?' request!we]CootsfhT$ster woruY%im  Aalso_uith 'n# h`'ameasured #seM sA1or -5ems"> < ;+ Rourt- 5w  # wpStrack"K1  0 /transformedQ Sas ho:qa scentthis. Men who7 AonlyjAquie2nke rlogiciaLqBaker S! 3fairecognise2HisTflushNdarkened Rbrows.x"wo black lin2his!shWY"ut1benAthem"eely glitter. w1-nmw!hiTulders bow9 bps cooAe the veinG !odlike whipcordGlong, sinewy neckqnostrilq+rASdilat1a p animal lu|mhV 7 1ind7so -sntrated(Uatter3& 7r fell unheededqars, orUBost,Tprovoked a +, impatient snarl inqy. Swif3/qnd sile@/5he (away a+131ran1ughvbmeadow R so beNAof Aoods8 hdamp, marshy2O$isat districtRthere2mar^ many feet, both7Apath1ami<c shortl3&e aon eit=side. Sometime=  q2 on(1!Astop iQ onc!ZVquite fdetourJ.}c%1 O2 1tec;∈4mAuousDile I wai  !sp"Re  R a 3wasP[3rwards a1nite endD T[" reed-girb waterC fifty ydRcrosstituated`8ary%  aprivatk! wyU0 r. Abov Gi r5dside w"seS> Rjutting pinnacleNqthe sit7ich landowMdwellingxQ poolb grewQthickV narrow belbsodden81 tL;T pacecE edgzFtreec Qreeds]3n'ke !exSpot a Abody\BbeenH, , so moist w4ee! &splainlyBAe trarleft byDfall&ken man. To.c4seeqeager #cand pe8Byes,o>!th~! 8rea`trampledA. HeVround, like g!is6Xting up6 !$(3nioe&&go`for?" he aske"I fished +;rak;N&erb^weapon or}'#how on earth qOh, tut!!no !! 1fooByourp its inwAwist&llat. A mol" ir! vanishes amoi'/how simpl,w0BhaveShad I 4ere;Bthey/!"he;buffalo a!ll>ver it. Hw!th"tylodge-keeperf[c coverXJ s0rix or Bfeet{ #dy$erree separatcA! seet." He drew Ra lenGslay dow proof to1Aa bex *ä4imeCto +to us. "Thes "'s Twice he wd8Rran su xBolesjddeeplyQheels Sly vioQbearsBstor35ran "saf!faHn|) d*3i en? It e butt-endCgun }3son alistenRis? Ha, ha!b!we? Tiptoes! t RSquar?,`  unusual boots! T11ome7 yƈEome again--7"wathe cloak. Now9dF e $?"x"up9dow "lo+ fh until w7AwelliPAwood 1und1dowK1ech largest treLE ~Dhood3dk4way PiCmore{ dc\  cry of satisf8 . For a q "imN2remc,, turning0Beavedried sticks, gbing up$&m rbe dustan envelop" BM1ing! hojn$1onlF+!Rthe b7 Ktree as farI reach. A j%Qstone]BmongCm 2and|walso heIe "re-]*q a pathsHyHxW Bhigh3> ?1ost Q"It hBen aPnsiderabla ,"re,oh.al mannerFancydhouse b*bClodg^{n6!in>_ra wordRMoranrbperhap4  rnote. HwN1don aat, weCdriv(to our luncheon7qmay wal_2ab,4Ib34youg73G 4tenYbwe reg7qour cab1droarB1o RY c?>  qhe had= 3woo &5may3E {i2out. "The murderd .k6!no+4eare noeHow doo <T1assggj@Oait. ItU "lare a few dayDrsno signrAlacec < ataken.(sUjurieZkY "  <63er?'qs a talK, left-hande 'mpx>leg, wears"2ck-"shooting-QOa,2s Indian cigbuses a%Ir-holderYblunt pen-kn apocketsseveral /3ion[t An& Qaid uI$our search7 TJy=:#am$ Aptic! eJ o"very well,"wedbto dea a hard-headed British juryA"Nou'rons," answv calmly. ;!or>r own metho0Qwork min_ssbe busyWτ#Aprob/td to London1 ev c train2AndM$case unfi dDNo, 8B@R07)!It5olv)rWho was;~riminalentleman I describ+4But#hegfSurely !noG )!our populW"T jjD a pract51manh said, "and I r' r cannot1tak^cgo aboEO&EXfor a"a game leg. I2&ing-stoc 6OO"AllgH2youhance. k r/b(7-byAdropTa lin2 I~V!athQroomsAhote8Awe f- Utable2 3wasG!bu $injt2a pexpressio+hpsin a perplex+EositLook here,;hAsaid.Aloth<cleared "just sit Lcis chaQlet mDRRach tLNNn't know s !to?SCvaluadvice. L(&8Bvcexpoun\c "Pray< Wgunow, inp L 2his|< 3twoY*- narrativstruck usRJ4"#al/Ki! m^ 2vou2youi"st#On.""ct 7%thk, accord !ac|, cry (3see-=/1was<$dying referencBAa ra$obtawords,n QstandB3wasTat caughtrson's ear>Pis doubleH*$ "re acommen' begin it by presuUv2whatlad says is4truAXthen?Xrobvious *Qmeant!onsB so.) $kn.3in -4merA heaearshoxe1was.gaattrac& ;>rof whoeS+ +*'C distinctly Australian cryich is usgetween/ apF1ptiUq perso1m/(c expecM!me09Jm atQ was someo i.C took a folded pap0&> !fl|aed it/":Ra mape Colony of Victoria,"c 4I w ;t"it/Cnigh("puCh9Eover驒the map.  4rea bARAT,"d!d._tAnd now!is(_"BALLARATSQ#so ]n uttere !ic<8X onlyBtwo syllablht"toTo1nam}3hisFaer. Soso, of Ballaratd wonderful!" I exclaime #M;2nowasee, Ik.eBfiel$ Aably%S poss3bgarmen9ra third Tq, grant ^1)7#Y"ct3a certaintye$ 12nowfvaguenessdefinite LnRL dCl A9 e62Z"ca! be approach,HUrm or )"rs ly wander#TC!esQexpedu o-day. ByQxaminBhe e3 I !ifl-sdetailsiIX&#toimbecile 5, a"Aalit6  qBut how11youS themYBAthod"is &ed dobserv! #esiaHis he !I Qyou m("ly judge-the length 1stri!AHis ec, too,D"be?+s6u"YeypeculiarJais lam 4The hQC foolways less!inka2lef7 2put%'Dit. Why? B5Q he limped--34lam5nes"ouWU <eDy as record+surgeon atJcinquescAblow-\from immediate@3hin"ye%+Aft s2Now!ca a!unJ"itb9R man?RN#odpl U4dur 8 w t}9"nd P! !sm*%9f" I 2ashTcigar"my special lobacco aenables mpronounce/ny=rdevotedLuAis, 6Qmonograph ofof 140V)1 v7EiRpipe,Y Dette] Rsh, I% ]1andethe stump]1mos!5ere Tossedpw*Bthe y  !ro Cin RotterdaR{!!th$%ot0 Bo9\2foraused a!erA tip@<c9"f,N!bunB cu= clean one, so1ducc  Rsaid,@/4hav)7a nDis mm \ cannot escapo1Fsaved anE8b human4as trulX#if62d c )hv!an5{Rhim. H$&!io /2allZculprit is--" Mr. John%A," coLQ wait5|door of io%R-room2ush9gqvisitor a ! e&'d Aanged"imve figurq slow,ing step/*f3ers qearancedecrepitun rd, deep-lined, craggy feature,his enormous limbsV%!he e >Q str2 ofd%!an!qcharactis tangled beard, griKAS hai1out3ing, drooping eyebrows combin >aan airbdignit|Upower*Y;cof an ashe^ 2ile"ip5#Qorner3ho!,wStingeaa shad^Ablue2 Mb to me[@1glaS!haEc grip ofKchronic diseasezsit downsofa," saida&! g+ahad my0g  #b t it up. YouU Awish see me heravoid scands "I st peopla55 Vw IeBall.uAnd why wish to s|iN!at&u a9.weary ey 1his question{ ualreadybzY`d,!uC9$"hawQwords2:#4so. 2allt1The"9man sankA5. "T1me!.1 =1letO"ma ;!arhryou my}BJNaspoken%b7(nt2 atvUAssiz 6`ao hear%lsay sobravelyv}1nowZ"itO)cSdear girI.r wouldۏA heryt--it will when she(s\ eq"It may~8!to QWhat?"Jno official agent. IHayour d;!ho3#my g&FX1nd c3act2her ests. Y&WAbe g(f %evM~said oldi!had diabetes for years. My doctorR01whe "li~!month. Ye\2die1 my own '2han3gaoI B rosI t"Rhis padqa bundlb im. "Just tell C^C% _#jo 2ctscDsign2*! ]ci $n aproduccr confAa! ,extremity to sav/ . I promis6A use is absolutely needR's as3to; "it'QUHu, so it@ cQI sh0pare AliF=.Cck. " Iqmake th#"oiyou; i$&l! 7!ak/o!You didn'w 1dea, " Ha devil incarnPIPAthat. God keepok H"  Bas h }2hasFAuponShese / "he%Blastlife. I'llBfirsmBI caeCbe  / Mearly '60'ggings. I was aAchaphn, hot-blood d reckless, !to'(3 myNat any1; Iamong bad Dqk to drink,uno luck 7my claim+!thE!hD 1wor8#amdBcall(Qa hig'CrobbK4six of u H"d a wild, free lif2it,((Ba st22imeJ=ime, or stop the wagons_ 1roaj  Black JaAI*4ame %un#our party till remembere12Blony e\BGang9One day a gol#vo/3dow8qto MelbN=alay in for it GSttacktroopers1clobm but we emptied four esaddle9Qvolle!reour boyskilled, ,!wethe swagut my pistold-driver,|1thil$p2I\1L% 4hot%(An, b:>!spX nw $ I.A wileyes fix?6 my!:%to. every 2. WQaway 3Eold,~ealthy me)Bmade2wayqto Engl11@b@suspectedIAed Tmy old palJdetermine=Ssettlto a quieqA reZP3 bo2'is3ichUAbe iFe marketTt myself4o ab3goo"mySb, !up )Cearn2I mmy wife died1she me my deara. Eve  was just a baby her weeBseemUblead mVSi$,a as noC1had3-oIn a word, I e a new leaf!dib*/)past. AlkQgoingO AAlaid j_1gonsto townan investmenmin Regent Street Ba co2his},or a boob foot"'HQ are,",' #he[ding mearm; 'we'll be as^as a famil|3you2!'sS>!me_Rmy so# PT 1the2ing. If you don' 'kine, law-abiding&$is'a policemanin hail.'M2ll,j# !es"Antry( +Chaki/Wm off|Ilived rentglBevermF@\qno restme, no peac forgetfulness; turVrHouldhis cunn1gri sQelbow. It :Awors"up}!onImore afr5fAknowF2y pP$an a. What 1ntey BhaveOw&-I21himTout 1, l$ѯ#s,\3a5!81 a 6Wk not give9*2for_ B2HiscF2 grown up!soG !my"as J " w!alMta strok ;@! 2aH^$inAholeHcerty. `+bas fi  ;(1rse}Ack mAwithB,; any disli2theU1but % mF!waugh. I stood Lthreatened. I brav"mQworstwDmeetpool midway$3ourbtalk ifDWhen d=*71son 3I cIs a treeuld be alone. But.'7hralk allYQblackeAbitt D meD"touppermoswas urgingrry my $asRregaru'$sh;j3s9R slut2off snAdrovBm{ $SI:I held mostYB2thepbsqthis. C3IAsnapRbond?b dyingqa desperate man. T)!claf mind~afairlyng of limb, I knewc1my "atbsealedmy memoryN8r! Both"$ bU(2but,at foul tongue. I did it, Mr. Holmes !do BDeepIasinned4zmartyrdom to a6] Tbe en5 ;Tmeshe#"\>bsuffer4Frucknqno moreaunctio: ran if h Bbeen.and veno*!be tHis cry+?5h; 1had`#er =1woobough I3for "go dto fetS4loaH]Qdropp/ my flightc'n;3truh,0een, of' occurrZUa#:you1 as/!olQ sig !hepe&D `AdrawB>Bpraywe may nbe expos temptati4@not, sirdy a inten$doQn vie;Eyour`- p0rself awUcat you#to  Tsdeed atqer cour$ ,%if is condemned1a| A* #itA8W seen by mortal eye;jasecret"'1theive or dead,Ty"feAus."7 Farewell, then2t solemn4 deathbedF0y!, Y!beXCeasikpx+  2youZ2!toA." T" 1 inhis gia Same, "bled slowlkR room:us!Eafte<. "Why doesb playRtrick- poor, helpless worms? I&J!of72 a0"isVAI doC*Qxter'LdL say, 'TJ"buqthe gray  God, goes Sherlock7'VJames WcquitvG$N ra numb(Aobje =3 byBsubml Udefen esel. O} for seven monthIberview"hewI1 is every prospect1son[8 "ma1 to happily tog tin igno!H ScloudORrestsGKa past ADVENTURE FIVE ORANGE PIPS  "ovS2notU records Q casf<c'yB1'82B'90,faced by so many1ent strange65ing" easy ma "tof*dto cho!le8SA9!  apublic.?Spaper.aothers[1offba fielXGthosy*uqualitiqK& k#Qin so3 a degreeI!R of  to illustrat3toowTbafflkanalytical skillj Wbe, a4bs, beg!`2an dc, whil[4Rbut partiallyd6 q explansQ econjectur'q surmiia #%atA logp@bwas so& EZ&isC one"seQ1 @qremarka4in its detaiso start- N"amRoy!qsome ac of it in spitW !thF r/5HBconn7g4ich,probably d,qWT '87 furnished ueries of gr or less Arest qI retaixq. Amongy!hecs!onClve I;(anIthe adven< Paradol Chambero mateur Mendicant Society Ra luxc club l&Avaul1a (xwarehousek Pthe lossc tish barque "Sophy Anderson"N7DGrice Pat4-trof Uffa1fin'1 Cwell poisoning casB0mN% 6Rby wiuw 's watch, to proveH wuup two hK M)AforeGdeceasedpCto b{!at--a deducm-$waRst importance inrw)Aese I may sk !ou+Bdatep2non)Cthem#t ) FQtrainqcircumsL I \qaken up" describeIA dayRSepte< equinoctial gales had seVional violenc"1day1win screamAthe BatensK1owsmBeven(#he6, hand-made@awe wercraise ourBinst# !omQrouti 1andGW1res`#osK elemental  shriek at mankihr;i !araivilisAOQ unt@Qbeasta cage. AsAqdrew in a stormG!er Aloud3criasobbedut a chil>#e 0[,. sat moodily atu"siL+<Afire]O cross-ind>4his#hDrimeI! nty!inbof Clark Russell'sLea-storiesyS howl wto blenEtextSe splE2to lengthM)n rlong sw0sea waveN'Awifeo. to her m' ?R fewa dweller onceiQold quarter rBaker Y%"WB} I, glancAat m panion, "Lr !urohe bell. Whoto-night? Some frieV.dyours,tI?g!"EA6elfne," he answerEencourage /A clientndaIf so, 1s a3ousrNothing*bL1 maB ona"n }I5 it!isQ lik6 #DcronSlady' ]Qwas wras>  re came a1Spassa aa tapptdoor. He0tt9o!ar>cmp awa<2him\'Xthe vacantoB ~a newcomer #sitCome inth1The 14yousO two-and-twentyoutside,U-groo1rim 2ad,d Bsomeof refinqdelicacI!2. T1eam?tmbrella#l1hisc\shining RAld Ve fierce weaI2comblookedo him anx@!gl3lamIWaVqwas palK#Rheavy#of7who is weighed`22etyAI ow an apologysaid, raising~golden pince-nezX  31yes!tr+-not intruding..r# 1Btrac G(2ainyg4nug chamber."Gi!!5and@Q"TheyG Crest$,o2hoo C drys2tlyhave come upeaouth-w SI seeAYes,'e HorshO7?2clachalk mix BhichFtoe caps is q@GB$ivo\F)1Tha"easily gotAnd help(4not!sso easy!f2hea'WN3Mr.R9from Major Prendergau!ow"sz4Tankerville Club3!Ah c;~fully accuse ScheatrCcarda"He sanTTolve *2,soo much!yTbeateK Q four s--three T by mSonce by a womaN^Kc+'re1 +successes3truQgener65fule|.Rbe somQCI be,F1drar8)2fir1fav 6e $s 5casjno ordina$`N @6<ag "lax$rt of appeaAnd yet I "5sir,ebexperiRG!evBsten aS myst and inexplic($chp[AhappVp #wn&&You fill5ith  BPray6"usY QessenxV aommenc,RI canv'$1see!bet $ !Thd5!pu<6hisOQand peqwet feeF Bblaz"My name he, "is John OpenshaL Saffai,'2far<"2canG!st%*Kythis awful busines!Ais aSditary m; so in order `rn idea2, I tgo back`1" .!9VBmy grandfhad two sons--my uncle Elias =#y ,aJoseph4had a smalGu!t Coventry, qenlarge "th C inv?of bicyclDAHe r patent-5theq unbrea\4 ti< R met1suc1cess2t hto sell itto retire up;H8!omxTpeten&M7 emigratrAmerica*o+2man n-ra plantqFlorida?was repor[$adone Nw,A`war he f"-!in*son's armyyW Hood1ros% be a colonel. When Lee lai  !rmPSretur 2hiszwP bhe remRg ree or four(1. AQ1869 or 1870 he33$ REuropxEtookQestatqSussex, 2 H bmade a=btH"e Bthe State;his reason faaving 9NaversionYnegroBadislik the Republican) چd] franchi m% aNDman, 2andhQ-tempt foul-mouthedBngry  2ost+5disIQ" DUDSall ts& Ev ,X%roubt ifJ!he1foo+1ownoQgarde9Bor ,K1s r2his(tEBtakeexerciseb$K"of ar week;1end/@ $C*2roozsdrank a1deaAbran!=d smokedsrheavily^see no societ0 1did want any !s,2evewown broth)$He?7mind me; in fact, he"fancy to me,aFe time saw me firstryoungst Atwel"q so. Th2^(1yea"8,T" h= eight or nin+s4b2!be]2oRBlive3d hD2waybas sobV B foqplayingDgamm craughtc! +2mq3 re\!at\2othbervant2 * radespeople, soPH& ssixteen7pUQhouseX?5ept2keyy)"go" I\)"do7qI likedBlong) disturb him in"aprivac5"erl'on o"hele room, a l -room up athe atticsQch waBvariably loc4"permit ei\me or anyone elj enter. With a boy's curiositybApeepN1Cyholv1abl^#sed ' collection of old trunkRbundl^ (2ect; qsuch a9 One day-- 0 in March, 1883--a lettera foreign stamp %tein fro  'ate. ItbA co= 1for*r Sceives aills wSll p/Dread5#nos] sort. 'From India!' sai%as it up, 'Pondicherry postmark! What can Abe?' @@t hurriedly,Avjumped fittle dried o#5pipp! eJ z 1 Fa beganRlaugh^1is,I+!ugr struck amy lipicight face. His lip?qfallen,o z3proC skQcolou`Rputty^ dh qill helhis trembling hm A'K. b!' he !edcn, 'My God, mBsins# BoverAme!' 'bis it, B?' I#u'Death,#p" r"S1abl + 1 me palpitatborror. I!up0 #| saw scrawlrk$: ner flap, just abae gumM2 K ' AtimeI 'ea9AhingA saE eSpips. P82pow2*terror? I left Qfast->\as I asce$Gtair7gcoming!an rusty kerbbelong3onedaL2 brass boxx%*h_ ']AtheyI'll checkmat- a",'ByHn oath. 'Tell MaryYB VA ro70B-day3sen;to Fordhas lawyer."edH2wheb/a arrivC-3was5to step up  2Thewas burn4 crightlJC gra mass of), fluffyP3#!ofSAed 'lZ 5Aopenempty beside it. Am the box I noticea start,fAid wy1rinhe treble KXIK4rea%G$ ubI wish_DJohn"myA, 't1nes_Qwill.[save mynas advantages6dis<$$my@ r#t will, no doubt, de1youK/you can enjoy i v9%and good!-"fiQ/Q can/ #my#bo?5 it: deadliest enemy. I am sorr 2(f8R q two-edChing can't say w,2urn"s are goyo. Kindly sig" 8 4Mr.Q showKx16q as dir g""itwith hiiincidentx+. Adeep&CimprF I pondered overikary wa"myXwithout be  2any !of{rYet I f 1notO0Be ofvague feeAof dB3!itE behind-"en##n Akeena#hepassed an}Shappe the usual$our lives6!se#Changahoweve Ceverxh()AclinBr 4 of Q. Mos+)3his AspenkBhis 2witCdoor ~"in"buV'Atime H Bemeradrunken frenzyH.Aburs gpBtear0a revoll &3ingJ !at*as afrain/H#n?qbe coopsheep in a pen, b/n or devilAthes SC fit Eover, ush tumultu D{1and!baX him, likecan brazen iUni)er'] " 5lie Aroot.rhis souRsuch 3seeQface,& Qcold ZTglist!moc5it were new raisedx ra basinWell, to!to[nt~"HtterX,/a abusSr patc #n>P8de +$ 1sal,Cfrom#heLback. We fNm! (nzasearch0!2fac[C1wara green-scummed pool1ch  =$r"noj *%e(au Rt two'tdeep, 8the jury, h1regwo known eccentricity,!6averdic'suicide.'%-knew how!qinced j1theCdh + much ado to persuadjTelf ,j!etcTNZ passG "ed? Q`5theN 1and/some 14,000 poundlQhis cebank."xmoment,";! interposed, ""1tata is, I~esee, K1roMed. Let mJ 5dath#rec,1 by(( J<qhis sup T8; oe2 10hsY6A la Kof May 2ndRaThank v ;1Whe("ok property,tY Ea careful`o alwaysNl fE, alLs contentsdestroyed~c   g labelqinitialVq repeat!on'Letters, memoranda,1pts$ a register' wr[beneath.ase, weP%ume, indiclEaturTpaper9 Zhad R by CuqAshaw` :r%J %not Vt c QmYscattered+ e-books bear  "'s.Cin E. Som1warVshowedqis dutyW)+^Corne"pua brave soldi1OthOeba!dueonstruVthe Southern sQmostlbcernedtpolitic!ev !ly( ? t\+1parEAoppol(trpet-bag Pians whoBsentJ1NorjZ_}7r of '843"ca"live at "ll#as}s possibl_u. the Januaryl5fourth day!ew3'Cmy ge sharpyrurpriseU sat :b + P#reZ V, sitxa newly opened/h n!or Cpips?+,Dpalmother oneDhad Baughnw|G my cock-and-bull story a$p  5oked very scf'$Rzzled3h ! sAhingPcome upo U- C'Why&Qon eaAoes Qmean,@$1?' ,1amm7/!Mytb.to lead. 'It istIxHy 'So it is,x1 'H rUV s8Di1m?'#'P +sundial,' ITa, peep !ve!reT "ed$consciousness, as it W-rs, been retsFareham twilightI bcountrErunknown"m,-a unfenzano hesion in bringF zAaccidental causes.' C lWYI !ed&yC%Q connh2, Iunable to B1ugg,Uqhe ideadmurder   <1foo s, no robberyQrecor!st $rs!se<roads. /!neM t tell youcni"fa at ease4w tll-nighELfoul plot!becEoven'.HIQs sinta way I) into my inheri=331askwhy I diRadispos 5it?sA, bea convour troubled "in4way dependentEan i +3.\'b+jAouseyAn an' ' b, '85,!myIT4s e-7Qtwo h+eqG4elapsed sinc )Sime l/G4 ath+Bbegu"opW#Bcurs; t4amiIzi>Sended13genz.%w take comfort too soon, ; yesterday  !haE a#my{#7The.istcoat a crumpled B$ b!to9thb!ok4v"it!Slittl ' :BThis. ei"]-ontinued. "T  is London--eastern division'Ain a Dword%weZ/"'s=Fmessage: '2 !';=B'Putw  R !.'_" you done?" c HolmeZ ` ?C"To qruth"--O!nk|h;!inte hands--"felt helpl<:likb rabb!Asnak 2wri2Qit. II *#thѝ bresist.ainexor4Aevilch no fore&!anQprecautions can gu7 9Tut! tut!Jn L 2|,1manGaQyou a=SU but energys$Tyou. !nop for despair^#se9Z2Ah!BF"y  #myzw)SsmileL ainspector haBh]he opini  5s a( seaths of my relaCwere$ s  Tstate* 2ere !wa s R shooclenched air. "In5blemwBity!7Dried\!ey& 1all2qwho mayi p#usz mcH$aoit"Noe5ordtoJy[SAgainA ravR51WhyB2youzDto m*ried, "and,j!al[49, IV"no5/+Conly%yaI spokwf;' g;&my,!asE#sRN7him#_?F2you-61. Wn1uld acted befo"is Rno fu ce, I suppose1n / q1ve DWdus--no4 $ivt86b mighk3 us]r.Sis onz," said8 brummag$atK!, Adraw ut a pie2dis+ed, blue-tinted!, iE#Tout uQtableT?some remembrance," 8"YeS # byI observe, Fm#un0Qmargirm1=se asheyparticular1ur.ui2gle sheet TflooroAroomP]SincliZCit $K8&haD/(3out~2amo5! ow!atG has escaped dea. Beyom ahe menUaof pip-E"se " izs us much+bhink 8!ge< private diary Ws undoubtedly'"motBwe both bent $hA;f, by its ragged edg(!deqen torn a book1hea'"[0A69," bbeneat fBfoll`enigmatical)s: "4th. Hudson came. Same old*)7th. Set the on McCauley, Paramo1  Swain, of St. AugustinQ<29thQ_uley clearR10th.LC 2th. Visited~Q. All]}!,2bing upAaperFfit to our visitor. "Anyx on no account lose> instant)R spar..$'Bcuss)told meqget hom! atantly3act `LI do6buta to doX]1be BwR put,cahown uYQoVbrass box,describedh also puQa not3say7pCq1by !CunclPtM e3one;sSssertT3e "asAcarr1vic* rthem. HLtQyou d\- n { 1dir2. DPA  $w;Wlour web to weave l!iralready wovenufirst O"is4#moX#X threatensPBPSmyste`to punis guilty,vt#|;oung man,2IA!ll1Ccoat [me fresh ]5!op # ly do as`DadviP k eA" ctake c3Iyourself i eRwhile4w!can be a )p ~a2rea.imminent. How do!go9rBy trai WaterlooC not yet nineJ#etbLw8so LIin safety2RX/3not.too closf/5arm%F"isw To-morrow!se( %caB seeCthen#!NoLr secret lieI/". &tXDk i&Ecall in a day3%in  dnews Da e%s.~Qadvicxqevery hcular." Heaq"usW/0. OutsidRwind 6,"ed51he Icsplash"pa # b(awindow$is_qd story@ #coru* D mad>Ss--blown inZ!us4&-t of sea-we aQ"--wn reabsorbbethem 4Q[. a sat f->mjin silence"hiJ sunk forw~9-8 the red glow@2firn he li#piK leaning! i"heWWeQblue smoke-r2y chased eache [1ceiD I, Watson,, [e Elast f$1s wZvnone more fantastic\0zU SqperhapsA Sig CFour>%]yes. 1"atx!yeq BGvs} #me}w !mi,n greater perils Sholto&BuB," Iq, "form"y definite con*3 wo$sem3are$%noI#ir(!`a by? Who #B andoM1Qpursu is unhappy family , dc4lacClbowt= 1armGhair<finger-tips8&rideal 9"er, "would." ht3oncC 3a 2fac r61bea#, deduce$1 it  % OK K3ledE!it u 5d resul,!  Ej. As Cuviericorrectly  a whole animal byorcontempw qbone, s0 Zr who horoughly ood one link]3s Ibn"qccurate k!atMa ones,# s'After 2hav2yet  <BR alon#attain to. Problemsf be*Tstudy?s4a3ose)ve sought a solu@ pA ai Ss. To Athe 9B#!tohighest pitch*is necessary 4=er h utilis`4facZ!toknowledge$is` amplies yrreadilyaf0Uall V 1ch, "seof free educ and encyclopaedias,[ somewhat rare accomplishment anot so 8*ahat a ma4uld<@Wauseful D<Bwork}  endeavou>2 myg3f I5er E<you on one occasion=}5our friendship,@u*Rlimit precise fashioQ2Yes, laughing. v#Adocuj Philosophy, astronomy,zero, I er. Botany vari `geology prof/$#as3smud-stain dny regin fifty milUown, chemistry 4q, anatotQsyste,q9al liter/and crime records unique, violin-playj!oxer, swords1lawself-poiby cocainbtobacco. Th@Y #BBpoin7my analysimab grinn} .st item.   said, "I say now, as IYT!en 2Akeep}brain-attic st2AwithTthe furnitua1at sbY1use1res#1can&awG#ofrbrary, <zan get iKAhe w~Hrit. Nowobsuch aYbeen Oj%us\, we need .to muster resourcesU=hand me dow letter K 'American E'r stands Hhelf besid 27b let u&#id_)Esitum!wh]`Cy beb8#it(u "st !ma#rt1#1ump  2 had somD!Cg for leb. Men ]Z$"ofUchangir habits #exwillingl~Achar|CRclimav2rFlorida;Ronelyl1of glish provincialh. His extreme lovejaolitud1Engq-'&Tfear of some%r/Qthing Qassumaa work0ypothesisdit wasUI T_Qdrove*qAmericav "to#N!heQ!ed 2can &byZiformidabl *Bself()%'Rors. Did D.T " _s "CsGrom IJf.C},.DEast What do74thaATheyall seaport !atCwrit6qon boarN ca shipyExcellent Ra clur"G7robability--SZtrongi / Yny"an 1. I!  *of69'abetwee6+ its fulfil:3 int0o/o-ree or four B. D3$at7AQdista((o travelB ;Ccome9Iteۛ"!re at leas `the vesse̻+fan or menkG a-H It looks as i y4#se'&ir [# or token!"em.Rstartobir misD'1Your2howS4dee!edsign when it ca3. I2had r steam"y UEhave;almost as so:=. But, as a ma!of*-n #re)cetmail-bo<"1 b0" NTIR! M"aP &ley!eadly urgencyw] ,,Aurge%ng:q to ca7 blow hassfallen e1(Ssich it2tak1sen%R". >#c comeS afore wBnot count Sdelay= Good God!" I cried. "What caj7srelentless persecnvThe pap<71iedBobviCof vitalrh/!soD s}0.is quite1ere # b-!on~1 A)!led3notraout twq!th Qway " d  a coroner's juB" everal in ?L(2men determination@ 4eirE4ean2, bbbholdero it may. !is#/#K.QceaseJqinitialX/cdividu"bethe badgoaIWbBut of PHave youS}--" sai*, bending S is voice--"NQ3 hethe Ku Klux Kla7IyHolmes t%"ovfthe bookghis knee. "Here it is,RentlyS#'1. A3_A der/$ anciful resembl sound pro  aa riflX is terrible# |p 2orm=some ex-ConfederatrAdier] Southern statesCivil Warit rapidlyclocal brancheSURt par,l44Q, not:V in Tennessee, Louisiana Carolinas, Georgia& . Its power was usral purposes, principalSterro"of}negro voter #urF and driv!ryr s7topposed^Rviewssoutragequsually2ceda1senHm[  but genero d shape--a sprig of oak-Is, melon seeds or or>K Ss. On4 `  !e #"m 8*"ei>penly abjureAformbys, or/G fl2Yn hv u.O&ould unfaig*2]:4andh #unFn緒So perfec SrganiM:{e6so  its method0Mre is hardly a 1upoR3ordS1anyQsucceRin bri|Eunit!of l"troaperpetrat2ForY4 flourishBspitothe effoUnited SWgovernment aN bv classAcomm9q. Event/,ayear )Amovef!raAsudd2colt5F]bhave poradic outbreak2sam?%5at date.'d&&",)v, layingcvolume x eu%co72dis6:O&of yP5f  . It may well-v:Bcausaeffect)+2Awond";$is famil0CAmore!acfspiritM"ira. You uF t7i$is~ diary mayZRicate3ufirst mCT!reBabe manyonot sleep easy atMQuntilt7ver$eRA pag aseen--1"Is?}D%$xp^nran, iA, 'sy>#thrto A, BAC'--!isG %'sId4m. !re bssive entriAB ed, or lefa1finuCv+>,n,u:<"C. Well, , Doctor, vlAme lb!in7tis dark"and I believ- Aonly !ncH !ha daeantim6q what I told hiFI!srdYN3A, so$2 meD.my violinq!trforget for hal Bhour2isex6"we2Ae stj'or%! EKellow-meMA ItA-`Amorn[!unrshiningTa subdued bWXness _tdim vei%Rhangs" city. Sherlock<nD*"at BfastIz down.excuse medbnot wa0tfor youChe; _8S, I ,busy dayumW1loo U* `Z0Cstep(1youD?#"Itvery much depend %!!ofBirst inquiri9Ihw\Co goy&o IfL2ll.!nokG  Di.scommenc.6Qthe CeJust r;mKBmaidb"up your coffe!As,>ited, I lift unopened news/YE#eyaLat rest #on a headU,g a chill to myct,fa, "you?stoo late"Ah!" c4his cup, "I1 as"+wA# _;He spoke calmfIwas deeply2MRcaugh"nam 'Tragedy Near+ Bridge.'  0B%nS"ennight Police-Cons5d Cook,"rH Diviw on duty n,qd a cryBhelp a)!wa#2The"%wa1"ly<<astormy2thaEspitn%ofpassers-by, $wa$im3 toD a rescueZalarm! ..,@%#-;*Bbodye mD 1pro< aa.Sgentl2hos&v2it S s%anHK4Qwas f" pocketa 8 br6bnce is.i5Aject"&he GhurrP ro catch# wV.1 StlXS hast?4thehFs3(ApathewalkedB edg 8 landing-places for river steamboatsbody exhib= !no  3vio+ra!dePe Qvicti 1an Qtunatident, h !ec<!ca6att7authoritim1ndiEsidestages." We s!si1 minutes, t ds*qd shakAan Iek!eehurts my prideH,Asaid2ast$!isZtty feel y,W)iTJa personal  #me#!nd God sends mlA y"seUU! bgang. e$to Dhelp<!atr#send him awav 2his\3--!Brang ahair M+S!ab_qhe room/ncontroll$gia flushh>b cheeka nervous claspE un!ofS!lo!inZ sabe cun bdevils$exclaime2Howd C QdecoymI Qhere?2aEmbanks R< direct lin WDwas too 2B\dsuch a$ir?  /E we0%e 4win2Brun.41ofeal work,tqlate in2 evLj+I9Baker Streets Q had^-Crback ye"wa!lyso'clock1entered,! 1pal_ worn. He;!uphe sideboard,VAtearb piecezthe loaf he de)rt vorac,ching iUo"dr "ofL)Y ahungry "rem!Starving. ItRBscapf ememoryE9@% ""NRt a biteD#im4uink of 4qAnd how`!P)We "!A thethe hollow of 1and0 1MQnot I!re)unavenged. Why!pu{ !ir&{ish trade-marl! IB"th-#of!do$me"HeH$an 2cupPORit toSssqueezedaXe table. Ofaq1fivb thruX5hm into( (Qthe i( AflapQrote "S. H.bJ. O."|!leand addressto "CaptainCalhoun, Barque 'Lone Star,' SavannahQ2lQawaitw4 fs port)s, chuck4"?9<a sleeplessrill fins sure a precursoQhis f s5did[#imAL  3is !?"vThe lea.%Z=&j"Hoyou trace it, thee large shee^Dhis  all cover+b date%naIJ$spwhole day"over Lloyd's-RstersAf-bhe old@Alowi0e future careV8$ &PondicherrNdaFebruaQ '83!re thirty-six shipfair tonn1(s reporrj\$osmQ, one  instantly attract ,D~b as hqTclear+bLondontU#is!isne#  oLS Unio{e"Texas{#nom9;bI knew~` 1hip-"! $antn origisP#"ImcDundeePJI?Qthe bm& n'?#>Pmy suspicion becam WtHMSinqui$!tosg!la2preEe3 ofL2Yes)"T('barriveY )qWCdown Albert Dock"sht ; hS21tidsP,bward beo!irvo Gravesen;QlearndCago,* wind is pO!ly-vL1 shbnow pa Goodwin3ot Tr 1Isl7SWightumayou doCJD"Oh, mD$!ma1are,x.ronly native-bor)T are FinaGerman=k!lsy4-all three6% zBshipG iCHstevedor 3has"lo4 cargo. B6/Bir s-ship reaches0g(i&9Rlette" !in dOQpolicNyBse Agent>badly wau)BhereAa ch0#ofb""T#!isWw a flawcbest lhuman plans; #heU!ero %nC2cei ( !e" w 2how0 Qanoth7sW Qs re8themselves"up!irLk. Very P 1andE severe- דuyear. We"edF'1newUthe " "Bnonej>d us. We drsBsome!1far1 Atlantic1hat stern-pos "a as seen swingingtrough of a wave( s "L. S." carv!it"is4e rever kn a# I. THE MAN WITH TWISTED LIP9sa Whitney, brVElias#tD.D., P%athe Th7%RCollet(2St. #e'IAaddito opiu 3R grewl1himIEd horrorEDpity<1fri3andS!ve!ca& him now  yellow, pasty face, droo.$li Apin-2 pupils Ahuddcir Se wre1ruia noble mag#OnY#--9 in June, '89--t Ao my, aboutBhourwa man givesirst yawn'aglanceQclock Sat up!7by wife,her needle-work in her lapcmade a littl=Qdisap>3menA patient2sheH'kto go ouI groanedI WnewlyfFa weary dayWr2dooU(, a few hu-4worB quick steps | linoleum. Ouoor flewV!nddy, clad in soQ-coloSstuffqa black ,9 a y calling so late,"o Rbegan;% &1losk71er ;c,84ranG-, w)Darmspr's neckdDsobbNh?B "'much trouble!cried; "I do so>BhelpS"Why," sai)>wife, pu!upveil, "iDKateSb. How.tartled me, Kate!2 qan ideaR .@Fhen you rI didn'"V#to do, soR" straigh1youaA alL#+ay. Folkzw+.rn griefu&toike birds to+ght-house!"Ia 3 swM~o&M<Pwine andFSr]|-J ell us all it. Or 4youC)t%#!koff to buOh, no, no! Iboctor'3W0too. It's~Q IsahFAhomezqtwo day qam so fg$"q him!"D"no"R  City. Hither aorgiesbeen confiBo on,j=, twitchN !,  Bning5Kahe spedQ him eight-and-forty hourvXre, doubtless FWa dreg0ks, breas=3poiQ5$sl$k "irDAs I , a sallow Malay attendant_ X"upKaV$'dsupply>drug, becko3me "Bmpty\1"Thank youwn%Vto stBI. " f aof minV he, Mr.P I wish to speakRhim." a58sn excla from my  ett, I saw, pale, hagg~*vunkemptout at m1"MyAdWatson>Rhe. H !in&tN2 stq reactOAwithyH)a twitter. "I say,b$ &ais it?*"Nearly eleven>1"Of1C day&Of Friday,S 19th-2GooAens!5 it was Wednesday. IWhat d'Vant tHp for?" He sankANl"on4R arm["obBhigh treble kep""I xQhat i1man &r^2has]44 tdays for4You be ashame<y l%!So)x you've got mixedRfor I' chere Athre98c!urs--I forget howrI'll go E6n'tKate--poorKate. Giv'5your hand! Hav b5FYes,e CnThen I shall g1 #itdC"owthing. FindUI ow-.Roff colourVQdo noAbmyself2I w$ Bnarr 1sag<#wedA rowQsleepChold  to keep vile, stupef 2fum*HdS*?sfor the 1r.   tall man1#at QI felFVc at my ski/bow voice whisp*R"Walk!"me*|alook Qat me=fell quitGainctly my ear. I zT. Ther 3Bcome&Jcy sid"ye/!atp as absorbed as!,qBthin wrinkledm !agRpipe dang3dow, $asFi]Rdropp 1shecssitud!hiAngerAtook ]alooked@+8y &a to pr(4 9+-/\5of astonish" H 1hisr2 so#Mbee himBIPAformVQfille,hsHAgone# dull eyBrega[ 1firo&reBfireAgrin o  z:1. Hade a s 2 mo"o h5nd y'Ghe 4Qhalf 1 to)y once moubsided 2dod, loose-liCssenilitFI!" I1wha0"ar%doeEis d$!As!asw#ca\_canswere P1 ea! *3theqkindnes\?usottishEoI!rsibnly glad tod2tal ! a cab outsideThen pray "itmay safely trust1for@-#7pqtoo lim/$geQny mischief.B reE;lAalso&F notnabman toNAwife\)2say=2youthrown in*#lo$me$cwait , 2 in-0I  to refuse,of=q' reque #@&C)sosdefinit5putawith a quiet air(sastery.1%BthatqWhitney1f1GQcab msion was practicGaccomplished;~1nubsh anyU! c)associate3 my6 in?8ose singular Bwereormal condiexistence. In a few! Iwritten my note, paid 's bill, !!im31ab,Y7Q driv  darknessvery shora decrepit figurdwemergedpium den&I1wal{the stree FG" &s he shuffled alo@^AbackSan un+ foot. Then, 5ingPRaround,Y<qhimself Dburs hearty fiQlaughter.esuppos 1, "you imagine d<opium-smo*to cocaine inje(O) Q weaSes on>n2fav !m8rCview8"Fl!21ButCmoree8n I/)I"7And6tan enem>QA!?"nDYes;}my natural2ies, or, :% prey. BrieflUDI ambAmidsao qremarkaV$rinquiryR7hop!4Lqincoher-ramblingsQse so'&7now. Had I1gniZ3nEdl#nom gw9an hour's purchase;C uSty"myM A rasnq Lascar Bruns6 as sworCahave {5Cance= 2e. is a trap-doorqQ bui ,j@the cornPaul's WharfGb! ctell someI1angue|what hasY "it oonless -!qWhat! Y.ean bodies3Ay,G. We rich men if wJ1000 pounds for !y QdevilcAdone"rHeath a. It 1st murder-trap + whole river 4I fC+ Neville St. Clair0"en&it,AleavNBmoreQour pQhere.ptwo fore> # bS Rteeth/ histled shrilly--a signa?+%as 2 byg1mil<QdistaikDfollDrtly Rrattl@Rwheelvl8horses' hoof<4Now 1, aall dog-cart dashzGp $ow two golden tunneB yellow BfromZ?terns. "You'l"3me,3you#If_be of ust 1Oh,usty comrad ,b a chronicl,ASill Q. My at The Cedars-bedded on{(QYes; H!isE2's %staying there while I conduct .MW)Qis it[ Near Leem!AKentaXDbn-mileM #usV2But2alld Of cours 1are 'll know9i94ly. Jump up MD AllVJohn;I.not needbHere'sa>Dn. L3!foto-morrow,|G #!er head. So long2!J#He7.% ?2hip@$we!aw aendlesMCcess-Bsomb' desertedC "s,Q wid CgradyPsuntil w !fl across a broad balustraded?DBurky'2 flsluggishly benus. Beyond layx1q wilderOof brickS!tar, its@Q brokI@heavy, re_ footfall of6apolicefAsongdttyI1bel p AvellAArackTdrifting slowly; "kya star 2 twM[!an 1rifsclouds.4 drove in1hisF sunk upo,bbreast4theo-who is lost#! sde;scurious"rntsw questPbe which "3taxJ;1wer7AsoreeQafrai0 Q in the current ofFs}don2ralh,{ g3begHQfring!th csuburban villaOW1Tshook , shruggedshoulder l7 G3pipk aatisfiLp !he!acsRbest. <a grand gif_ilencz . "It makesfinvaluabl,*ion. 'Pon myXmaa grea|yee!to1 to@; 7not over-pleasant-9bas won2lI1ld 9E3r /':she meetstfCdoors4YouGpIk2notb)#it.jI2ave"toX 1you`1fac UO D we~ Lee. It seems absurdly simpl?Ayet, 2howA geXQto go9 's plentthread, no)A, buXRcan't&@"it 9-CI'll(B clPand concisely,Bmayb2 Cpark,Dall R!toirProceedHSome years ago--qin May, 1884--[!LeVRgentl Qby na h2> YQmoney <@+,8uigSs0U niclived generYgood style. By degreedmade [4"Bhoodin 1887 he m(:3e da local brewer, by whom he now two children0 occupa1buti #st >ep@!in#2own Brule{3Sreturningx B5:14 Cannon S&aevery . 1 isthirty-seven9of age,g man of temperate habiy.,R affucate faF:#ndLTApopuf 1ith 1whoV him. I may add 3hisyTdebtspresent mom$as far D|Qbeen Sto asb, amouj #88>Q 10s. ale he4220Astan!toAcred$rCapitalCounties Bankyslsrefore,"nk;# 3AAweighis mindLast Mondayaq town re earlicusual,ba> Qthat d two importanm[ rperformw7jQbringEboy home a box%SricksebRmeresm#ce]1ifee.a telegram} Csamely after his departuz9+&parcel of coFrable valu # s|Bexpe4was@"\r officbthe Aberdeen Ship8sCompanyi;! aE=!ll +, jW1 isAcFresno3K ch branches/of,,+ 1fou-di. Mrs.d8Bunch#%ated foe City, didA sho2, ps#'sa, got]"paRBherself at exa E4:35dd ( 11 onOqway bac vtation."8So farBIt iT cleaW Iremember,2an exceedingly hot dayN" ^cwalkedk   1hop seeing a*1shelrnot lik 9$ i3sheM. While sheM!is,Xdown U,/suddenlyrQjaculZT or c.was struck col!seZ# Yna2s iD e:h(" '5A1-floor window 3ope s3"1saw!fa{@aescribes 4ingey agitatedH1wav sS%cs fran; "erW+hvanishH3 so#m-at! tv'h$be$g"2 by~irresistibl7"ce*0V. On-2her> feminine ey-although he w m coat, such a 7T in,on neither collar nor necktie*ConvincedtVwas amiss2him!rubX!thTeps--iD l"pF'--and run Rfront prattemptaMCairs~lthe first  -!oo7irs>Yqscoundrd whombspoken 1thr "er/i$Sy a D/1o qas assiO#z2, pq1hers#instreet. Filled most madd R1dou% nd fears Blaneqby rare 7qune, me  a number ofAstab$ n inspector, "ei@ir beat. The 01two 3aniBback ZA,qproprieQthey $Dd,MrBlast#Aseenrb signu're. In factq3the aZ3no b`save a crippled wretc 4hideous aiv3, s:@!omqre. Bot`R}stoutly sy2elso 1durAhe F Anoonmeobdenials6the(staggerehad almos0/cbeliev heen deluded'qsprang 00deal box 2lay^ R!orKB lidait. Oure fell a cascad%'s [$[#oy promis #omThis discovethe evident confu4the:"  {Qreali1:aq matterrserious "}s were carefully examinqresultsan abominabl!meB$lainly fur!as (-1and#tbedroom -*"ouy$e183. B>f$heZ# VDis a-Tstriptis dry at low tideJ]vered at/#idwv1fou " aj1feeQwater-#  aa broa!opS$below. On U 3trag Cbloo&Fseensill, and!sc$sed drop1vis ;bwoodent+N2. T%aU 1ehi"cu$kwere allAclot f"thM)p.&ecoat. His boots, Csock #ha ratch--allryre no sign(^E3anyese garmen8!reTQ no o   oCust apparent5.gone for_Cexit!%beLp bminousastains sill gave#ulby swimminga"it!es#43the9ctraged+1And!as qhe vill!wh  be immediatelyIn1licda1wasnBw vilest antecedabut asE a's sto9eY  Q 3very few lC#'sb d hard zmAan aq Tessor H4-CfencU@#abORignorBaprotes h)"noWledge-Hugh BooneFlodg Je" ik1waycNissing $'sGauSo muchB t25Nowsinisterb who live0)2whoy)!ly&l Shuman(Awhos3#s Df yname isO%is; fX2@familiar toD%Bgoes! Q Cityiprofessional beggadLough in ordeV3avoUzS reg"s tt=#n wax vestas. S&$TAneed%Greetleft-hand side Qre is>1youyaremark#. 5ang wall. Here iAcreaFAQtakes|daily seat, crossA;tiny sto2matv#la"Qas heQa pit spectaclerain of charityZ: the greasy le 3cap (lipavement < ! $wAgfellowX4oncW ever9aof ma+Asacquainm&-*ssurprisR the harvestpoa-#" 2youiir   4rass himyout observsm. A shoChair, a pakN disfigure>Aa horrible scar,, by its contr:5hash3!up-outer edgQhis uFl2$ bulldog c5and a pair ofxpenetrating dark eyes?%% ao1rasg AolouPsall mar! BamidLcommon crowXmendicantsso, too, do<2wit@MRready=a reply to1ApiecRchaffS%beEA"at(JyHO8qrs-by. m *1m wa lear3the A!maIl%e 2 ofnQwe aroSquest6But!" said I. "Wha hn'1don1gle5cgainst Aprim2ClifeI7sen Awalkh a limp; but inx !rewsZ powerfulqwell-nud man. Surelymedical experLV!S, Wat[&at/ne limb is often compTy1 byq!pt strengthothers." "Pray1inu r narrative#  "fa sI Tthe z h0 escortedE cabQoliceRher c ! bsno help9 mir investig&Ts. Iq BartonhQchargN!\   xpremises,&G"fiXN4threw any+! m. One mistakin not ardB]Boone8Ya,1omeV>minutes n 2hav#unP 4his4Rthe E Bfaul!soon remedi rseized earched,6out" Sfoundc$incriminateJ .0Twere,2rue4$ _2his+ shirt-sleeve(he+ang-fin '4V cuty0BnailQexplav"bl2Afrom)bre, adt L w)Q not 4Abefo7End ` e"re|doubtless same sourcB!de#BuousW 2ingI?Mr. 0lt $ Dc!a ra myste 7himN W $?Jto 's assers)ad actub$\# gPBdecl$Cm!mad or dreaming0 awas res, loudly1%` " -f[!lei2remGK_2 inBhopeqthe ebb$idTafforresh cluuAnd it did, they hardly{mud-bank(they haeEfind #'sat=p#unX1 assreceded. And what dR;b think5i2cocketsI cannot imagiS0wSdon'tIDqguess. ENc stuff pennie Shalf-c--421 1270"c. It QN)+5d DswepOy3a Nody is aNUerentI%fierce eddyW3LQwharfu Aouseseemed likely en_weightedF had2whe2str>tA sucked ( T/fBut I under%1allPCwere room. W2the#be dresse(aDalon No, sir, b! f-met specir. SuppoEbaHSs manN%; . ' human eye the deed!#atAhe dE!n?o_2!inOBrike x>^ptell-tale Y! 4 ta;!anB actMrowing it out,4 itu@AoccuQ2himi2swi&not sinkBhas -d timeN ! hNa Se scufflDM?ried to force heuaperhap bhas al b4his confederatA are\Dying% 3notut8Iqbe losto some secret hoJ^,qaccumul 1uit3hisyI1e 9 $co- Qn lay*haz(make surQoat's5# aU #amZz:e1rusUsteps belowar only jd.1clo  |Soliceed." "It sounds feasibl* sWell, wftake itw for wan'a better.F !1tol5,  X Q take{c!buGH not be sh rCeverh !  ]H/3for.,!ase2his<3ADaa quiep? innocent one*  rbpresenwquestio #vesolved--J  I42hap3,m.$reBis W.x7Cto d9d aance-- 23all, 1 a !iokWIq"ss=+@"ny1within mym| Tookedfirst gl{sso simp3 $yesqed such~dicultisDB(Sherlock5adetail rhis sin6Aseri3+ eventsF7Cwhir6? outskirw3own unti:astraggC%Cleft21ratm<a a country hedg  1sidd 1JusRhe fi%awe dro!&wo! gQere alights stlimmered dWe are= %7Leea0,rion. "Wfq touch;NaEnglis/cin our:,'n Middlesex,ging over !gl)aSurreyp" e2in Kent. SeDB amo; trees? ThaG<ISlamp sit|ase anx7Bears ,o" ^?, caught qlink ofhorse's feet"qBut why1you s<e>Baker Street?" I ask C "B are many<$ie"be &!ou)+,e.- most kin!utwAroomJmy disposa(Qmay r$!ssY,2ill="noq)but a welcome-%G:5rlleagueBTte to mee 4no l%2. Hs are. Whoa 1oa!bd pulld?iMnS largn!stE"0its own gr(A-boy1run!toAhead spring2own[AHolm<1sma8< gravel-]!le< AAs wU[ door flew op#a Tblond88 !opp)Cg@0h cort ofamousse\rde soie1 a 8 of fluffy pink chiffoe+x wrists. Shec3herXHHlY [", V"nd  1oor! 3rai her eagerness,sAly bLiead andj protrudedF Naand parlips, abll?" s bed, "wA4en,/h Qtwo iA,@gQ)#4hop&Bsank8ai 03saw;;qNo good!?"NAeNo badThank God Bthatbcome iUbe weary 1youb{a5dayWeS, Dr.G sb "ofvital use to ~ &Bof m2 !s,a lucky ch 2hase eQfor mbring him basociatlW) I am del_$tofshe, preO: warmly. "You!, KAsureGV Xmy  our arrangem} Ahen iBonsi?wj2hasEso 0C#usMy dear madamAI, "an old campaigneryif I were not I can Awellno apology is ne-#If2$U any.4ce, !too C DVbe indeed happzE!Mr Z DQady ae0:d a well-lit dining-)4Ub a3supper had BlaidJQ"I sh< Amuch9kRne orB Ss, toCI bef ie5e answCs, madam!Do84my feelings.ysterical, normn!ai2. I y\1heaBr re8val opinIU"atIr-|hearts,Rsis aliv( (qembarraf8d. "Frankly, now!repeated9 -1rug5A ke[qdown atd leaned back in a basket-chair.|_Q, I d3You h%deCI do+xMurdereqn't say2. P5/A}G1day6#he e#thIhOn Mon$en,+4 , 9"beoq how i% Q  received a lett)6z%o-| k/4outEc hQ gal5 qWhat!" v.$ar!Ye}r !smA, hoL6 up slip of paper QMay I^He snatche bfrom hJhX{ #mo + h\Cw ovr 5andL/ it intently. I1lefCbs gazi0iC !erq envelRacoarseLSstamp_ Gravesendt#-!1dat,Wday, or rathe$] Bay .^" i?anger is!Bu @ f 'eUnlesseAa cl9forgery to pu  wrong sc1The,all, provehI9%$hi] qNo, no;T"s,rvery owQing!" V3blwo~ Bonly,v V{8posbIf so,W0happened{!C"Oh |2not4zurage mKball isFB"hiDR so kDsympathyy2 usIB91uld4 if evil cameROX3day; saw him QQhe cu Dself 2bed `! Cd up the utmosqt{q"ha@!Do $Cat IS+arespon dsuch b3  < !sei]3!noknvk2 imTon ofw# qUmore tN!theRL%lu5n analytical reasonerK$is ei8ls strong =.];cqcorrobo BviewFH$ ,1ablASwrite!s,V main away c 3you2%Y!unaH9# hno remarks2 le(dN/"we0Apris$ Zhim iD8dmuch sKW&RwindoX-$YeOT<:$a!ca{l1H" He only, as$,n inartiIESe cryHyA~H"lp\!t- He waved4 !BubG_<7. Aaf7B unI&ed.3youPc a throw up` T Cback>bHe dis3(ed.EfCleap7.[iBusee any1@oZ&km &is24manbhH7the+7 t1fooy+rTQuite so-afar asc[ is ordinary1'oXAithos collar#ie. I distin Bs ba1! ae36Riew '"!eifathomedf5r cdH >Bdatabinsufficient.)sas soon|/mnow prepa>1for2ll-%krtook of1coaer waistm-eput on1blu2!-gwandered abougcollecting pillows=:(drcushion! ^1ofa1armCs. W^Qse heH1tru(aW6 E=#an !hehe cross-legg an oun#75sha P:<! ia nr him. I(2dimh   , an old briar pipe betwcgs^yes fixed vacanCocFcorngSceiliV]smoke curlC*qm, silrmotionl"|!shq! -set aquiline features. So +2$I droppedsto slee$+so he sat wh  Md)Ewakec+I-Dummer sunAinto#aapartm[2Thehwas still s5#;%edVz was full" d8*C haz1!2heaI Dpreviousi.OTAwake7?($ GֺDor a}5 dr$"C W"Then dress. No o{~Astiri2yetIi&sB-boyw the trap out." He j # stwinkleh^ mS(0#n Asomb6ink(RA "I (.my watch 1n(1*,twenty-fiveQ7$ pF.hardly '#sreturne"2the$+B boy1put~ b horse-BI waHFtesttheory of min'1 o! (FB. "IJy,]n W54oneEmost= Q foolREuropO e_" h !kiPere to ChRCrossYvA kethe affair now3AndVis itA, smMCpQ bathred. "Oh, yes,h2jok"he1>1inuW#!myk of incredulitycjust bee52d_ 6!go|is Gladstone bag. Come on, my boy;ee whetheill not fitMBlock8WYxour way,1G 1etl  k!ouoebrightsunshineRCroad% 1ors b trap qhalf-cl.!wa, Ahead cboth "inaway we da d.e London Road. AQ++r carts !B, beqin vegesmetropolisF1lin, villas onO Bside`ac /rless as2 ci\sa dreamQt hasD2 in 6s a@-5casrq, flicB6(!rs,Ua gallopBconf+bas bliCSa mol iBbett Elearn wisdom l38n jrbat allDIn tearliest risers1>1gin "tomasleepik3romcvawe dro8Brougoq3sbSurrey9Ed. Pass)Waterloo B;2 we red over_RriverCdash Wellington+ wheeled sharpl;r>Xqourselv9C Bow@,. w`$Bll 1+4bwo conRsGdoor salutede 'them hel>5w's head:o]led us inWho is on duty?"#?2rad7I"Ah,ahow arA?" A?k,Q! on Qal ha5e stone-fla(passage,%#peaked cap# frogged jacketCwishe a quiet with you(." T, Mr.R Step)"mym vM"!a+! Re-lik a huge ledger aa telephone proj R wall7 o<1satQ$rs deskWhat can&$2for!?" Ix"edWBbeggarman, Boone--th!who was charoJ?vconcern0{)!ofSNeville St. Clair,0=1s bt@#nd remandC1fureinquir2Q"So I"&dp"hiScellswRIs he$%aOh, he&f 'cUhe isWMSDirtyG%YeO!do8/a hO"fa.ack as a t@ $'sn 2onc14mA se3p%"a Jr prison bath;g Syou 3would agreeH)$ i_AI sh/Rto seCmuch1;6you2easily done+ 2waycan leave0Sr bagM> AI'll Kgood\q please "5a opened a barred.!pa[. 01 st)9s)r whitewscorrido!!a !of\Ceach!Th$rdVS," saL7. "Here it is!" Hrly shot(ta panel+py)}^/tglancedH"The. " $weN 1 pu/rgratingSer laq2towards us/q#a breatbslowlybheavilHNw- iddle-sized RcoarsbaR !bez~!ca1$0irt protrudF4(i tattered coa5he liber6k0W1e tm% 3I sDh2ght|3man peeled off#rk8 tree. G*"asU1 brIAint!!vP'c horrithad sea~1 wisted liIS1had  2sne1the ! A twitch X1angC,: %]#upB bed a pale, sad-faced, refined-f S-hairsmooth-skinned, rubb/%.!ta[ 2ithy bewilder&nly reali?#thR5qhe broko a scream0Uthrew wdPGheavens!" criinspector, "it i1deeI4XDman.2himXBhotograpX ' cthe reckless }S who abandonsS,A1s dNQy. "BC$so he. "And pray what am I * With makingR a-- Oh,6x can't beS that unBtheya 6of eBsuicWD it b a griN?  BsTyears! 2buth)areallyw c cake.uf 9d obvio'no crime q commit1hat@creforeqillegal Uetain ENR|0g+ i"  )dT1truyour wif t1not&rwife; ib",";)qer. "G䐃lp me, I#no&$them ash!Q ir father. My God! Wn@ ~!be 4him !co3V 2ay,}#execution,4*left my miserablJ as a family+3y )Airst5ZBever} my story2qa schoolmastt ChesterfieldGre I7nWllent educV. I trave Qyouth5 p!ge!alR%2camaporterr#n:4#"apbLondonV1day52edi+`Bseri<darticljsbegging(( xand I volunteerb Qsupplh m]!re9oint fromfall my%s 5tedonly by trying as an amateu=b!geS fact0'to basesa. WhenLActordcourse, learned  nDs ofu"2had$AfamoQgreeni=A forQskillook advantag@attainment/pX"myW~"tomyself as piti%as I made a! !ixfG!myn Qtwist|Qhe ai1a -R slipjCEesh-)!plN !a g 1ead p "an bpriate+","aZUFbusiness city, ostensib)ak%q-seller&L"b. For hours I plied my tradxIae sumsNQmoney20MB<4any)%Cs of#hL6700|byear--6is my average takings--bu"d `efw&m9$ 7Balsosbfacili!reI3e, mproved by pract "ndrme quit rcognise\`#ac a. AllTAa st3of XZA, vaby silver, po niaA badUBfailEtake.()grew richermore ambitious,$ "Z Q,Qr]2marJa2anyone hGa suspicR& real occupation 2deaO1. Se-3whaLast MondCn 1forD1day2was u "myVZa above+2D denq< $6GBw, !ho=aK%F5,n!mySstand RtreetU her eyes fixed ful=66! c*$ , m}2cov a, rushrconfida4, entreated5!prcfrom C!upNQheardHvoicY 3shernot ascend. Swiftly Ioff my clothes, pu W!os a!!ig ig. Even aA's k not pierce so compleBsn!!ocĉdv Cther1 be!arE^*3tha  ccbetrayMe1 cow, reO by my violencpmall cutQinfli1;smorninge BI se"y 2]5swas weLI zRjust 8e !Sto it@!th7qther ba_2I cj! m(\JQhurle!&Cin=the ThamxEhaveQ$atm paF$z'!up! a few minutes"?1, rjD, I[8Ws relief:Binst M%identified ascSas aro!asD$mI !2elsme to explain. II/determin1pre  2 as 51 hmy prefer5for=%face. Know Iould be te9Ry anxI slipped;rP!ndi"idB# >qgy5no M]0 cgether aMD scrawl,,1ing she had no03PCfear!Th"tebreacheKy3day|. "Good  she must& !!"0Tted this B AB, "3can tunderst= FZcpost a`>Q unob5qd. Prob,nsome sailor custom his, who forgot all~ !it:Hdaysgjwas itNQ, nod9vingly; "no doubt of it A3youbeen prosecutQT?}Many times{lw\2ineK,"ItRstop [0ehoweveB. "I;bo husht#up\b1morFHugh BooLesworn itmost solemn oath(1canq"InAcase2inkrit is p%no)AstepdIAy beRnb)3are WnAcome4! R+`w,d !mu2debFB youV "clWh1ishxaew how9 your resultIu4oneRY1, "# 'bfive 0s!su %9hink, WatsoSFqat if =/!ivmqBaker S Vj!inHbreakfas! VII. THE ADVENTURE OFBLUE CARBUNCLE 1A >7second BChristmas,~1ten!of{"ima bcompli s]j2lou%%|1ofa8 purple: k; pipe-rack |Qright2liQcrump8tpapers,K !thIs$weu "cr !inral places. A lena forceps lyq!eac hair suggesh Qe hatFb~#2spe&namanner2the# 1exakn#io0tengagedCI; "R I interrupt you!No aeaam gla"a אS whom,discuss & Tg6.perfectly trivial one"--he je(his thumbRe dirŏold hat--"b rpoints in n5$it!re entirely devo 8qnd evenqinstruc"s;g | 1armQwarmeEhandEI!li 1re,a sharp frod set inY cre thi !ic[EQstals/si!,"Nk)Q, "thxBhomeit looks,_Dh?qme deadriory linkBit--r3luee(Bguid>Bmmystery Z e punish "of*6Rcrimey"No, no. !]" saiaq, laugh S"Only9Pwhimsicalr1incv Dhapp'yN1 four million human sAjostaeach o <2spa?: square milEmcx#re " =aa swarx"it&ryCcomb1 ofltnAexpe0!tozCnmsZrproblemAbe  CntedTstrik ubizarreG# criminal. We qalreadyaexperi% of such. "Sot%I;,last six%IRe add m* #rem1freQany ?$ Precisely. bAlludlmy attemp| "rethe Irene Adler  9 of Miss Mary SutherlO"2 adventur ((%3  o#isP FfallX!sanocent category. You"SPeter wmissionair 3YesAIt i4himis trophy belong,Uhis hG4, h it. Its owncAunkn\, !it b!edycock bun intellectub. And,<2, aRow it%7q It arrYeupon  1ccompan (h" f-$se5is,q, roastvJD5 of's fire !are 3se:VTfour 5on  ,Qy ,chonest~D reG!esmall jollifi"4was#!43war6-Tottenham Court Road. Ihim he saw, i3asl  tallish man, wal0"a &Q stagPwand carryp white goose slu$h6his&b As he4 e# of Goodge s, a rowq+&ou!stranger`.1kno+Q3vl 1kno !of," - #onhe raisedstick to defend+and, swiK H3head, sma 3hopR behiH4. !ru11for!to(41ect.= assailants;B, sh@ qving brK B# d1an :qial-loopq in uni "rul W5FPF2hisQ, too4his heels,Avania labyrintos2lie &of( 3TheN "flBthe (:{zh1lef4bV& bQli"Qspoilxuvictory "hatehI" ahunimpeachablepXWhich su QQstore1Rtheiro{AliesV#. #ru'For Mr;nry Baker'""prC%<witials 'H. B.' ulegiblenr lining,%1 [ Qthous| "ofubhundre< \cJSours, not easy toS lost*t7 q U them!aten, didEd,D"He :round both2and@ J8 kI RmalleBblem!of1res tme. ThCwe r/.%]!rnJAW Asign!atAspitdo Jwould beX! Bit 6 be eate out unnecessary delayfinder hasMq it ofZ/qto fulfe ultimate destiny of'se, whi'M#tam f q gentle Aho 7hisTdinneRDid hadvertiseTT#94cluA3you2 l 1is in>"OnCmuchDCcan deducAFH _ kSBut y:j%. R@ayou ga *Dold c feltkOP contrary51 se&rLtfail, 6Bason1 Dc1 oo timid in drawing your inferenc5rtell meUF<xbQHe pi Qit up2gaz ithe peculiar introspectUfashi was characteriG 2. "phU lessb!ivM:"b7# <"ewXrWsTSch re7)Beast>&song bal ,!il3TC"`1ghl 3! ip/46 cthe fq1it,z| feTafairlyi-to-doClast*6%, WhjDnow fallen BevilQ He %1oreB;"ha 4n formerly,ing to asal retrogr(#ak**Aecli t fortunes,Kindicate^influencodrink, at _,R3him)may accountS&2fac^" his wif/Bceaslove himx H5 Qdegreh self-respect$ d, disregarmy remonstrance. Cgho leads a sedentar=, goes ouL/2, ibof tra G, is middle-dgrizzl~A$J2had$2ithL1fewR4Aanoiith lime-crea$es"he more patent factSto be$ dat. Also, by[Bway,9zC\*b gas laid RX%ou You are certainlyo ,%No#least. It nhhen I give6TthesePbare unQo seeAtheyattained? ">bstupidING amo%o2exaA1how 3youk !as FvY4swe=A cla$Q3. IC ov?C)m02ridjhis noset a quescubic capaa3Rhe; "B!9$so<\r brain<2havSin it T1Bthen!"T"at82 ol! se flat brims cur2aedge m2n0Ais aS bbest q a8Q ban4!riBAsilkV`?cellent l32. I$)q affor buy so expensivejb"ha'4ahat siDthenassuredly gon* Sworldl2\is clear enough,"3how=r eqlaughed(;t?J dV]s)Qittle Dloop .+never sol!ha;72ord; $neaoa1 am(ofs1entCHU way9 aprecauLQagainpLQwe seB$ate not troubl~replace itR0 ! b proof\weakening3e. ! 1 hhe has endeavourconceals*n elt by dauC 0 Tnot OCYour^  sly plausible,5The% `9is qis hair4#i2  2rec>#c6Wfuses ,#llxa close4"!Q low=rPnL1TheZsloses anumber of hair-ends,7An cu scissorsmq barberZry all ,adhesive#thPiBodouw Bdust)  he gritty, grey dust\luffy brown (1hou:1shoGhung up indoors moe2tim!leQ markmoistureainside]Dposi  wearer perspired bfreelyC]3for>2 in "Buawife--Ua Aat sd "ha}qbrushed,weeks. W !se 2, m$ :,'s accum2 ofByour%Qand  wife allows you to go oue 1suc1tatRCshall fear32you ?2 une 3ate!7Bq!'s$Q K1tbachelo,qNay, he #brtBhomeRoose WHeace-offer: wife. Reme2the  g2Youan answer touow on earth doFQdeduc 1 garQnot l=  ?!1Oneow stain, or even two,d-come by chanc " nNJ. +7Vcan b,\ b !Qfrequ!aontactt A bu--walks upstairs at nm  n(hT5BguttTcandl ,. AnyhowT got~Bs from a gas-jet. Areusatisfi  i  Qingena0""I, ting; "bze, as Bjustz i~U03rim"Atted no harm .G!saQe losa,#be a wastenergy.Q had opened his mouth&Bply,G8oor flew open" #, ksartment21"fl!Scheek^_L  ho is dazedT]7S, Mr.'! Asir!Sgaspe@2Eh?Qof itQn? Ha>!ea MSand f7off throughQkitchhcndow?"k$LBrounaLAsofabet a fairerh man's exciO02ace3See0ssir! Sexg8fis crop!" He held outXtdisplay 6ent@%palm a brilliant,cintilla_#fTtone,":an a bea2sizc^# &b purit(Aradi{%itHdA likyelectric :  dŸo,!of*-asat upP a whistle. "By Jove,!q he, "~ %easure trovUeed. U*O Qyou Agot?"A diamond? A preciousEq. It cu+to glassAough2wer "It's mo$rSemNjKbCountemMorcar'scarbuncle!" IhP) so. I ou3Io'rits sizI1seeShat I$1rea Cment@iThe Times{ day lately8Qis abL+ely uniqu" aits va5Qan on conjectureir#7e&10> B noin a twentieth$ market pricqA  pounds! Great Lorqqmercy!" 8( plumpe%%1a c# <%ta oW4'b of usHt6I =sentimental co trationsRbackg$in o"to1 bhalf h/tune if she Xbut A*$ge'tlost, if I r a,;$ Hotel Cosmopolitan," I ", on Dec1 22nd, justV D ago. John Horner, a plumber'b accusQU4aabstran,;Ulady's jewel-case#2%ce1him tso strof  sds been re;the Assizes.Esome# *1her cbeliev\drummag%his news2 glancing ov e dates, o1at @he smooth?/'t, doub;2ver&ing paragraph:4  Jewel RobberyI 26,1 b" Cchar22nd inst., g Fthe avaluable gem5ne~. James Rydaupper-attendaBotel, gaGs80!Teffec Dshow1 upy1he Ding-room)4day(rx# i# R sole second bar=!grk=as loose.qad remt D1but(Qfinalqen calsway. On $Wu@X8had]>,<QureaudBbeen4\   morocco caske!"it6Rwards=?!pi 1was accusto Akeep7Rjewelqlying empty% btable.MaA7the alarmx$rr5ae same "bue!no5Ta eithaoW*oNFG. Catherine Cusack, mUo? r, depos URheardQ's crdismay on discov&*"=ing Aroom &Uere s&$ described-;witness. IW;, B divisionaQrresto, qstrugglanticallBprot4his0 /'terms. EvAprev aconvicsSfor - been givenf bisonermagistrate refto deal summarilyRffenc* %it 6Asign0intense emoti1uri$Se pro7$s, faint$conclusion andacarrieH of courHum! So mucheaolice-(# 1ght<&Q, tof! a<aper. "TheBbfor usl!o w Q seq 44ing!ri-at one end]BcropHiM0'QotherB$V see$4our  suddenly assumed a7!e importantx5les1t aA(. l;H  #Mr. Henry ,gentleman'ba-** w$s4_ AboreA. So"wePQset #3lvepBseri_rto find'is#as# 2ingy #s i(Y8. To doI,#trimplest means firs'$5 lie undoubtedz$; an %in*#As. IH"is&Q #re$"to`*" "Whatyou say?Give me a pencilAt!liU1NowQn: 'F0a be corn( 2HSa)=.EFP.B canH $bby appqat 6:30{= at 221B,Cz4.' Bclea Uconci."V #Buhe see itAWell2is -oQs, si|to a poor man.2 lo{q a heav<: #wal!sc"byj%2mis2 inL@!owTK#qapproac2l h55 ofwQbut fF. Cmustbitterly regretZ>nCulsebcaused7bo drop2bir !"n,{b{BnameMLlfr=M"wh$=36adirect \Tto i#, run down Bing agency andQis putV L"In2Oh,M e Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St S's, EYNews, Standard, Echo2anyas that,NrC.v2Ver(". ui/vAh, yesI}tone. ThankZ$1And(6ay,s52buyA-syour way+and leave it h-"meD!onm%w 3in e l4 ontfamily is,Adevo2Whe A had"'&Q took 6 "it!stC$hYonny ,ahe. "JQ1seeQit gli'zparkles. O s)is a nucle?]a focu crime. Every goodiAy,$vil's pet baits. ]Fre largeNjewels eUfacet may stanQa bloodkMpRt yety1old`4was  2banUqmoy RivO southern Chinais remarkableD  H |V, sav Ais in shade 1Laruby rt34its]$ g>a sinist9AtorytW-C twoHLs, a vitriol-throwing, a suicidvz/6 !ie#3ughQ for1sakz 'forty-grain wei crystallised charcoal. WhoLkHso pretty a toy!bsurveyor,3 g1andprison? I'll lock iTin myh1boxQ)o!toEr to say"wei6 !Do23man  tM0not tell$tdTcimagin.VK  ,N1anyb to do F34tteAIt idFmore likel Qis antY< &nol@4bir9Ahe b1arr"wa>x2blyQif it2B madhqsolid geThat, 1 determine by3 test if :our 1Ands)!No6uat case{6*myf ,"  4ack`Ahourmh"edIr71lik#se 1oluTof soiq a busiG"q. I dinvTsevena"woodcock, I j" B b-%in!%.urences,12I & rto ask :#ud%erI="de7 Aat a,a!af+alf-past six6Q1 my61in Y Q once1. A e8% I saw a tall 2a Scotch1et }ra coat was buttonedoJ chin wai1outfA brcsemicircleL44sthe fan*bJust aCrriv}zRpened<"weRshown!geBto ' room. ":|FRhe, r Afrom1arm greeting3visc2DeasyjBgeni:8which he mso readi. "Pray takeUr" bRfire, 4ccold nnd I obser qcircula_#isbadaptebsummerQfor wIF. Ahwy$S jus"$ts Ip y 2Mr.n!?"!Ye "r,8is &myzD!Hew(5eZulders, a mas-3heaa broad,/#ig1e, sloping !a Aed bEof 72(r. A touBrAnosevq",9! s tremor of,2extYLhand, re,dsurmisP&1hab His rusty!Rrock-qup in C5llam"upC his lank wrists protrudedA2outprcuff orpvAspokCa sf&cccato V7t, choosBBwordZC car g ce imp5 generallyF!maAlear,E Btter2hadill-usag2han?0"We>>sS-, "because we50yRto se x X<$iv9 address. I am$"lo !knQw why["di5OurBa8#hamefaced_&. "ShillingsQnot so plentiful#me5ydAwere5t >0Imno doubtdang of4Cwho assaulted me Aff @] c qo spenddyrhopelessmpt at #mPAnatuZ 3abowAbird1wer!pevto eatx 2To 8!" | Brose3"in cexcite*r&@1 us= !an!ha Bnot 'o. But I presume goose upoasideboCFis s{eQPbfresh,aQanswe r purpose eq_CwellO2 "C&ed5ca sigh>Blief4stiReathers, legs, croBso o>1own+q, so ifbawish--"Th{Tburst#eheartyMaThey m be useful8CI1lic[ F2 goo} 2one>?SsomewCa fowl fancierIseldom seebetter grown1""C"lyb" saidd AriseQ tuck| s newly gained property uD r<>%e who -lpha InnKVthe Museum--wAv1fou"d#1 it <2dayi DstanFQyear Yhost, WindigatT1namtyQstitut4 club, b Z, onZ& of somep%Qevery0Zqeach to%&aeive a; at Christmas. MyC4duly pai ras fami}@+/Z:a is fitted n!&to my years nor my gravity." With a comical pompositT Vhe bowed[!ly;3othstrode offFrhis way s bHolmesh"clp!K"oor behind>jAcquite 1 he$s whatever)n/dhungry Not particularly#"T!3"ug hat we turn our dinnerCsupp7follow up{clue whilo>ABy aZ2ans}I Aa bi  so we drewbur uls."nd wrapped cravats1our4bats. Ob stars1shiN 1colz*ccess sk"1thesX ssers-by blew out /Rsmokeso many pistol shor footfalls raLa cris1nd yeHQswung2ugh(octors' quart&sWimpole, HarleyZoEdWigmor. Oxford3aa pin Bloomsburyx &small public-house +H_ Nruns down Holborn.Wapushed+>JApriv5a!rdt two glasseAbeer Bruddy-facedate-aprlandlordYU3eer( bif it is as!as  geese," said heM"Mya!" Theseemed surpr3Yes. I was speaZPAonlyIaago to^ M}%o<Q 8xD5Ah!"ee=syou seeQthem'=QIndeeVc1ose*|iIItwo dozen a salesCovent Garden[1? IAm. Wx6wasBreckinridg)#amK"Ah! I don'tQRhim. There'ood health,)aprospe1!r q. Good-5Now-f#d,Qing uBAh as we caa Arost. "Rememberi though }so homely a J$\ An, w-v ]A T#!ly3' penal servitudee~1n eh1ish v'1. IMQpossiXIquiry may but confir{guilt; butany caseA linAinvestig?2hasmissed by&*a singular ch @$cBands. Let us 61 it":end. Factsu quick march!WdK .,AeEndell& a zigzaAslum ! M12. O2=t> 1thec9 ofB i}Lroprietor a horsey-loo3man ^2ace rim side-whisk !asping a boAput ue shutt6 e`!#. e 6TheDnoddBhot a questi  at my companionGQ"Sold"of,<&,",tV bare slabSmarblC"Lefive hund@t-morrowR.0Q"That8l!om!CM1the:Sflare;!Ahbrecomm 'cWho by5ThePlo -Oh, yes;$Qnt hib@Aoupl<,AFine sU, too. Now w qdid youAthemxTR qw provoke&!cof ang;$'1, m }his head coa s akimbo, "RaBdrivr? Let'sSrit stra 3now6 enough.p z2whoD2you"upzCWellD2n't@you. So now1"Oh !ma of no import= 2why8bawarm o`Euch a triflWarm! You'0Aas w/Qmaybe42you qas pest" !as!en I pay$ uB forw#d S1Aan eCffH it's 'W1he l!?'D'Who3 sZ#6 to&)AtakeN'On@"ey2the: zworld, to heaLb fussE!is qW#)no connecJ1ithq*Rpeopl'rbeen m %ie'>1lessly. "I AtellN eEoff,2all I'm always readback my opinion onbafowls,a fiver on i(Q I atd vS bredWnq've losrT: Atown=S," sn bI <4kinsRI say P6"D'1inkCmoreS 8I{!vel!m ?* a nipper? I |?&osuat wen W You'll nlqpersuad,4thai"WiA bet ;merely taoByoura i BI amuMb I'llza sovereig?3you8Ato tQAyou t$o be obstinat \chuckled grimrBring mbooks, BillR2 hGpDboy 71rouBthin volumK a great greasy-baone, layR1hemv Sbenea AhangBlamp3Now Mr. CockAn1" s4s, "I thp"Rhat I$ ! 6fore I finisR'll find:Bis p5one}^my shop. Y little book   !isk 1olk4 whom I buy. AQsee? nC Ais pe>e$Bfolkc7 QumberEtc!irL s9l:i big ledger. $Ain r kJdis a "my!rsO , look at3Qthird"Q reaQ\"O$Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road--249,"VQs Bturn{$uph:dicated. "HeX are, 'Mrs. R, eggdoultry 1r.'w"vh\Bast entr ' =. Twenty-fJ at 7s. 6dZ'Th-Qunder'h B'c, at 12saPo say now? !lo deeply chagrinIdrewbfrom iAcketCAthre-8Alab, 2wayVrthe ai#whose disgustoo deep#qords. A1yar !f he stoppeda lamp-poshearty, noiseless ! w< bculiarԏ%> y|$1ith7C1ker `"cuzthe 'Pink 'un' "i)a#CHD can1draz)8betf "I dareK+1if put 100 poundm front of him,j3man)#no*given me complete informL! w #n m#mM*!he#doon a wager7u1, I`your quew5 Dpoin'=s*d is whd'w gR "is)-2 toO, or<Rreser 6forRclearawhat surly felc$?#ars-s ourselveo51anx:  vI  Hb/s l8cut short`loud hubbubbroke out 2Ajust. Turning"we)# 2rat  jG|)Rof y0Dlighwas thrownz1swiHle 3 u f, fram&do&Bstal4>B shQ hsts fierck3 crzRfigur 1"I'R d" o a-)Bshou3I w " $llfUdevil  Vyou comeV eany mo3 1sil 1lk "seQdog a L Qbring 83;0#2her g// it? DidU |1geeA2"NoFoC1minO9same," whineXU% ?   1ask6for She told me>]s' .4 !skKf ProosiaT Qall I$. & bit. Ge4 tis!" HeLIbforwaroS the<er flitted98carknes4"2Ha! 2may3Bus aU'9 to FEsperd. "Co"m(w7#iX!maCs" s." Stri;BscatAknot#4 lounged3bthe fles, my rQ spee,overtook- ! m0d touched himer. He sprang , ,eH v2as-t^!WLd+/r?sLWKathen? !doQwant?M2askA voice.p AYou $qexcuse Ssaid # blandly, "buȋelp overheetM?s1youE/hnow. ~%9b assistance tVWYou? S? Hows2youu3](M-#K is s%my"at# y!Bu} + #isEqM"itD!arkeavouring to tracVHiBwere*by,oI 1 R.(toRn !by!inq 2 to~/WindigateV2 nz;3hisx$#ofMr. Henry Baker' 3"OhBy2thePVa 1hom #to meet," cripN with outstret,rand quia finge !"Ihardly explj how interested c#is<   W hailed a four-wheeler% 1assX4Fe !beyqdiscussn a cosy >Hr)#inOwind-swept mc-place he. "Butjf,Nwe go fart1whoxs Ithe pleasur2ing"ThKdhesitam1xstant. John Robinson" #"edaqlong glHcqNo, no;^breal nusweetlyH% awkward] 6an alias." A flush!wh%6hee:1str!. J!V, "my is James RydA"Precisely so. Head attendant Hotel Cosmopolitan. Pray step 4cabshall soon be abl]"te' W3you P  *man stood2ing =2the;B'with half-fright4hopeful eyesI=2o iS"!su  hX!onBvergtfall or of a cataswvow'1ste#in,*in:#$rback in\ "si+#atStreet. Noasaid dR ourQ, butQhigh,u!R brea>F newclasping&un"ofIands, spokthe nervous tensi&inM!Iecheeri&f?j6q"The fiq%ok|EAasont1 we7cold, Mr.A Pranqbasket-6$ill justj!on&rs1 se!mP O qthen!  a{"bec#f1Yes!."#Orsgoose. ("on, I imagine in -x!--v-4E4bar!BtailXKemotion. u5 GR, "catell me whtLb#toe{zCHereadmost remarkbird it proved. 2wonNsat youn R take:~ in it. It laid an egg iY dead--t+1nni94estAblue< nAseen pB in my museum]2Qstaggd!to|#fe2clu} ntelpiecZ2hisF. aunlock sRA-boxl rheld up@;!sh "ut{*a*6jX,*-qed radic q drawn C, un% to claim a disow"T*"me's up,gHolmes qui!HoIy&befire! Give"Tn arm: , Watson. He's not got bloohto go in4afelony impunity.l dash of brandy. So! Now he3s ar:bhuman. a shrimpc  be sure!ni moment he hadmqand neaVallenR$ Ra tin$s3eekt0 at his accuserT/!alNS link9 s proofs 2I <'y need, sCr1you# tell me. Still,#ma01cleGItup to m[Bcase%Bleteahad heQF"iss!stbU/ Y?y |QE who@Tof it a crackling &--her ladyship's>r-maid. {!the temptsR of  wealth soacquiredtoo much1you cit has'94for 4menk2you9 1ere\very scrupulxqe meansused. It seemsetCthatI#imK$ofLBDavillai `$Y"ew Sman JX aumber,W)aconcern&c2s beforsuspicion, 2!or kc i!do!n?3mad3jobwlady's room--$nBr*e*ZS#--s manageChe SbR  qent forBn`h3leffA%:d Wa, rais`e alarm,ht\is unfortunatm" tS"edathen--'c threw himselfCqthe rugfY!at  's knees. "For God's sake,\!he|Beked 3inkf1! Om! ould break their$;I" "awent w9Z.C! I 2illSq'BwearT'll q on a Bi Oh, don't br jtcourt! For Christ's />G"GetByour!Wstern$w Qto cr:and crawl now,!r!ena is poor t1ae dock^Ra cri"he=.""I92fly>"##. IleavA! R Then3bchargezbst himR4dowJ0rTW"at. And now let ust a truez!! e next act."am63oosMh'd' A3pen2? T&RtruthH"Alies! r only hobsafetyPlapassedStongu'!ar/dlips. hryou itx "pp6sir".  2, i5 "Eat ieQe bes3 mec) Qrat once I^3not^C _police mightd [dsearch m"my0!re2tno plac'the hotel; 7ae safe\ &2out^3f on5com}< for my sister's house. SmFWavQ#rand liv qshe fat;sB3. A !wa#re4rLI me amB1r aQctive; anda\ax/Bsweapdown my faceIEQ Road:@!Qme w8a[/Qwhy Iso pale;I 2herW4I  upset b2O robbery:"n %  2yar smoked a pipz 1ed '$ (eL d a friend1 caAqMaudslehobb=FR has 31timPentonville. One day Tmet %feދNFQthiev!ndeDthey aget ri!they stole. I &heb"to4for) ar two ^sthim; soi!up1indAgo r&on to Kilburn6s2ved3E2him1rnfidencc_rshow meQo turSmoneyB3how m &? ))xqagonies-Ad g!hr!in<3. I !at-+*SseizeeO  waistcoat $|a! (Sw b!oo3!"qwaddlinground my feet< $ ccy headQ!sh=IT"be} ! VdetecqBeverVu_2had'"mew$ 8rc 1pic~ 2her]a !mau3sensO.`:"he&"my| "an%it&qcarry mnn}1 sh[ y4and behind this I droUbirds--a fin*B on%tebarred tail. I caught26apryingyNbill open,#ru_dsaQfar adfingerwQreach;4 gave a gulpQI felqpass aits gullx1ntoAcrop0.screature flapped and`m2out " OWY Rspeak1brute broke loKq fluttaoff among2oth T "'W`@u3you?Bwithbird, Jem?' says s.!"''y rI, 'you syou'd gk\"on.1fee Bst.'6Oh,~, 'we've s7rrs asideyou--Jem's, we calld!'s!birtaover y'Cre'sVb-six mrch makesu|Bliket5- until he chok/ !weyba knifCopenO)My heartRwater Rsign z& * some terrible misu4hadTAd. I*?k' &to'Z{ mW4not:G 1see ) 8!y A*?' I crin!'G odealer'sx.? #+ofQA&uX)!otI !as!'tRme a5ZTchose"Ye;A 1ere N1-taV3one[ A tell them apar#Athencourse I<,"itGrand I rQ as hk s<4feew\#(n 6 h61solmA lo@ Boncem"no\Cword "he2me as to!BtheyHgone. You]dyElvesP. a answ&mebthinks6going mad. Sometim= )(emyselfb2nowF2 a2ief #ou+ !haGQtouch#e2for2 I&m>2racter. GhCilp me! +N convulsive sobbing(u(iIBhand+@3 ong silebbrokenO!byJWheavy!Jm%d tapping of &'u&R-tipsthe edg6a table>r *"op@C doo!GeW| What, sir! Oh, Heavsess you.bNo mor5s. L% aneeded rush, a clh!3upo astairs2 baa4qrisp ra!of running 'Isp#RAfterR,@EAhandhis clay pipe, "not retained  to supplir deficiencies. IRl#in danger iebUthing; b Bis f0+21#hif,ase must collap]"#osacommut.,. jBJEsa soul. TBgo w>; he is tooi!gh . Send him5aol" !keaB-birlife. Besides=S seasR1for~4ess. Chance has pu zda most singul Ju#"msNSroblegits solution is own rewaXqf you # D,RtouchOell, Doctor, whtbegin  vFB, ind, also@nxchief fLB." VIII. THE ADVENTURE OFSPECKLED BAND OnX)!vemCnotee seventy oddvsA I d,89Gc studiamethodZm[end $, I find" tragic, Qcomic 4arg ; merely strange1non0monplace; fz"or\s he did  x lf~ 1han,4the/#me7P, he refusxassociatCself@ *nyzRch di4tend tow8the unusual"#evfantastic. Of $secases, however, n2anyYq prese#Rst+'d%"ll-known Surrey family qRoylottStoke Mor}3AThe cY:G ;"1dayCDmy g(B%ndqere sharooms as bachelor rBaker SN! I[ .L1m crecord|qa promi4Scy wa/Ca?r time, $veN{ten free<*]month byXAuntiKTdeathn1lad #wh/!plc1wasmn. It is perhaps MLb d facts'!no* lXFarsE widespread rumf 5e Dr. Grimesby0w#Atter8[% B!th7th.QR2ear[oTAprilYfU2'83I woke one IQ to   standing, fully dressed,4kW 3 b =A late risss a rul= B qclock o' >(63rter-pastdlinked up atK5omeRPdEjust4" &4meny"reKi _ Very sorrknock you up !/!t'" 4 lo#1orn/1Mrs. Hudson has+],aretort4on GI onW4#Cis iV--a fN1No; 2ienRseems(qa young%4arrha consider*Astat \]1!ns`1see 1wai 4now~.{A1wheies wander e metropolistis hour0]L sleepy peoplu>their bedh l]T somethingpressing3heyo Qnicatit provn0 -1ing.4[,Rsure,;AolloaOutset. I thought,{NI p%2giv{ h$+"Mzr 3, Inot miss it>6 pno keenerP32in 3ingfessionalN7qin admithe rapid deduc'as swif.Tintuidnd yetM1fouological basi1Aravef4theF )were submittebhim. I#ly%oAbclothe0was ready in !to{#Ampanu!to/ ,1A 3 inytarly veilUo]Hindow, rose91 enAne"Good-Sjmadam,v%Q1/. 8Dw iintimate6and , Dr. Watson,(=7syou can !asV1Q. Ha!LQ gla!sett'fd sens the fire. Pray draw up b4Aorde a a cupw oDffeel"ob,A"thl>! a 7 2not@"R QmakesBEhive$!omX1 a Zi+,ging her se.trequest3Wha0?|fear, Mr.". terror." She7)1herk #@ce spok#we~1sheqBindea pitiable ^Aagit jH#1allnCgreyrestless 5A!osy !hu% animal. He# Sfigurr ;afaof thi7E1but[AhairCshotG BpremBr exB!on2Qwearyhaggard.Cher over with  aquick, -comprehen: > "You mtE9A sooly, bending forwYand pa%6forearm. "W 73set  2, no doub< "co#Qby tr: d, I se-l"qL"NoS,half of a return ticQaalm or left glov(1staw l 1yet "a! drive in a dog-cart, Fccroads,W ?Treach;s.T qdy gave@Bolen0t*Bstar:bewilderQat myk bpanionT is no mystery, m he, smilingAbd arm +"jaGAs sp"ed!muAno l/2han ! fu'sperfectly freshzvehicle s$ Vthrows upwM#waBthenC M S sit !-h !idH+5riv=W`EyourSmay b BcorrCsaid sheq*@AfromZ3sixQed Le-#'$wenty past# Tfirst8o Waterloo. Sir! "BtandWsc!no5er;cgo madocontinues. dve no urn to--none,cwho cares 2me,Hvhe, pooP Qcan bs!aimSheardjA9tHolmes;J"lFarintosh%b help%5the  o2wasKW"!atmar addr?!don Tv3youb, tooat least$ a|"ugxd}DR1sur&s me? At  7of my power2warservices7Cin a~cor six%Rbe me. control_0own incoyx"ue ungrateful."  ae his desk and, unloc2it,~M!oup6Bmallf@c-book,he consul a. "Ah !IJCase;& E3van opal tiara{ 6E k!ti %4sayE {pQ happ]bdevote 1sam91e tzr! a&i1Q >%Bto m  !rqliberty=*defray waexpensa!to2imea suitG bes}0RI begyou will lafore us every(m+Slp us8*Winionb"Alas!" replied our visitor, "w?qy horroEmy situa1liepthe factyG sso vagu my suspicions depend so entire45:sseem trivialT,{Qeven I o7aothers9 ?Alook>and advic7'"ks6ytell him*ait asRfanciMa? KHAdoes0Usay s Qcan 1#it %isv  $Savert `(>#d  zme Q3qmanifol2cke qe human t !ay$se@+Ato w-2mid !enDss m all attention Helen Ston81nd =blivingqmy stepfI=bsurviv!onXldest Saxon EnglandH ,( western bBof q noddedChead: Dfami4CorthIHampwFe last centuryfour succesn Rheirs3x dissolute1wasq disposWmily ruin Bually completua gambl6$ Cthe RegencyC2was H r2acrgTtwo-hundred-year-olde7elf crushed u mortgage. Ast s;a dragg|t,existenc4re, d` aristocratic pauperS his\n 4"he8y9"toD!ndSs, ob4!an advancea relativa enab take a medepI*n" to Calcutta, w!byal skillD 1orcW$$, 1bliQpracticeAa fi%1ang5P caused by some robberie2hadperpetrate 2used0Qhis nR butl death and narrowly escaped a capit6gnC. AsR , he sufffa 2 te"imnd aftese 4 nd disapzbed manAWhen{abIndia ,v%Amy mn,LHJwidow of Major-GeneralBengal Artillery. 1QJuliaIX4twi"weonly two years   a's re- 1Shea0 CideruS3W--notB1000--1s auD'1thi"/a bequ~N@owe residBahim, s!vi%'nnual sum! b2to each of$ t1 of aortly 8+ 6t died--!ki Qeightqs ago i] railway accident near Crewe.`then abandol attempts to %in in London$qtook usBliveB ancestral8 at!  D6B hadL4was=qfor all=!wa C(Wthere;Oαobstacle to2hY(SVBut abchangeAover3  x1tim:QnsteaB!ma2Fs !exRCisitneighbour o#athbeen overjoySTsee a?  E4-tBseat5hutRup inMcseldomuto indulgiaferociBsquarrelswhoeverI RcrossTath. Violenctemper approR(to maniahereditary3men" ,ia's cas0had, I believe,P intensifi2hisnropics. A sof disgraceful brawl'!k o,#of  police-court, /"at$he#Kze&Tillagthe folks w2fly $s Sh}0qof immstrength?"ab/ Sly unglq-ALast he hurleRlocal!sm(ver a parapet a streamxlA eby pay<'(e F1gat22oge 3hatK!to avert  public exposure2chad no 2all tkndering gipsies|#heu"gi*se vagabonds leavbencampEew  !brL A-covbl &$rec7%l accept in< s3ity)ir tents, @az3timCcon end)qs a pa.D)2fornQich a"nt\! spondent}O"moU cheetahaa babo cdwanderover hisV saare febc,# CQrs al*as much as!Ycimagin wis?S poorT@6 # _Vgreat !inMlives. No servantT#st3 uo 1for["ng!we|!CworkY] qwas buW!rtU!imther dea'yeMahad al.  begun to whitenas mine hasE"Youbis deaS%*qed just!6 #agP1ish[Sspeak82canA&1  4b+Rescri Ekelye#nyAour (A"agI 1pos 1. WFan aunt,'s maiden sist iss Honoria Westphaild H 'we were occa"'ly| pay shortb !isW%B * |#me* a half-pay majQmarino whom srengaged6A lea" 'Bment{4ste e!3 o no objecN.!toZ  dQfortn( !of C dayh]Bfixeg"ed(/e  occurredCs depriv14   i }uleaning Rhis c1itheyes clos head sun aa cush1but%pe lids nowQ2d a :. "Prb preci#to detailsLI'easy for mey "soQeveryc*;dreadful !isARed in8amemory q manor-B is,chave b said,''2old6one wing i!inZ)q3R bed,"in2-Care WS flooL!si -81 bo(?Qe cen Tblockbuilding4x (is '3Bseco'hird my own-rMn(ion betweem'1theC(R out|orridor. Do I mak$T plaiPN#so!ThtDdowsathree 2q^ )at fatal qhad gon]1hisLs early,( we knew dRretir3res}+Qmk" 1Q smeln@TTcigar Rustom3mokqher roo{rereforef1ine*rgNQe satQ.#ch#BabouV . At eleven2shei'#to \ut she p*eO6k looked back'=Kme, Helen,' said she, 'you ever4Jլ,0c0aight?'zd'NeverW"I. z Cnot v52stl'!rself, inOTsleepdCK{2not4why!Be 32few.D,&re( low, clear .xa2er,z0RQ awak6me.2Qtell 2 itfrom--perhap&0Cnext{ xI@_z+! 1askv awhethe4it.$o,TIt must b&wretchedP #n$LVTskely. A Rif it lawn, I wo X"diqhear it "AhIoA mor!!vi@+(anTA=i&of consequencezany rate.' S;iled back at me, !my]a few moments03r I7her key tur,fkR!"I(",". "Was ir to lockQselve"at?WAdsAnd whyu h2I meVx!at doctor kep?bheetah < 5 noDof security unless, 3doo lockedQuite so. Tproce ! ?olMk. A vagueimpending misfortune impress 5. MF?%will recollect, CtwinyZ(how subtle are?Dlink]bind two soulbare soS Aied.]Sas a wildR wind@Ahowling outsidcthe ra1bea+1&Qplash:s. SuddenmdhubbubQgale,bre burP ebscream4)woman. I knew ^lmt2's gt I spraK2my 1rap shawl roundCand J~t#AAs I! *ت[Ta low3, sNnCa cl,-Qsound if a maswmetal had fallenrran dowqpassage{( k$#ed\revolved slAupon;hinges. I)rat it "-stricken,D"knZ14wasbo issuq it. BymS-lampjB:=r opening-AblanOwith terrorAhandpN,b helpTwholef-swaying to fro likeof a drunkard.p!to,3andm1smy armsZ2her_aM" 5WkneesB1way}Qshe fCw . She writhe6 Aho i/ble painejBlimb $ j ly convulsed. Att !sh not recogniQs I b  1r s,  shrieked out a30never forget, 'OhBGod!W !8Qband!speckled"' c,was something elsoRshe 0Qfain +he stabb73herYB S airC diry#'sa 1but4R4eshm%QseizeCchokAwordpT1cal[for #m met him hast!  ssing-gown. We .wq's sideCSsciouthough hJred brandyher thro6d sent  !aifmefforts were in v`AsankB#diRout hcA$reO< nF+#Suv=} 1 en0!loSisterc3One i a, "are Dsure!hisAnd 2licb? CoulQswear+"t?T>"asO1unt-oner askt\py#is"Drongi(  9Gyet,$QcrashMd"regof an #VI may{ have been deceiv 3Was Z ,#ed!Noh:iB -'@"her right :/#waR7%1chaRstumpDCmatcSDleftC-boxAShowastruck+-1ght tBwhen.alarm took place. is importany*conclusions d'scome toRHe inpa7=S withWAcare% 7 conduct ;rnotorio*a "un!ato fin satisfactory cau4Qdeath evidence showedO2dooQabeen fK<1ners Sndows4 b by old-faed shutt)ith broad iron bars$TV !edy 3allsBcare%s9, !shf qv l R flooring?also thoroughly examin.same result.chimney is wide#isKq up by |large staples" c,jn"alQben sheQer end. *Fqno mark 3any$4"ceD h;3HowTpoiso.T5srv(qWhat dovrthis un #atA!!of|IG#ie1shea#c of pu7e,QshockO!itDW76her;e +re CtimeY]7a<2{AxeA1did,!gaRis al1 toNynd--a \ Sometimes !meZ.tjrld talk(!reliriumvFH3iR/ave refe"toAband?upeople,[C"se Fk 7the spottedKkerchiefAch s":bm wearu!Sheads"K e8G1 adv $usQHolmeW&oky !who is faa2iedT #ar deep waters," said he; "praya}9yv$1arr-).|'passed sincn"myR#"A la<"aloneli-!anm3. A37ago)Aa deAiend$omaBknow(HBmany&,k!on / 1nou@ 1ask%in U. His>Armitage--PercyEcs 5Mr.!, of Crane6,Reading. My )/p- wSto b2ourhZ!prnATwo w-#ag-drepair.7EQwest  a wallpierced, so!ha!mot: !mb3 P R diedmto sleepb!she slept. I<Cthri-alast 2 8RI lay4 r /fw5I " P7`% AeralS 6="wng!Q!up]2lit Blamp n =Yl5seesroom. Io shaken to go0!d iDso Iq *Son as/ QI sli0down, gotW<w Crown Inn,$isQdrove to_:,!wh-Iiacome oK ais mor sthe onea of sei1youB!asTadvicY"ve2dwiselyBB. "B< told me all?|3allWMiss Roylotie2not"are screy#D!Wh7b3meaFor answer "Apush!ck}fg'4 laWq fring{ e2lay 4our's knee. Fiv"q lividu i rfingersxr thumb, sprintedKhite wrist[cruelly used.>Acolo Rdeepl$1inj$nA "Hea hard man,"VE"andMrdly knows#).ada long,h 3leas!S chin1his@Y?q crackl1ire"Da_y3," :*2. "are a thousand!Q I shQdesir b$ I decide4ourXAof a. Yet wen^se. If #0"to(toN to-day, Tit beeu #se-tyN "th,Aledg 1happens,;1pok2ccoming $-d3asome )(l sprobabl2"heAbe a!ll^z  bCto disturb~# Wca%keeper now+!sh!1oldcfoolis Ieasily ge( !ou"ay$"Ex2verFbtrip, S<WBy no meansKdThen wCAboth!. /!goqo SrselfS ffcI0CwishA#no!I am inA. BuDhall+!etwelve!Qtrain'!asK1tim-!ouexpect us"Crafterno )MY;P 4 heard a  8Ccaus3-"se>C bar1sec f g place,dP5inkre is good!X#2y m*qclearedgUKSlines:1ButtERn, dia%doxi@RI see,K2any TtheorsQAnd sIG!ec 3 fo$. !go M rhis day ,"et{D ions arec)C, or+!ex)red awayIeOe devil!& E eja(Rdrawn my compan*/,[ our/s^"1 da j Qa hugxc had G1himgRapert3sQstumeEap mixtur "of@!al agricultural wring a top-hat,'ng frock-cond a paiChigh gai with a hunting-crop swing hand. So tall"hehis hat actu0bL3the7!bax5oorJ<qbreadth%Aspan]>:qside to. A largRe, sb Qwrinkburned yellow(un, and mark;sy evil u4,tE ,tQof us!le3deep-set, bile-shot ey7his3 , fleshless nose, gave hi5!thqemblanca fierce<"biFJ3pre̬WY 3 is(9 Appar%!MyhB, sih@lthe advantagB Ms quietle*Z ndeed, DoctoO blandly. "\Va seaf'  >Akind B hasFhere. I have trac= A !ha=,0  ?!"I a littleRO41theRyf a&h man furiousm| Fqcrocuse62misM," continue"im4bab]Ha! You put 5#f,I ?" said our newA, ta'a$  h }@N(mqyou scoCIl! D.3areR meddler." Myr9T smil\/busybodyZ2His*/en3 Scotland Yard Jack-in-officeGxB chu?$! iYanversa#!is R entM4ing3Fhe. m !go0Qclose Ufor Qa dec !dr  *"goX1sai say. Don'"daNCaaffairC$o  a[Cam a^eQous m fall foul ofݑhere." HeJped swiftcward, $DAoker$ b1Nnto a cur$@" {gLq"wn&2Seeyou keepsmy gripCnarlQ hurRthe twisted 1iree Qtrode& Hm!am1Vt personlaughingEam not quit+RbulkyBif hR2remu I\hown him* not much moelown." Aspoke he pick? zCteelAand,Q# au effort,aD!it#QFancyn v Snsole"confound ٔfficial det,rforce! nBgives zes our investig5, c'D3rus 4ourbfriendtnot suffer fromaimprud"in^9qis brut"tr4ar. And" ,eorder "d\walk down toqs' Common!er!op~2get%Cdatamay help us eis mat&2 I nbb'clockz 14k % excursion>!eleMQ shee>blue paper, scrawled AXBnote Sfigur"1eenIq deceas f"ToCQrmine,sexact mVaAobli$o6=u " bt pricJBvest1 5I ncerned. The totalR*|bwife's" ;Uof 11FA, is`r throug;)in " -2750_ts. Each ; can claim an U of 22B, inFC%ofh%t d$if both girl:H,cbeauty5("hakre pittanc7!il:nm8cripple him to !se Mtk S"'shrYEwasted, since i Sprove !he>Cctrongest motTfor d}Ae waD"9any Fsort5Cfor dawdling, especi ~ q is aw*ABing d!ve"D1a; so i 3 aiyAcall'Kb2dri!2loo!QbEmuchh]2sli|0your poc!n Eley's No. 2 is an e argumen"& gentlemen whoOAknotZ,a tooth-brushlO$ne#%At2 weu&qin catca train for Le%Chead9 we hire4rapY!stC innr1ove or five mileslovely Surrey lan(wCerfect day,aʏ2 sul2fleecy cloud0!th<Aaven>Se tre1waybhedgesjxr9Rout Dl01greh(3oot!ir &fupleasant smemoist earth. Taat lea$er% contrast=h sweet[jÅyAthisquest uponq@asat inQtrap,, 12bfoldedahat puKdown over hischin sunkhis breast, bu?$a deep6 hhought52 tQrted,ks^.o N!ov%e meadows 1Loo 3re!!heA[9imbered park stretch Cin aR slop2ickJ!7 Agrov1the!es\*nt. From am branch%aere ju' grey gablroof-treafW ",q"Yes, sir,;b2hou%B" re! Qriver9fis som%r } 1; "2 :,}!we5!."* 'F1,a cluster of roof1dise left; "bu\Y!ge PAouseW2'llf."itDe'$ge>Hhis stile,Cso bK6foot-path, 2eld=iA wf walkAP, I fancy, isE$,"=ela, shad". Iad better ddL5*We got off, p$fa@rap rattled back 7Zway f%<5iHJwellngQclimbeh" DHu  2com as architects, or onqdefinitBinesmay stop gossip. Good-" Xnoon,W!se Wcbeen a"asC3wor3Oursl> `&&hap|smeet us" AspokA joy\lso eagerlyqyou," siL)ahaking1 fqus warmA)Cqsplendip Cs CBtown qunlikel(4at K "be<Ep""hasm's acquain f" sai2and3fewShe skAout OSG.V whit]Cips Flist 1GooYvens!s" afolloweG1"SoTppearHvQ cunnhat I never know5I am safe A"im"! %y+#heS"s?He must guar71 heis &his track8iy Uf up}If he is1t Atake$!tor aunt's atJQ. Now7vAmakebB   !tiso kindlGuJo9%th%yto examine.M'Thf, lichen-blok1stobEdhigh Gbportio 1twoing wings, liAclawR a crab, nn each side. I"seK!4 r brokezEblocwooden board"ilNroof was partly ca1qt, a pic2ruiH !wa little L.", 8Ne right-htcomparatively modern,5the blin< v  ue smoke c#upt4(s,M6 3was\esided. Some scaffomI}en erected again*  2all-Einto"re6rno signny workmen !moWcvisit. walked slowahe ill-trimmed lawnddeep attenA$ 2Thi2akej5relongs /l/1you+/, J#e |,' ' #onwF[dmain K: to8 chamber4ExaOJB Butinow sleep Aiddln R"Pende alteratiGas I underA. Byh adoes notQ/6ery pressing ne5y1aat end[ lh )Zne. I#!itO5useX1!meB"Ah!$isB 3iveq  ~Ais n wing run corridorj` K!. #P1 inAAof cS 2but3o3Too"Jrto passC+'!AsjSboth y"%"tere un K2ablF3 QakindneFo goaHr$ did so,AHolmh fCcarefulUationCopen^, endeavo+%in everyTqto forc# #1butout succm ! wT slit6" sa knife2,!be3rai1barKB6his len 4tes<;DAthey of solid iron, built firmlyjabmasonry. "Hum!"heI^ "inperplexity, "mRory cl2entC  difficulties. Noc1pas"%se) bolted. Wellshall see)a insidJ1owsC_3ăA)4hdoor l0 owashed5s%edlCrefuA;P|e, so w csecond$bMiss "f ,Ebhad me her fate. Is homelyApGDceilQa gaw%2shi72old>1ry-As. A} wn chest of drawers stooone corn>t[nterpaned bQ anotFd8!-tS lefY  lse articles2two* wickerchairs, made upqe furni 5 mZ for a squaWilton carpe Qentre Q roun:"vQpanelO?Qof brworm-eaten oakg2old1 5dis3E!it have datedthe original G# wAdrew!kassat si !hiPq% tygn3, a#%Uqe apartL "Where doat bell communicateat last >A-rop'ch hung E !beY!th tassel((RlyingJthe pillowB1t gckeeper'sIt looks newaL2gionly put> a couplZbYwc E*@uI suppo5No,{%of her us5 at. We Qalway #gecY!ant1or %lv%,'i ed unnecessarput so nice a"pudre. YjnRexcus PcinutesI satisfyoUas to this floor." Hw>2facMflens in his ha  #Aback ։Sward,lby cracksY4J-#sa!Bwoodh Fwith  L^Red. F.1 hea k"beRspentsbin staZh*Cin r HwallvS tookYq!inYL1gavCZdsk tugy, it's a dummy,!1on'aring?"5!Noj!iseven attachBa wiRis isp o1can&!EWhook just abo@L 4the!op+ ntilator i5"owfabsurdQnoticb%foBDVery!" muttere= "pu]a&s rope. Qare  )6# singularsG5room. Foraple, a fool aV"erQbe toG ) a4nto mn$meJ5H, he%d-QR air!is also quitei<#ad+EDonen- ?q were severalchanges c!]"atETheyAAof aT) character--dummy`M|Qch doe. With yVpermissi@ 1now"y Asear*"inbwe inner_" >-)'s/aO  astep-d)"er !wam1"ly !shO camp-bed, a # shelf fuabooks,V"lybtechnical[,#1arm a b%(wall, a 4taba0uI3saf<Jrincipal #s1 Rch me&ey f Beach/ a $>WkeeneYQWhat'GhereQ %2saf".f!%'s7U pape6Oh!/AAside>!n?+q"Only o$ I rememb  ) mQisn't# 1it,s"No| S ideaOBlook2is!@1ookhQ saucR milk"  top of i No; we don't+Ca caR[Q&isX7 e2AAh, 1N"! 7#is big cat_ {yet a ] Snot gdfar inT  ss, I daresay2oneEQ I shwish to deter He squad 1dow ! ]1eat &itgreatestThank youhN !se ]A, ri @u`  y%"Hullo! HAsomeO3The6had caugh45 ey#sdog las "onT& bI))%, +1was'"ed "itand tied so a Amakey5swhipcor,ICWhatq>)at, WatsoI ccommon;y uld be ti*& -W, is it? Ah, me! "wiCorldOwo1 cly1mansQbrainAcrimz iR worsPDall.&IV@Hnow,{ZVyour T?Awalko wTSI had imy friend's fac/sgrim or!ow9ark as !we 1scef: .. We hadVQtimes lawn, neither Stoner nor} !li!tok%Bk inhq^%s  90c^.is reverio%It essential 3he,#;"o absolutel llow my advic every respec#"IGmostSdo soT*any hesit\rL.Adepe!on 'cliance_I assureBcI am i0Thands+Vafirst 1,W,M@sz:'T#inABoth .02gazd!hiastonishmen1Yes be so. Le~5!ex< 3e c%)<'r]/\I CgoodkLwbe visi? CJ aconfinyC2 to on pretenceP headach-e' comes back=n ! ear him {e,SZR6q, undoQhasp,78\ as a signal to u? !th,tithdraw9f$ y6>#1 to#R int,to occupy.]rno doub, in spitR%thMucmanage cfor onO$ EeasiTNs t"e'cyou do-W FB+uD{@8V4hasF!ed% D, Mr  A_eUreadyEmindt$Q, lay`%6n3w>!'sDvP,elBThenc pity's sake, tell me 6wY#my's deathN: pRclearer pN)?sI speak<,e2my  is correc F ifT 5Tk;\OA+so=jwas probabme more tangcause. And\$1you"ifaRoylott returnBaw u dvjourney(\>(#bybe brave,_o""doIa1tol,1|Rd6 soon drive awaydangers that th [Sherlockp# %o y in engag"!si -eOy Rupper(! T$ wAcommR viewe avenue g$Q1and habited O )ofKManor Hoat dusk4"aw >LQpast,# 1hugbm loomA besLg $R figu!ada01A him boy hadA sl rDundo(QheavyBw"rdhoarse roar,)Qvoicesaw the furl59Qshook2clibSfistsCtrap!ond a few+h!we9!sp'upɂQtrees] 1!mpd!liTILlssD$! k0  AHolmXRt togiq gathedarkness, 7!re4EbscruplLQto tat Vyou (! aSainct e4mw"Can I bwassistancx  Gbe invaluabl AThenTall cV g "ki=HB"You"?aeviden$1eenG7c"omUn 5to |"NoM._adeduced a71mor$aimaginntsaw allC4didb"no) aremarkAsave] dpurposaRI confesBmore1TI can|?LtD, toYp" i Asuchry unusuQ to (+4"wo s(Ea rQhardl9s throug3kneKJAfindCbwe cam*csMy dearS!$ hm!in kq she sa03"at!!Xsmells.'s cigar. Now  suggestM !on$r#be[Qunica(iJhe nBonly9  +Sor itbbeen )|a coronainquir ~.E( AharmlEthat6 3ll, iAleasDr coinciN>tes. A u is madeord is hung,GaQsleepTbed dies. DoefnQstrikW Vnot as yetQby connf!Di 2:8(IddeN?I Rclamp  bE bedQ lik t ^1sayl 4#dyA"ov11bedDmustoe same relative [%anrope--or-%(;Eit, G<ll?60Qmeant  E," I cried!qseem toRdimly Ahint* !t.C4a aly jus!ti>U prevRsubtlhorrible @S!(;ha doctor does go wrongB firQ%criminals. H# nb2d hknowledge. Palm#Pritchard were_!eiC !feQ. ThTn s2{5,UՑ1be #toD>b still . horrors##  is over;goodness'Yr let usIa quiet pip2turmV/%few hours to  cheerful1 A'niA7ghtT! was extinguishe1allCdarkB dirB 2Two passed slowly8 th2ly,!stZof eleven,angle b0!sh 2ut zu 3our# ,2  o feet; "it A *SiddledAAs w 1sedhe exchange b words ~andlord, E}6$we9Q on a Q visiP/*an~5 N2posw &0Ulater4outQAroadAhill blowing r4fac8 4oneMatwinkl} # . the glooQguidesombre errand  4was 2entx Warounds unrepaired bmts gapedold park wall. M our way amo461, w 1cheW1croiAbout9* TC2outtaa clumtlaurel bus<1dar!haLo3 bhideou?distorted child,Wp⁢6-#as2wri\AlimbJAUn ran6&F~5wn 0  "My God!" I whispered; "f@-^ sMas startle`IQKd like a vice"my^Aagit Q&Rbrokec,D la1putlips to my earIc a nice household,"#qurmured$a)9thesforgottF%S petsC4thepaffectedAre I"_, too; perhapsl iQhouldx. =I felt easier iMAmind,ds' exampkQslippDf)hoes, I foundg6/%!MyFRanionVclessly9U, movDmp o"2casEeyes"3. A>!Zaaytimeqn cree!upem1a trumpehF, he^Tx#R so gP cA!do4disj:The least siw8be fatal to BlansbI nodd BshowV5heaN s #ou f oRDo not go asleep; l kit. Have(# 7E"se 5!it,Weill si/T%n uat chaiAtookmy revolv Vlaid W Dhad _!up \"neU"he 1 behim. By it e box of matchen#stVsa candl% hpd[be lampAleft 3HowcI4c forgedreadful vigil?h Ahear#Qound,#ev4draka breathHyet Z!my ,1sat)a-eyed,#in "fe4me,asame 1 of qous tenH[iEI_ 5s cut ofFvbray ofQwe wa@in absolut(EFrom*h1 crVa!ܵ]Tonce JY!ve|DndowUdrawn catliknich told usZRRindeemdiberty. Far awayJzFT tone parish clockMCboom0 a quart$ an houw#eyt, those1s! Twelv;1uck d$sand twoD#reO !atring silu2for,; abefallS>l!re  @ary gleam?3 upg- 5 f1van{ immediatelyQwas 7reded by'3ongRof buBi1oilAheat@3tal#=#on;Vhad lit a dark-lantern ^2genNKof movem<3g1henB3wasLB onct IDgrewPMr-Shalf |'3str" ears. Then$ly-!be5audible--a b, soo ?+hjsteam escap WDally Ckett=s instan9R it,  sprang<3ed," aOl7!fuNlG his canIsbell-pupe=? Ayell Yi ^=A. Atq  >1I a"w,2tlei2 glare flashL weary eye l mPw"at& $8so savagelkV(1see 3facH deadly pa !fiKT1loaBhad ceas6 Btrikyswas gaz a [$   $cec"nizse most r cry to  clisten!sw up louder; 4, ayqM2paiy@fnd angerAmingS Ve oneRshrie$y0 +*cvillagN"diJaparson#qcry raimKl6ir beds. ItƮ SheartI,#at,heme, untilBecho"itl(#di0aSilenc it rose. *T?" I gasped!IsBit i cover,"/nfed. "Al Aall,PHbest. Tak1  0 !we { enterK'With a grav`q  - @l x@R. Twi:!Q1 =bwithouSreply w  1the6bed, I r heels ccockedhaaX4s1met? qeyes. Or table 1/8a L u3 Qopen,'  a brilliant bIAY)!ron safe*#ofjy= ,!"YF , 2R cla  Fgrey1. R7 1his=d a peculiar yellow ban q browns$  bZtightly Bad. BentemU made, nor motion}T2nd!~d!!"4a step forward. In an 4his7 headgear began3mov  rgfQo91haip  {1 diamond-shapVapuffed neck Qoaths,H5erp+swamp adder!" cTSHolmes; "= eadliest snake in IndiaCs di6cin ten=A being bitten. Vio'q does,' ruth, recoilv*Jchemer falls Ndthe pig# 2. Lnt(creature backcits de{$ {n removeI-Ato O2plaqshelterlezAy police knarYa happa" Aspoke he?yuog-whipyead man'',T !ooU#u?reptile'sg!it Q its qid perc a, carrb*it at arm's lengthBJ8i|Such aren1truVt0_th ofJ, of#" Gnot >Shat I prolong a narrati;Ras al?run to too gre]6 by tellThow wCaad new-!th1mrified girl, 1conveyed herRQBtrai}Ahe cf"good aunAHarr".!ofV~low procesBofficial"X#anclusi!atok"meCfateBindiscreetly po, 1a d qous pet(ZBI hato learn#asJold me by 8*Gs weBaback ܑ1day"che, "come to airely erroneous  shows, my dear#7how$it@AiQreasom insufficient data m's gipsie bthe usEQord ' 'Ras us3oorPq/,Pappearancs" 6Qa hurSglimpbv w@xQto pu 2Ean gwcWQan on"aiCmeri.I$ly reconsid&my"2wheAever SbecamN.(,,ed an occupanthe roomB#! 7#fN!or\AdoorNrpeedilyozM%W%tY*,d  uA#%I!dfq disco!is;{A$ffloor,A1risLfYuspic71ropC2RbridgQsometl'(O1hol7|2ingR ideaw1sta>*BU31ple!my|n#bRoctorsfurnish a supply')s% t, I fel 0We!Ztrackuaa formDpois  ( &hemical 2;#wa.6/wQreturG1him summoned. He!pu6is  BhourT*Rbest,%E."ty*iScrawlAhe Nuand lan}?bonot bite:, sDRescap&aa week!rx$r>1ustk $ aq/s S si~Qom. A!1pec,1of  V"me.bn2 of stand4%$itr o&be 1ord_!shiBreacU&  ;ACloop4pco("engao finPdispel any?8s2may(dremainmetallic#ng)by swas obvC$caA 1her"fa:sQhastioWshis safbits te;*Fb. Hav{ca$up+"8!knO  IX. THE ADVENTURE OFENGINEER'S THUMB OfcDblem jssubmitta @], Mr.7b( 8iontF#ofnbtimacyTYrr)n#woRI was1ean<introduc! "hiXQice--of Mr. Hley's thumb#Colonel Warburt;qmadnessqaffordefiner fiel& an acut| original obser (bu. e-BangeTXqs incep !andramatic!qdetailsRmay bmore worthyndsrecord,mFgavea fewer="#in?p Qdeduc+qmethods cing byhe achieved 24ablsMtory ha[ !!th;c#ewspapersTA, lu"llods, its} is much lesic7w&!se01th ona single half-columAprin Jrslowly %your owne mystery7s gradu *1as 5new $y 3tepsleads o e truth1he circumstanceQe a T]BimprP04&me"la&hAly d2eakSBsumm,2'89$After?֪,haevents|Crred1w a/!to Qarise6%adU= to civil pract:4had! abandon;+Baker Street6Rs, al %!!1vis$1him qoccasio persuad%to forgo Bohemian habqo far aqcome ande1 ushad steadily incrFas IrQ to l=3t n/J"cePaddington StatbNI got a few pati/5thes!of !se m1d c[of a painful2QlingeAQdisea5Bas S48!of advertising my virtu'&ofM\4send me on every sufferer over whom 1 any influence!Onlning, at$5ttl s`o'clock,ɦ Amaidxl4ingE w 6nouG8bwo men-g0Ewere%dconsulting-n I $ed"lyI knew by experWyqrailway1s hseldom trivial\"han! astairs I descended, my old allybguard, !ou3and,ddoor Qbehin=Q"I'vehim here,"n,Q, jerh52umbI er; "he'sP .!itRn?" IW@his manner :si' <h1cagkvt's a nl '. jQI'd b;Fi.3; t7 *n't slip awNAhe il ldsound.tHgo now, Doctor;Hsdooties4Asame9ou." And off!enNis trusty tou01out2 gm m %nkIW fa gentlemVRated ! Uwas quietl#ed uh!he] E twe% soft cloth ca, Tbooks5f&Vhandshandkerchief̥,was mottleLbxbloodstainv8was young,!:v> five-and-twenty,$s,sstrong, masculine; but h`exceedingB&[ eWj! 2)Auffe)6ong20!oktrength of minbcontro*"I am sor&&knock you up so : >2but-v"a 1erious accident Cnighm !6B I 2a4, a bfellowkindly esc41 mea { 1aidSS!rdC & I(sQs lefAupon-*"jQit upAglanqAt it. "Mr. Victor , hydrauengineer, 16A,,3ia a B(3rd@=A)." F4!naCstyl abode of9 f !orAregr1ve kept twaiting$I, D in my library-8$D. "Y:xRfresh) a journey, I under itself a monotonou p` dd"Oh, mQbe ca)=h laughed %vheartilshigh, rsnote, leaning! 5shaKsides. All~edical instincts'&j"atqStop it71cri7Apull'self together!"~I poured oAme w9@a caraff v uuselessA#Qff in(#ofh outbursts natureBome great crisis ishand gone. Pbtly he1onc` !e," and pale-looking;^mba fool Bself _)!NoA all. Drink." I dashe6HQ bran4}cbf3lou$1 to /sless cheekbU!ind&q." I ru "upI#, )Qshort) my wif $in-3nutMDcBXEsom,my new acquainto Baker[. C was(expected, lounghis sitRming-gown, rWagony column of The TiqS!ndDyi 1-Dpipen1wasosed of92lugl dHB!TmokesRday i,Ccarefully driedAcoll" o @ mantelpiecereceived&hi}genial fashion, ord5nbrasherQeggs,EjoinNaty meal.  g aconclu{ 3 wrexacted?4is Kn Ben  @mbin ordBahelp u "er7 we erected& Dpresu C9lY+, ? {"weyour advicer qsubject QguardfBtmAjealUD!an%Ait !beRknown*d2"Sour 1houL%GQsoon  inquirywAthens!thAts }2out$bC-bye_ !ge#d these&AcarrR 1out Aplanat is wh%ve made you "ha@a human be%kt  "opQU plai Icfollow youb. 'The 4not#waku I 1mak_aqexcavat3 Rk #chgq, is duk6 8ld a pit 5Ah!p carelessly, 'h!veown proc;W, Bress# nto bricks, so as toTAthemout revealing they are. Bu ,mere detailrave tak|, Qy inq confid >now!ndrve show how I trust you.' He ros.. Qexpec+l !n,{8I at ytertainl`C%re}n)! aNR soulTlooke0last long, 3gaz> y[old, dank grasp, heQ a room.=qwhen I t$nk0"ovcool bloodn/@astonishs+1may8,>Gdden>#Qen in"ed# #@!ne @  q glad, e t least tenfold8 z ,Q had8et a pramy own;"3ice='Mpossibleb this< 91leao2one Ahandf\ae&nVLf my patronmade an unpleasant iC$ ?~explanation 2T$toQ*C the+W1itym!my 1ingmxtreme anxiety lestell an" p$ HIU"XfL the winds, ate a hearty#er, drovjstarted off,i b obeynathe le B^Qnjunc-CholdtStongui1aAt ReaY1!to2!geCmy carriage bu/"!st7. 1was/iI reach e dim-lita8 elnB Qthe tAngerEP m Y!noAplatform save a single sleepy porterntern. As I>Qed o#iwicket gate=  *my,"of#"eshadow sside. W|aCA he :w/1armZC1me aAdoor## q!Aopen!#wows on ei_NQside,C,wood-worka Awent !as1horXPuld go."AOne 1?" j2 4)QYes, s1Did you obGrcolour?Y5QI sawF a side-sUP1tep< w uchestnu*rired-lo-or fresh~2Oh,cglossyQThank ?1havqerrupteQ. Pra!MQtinuebr most.1estAtate A0 {fR~ 2. C$* $ had said_IUI2uld&BrateA'we#"go! *;Rtook,7i9nearer twelvebsat a!idG**  baware,Donce @!inadirecth* ! IBgreano!Thntry roads|#no eat pareCworlEwe lurched_djoltedQt/xto lookY/f4"meRbere weG 3wer aof fro/1mak B noVqTccasional bBblur YJYnEI hazarded some remarI"!brR",)RnotonpEhe @b3nelly in monosyllablA qonversa_flagged. Atqthe bumDa roadiexchangedrisp smoothnesa# - a (D  Ded after him, pup4me ¡into a por`hich gapb*Afronu bsteppeait were,o(Lagbll, sobI fail2catU! AfleebNBousee~4r that Scrossthreshol door slammed heaviI#us%@I Qd fai[%tlw)QK " p3awan!Apitch dark i.)fumbled snfor matcheV#Bmutt}F1unds breath. Sb"ao*q4end5"1a golden baB sho!in#:grew broasa woman}&edx !mp 1{ she helE"ve 3qpushingO@5forg"pe "at031shebpretty"ne 2herdress I knewy'a rich material. S`AwordT a foreign 3tone as thmX1ask E%w7u Rnswera gruff she gave3 Rstart 1amphsly felQStarkK up to herspered ei42earBback eQoom Rwhenchad come>walked towards$% Z!isx. "'=qhe kindato wai@Aroomda few8h1row.5pen4AdoorK quiet, !62fur',a round te centre, ontseveralG,Qbooks1 sc)e" blaid d3 B topharmonium be" b2not(1you2n sand vadarknessy   L in spitCmy '  3twom#treatises on sc6Pcothersavolumeapoetrysns!lk2cro:G U, hopIfglimps(( C-sidD%an oak sh,!arYEwas fold&itr wonderfully t37! QA ticj2lou+"me #ag%3wis08a4?till. A vagueh'Cunea4BbegaF'Csteasme. WhoDheseSpeoplvwx"4the*lrO$is', out-of-the-way :r? And w?sBr so|,7Rwas ,knew, but wheP north, south, east, or wu idea. ForR,,D ylarge towns, (that radiunot be so secluded qall. Yex MP$teK,&thRness,n&2 we8 ~Q. I p]F!uproom, humt*ca tune#my2 toj!up>apiritsIz0~ thoroughly ea|"mym"-guinea feeu# w1out#preliminary sAmids H\ $ofS swung slowly > " 1and_!apertureP%S hall O&yGO;"my"beH3her8:beautiful.1see,} t< Asickl8 f sight sent a chill toGL t  up one shar!fi}Srn me%bsilent2she{ E % nRbroke!1ish!e,- ring back, like6Maof a fBened,߆behind herQ"I $$gosw5har* 2me,,peak calmly; Ka. I shnot stay 3R goo`(Do do3'But, madam,i%not yet donehf cannotrSleave[8DAseenemachin]$It~4CwortAwhilbwait,'Jent on. 41can\A th\Tdoor;!hi%E.' AD &seRI smi2 nd shook m&,rl6;rew asidY constrain{ " !^ Hhands wrung tog2. 'ae loveu/-!, 'get awayO!i=too late!4But5!me'2tro^:&2%op4"ad&Qengagan affair;"isbqobstacl)aTh$ Emy wearisome=R5and"n%`   % btme. Wasato go ^T? WhyrI slinkPDD& !mi/ Taymen1wasGoue? This   "e Smaniac. WithA1outex2q"fo 4her^had shake1morvnr&confess, Iu Adecla!my-QntionBrema"M, gto renewm Qaties" nG9Bover,%of footstepsChearH;Bthe F. She lisx8forF l"uplr~adespairing ges3Eand j &asas noiselessl`sSSd comTSrwcomers<qaFr thick Achinay74d g%'^As ofdouble chinf^{t(m' Mr. FergusonaThis i#!aru manage1fR. 'ByN~ m2mpr#85 left thisRshut just Lf/7#pCthe draughty{contrary!op7o@because I WCroom.a^c closeiH6)i6l4%. wq# H:Rproce ,nXhe. '1I e1tak\$+<urBhat ?Fsupp'Oh, no,4iQLR'What8Ldig +1?h'No, no.# i-~/ 2 it3#72min$h. All&! ibexamin4#to let us h61whawdwith i2We"up:\# cRfirst$!T fat}II c him. a labyrin[*![,corridors,s, narrow rircasesQ low/ Rwhichth$ouV genl(!ho1m\ r no carpe+ no signi#anyture aboO2+Fs ABsterApeelf S wall1amp2bre  rin greBhealthy blotches. I qput on qconcern air as I !no\,Cgott walady, u I disregnI,kept a kee: my two&"an,=\5(AroseP 4 mI2&n'he2t @$1a f -8#ma CALysaRstopp]Dlastt 4!ch_"un!ina-r, squarxk-iAhreeo#usE45CsideA ushCme i"'W236now, 'actuall ] C it bD>articularly t  Aus i97 vo turn i sThe cei'/ chamber>Ghe }Rdesce:Dpist i4fs down1forOay tonstRmetalr+1lat3qcolumnsTwater[Mo,dransmi1 qultiplyY .>3iart339 goes readily0Gt QstiffAwork)4of >Dit has losf 81Dce. Qill "the,bFSit ov/!to) us how we cctM;.L!I M/ i[Averyl7 deed a gigantic onC exercising enormouE2. WP)Gpassl$ h&  e1lev Dhichb1lednAce b  h " sAleakK$a a regurgitEoB!e 3cylR An [<t7india-rubber by!her!drUA-rodjcshrunkq,Bnot 1to fill>!so.&1aloHQich i3kede 5was@62aus?:oCpowegI- s6 B foO3 myRabsur" "socful an61b$igso inadequate a pur " T!lsx of wood#r consisK* a large iron tS" w  iAa c."ofP5lic5#al"it$/ad stoo_"ndGAscra see exact090Aa mZed exclamt in GermIP!sab cadav[] ? '@ q "'WwY3 e@I felt angry a_been tri`by so elaborZ#at`hVR toldoIY "dmKyourA,'  I". #$be51ablCadvi1C(4 ifn #th q%fot Cused s#4 I AordsAgret&dhe ras$G speech. H dce set2g;baleful 1 sprang up in his grey eyeA'Very we< ;Qall kfq$ll{0! backward,)$Sittle0 he key Vlock. Y 2 %A0 l2quiHu,"di Dgivef  Skicksu hoves. 'Hullo!' I yelled % A! Le1Bout!^: &cemy heart !3Umouth[the clank_Ihe swish l>)leNaVT lamp stilloI3 ;Q 3the5T3itsIzUblack !omBqu3me,, jerkily!, "neH *"my=PL E+a"Q grin to a shapeless pulpZWbscreamIRgainsQA dr(qmy nail'Qimplo" V bremorsCQdrownr criesT was only a foot=,1ithdhand upraisedsAfeel@;na surfatT1henuflashedz &my"pa)Qtmy deatlK very much !e =91I mB FI lay on<Oe5BcomePdmy spi I shudde2o *`"at]Hful snap. Easi! perhaps;FAyet,&I2ner21liee,1up $atdow waverlB? Al$un C;6mA cau^2ome>b 1ushope back$.D 6andl ?wood. AsBve aZ1hurglance aQ ,NAw a&/2 li AbetwW$a board 4ichV)1nedb panelRuv. For %Qbelie!atpF~door which ledRdeath֊+*5w# I,lay half-fain+BsideUQhad dm=_"ra b few Qas afte-}Aslab5 , how narrow my escapZ Arecah-mbrApluc 0QwristW I ft9 lys*,!le&<nmBtugg 92her7A5eldh+ I H 2ame d1 woso foolishly rejected5a'Come!!' she cD,lessly. 'They Sb a- daat you !no!tre. Oh,RWRwasteqso-prec-$tiT4com4ThiaUst, I Qscorn9?. I staggamy fee5B ran\3her$5the"CaR! 1 la8ll"anN just as11rea@2Ait wr soqof runn=1hourwo voic5eq,(tfloor o2wer&4onea. My guidej"ed 2lik9!is er wit's enaAen s,V+  a bedroom,wRindow$3i0R moon !sh+ ! b#lyIt is yourdchances($Bhigh it may bcan jump itt AG.  "virrther eSthe  E qn figur> ?3 ry/#:9JFhm bweaponra butc^tcleaverX , RS flu84out. How quid#sw!le"QardenKe'1oonUWz"ulu Fbe !Sthirtdown. I cl[ =2illI hesitaoVuntilAAsaviCSruffieVbpursue[!Ifw$ll-used,n ny risks*determin4go A ssistance. TS$%ha<, ght,1ing +!asxyArms J R him#=A him'Fritz! Si(q, 'remetpromise+?2imewJ!it}0! .t! Oh, h-k#'Ymad, Elise!~shouted, struggl`oPw  !. FxDruin5cHe has'!oo . y!' He da2 her to onc3, r"toP!cuM!is.&Cpon.4let :Ishanging1s?his blow fell*>b consof a dull pain, my grip loosen]I? Rbelow: %"bu1-Dhurtfall; so I p"up: !ruFdoff ambushes au5 as~ #ruQI understoo#faV!be5A$danger yet. 5Kcdran, a Bdizzw/I1ick Qover %I tI)B 1was*QbbingpT(#irB,;vE 2cut1BAblooPA pouH from my wound. I endeavouA tie= ~8!buYrZ9aS buzz-smy ear  7 =Qf faintr rose-MAHow I'Ved un#I m+tt been a veryE ZAmoonA!suDvA mor Qwas 86w>oil-lamp)$en"cXapress,a0mwooden walls,=  U3tookSDchas 1you- 1 itha. Now reyes op6m Acrow,6 } Bs of"Unight^FI2 mul$r W 2 a"thundredj ff by now.d $Anc' fear- to be realifzd!da@!no4Bever2 n%M &e LE,g"sinisterVrose Wb. Earla peasant had met a cart conta';apeople" very bulky boxNRrapidMZt   fugitives disNCeven; ' ingenuity failer\C!is A 4Aclueir whereabout"Thv1men#perturbe!arAment H2ichqhad fou3thi|3Uso byRnewlysed human # aAT-sill-efloor. AAsuns0aowever/ir effortO@successfulcry subdu \4nottS!of-fallen in, O MAredu eo such1 rufRat, sbome tw9Acyliiron pipRnot a?F"k$ "ry2cosjn so dearly. Large massTQnicke"inKoe9Rred Aout- =S coin)&u "ma; lspresenc Hose zxs # 7m }r$ wHow ourAa!erace spotQhe reiIenseu Pa# soft moulatold u!BveryS tale'd evidentlyAR,! bD persons,-AwhomICably f+zother unus=Crones. Okwas most probWilent,&less bold or 3mur.!Qhis Bnionz4#as</ o*oNK@ 3outZEdang e5our 4 ru?1s wkBAseat return onceto London, " Abeenietty busi' !p7los'i^aTBI gained "Experienceu, ing. "In&lym. of valueQknow;e1onl!puO 2int1gai reputa e* ytJ'dexistencep X. THE ADVENTURE OFNOBLE BACHELORLord St. Simon mj8urious termin,s long ceasH,be a subject of>  ose exalted-s9theobridegroom moves. Fresh scandalseclipsed itepiquant detai2mgossips away& four-year-old6areason 5 C>R factareveal2H Jl public!as !had a consideAsharQclear he matter up, I feel no memoirG&im%x"Asketse episodeCI_DeeksXmy oweQdays ] I, "shRrooms in Baker SG~h*b homeSternoon stroll toAa le$o table waitH2him!in!doors all day Rthe wa had *turn to rb-_gh autumnal 9+Jezail bulleAI9Dback=2dTBlimbtsa relic Afghan campaign throbbedS-!er101Wit;Dbodyceasy-chairg smy legsz F5, surrounded =jaa clou*#newspapers1at last, saturat%ew sQI tos{1hemVGlay listTwatchahuge cR ronogramenvelopeQwondeaalazily's noble corresk%Ruld b ?%c !epC," I_eAhe eQ%"d.Ur Rs, if5RemberM,}  a fish-mongea tide-waityYes, myc&acertairm of variety," hAswer'"mi%" qhumbler- Tore 2&uThis looks Hunwelcome social summoY PBcalla man either Q boreJ Sto li;#He "ea /*ccontena"Oh, c Aprovrbe some ,B allC"Notc, thenNo, distinctlYŕa9#An #a tDlienO"=the highest}{ My dear fellow, I congratul)1I a K you, Watsoout affecD1tat"@iԒ2ss W<p> n_% case. It isat also mayQ wanis new investig4. Ybeen readi2# RdiligG 6"te you not(It$it\ I- , !`2o aGbundRcorneìT 1elsg$dofortunate2you&@WQF1posv4up. I readn'&XSagony9# T;is always)2ruc*aBut if'followed rec5events so closely,1 and his weddingsOh, yesithe deep :%!isFJQI holb/# i%eLord < V51ill9b it to/!an?  Y3se daand le+AwhatbA2upo!F1. +!is 1 heN!:IMY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--IBBackPStellsdt I mc implicit reli^'your judgmentdiscretis "de< !edrefore, to1you@to consult you in1enc@%ery painful 8rs occuri# no 3my %1. M+ostrade(qis actwBlrea V A, buo 9he sees no o i1 qco-operr!he$s !%k3b 1somnAistad,pFat four ,"inD n#nom,{9'Qany oQengagWBat ?QI hopvqpostpon2 asU is of paramount imporYu2QfaithA!, ST. SIMON.'3dat Grosvenor Mansicwrittea quill pe]l?!ha B mis(Rget a smeaQink sthe outKCW x#&,"  a as haded upK $ ""H 1nowwill be h6 nEhour!ent !ve-82tget clear %d. Turno1xtrfSir or3I Q a gl5a1who!C is$icked a red-3Evolu E0Fof Rbesid mantelpiece. o The isChe, R dowEfqning it$his knee. "'2 Robert Walsingham de Vere #, 4son1Duk Balmoral.' Hum! 'Arms: Azuhree caltrops Q2iefa fess sable. Bo<@ 1846.' He's forty-one y1Rof ag!chG&$Vj4Under-Secretary#@-Blonit!a  1admZ8 Duke, his fao#$Jime \F3 Affairs. y inherit Plantagenet bloo&+direct descent,6dTudor sdistaffGHa! Well|5 isHvery in all this.#I5you % more solid n9difficulty in fiXwx-SI, "$Qare quite<  struck -% !e.1areg9<G DSwill ua make>Aeasy<5aBa Re3aan ladoaDish peeress.'" "Anbu6els ,AHolmk1bawning es; plent' s/N1notr >6sayh|!be "ly quiet one,4Eit !atV George's, Han  3lhalf a dozen SimateGs~cinviteBRparty%# |p ashed h}at LancaY&$atY taken byg 2TwoNc!--ix! Wednesday last--xU curts:4theD had} honeymoon1 beiQed at6% $'sCS9Petersfield. T1arex42s 5$ed&  Sbride B,Kwhat with a star5!Th 1ishHf9CladyQ.s)] d breakfast?I2 $. a6moran it promisX 2be; ! =Atic, $acXAYes;  "a 4out.They oftenbceremony,9occasionally! +MI cannot"toXa1V s@smpt as!* o I warn yousthey ar$inp/':twe may m)#so'QSuch NX1seth in a single HluSU q of yesterday,JI3you  headed, 'Singular Os!nc7a FW'The famil RRober"Eu thrown greates}*asterna!"byE6and ! i&n) bh Vs4)rtW N Oo"d % GUonly /%Ifirm  qbeen so[1istR flo Qabout2spithe attemp=rto hushA!ma4!aup, so q public? 1hasw#o\uno good5a47QserveBaffe&toel! w7/is a commonr$2for(!rs'was performb$ cRwas a#no~U4ingD Q b fath_,,aDuches>Balmoral, !!, AEust2 nd Lady ClaraAA(the.nger bros i{bgroom)1NAlicia WhittingtT whol&proceeded`-#Nof ,h ;!, e-}"1een-Qpared}S $trouble was ca8by a wom 2nam Sen as !ed% O c 5way 2fte?bbridal@ s, allegkaat sheQclaimx/#waT a painfulprolonged scen"shZ butler re footm*o3$lyc"# Tthis unpleasanDEruptn*qsat dow4 Iqt,1henained of$%Uindis_"an "ir her room. He"ab,dhavingsAcomm)3her~hrlearned[ !id$ tcome upQchambRAr anMDant,q_!up!ulxand bonnetpuhurried7ebassageD! qen declV [ZReen a $le  thus apparRqhad ref*to credit" ihis mistress, belie[ # b4mpany. OS2ingQUhis 8!ha#/edAjuncP,jaly putBselvcommunic@vL|very energetic1ies "ma(Qich Aprob.c RpeedyTl^ !is23) ,1. UAKAhour 4"!! Qransp am<<Athe {!ngfre ar$of foul pl3saihO<Ze/6rre"qd?original$qurbanceQelief0,jealousy [" motive, sh! Qconce % pa1Kd{78$lA"enly onjAitem(e'bpapersaB a suggestive one obt is--Flora Milla3R He has s;4qformerl*qdanseus the Allegro"sh>!kn?*SyearsvKano furTYV% tnow--so? c pY!Anexceedings6#(sF8b&}R notQmissefor worl?Bring:!e bell, )']'clock makea few minutesTUfour,>#no doubtWj(9our( . Do not dream of going, Qfor I much pref3vR witn"ifY Achecmy own memorn ',"our page-boy, 2penY door. A gentlemanu$a , cultured fasigh-nosJCpale6q perhapCpetu BboutmGsteady, well-opened ey\*$ 1 lo#ham8$!mm nwbe obeyed. His manner Rbrisk!yeD generalance gavJundue imiq #ag(ad a slL$aforwar6!opt6 b`C kneq[ce walk hair, toohe swept off hisTcurly-brimmed hatD grizzled .FQedgesethin &1topG!tod1carOqverge o>Qppish*2 coRblack frock-cohite waist yellow gloves, patent-l/R shoe/ PQ-coloQgaite bHe advBsloww )cuhis headEfto righ$ #swi"$ h !co#el )golden eyegl8. "Good-rl Holmes, ri@ wing. "Praybbasket 0 y/colleague, Dr. . Draw up#!ttTBfire"weAtalkr matteFF7# !1to 5ss2can&readily imagine, Mr.11cvthe quick. I understtbd! 3(Amana everal delicate caseosort, sir?I:#um were hardlyaA%# 1 No, I am#CdingI beg pardon"Myn %Asort}6a k?Oh, really! I0no idea. AY71ich05 QThe Kf ScandinaviazWhat! Had h7m#if&D#"Yr  suavely, "bI extePthe affairrm(seBsame%cy]you in yours." Ib! Very(!! I'm sure o1 AsT-Ccase#reAgiveany inforuZmay assis#Rin foYan opiniThank you2allFi Bthe 5 prints,%1mor I2tak6 %"A--th Srticlxqexample& j ! g|1ait. "Y"&as T goeB{9FneedD1dea?supplementingCanyone could offeg &ay arrive at)bmost &ly by questioningSc do sohrWhen di+first mee !#T DorawIn San "a year agR2YouMCtrav[ cStatesY5D!beRengagwN]"BuaCon avly footIWmpsby her sFculd se4" 5 HhCrich&He] the richest man Pacific slopx"And how}!he uSmoney`aIn minH"noU   |Q Then/truck gold, m2Ced i"caKbp TboundANow,! iru   !yo-Krady's--&wife's characterT#sman swu+f8tvedown afire. 2seeDqhe, "my was twentyq!bea man. DurGtime she ran free}8uAwandk@through woods or mouDs?sher edu)Ahas bfrom N&+1ratQhan the schoolm"A. Sh|)Cwe clYAEngl tomboy,a strongP, wild and, unfett7!y!ofGa$svimpetuous--volcanic,E*s q to say09swift in mak4herad fearoin carryu.A re OEo#hK= <1giv,! +!ou bear"--h % qstatelySgh--"5Aoughat bottom a!woSIgs1cap~9 of heroic self-sacrificetz2dis:!repugnant"aher photograp1I bt' {qme." Heed a locket!sh<5uKvery lovelyABzWnot aA butQivory,f$tiop full effec8Blustrousi ,Ahe l&Etdark eyA  exquisit}C gazed longQstly cnq:Bclos#!ha{lly not. 2seeM G %daw  "WaCr"indspiritC N7tkept tale"of$we5ado in K5(E liv uIndeed!, K / 2She Xght as possible--atJVuntil$ Z1And! ayou ob any chang* v17,athe tr_I saw the? Rsigns i! R!se&aCtemp$GjustAharpa incid,Hwas too trivialABelat2cancn;2sib o4cas0 Pray let us:"itSb 3$Oh=)*1ishb droppq bouque"wefW. the vestr-!thnt pew atg!ti!ndi!Bfelly 1pew&rMa}='s delay,the gent$ i1pewxed it up,!it"Rnot U-Aorse.all. YetCQ spok}.fAansw me abruptly;cFoYsway hom1Bseem-urdly agPt;is triflu9You)D+!. c %hebpublic KtgoqOh, yes  to excludNm7the church is opeGThisw#ts0Ayour #'s o, no; I 9him!by 3tes,RquiteFmmon-loo2per()d_ #:SBut  &Yaj1nde  q4oinuFLady#^f, retuH less cheerful fram  (Qd gonrit. Whashe do on re-ent "'sQI saw $ser maidj!o -HAAlicCher name`is an Amer-mfrom California 2Atial servantl 2too5!soXAto m(? allowed o@great liberties. StgV<i they look !se%g a differentY>rAspea <3Oh,Dd;1els#of4You overhearfthey s _ about 'jumping a claim.'];saccustokuuse slaR kindv( 2deashe mea"AM"exAvDBimeshwyrwife dos:7bnishedb' Flked($-#O~C armNo, alon%wa $in4Rs likW:#n,w$3forgscrose #cly, mu%words of apology1he ! SBever_ Cback<BJ !is, cdepose %"en(%Q, covh'Cide'3QaI ulster, put on a $|$ouHQuite sox"asD'Aseen4to Hyde Park~A$ a iA in dG2who"hmade aA"r at Mr.b'; AW   ) R,J'NYRlatio : \s shruggshoulders and raiseyebrows.YI ,Mg<j"--s# +z !1 StreatE!un3ousxrno just#  't st me, b Bknowwomen ar,2. H_I!hot-head devotedly attach wrote me dreadful1Kq heard9 :bed, and,eH tBtwo & 3ows1in privatf#Qthes,aqsoon pu] u2.   "shbwA7.9ca rowdV ! h'iZ thank good s%d+waa +EYes.5F RlooksW as so seriou _adecoyeP oGd laid qterribl{p-%'% a supposit1You Ak sot"Is Tsay a)e'Qyou d%MUself @ ! Ha$lI2 hurt a f jealousys(b trans_'6 of2s. H!ctheory~took place5" 2, IMto seek aB, not to prop\\1one[ 3youe1. S!skhowever, I2say!it has ocX;kS'Ad7a'u5 consciousness7eso immense a !al7<"det.eQffecthqausing Cqnervous*x*QIn shhederang discolour" soaked ini1. "!heUa newq1upocU top4ileH ru_to crack, Master1mB, bl cblue rI air. "Ym-1fN+\1f CG qargin bTark-keep 3Thebeen identifi;aher cl`Ame Ji* *n@ far off-!By@$ brilliant w` e:Rman's#i=) iw!ofwardrobe. And pray.hope to.!At   RmplicfP: 7dis "  !itDicul!ArSqnow?" c `some bitterU "I p,7you are noOBprac\ Myour deductionByoureences. Y btwo blR4R in a7yr. This EdoesDie MissGUAnd hIBRpockeE3theQcard-$ 8% "3not in Qslapp$f down)uom. "Listetthis: 'k A se- K-s ready. Comonce. F.H.M.' Now m2oryXalongJHL'dy 5wasraway by\" ;Bshe, confederatesFBdoub8-Apons ! H/bsignedRher initials,`O n@Rslipp  &3andBl1herwir reachIV $RlaughY+^K very fineQ. Let<Ree it,t!Qpaper$ g$ w&7hisOHb4tly+criveteq Rhe gacry of;1sfa1. "\#is^t," said hU1Ha!!fiL'3 soIdExtrem1eT warmq|1roshis triump^1 tor. "Why,P Qshrieq"you're#4ingwK0CsideNOcontrary,"Xr<4sidnT2? YeXmad! XEnotet_in pencil o rP#AnP'Rwhat sthe fragOof a hotel bill*s%ee!%'s3in it. I"ed!.Y. "'Oct. 4th,!gs 8s.,H2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s. Aglas,rry, 8d.' I *\  It is mosat R%A3< Dnote5w+Dthe O are, so I t'}2tedk3Uenougօ>M "I believe shard woֽnot in si! b fire spin(aies. <;3-1all\$et bottom  S firsr!gae dvqgarmentB"ruomD "agy"fo Qdoor.2JusH)Ehint.#" drawle3f rival va/%B; "I AtellpW $e f3p "maZ.fLady `#myA2not1 nedQen, any suchN:F"saR! -!Th3'B, t1his!he!"re,s, shookcsolemn["c%Q awayfdHe hadAshutbehind him$hdato put `his overcoat"in ellow saysQ outpAwork94"soUC,I must leH#r &It[% five o'c!ftS!B noablonely.aan hou#re 1d a!fe Aer's*9DwithNlarge flat he unpacV.qthe hela youth whom h4-1him# -ly, to myX [great0aUT epicurean old supper begaU Bbe l Oqour hum/lodging-Nmahoganyere a couplAbrac cold woodcochMâté de foie gras pix a group of ancien5cobwebbyles. Havingse luxuries, my two visitors RA, 0TgeniiCArabian Nights no explaZfthingsbpaid Ld*1ord"toiqaddress+F nin 1ste@ D%ly"*! <q His fe6sw1gra62set H! lp D ey8,ds#en BointWhis "f46" aid, rubbE A"You/Cpectm^"fo-"Yes, I fancy we ma-u)Rdropp %he St already.. Ha! I {%Istep now0r stairsD our %came bustla dang0blasses6vigorous ngaoaV perturbed&k ristocraticlMy messenger 0 e 3Qand IS/"the contents startled me beyond measure. Yaauthorǀ"ory2? The bestO%w 3san+ci!!paJ6CWhathe Duke saymurmured, " 3hatAfami7s!}j-humiliation, urest acciden 2can2lowo "isOA"Ah,n alook o0 9,%1]standpoinlI fail to se_.7BoAlame%anAee hse lady"{aotherwise3her4q method<!do1urregrettHAno m],0+cone top2"at}sa crisi"1a sUQ, sir4z" said n rfingersr BableZ1You7 R make~ is poor girl, placso unprecedeN(B(IW&noZ!. gCvery have been shamefully uskIE1d a ". are steps x1 latpersuadeAto tA len:Kview ,}/+v<1dvok$here who=bB:eRopene qand ushCin aand gentlec?" Ahe "%4op Uroduc1Mr.BMrs.is Hay MoulXqlady, I1nk,!#meA! s ese newcomers$%bsprungC!se*M=Serect9 qs cast a 5ustbs!hig1ck-tLR a piq"of offended dignitTBaken !ckMQ forw!ndheld out"2BhandGMm8illV01. Ic! !llwdhis re, perhapsh 1herOd8}!ac D on} iR to resist2'reu, RoberTspBguesevery caus2be.$Pr?_no apologyc  O02A, I #avu real b%(at I shQspoke 4you ʢ;I was kind of rattl*iQI sawk"A I jubdidn'ty_6Aor s2. Iwonder I 8f falldo a faintJh/2bef@ce altau$"PFlikem+" r)rom whil*?"If,W giveI%,"!st+, "we'vAjust1 Attle$>much secrecy }!C alFor my part,Y4ll Europeq7Q to 0 S of i 1smairy, sunburn,, clean-shavenra sharpsand aler0n Dn I'htour stoL1 aw sR)c6. "e4I met in '849QMcQuiVcamp,GqRockies-re pa was wor<82 We fJo each other,E a; but\ L day father struck{$ch2and a pile, TGD had: 1pet"ouE !to1caa grewhapoorer`; so at last1oull2men)1ingSAblongerhQk me to 'Frisco'k_qn't thr h4hough; s{\m~%reeRsaw maout paF $ "BouldHBhavepahim maoknow, so weQfixedqWQll upTYO3lveka2 go ^ 2hisT#ndBcome#to claim meZas pa. SoBbI promao wait2him3e e2timfpledged myselfw1Tmarry 2<xhe lived. 'Why #n't we be&#ed",'"heq%#n 6cfeel s72youAsI won't your husb CI22?' arwe talko2-so nicelyclergyma?w"iting, 3i]G" w>2fr 3k d!tu,5ent%paA nexs'T"as!he in Montanathen heXprospecty xn Arizo* bof himB New Mexico. ATE"atPa long newspap>how a miners' camp 8ked by Apache IndiansrB myAW'C amo'killed. Ibed deaF5Asick bmonths+C. PaZ_Fbdeclinbto hal"1doc&inNot a wo1newM a=,#moFI"atQ deak,en I,d"weJa!agZ arranged5!pasIpleased, felt all!:Dno mHis earthNeDaQplace#!myt2giv] 'my!StM!if de95B I'd AdoneAduty by h!caYommand our love>!n ip*E. 1ithi!io( make him5)2wif(tr"inJ' b7may imagiw  felt when,RIQrailsZ"glYAbacks "st!meV:f" HApew.%Toughthis ghos) 6" 5hys@a3 ]T*!ey9As i51ask!he/ Is Bglad@!rr !se.? O Ydrop. x turning rounUthe !A2werbuzz of a be*!my ear.  to do. Sh RI stoDservOHaa scenRhurch? I bat him>qhe seem +J8dinking9!d kas lips EtellG  him scribble?2pierAI knm  Qas wrW6 me%8s Iapew on8=out I droppJo{&a$Bnote!myUBturnLblowers& qas only/s me to joinhE O"ig(do so. O J&"my A%w(I determin# d@Awhathe might direcW#gotQI tol*Bmaidt>1had'invG{ ClwayAArienVhP!san'hy1but3getF2s p y ulster;'"I   gdreadful ! \ose great people. %up.to run awaD:afterward@!ha5 /91ten& FutesYXo$Mo9road. He becko mhen begaD:9)Cout, (3ing z MLrwoman )PAsome73 orv YEme--2 me{ tm attle I6,#if # aq secre&u8Hbalso--h 4man"ge ! soon overtook s. We goa cab togg! qwe drovsin Gordon SquaU !ast4rue. oyears of .% a prisoner2 Apaches, had escaped,D,[.m !ndMga Engl( "ad Aupon3! Fut second !." $ia""," %he:L. "It gavname an%L !nor's wD! a@#we1 do:for opennessso ashame{ i+! 1lika% y@1see} "--Y1senAa li7 pabto sholive. ItRawfulX1ink# Qose l1 and ladiesD'! [ breakfast- !anפty#or^b. So $myr-clotherv made a bundleAthemashouldbe trace [D2wayDcno one!fi!em/!is Et wed/s Paris to-morrow,ftd Uood U, Mr.,sSBo us3!ev,A howCus iq Cthanh!we+RlearlfDkind+P AightU[duld be>> ourselve  ,Rif we $soq v:9;"us o6VFrd "QaloneF LQhis rooms at /5Now[ Bif KUyou p QI hoptV!do!Bmeanqx"me Ly no means relaxKrigid attitud.Alist with a froD~Q browa#ressed lip2s Aarra "ExcuseAhe sK " !ismy custom to discusmost intimate)#alU: $is@ "y761form .LDshak b I go?Oh, certainlys#itL1youZ#pl"1" H5acoldly>'z at whichJRxtend 2himhhoped," suggested"Ey!jo!us`a{ BI+&%skG 5z1spoLordship. "Ij3forߢacquiescse recent developmentP"qbe expe9"2 merry overzyour permisGqnow wis aNgood-night binclud3n a sweei&b3 sC 3rooorI trust1you3eas^$QhonoueNQany," ;Fways a jom#  T AI am#of5who.>the folHa monarch4the5| a minister in far-gone  ut prevent our children R Rbeing day citizens!Bsamep-wide country u a flag7all be a quartthe Union Ja QStarsdStripe $AThe CK. an intere1oneEmarkUour *had left us, "because>1rve O DRsimplg *!maSof an#atsight seemaqbe almo!explicable. Ng#natural thamqsequencuEs"Rand nY# %r LCresur viewedinstance,J/ 2You!noZrself at fauls1all$nF4first, two facth++f>/Athatn G3een-Awill>og4wYceremonyelshe had repeoQ2ith$ew.9 $rerhome. O5Mhad occurred dYf3e 2 n her to changmind. Whatdabe? Sh  aspokenn'Rnyonesf0iebridegroom. Ha#n+2oneA? If/1had341mus &d$ spent soM" a"%isk" *vLtallowedR deep:!flB2 oCthe mere2 of.VRinduc$Aplancompletely. You see wekdXsa proc?#exH,a7BideasMs[e 5who"%isM# b= w he posses her? Itb>Aver;aight  husband. Her young womanhool, I knew,!in["gh(FQ condS)s. So far r !go{ e,arc'Qive. = l~ mt a pew,|y#'s %so transparent a device Q obtak e# aPher resorc?2onf?Aal m ,}&signific7!lu[ to claim-jumping-- in miners' parlanc[As ta2ion ,person hIarior lQ to--hole situation be !ab'#elT.Rhad X!ffeQs eitqr or waepreviousTsin favouree latth >@A did " /difficul 2HT held informww sAvaluV!henot himself `9Awere;ck  5Gighe9xrbut morlQstillFis!kn&. Cweeks settlUbill [/ London hotel 1Howayou deI3the2]gBFprices. E"shsg1a bd eightpe;o2rrya !ongexpensive ! T,2are!anD"bchargeat rate. I6asecond.Im2ed in Northumberland Avenue, I learn AspecA`Bbook Francis HJ   x  #fo1 onu93ing r$atries est himU2upo Sitems bI had9Qdupli-bill. His[!erb4awarded\:226j&"th1I t5*KA enU%to1 lo0X7#atexI ventuathem paternal ad-oP1 ou6Bthem#it'sbe bet 3 waDtheys1makpair pos clearer botAthe ]$alL Rin particular. I inv!hi="Pyrhim keeappointmen.2"Bu,1 noP E," I A. "H nduct was hLAgracYAh, Wats/2Hol;miling, "perhapadnot beER?Y, if,e troubl3woo_!# * C,yglf depriv!ta)&'"!nd  e\judgemercifullyank our stw?! e5amecb. Drawchair uphe my violin Bonly problem B V"isi4ox(these bleak autumnals9 XI. THE ADVENTURE OFBERYL CORONET" said I as I stoovU ! i bow-windowdGstreet, "!is~dman com Alongrather sa {!a4ves )Acome.t." MkJ rose lazily~rhis arm3and6# `apocket!hi,ssing-gown, mxt-Kght, crisp Februa DsnowRday Elay deepa5gr, shimmkb;!!wi9dsun. Dcentre of Baker Stree_2had? ploughed into an crumbly b>~ytraffic, buH Bside+heaped-up edgeQN"oot-path& a ! eSit fe]# grey pavemenB/2scr#bu^cdangerC/oewere fewer o#2ngen usual. Indeed,T)irQ Metropolitan St n% 4was=qe singl1tle= wYc!ic "ucAdraw<(GGb. H\ x*fifty, tall, portlyzimposing, massive bongly d0%(ing figurHwd sombre yet/ style, in black frock-coatn% 1hato0tvcgaiteri!well-cut pearl-trousers. Yer( in absurd7GsY dignity features" hUArunn83ard1aoccasiy!"pr"r9as a wean gives who is22 ace8#1setQ2taxp&aegs. A2!!rae!jeg~t, waggl #eaSwrith3fac% * ֱcontortions]1"Wh *Qcan bb ! m F1m?"8Be isU1ingiQ numb7 EhousIh>55her5?c handCHere cYes; Icj thinkXto consul)bprofes!lyha4!I recogni\<e symptoms. Ha! Iy E?" As h3 man, puff Qb, rush(1ourNFpullCbell/!thlGa resoutqlangingAkaomentsSroom,R ges t=b so fixedIo!Qgrief despair inBeyeswour smilevF uto horr >9SFor a 1getwords ou>Bswaya bodyRpluckWOi 1 onV$dr-Re1LV limi&Creas:&n,bb6Df ?h/AgainBbe wallWOb4Awe ,81himtH1m a Athe j+ l" pzAhim Easy-7 ,"bbesideapattedy band ch3himQ, soothnbich he+"so:how to emploEHB"You% #to#q7,$ñ NBare fatigu haste. Pray waitfytq recovl!y fQt+most happ@ into any 1hic Bsubm: The man sa# a*2 or|bRa heahest, fight[ots emoti% h,ndkerchief oversbrow, sYelips t"*aace to)# uNo doubt you~ime mad$T#sep34TgreatU  "God knowsdve!--a5g6is unseat my %P&sohis it. Pp!disgrace I! faced, al"0  qcharactQs never yet borne in. Private affli1als@jo)every manM92 ) in so f. ful a form*A""myqsoul. B's,"I alone.Anobl(may suffer unless2wayUund +QrriblQair."#acompos T, sirC , "and lRa1 acYYoa>cd whatCthatfallen youMy name," answere Q, "isWfamiliar tmr1-am Alexander Hold!an:sfirm of & Stevenson, of Threadneedle StreeFT)BndeeF  1us %loReniorn cond largFtconcernCity of chappened n, to brKa foreI,! RlQApiti}pass? We waitl curiosity,1!noeffort he braced himWhis storbI feel1tim"ofnQhe; "Eais why]&2– inspector$AI should securer co-oper^F RUnder9u;tr)foot, focabs go slow(rqsnow. T0!wabbreathO1 t*- exercise8Ceel Anow,Ib#2put  Qyou a&2rtl eyet ash"2can'QIt is? aO-successful$ :@ as much depends our being 1Qremunve invesstour fund our increasrur connoO 1 of"!debors. OL2our'2luc()2lay]t money isAshap1Eloan? Qurity|unimpeachable. We{ !dogood dealV&is2& !T?Afew P%!arYPQes to*8C sumIlsir picQlibraO! ov "te*Yesterdae$ioffice a$ qa cardb>R (by6clerks. I2tedBbI saw2ameNiAof nGqthan--wWE3 e 1youd\bsay noB %Qwas aq" Bis aBhold;2all$ % Qrth--f.,<2st,qexalted_j%18!asSRwhelmhonour an+aemptede&dDbsay sohe plunged e5to |`5g 1who;)c hurry quicka disagree2ask2'.Tder,'v B, 'Ibeen infor8 2are qe habi2ing.' "'The firm doerm ia;E.' I7 Aessej have 50,000 po"t .yI couldVaborroweArifl sum ten timemsIZapreferake it ax&ofQcarryamyself!my#you can readiln)!stNunwise toL one's &under obligs1ForQlong, I ask, dAwantPb sum?'Next MondayBve a q sum du"me+{most certainly repay +(,Awhat ) you thinkAo5. B. @6Pbbe pai4nce$]b /=*without further parley1U own TpurseuqI, 'werE#no%qtrain wS Cbe "it bear. If, oa1 Rhand, Qto doo1nam3t in justi aHner I must insis,B in 1ase%rylike precautionJbe taken^JNTit so/qhe, raii!upcquare,qmoroccoJh$e laid !s +S. 'Y5 K& Beryl Coronet?5iou0Y'1iont |mpire,' n"I.'Precisely.' He open|0e6a, imbedde"ft, flesh-rgvelvet, laya &rent pie2,jewellery7"named. 'Ti ag irty-nine enormous beryls! 6#91gol^ bcalcul The lowest estimate> d worthNc1 at- bprepar##leMN`sR 3ityaI took>3casQmy ha !nd`me perplex*UCrom y illustr!Sclien=|wB its D?' h"Not at all. I only3t--TzRoprie9 Cmy le"it*eYO, at rest Athat hrnot drea"do0U,vin four daysO#IQit. Iwa pure0form. Is sufficienSAmpleO', am givingRGa proofi z{)cD\rin you, 3all]\>you. I rely* ?Db discr(2`Rrefrafm all gossipAQtter Xrabove all, to )02rpossibl2 bev.bI nees@Cat apNsscandal1be ;d if any harm%f3At. AG'1jur&itA1almDRs se"!asL-C lost#no )qto matc/ >o%imto replaaem. I6 %, howeverG a call&j/+$on! smorning1SeeYh^ 1anx-"toA, I 6 Bbut,oPcashier,Ai1pay fifty 1000  Q noteX#en5Qaloneu 4 "ly:t1ron# 4me,z D notRO2inksome missBsimmenseFit entailmW%re 2 no,e&i"n 'al6, a Uensue3mis%1Aoccu /Y" hever conse*2takqQge of1Hv1toos to altj70qso I lo*Sit upp1saf" 1E%  Sy wor 1eveO came I fel% Pan impruden4 gF so "a A ebehind me. Bank.Asafe5XOd?1and not mine be? IfU5A Ih)%inJf~ V! I E r,Hp"ex Ilalways Pase backward;1for !meq$itt$bej"ouKy^(w!thZ qtentionfaQ cabmBdrov& "1 atqatham, e" # I[)1Qe freIRtakenzbstairscbureau#ing-roomAwMa6hol#meID:qto tho '0. My groo ge sleepeNwm#side altogether."three maid-servantP#,wV# aa"2 ofMTose  reliabil/Squitesuspicion. An , Lucy Par: oA-G22has"be my service a fewths. Shean excellent"r$and has %Nme satisfactS"apretty girlA2ttr^wadmirerG$sly hungG&tK"ac$atn3 Arawbl:chich wAfoun72her&( Ueliev54V-i(Sry wav"Sorfamily itis so smB 1illktake me lo#describe  sa widowGhave an yArthur. He has-eT" U--a grievous. Ye" $lame. People "me<)1spoahim. V}C!!. mZ-Idied"he. "ll} !loD!eae# fade evga a mo)Afrom""1facYAdeni@"}Csh. {Z; 0l#fo/Aof u" ITsternyI/B>3bes,!It d, waywar'ApeakPQtruthu3not^?5him AhandU(of#of0!yoe !mee'*an+eBclubu # 1ingmS"7$s,<&!so-Ce ins)ofmAlong1ses-4q habits'3ry"ly at cardto squanderSturf,F#q 31com !meaimplor!todn3-!hi2low=1tha`q settle3deb&3ono0Qtried<n to break awa],,vD3anyehsE2O1achUBQinflu= !offriend, Sir George Burnwell,!Adraw0D,N !wo &a man as Sir o$ p1 shv$ms frequently$2ugh v T|6HIcdly reore fasci +1is 1 th 6,*N "e-tips, one:Pabeen 2I,5 ,601lliRalkerLof great Fbeauty. Yet1 k*cold blood, farMthe glamouJBhis mcVam convinc* cynical speech8the look!ca!in)"  be deeply disded. So so, too,5s mC DMaryQ}-oman's quick iny>'c C now ai 1shese"db my niece; but0Qmy br/ Qfears ago) Cp;1lonCAI adopted3  vZAher Tsinceja sunbea Q--swe"ov5eautiful, aful managousekeeper, yet as teqand qui.d gentl|s5 be1my }&# h!do aknow ~%5 do nZ %onh!kfr gone(!my es. Twice my boy"skc .ploves her devotedly `#skedW4$on3Sdrawn!toOpath2she U1his4iagnXBd).2lifC#Clas!Q--forM!KYM1you6&p{ who live u bmy roo +#  continu my miserableO%#we!akiDoffe!T drawn<VTQ din cI told pMary my experiG8  treasure d3ourCsupp 6vame ofj.. -C, haKr sure,#-_ I cannot swq "ha"Adoorclosed. =SAmuch Rreste'!wih0 famous RI thot7" oSurb iG !'W!Qyou p&#?'po!'I3own.pWQI hop{goodnesshouse won'2Cburgled C$! ".'$hen/?up,!Oh, any old key will fi IraP Bster" vb#itCkey 1box cupboardHe often had a wilddN tTGroomTS3# 7$gr,ALook here, dad,`7acast d!9'can you let m27"! sharply.9#qfar toomRerouscyou in&sXBbeen7kin2, 'e3musPtioney, or else-Jqmy face[!deBclub1DAnd X#ooSQ, too1crir "'Yesv3you#no"me it a disR eed man!he0x%he..Brais6! .bme way$ih 9notM-it, thenNRtry Dmean},o ^&krd demanqmonth. V1 Qa far3 !meLB, onbH{ X75out,Dword6Qen hegone I un=#my,Z2G(myDras safeH<#it" T9'to go r Uecure--a dut aI usu#1to 51"itX3to perfor^q8!I 'd-.he stairs/w`!he/2 aY>!ha\3shened as I approachjTell ms qlooking3, a # ed, 'did youALucy ,go out to- ?C?%Cnot.#7 b ,OdoorZshe # :1gatsee someoneI k$#s {Pbe stoppeW?\6#, $llu' it. AreG5 is9I%daT/Bgoodh.' I kiss Yd#upsbedroom )#reLsoon asleependeavouJ0/7you 3mayc qany bea@#up5cas1beg2Bques%"me4Aany  Dqclear."m ׃yBQtemenasingulqXSlucid:ITa parQstoryBwish1DRO!. ?4notaheavy `the anxiet/ "nd%d,,e3f,B. A#-won{bawaken ,s(!inC"had ceased &HSCKi(d ban im on behinsY Andow cgentlyF1. I&BlistAwith<my ears. SR6" :rlaR Cinctof footsteps mB sofAAnext( `$@d*Bof b6l palpitatfear, and peeped rTQ2orn D<k' ascreamoyou villain!thief! How daEr touchCk 8bThe gahalf up,D"itSmy unhappy boy, Qed on his shirtVtrousers,Eg(t0'ight, holdOQhandsY bappearbe wrenching N1benI!itktrength. AQcry ' i'grasp and=*2 pacdeath. I snatch;u/aexamin23old!s,a thre#t my anger.X first to ruso#1oom,y !ghY2ron3 of !'sA, sh#+4 2and a scream, fell Qsense 1 g5!enA-mai$6 C!pu& investigs"in iX0R3SqspectorHa constG4lv yKsullenlyD-Gqrms fol -a me why#" i=!my;n>W1rge#;Ka theft@ 3nsw5  !3'" eahad be aO uawas n@al property(as deter^8wSits BeverHAt leastzdmsTAt on_2t &b advantageBmine8 'Dsminutest$'T qmay get4v7^ "="al3you 8Iz Qreali]0readful 35 9 QplaceWimplo+#red 1not ! Anour%of.was far great{kat stake; :hXaO"todU-  convulD avert it _k8Qell $wQhad d  T stonBaund, nor2wre{ 1boy`5oa~persuasion#2oury ats. This Qremov1 q a cell I, after go hU}nZrlities,H@1 toDA4 to #us>Askil(RunravDc!op_0 at presenz$ )ofK4go to any%ehnecessaryh/jAa re-Fof 1;. My God, TI do!g+Ulost , my gemOCmy sAone .N. OhOHe put a on eitherXAhead&r`/qhimselfand fro, dr 9a child whose grief has got beyondSherlock ) sat silen(]4fewn,T!hi?ws knit@his eyesL wDs receiv%R?" her "None sav vpartner*gand an+Q frie " 7's.o%%Kqseveral s0Qly. NQe els#athink.bgo outin society?$}S does A sta'home. We n)1carMJQis un&NR(Cgirl,Cof a" H!sh#oG" is four-and-twenty[SatterSYEay, jfw.Qa sho" #$soNeH#! Bevenbaffect'3n I1Y*1youSdoubt/your son'sHow can weCwhen  bmy ownY dImbconsid qt a conWc"ve7B. Waremainder ofea1 atsinjured6Yes3cwisted~s Ahink1nh straighten itiGod bless youQare dM"ca,1himfor me. B # iOeavy a task. What was hP:+B? Ifu Apurpere innocent, why did hB<1!if 2erey>Rinvenre? Hiscscut both ways4are+qs about Ccase!diBGQ noi ich awokdR from Ssleep6Theje #itrbe causw'"2ing$5#A /story! As ifU)bent on felo uld slamdoor sowHwake E y#D  appearanY !seUrtill sou;the plan%4robfurniture6p%fi?mFBHave14 ofGq outsid = 5_!sh6xtraordinary energy5 whole gard"4s yU%lyl&0sir," saidJMi:Qbviouyou now E 1 re cstrike{ much deep v  1wer {Qincli5@oR? It  CRsimpl;ai!ms3qedingly-clex. CQ#z Bvolvbtheoryj>Asuppb downR1ed,hgreat riskX1S',e"edrbureau,?!our, broke off by main O8# ar3 "it/zother place, <AgemslB+A  that nobody2the# then re9R *9ZTsix b <he exposedz bto theU3est/ of being discovered. I ask] Qnow, ECch at tenabls2But""isD"?"xDbank a gesturegdespair. "I-rmotives+ ko*lAexplCthemI1our4 toYat out," replieS; "sof] epleasenrder, weC"seafor St84am 71, $Aevot ;hqo glanc!C morU"lo detailMSHA insYSmy ac SQtheirz dition, ~eager enougJ"domy curiosity andZaathy R.Rstirrrthe sto?c d listen=Bfessw5uil i's sonebe as8aJoC1fatq.3butsuch fait Holmes' judg SI fel A mus5som's"asy7+ !wa 78iaccepted ʜhardly spoke:3Y"wa; southern suburb"athis chin<rt2andP3hat-W< c, sunk4^#st8 Et. O7( 1Ltaken fresh"t =aglimpsDhope2hadMI.m!a desulic fith me affairs. A short railway journeaer walk b"t cFairba modest reside great financiL$ ;a was a+)-sized squar of whit<2ne,Fbackfsroad. A doubc-sweepPa snow-clad lawn,Rdown 6D!nt wo large iron gates!cl+!th #. #Rright-wooden thicke sich led1 naEMpath betweenneat hedges retchingathe kitchen /Cform tradesmen's.#ran a ladStable&1wasX!itCwith&3Call,0FSblic,?Ausedef%/'usB#do&walked slowl@" a, acro\e front,dBpath4#soF,  $ <$EAlane4w6^1d&1I &A4din # ag>ewCfire"@h Ruld B. We]DJilence whe- 3lAladyY 1 in2(MGthe middle he=#c slimTdark hair8Cseembdarker_8st the ?apallor(er skin. I do\`Km6C2see deadly pal_!in+6face. Her lips, too,5 bloodl;Dr eyE cflushecl,+she swept R Broomm&g r` *'NT&erjK0,_  aing in>awas evid5aof str;qcharact ith immense capacit self-re`nt. Disregar#my1ce,-!ghAher uncleEnd f3heaj|tUly caB"YouqSorder0 dArthur"bea$1havQ not*!?" r, no, mCAh!! I am so sure  #a's instincts I5B2hasxbno haryou will be sorr=Aactedharshl!WhC2he #n, 1WhoCs? PrabecaussZ/>suspect hi(3HowisI help #m+rn I act.5"Oh only picke6j,:!atOh, do, d=H$ 1LetAdropSsay YJM&soQ6ink of ourin prison!O\$0Ablet itk  !em1!--,,V#! Your affec1%fombblindsjawful conseqI>srme. Farg1hust3 4up, a gentleman]ainquir,  2it.FU, fac 1No,&: 6up!him alone!cu/ZE now !?"w  eyebrows. "What can he  Sere? Ah! this, I,/)CRtrust`BQin pr%,,DbI feelzJd truthBmy cousin#%|is crimeI fully shar<r opinionV3you"wemrprove i=T, going La to kn[ 3nowvbis sho! SFv \"Tof ada Miss { 1. M a/s or twoFAPray1sir!it!qto cleaP b3 up?1ear5+Ayour# 3lasz3pN", ,cj qre bega%speak loudl 1eara!"32shuhe windowQdoorsLA. Di fasten alm<Yk!Weev 5  4ave a mai= >dheart?]n4youYQ,sAbeen\to see himsOtirl who | <5vW' arks about_fVinferQg7Ptell her 8"wo"avBe robbern1goo1 qse vaguQgories," |q impatiQ 1, "Z !ol8  s2Wai9ttlGB. We Gcome5Cat. U2his girl, +!aw !I presumeBYes;9 I B!if=1forLHtwslipping[ n fSgloom$Dt Oh, yes!reen-grocer!brour vegetables.1nam!Francis Prospe;"He(u 5lefadoor-- # say, farther up 5is "2 to~O$Fdoory,T#id !An'`4manJ IB leg:BSomehlike fear spraPS's expressive 01 eyd"Wh5A areKdgicianshe. "How d! CthatKd *9+2ing#R in 'U ,xIO be very glaDEo go)PA h1wisQgo ovzP1sid|$thw. " better taF  F5wer]fRIHnbwiftly!on qpausing>*# a+'4ookF5all %Bis h%!ed bmade aPscarefula0 asill u1G$ow5Egnifying lens. "NowmX\Qhe atdh. T-?ly furniu chamb!a uqcarpet,5rgeRand atmirror.pzSureau 4and`Ehard%ocTbich ke/"to(-it$#emy son%indicatedJvqcupboarthe lumberRA"Hav! iikAis i,> &atook i( 1andEF!"IZa noiseless lockv#Qno wo#!thjA did|2 wa! )c5IEume, contain;! r~eit." H3theR4and\E"ouadiadem63lai$1 Itaicent specime jewell^3six -dcfinestBn. An+1craAedge1ere$Grner7#re=torn away 1, "s " ^ correspondORUso unAuly lostw R begQ breay2offb recoih !or01not[Cm of %jTKcwill."Q sudd* #8!itout result|d"itc?aEqhe; "bu,Bough I am exception!o 3ger&_m] my time<*U. An "3manMC `d+Chinkabhappen15didY? .Aould\pistol shot. D" t@3all pFcfew ya. bU8 5,u?" "q Sink. "ll8SBut p!it2 grow lighter24 go$Shink,MW ,I$/'.Uplexit)BYour# o+ 2ersC"enIuH bn save(5his;<VQ"Than!O ehave cA(cfavour !{ luck dura#isyi;All birely our #ault if weCcleaVt: 3. WU6r #, F nowzK9my p6s outsid"He#, xaown re   #2laiat any un footmarks mW22ask!adiffic<F1 hr |at work,#4ing(  x bfeet )Asnow5his} as inscru as ever.9%AseenAa*4s"  H 'byou best by!toSroomsBe/Jmes.<"y?d+2ellC !wrUs~  1 semr!!"cried. "And R? Youme hopes$My is in no way alt$T=for God's sake1was| 7Rwas i#HhousI%A can3mL rmy BakeV$1et k to-morrow 8Q betw1ine6t*-51you3Anot E!atr !  little problem#no4m M!it1a deal. Howev not sit gossiN3herL!"ge%se disrep 2offReturn highly respec2 BselfoRsee b^ Amann8aS3hadK$Rasons.=+Aactianwords alonf?imply. He+ twinkled, c"a MJof coloursallow cheeks. He h.Sstair( rlater Ipslam of SSdoor,t1tol%"wa\# congenial huntI[until midnL' %Asign '#is, so I retirqmy room]#unWqfor himAMy for day r5end(ot_that hi:W!came no surpri "atW h" Ae c]qreakfas%!thnchere >#a GZ2one<Hc paperw! oL-&erim as q&will excuse my beginCwith23#, " said he, "but1 Cour client has raRAan eO!apNPmhF%is !."b after snow," I_ EI shuDbe V8were he.mUought5a rta, indeed, ouri#5-:11shoRby th3ngeE#ha1ove>this fac&raturall\ba broamassive mould, 1pin?and fallen in, whil**oHEq a shad"tegrentered  a weariand lethargymore painfulIbhis violenc7Bfore'NSheaviZ*Aarmcwhich I pushed for?(1don 9uely tri! AOnly 0#goa18"spY2man$out a ca,KQ Now urleft to"elLX age. One s comes closfthe heels oLjniece, Mary,cadesert+ED3youC!Ye;Ar beY ²Qslept1herRemptyaa note!me.R!up #W ld/N>$ "anin anger,Bif sB ma Rmy bo#been wel 5him! i# 2of w<by# she refer*  : "'MY DEAREST UNCLE:--G /t#bl5you  4differentlyu#te%3mis"  _r!rercannot,f?  in my mind,+Runder@9 a {w(qyou for" DSworry($my future 5s /for; and, fDall,bsearch for mA!it be fruiRlabouG an ill-servicme. In life o=Bath,y/ing,--MARY.'CWhat!sh na etqmes? DoAit WssuicideQNo, n!ofoDkindH|d solu/S)dC1youT ng_eCs73Ha!V$By so XQheard kAmes;Ahave!rn-)!UYou w.1piece ancqsum for0mH{ dpay te )_7be q. Three3s2ill cove$mA Anr/a rA, I c4. HPcheck-book? H=pen. Better mak!ut4WRdazed31ank>!de;tk,dw. Holmes "of "de1=!ok>triangular pof gold| t,1gem61it,h threw it downQshrie."jo4 2clu6"YF1 itS gasp am saved! "g"#re i!wa :YRaate as2=k 3hugqf1 re !ed>RbosomT(!th71ing&ow R!j%me sternly. "Owe!" He ca $up91"Na" I6payW.!No0b debt  *(%ow$1hum+dpology noble lad!&Q, whoen812 ashrbe prouee my own sony, I|Achan! lAone.1"ThDr)"ho you yesterdaI repeat to-VlY+1sur Ait! !le7:bm at o let him k&"hatruth iso!Hes it already. WhenRclearcall upan interview#hizBfind1at  e story, 'sD#on k WRnfess " @IAo ad^&few detail1ereyet quite U.Your news$is- 4, h1may$ 4lipFor heavenn"is8 mystery!aGYdo soY2sho(vdteps b bI reacYBt. A+ R me syou, firstm bhardes!me-"sa GeCear:4#an understa$ E'K!anr0 +0S. The-rDfled togeth%+!My,D? Im.V $ -+ . Neitherr" nr AknewUtrue 7"anyou admitted him;sQLcircle. Hf\most dang en in England--a ru gambler, an ab_ 2elyej7 villain, a heart or consciencaiece  7C3men!heӜ1vow. hes he 39Uhundred befor8!fl3Bhat she uG1hisitc devill wSsaid, bu?Ns rhis toor!wa* the habit of seeing him nAever" qMEnot,3Qit!" /an ashen2 RC9you) ! i^rE. Y>,! h:thought,0F`$ Rand t # lr 2r leadsa"neR"had pressed ( WsD"so$+!haAstooQre. SlYe coronetm!wi#lu! ekindle>+3newR1!en*!isvKUdoubtB, bure are woAwhom(1lova6r extinguishes allI` %2sheW<oVuDinstructions*=a)coming down\2shetbrapidl[3^ fservants' escapith her wooden-le T4alluYour boy,T ,8%!toQafter v2you he slept badly on accounhis uneasLhis club s Qmiddlp1ighqa soft trea]=door, so Bse and, loo^L2out3Rto se'8$ 2ingstealthi]A1ongxspassage !sh}/c o# PetrifieC astonishmena !onW5NDdarkbwhat fis strangeD2. PUly she emerged ullUR-lampdson saL01recLB!ersmbpassed,k1, thrillingborror,CBlongAbRbehin}!cu&g-c' Qsee ;f1qbeneathL1saw"1ope" ,# o&"%on5dthen OiO murry bacA, paeQ N> w+2oood hi"AsQ scenE2not,Bany ]%Qout a3iblOL1 t} 4Chom 3d. (A in2was;lised how cr=ab6(-importan 3Ct it rZdown, justg A washis bare fey1pen9,~57outk"an!ne!erdRsee aFfiguLAmoon. a Burnt!toY'Aaway4> vwas a struggle2(Cthemlad tugg*2oneGVhis opponen #th fccuffle]son struckq and cu  Qe eye ]% /csnappe$# Mson,!hae# dhands,Rback,L/bascendByour+"ad4sobserve.n#DbeenVQ in s endeavouroCight!he wKkIS #?"<\& Y:aen roul1is  b by cashim name,ra momen3fel 0Cd deawarmes"!nkr3notLf1trutd!ou %raying one who R&lysNconsidera!au5!5' chivalrous view|TsecreAAna2why Shriek0qfainted6#aw,X , :der. "Oh, my God!R a blind fool vr$Sen! A!asRallow!go xc2! ar fellow wa% i"miopiece were'7! z 2. HCellya misju3himFWEFrriv> house," continued Holmes, "Iowent ver8eAro*rny tracesnj  Dhelp me. I nh!me+3Balso yaong fr!to qerve im qions. I#edthe tradesmK! f/SramplUTindis able. Just beyond it, k: fa& E>aCtood$#Dhose1 on1sidKwRcShad a A legbKeven tellZyY disturbrhad runH ;!to as was X!"to heel marks, while Wu had waitedO g2hadHaway"sB(!be2mai!2her{'heart, ofc # LERnfsinquiryp" i&sok" q?Qardent aout seV1any6random tracks!a aolice;&%(go0 Atabl)n2and(em9rAwritb1now2froy\8Z'1a d3 li of a booted!annAecon uni{#sa{"debbelongm naked feet.>tconvinc w0-|'<dZ1son <1hadRed both wayshsV1was -Ds ov;$deTboot,J0R " F 4 foahem upAthey)R! - < BBootw:!ll)-52way1ing.n'Z ! e"m)Q hund %8r2dowo1lanaRfaced"er1was Qup asx#gh % aH" Dallyj0Adrop5Qblood&,< 2howT not mistaken.,ru Y"an>^ Qsmudg wMRh !be) 3urt1he (highroadO kAend,!"unZgApave *$g)ca`e "On&_ h I]you reme@2silframework 4 my lensfb,$ 6!atZ-1 ou-* $utan instepuet footEd inqR6'en)8 !blform an opiniono 71. A9f;$ BMjAems;+2dee0 qoversee1; h* pursueq thief;1him[yQir unv# cCinjuries'2 n JDeffected\s.GRprizehad left a frag TgraspDa. So farQclearK ao31theiho was it&"hiN!?91It  .axim of mint wve exclud~z7ever remains\  robable,! 1> a1notb!f8Conlyya[Y sQif it pAmaidE3 uIRr son[ CAto b[H"irz"? &"#Ube noA reaA61lov2s +&n 3bexplanQwhy hO 6Wa&U!--Core c#he8 disgraceful  2her#atU 4 sh6 $onK }1 agKm!eajectur,Aa cet#1And!SBit br/e{!feBe? A Q evidC)a, forACelseFboutwei2gratitude/c feel?2you@3out5 @QcirclEZ.s:1ed cBut amm'Sir George NI-JFyAefor$b of evil ;3:b^B. Itqbeen he.awore t Rboots g)qgems. E 'heLhFUb#he sstill f l]  %afG*Kqnot sayFr !ouVMpromisingK"3own4 "CWellAown 4Rsense1sug# measuresH#qok nexw2shafa97 to#'sc manaA Bpick acquaintanceXhis valet, learzCsaK%3*, X agoof six shillings2all%Qby buRa paikhis cast-offB:these I &<'to#c"at exactly fitte "." saw an ill-xed vagabon&ne&?FrTqPrecisewRto)I. ! I^mEy 3Bhome1cha my clothesUcelicate partVSato plF"ena prosecumq avoide savert o 1tut]"s+ !habere ti "en%qsaw himH$!ofQrse, B1nier7ave him everyd O2tri1blu2ook a life-rU wallnd I clNF!toChead8 !ul! $ik h1l Sat weBgive#a2forAtonenheld---1. TP oAsign#*w. 'Why, dash(6l!'5'I've letgo at six e"ee!' I soon g>q addres,>r1hads hm, on m  (noB. Of8"et!) much chaff x _at 1000 ZBlooko ,m"2wasw#eventually g+Sy bed!two o'clock,B;1 reAhard day's work2A dK-&a great public !"w banker, rising. "Sirqannot fuBCords,`H~you shall ,grateful%w6 Ave dYpskill has indeed Cededsv"#ofKd now I 1flyy dear boapologis1him'Drong! `drmRpoor m5ait goe*#myB'1Notj-acan inT#mepf2lou b8Bintoz!ofa statI*!eacconfin?4@_ 1tasiAplac9<P,k@ to effecCis Unly notable_N!he-+gqIt seemm:=you full#%ic&4A," Ksome coldness F epelled begotism I 1morVn oncnCt factor:sS's si6tcharact!No!isselfishn \5cei3he,@"as "hi, my thoughtg"myR . "If I ߲dfull >:!y "bean impersrhing--ag. Crime is common. Logic is rar refore it is dC)B#ha Qthe cUt {Qdwell degraded=&b1a c of lectW8Sa serL4talaOc!or7[ early spnd we satc breakfasta cheery fir2oldHat O. A thick fog roEdownO@!in b dun-($usa"pp*1s loomed like dark, Oless blurs'the heavy yellow wXsqg B lit!shS.Awhit.!th-glimmer of chinaQmetal2 .1had$U yet.  [silent all_, dipping continuousn * acolumnbpapers until at last,ing appar !up&search, hRemerg !no.! v!R temp2 me+my literar0rtcomings. "At2sam!   a pause, d("he*sat pufftand gazing:1, can hardly be open to a :&!of,se* so kind a .0!es  in, a fair propor ?Atrea Tz+i 2galA, a9S. They[ F) Ahelp{K:of Bohemia Qexper5F of RgqSutherl0the problem connec'"it  )"li- y noble bachelor, werh 5areV1pala"awYin avoidi07!at a, I fx9RAbord T(@/een so," Ired, "bumethods I hold BnoveB%of#iQPshaw2(,4d ! g1"und Tant 3who Faver by=tooth or a co7%tothumb, ca RfinerBGsranalysi  c! But,1, i 5 araca blamA t_!ay$|!ar61at. ManQ!at$6!stBinal$qhas los5 Bpris-originality. AmyW#practice, i VBting.an agency9?2inglead pencil$1givdC% d ies from boarding-schools3' X8" p}`Cnote5 d<$s zero-point|"ancy. Readj8QHe toba crumpled lASacrosBeRdatedMontague Plac2the prece ran thus:>DEAR MR. HOLMES:--I amA anx qVnsult you!wh;4 Iw $or 3notzq a situ+O o|F1me 1avernest half-past tenX! iinconvenm1you* rs faithfully, "VIOLET HUNTERR!Do ?lng lady?" Is3t I6[It isY no doubtXis her r4 Amay P!oubml &|+F$ ~$\$th5=blue carbunck!ich appea be a mere whim zrst, developedA serHinvestigation.Qmay bdse, also5 Well, let us hope so. Buj"9BsoonSClvedhere, unless Emuch&,/he person in"A+Qspoke(Adoor!ed %a fye{ room. S"qplainly9neatly dressed,1a b];A, qu ace, freck!iklover's eg>Erisk mannj Qa wo?Rho ha(her own wK@5mak dL2YouQexcus`Ctroubling5KDsure1she&"myanion ro-1greIVr-very strange 5 ,b;j s or relOAs of/Asort+em whom&3askB:Y X kinwshould do!"Pray taRseat, 3Hunqbe happ%do,-hB to /2you^P was favourably imF+ 2pee*his new client. He1verM9  rfashion'$ed$his lids droopingvhis finger-tips tog@, to lisCstor#!Abeen~ five years}2"in ~! of Colonel Spence Munrostwo months agoc-# HK!apat HalifaxK Nova Scotiaook his childrenTto AmericaM1UI fouT!Wout ?adverti0@Aanswn sM92. ASlittl̨saved begane run shorIIat my wit's e I2Thea well-known 2es Y calledSaway'*tUAI us*>!on[week in Xe|! h8srned up )$2uity }1the6-nu>Q"by aStoperA sit- AoffiQ ladiSo are seeaemploy2wai cn ante+B1and1a in onu#Bone,y)s  scledger%!se{ she has=Dsuit them /I!edBT as usualX2#UL qlone. AXBdigiQstout&Ewithx!mi2fac Qheavynrin fold Aover<bthroattRQelbow$^Qes on7Qnose,1ing! %Bstly ) | !ed)!I )") gave quite a jumpQchairUkIB'ThaQ do,' said he; 'l!sk AbettCCapital! c 1' Hmyte enthusiasticArubbXs5$.Smost Zwas suchy1forO-P2mani 7|C hi'KG8for , miss?' he ' Qsir.'6'As? $"ndsalary di 4ask2$4 T"" i(tast pla' ! qOh, tut!)ting--rank!F:,BwingBfat 2out J "ir[agho is in a boilO6Oc. 'HowR1any=ffer so pitiful a sumO1ladt2h !ttK1ons:accomplishments3,My,1be  ( timaginedI. 'AFrench, aGerman, musicx-TdKa. 'Thi:3all%beL T{ws!e ~B is, fyou or "noCbearr deportment<3.nutshell. IGSAnot, 4not,)A&rk61may1 day play1=ble part!hi rcountry have whHn, h0 gentleman3youdescend to a84hrets? Yourxbwith m?+Cdam,AcommE %4yeauYou mayHC Mr.,~to me, desti9)su1, seemed alttoo gooBtrue3, , seeing 9!ooincredulityQmy fafopened a pocketfT\t<ut a not1"'Ialso my custom:ahe, sm"V This eyes2jus shining slits amc&f!rei"  'to advQ6 my!ie]ulf theibh Atheyqmeet an#tl!nsG,1YwardrobeuI d'met so fascinatA S so 3man4wasQr in debby=$ 22!yer'Asome;nTaturaf &hole transE1mad mwish to know 5Cmorel# IBcomm-cmyself2MayQ&you live?I-Hampshire. Charming r-Copper Beeches,Ismiles >rWinchest*dlovely,FdeargyTuearest old2T-housRmy duFsir?i"bezL$% b'One child--onxromper just six years old. Oh, if/see him k/ cockroaches slipper! Smack! s qThree gc 2efo^Bwink leaned backAE Rlaugh (in>-3 startled5 enaturelhild's amus1#R, buGAfath^|5terRthinkWh(1 jb . uMy solebthen,'ed, 'are to10%a5la4ild[Qsole,"my1,' QGoYour dut1" bA$^# 2q, to obs fe might gprovided1thay BAas a@D propriety{ . You see no difficulty, heh,1jV useful.'Q bso. InB now*example. We are faddy people,(bknow--but kind-heartedQ y1ske1wea( n" 0w<\2youQobjec%ou3=w HN 7I, x y astonishG$#rdD 'Or to siNQe2sit@>hffb 4youdOh, no_W!cu9!r yqsJhort*u `W AlievAearsyj !ob1 j (bhair iluxuriant $peculiar tiE! vnut. ItVed artistic.f sacrificing i is offhandI am afraidb0i:" H=been wat2 me!ly  QsmallCIsee a shadow passs I spoke O essential $. ' # :^4 of:' fancieskmadam, #S8!be!ulycAnd soB5n'td hair!Nofa, I reT,\SfirmlA'Ah,S; theTbsettleo !ma! Ia pity,l'An otbespecth Adones nicely.1, Iqbest inX a few more 7you3iesT31ageP32had{F3bus 3her%ja}(a to ei, but shD"atjso much annoyan1her not help suS"shblost a *mmission!ugEsrefusalD2DdesinU%o be kept upAe books?'I^P d'!useless, sinc ev qexcelleBfers\ $isPy/LRarply' %expect us1xerPQselvefq%nsuch ope,or you. Good-da3you' She struck a goD At?Paout by3pagq3FGgot back3Tlodgi-p\1cup"ctwo or Fbill*# It to askLsodHa fool hing. AftAl, if theseNA fad_cted obediw!onKmostYll b R at #Aread1payeccentric#V*ew governe%in5qare get! BAs, k1useT? ManE 1 ar!ropay wear#it!5andj AI shbe among number. Nextv inclint   a mistakew4day+J# s6 3it.\Aovermy pride1r aADgo Bgenc!inRe@4the#as>copen uletter q1>vq-hAill IiK oyou: #/"'/HnearB "'F$3ISS:--< very kindly! n me your 9rI writety*^Cdecision. M i~$2hat QBcome @srcUmy descripa*o0" w*!to6 30DquarVx&12 year, so8QrecomXlt $= R our7#ma4ATheye1notA exacting, all. My )$fo particular shad:electric $Eould lik  1a dJ"in)- Aneedb, however, go 7@purchasing%asone belongar daughter Alice (now in Philadelphia),! z ,t7A, fi.AAwellYn$to4iIC "am,1 in! indicatedb f need: no Rregaryar hairEis no doub?h V i x = Qremar;its beauty !.!ou'5rt f aI must+9in firm( "isonly hope2theCased_ maythe loss6i ssh is concerned,~light. Nowr shall meer-dog-cart at1 Le Aknow2 tr w( JEPHRO RUCASTLE ^i. jv  1andCRde up[?h4 !ta ,val step to submi" zPr Videra?'  ,r F $ #$\@BeQadvis#toF !?",I confess-iE *w! 21 si*Bof mine appl\ .d1WhaWo:!ea9 oJ8all"Ah &AdataVx9tvP&)X formed{VMX{ c7Bo beDone ]Q solu Mr. Rucastl<N $be6!kind, good-^R. Is it not X wra lunatu/Sat he{ s13eep Ea quiet !fee Btake n asylum  he humPAnciee1way"rd!pr_A an outbreakNa1--in factAs stLc! ost probablcase it doe1seebQnice 62hola|1ButXmoneyl,!yes, of c%bpay is-y$. what makesAeasy. Wh4!ul w y6p*Dor 4* m!be# 9reason behind if I tolMcircumstancesq under>5wqAZ}Felp.!Ffeel"erx3fel Rere a" UVO> 2rryfeeling awa~you. I as !at!R4bpromisbdbesting d has w.L;()r distinctly novel '81 fes| h in doubt or ranger--D!! \d !#rforesee!3 sh) head grav=3"It'2cea,Cbe ama if w ld define it}qhe. "Bu any time, day or K, a telegrami#br1dowBXd^!."=rose briskl3herQ anx#DKEwept< ;3. "5 go*" 1easRTnow. 9 !toasT, o"dir to-rnd starSa to-mzB." W'Efew EAworde bade us both 2igh/Ybustl(AIH Aeard+qquick, Qsteps 1endrtairs, "shC#zAwellTP+take carsherself"An  Tto be0# Qwe do 3hea+4her many days BpastI'/Elong4%y >apredicwas fulfilled. A fort went by, U  DXfound>Q tur. (br direkp1ndeMestrange side-alley of human exper8 lonely womansy2 unusual 0"cu2conditionfP 2all ew$abnormal, Qa fad(8Q plotwj3man. philanthropist5qvillain_was quite beyo QpowerdeterminEO5, IKCiQhe saB1Fflf an hour>2nd, Abrow8 4abs8"bu[  Ra wavAis "when I mentionedI"Data! d"" 2@Ged ^can't makJ"ck out clay." D vwind up by muttvwthat no !hiuld ever z $ed V  FThe "2#!weIt@Iareceivame lat* `b just1was_ 7of <%an/2wasR =m)xS3allDchemical resear!6he  indulg?;.Ileave him st2over a retora test-tubK31ind>0>1pos|jdcame  3fasedH>e yellow en6,XQt!at message,Cw it9nBJustV'ze\ Bradshaw5!nd"!to-tbstudieThe summonqa briefEurgent on!PlJthe Black Swan Hotel at midday," it said. "D!1t mw 's end. 6S"Will#my,Bme?"`!upe w&oNTQit upnJ2k ,:5nin*Iq}Dmy A. "I!du| at 11:30q.cThen pWbpostpone my=ke acetones&M! aborningBy elevenOAnext "we1rupon our7the old4ish/.M Q buri^1all1wayQ R, but, cd passtk border Xhrew themBr4Bdmir h!ry!wk2A idepcday, ablue sky, flecked with u leecy white clouds drif V1wes!beast. nG*! :brightlyn :)Chila>!ni1!ir&ich set an edga )fergy. All ov; ntryside, ; rolling h!arV AldershotC2red7grey rooffarm-steadings peepedD"Aamidt greennew foliAJR fresFhiful?" I cgU% 2m9C man@qthe fogQBakerW!etT4But D Y"FWats]Qhe, "i"& +2 a3minIrlook atj$thmrq referown special subject^se scattered  7BQimprez"irqHy. IJmdthoughK2com-mair isol" a2!thAunit+"h Tcrime=!Atted "re!"Ghdueavens!c. "WhoTassociateQ{ these dear old homesteads?"lways fi;fcertain horroraibelief,  8o X ,4 5and vilest'!ey FLondFpresent a more dreadful recorL1sinnthe smil .HifulK1Yourify me!(robvious9!ur public opinion8""doi"1e t;>)1 laA7note3S'no lane so33 of a tortured child, orjCthudqdrunkard's blow,Rget sympathycindignAmongp neighbour72thechinery of%-!ic sso clos$aof com?Qt cansit goin?|"isa,a step betwe}"+R dock<Alone@Ruses,OHown fields,!ed= !stu3! 3poor ignorant folk(GSThinka deedy2helAbrueltyahidden wickednessqmay go year in, 1outE=% /o!thA0aer. Has'yaappeal!usBhelpn.T>Wve in 5, ICneveA5had a fearE j0p"ke'Adang;Atillis clearshe is noteBthreatened!No ;aan comG#Bet u^wqcan getDQ"soV<1hassfreedom$BRCAN bgmVan? Can suggest nod[!I Adevi se0#of75 cAfact.3farBthem6KsKbcorrecuoUCe9binformK!we*bll no 7Sfind k Bus. Aowerdathedr_2we Wsoon learn all#AHunt|GBtellT iC inn of reputthe High, at no di2t, F, "Shqengagedt:3roo]hunch awaZd"us%&3ablDQso de:  !atcD!coNs|id earnests~ "kinyou both;{ kindeed0!!doP r advicesZbe altogether invalug.>Cbell usUCappea&C""IX  "beEh$=dlto be backthree. I]3hisct|;1 t\4his q$hek rdpurposLW ddue order."c Sthrusdqin legs5 "to:Hr 7DQsten. I>Rfirst2, IX:"ayG=Dmet,),no actual ill-treatmen 1Mr.6Mrs only fair$Em toy'2the! =notQ"ck QcSTheir cconduc3yous!itpj9as it occurred. WPUj m" aand da#w K7F!, sr said, ifully situated,& $]elf, for$a large square bloca %dtewash\all staine streaAdampbad weat^Qare gB1s  it, woodspqree sid"nde fourth a  slopes doASouthampton highroadch curves past2% 5rf yardstAdoor s3 incbelongh$he-bBall 01are* of Lord Rertonserves. A clump 1bee*immediately in  ds'U2itsMES rbdrivenSby myD1er, was as amia !wa18Rroduc2himF"ev.!to) achild.!re"no^2iconjecture-#C usk#!ir rooms at 5 mad. I fh !belent, pale-"t,^@!an husband,!moan thirty,1oulo 1nk,63le k hardly be l?%ny-five. F,Air Z "MDonceEsurprise  in tears0asometiahat it%isP!of-yTweigh1her Amet so utterly spois>Qnd so nCd a $crH]!sm1for3ageTa hea"isdroport c. HisBlife!rAspenan alternAbetw?:savage fit'bgloomy.&1val sulking. Giv#1pai5anyU weak}imself seeme idea of?zthe showremarkable talQplannqthe capof mice,wRbirdsUrinsectsZI`1 rBtalk~ 7  6Dy, he hasmQDmsLB 1gla:all details,"&edj#R, "whi-%qrelevan"Qnot."I "trto miss anof importaG#ThE1$unE )'`j $ch7m>once, wax9!an5duc S[sun only two, a manVife. TollerK!is+name, is a rough, uncouth manFgrizzled&C$Thiskea perpetuTmell of drink. Twice9bbCRquite A yet4heatake n%!ic$it!ifaAtallbstrongkRa sou-,T ; asG and much , !4ia mostA, bu'"tu3 I spend1R of m) nursery4:#arf{3corVqthe bui]qsFor two&fter my arriva t62 my very quiet; kthird,. k& d"F3peru/-@'Oh, yes(BstreBD al"teaa seri3fun1stom1Clisttcannot ehow comical he was IIRuntil aweary.p4:evidently noH#of3, 1tas smils%Ath h{4nds_,2lapPa sad, &< VAfter+r suddenly F} i1comyB,R day9IUIQchang`/Jgo>REdwar*XT6psame per!nc hO q exactZmilar83a. AgaiW,Ka I saz Bndow heartilyeVfunny#of an immense répertoir?<6inimitablyn !!me4qllow-baB&Qnovel moving my  tsidewaycshadowtnot fa'the page, he beg;: read alou( bhim. ISfor !si  0a chapterV thenQmiddlNa sentenc"ord*#toit easily$5how curious I zs to wh rmeaning!isaordinary#Qy be\#[xcareful.,!ur#CfaceW'"soEdconsumP82seeaTEing 6ysack. Ati7ecbe imeI soonla means. My hand-mirro brokenthought seized mI+=aA pie DAglas)mhkerchief. O1nex_XasionOBst  I K.e#evm"perceive)g standn"Ro small bearded man in a )"su{  ?JW my directT!ad5nvt highwx!er B usbpeopleb. ThiscCas l@Qe ra&sbSEield1 up1lowi ;PJ Heyes fix"me  0sing gaz ,%Qconviss<ad divi 3 in my hanhad seen#SsY. t'JephroEashe, 'QertinRellowLo?%!er7!es= tZ".'l#No5! od )rsa?' he QNo, IN+2 nozsPsYDear me! How! Kindlyroh6ato hi"go$aSurelytould be gRSw_2uldshim loi3@.7away likeha ~< linstanDdrew2"he". 0reek agoQfx"atb  o&3sat  n2Bve IRhu|!ss ! 4thezP #adi#e2Holmes. "Your narrativ2misY,Cbe aLW2est&eZ2You.!ra)disconnected, I fear8g 9relWbdifferHcidents of"ch%ak4verd" Copper [X A too24to 1out1stau n8(e kitchen door7we approached ik1ear" sharp rattlM "in%XI aEranimal a CLook* e!' saidAshow e a slitR two planks. 'Is he^a""y?I$w Xo9!sc& of two glk*of a vagu]a huddlUdarkn 'Don't be frighWT , 6Vstart2had c. 'It'~Carlo, my mastiff.dA him)DL!re*5oldBmy gi(1man can do im. We feedc2onc>yD"ooWtthen, */as keen as mustard.Q lets]loose e CnighGod helpTtrespasser whom J,y fangs upon. 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