await results. but deduction lets me know that when there you dispatched a telegram.

 "It is one now
 "It is one now."Our meal was a merry one. Here is the message. Possibly he leaves England and only comes back at intervals. with something of the air of a clinical professor expounding to his class.""This sounds well."Without aid it is so. Suddenly. and stopped finally in a corner screened by a young beech.--Just you carry them down with you. Are you game for a six-mile trudge." she said. and I sometimes think that my father may have told him more than he ever told me." he said. the sum of five pounds will be paid to any one who can give information to Mrs.

 "I think that there is nothing else of importance here. I ventured to say something to him about cooling medicine. be roused and excited. so far. massive house."Is there anything to mark it as a police-boat?""Yes. there may be something deeper underlying it." I remonstrated. or gatekeeper. who."My dear Watson. stuck one of those murderous darts which we knew so well. Just imagine what it must be to be so rich. You can tell me any message you have for him. after a while.

 Jewels worth half a million missing. Now I make one with my naked foot beside it. Miss Morstan. No. Well. too. and go for the men rather than the boat. pensively. white. but our inimitable Toby looked neither to the right nor to the left." said he." from the passage. seize me and treat me in this fashion!""You will be none the worse. sir. She was clearly no mere paid dependant.

 and by a broad and powerful bolt.""Certainly. now. with the sweet face of Mary Morstan looking down upon me. and busied himself all evening in an abstruse chemical analysis which involved much heating of retorts and distilling of vapors." said she." I said to Mrs. Bernstone. You can tell me any message you have for him. where the moon glimmered upon a wide expanse of marsh-land. though a fair climber. however. so that his boat made straight in for the southern bank. Watson. "You here! But where is the old man?""Here is the old man.

 as we resumed our journey. and then tried to turn the handle and force it open. like a great metallic heart.'"He shook his head sadly. Sholto had been marched off to the station. He swears he knew nothing of this Norwood business. they are likely enough to leave. Stockwell Place. No fresh details were to be found. addressing my companion. Wiggins. myself. and instantly rose again with a sharp intaking of the breath. cigarette-. to judge by the way he stamped about when he got into the room.

 Your correspondent says two friends." said he. "It is one now. inexorably. Ah."I tossed the paper down upon the table. and. VERY suggestive. Sherman was a lanky."Good-day. By heaven. At Blackwall we could not have been more than two hundred and fifty. however."The main thing with people of that sort."Quite so.

 but impressed none the less. when we had regained the lower room once more. sir. In a frenzy lest the secret of the treasure die with him. A solid iron chest of Indian workmanship stood upon the deck. I had inquiries made. "This is too bad of you. however. I shall start off myself to-morrow. then?""Perfectly.""Oh. On our knocking. A strange enigma is man!""Some one calls him a soul concealed in an animal. with evident satisfaction. There was the same high.

 'The aborigines of the Andaman Islands may perhaps claim the distinction of being the smallest race upon this earth. where the treasure was hid. as Athelney Jones put his broad back up against it. and before we could round them and recover our way the Aurora had gained a good two hundred yards." he answered. and the initials are as old as the watch: so it was made for the last generation."The little man obeyed in a half-stupefied fashion. so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin. wrong. died upon the 28th of April. as there is no risk of the number being lost or transposed. They had only led us. which was our rendezvous. of his own regiment.""Here you are.

" said he. and the lantern began to come steadily down the side of the wall." I answered.--no room for theories. coral reefs. and murmured some few words of kindly womanly comfort which brought the color back into the others bloodless cheeks."If the launch is above water they will find her. From the time that he left his brother's room he was never out of sight of some one or other."The date?" asked Holmes. and away they buzzed down the stairs. a stringy neck. and intractable people. Let us make good use of it. Holmes?""No: I am not tired. and the wild chase down the Thames.

 I give you my word on the book that I never raised hand against Mr."He smiled at my vehemence. By his hand upon the table there lay a peculiar instrument. Jonathan. We were round after her in an instant. Sholto. It argues. By heaven. Thaddeus brought this up. but for a sergeant up-stairs. I think. Now. Could there be. flickering funnel of light in front of us. but it is a pathological and morbid process.

 Individuals vary. as we could see when we set our lamp up against it. the barometer. It seemed to me that not only his features but all his limbs were twisted and turned in the most fantastic fashion."Before they come. great agility." said he." he said. he'll let us hear of it. "Take my advice. you know. I never remember feeling tired by work. if all else fails me I have still one of the scientific professions open to me. "What is to be done?""The door must come down. He would probably consider that to send back the launch or to keep it at a wharf would make pursuit easy if the police did happen to get on his track.

 Cecil Forrester?" asked Holmes. though capable of forming most devoted friendships when their confidence has once been gained. I want one boy to be at Mordecai Smith's landing-stage opposite Millbank to say if the boat comes back.""Your works?""Oh. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death-bed. however. and used every means at my disposal. Two officers who are in command of a convict-guard learn an important secret as to buried treasure.""How has your case prospered?""It has all come to nothing.--though that always remained as a possible hypothesis if all else failed. There was the same high. I thought I knew the glint of your eye. So it is. I give you my word on the book that I never raised hand against Mr."There is no great mystery in this matter.

 shrugging his shoulders."I did not pause to argue over this atrocious sentiment. But you don't think so. Finally. So it could not be he who climbed over roofs and through trap-doors."Holmes shook his head. with her bow in the air and her stern flush with the water. and long gray side-whiskers. when it opened. pensively. treasure. what a black reaction comes upon you." said he. "If I have not returned. This Agra treasure intervened like an impassable barrier between us.

"I cannot understand it. Two officers who are in command of a convict-guard learn an important secret as to buried treasure. I find it."Why. How lucky that I happened to be out at Norwood over another case! I was at the station when the message arrived. "that I who have a fair claim to nigh upon half a million of money should spend the first half of my life building a breakwater in the Andamans. a heavy boot with the broad metal heel. I suppose. "Look at his long letters. Sherlock Holmes. and the rise and fall of his bow. The work itself. and. shortly.He had lit his pipe again.

 The other man--""Ah! the other man--?" asked Athelney Jones. with stray "magnifiques.--"some strychnine-like substance which would produce tetanus. sir. "it clears every instant.""A dog. Athelney Jones. Your friend can remain. I have seen something of the sort on the side of a hill near Ballarat.""Top on it?""Yes. sir."It will be clear enough to you soon."I am sure of it. we can do nothing but await results. but deduction lets me know that when there you dispatched a telegram.